Dog owners, if you're planning on dressing up your pooch for Halloween this year (and we have a sneaking suspicious that most of you are), why not add a little extra embarrassment to your pet's day by entering him or her in West Hollywood's annual Howl-O-Ween Doggy Costume Contest? The event takes place this Sunday, October 23, and offers you the chance to not only be entertained by torturing your own pet, but by witnessing the torture of numerous other canines, too!
Dress Up Your Pooch for WeHo's Howl-O-Ween Costume Contest
Proud Americans Celebrate 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal
Today's repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has the country buzzing with celebratory declarations and events. Below are statements from the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, Barbara Boxer and the commander in chief himself, President Barack Obama, all reveling in the long overdue repeal. West Hollywood commemorates today's repeal with a celebration and march tonight.
WeHo Book Fair Part I: The Robertson Salon, Sponsors, and Queer Renegades
It was scorching hot in West Hollywood on Sunday for the West Hollywood Book Fair, much too hot for the heavy, dirty jeans and tight, thick t-shirt I was wearing. I don’t know if it was because of the hangover I was nursing, the fact that I arrived a little late, or just the heat, but at 12pm when I arrived at West Hollywood Park near the Pacific Design Center, I had some trouble...
WeHo Book Fair -- Something for Everyone
The West Hollywood Book Fair, now in it's sixth year, will take over West Hollywood Park this Sunday from 10am - 6pm. We like to think of the WeHo book fair as the calmer, cooler cousin to the LA Times Festival of Books - great authors, excellent panels, live readings and good food - but much easier to navigate. As with any festival, planning the who/what/when is key...especially when trying to pack it all into one day.
Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA
Randall Robinson presents An Unbroken Agony 7pm @ EsoWon Books
LAist Interview: Lisa Teasley
Lisa Teasley is a successful fiction writer living in Los Angeles. Her first book, "Glow in the Dark," won the 2002 Gold Pen Award for Best Short Story Collection and the 2002 Pacificus Literary Foundation Best Short Story Writer award for fiction. Bloomsbury USA published her first novel "Dive" in 2004. The novel is a romantic thriller set in Los Angeles and Alaska. Bloomsbury will publish her latest novel "Heat Signature" in 2006.
Fall Into Reading
The West Hollywood "Fall Into Reading" Book Fair is this Sunday on October 3rd. Avid readers can visit with their favorite local and national authors at West Hollywood Park, 647 N. San Vincente Boulevard from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

