Adam Bernbach (left) tends bar at Benjamin’s Bar Mitzvah as Dan Searing looks on. There was no hora, chicken dance, or karaoke at Benjamin’s Bar Mitzvah last night. No dinner buffet or pajama pants party favors. But there was an adult version of a Shirley Temple. Latch Key Productions’ faux simcha last night at the Warehouse Theater was not in fact a coming of age celebration, but a venue to mix up some creative…

Those who showed up at the 9:30 Club on Saturday night with any doubts about The Kooks’ talent were certainly persuaded, and maybe even wooed into super-fan territory. The four lads from Brighton played a pitch-perfect set that had all the classic elements of an epic rock show, including crowdsurfing and a young woman who threw her underwear up on stage. The Kooks have been on the fast track to superstardom since forming in 2004,…