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 01/18/2013 to 06/30/2013 Theater
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
5108 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, 91601 310-450-2849 - $34 - Named "Critic's Choice" in the Los Angeles Times and given a GO! in the LA Weekly, Smoke and Mirrors - a heartfelt comedy-drama with mind-bending magic - continues its run, by popular demand, a new t ....
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05/21/2013 Books
THE GRAPHIC CANON: ILLUSTRATING THE WORLD'S GREAT LITERATURE
630 West Fifth St. Los Angeles, CA 90071 213-228-7025 - Free, Reservations Recommended - The Graphic Canon: Illustrating the World's Great Literature Panel discussion and presentation with Frank M. Hansen, Milton Knight, Sharon Rudahl, Zak Smith Moderated by Russ Kick, writer and editor ....
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05/22/2013 Books
THE AUTISTIC BRAIN: THINKING ACROSS THE SPECTRUM
630 West Fifth St. Los Angeles, CA 90071 213-228-7025 - Free, Reservations Recommended - Temple Grandin
The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum Weaving her own experience with remarkable new discoveries, Grandin brings her singular perspective to the thrilling journey through th ....
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05/22/2013 Classes & Seminars
DECISION MAKING AND QUALITY CONTROL IN EARLY MOMENTS OF A PROTEIN'S LIFE
332 S. Michigan Ave. Pasadena, 91125 626-395-4652 - FREE, no tickets or reservations required - Dr. Shu-Ou Shan, professor of Chemistry at Caltech, will discuss the research about how cells are able to make decisions and assert quality control early in a protein's life. This is an Earnest C. Wa ....
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05/23/2013 Books
BODIES, WOMEN, THE WORLD
630 West Fifth St. Los Angeles, CA 90071 213-228-7025 - Free, Reservations Recommended - Eve Ensler and Jody Williams
Bodies, Women, The World Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues and the new memoir In the Body of the World, discusses the female body and the world’s responsibilit ....
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05/23/2013 Film
DOUBLE FEATURE: NIGHT MOVES, 1975, & ULZANA’S RAID, 1972
Aero Theater 1328 Montana Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90403 (323) 466-3456 - $11 general admission, $9 Student/Senior, $7 for Cinematheque Members. - Thursday, May 23 – 7:30 PM ALAN SHARP TRIBUTE
Double Feature: NIGHT MOVES, 1975, Warner Bros., 95 min. Dir. Arthur Penn. Gene Hackman plays an ex-football- ....
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05/24/2013 Film
ROCKSHOW, 2013
Aero Theater 1328 Montana Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90403 (323) 466-3456 - $11 general admission, $9 Student/Senior, $7 for Cinematheque Members. - Friday, May 24 – 7:30 PM ROCK DOCS
ROCKSHOW, 2013, Eagle Rock, 141 min. Dir. Jack Priestley. This newly restored reissue of the 1980 Paul M ....
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02/23/2013 to 05/25/2013 Theater
LIVE DRAMATIZATION OF PULP FICTION STORIES FROM '30S AND '40S
7051 Hollywood Blvd (323) 798-1635 - $10 (First Time FREE) - Dramatic multi-cast live reading of pulp fiction stories by L. Ron Hubbard, originally published in the '30s and '40s. It's like Old Time Radio but with live actors on stage and with pre-show musical ....
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04/24/2013 to 05/25/2013 Comedy
TIX NOW ON SALE FOR MARIA BAMFORD
102 East Magnolia, Burbank, 91502 818-845-9721 - $20.00 - Maria is the first female comic to have two half-hour Comedy Central Presents specials. She starred in the Comedy Central series, The Comedians of Comedy and Netflix´s Comedians of Comedy: The Movie. ....
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04/26/2013 to 05/25/2013 Theater
LOOKING BY NORM FOSTER
777 Centre Street San Pedro, Ca 90731 310-512-6030 - $27.00 - Looking
by Norm Foster
Apr 26 – May 25 Runs Fri & Sat, Apr 26, 27, May 3, 4, 17, 18, 24, 25 @ 8pm; Wed, 5/8 @ 8pm; Thu 5/9 & 5/23 @ 8pm; Sun 5/19 @ 2pm* From the author who brought you Old Love and ....
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05/25/2013 Music
GREGG YOUNG & THE 2ND STREET BAND
6360 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028 562-433-4858 - FREE - Who: Gregg Young & the 2nd Street Band
- Shore Records Recording Artist
- Smooth Jazz Artist of the Year, LA Music Awards
- Best of Jazz Nominee -1st Annual Hollywood Music Awards
- Winner Best Blu ....
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 05/25/2013 Performance
A FAERY HUNT PRESENTS FAIRY TIME IN THE ENCHANTED GARDEN
26300 Crenshaw Boulevard, Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274 (310) 544-1948 - $12.00 - Join Faery Fauni and Faery Godmother Careen up close in an interactive walkabout in the enchanted gardens of South Coast Botanic Garden. The faeries will bring you stories of faery magic and flowers, ....
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05/25/2013 Film
DOUBLE FEATURE: HENDRIX 70: LIVE AT WOODSTOCK, 2012, & LED ZEPPELIN - CELEBRATION DAY, 2012
Aero Theater 1328 Montana Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90403 (323) 466-3456 - $11 general admission, $9 Student/Senior, $7 for Cinematheque Members. - Saturday, May 25 – 7:30 PM ROCK DOCS
Double Feature: HENDRIX 70: LIVE AT WOODSTOCK, 2012, Omniverse Vision, 99 min. Dirs. Michael Wadleigh, Bob ....
