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GREATER LOS ANGELES EVENTS CALENDAR
Theater, art, live performance, recreation, activities
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06/11/2010 to 07/31/2010
(RECOMMENDED EVENT)
ALL CAKE, NO FILE: THE JOHNNY CASH PRISON TRIBUTE COMEDY COOKING SHOW/CONCERT
The Actors' Gang, 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City CA 90232 310-838-4264 - $25 - Gastro-political-rock 'n' roll sass! Writer/actress Donna Jo Thorndale is Jewell Rae Jeffers, a celebrity chef, home economist, and host of the popular syndicated live cooking show, Tastes Like Home. ....
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07/30/2010 to 07/31/2010
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THIRD ANNUAL CITRUS CLASSIC BALLOON FESTIVAL
18249 East Telegraph Road Santa Paula, CA - - Spectators can watch approximately 25 hot air balloons illuminate at sunset, ascend in the morning, and compete aloft through the agricultural corridor of Highway 126 during the Third Annual Citrus ....
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07/31/2010
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DISCOVER LOS FELIZ ALL OVER AGAIN! SUMMER STREET FAIR!
818 669 2618 - free - Saturday, July 31 from 2:00 – 9:00pm The local businesses on Vermont, Hillhurst and Hollywood are celebrating summer with specials and discounts! Come see the best Los Feliz has to offer - we’ll ha ....
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07/31/2010
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THE GUESS WHO
2723 Rancho Vista Blvd., Palmdale, CA 93551 661/267-5611 - $5 Age 13 & Older; 12 & Under FREE - THE GUESS WHO live in concert at the Palmdale Amphitheater! With 14 Top 40 Singles on BillBoard's Hot 100, three certified gold, the super group will play classics such as "These Eyes," "No Sugar Ton ....
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07/31/2010
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2ND ANNUAL MAKE IT FUNKY ~ MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL
947 N. Broadway, Los Angeles 90012 - $5 b4 6pm, $10 after - Kids 10 & Under in FREE - Flock Shop Presents...The 2nd Annual Make It Funky ~ Music & Art Festival! LA’s own Historic Chinatown will once again be home to the 2nd Annual “Make It Funky” Festival, (formerly known as “The ....
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07/31/2010
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40TH ANNIVERSARY! WOODSTOCK (THE DIRECTOR’S CUT)
Aero Theater 1328 Montana Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90403 (323) 466-3456 - $11 general admission, $9 Student/Senior, $7 for Cinematheque Members. - WILD THINGS: A CELEBRATION OF ROCK DOCUMENTARIES
July 29 – 31 at the Aero Theatre For the past 50 years, a steady stream of kinetically charged and revolution-revved rock documentaries have invaded ....
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07/31/2010
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SUMMER ON 7TH
Inner-City Arts, 720 Kohler St., Los Angeles, CA 90021 213-627-9621 - $40 a ticket and includes open bar for the first two hours ( 7 to 9 pm) and two food tickets - Come drink, eat, and dance for a good cause! Special guest celebrity DJs will be playing your song so be sure to wear your dancing shoes and joining you on the dance floor this year, is Open House, a ....
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07/31/2010
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THE CHARDONNAY SYMPOSIUM
Santa Maria, CA PO Box 5351, Santa Maria, 93456 - $100/full day, $45/Grand Tasting only - The Chardonnay Symposium is a celebration of the country’s most popular varietal: Chardonnay. The full day of events will take place on Saturday, July 31st in the Santa Maria Valley. Full-day ticket ....
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07/31/2010
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BOOGIE UP THE BOARDWALK FOR NATIONAL DANCE DAY
Washington Blvd & Ocean Front Walk, Venice, CA 90291 310-876-3498 - 0 - We are building an army of "BOOGIE BRATS" and we want YOU! On July 31st, celebrate National Dance Day the SoCal way and Boogie Up the Boardwalk! Your Neighborhood Studio invites its devoted dancers a ....
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07/16/2010 to 08/01/2010
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SANTA CLARITA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
24255 The Old Road, Newhall, CA 91321 - Free - Free performances of William Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST directed by Mark McQuown will be featured in a brand new space right off the 5 Freeway at the “gateway” to Santa Clarita. For more than 20 yea ....
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07/31/2010 to 08/01/2010
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THE 2010 LONG BEACH DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL
5225 East Paoli Way, Long Beach CA 90803 - - In addition to hosting one of the largest dragon boat competitions in California, there will be Chinese traditional art demonstrations, Chinese Acrobats, traditional dance, hip hop, music and martial ....
