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Pencil This In: Erotica and Cupcakes, Vroman's Hosts 'Killing Pluto' Author and Cartoon Noir at Cinefamily
Sex and cupcakes at erotica reading at Coco de Mer tonight | Photo by ~RE via LAist's flickr pool.
Sex and cupcakes at erotica reading at Coco de Mer tonight | Photo by ~REvia LAist's flickr pool.
MUSIC+ART
The LOFT Ensemble presents An Evening of Music & Arttonight at 8 pm. Hear a mix of folk/blues/bluegrass/gypsy/swing and everything in between tonight with The Dustbowl Revival, Dastardly, Olentangy John w/ special guest Jared Bartman. See the artwork of Patrick Haemmerlin, Teresa Downer and Dave Lovejoy, too. $5 at the door. 929 East 2nd Street #105, Downtown LA (Directly across from the Bordello Bar, Entrance on S.Vignes St.).EROTICA + CUPCAKES
If you like erotica or cupcakes, then you need to be at Coco de Mer on Melrose tonight at 7 pm for readings with author and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel (Gotta Have It, Orgasmic), erotic romance novelist Eden Bradley (The Lovers), and memoir writers Pamela Madsen (Shameless) and Oriana Small, aka Ashley Blue (Girlvert). Sex served up with champagne and cupcakes.
BOOK TALK
Tonight at 7:30 pm, David Ulin, editor and book critic, discusses his latest book: The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time. He argues that literature matters because it “engages us in intellectual thought, and in empathy.” He’ll be in discussion with Hollywood heavyweight film producer Peter Guber. At the MGM Building, 10250 Constellation Boulevard, Century City. Tickets, $20.
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BOOKS
Astronomer Mike Brown is at Vroman’s tonight at 7 pm to discuss his book How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming. He’s the guy whose discovery of the planet Eris led to the controversial demotion of Pluto as a planet. It’s a first-person account of astronomy, our place in the universe and how he was subjected to hate mail from schoolchildren and scrutiny of TV reporters.
CARTOONS
Jerry Beck’s Animation Tuesdays at Cinefamily holds the program Cartoon Noir tonight at 8 pm. The film historian brings hard-boiled animation to the big screen with Daffy, Tweety and Goofy riffing on classic film noir. Rare 35mm and 16mm film prints of some of the funniest, violent and sexy cartoons ever made. Tickets: $12.
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