David Cotner

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“Give and Ye Shall Receive: Gift Giving in the Middle Ages”

David Cotner
Gift-giving in the Middle Ages wasn’t confined to dowries or stones placed on the throats of cholera-riddled corpses — it was a way to impart a bit of an individual human being to someone they deem just as important. The opening of the exhibition “Give and Ye Shall Receive: Gift......
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Street Art Auction

David Cotner
Even if you don’t want to bid, you can get a glimpse into where street art is now at the third biannual Street Art Auction. The event will include several Banksy “Rat” pieces — dating from “Existencilism,” his first L.A. exhibition in 2002, held at the 33? Gallery on Pico......
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Princess

David Cotner
Cover bands that exist so that their members can sing the songs as psychic love letters to the songwriters themselves are extortionately rare. As such, Princess is the deeply funky Prince cover band fronted by Saturday Night Live vet Maya Rudolph and L.A. singer-songwriter Gretchen Lieberum. They’ve been singing together......
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Is L.A. Mobile Enough to Be a Global City?

David Cotner
Zócalo’s latest exercise in devil’s advocacy asks Is L.A. Mobile Enough to Be a Global City? Never mind that L.A. invented skateboarding — now we have to worry about keeping up with monorails in Tokyo and North Haverbrook, as well as London’s alluring double-decker buses. LADOT general manager Seleta Reynolds,......
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Venezuela: The Revolution Continues

David Cotner
The closest most Americans got to revolution in Venezuela was getting all huffy after finding out their cheap Citgo gas came from there. As with most revolutions, it’s too soon to fully understand its effects, so with that in mind, moderator Ian Masters steers tonight’s Hammer Forum, Venezuela: The Revolution......
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The BEATdown’s Turnt Up!

David Cotner
The BEATdown’s Turnt Up! is a night of one-on-one rap battles pitting comedians against one another in an evening of improvised insults. Hosted by Eliza Skinner and a professional beatboxer, it’s an arena in which the winners are chosen by the brutality of fevered applause. Past gladiators include Reggie Watts......
Small Business Weekend

Small Business Weekend

David Cotner
Battling the hot greed of Black Friday that evaporates into the cold comfort of the following day, the SoCal Etsy Guild and the L.A. Girl join forces to find some warmth in the human touch of Small Business Weekend. The Guild, which started as a clearinghouse for the homey and......
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Turkey Trot L.A.

David Cotner
The second annual Turkey Trot L.A. won’t soothe your guilt at eating all that Thanksgiving food. It’s a chance to be grateful for your health and work up an appetite over 5k and 10k courses through downtown’s streets. For kids, there’s a 1k run, which can be an unfathomable distance......
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It Did Happen Here: Anti-Nazi Activism in Los Angeles

David Cotner
It Did Happen Here: Anti-Nazi Activism in Los Angeles is that rare event that proves false the perception that Los Angeles is merely a superficial cesspit of the frivolous and the dissipated. You’ll see historians Caroline Luce (UCLA) and Laura Rosenzweig (San Francisco State) discussing a pending digital exhibition on......
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The Last Book Review

David Cotner
Courageously risking the same kind of false-advertising lawsuit that befell the makers of The NeverEnding Story, comedians Caitlin Bergh and Ever Mainard launch their inaugural storytelling salon, The Last Book Review. From your willing suspension of disbelief hang comedians Moses Storm (of Hulu’s Subway-produced 4 to 9ers), Shauna McGarry (a......