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GREATER LOS ANGELES EVENTS CALENDAR
Theater, art, live performance, recreation, activities
& events in Southern California including Los Angeles,
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 05/10/2013 to 05/18/2013
(FEATURED EVENT)
HAVANA! A UNIQUE THEATRE EXPERIENCE!
1733 N. New Hampshire Avenue Los Angeles, Ca. 90027 - - “Havana.” Uniquely staged as “living theatre,” the audience literally follows the actors from room-to-room as the action unfurls. Intriguing and suspenseful, this drama/musical/comedy will thorou ....
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 05/01/2013 to 10/31/2013
(FEATURED EVENT)
GIANT BLUE WHALE MIGRATION - NEWPORT LANDING WHALE WATCHING
Cost per ticket is $20 if you mention Eye Spy LA
309 Palm Street Suite A, Newport Beach, 92661 949-675-0551 - $30 Adults $25 Juniors - Newport Landing offers whale watching tours year around. May through November brings warmer waters and the opportunity to view blue whales to 80 feet, finback whales, huge pods of dolphin that number ....
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 05/18/2013
(RECOMMENDED EVENT)
FRESH CANVAS PARTY 2013
3100 Airport Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90405 310-314-2589 - $250 for General Entry or $300 for VIP Artist Preview Reception with proceeds benefiting the Cancer Support Community - Benjamin Center - On May 18th, the Cancer Support Community - Benjamin Center (formerly The Wellness Community) will award Comedy Central’s Jack Herrguth with the 2nd Annual GILDA Award at their yearly Fresh Canvas P ....
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 05/31/2013 to 06/02/2013
(RECOMMENDED EVENT)
RENT THE MUSICAL: A BENEFIT FOR LOCAL HIV/AIDS ORGANIZATIONS
10% off - use promo code EYESPYLA
3281 W 6th Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020 310-936-0203 - $15 - $50 - AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Beyond the Stage Productions, and Manchester Labs present the smash hit musical RENT. This performance is a benefit for Los Angeles HIV/AIDS education organization The Sti ....
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05/18/2013
(RECOMMENDED EVENT)
KIDS COSTUME BICYCLE PARADE WITH THE MAYOR!
2575 Paloma Street, Pasadena CA 91107 323-509-4905 - FREE - We welcome you to join us for the Kids Costume Bicycle Parade with the Mayor! The Mayor's bicycle parade will be an opportunity for the city to come together for a family-friendly bike ride. Pasadena ....
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05/18/2013
(RECOMMENDED EVENT)
PASADENA DANCE THEATRE CELEBRATES 20 YEARS
320 S. Mission Drive, San Gabriel, CA, 91776, United States (626) 683-3459 - - Pasadena Dance Theatre provides high caliber classical performances and continues to challenge the art form through innovative contemporary choreography. Through performances, workshops, and outreach ....
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05/11/2013 to 05/19/2013
(RECOMMENDED EVENT)
LONG BEACH OPERA PRESENTS: US PREMIERE OF STEWART COPELAND’S TELL-TALE HEART MICHAEL GORDON’S VAN GOGH
4321 Atlantic Ave Long Beach, CA 90807 562 432 5934 - Purchase tickets online - Long Beach Opera presents: US Premiere of Stewart Copeland’s Tell-Tale Heart
Michael Gordon’s Van Gogh Expo Art Center
4321 Atlantic Ave
Long Beach, CA 90807 Opening Night Saturday May 11 @ 8:00P ....
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05/18/2013 to 05/19/2013
(RECOMMENDED EVENT)
THE 30TH ANNUAL CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
3250 South Rose Avenue, Oxnard Ca 93033 888 288-9242 - Adults: $12 Seniors (62+): $8 Active military and dependents with ID: $8 Youths (5-12 years): $5 Kids 4 & under: Free - Taste bud alert! Jam-packed with all your favorite strawberry indulgences, the 30th Annual California Strawberry Festival serves up homegrown goodness and good times with proceeds benefiting charitie ....
