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Maybe it was because L.A. Police Chief Bill Bratton recently launched his “first annual” and widely anticipated Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast in the black...
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As media coverage of the murder of 17-year-old Lily Burk hit a crescendo in recent days, many people were looking for someone to blame. How could the staff of the...
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The heck with the homeless, the handicapped or the disease-stricken; when it comes to fighting for good causes, let's rally around prisoners' rights. And who better to rally...
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Olivia Newton-John stars in director Robert Greenwald's 1980 camptastic musical as a roller-skating disco muse who comes to earth to save a mortal man and live the delicious...
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You've no doubt heard the old chestnut that only a few thousand very disturbed teenagers bought the Velvet Underground's debut album upon its initial release in 1967, but each...
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Want to keep abreast of worthy, giving endeavors? Feel out the "Third Annual 2009 Hot Summer Nights" at the Playboy Mansion. Tickets are pricey, but you'll be able to partake...
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Garlic, energy drinks, hootenannies, baklava, there's a festival for everything. So why not dedicate an entire event to Japan's favorite alcoholic drink? The L.A. Sake...
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In case you've been drinking too much sake (see "L.A. Sake Festival"), yesterday was the first day of the 69th Annual Nisei Japanese Festival, a weeklong extravaganza of...
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The Kutturan Chamoru troupe performs songs and dances from Micronesia in this family concert in the museum's amphitheater.
Sun., Aug. 16, 12 & 2 p.m., 2009
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The Rhymn' Reason duo of Rich and Tonya Mandl teach science, accompanied by music, in this family concert in the museum's amphitheater.
Sat., Aug. 15, 12 & 2 p.m., 2009
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Cast and crew, including Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick, Peter Horton and Timothy Busfield, discuss the Emmy-winning '80s TV drama.
Tue., Aug. 18, 7 p.m., 2009
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Moderated by KPFK radio host Ian Masters, Pamela Starr, a senior lecturer at USC, and Lorenzo Meyer, a professor at El Colegio de Mexico, discuss "ways to improve relations...
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Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art features paintings, sculpture and ritual objects that embody the "demonic divine."
Mondays, Wednesdays-Sundays....
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Wanna see B-list celebrities make fools of themselves? The Inaugural Lakers 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament Fan Fest night, presented by Nike, hosts the likes of Scrubs' Donald...
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Got blood? You'll need plenty to survive the ghastly goings-on at Vampire-Con 2009. This undead extravaganza begins with two days of film screenings at the New Beverly Cinema,...
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Run out of junk to sell on eBay? Maybe it's time to start making your own. Faythe Levine's 2006 film Handmade Nation documents hipsters who do just that. Among the craftastic...
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I'll admit it. I'm a bald, mustachioed, macho man who enjoyed this saccharine sweet, feel-good girly-girl musical. I even found some of it amusing. A lot of the credit goes to...
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Woodstock: The 40th Anniversary exhibit features iconic photographs by of the historic festival by Jim Marshall, Henry Diltz, Baron Wolman and Lisa Law.
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With its intimate format, the Khmer Arts Salon Series strives to cultivate audiences for the highly stylized, traditional arts of Asia, and this week provides the setting for...
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One of the great annual summer treats on the classical music scene is the IPalpiti Festival of International Laureates. In Italian, IPalpiti means "heartbeat," and these...