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08/01/2010
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MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS - FRANKLIN CANYON, AUGUST 8
2600 Franklin Canyon Drive, Beverly Hills 90210 310-858-7272 x131 - FREE - Music in the Mountains - SUN 8/8 6:45pm Play an indigenous instrument? Bring a didgeridoo, drum, flute, clapper stick or a shaker. We’ll connect with the spirit of nature as we focus on meditative r ....
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08/01/2010
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16TH ANNIVERSARY & CHILI COOK-OFF
9300 Block of Civic Center Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 (310) 285-6830 - FREE - Year-after-year, contestants enter their home-made chili creations and dazzle the judges with their talents. And this year we plan to have big fun. Each contestant will be judged for the “best-tasti ....
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06/12/2010 to 08/08/2010
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KING LEAR
5112 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601 The Antaeus Company at Deaf West Theatre 818-506-1983 - $20-$34 - Bart DeLorenzo directs King Lear for The Antaeus Company, LA's classical theater ensemble. This timeless masterpiece of domestic tragedy is a tale of fathers and their unloved sons and daughters, of ....
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08/01/2010 to 08/08/2010
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JAZZ ON THE LAWN 2010
Santa Monica City Hall, Main St., Santa Monica 310-458-8350 - free - Jazz on the Lawn returns to City Hall this August. Bring a picnic, blanket and beach chair, and enjoy the high energy funk of Pinot on Sunday, August 1 and the Cuban and African rhythms of Bobby Mato ....
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07/06/2010 to 08/15/2010
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THE ANTAEUS COMPANY PRESENTS CLASSICSFEST 2010
5112 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, 91601 (818) 506-1983 - $10 - The Antaeus Company, L.A.'s classical theater ensemble, continues ClassicsFest 2010 with an invigorating "summer splash" of actor-initiated workshops, readings, and special events. Audiences can choo ....
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07/16/2010 to 08/15/2010
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2010 ORANGE COUNTY FAIR
88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, 92626 O.C. Fair & Event Center - Gen. Admission $10 - This year’s OC Fair’s theme is “The Beat Goes On,” honoring the 120th year of the OC Fair. The OC Fair carries on the tradition of affordable fun offering great entertainment at family-friendly p ....
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07/08/2010 to 08/26/2010
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COME OUT & DANCE!
San Fernando Boulevard at Palm Avenue, Burbank 91502 818.238.5180 - free - Downtown Burbank Partnership presents the 7th Annual Come Out & Dance! summer music festival with eight glorious nights of boogie, hop and cha-cha-cha under the stars on Thursdays in July and August. ....
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06/06/2010 to 08/29/2010
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2010 FREE CONCERTS & MOVIES IN THE PARK - WARNER CENTER
Topanga Canyon Blvd. and Califa St. Woodland Hills CA Warner Center Park, Woodland Hills - - The 2010 CONCERTS on the Green are presented free, each Sunday, June through Labor Day weekend, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lou Bredlow Pavilion in Warner Center Park in Woodland Hills. The 2010 season k ....
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GYMNASTICS WORLD DEVELOPS AND OPENS MINI GYMNASTICS PROGRAM SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR PRESCHOOLERS
20914 Nordhoff St. Chatsworth 91311 818-775-9922 - - Chatsworth-based Gymnastics World is proud to introduce, Mini Gymnastics, a program specifically designed with the young preschooler in mind. These classes, for children walking through age 5, focus ....
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05/22/2010 to 07/31/2010
‘ART UNITES SPRING’ EXHIBITION
Gallery 800 5108 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601 818-763-8052 - Free - Gallery 800, representing IATSE Local 800, announces its second art exhibition of 2010, Art Unites Spring opens with a hosted reception on Saturday, May 22, from 5:00 to 9:00 pm, featuring music, ref ....
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05/28/2010 to 07/31/2010
GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER KAREN BLACK JOINS CAST OF LONG-RUNNING HIT, JUST 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY
2437 Main Street, Santa Monica CA 90405 3103920815 - 25 - JUST 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY EIGHT MONTH L.A. RUN !!! EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND! ONLY THIS WEEKEND 2 FOR 1 TICKETS SEE WHAT CRITICS ARE RAVING ABOUT!! "A DELIGHT ! GO !!! " - L.A. WEEKLY "HENRY JAG ....
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06/04/2010 to 07/31/2010
KAREN FRIMKESS WOLFF & CARLOS ULLOA AT HAPPY
Happy, 4675 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027 323 661 2200 - Free - june 4 – july 31, 2010 opening reception friday, june 4, 6-10pm KAREN FRIMKESS WOLFF: Calm Ideas & Mortal Things In our main space, Karen Frimkess Wolff offers new graphite and pencil drawings speci ....
