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· Music round-up: Xavier Rudd with the Wood Brothers at the Troubadour; Bloc Party with Broken Social Scene and Mew at the Greek; Yellowcard at the Wiltern.
· The MOCA hosts a free public reception for the work of artist Lecia Dole-Recio, which will include a DJ set by Jean-Christophe Chamboredon. Miss this event involving two different hyphenated creative people at your own peril. [via Cheapskatin' LA]
· It's X-Games time again, X-kiddies, when people we've never heard of hop onto bicycles, skateboards, and Sit-N-Spins and launch themselves off ramps while gape-mouthed spectators listen to Angels & Airwaves. Yeah, we don't get it either, but it's going on tonight at the Home Depot and Staples Centers.