Wendy Gilmartin

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Benson Goes Ape

Wendy Gilmartin
Doug Benson is the lovable stoner behind the movie Super High Me, as well as stints on Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Sarah Silverman Show and (if you go way back) Mr. Show. He's a prolific couch potato, too, and connoisseur of schlock — a formidable combo that has made his......
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Factory Girl Gone Wild

Wendy Gilmartin
Andy Warhol's muse gets yet another consideration under the direction of Bauhaus/Love + Rockets bassman David J, whose experimental sonic opera and theater piece Silver for Gold (The Odyssey of Edie Sedgwick) on the life and death of the pop art icon begins its five-night run. At the nexus of......
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El Bordello Alexandra: How a Venice Beach Landmark Came to Be

Wendy Gilmartin
When Tony Wells and Brittany Stevenson bought the apartment at 20 Westminster Ave. in Venice ten years ago, the place was a heroin den with a slumlord owner who never fixed things. The front was covered with decaying wood shingles, grimy linoleum hid the historic tile work in the foyer......
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Abbot Kinney Festival – Venice – September 25, 2011

Wendy Gilmartin
Seasons, Thundercat, Dumbfounded, Kris Mars, Family of the Year, Hanni el Khatib and Mia Doi Todd Abbot Kinney Festival Venice 9/25/11 Better than . . . Sunset Junction. After all of the Sunset Junction drama this summer, it turns out that for a fun outdoor hipster music event you have......
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Hand-Crafted Films

Wendy Gilmartin
Janie Geiser's "Nervous Films," Secret Stories gives a tame suggestion of the subconsciousness-prying themes explored in Geiser's short films. As an internationally recognized illustrator, puppet maker, playwright, animator and filmmaker, Geiser is capable of crafting extravagant visual worlds within each of her pieces. Quick pans through delicately sinister dioramas, antiquated......
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The Funniest Man in Highland Park

Wendy Gilmartin
Marc Maron busts out of his Highland Park garage to bring his burning-hot, twitter-trending comedy podcast to an actual, physical stage in front of real live people tonight. Once a month he ventures out of "the Park" for live sets where he shoots the shit with the likes of Amy......
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Sade – Staples Center – 8/19/2011

Wendy Gilmartin
Sade and John Legend Staples Center 8/19/2011 Has Staples Center ever before oozed with such love? And not just the gooey, puppy love stuff neither. All the most time-worn of L'Amour's swooning, blushy themes played out Friday, with Sade delivering all love's ups and downs in her impressively dignified and......