| The authentic, annual LA tradition of Brazilian Carnaval erupts on Saturday February 20, 2010 at Club Nokia/LA Live, transforming the massive dance floor into a true Brazilian party, for the first time in Downtown LA. |
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 THIS WEEK IN L.A. (02/08/2010 Things To Do in Los Angeles by Eye Spy LA Editor) THIS WEEK: Become Queen for a Doo Dah day. Find a perfect date, Skate for Love, go on a Chinatown Challenge, seek out a Travel Adventure or take take a peep at "Sex and the City Zoo"
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 PEE-WEE WANNABE, NEW ORLEANS, LA, 1957 (02/04/2010 Things To Do in Los Angeles by Charles Phoenix)
A man posing between a beautiful bongo drum and colorful display of plastic wrapped jazz albums predicts the Pee-Wee Herman look. Strike a pose there is nothing to it! That gray glen plaid suit over a white shirt finished with a red bow tie is in no uncertain terms an AMERICANA classic of the highest order. And so is Pee-Wee.
Speaking of... I went to see his new live "Pee-Wee's Playhouse" show here in LA the other night...
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 HOW I ALMOST KILLED MY NEIGHBOR - WITH SPAGHETTI (02/04/2010 Tales of Downtown in Downtown LA by Nancy Mills) When I first moved in, it was very important for me to meet as many of my fellow loft neighbors as possible. I wanted them to know me and vice versa. It just felt so "lofty" and fun and bohemian. Plus, if you really must know, I wanted to see the inside of their lofts and hear their stories.
So what better way to get to know them than to invite them over for dinner? And, since I love to cook and entertain, voila, a meal it was!
One of the first neighbors I met was Christophe. I literally bumped into Christophe in the parking garage - I was carrying bags of things, and we tumbled into one another getting in and out of the elevator. "Bonjour," he said. "Hi, I'm Nancy. I just moved in, I love it here, can I see your loft?" I said in record speed...
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 OUTSIDE THE BOX: BOBRAUSCHENBERGAMERICA AT [INSIDE] THE FORD (01/31/2010 Theatre Review in Hollywood by M.R. Hunter) What does a man in a chicken suit, a giant bowling pin, a rooster and a kitchen whisk all have in common? Everything and nothing in the LA premiere of Charles Mee’s zany collage-montage tribute to the late modern artist, Robert Rauschenberg at [Inside] the Ford.
Inspired by Rauschenberg, Mee conceives a play not bound by conventional Aristotelian unities, but channels the absurdist and radical approach of the artist’s innovative spirit.
Where else can one find a Roller Girl (Breeze Braunschweig) gliding by on retro-styled skates, while a man dressed in a chicken suit crosses the stage?
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 FREE TICKET OFFERS (01/29/2010 Event Tickets in Los Angeles by Eye Spy LA Editor)
Eye Spy LA is all about exploration, discovery and trying new things to do. Here are some opportunities to try something different for free.
NEW CONTESTS: Feeling lucky? WIN tickets to Lucent L'Amours Visionary Love Fest for Valentine's or tickets to see Charles Phoenix's Retro Slide Show of Southern California at Descanso Gardens. Plus...
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 NICE OFFER FOR EDUCATORS (01/29/2010 12:14:36 PM Things To Do in Universal City by Eye Spy LA Editor)
Universal Studios Hollywood is paying homage to teachers and school personnel with a “Salute to Educators” program, inviting all California educators to receive a free theme park admission ticket, good through March 31, 2010.
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 CELEBRATE VALENTINE'S DAY IN L.A. (01/28/2010 Things To Do in Los Angeles by Eye Spy LA Editor)
Give your special someone an experience this Valentine's Day. Flowers, chocolate, disappointing dinner out? NOT! The annual love-athon is on Sunday of a 3 day holiday weekend this year (President's Day is on Monday the 15th) which opens up many possibilities for planning a completely unique day or weekend...
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 TAKIN' THE METRO WITH BRYAN (LIKE WHO'S BRYAN?) (01/22/2010 Tales of Downtown in Downtown LA by Nancy Mills) Bryan is a champ. My neighbor. The guy who lifted my Cost Plus couch (that came in a box and had to be assembled) with one hand. The guy who is an architect and put together my couch in five minutes without any tools. The gourmet cook. The one who always asks how I am when he sees me. I've crowned Bryan super-loft-man.
But, now it is time to get to where I'm going with this post (no pun intended). Bryan loves to take public transportation. He hops on the Metro to go to his favorite Farmers Market in West Hollywood. He takes the bus to Super King on San Fernando Road. He rides the Dash to LA Live.
One day, he said to me in the hallway, "Nancy, do you do the Dash?" And I said, "Bryan, I no longer jog." And he said, "Huh?" I'm originally from the Westside, I DRIVE - how was I suppose to know that the Dash was a long bus-y thing that drives you around downtown?
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 DENISE CROSBY & GALE HAROLD RISE TO THE OCCASION IN WILLIAMS’ “ORPHEUS DESCENDING” (01/21/2010 Theatre Review in Midtown LA by M.R. Hunter) There is a popular conception that talented stage actors can more easily adapt their fine performances for TV/film than the reverse is true, despite the star power effect on the box office. When the play in question is one of Tennessee Williams’ most challenging productions, there is a tendency to assume the worst going in, especially when the director—Lou Pepe, a documentary filmmaker is cutting his theatrical teeth on such an ambitious and unwieldy vehicle. Surprisingly, Denise Crosby of Star Trek TNG and Gale Harold of Queer as Folk dispel these notions and more than rise to the occasion with scintillating, tactile command in this modern epic love story...
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 SUSPEND DISBELIEF IN 11, SEPTEMBER @ THE ODYSSEY (01/15/2010 Theatre Review in San Fernando Valley by M.R. Hunter) Capitalizing on the infamous date of 9/11 as a catalyst for personal tragedies, Paul Kampf’s two-hander play strains against incredulity as a series of improbable events reveal a shared past between ill-fated lovers. Vague allusions to chaos theory and randomness principles provides some context for the arbitrary way these strangers hook up, but does not fully explain why these self-effacing characters divulge their deepest, darkest secrets in a pillow-talk turned confessional...
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