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Friday
 · Bollywood (the appellation given to the Indian film industry) comes to Hollywood (a geographical designation often used to represent the entire American film industry), as the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles takes place at the ArcLight. Luckily, all of the Star Wars nerds are still in front of the wrong theater and shouldn't interfere with the festival.
· Friday music: The pathologically prolific Ryan Adams at the Henry Fonda; Josh Rouse at the El Rey; Phoenix and Dogs Die In Hot Cars at Avalon; The Blood Arm at the Echo; Lou Barlow at Fais Do Do.
Saturday
 · More music, different night: Sarah McLachlan brings her own little slice of Lillith Fair heaven to the Greek Theatre, while a reader insists that you all will enjoy The Jenerators at Rusty’s Surf Ranch.
· Everyone knows that the LAT throws its annual Festival of Books just so that we have something to point to when East Coasters sniff that our city has no culture, but it's generally an enjoyable time despite that baggage. There are too many panels, signing, and events to start to list here, but our favorite panel is always "Self-Conscious Hand-Wringing Over the State of Literary Life In Los Angeles." Don't worry, it's held in every venue at UCLA during the festival, over and over again, but never as well attended as the inevitable Peter Bart roundtable.
· Don't let the 1996-style website fool you, the Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show at the Burbank Airport Hilton is a pretty hott scene. Sure, Don Knotts canceled, but Traci Bingham is still scheduled to appear!
Sunday
 · The Festival of Books is a two-day affair, and it wouldn't kill you to read something other than the trades once in a while, mister! Ease yourself into it, though, with the panel "The Movie Biz: Making Deals and Cutting Throats" (unintentional hilarity theirs). Featuring, of course, Peter Bart.
· Even if Desperate Housewives is a rerun, we're gonna need a breather from all this pointy-headed book stuff.