The L.A. rock band Deadly Syndrome took some curtain calls this year. From left, Will Etling, Jesse Hoy, Mike Hughes and Chris Richard. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Ever feel like opening your own drive-in movie theater? Morgan Higby Night did, so he attached a movie projector to his 1956 Oldsmobile, found some big walls in downtown L.A., and started the Angel City Drive-In. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
Office parties got you down? Jenna Fischer of TV’s “The Office” knows the feeling. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Many impersonate Elvis, but Trent Carlini does it better than most. His Las Vegas show tracks the whole spectrum of the King’s career. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
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Then there’s Big Elvis (Pete Vallee), whose Vegas review focuses on Presley’s final years. It might be cheesy, but what better way to capture the era? (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Pop-folk melodies have made Castledoor an L.A. band to watch. Taking them clockwise, from the top of the pyramid: Nate Cole, Coury Combs, Gabe Combs, Joel Plotkin, Brandon Schwartzel and Lisa Cole. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Timothy Olyphant -- actor, art lover and sports guy on the radio -- sees life from a different angle. Here he’s in front of a detail of Terry Haggerty, Untitled, 2007, acrylic on wall installation at the Hammer Museum. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
The Petersen Automotive Museum put the spotlight on lowrider cars, one of which was Jesse Valadez’s Gypsy Rose -- a 1964 Chevrolet Impala covered with 150 hand-painted Mexican roses. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
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Also on display at the Petersen: a 1965 Buick Riviera called the She-Devil. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Opera is taking a cue from Hollywood: Good looks sell. Soprano Maija Kovalevska, left, and bass-baritone Erwin Schrott are two of the young faces of the art form. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
