One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Pencil This In: Films of Ken Jacobs at Cinefamily, Sexpert at Meltdown Comics and Lev Grossman at Vroman's
At Vroman's: Lev Grossman reads from his novel 'The Magician King' on Quentin's travels in the magical land of Fillory.
To do tonight in LA: Films of Ken Jacobs screen at Cinefamily, with the filmmaker in person; wine and jazz at Hollywood and Highland; author of The Magician King signs the book at Vroman's; and there's a sex talk/learning seminar at Meltdown Comics. Read on for all the details.
WINE+JAZZ
Tonight Hollywood & Highland’s Wine, Jazz & Moonlight series presents jazz guitarist and composer Brent Canter from 7-9 pm in the Central Courtyard. The event is free to the public (i.e., shoppers) but there’s a $10 wine tasting donation that gets you two glasses of wine and a box of cheese and crackers to enjoy during the performance. Proceeds go to Project Angel Food.
FILM
Los Angeles Filmforum and Cinefamily present the program The Intimacy of Intervention - An Evening With Ken Jacobs tonight at 8 pm. Moderated by Jacobs’ son Azazel Jacobs, the elder Jacobs will screen several examples of his classic film and video art. Ken Jacobs has been creating experimental and underground films in NYC for more than 50 years. Tickets: $12.
BOOKS*
Lev Grossman discusses and signs The Magician King at Vroman’s tonight at 7 pm. It’s the sequel to his novel The Magicians. The hero of the first novel, Quentin, and his friends “return to the magical land of Fillory as royalty, but the days and nights of luxury and excess quickly become dull.” After an errand goes terribly wrong, things take a sinister turn, and only black, twisted magic can save the hero and friends.
SEX TALK
Tonight at 8 pm, Sex Nerd/Nerd/expert and educator Sandra puts on a NerdMelt seminar at Meltdown Comics. Sandra Daugherty takes on the topic of female masturbation with fellow sexpert Jamye Waxman. Tickets: $8 in advance, $10 at the door.
*Pencil pick of the day
Want more events? Follow me on Twitter (@christineziemba). Or follow Lauren Lloyd—who takes care of Pencil on Wednesdays (@LadyyyLloyd).
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
