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  L.A. Not a Beer City? Craft Beer Fest to the Rescue
  Founded by like-minded beer lovers in 2008, the Craft and Artisanal Beer Appreciation League's mission is to spread its passion for the brewing and drinking of beer to as many Angelenos possible. At the first ever craft beer fest at the Echoplex, fancy beer flowed freely as visitors sampled...
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  The Shins and Delta Spirit @ Palladium
  The Shins packed the house May 10 at the Palladium with some Beach Boys, some Neil Young, a few new tracks, an old favorite or two and a merch booth complete with baby onesies.  So Cal natives Delta Spirit opened the show.
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  Video Game Girls Burlesque @ Bordello
  Every gamer's wet dream came true at Bordello on May 9 as Devil's Playground presented Video Game Girls burlesque. The dancers arrived armed and outfitted for an arcade battle, and included Super Mario Bros. Princess Peach, Metroid's Samus Aran, Street Fighter's Chun-Li, The Legend of Zelda's...
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  MusiCares: Anthony Kiedis, Iggy Pop, Ronnie Wood, Steve Jones @ Club Nokia
  The MusiCares Foundation threw its 5th annual MAP Fund benefit at Club Nokia to honor Anthony Kiedis with a Stevie Ray Vaughn award for his support in the recovery process of other addicts in the music industry. Performers included DJ AM, Neil Young (via video), members of the Red Hot Chili...
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  Lebowski Fest '09: Movie & Bowling Party
  What's better than two days of wannabe Dudes and Nihilists facing off to drink White Russians, bowl and watch the movie of all movies together? Nothing, that's what. Fans of The Big Lebowski invaded the Wiltern and Cal Bowl, May 7 and 8, for Lebowski Fest '09. Read Nicole Campos' reviews of Day...
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  Cobrasnake: Star Trek Premiere
  Cobrasnake hits the red carpet for the L.A. premiere of Star Trek. You tell us: What are Winona Ryder and Zachary Quinto (Spock) talking about so intensely? Leave your wittiest answers in the comments section.
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  Nightranger: PDA, Going Commando, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
  Nightranger and a slew of sexy thangs enjoy PDA at the Crown Bar, Go Commando at Boardner's, DANCiSM at Area, and Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, with Ima Robot's Alex Ebert, at the Regent Theatre. Read more in Lina Lecaro's new Nightranger column.
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  Pastry Gazing at Guatemalteca: Snack and Chat at the Beloved Bakery
  Guatemalteca Bakery has always seemed like the locus of Guatemalan-American life in central L.A. Indulge in chocolate chip cookies, tamales, a vat of tripe soup or a tray of the totally compelling cheese-enriched Guatemalan poundcakes called quesadillas. Read Jonathan Gold's "The Gathering:...
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  Lucha VaVoom Cinco De Mayo Party @ Mayan
  Lucha VaVoom celebrated Cinco De Mayo at the Mayan with sombreros, gravity defying Luchadores, taco girls, handlebar mustaches, sexy stripteases and, above all, bejeweled pasties.
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  Sci-Fi Summit 2009 with a Salute to Twilight, Terminator, Star Wars
  Uber-fans joined the Twilight cast, Linda Hamilton from Terminator and Peter Mayhew, Star Wars' legendary Chewbacca, for Creation Entertainment's 17th Annual Grand Slam Sci-Fi Summit at the Marriott Los Angeles Airport hotel.
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  Attention Fan Boys! Hollywood Horror & Sci-Fi Prop Auction
  Harrison Ford's gun from Blade Runner, Ghostbusters concept pieces, Gremlins' Mogwai, Star Wars light sabers, Hugh Jackman's Wolverine costume, hunter/killers from The Terminator... Marilyn Monroe's drug prescription? Profiles in History put 1,000 items up for auction Apr. 30 - May 1, including...
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  D1 Grand Prix: Exotic Cars, Lolitas and Drifting @ Angel Stadium
  On the surface, it may not seem like the custom car crowd and extreme fashionistas have much in common, but they do. Just as you may not want to use your airbrushed, alligator upholstered car to move furniture, so do deco nails make it near-impossible to do ordinary tasks like text messaging....
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