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Before dawn four weeks ago, some 1,300 cops and federal agents fanned across the badlands of Los Angeles in a massive crackdown on the Avenues gang, inviting along a few...
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Had you been an English colonist, would you be more of a Plymouth Puritan or a Massachusetts Puritan? Writer Sarah Vowell can tell you the difference between the two, which...
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Unlike all of those legit beauty pageants mired in drug and nude photo scandals, the organizers behind non-profit Aid for AIDS's seventh annual Best in Drag Show know their...
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Pupusas are the original Hot Pockets: oily patties of dough stuffed with cheese, refried beans, chicharrones, what have you. Thanks to a contraption known as the "pupusorno"...
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For women of m-m-my generation, Chris O'Dell has led a charmed life that many hippie chick b-b-boomers wet-dreamed of. The American expat worked for the Beatles at Apple in...
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Celebrate the 30th anniversary of "I Will Survive" with the disco legend who discusses and performs her music.
Thu., Oct. 22, 8 p.m., 2009
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Mosey on over to the cowboy crooner Dave Stamey's concert.
Sun., Oct. 18, 3:30-5:30 p.m., 2009
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The novelist of L.A. Confidential and The Black Dahlia fame discusses his current book Blood's A Rover, moderated by author and former LA Weekly film critic Helen Knode.
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Come for the free popcorn and cash bar, stay for the screenings of short films and videos hosted by MC and comic Seth Morris.
Fri., Oct. 16, 7 p.m., 2009
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Heroes and Villains: The Battle for Good in India's Comics features modern interpretations of Indian gods and goddesses in Indian and American comic books.
Mondays,...
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High Style: Betsy Bloomingdale and Haute Couture features more than 100 examples of haute couture, accompanied by a video documentary featuring an interview with Bloomingdale,...
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The Color Explosion: Nineteenth-Century American Lithography from the Jay T. Last Collection includes more than 200 19th-century books, posters, prints, illustrations, product...
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It’s been about a decade since the blue-and-yellow Grand Chapiteau (big top) was seen at Santa Monica Pier. This touring production marks the 25th anniversary of...
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"I'm addicted to Facebook. I check it compulsively. I have come to believe that all anyone should write in their status update is, ‘Could someone please say...
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The London-based contemporary dance troupe Hofesh Shecter Company, led by an alum of Israel's celebrated Batsheva Dance Company, makes its West Coast debut. Shecter has become...
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Watch Doug expertly interrupt comics. Yes, he was raised in a barn. Psst: his comic pals are big names.
Mon., Oct. 19, 9 p.m., 2009
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In the often vague and ever-evolving music genre known as contemporary classical, it's both easy and hard to make your mark. On the one hand, just about anything weird enough...
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A talk and concert of new Jewish music featuring Hillel Tigary, the IKAR Band and USC professor Josh Kun.
Thu., Oct. 15, 8 p.m., 2009
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You're gonna have to stand in line and admonish your book-reading child to "be patient," all while you yourself search for your own zen. But the wait will be worth it when...
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The most shocking thing about tonight's holiday slasher horror triple-bill at Silent Movie is that L.A. movie theaters use to be like this all the time. Guest director George...
