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READING
Janet Sarbanes and Marisa Silver read excerpts from their new short story books Army of One and Babe in Paradise. Both authors will be available for signings after the readings.

6 p.m. // The Hammer Museum // 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles // (310) 443-7000 // $5

TEA
If haven’t finished celebrating Mother’s Day, stop by Vroman’s Bookstore for a special Mommy and Me Madeline-themed Tea Party. Get dressed up and tell your daughter to bring her favorite doll. There will of course be plenty of tea and snacks to go around.

2 p.m. // Vroman’s Bookstore // 695 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena // 626-449-5320 // $15

STAGE
This is the last night to catch Steven Karam’s play, “Speech & Debate” about Oregon teenagers scandalous lives. This hilarious play just finished it’s run at New York’s Roundabout Underground and is critically acclaimed.

4 p.m. // Skirball Cultural Center // 2701 N Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles // (310) 827-0889 // $20-$47

MUSIC
This afternoon, Jason Robert Brown, a Tony award-winning composer of such popular musicals as Parade, brings his new project to the campus. He will perform songs from his hit musicals, some solo work, as well as new original music with his band The Caucasian Rhythm Kings and a special guest vocalist that is TBA.

2 p.m. // Pepperdine University- Smothers Theatre // 24255 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu // (310) 506-4522 // $40

BOWL
Tonight is the Eagle Rock Bowling and Drinking Prom. Bring out your old prom dress (if it still fits) and come down to All Star Lanes for a night of drinking, dancing, and bowling. Bands Castledoor and Fol Chen will perform live. Best part is, it’s all free!

9 p.m. // All Star Lanes // 4459 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles // Free

CUPCAKES
In less than an hour, ten of L.A.’s best bakeries will compete in, what will be known through out time as, the L.A. Cupcake Challenge. They’ll be making hundreds of mini-cupcakes for you to taste and judge, and all proceeds go to charity (Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, to be exact). Oh yeah, and there will be plenty of wine to down between each cupcake. LAist will be there, too!

1 p.m. //Montmartre Lounge // 6757 Hollywood Boulevard, WeHo // $60