We look ahead at the week's best concerts, comedy shows, dinners, art shows and more.
Monday
Extreme Mammals
Natural History Museum, 9:30am–5pm, $22
Brush up on 200 million years of mammalian evolution at one of the first days of this exhibition of unusual and odd fossilized creatures.
Hot Tub
The Virgil, 8pm, $5
Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler—two of our favorite comedians separately, and simply a joy together—host their variety show, Hot Tub, every Monday night at the Virgil.
Tuesday
Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History
Grammy Museum, 7:30pm, free
Catch a sneak peek and discussion of an episode in the multi-part CNN series, this one focusing on the relationship between music and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
We Are Thomasse
The Second City, 8pm, $10
The British-American sketch duo serves sharp wit and lightning-quick sketch comedy at its monthly show.
Put Your Hands Together
UCB Franklin, 8pm, $7
Badass-adorable duo Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher co-host this stand-up showcase every Tuesday at UCB Franklin.
Wednesday
Phantogram
El Rey Theatre, 8:30pm, $49.50
See the hypnotically sensual dance-rock and hip-hop-inspired duo perform at this David Lynch Foundation benefit featuring How to Dress Well.
An Evening with the National Book Awards
Skirball Cultural Center, 8pm, $15
Listen to winners and finalists—Robin Coste Lewis, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Karan Mahajan—of the prestigious literary award read from their works and discuss the role of the writer in uncertain times.
Judd Apatow & Friends
Largo, $100, 9pm
Catch the famous comedy director perform stand-up with a little help from Kevin Smith and Fred Armisen at this ACLU benefit show.
Thursday
Amy Goodman book talk
Skylight Books, noon, free to attend, book $16
Listen to the seasoned journalist and Democracy Now! host discuss grassroots activism and her new book, Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America.
PXL This
Echo Park Film Center, 8pm, $5
Years before every eight-year-old had an iPhone, there was the Fisher Price PXL-2000, a toy camcorder. This 26-year-old film festival celebrates the legacy of the affordable camera and its auteurs, from celebrated experimental filmmakers to children.
Friday
Björk Digital
The Reef - A Creative Habitat, 10am–9pm through June 4, $35
Transport yourself to a remote beach, a Japanese concert hall and the inside of Björk's mouth as the Icelandic singer's ambitious virtual reality projects comes to L.A.
Constitution Happy Hour
Hammer Museum, 6pm, free to attend, $5 drinks
We the people, in order to form a more perfect happy hour, should attend this series of crash courses on the U.S. Constitution.
Odd Nights at the Autry
The Autry Museum, 6–11pm, $5
Head to this monthly market, nighttime dance party, happy hour and shopping extravaganza.
Tom Gun Live: A Maverick's Homage
The Regent Theater, 8pm, 10pm, $25–$45
Ride into the danger zone at this spoof of Top Gun from the same guys who point together the raucously over-the-top Point Break Live, complete with a post-show '80s dance party.
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