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Bathsheba Doran's "elliptical comedy about those who save us and those who don't" drew praises from Jenny Lower, and is is this week's Pick. For all the latest new theater reviews, and theater listings, see below.
This week's stage feature looks at ...
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ABACUS at Sundance
It's hard to image something revolutionary arriving in a familiar package. The insidious things -- like fascism in the form of boys in knee socks with bowl cuts, or the Joker inside of a cake -- are the ones that pop out of pr...
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Church of Type
Bibliophiles, this week is for you! Blame the school calendar, or the slightly crisper weather, because October is ushering in a bevy of word-related events. There will be something to suit every taste -- book launches, storytelli...
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James "Whitey" Bulger has become a one-man stimulus package for the book business.
The trickle of Bulger books started long before Bulger was arrested in Santa Monica in June 2011. By then he'd been a fugitive for 16 years, as his self-generated le...
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When your glam-rock boyfriend needs a girl to lie across his lap at a photo shoot, posing as if she's about to be spanked, do you abandon your principles and do it yourself? Or do you maintain your dignity -- but allow the eager groupie who clearly h...
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Versa-Style dancers in Furious Beauty
This week's dance events also include Australian dancers under the "Weather," middle eastern dance, choreography in an art gallery and more flamenco.5. The Furious Beauty of street dance
The evenings may be ...
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L.A. may be a tourist destination, chock full of the traps that locals go out of their way to avoid, but there are some touristy places that are worth visiting more than once. In fact, you could go so far as to say that the following touristy places,...
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The Eric Andre Show begins its second season on October 3
Back when Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim were working on the second season of their quirky, animated series Tom Goes to the Mayor, the duo launched their own production company, Abso Lutel...
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The Station to Station train in Los Angeles
"I'm not cutting, just getting a photo," said a tall man in a white button-down shirt with iPhone poised, sliding between me and my view of No Age last Thursday night. The duo was playing at Union Stat...
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Slash, the wild-haired guitarist who has played with everyone from Michael Jackson to Fergie to Iggy Pop, knew the perfect name for his new horror production company: Slasher Films. There was only one problem. He hates slasher films.
"I'm not into ...
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Though it's often overlooked on the repertory circuit, West African film has long been a rich and vital voice in global cinema. Mired in tragedy, the region's colonial history has inspired a volatile mix of African tradition and aesthetics, European ...
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Devin Troy Strothers' 2013 collage That National Geographic shit: "Guuuuuurl, we need to get out of this jungle tho, these nniggas are trip pin, I got a pantha and you got a cheetah, so let's see who's the lead!"
This week, an irreverent painter t...
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Friday, Oct. 4
Tonight at 7:30 p.m., you have quite a few choices. At the Egyptian Theatre, the German Currents: Film Festival Los Angeles series kicks off with an opening party and the screening of Measuring the World (Die Vermessung der Welt), bas...
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Airbnb's Art's District pod
Airbnb is the online connection between travelers looking to save a buck and home owners hocking their houses as lodging. This past weekend, they launched a Hollywood-style welcome campaign in all the obvious parts of ...
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Sarah Elgart's performance piece Everywhere Nowhere, held this past weekend as part of LAX's ongoing arts fest "Influx"
The current renovations and re-branding of Los Angeles International Airport is delivering frustrating, mixed cues for its art....
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The Reverend Lord Humongous
In the dark and cloudless skies above California City, a million stars wink their approval as armor-clad lovers stroll through scrub and tire fires. Nearby, while zombie hunters complete their rounds and nuclear fallo...
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The following is an excerpt adapted from Parks and Recreation star Nick Offerman's new book, Paddle Your Own Canoe, on sale starting today. Offerman will be appearing at the New Beverly, in an event organized by Book Soup, on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 6 p....
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Shun-Kin by Complicite and Setagaya Public Theatre
A sampling of entries seen at this year's 18-entry Radar L.A.Festival leaves two impressions: Angst about fathers and stages filled with puppets.
The downtown, Getty Villa and UCLA ent...
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Alex Bradley Cohen, 23, stands in his new installation at the Craft and Folk Art Museum.
Few artists do it for the cash. But the art world's pressure to brand, package and sell yourself and your work can be overwhelming.
"Artifacts of a Life Li...
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Left to right: Dave Anthony, Marc Maron, Zach Galifianakis, Todd Glass on the Doug Loves Movies live podcast at Los Angeles Podcast Festival 2012
At last year's inaugural Los Angeles Podcast Festival, some fans and amateur podcasters brought the...
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