A poignant week for LAist as they lose their trusted and amazing editor Tony Pierce to the LA Times, but what a blast his last week was. He shared his 25 Favorite CDs of 2007 and wrote a great review of just a good movie, No Country For Old Men. At UCLA, thousands of students celebrated the end of their quarter by running around campus in their undies (lots of photos in a two-part......

Last year Bob Dylan chronicled his own life. Tonight the first feature length biography on him, No Direction Home, will air on PBS. The Martin Scorsese directed film is split in to two parts, as follows... Part I: Bob Dylan's life and music from 1961-66 (airing tonight @ 9pm) Part II: Conclusion. Bob Dylan's life and music (airing tomorrow night @ 9pm) We've been hearing great things from those who have already caught some......

Acrobats, clowns, fire-breathers, magicians, stilt-walkers and a ringmaster are just a few of the characters you'll encounter on Circus Day at Coney Island this Saturday, August 8. Circus Day includes tons of live music, magic shows, acrobatic feats, circus art, face painting... you name it! There will be circus performances by The Winn’s Thrills of the Universe, The Russian American Kid’s Circus, and Circus AMOK; musical performances by Vic Thrill, World/Inferno Friendship Society, The Main......