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Talking to a very savvy Los Angeles friend the other night, he said "I wish there was some sort of website that would tell you cultural destinations near public transit." And we thought everyone already knew about ExperienceLA.com. This week, the "Official Cultural Calendar and Trip Planner" (they are funded by a consortium of government agencies, so that has some sort of officialness) is asking for you to take a survey on public transit...

There's no question that the plantation owners of the antebellum South had reprehensible politics. Nevertheless, Gone With The Wind is a fantastic movie; Scarlett O'Hara's attempt to save Tara is classic (as are her efforts to steal Ashley and hold on to Rhett). It's a movie that's totally worth seeing on big screen, as big as the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro for $15 on January 22. Special added we-live-in-LA bonus appearance by Connie King, who was 5 when she appeared in the film as Bonnie Blue Butler. We're telling you about it today because it's your last chance to win tickets through Experience LA. We're going to enter, but if you don't (and please take this the right way), frankly, we don't give a damn.

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LAist has recently discovered the website Experience LA, and we want to pass on the word. They hail themselves as the "definitive Cultural Information Portal for the greater LA area," merging cultural events and happenings around the city with information on using public transportation to get you there. Today, for example, we could win tickets to MOCA's Visual Music Installation or the Museum of the American West's production of Kino and Theresa. We could also attend tonight's LA Chamber Orchestra's Conversations event and have a glass of wine (included with ticket price) and some conversation before the evening's performance at Zipper Hall. Tomorrow we could skip work and attend Fifty-two Miles Downstream, a critical discussion about the history of the Los Angeles River hosted by the Southern California Institute of Architecture, and wrap up the night by seeing acclaimed mystery author Walter Mosley's The Literary Life at CalTech's Beckman Auditorium, for absolutely free. And all this can be accomplished without our car! Well, thanks, Experience LA. Let no one say there's nothing intellectual going on in this town.