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06/26/2010 to 07/31/2010
A CHORUS LINE
2627 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405 310-828-7519 - $23 ($18 students/seniors) - Pulitzer Prize-winning musical of dancers' personal stories, told in an intimate 200-seat setting, with scheduled audience talkbacks and FREE parking. Please note no performance July 4. ....
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 07/01/2010 to 07/31/2010 (FEATURED EVENT)
JOSÉ VERA FINE ART PRESENTS: A CELEBRATION OF MURALIST ARMANDO CAMPERO
2012 Colorado Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90041 323-258-5050 - FREE - Greetings! Join us for the OPENING RECEPTION, Saturday, July 10, 6-9 p José Vera Fine Art & Antiques is proud to present A Celebration of Muralist Armando Campero. Join us for the OPENING RECEPTION, ....
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07/09/2010 to 07/31/2010
TWELFTH NIGHT
11052 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood 91601 818 849 4039 - $15 - Twelfth Night
Directed by Jeff Soroka
Produced by Theatre Unleashed Music, dancing, courtship, love, hookahs and swordsmanship abound in Shakespeare’s gloriously gender jumbled romantic tale Twelfth ....
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07/31/2010
SATURDAY BOOT CAMP
100 N. Toluca St. Los Angeles, Ca 90026 (213) 610-3233 - $10.00 - As you are planning your weekend don't forget to include a Saturday morning workout.Get your day started with Extreme Boot Camp Downtown LA 8am - 9:30am at Vista Hermosa Natural Park, located Downtow ....
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07/31/2010
FREE CHRISTIAN TEEN SEMINAR & EX-PLOSION CONCERT THIS SUMMER!
1300 East 57th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90011 (310) 345-0448 - FREE - ....
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07/31/2010
MEET CELEBRITIES AT AUTOGRAPH SIGNING AT BEST BUY PACOIMA
13510 West Paxton Pacoima, 91331 - FREE - Meet Celebrities at Autograph Signing at Best Buy in Pacoima JULY 31, 1PM You are invited for the release Meet and Greet of Cholo Comedy Slam on JULY 31st. MEET AND GREET FOR THE DVD RELEASE OF
CHOL ....
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07/31/2010
GUITAR HERO TOURNAMENT
1890 Huntington Drive San Marino, CA 91108 (626) 300-0777 - FREE - Teens (7th-12th grade) who register for Crowell Library’s Summer Reading Program are invited to our final party on July 31st at 2pm. Make waves and rock your world at our Guitar Hero & Water Balloon ....
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 07/31/2010 (FEATURED EVENT)
SANTA MONICA SCAVENGER HUNTS
200 Santa Monica Pier 323.799.1374 - $15 - $25 - Santa Monica Scavenger Hunts 7/31/10 Out of the Box Events is featuring 2 great new hunts in Santa Monica. We'll have a daytime hunt for families and a nighttime excursion just for the adults. Both h ....
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 07/31/2010
A FAERY HUNT
2333 Fern Dell Place Los Angeles, CA 90068 Griffith Park 818-324-6802 - $10 - Winner of the Nickelodean's Parents' Pick Award for "Best Children's Theater in Los Angeles," and named "Best of LA" by LA Parent, the critically acclaimed "A Faery Hunt" is one of the longest runnin ....
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07/31/2010
SKIRBALL FAMILY AMPHITHEATER PERFORMANCE: CATCH ME BIRD
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, 90049 (310) 440-4500 - Included with Museum admission ($10 General; $7 Seniors and Full-Time Students; $5 Children 2–12; Free to Skirball Members and Children under 2); No reservations - Nehara Kalev and C. Derrick Jones excite audiences with high-velocity dance, theater, and aerobatics. This amazing action-packed performance invites audience members to help create a communal tour de ....
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07/31/2010
5TH ASIAN FRIENSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT
27734 Sand Canyon Road Santa Clarita, CA 91387 - $110 Golf Fee & $60 Dinner Award's Night - In celebration of the Asian Pacific American Heritage month, the
Asian American Chamber Associations (AACA) proudly presents the
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07/31/2010
JULIUS CAESAR
3021 Blume Dr, Rossmoor, CA 90720 310-217-7596 - FREE - Rush Park
3021 Blume Dr. Rossmoor, CA 90720
7:00 PM In one of the earliest of his Roman plays, Shakespeare explores the opposing dynamics of democracy and tyranny. Julius Caesar is a swift and en ....
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