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Arts District Art Walk
The Arts District Art Walk is a Free, self-guided tour of more than 60 local artist studios, museums, galleries and project/exhibition spaces within the original Arts District area of Downtown LA. This Studio and Gallery Art Walk is intended to introduce a wider audience to the area’s growing art and cultural scene, which includes Downtown’s Original Arts District, Toy District and Little Tokyo areas. 1-6 p.m. After party @Royal Clayton's, 6-9 p.m.
Tour de Fat @LA State Historic Park
Tour de Fat, "the ballyhoo of bikes & beer" is sponsored by the New Belgium Brewing Company, makers of the acclaimed Fat Tire beer. It's one of the largest bicycle non-profit fundraisers out there. While at the park, look for opportunities to wrench on your bike, get your face painted, eat some good food, have a beer and join our cycling circus of sensory splendor. All proceeds go to a good cause and the organizers have pledged to keep it environmentally clean. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Beers are $5 each.
Art: The Mini Show @Art Center College of Design
The Mini Show is an art show with 100% of the sales going towards Art Center College of Design students in need of financial aid. The show will feature high-quality, affordable artwork, priced at around $300 or less. The show is being done in the memory of Mini Lai, and features many celebrated LA artists, including Mark Ryden, Clayton Brothers, Alex Gross, Ed Ushiro, Roland Tamayo and Andrew Hem. The show is one night only, from 8-11 p.m. at the Art Center College of Design's South Campus Gallery.
Cabaret Benefit Performance
Suzanna Melendez and Acts of Charity present the hit Broadway musical Cabaret, benefiting Performing Arts Leadership Scholarships (P.A.L.S.) - the fundraising arm of Class Act Musical Theatre. During tonight's performance, Kris Jenner (Keeping Up with the Kardashians) will lead this talented ensemble as Fraulien Kost, in the musical that took over Broadway in the late 60’s, about Berlin’s steamy, colorful Kit Kat Klub, on the eve of Hitler’s rise to power in Weimer Germany.Tickets: $25 - $100; available online or by calling (818) 703-6364. 7 p.m.
Halloween and Mourning Tours + Scary Movie @Heritage Square Museum
Enjoy creepy happenings at Heritage Square Museum at its Seventh Annual Halloween and Mourning Tours. Learn all about death and mourning etiquette during the Victorian era and participate in a funeral inside one of our historic homes. See how other cultures celebrate and remember their loved ones, witness a Victorian funerary procession, and then discover how even the intricate details of clothing played a role how Victorians showed their loss of a loved one. Tours run Noon-4; at 7 p.m. they are showing "Body Snatchers" as a separate event ($10). Tours with admission.
