Entries from LAist tagged with 'luchavavoom'
June 25, 2008
MUSIC Free Fallin, Runnin' Down a Dream, Mary Jane's Last Dance, I Won't Back Down, Refugee. Four decades of music from legendary rock band Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers hit the Bowl on what should be a perfect L.A. summer night. 7 pm // Hollywood Bowl // 2301 N. Highland Ave., Los Angeles // $40 - $150 THEATER One last chance to check out comedian Dan Rothenberg's Regretrosexual: The Love Story. Based on Dan's......
Continue Reading "Pencil This In: Wednesday"June 24, 2008
Lucha VaVoom's three-day Summer Nacional starts tonight where Mexican wrestlers battle for the title cup. / Photo by kpe II via LAist's flickr pool. Here’s the down-and-dirty on happenings around town tonight. FILM*: Calling all Ingmar Bergman fans (not to be confused with Ingrid Bergman fans). There’s a screening at the Silent Movie Theatre tonight @ 8 pm of the director’s 1959 supernatural classic The Magician. But here’s the bonus: The film will be......
Continue Reading "Pencil This In: Tuesday"February 19, 2008
Walking away from the Mayan Theater on Tuesday night, dazed, my ears still ringing and images of brightly-colored wrestling unitards still flashing before my eyes, I was transported back through time and space to a little strip club in Montana called Shotgun Willie’s, on a hot night last August. I was sitting on the stage, handcuffed to the pole by a naked young blonde woman for what's called a "hostage dance." Out of the......
Continue Reading "Lucha VaVOOM @ The Mayan, 2/12/08"February 12, 2008
And you thought the Burger King Chicken was crazy? Check out the Crazy Chickens this week at the Mayan / Photo by upslases via flickr. TALK Could you not get into Michael Pollan last night at the Central Library? No worries because American eating habits and food policy are a hot topic this week. Tonight, the Center for Healthy Communities presents “Hungry for Change: The Politics of Food with Marion Nestle.” The nutritionist, author......
Continue Reading "Pencil This In: Tuesday"February 5, 2008
Lucha VaVOOM is "Mexican Masked Wrestling and Spicy Striptease" | Left Photo from their MySpace, Right Photo by upeslases via Flickr Maybe you’re sick and tired of being all serious, what with this “presidential primaries” junk weighing heavy on your heart and mind. Maybe you’re looking for the perfect place to take that special someone on Valentine’s Day. Or maybe you’re like me, and you’ve just always really, really, really wanted to see the......
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