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05/19/2013
(RECOMMENDED EVENT)
5TH ANNUAL FIREFIGHTER'S PANCAKE BREAKFAST
13200 Burbank Blvd, Valley Glen 91401 818-207-7178 - $5.00 for adults, kids 3 and under free - Come and join us for the 5th Annual Firefighter's Pancake Breakfast. We will not only have great food, but free gifts and firefighter's hats for the kids. Sunday, May 19th from 8:00 am to Noon. Join ....
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05/19/2013
(RECOMMENDED EVENT)
A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY
6201 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles 90038 (323) 960-5691 - Reservations encouraged - Free - The Classical Theatre Lab presents a free staged reading of “A Month in the Country”, Ivan Turgenev's comedy with adaptation by Brian Friel, directed by Suzanne Hunt. Set on a country estate in the ....
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05/19/2013
(RECOMMENDED EVENT)
12TH ANNUAL WORLD FEST
6350 Woodley Ave., Lake Balboa - $5-$9 - see website for details - WorldFest is LA’s premiere solar- powered family-friendly "green" event. With more than 120 exhibitors, global vegan food court, 20 bands on three stages, engaging speakers on five stages, entertain ....
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05/20/2013
(RECOMMENDED EVENT)
THE HISTORY OF MT. WILSON OBSERVATORY
1890 Huntington Drive, San Marino, CA 91108 626-300-0777 - - Fueling the economic engine of scientific enterprise in Southern California, the Mount Wilson Observatory and its founder, George Ellery Hale, were the motivating forces that transformed the San Gabr ....
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04/25/2013 to 06/01/2013
(RECOMMENDED EVENT)
ID: PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANDREW OVERTOOM
1125 N. McCadden Place, Hollywood 90038 323-860-7336 - FREE - FREE OPENING RECEPTION: THURS APRIL 25 7-9 p.m. Andrew Overtoom's "id" collection features selected photographs of Los Angeles drag artists and female impersonators. Overtoom's sensitive and insightf ....
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05/10/2013 to 06/16/2013
(RECOMMENDED EVENT)
ACTORS CO-OP PRESENTS: THE MATCHMAKER BY THORTON WILDER
1760 N. Gower St, Los Angeles, CA 90028 323-462-8460 - Regular: $30, Seniors: (60 & over) $25, Students w/ ID: $20.00, Group rates available (min. 6 people) - This charming all-American farce, complete with mistaken identities and hijinks galore, centers on businessman and penny-pincher Horace Vandergelder and his pursuit of love with the help of social hu ....
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 04/06/2013 to 05/18/2013
WALKING THE TIGHTROPE
1117 West 24th Street, Los Angeles, 90007-1725 (213) 745-6516 - $10-$24 - 24th STreet Theatre is extending the West Coast premiere of Walking the Tightrope through May 18. A hit with both adult audiences and kids, Walking the Tightrope utilizes poetic language, live music ....
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04/06/2013 to 05/18/2013
TODD WILLIAMSON: NEW PAINTINGS
2716 S. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90034 310-838-3685 - free - ....
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04/06/2013 to 05/18/2013
THE ACTORS' GANG PRESENTS: "HEART OF DARKNESS"
9070 Venice Blvd 3108384264 - $34.99 GA, $30 Students and Seniors. Previews $20 - The Actors' Gang Presents
The World Premiere of
Joseph Conrad's
"Heart of Darkness"
One Man Show Directed by Keythe Farley
Adapted and Performed by Brian T. Finney Opens April 6, 2013 at 8pm
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04/24/2013 to 05/18/2013
TIX NOW ON SALE FOR COMEDIAN JIMMY SHUBERT
102 East Magnolia, Burbank, 91502 818-845-9721 - 20 - Philly native Jimmy Shubert began performing stand-up right out of high school. After moving to Los Angeles, Sam Kinison included him as one of the original "Outlaws of Comedy". His hour-long stand-u ....
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04/26/2013 to 05/18/2013
CRUMBLE (LAY ME DOWN JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE)
5419 West Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027 3239605068 - $25 - It's Christmas, and a year has passed since the untimely death of Janice's father. Struggling to cope, Janice is holding spiteful conversations with her dolls, and her Mother is suffering from panic ....
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05/14/2013 to 05/18/2013
48TH DISTRICT SCHOOLS' AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION
1101 W. McKinley Ave. 909-865-4310 - - The agricultural educational fair features thousands of individual and classroom entries from hundreds of schools in the greater Los Angeles area. Exhibits include art, photography, beneficial insect ....
