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  Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Solo Show About Polka. Yes, Polka

  LynnMarie Rink and band Lynnmarie Rink's one-woman (not counting her band) show about her life as a polka star is this week's pick of the week. It's called Wrap Your Heart Around It, and it's being performed at the Falcon Theatre in Burb...

  @ Public Spectacle by Steven Leigh Morris on July 25, 2013 @ 1:42 pm

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  What if Jeffrey Deitch and MOCA Had Made it Work?

  The official announcement that the Museum of Contemporary Art's director Jeffrey Deitch would step down only arrived at 3:30 p.m. yesterday, nearly two days after L.A. Weekly's Dennis Romero reported the resignation's imminence and one day after edit...

  @ Public Spectacle by Catherine Wagley on July 25, 2013 @ 12:48 pm

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  Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including Dancing in the Grand Park Fountain

  Pony Box Dance Theater at the ADaPT Festival This week's dance events include dance festivals plus National Dance Day. 5. Have dance festival, will travel Now in its third year, the ADaPT Festival has grown from its roots in Santa Barbara to an i...

  @ Public Spectacle by Ann Haskins on July 25, 2013 @ 6:00 am

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  Boing Boing Editor Xeni Jardin Talks About Her Ongoing Recovery From Breast Cancer

  Xeni Jardin live-tweeted her cancer diagnosis -- and all the pain that followed. "I have breast cancer and I'm in good hands." Those are the words Xeni Jardin, tech journalist, blogger and Boing Boing editor, tweeted to more than 50,000 follow...

  @ Public Spectacle by Liana Aghajanian on July 25, 2013 @ 5:00 am

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  The Most Bizarre Chicago Cast Ever?

  From left: Stephen Moyer, Lucy Lawless, Ashlee Simpson, Samantha Barks and Drew Carey make up the unconventional cast of the Hollywood Bowl's production of Chicago. It's the fifth day of rehearsals for Chicago, and the director is presenting two...

  @ Public Spectacle by Kevin O'Keeffe on July 24, 2013 @ 3:18 pm

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  Five Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week, From Tap Dancing to Ruined Billboards

  Robert Russell's Men Who Are Named Robert Russell (2013) This week, one artist makes crystals from scratch, another paints portraits of people who share his name, and a third focuses on the rhythms of the StairMaster. 5. Get-togethers "Show an...

  @ Public Spectacle by Catherine Wagley on July 24, 2013 @ 8:00 am

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  How Artist Hector Zamora Built a House on Top of Shopping Carts

  It takes 29 shopping carts to hold up a house. Or that's how many it takes to hold up the timber-stud frame of a small, single-family house that artist Hector Zamora built in REDCAT's downtown gallery. Twenty-nine yellow-handled, slightly outdated, ...

  by Catherine Wagley on August 22, 2013

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  El Grande de Coca Cola and the Groundlings' Latest Show Bring Vaudeville to 2013

  In 1973, the Mexican cabaret-parody El Grande de Coca Cola made its premiere off-Broadway, and it has been a micro-cult sensation ever since, proving itself and its comedy to be irrepressible, with productions cropping up all over the country. The l...

  by Steven Leigh Morris on August 22, 2013

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  Juxtapoz Magazine Founder and a (Free!) Brazilian Film Fest: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage Saturday, July 27 Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes are back -- kinda -- at the New Beverly Cinema in Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie, which takes the storyline of Smith's Bluntman and Chronic comic...

  @ Public Spectacle by Sherrie Li on July 24, 2013 @ 7:00 am

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  Dee Smith's Play Got Mixed Reviews. So She Changed Directors and Started Over

  Dee Smith & Josh T. Ryan When it comes to putting up a show, Los Angeles' small theater community isn't generally known for its readiness to give a play a second chance. The custom here is to roll the dice, stoically accept what comes and then qu...

