And Rising

FRIDAY

• The Earlies, The Idaho Falls, Great Northern and No North bring on the pop tonight at The Echo. Doors open at 8:30 PM and tickets are $10. [18+]

• Very Be Careful and El Manifesto play Dante's birthday party at Little Pedro's. The party gets going at 9 PM. Tickets are $7.

• UCLA Live features a performance by the one and only De La Soul at 8 PM. Tickets are $22-38 ($15 for UCLA students).

• "Up Against the Sprawl," a presentation by Dr Jennifer Wolch of the USC Center for Sustainable Cities, takes place tonight at Not a Cornfield from 7:30 – 10:30 PM. The talk will take place in the yurt at the site's north entrance.

• Jared Diamond, John Merson, Peter Gleick and Peter Sellars will be on hand for a discussion at the Natural History Museum, plus performances by The Rebirth, Rocky Dawuni, Kinnara Taiko and DJs Carlos Niño and Hoseh, starting at 7 PM. Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 members and students.

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