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    Free tickets to screening of “Destricted” September 9, 2010

    Free tickets to “Destricted” on September 9. The collection of experimental shorts “Destricted” will be screening September 9 as part of the DigitalArt.LA Expo. ‘Destricted’ is the first of its kind, exploring the intersection of sex and art in a series of films created by...

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    Collaborative Art at the final Art Walk for the summer in Monrovia

    Imagine two blank canvases on a sidewalk.  Each started by just one artist then letting the brushes loose on whomever happened to stop by who expressed an interest in what we were up to.  We, as in yours truly and artist Heather Shaw started the...

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    Disney Hall Lights Up the Street

    Sometimes here in LA you just stumble upon something that takes your breath away. Last night was a case in point. As I drove home around 10 PM, I zipped by Disney Hall, always a visual treat with its soaring silver architecture. But this time...

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    Historic “Moving Picture” Show

    A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there was a world without film. (I know!) Whatever did people do for fun on a Saturday night, aside from bathing? They would go see amazing spectacles called “Panoramas.” Starting in 1792, 360 degree paintings were...

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    Tuesday To Do: The Tuesday Night Cafe

    Mitch Albom had Morrie; what do we have on Tuesdays?  Ah, yes, Tuesday Night Cafe, a bi-monthly gathering of poets, musicians, writers, organizers, parents, their kids, their dogs, and whomever else happens to be walking by the Aratani Courtyard in Little Tokyo around 7:15pm.  A...

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  • Dave McKean Signing and Gallery exhibit!

    Dave McKean Signing and Gallery exhibit!

    Amazing mixed media Artist Dave McKean is doing a signing this Friday, followed by a display of new work, opening Saturday. He’s responsible for all of the covers of the comic book Sandman, as well as The Vertigo Tarot. A long time collaborator with author...

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  • Pasadena Playhouse to Close

    Pasadena Playhouse to Close

    More bad news on the Arts front: The Pasadena Playhouse, an L.A. landmark and institution, California’s only State Theatre, will be closing its doors, possibly for good, due to financial woes. With 2 million owed to creditors and no way to pay, the current production...

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  • Noodles, Comics, Art and Free Wine

    Noodles, Comics, Art and Free Wine

    Secret Headquarters will have original artwork by Mike Mignola on display for one night only, Friday December 4th. That’s totally like tonight, man! And since you’ll be rushing to get there after work and won’t have time for dinner, you’re in luck! Kwong Dynasty’s Noodle...

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  • Designer Con Today … Like, Right Now

    Designer Con Today … Like, Right Now

    Apologies for the late-ish notice, but heads up if your afternoon is free:  Designer Con 2009 is up and running until 5pm today at the Pasadena Convention Center.  Designer art, apparel, and slick toys will be on display and for sale.  Their attitude is to...

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  • Grand Avenue Festival Canceled for 2009

    Grand Avenue Festival Canceled for 2009

    Last night, I learned that this year’s Grand Avenue Festival is on hiatus so that the organizers can do some restructuring. From their website: The Grand Avenue Partners, the association of organizations responsible for the annual Grand Avenue Festival, have decided to place the 2009...

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  • Get Off The Couch: ROBOsoup 3.1 @ Downtown Independent 9/10/09

    Get Off The Couch: ROBOsoup 3.1 @ Downtown Independent 9/10/09

    Summer Fun Time Society (SFTS), a group who has been “slappin’ the shit out of boredom since oh eight,” is putting on fantastic event tomorrow night called ROBOsoup 3.1-Technology & The Future at the Downtown Independent. This is the third installment of their “Art Soup” series which...

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  • Create:Fixate, Downtown Tonight

    Create:Fixate, Downtown Tonight

    Looking for something interesting to do tonight in L.A.? Take in some culture, a lot of culture, at Create:Fixate‘s art space at the Premiere Events Center in downtown Los Angeles. Back in March I told you about Create:Fixate’s first event of this year, “Wisdom Within...

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  • Win A Pair of Swanky Tix to Cirque Berserk This Saturday!

    Win A Pair of Swanky Tix to Cirque Berserk This Saturday!

    LA cirque-gone-feral performance troupe Cirque Berserk have pitched their unholy tent of phantasmagorical and sexy horrors in the Cornfield east of Chinatown, and we’ve got a FREE pair of $60 tickets to the sweet seats PLUS free parking to give away to one lucky pair...

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  • Et Tu, LACMA?!

    Et Tu, LACMA?!

    I have no words.

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  • “Block Party” Art Exhibits In Highland Park Homes

    “Block Party” Art Exhibits In Highland Park Homes

    Looking for art that’s not in a stuffy gallery setting? We’ve got just the thing. Tonight check out Block Party, a one night tour of apartment exhibitions in Highland Park. The tour consists of three exhibitions hosted by curators Kiki Johnson from Artist Curated Projects,...

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