Looking for this month's nightlife? Check out our favorite events below. / Photo by !Manny! via LAist's flickr pool.

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Mon., Sept. 1
See today’s Pencil This In

Tue, Sept. 2
Once on This Island @ Freud Playhouse, UCLA
Megan Crane and Liza Palmer on "How to Get Published" networking event @ Blankspaces

Wed, Sept. 3
Towelhead film premiere @ the Egyptian
Guitar session with Slash @ Guitar Center Northridge
Zócalo's "Who's Pacific Rim it It?" @ the Skirball
Creative Commons Salon @ Found Gallery

Thu, Sept. 4
The Chalk Boy @ the Alexandria Hotel

Fri, Sept. 5
LA County Fair @ the Fairplex in Pomona (until Sept. 28)
FOX's Fringe and Do Not Disturb fall TV preview party @ Paley Center
New America Foundation Conference: The Next World - How Should the United States Respond to Rising Powers? @ Shutters Hotel

Sat, Sept. 6
Movies in the Park: Grease (.pdf) @ Northridge Park
The CW's fall previews of Privileged and 90210 @ Paley Center
Jon Favreau Live Iron Man commentary @ Aero Theatre

Sun, Sept. 7
The Peking Acrobats @ the Hollywood Bowl

Mon, Sept. 8
NBC's My Own Worst Enemy. Kath & Kim, Crusoe, Knight Rider TV previews @ Paley Center

Tue, Sept. 9
Zocalo's "Are the Teacher's Unions Too Powerful?" @ the Los Angeles Central Library
Sukiyaki Western Django screening @ Nike Sportswear presents The Montalbán

Wed, Sept. 10
Zocalo's "Is There Such a Thing as L.A. Cuisine" @ the Hammer Museum
New Zealand Wine Dinner @ The Langham Huntington Hotel's Dining Room

Thu, Sept. 11
Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us @ USC Annenberg
Director Chris Smith live with double feature of The Yes Men and American Movie @ the Egyptian

Fri, Sept. 12
Little Green Men opens @ the Westchester Playhouse
The New Short Fiction Series featuring "Claudia" by Scott Doyle @ Beverly Hills Public Library Auditorium

Sat, Sept. 13
Los Angeles BBQ Festival @ Santa Monica Beach
Armenian Festival @ Laguna Hills Community Center
Blue Dot Boutique Sale @ OC Fair & Event Center

Sun, Sept. 14
Art Directors Guild members’ exhibit @ NoHo Gallery LA
Director John Badham In-Person with double feature of Blue Thunder and Wargames @ Aero Theatre
Los Angeles BBQ Festival @ Santa Monica Beach
Blue Dot Boutique Sale @ OC Fair & Event Center

Mon, Sept. 15
J.A.M. Session: Hip Hop Ya Don't Stop @ Ford Amphitheatre

Tue, Sept. 16
Zócalo presents E. Benjamin Skinner on "A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery" @ MOCA
Maynard James Keenan wine signings @ Whole Foods in Pasadena
"LP4: 'The Paisley Underground'" listening party @ LACE

Wed, Sept. 17
Maynard James Keenan wine signings @ Whole Foods in Venice
Fame (with post-film discussion with Debbie Allen) screens @ ArcLight Hollywood
Park City, L.A. panel discussion @ the Center for Healthy Communities

Thu, Sept. 18
Grapes of Wrath reading circle @ Vroman’s in Pasadena
Gustavo Arellano: Orange County- A Personal History @Yost Theatre in Santa Ana

Fri, Sept. 19
43 Plays for 43 Presidents @ Sacred Fools
Backhausdance @ Ford Amphitheatre
Park[ing] Day LA @ a parking space near you

Sat, Sept. 20
Olympic gymnasts @ Honda Center

Sun, Sept. 21
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) @ the Egyptian Theatre.
Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective art opening @ MOCA Grand Avenue

Mon, Sept. 22
Fleet of Foot art talk @ Santa Monica Museum of Art

Tue, Sept. 23
Sur le Motif: Painting in Nature Around 1800 @ The Getty Center

Wed, Sept. 24
Building Green: Home Design and Construction Seminar @ CSULB

Thu, Sept. 25
New Media Interchange LA @ Sherman Oaks Public Library
Drums to Beat Malaria @ Air Conditioned Supper Club

Fri, Sept. 26
Feast of San Gennaro @ Hollywood & Highland
Dive N’Surf Redondo Beach Lobster Festival @ Redondo Beach
AltCar Expo @ Santa Monica Civic Center

Sat, Sept. 27
So You Think You Can Dance Tour @ Honda Center
Wag N' Walk @ Simi Valley
A Celebration of Rumi: Mystic Persia w/special guest Yo-Yo Ma @ Hollywood Bowl
Dive N’Surf Redondo Beach Lobster Festival @ Redondo Beach
Hamlet @ A Noise Within
AltCar Expo @ Santa Monica Civic Center

Sun, Sept. 28
West Hollywood Book Fair @ West Hollywood Park
Dive N’Surf Redondo Beach Lobster Festival @ Redondo Beach

Mon, Sept. 29
Candace Bushnell signing and discussion @ Vroman’s

Tue, Sept. 30
Piano Spheres @ Zipper Concert Hall