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This Isn’t About the Future: Black Digital Culture Now

This year’s annual CalArts conference on digital culture, This Isn’t About the Future: Black Digital Culture Now, focuses on what it’s like to be black in a connected world where race is at once invisible and omnipresent. Curated by poet and faculty member Douglas Kearney, the two-day program begins Friday......
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Meditation of Candle Making

The last in a series of HoliDIY workshops hosted by The Women’s Center for Creative Work and Otherwild, the Meditation of Candle Making teaches the calming effect of hand-dipping your own beeswax candles. Led by the Lower Lodge’s Hannah Vainstein, this isn’t your typical Crafternoon — the focus here is......
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Grand Park's Dia de los Muertos Concert

Día de los Muertos, which technically runs from Oct. 31 through Nov. 2, is one of Mexico’s most celebrated holidays. The result of Spanish influence on a centuries-old Aztec festival honoring Mictecacihuatl, goddess of the afterlife, Día de los Muertos now is celebrated around the world — and especially in......
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Dia de los Muertos

Día de los Muertos, which technically runs from Oct. 31 through Nov. 2, is one of Mexico’s most celebrated holidays. The result of Spanish influence on a centuries-old Aztec festival honoring Mictecacihuatl, goddess of the afterlife, Día de los Muertos now is celebrated around the world — and especially in......
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Target Free Sundays Festival de los Muertos

Día de los Muertos, which technically runs from Oct. 31 through Nov. 2, is one of Mexico’s most celebrated holidays. The result of Spanish influence on a centuries-old Aztec festival honoring Mictecacihuatl, goddess of the afterlife, Día de los Muertos now is celebrated around the world — and especially in......
Hollywood Forever's 2013 Día de los Muertos celebration.; Credit: Young-Wolff

5 Scary Cool Things to Do This Week for Less Than $12

This Halloween weekend is all treats, no tricks – with a bunch of great (and cheap!) events from the flashy to the funny to the... Cat-y? Hit up the city's best Halloween Parade on Friday, then celebrate Mexico's Día de los Muertos by choosing from one of four awesome parties around......
L.A. Dance Project in motion.; Credit: Benjamin Millepeid

3 Free Things to Do in L.A. This Week (Plus 2 for Under $25)

Let's face it – you don't need to go crazy this week (that's what Halloween weekend is for!). But that doesn't mean you have to sit on your couch crafting your costume and sneaking candy all week. Get out there! With so many great events happening this week, you don't......
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10 Weirdest Places to Stay in Los Angeles

So, your friends and family want to come visit you in "Hollywood" – but they're not exactly your typical travelers. They love everything weird and under-the-radar, and want an authentic L.A. experience. Your futon isn't an option, and the Holiday Inn just won't cut it. Luckily, there are plenty of......
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Lit Crawl L.A.

Based on San Francisco’s wildly successful Litquake, Lit Crawl L.A. is a literary take on the bar crawl. Now in its second year, the NoHo Arts District event consists of three “rounds” of literary events at 7, 8 and 9 p.m. (plus an after-party at 10 p.m. on the upper......
Meachan Rath gets "Konko'ed" at Victory Lap.; Credit: Linas Phillips

5 Funky Free Things to Do in L.A. This Week

This week is all about fun, funky, free festivals happening all over Los Angeles – a '70s TV show celebration in Beverly Hills, a Skid Row art festival, a Halloween-themed variety show at the Virgil, and Lit Crawl – the best-read bar crawl NoHo has ever seen. Too punk to party......