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05/25/2013 Comedy
DOC MOCK'S MOVIE MAUSOLEUM
5919 Franklin Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90028 323.908.8702 - 5.00 - Join Doc Mock and friends as they resurrect bad movies from beyond the grave for the sole purpose of making fun of them so badly they'd wish they were dead! May's Ghoulish Crew: Hal Rudnick
Justin Do ....
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05/25/2013 Music
SATURDAY NIGHT MUSIC - FEATURING THE AMBERSTONE
41 Hugus Alley, Pasadena 91103 626.564.1066 - free - Every Saturday night in May One Colorado hosts music in the Courtyard with up-and-coming talent in collaboration with LA Music Academy. No cost; open seating. May 25th - The Amberstone The Amberston ....
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05/25/2013 Music
BRETT HALLAM HOLLAND
2029 N. Lake Altadena, Ca. 91001 (626) 798-6236 - $15 - Solo Acoustic Fingerstyle guitar player and singer Brett Hallam Holland displays a modern approach within his style. He incorporates two hand tapping, slapping, walking bass lines, improvisation, an ....
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03/30/2013 to 05/26/2013 Theater
WEST COAST PREMIERE OF THE BEAUX STRATAGEM AT A NOISE WITHIN
3352 East Foothill Blvd., Pasadena 91107 626-356-3100 - $40 - $60 - A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, concludes its 21st season with the West Coast premiere of GEORGE FARQUHAR’S THE BEAUX’ STRATAGEM, a hilarious period yet con ....
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04/19/2013 to 05/26/2013 Theater
PL.A.Y NOIR
4735 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91602 1-800-838-3006 - $17 online, $20 cash at the door - After a sell-out inaugural run at The Actor’s Workout Studio, PL.A.Y Noir is back with its second season of all things noir! With the City of Angels as its backdrop, P L.A.Y Noir’s tales will trans ....
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04/20/2013 to 05/26/2013 Theater
EDGEMAR CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS WORLD PREMIERE OF NEW PLAY: ONE WHITE CROW
2437 Main Street Santa Monica 90405 310-392-7327 - Call for Price - Edgemar Center for the Arts Presents: World Premiere of new play
ONE WHITE CROW A play by Dale Griffiths Stamos
A journalist, a medium, and a skeptic, where does belief end and truth begin?
Starrin ....
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05/02/2013 to 05/26/2013 Theater
TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE
305 South Hewitt St., Los Angeles, CA 90013 213-237-9933 - $15 - John Ford's immortal classic tale about incestuous lust, forbidden love, and bloody murder is staged in a 1930s mafia setting under the direction of Miranda Stewart. Performances: 8 p.m. Thur. - Sat. ....
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05/04/2013 to 05/26/2013 Theater
WHAT THE BUTLER SAW
2627 PICO BLVD. SANTA MONICA, CA 90405 310 828-7519 - $20 for adults, $18 for seniors and students - Morgan-Wixson Theatre presents What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton. Dr. Prentice, a psychiatric doctor in an exclusive, private clinic, is attempting to interview (and seduce) an attractive would-be sec ....
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05/23/2013 to 05/26/2013 Music
SWINGIN' ON A RIFF
5855 West Century Blvd. Los Angeles 90045 562-200-5477 - $10 and up - A Four Day Jazz Festival featuring 18 concerts, rare film showings and panel discussion with the artists. Featured performers include: Bill Holman Band, Bob Curnow L.A. Big Band Reunion, Alan Broadb ....
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05/25/2013 to 05/26/2013 Music
THE JAZZREGGAE FESTIVAL @ UCLA
405 Hilgard Avenue | Los Angeles, CA 90025 - $32-one day pass, $50-two day pass - The JazzReggae Festival @ UCLA is a two day festival for music, art, culture and diversity, held every Memorial Day Weekend on the UCLA Intramural Field.It is the largest student-run music festival i ....
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05/26/2013 Music
GREGG YOUNG & THE 2ND STREET STEEL DRUM BAND
6360 W. Sunset Blvd. 562.433.4858 - FREE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 5/26/13 Media Advisory Who: Gregg Young & the 2nd Street Steel Drum Band - Shore Records Recording Artist - Smooth Jazz Artist of the Year, LA Music Awards - ....
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05/26/2013 Film
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, 1962
Aero Theater 1328 Montana Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90403 (323) 466-3456 - $11 general admission, $9 Student/Senior, $7 for Cinematheque Members. - Sunday, May 26 – 7:30 PM ALWAYS CLASSIC
New Digital Restoration! LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, 1962, Sony Repertory, 216 min. This sweeping epic of Arab in ....
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09/29/2012 to 05/26/2013 Theater
A NOISE WITHIN'S 2012-13 SEASON OF JOURNEYS
3352 East Foothill Blvd., Pasadena 91107 626-356-3100 - - A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, led by Producing Artistic Directors Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott, announces its 2012-13 Season featuring six mast ....
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05/27/2013 Film
HARVEY, 1950
Aero Theater 1328 Montana Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90403 (323) 466-3456 - $11 general admission, $9 Student/Senior, $7 for Cinematheque Members. - Monday, May 27 – 7:30 PM MEMORIAL DAY
HARVEY, 1950, Universal, 104 min. Dir. Henry Koster. Easily the greatest movie ever made starring a 6-foot- ....
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05/29/2013 Books
WHY DOES THE WORLD EXIST?
630 West Fifth St. Los Angeles, CA 90071 213-228-7025 - Free, Reservations Recommended - Jim Holt and Sean Carroll
Why Does the World Exist? Holt, an irreverent detective of metaphysics and science, dives deep into conversation with Caltech cosmologist Sean Carroll, to try and answer the ....
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