Details: Talk runs 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. March 7; 1736 Franklin St., Oakland; admission begins at $27; details are at baybookfest.org/events or Eventbrite.com (search for “Mystery Train”) Comedy, drama, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Idle sometime gazes up into the heavens and wonders about something if we ever make contact with aliens: Will they have a sense of humor? “I think the answer must be yes, because ...

Seldom does an act of haphazard comic rebellion infiltrate popular culture. But when it happens, other things happen, too. People start quoting it before they get home. Before you know it, the movie ...