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Tig Notaro

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They say comedy heals all wounds. Or is that time? In any case, when comedian Tig Notaro was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012, she did what any normal person would do: talked about it with a bunch of strangers, at Largo L.A. The show became legendary, filled with gems......
Raul Pacheco from Ozomatli plays in Dreaming Sin Fronteras.; Credit: Sarah Skeen

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

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What do a NASA lab, a singing hologram and James Ellroy have in common? They're all having free events in L.A. this week. Start and end your week with art — a post-architectural exhibit at SCI-Arc (which we recently named Best Art Gallery Inside an Architecture School) opens tonight, and on......
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Best Board Game Cafe

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Playing Scrabble or Jenga at your local coffee shop is nothing new, but Game Häus Café is a real game changer. For a $5 cover charge (good for all day), grab a spot at one of the cozy leather couches or sit at one of the extra-long, extra-wide tables built......
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Stop and Smell Your Dinner

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Our sense of smell is incredibly powerful — it triggers memories, captures emotions and is key to our experience of food. Smell is what brings tastes beyond the standard — sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami — and into the realm of complexity. That's why the Institute for Art and......
Performers from Kayamanan Ng Lahi Philippine Folk Arts pose during previous FPAC; Credit: FilAm ARTS

4 Free Things to Do in L.A. This Week (Plus a Great One for $13)

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Start your weekend off with a two-day festival in Grand Park celebrating Filipino arts, culture and – of course – delicious food. Next, do some soul-searching with multi-artist exhibit "My Self Is an Other." Get some literary laughs with a reading of rhyming two letter words, and if you're looking for......
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The L.A. Feline Film Festival

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Cat lovers are a notoriously antisocial bunch, known mostly for staying indoors (with their cats) and watching YouTube videos. The L.A. Feline Film Festival hopes to change this with an all-day outdoor festival featuring cat videos, celebrity cat appearances and, of course, cats available for adoption. The Internet Cat Video......
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5 Chill Things to Do in L.A. This Week for $5 or Less

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This week, take time to chill — at artist Oliver Payne's listening party, Chill Out, or at any number of the chill science-meets-art events that are part of Pasadena's AxS Festival, including this super chill fabric dome called SPHÆRÆ. Sit back and contemplate as you listen to the too-often silenced voices......
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Nick Offerman

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Nick Offerman, best known as Parks & Recreation's lovable curmudgeon Ron Swanson, has just published a very Swanson-esque book. Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living is an advice tome from the meat-loving, mustachioed man we all wish we were, with topics ranging from "Eat Meat" to......