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PARTY
Popular magazine URB is having a release party for their upcoming issue tonight. DJ ?uestlove shows off his talents after completing the new Roots album.

10 p.m. // The Roxy Theater // 9009 Sunset Blvd. Hollywood // $18

STAGE
Tonight, Emergency, a performance piece by Daniel Beaty, ends it’s run at the Geffen Playhouse. Beaty becomes all of the forty characters in his show about modern black life.

8PM // Geffen Playhouse // 10886 Le Conte Ave. Bldg. 211 Los Angeles // (310) 208-5454 // $40

DONATE
Bring your kids to "You, Me & Our Troops" this Memorial Day Weekend and participate in a great cause. All in attendance will assemble care packages and personal letters that will then be shipped to soldiers in Iraq. If you can’t attend you can still buy a care package to be sent for $30.

12 p.m. // Nessah Synagogue // 142 South Rexford Dr, Beverly Hills // (310) 273-2400 // Free

FILM
The American Cinematheque continues their monthly screening series partnered with the Art Directors Guild with a showing of the 1968 classic, The Detective. Academy award nominee William J. Creber, art director on the film, will have a discussion following the film.

5:30 p.m. // Egyptian Theatre // 6712 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood // $10

TALK
If you are having one of those lazy Sundays, but would much rather be socializing with people, then head over to the Thousand Oaks Borders (if you’re in the area, of course). Today they have a special event entitled “Coffee and Conversations” where people gather to discuss, well, anything!

2 p.m. // Borders // 125 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks // (805) 497-8159 // Free