David Cotner

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An Evening With Cary Elwes

David Cotner
Occasionally a film so breathlessly joyous slips into theaters, lodging itself firmly in the heart of the body politic. At USC’s Movies We Love series’ An Evening With Cary Elwes and screening of The Princess Bride, Elwes will sign copies of his New York Times bestseller As You Wish: Inconceivable......
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Matt Zoller Seitz

David Cotner
If the storytelling of The Grand Budapest Hotel wasn’t kaleidoscopic enough for you, listen to the stories behind the stories as best-selling author Matt Zoller Seitz discusses his new book, The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Abrams). Anderson’s eighth feature film offers intrigue and absurdity in 1930s Europe,......
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Hammer Conversations: Lisa Bloom and Carl E. Douglas

David Cotner
A couple of lawyers sitting in a room talking about police authority: just what you wanted to do on a Tuesday night, huh. Yet these are the lawyers who are working tirelessly for the poor and the disadvantaged every day of the week. Civil rights attorneys Lisa Bloom and Carl......
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La Fiesta de la Candelaria

David Cotner
For many years, Olvera Street merchants have celebrated La Fiesta de la Candelaria. It’s a ceremony in which kids dress up their baby Jesus dolls to have them blessed by trained professionals, followed by prizes, songs and celebration. Candelaria also involves a great big flock of candles throughout the Paseo,......
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Street Shooting

David Cotner
With all the people walking around looking down at their cellphones, you’d think that street photography would consist solely of asphalt and concrete. Tonight’s opening of the inaugural Street Shooting exhibition, however, shows you the depth and breadth of what’s going on out there in the lives of real people......
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Life of Marley

David Cotner
Only slightly harder to believe than that Bob Marley’s been gone for 34 years already is the fact that there’s such a beautiful, kaleidoscopic treasury of his life as Roger Steffens’ extravaganza Life of Marley, a multimedia show in honor of the musician’s 70th birthday. More than 42 years’ worth......
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Golden State of Cocktails

David Cotner
It’s nice when you get to a point in your life when you can actually enjoy alcohol, instead of using it as a crutch or a club because you haven’t gotten over various things. This week, immerse yourself in cocktail consciousness with Golden State of Cocktails. Experts devoted to quality......
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Mick Ebeling book signing

David Cotner
It’s hard to imagine anything that instills a sense of personal power as much as having a missing limb restored. And Mick Ebeling know about that. The inventor of the EyeWriter — a device for the paralyzed by which eye movements are translated into words — discusses his new book,......
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The Imitation Game with Q&A

David Cotner
The Contenders screening series of Oscar-worthy cinema continues with The Imitation Game. It’s the sad-but-true story of Cambridge mathematician Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch), who broke the previously impervious Nazi Enigma encryption codes with the help of brilliant brains played by Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode and Rory Kinnear. No stranger to......
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Art of the Samurai

David Cotner
Andell Family Sundays rides again with Art of the Samurai — a chance to take your little shogun assassins to experience LACMA’s groundbreaking installation “Art of the Samurai: Swords, Paintings, Prints and Textiles.” After immersing yourself in swords, armor, robes and battle-soaked woodblock prints in the underrated Pavilion for Japanese......