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The names of the couples in this story have been changed to protect their identities. If Juan and Juana were going to stage a fake marriage to help Juan get his green card,...
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With Sunday's Final pitting the Netherlands against Spain, there will be a new country's name joining the seven already engraved on the bottom of the FIFA World Cup Trophy....
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The museum's outdoor music series features a hands-on instrument workshop for kids, followed by live salsa by Orquesta Charangoa.
Thu., July 15, 5 p.m., 2010
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Screening of the 2004 surfing movie, followed by a Q&A with director Stacy Peralta.
Wed., July 14, 7 p.m., 2010
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Screenings of Peter and the Wolf, What's Opera, Doc? Rabbit of Seville and Rhapsody Rabbit, featuring music by Wagner, Prokofiev, Liszt and Rossini.
Sun., July 11,...
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French artist Eric Baudelaire's video Sugar Water takes place in a Paris metro.
Tuesdays-Sundays. Starts: July 9. Continues through Sept. 26, 2010
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Masanga Marimba performs music from Latin America and Zimbabwe in this family-friendly concert in the museum's outdoor amphitheater.
Sat., July 10, 12 & 2 p.m., 2010
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Before spinning wheels got a bad name, there was the original story of Sleeping Beauty, where Princess Aurora pricked her finger on a needle hidden in a tapestry by an evil...
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If you like true crime stories with a local twist, look no further than Christine Pelisek's L.A. Weekly murder coverage. If you crave hard-boiled tales of crime spun by the...
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There is perhaps no more soaringly romantic entry in the violin repertoire than Max Bruch's Scottish Fantasy. Composed in 1880, the work consists of four movements for violin...
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Salomon Huerta creates art to destroy it. Then he creates it again, and destroys it again. Once more he creates it, and at last it's done. In the Zocalo Public Square program...
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Just how gay is ballroom dancing? Seriously gay, according to West Hollywood's own Robert Tristan and Steve Valentine, the same-sex ballroom-dance champs who aim to sashay all...
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You're a nonconformist. "Life is short," you often tell yourself, "why go with the herd?" So you decide to do something on this lazy, hazy Tuesday afternoon that wouldn't...
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Ryan Murphy doesn't sit around watching paint dry. Twenty-odd years ago, as a fresh-faced intern at the venerable L.A. Style magazine, Murphy lasted all of three days -- not...
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True to the typical suffering-writer-in-seclusion scenario, Harper Lee hides away in her Alabama home, Boo Radley–style, shunning fans and publicity hounds. But at 84,...
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In the ancient days of just a couple years ago, Laurie Ochoa was L.A. Weekly's editor in chief, and Joe Donnelly was its deputy editor. Disregarding popular warnings about the...
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Spoken-word artist Sally Shore's New Short Fiction Series is the longest-running literary spoken-word series in town, 14 years, 160-plus shows so far. Basically, actors read...
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Call him the "King of Kitsch," the "Knight of Nostalgia," the "Chancellor of Cheese." Charles Phoenix has made a career out of touring with his retro slide show, presenting...
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The bright outlook of the summer festival season dimmed considerably last year when, due to budget issues, Echo Park's Lotus Festival was abruptly canceled. Well, times may...
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When Placido Domingo calls you "the next Leontyne Price," you know you've arrived. That's the compliment soprano Angel Blue received from the legendary tenor after...
