Pencil This In: Dinner for Bon Appétit Editor at Eva, The Moth Stories and Poetry at The Actors Gang
LACMA's Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964-1977 is on view through Jan. 16, 2011. | Photo of Palermo's Coney Island II (1975) by Jens Ziehe, Berlin.
PARTY*
Mark Gold, chef-owner of Eva Restaurant host a dinner tonight for Barbara Fairchild, the former Editor-in-Chief of Bon Appétit Magazine. He’s got some very special friends helping him cook a six-course dinner including Octavio Becerra (Palate Food & Wine), Laurent Quenioux (Bistro LQ), Mako Tanaka (Mako) and Suzanne Tracht (Jar) to pay tribute to Fairchild. The menu includes: wood pigeon, hoshigaki persimmon, verjus, foie gras, brussel sproutsfrom Becerra, Tracht’s pot roast and other surprises. $95.
POETRY
The Actors Gang Axis Mundi Series hosts an evening of poetry performed by the LA award-winning teen poetry troupe, the Get Lit! Players. It’s a pay-what-you-can event, and the proceeds benefit the The Gang's community outreach programs and some events co-benefit The Veteran’s Project.
STORIES
The Moth LA holds its monthly Eastside edition tonight at El Cid. With the theme of “homecoming,” storytellers are asked to prepare a five-minute story on returning to your roots, maybe even for the holidays. Reading from notes is not allowed. Hosted by Brian Finklestein, doors open at 6 pm and stories begin at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $8 at the door.
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