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Walking tours are a convenient way for tourists to learn about the history and architecture of a city. Why not take advantage of these tours to learn about your own town? Los Angeles hosts a variety of walking tours, but one of our favorites is one of the newest. And only partly because they give you Chinese food and cake.

UCLA Professor Donald Shoup has been saying it for years: "inexpensive parking fosters urban decay, contributes to sprawl and motivates people to drive alone." How? It's that circling around effect, you know, when looking for spaces, avoiding valet. "Low meter rates can further congest city streets as motorists search for cheap parking spaces," the LA Times writes. "Studies in New York indicate that motorists on the hunt represent about 28% of all traffic on Manhattan and 45% in Brooklyn."

Many thanks to reader and LAist Featured Photos contributor Movie Lover for contributing these fantastic photos of yesterday's Doo Dah Parade.

On Sunday, PasadenART Weekend concluded with a free seven hour Music Festival, featuring sets by Sara Lov (MySpace), Culver City Dub Collective (MySpace), Dengue Fever (MySpace), Ceci Bastida (MySpace), Jessica Fichot (MySpace), Balaio (a last-minute substitute for Tijuanos), and Jessie Baylin (MySpace), on the One Colorado Courtyard in Old Pasadena.

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Unless otherwise noted, all performances
are free.

SATURDAY, 9/24


  • DJs Michael Stock and Benjamin White of Part Time
    Punks
    continue their two month residency at
    MOCA. The show
    starts at 6pm and it's free with general museum admission. Call (213)
    621-1734.
  • JB and The Rebellion's play at
    One
    Colorado
    in Old Pasadena,
    from 9pm to midnight. Call
    (626) 564-1066.

SUNDAY, 9/25


  • Pianist Sara Naomi Sumitani performs at the Beverly
    Hills Public Library at 2pm. Call (310) 937-7275.
  • Pianist Marina
    Lomazov
    plays
    at the LACMA Sundays
    Live
    Series
    .
    The show starts at 6pm. Call (323) 857-6234.
  • Paul Bailey Ensemble performs
    at Mr. T's Bowl at 9pm (323)
    256-7561.
  • DJs Michael Stock and Benjamin White spin post-punk, mutant disco and
    indie 80s-90s at the echo at 10pm.
    For info, call (213) 413-8200.
  • Part Time Punks spin the Smiths, Morrissey
    and other Suedeheads all night long. The show starts at 10pm at the
    echo
    . Call (213) 413-8200.

MONDAY, 9/26


Autumn officially starts this week... what better way to chase away the 5-degree
temperature fluctuation than some hot music? Unless otherwise noted, all performances
are free.

SATURDAY, 9/17


  • Listen to Molly Howson & the Grits, Bucksworth, Skeeter Truck, Kingsizemaybe,
    Soda & His
    Million Piece Band, King Straggler, and 50 Cent Haircut at the Third
    Street Farmers Market
    at 3pm. For details, call (323) 933-9211.
  • DJs Michael Stock and Benjamin White of Part Time
    Punks
    continue their two month residency at
    MOCA. The show
    starts at 6pm. Odd Nostrom of Anticon takes the stage at 8pm, followed
    by a screening of Rize.
    The evening is free with general museum admission. Call (213) 621-1734.
  • Catch the Latin jazz of conguero Francisco
    Aguabella
    at
    One
    Colorado
    in Old Pasadena,
    from 9pm to midnight. Call
    (626) 564-1066.

SUNDAY, 9/18


  • Mews Small & Her Fabulous Females, Brad Kayand Justefanie play
    at Unurban
    Coffeehouse
    at 1pm. Call (310) 315-0056.
  • The USC Thornton Wind Ensemble, H. Robert Reynolds, principal conductor,
    and Sharon Lavery, resident conductor, perform works by Lauridsen, Piston,
    Milhaud, Hartmann and Grantham at USC
    Thornton School of Music
    at 4pm. Call (213) 740-2167.
  • The Second Annual Bolero Festival features performances by Los Dandy’s,
    Mariachi Divas, Yari More y Su Orquesta, Trio Casablanca and Trio Guadalajara
    in the Exposition
    Park Rose Garden
    at 6pm. Call (213) 473-2304.
  • Members
    of Chamber Music Palisades
    play at the LACMA Sundays
    Live
    Series
    .
    The show starts at 6pm. Call (323) 857-6234.
  • DJs Michael Stock and Benjamin White spin post-punk, mutant disco and
    indie 80s-90s at the echo at 10pm.
    For info, call (213) 413-8200.
  • Carlos Guitarlos plays at The Liquid Kitty at 10pm. For details, call (310)
    473-3707.

MONDAY, 9/19

Kabuki Japanese Restaurant, 3539 East Foothill Boulevard, Pasadena, with other locations in Burbank, Cerritos, Hollywood, Howard Hughes Center, Old Pasadena, Rancho Cucamonga, and Woodland Hills.

If you hate the winter holidays, now would be a good time to head for a cave. Weekends are filling up with Southland holiday rites and rituals.

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