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Get Out: Beautiful Bulldogs, Food Truck Block Party, Evening Hike, Shakespeare in a Cemetery
Photo by Lucyrk in LA via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr
Photo by Lucyrk in LA via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr
6th Annual Bulldog Beauty Contest & Haute Dog Pageants
The prettiest bulldogs vie for the title of top dog in a variety of categories this morning for the 6th Annual Bulldog Beauty Contest put on by Haute Dogs. It's happening between 9 a.m. (sign-in) and Noon (awards announced) at the Marketplace Long Beach (between Trader Joe's, CPK and Claim Jumper). You'll see the following breeds/categories: Senior Dogs @ 10:00; English Bulldogs @ 10:15; French Bulldogs @ 11:15; Pugs @ 11:45 (NOTE: times are approximate). Front-row seating, $5, Free to spectate.
Food Truck Block Party @ Silver Lake Art Craft & Vintage
As a bonus feature of the Silver Lake Art Craft & Vintage Fela Market event today, a mini Food Truck block party will be set up for your shopping and noshing pleasure. Scheduled to be there today are: Yum Yum Bowls - 9:30; Buttermilk Truck - 10:00 (leaving 1:30 - being replaced by Asian Soul Kitchen); Phamish - 10:00; Louks To Go - 11:00; LA BBQ Guy - 11:15; Dels - 12:00. The Market is set up at 1511 Micheltorena st (at Sunset Blvd); more info here.
Full Moon Adventure in Franklin Canyon
Enjoy an evening hike at Franklin Canyon. They describe their Full Moon Adventure: "Follow that adventurer’s spirit and step into the night. Look and Listen for wildlife while enjoying a view of the stars on this moderately strenuous hike with Volunteer Naturalist Michael. All ages welcome." It's a 2-hour activity, and it starts at 7 p.m. Free.
Twelfth Night @ Hollywood Forever
The folks of Chalk Rep are closing out a run of Twelfth Night at Hollywood Forever Cemetery (in the Masonic Lodge) tonight at 7 p.m.. See Shakepeare's classic comedy of love and mistaken identity with an indie rock flair and a high fashion sensibility. Chalk Rep's production of Twelfth Night infuses a fresh contemporary energy while celebrating a literary masterpiece. Tickets.
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