FILM: Tonight at 7:30 pm is a preview screening of Ashes of Time Redux by Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar Wai. The 1994 martial arts epic has been digitally restored and recut with cello solos by Yo-Yo Ma. “A highlight of this year’s Cannes, this dreamlike adventure of lone swordsmen and unrequited love is set in the Gobi desert.” DEBATE*: The second McCain v. Obama presidential debate takes place tonight at 6 pm. There......

We just think this is an awesome shot. / Photo by kpe II via LAist's flickr pool. THEATRE*: Once on This Island is a mythical musical set in the French Antilles based on the novel My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy. In the play, Ti Moon must prove to her gods that love is stronger than death. It examines issues of race and class along the way, through some really great music. The......