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05/18/2013
DOUBLE FEATURE: IN COLD BLOOD, 1967, & ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE, 1973
Aero Theater 1328 Montana Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90403 (323) 466-3456 - $11 general admission, $9 Student/Senior, $7 for Cinematheque Members. - Saturday, May 18 – 7:30 PM
IN COLD BLOOD, 1967, Sony Repertory, 134 min. In director Richard Brooks’ stark adaptation of Truman Capote’s true-crime classic, Robert B ....
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05/18/2013
TERRORISM AND KEBAB (AL-IRHAB WAL KABAB), 1993
Egyptian Theatre 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90028 323.461.2020 - $11 general admission, $9 Student/Senior, $7 for Cinematheque Members. - Saturday, May 18 – 1:00 PM THE BIG READ
The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, designed ....
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05/18/2013
TRIPLE FEATURE: BACK TO THE FUTURE, 1985, BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II, 1989, & BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III, 1990
Egyptian Theatre 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90028 323.461.2020 - $11 general admission, $9 Student/Senior, $7 for Cinematheque Members. - Saturday, May 18 – 7:30 PM TIME-TRAVEL TRIPLE
Triple Feature: BACK TO THE FUTURE, 1985, Universal, 117 min. Director Robert Zemeckis provides a pitch-perfect combination of satire and sentiment i ....
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05/18/2013
HUMMINGBIRDS AT HOME
100 N. Toluca Street, Los Angeles, 90026 213-250-1100 - FREE - This is a brand new community science project that will help us understand more about hummingbird behavior and their response to changes in environment and relation to people. Help us by reporting hu ....
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05/18/2013
GROUP ART SHOW "POINT OF DEPARTURE" OPENING PARTY
11135 Weddington St. #112 213-291-7908 - FREE - Cella Gallery is pleased to present “Point of Departure” an exhibit that showcases a formidable group of up-and-coming artists that are poised to take LA by storm. On view from May 18 - June 14th. ....
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05/18/2013
LOS ANGELES FILMFORUM PRESENTS THE DREAM MACHINE: A LIVING ROOM SCREENING WITH PHIL SOLOMON!
1122 West 24th Street (at Hoover), Los Angeles CA 90007 323-377-7238 - $10 general, $6 students/seniors; free for Filmforum members. Available by credit card in advance from Brown Paper Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/375320 or at the door - Saturday May 18, 2013, 8:00 pm
Los Angeles Filmforum presents
The Dream Machine: A Living Room Screening with Phil Solomon! With Phil Solomon in person! At the Velaslavasay Panorama, 1122 West 24th ....
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05/18/2013
AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH JULIE BUDD
1125 N. McCadden Place, Hollywood 90038 323-860-7300 - $35 - One of the most exciting vocalists of our time, Ms. Julie Budd, is making a long anticipated return to LA after an 8 year hiatus. This special, one-night-only concert appearance presents a rare oppor ....
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05/18/2013
SPORT CHALET 4TH ANNUAL OUTDOOR EXPO IN THE PARK
2 Sports Chalet Drive 818-790-9800 - Free - Get in the mood for your next summer excursion: For the fourth year in a row Sport Chalet will host its interactive outdoor experience where attendees can learn, try and gain exposure to the best gea ....
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05/18/2013
COLBURN CHILDREN'S CHOIR CONCERT
200 South Grand Ave, Los Angeles, Ca 90012 213-621-4548 - Free - Colburn Children's Choir presents its annual Spring Concert. The Colburn School's outstanding vocal ensembles will perform a wide variety of choral music for young voices, including selections from P ....
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05/18/2013
LET'S GET PHYSICAL MARATHON AND FUNDRAISER AT THE YWCA!
2019 14th Street Santa Monica CA 90405 (310) 452-3881 - Early registration Fee is $40 before May 15th. Registration is $50 after May 15th. Youth 18 and under is $10. - Have fun getting physical with an array of classes from Tai Chi
to Zumba that you can take while raising money for YWCA programs that bene fit girls, women, and families! Please arrive at 9:30 am fo ....
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