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  Jay-Z & Kanye West: Watch the Throne @ STAPLES Center
  Jay-Z & Kanye West brought their much-anticipated Watch the Throne tour to the STAPLES Center on December 12, 2011. All images by Christopher Victorio.RELATED CONTENT Click here to read Heard Mentality's review of show.
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  Free Comic Book Day at Meltdown Comics
  For Free Comic Book Day, comic shops across offered freebies, signings and more events. Over at Hollywood's Meltdown Comics, fans of The Dark Crystal had the chance to check out Skeksis statues, in additions to signings, Q/A sessions and other events. Participating artists and writers included...
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  CuriousJosh: Prakasha Wednesday Grand Opening, Revival and Mindshare
  CuriousJosh brings you scenes from the LA underground. This week, Govinda's sultry beats enrich Nirvana's seductive dining during the premiere evening of Prakasha Wednesday, with Imagika, Pod, bellydancing and more. DJ Collective Ninja Skillz monthly King King night premieres showcasing...
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  The Beatnuts, Chingo Bling @ Key Club
  The Cinco de Mayo celebration continued on Friday, May 6, as Key Club presented Chingo Bling, the Tamale Kingpin from Houston, Texas, and the legendary hip-hop duo The Beatnuts from Queens, New York. A diverse crowd of fans packed the house and rocked along to the signature lyrical styles and...
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  Nightranger: Young Hollywood, Thirst & Howl and Club Bang!
  Nightranger Lina Lecaro hit up Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Party, Thirst & Howl at Hemingway's and Club Bang! with Tranzkuntinental. Along the way she saw Kathy Griffin, Peaches Geldof, Madeline Zima and Macy Gray, not to mention an assortment of nymphs and burlesque babes.
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  Lucha VaVoom @ The Mayan Theatre
  Lucha VaVoom celebrated Cinco de Mayo 2011 with a pair of sold-out shows that took the action to Chicago and one here at The Mayan Theatre. Check out all the fun from The Mayan show here.
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  Tomo Neko Maid Cafe
  Fans of anime and manga got together at the Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo for Tomo Neko Maid Cafe, which featured stand-up comedy, games, a geta dance performance from Miyuki and a host of people dressed as maids and butlers.
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  Peek Inside Michelle Nguyen's Latest Chubby Bunny Hair Accessories Collection
  Michelle Nguyen's pudgy red bows became a hit at Hello Kitty's 35th Anniversary event in 2009, helping her launch the popular accessories line Chubby Bunny. Check out her latest collection here, as well as the window display she created for JapanLA. All photos by Shannon Cottrell. Read more in...
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  Porkapalooza at Cochon 555
  Need a visual aid for your print edition? Jonathan Gold checks out Cochon 555. ("If food is the new rock & roll, and we have every reason to believe that it is, Cochon 555 is the Porkapalooza of the medium, a traveling circus of sustainability and a locavore rodeo, a roadshow of wine, pig and...
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  Nightranger: 2011 Pasadena Doo Dah Parade
  Nightranger Lina Lecaro headed out to Pasadena on May 1 for a spectacular display at the Doo Dah Parade. Read more in "Freaks and Frocks at the 34th 'Occasional' Doo Dah Parade."
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  Anaheim Comic Con 2011
  Ghostbusters, Green Lanterns and more gathered at the Anaheim Convention Center for this year's installment of Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con. All photos by Shannon Cottrell. Read more in Liz Ohanesian's post "Southern California Ghostbusters Turn up at Anaheim Comic Con."
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  Explosions in the Sky @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery
  Explosions in the Sky performed to a capacity crowd April 30 at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The stage light offered little in assisting navigation through the sea of blankets that filled the lawn in front of the stage once the sun went down. Papercuts opened the show.
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