  @ Public Spectacle by Bill Raden on July 23, 2013 @ 1:37 pm

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  69 Badass Cosplay Characters from San Diego Comic-Con 2013

  San Diego Comic-Con is a lot of things to a lot of people. You can bemoan the commercialization and curse the movie studios, but while you're doing that, be sure to appreciate the magic of thousands upon thousands of super-fans dressing up as their f...

  @ Public Spectacle by LA Weekly on July 23, 2013 @ 7:00 am

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  The Controversial History of Flight Attendants

  Thanks to pop culture phenoms like Mad Men, we are well aware of the association between beautiful, polished stewardesses and mid-century air travel. Used together, they showed the world how glamorous and successful Americans were during the Cold War...

  @ Public Spectacle by Whitney Friedlander on July 23, 2013 @ 5:00 am

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  Do World-Class Surfers Change as They Get Older?

  Storm Surfer Ross Clarke-Jones tackles a meaty slab at Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania. Forget the physical training. Never mind the mental prep. For former world champion surfer Tom Carroll, the urge to surf down a 30-foot wall of water -- sometimes do...

  @ Public Spectacle by Anna Dimond on July 22, 2013 @ 1:22 pm

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  Why Comic-Con Is Really About Community

  When religious protestors showed up at Comic-Con, attendees responded with absurd signs. In Southern California, you can be certain that the bigger the event, the more religious protestors you'll see across the street. Oftentimes, convention-goer...

  @ Public Spectacle by Liz Ohanesian on July 22, 2013 @ 11:57 am

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  Emily the Strange: From Quirky T-Shirt Character to Pop Culture Icon

  Most recently, she's been fronting a band, Emily and the Strangers. Their adventures are documented in the comic book series of the same name, published by Dark Horse Comics. But it's more than that. Emily and the Strangers are the band credited with...

  @ Public Spectacle by Liz Ohanesian on July 21, 2013 @ 12:14 pm

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  Why Regular Show Is So Huge at Comic-Con This Year

  J.G. Quintel, creator of Regular Show, left, meets Muscle Man come to life. J.G. Quintel has been going to San Diego Comic-Con for a decade now. He started out his journey here as a fan, a CalArts student who caught wind of the event from his br...

  @ Public Spectacle by Liz Ohanesian on July 20, 2013 @ 1:47 pm

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  The Odyssey, Performed in a Honda Odyssey

  Odyssey Odyssey by Johanna Kozma. Odysseus does not return to the seductive, possessive Kalypso once he escapes her lair in Homer's telling of The Odyssey. But in writer-artist Johanna Kozma's version, he does return. Also, in Kozma's version, ...

  @ Public Spectacle by Catherine Wagley on July 19, 2013 @ 1:12 pm

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  Thrilling Adventure Hour Heads to Comic-Con With Kickstarter-Funded Comic Book

  Ben Blacker had just arrived at San Diego Comic-Con when we met. The writer was preparing for a whirlwind of events surrounding Thrilling Adventure Hour, the live show he created with Ben Acker eight years ago. There's a signing, an official Comic-Co...

  @ Public Spectacle by Liz Ohanesian on July 19, 2013 @ 11:59 am

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  5 Ways to Explore a Culture Different From Your Own in L.A. This Week

  L.A. has in the past been called a "melting pot" -- a merging of multiple cultures in one city that has both its pros and cons. One major advantage, however, is the ability for Angelenos to explore others' cultures, and not just the ones you would ex...

  @ Public Spectacle by Kevin O'Keeffe on July 19, 2013 @ 7:00 am

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  New Andy Kaufman Album Fuels the Rumor That He's Still Alive

  Andy Kaufman, center, with girlfriend Lynne Margulies, enjoyed having an audience on the receiving end of his pranks, even if it was just one person. Anyone wondering what kind of mischief Andy Kaufman could stir up in the viral age didn't need ...

  @ Public Spectacle by Anthony D'Alessandro on July 19, 2013 @ 5:00 am