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Pencil This In: Elijah Wood in Person at Cinefamily, Sex Ghosts at The Last Bookstore & George Bernard Shaw Reading
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By LAist's Sarah Chamberlain
The winds are picking up, and so should you, Los Angeles! We found a mix of film, theater, art and music events tonight. Here's what's happening: The Last Bookstore gets into the Halloween spirit, The Getty Villa explores Pompeii, Needtheater entertains with a one-man stage adaptation of a short story, NerdMelt promises to make us laugh, Cinefamily welcomes actor Elijah Wood in the flesh and A Noise Within reads George Bernard Shaw. Read on for the details.
CREEPY*
The Last Bookstore will host an evening of the macabre dubbed "Dead Men Do Tell Tales" at 7 p.m. The eclectic showcase will feature a talk by author and medieval death expert Paul Koudounaris, short films by the Art of Bleeding Collective, music by horror metal comedy band Rosemary's Billygoat, and more. Admission is free.
ART TALK
The Getty Villa hosts "Pompeii on Display: Disaster into Art," a lecture where Kenneth Lapatin, curator of the Getty's "The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection" exhibit, will explore the ancient disaster's significance in art and culture through the past 300 years, from Italian opera to the Simpsons. The talk starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Getty Villa auditorium. Admission is free (with $10 parking), but a ticket is required (you can get yours at the link above).
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THEATER
Needtheater performs "G.O.Ne," a one-man stage adaptation of David Foster Wallace's short story "Good Old Neon" at 9 p.m. at the Ivy Substation in Culver City. The play explores the mind of a lonely man who feels like a fraud. We reviewed it when it was titled "Glint" at the 2011 Hollywood Fringe Festival, and it was a hit. Tickets cost $20 and are available here.
STANDUP
The NerdMelt theater at Meltdown Comics presents their original standup show, "The Meltdown," hosted by Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani. This week's guests include Jon Daly, Shawn Pearlman, and a top-secret surprise lady comic. Tickets cost $8, doors open at 8:15 p.m., and the show starts at 8:30 p.m.
FILM
The Cinefamily will screen "Maniac," a 2012 remake of William Lustig's 1980 slasher masterpiece directed by Franck Khalfoun and starring Elijah Wood as a psychopathic serial killer. Stick around afterward—Wood and Khalfou will be doing a Q&A. The show starts at 9:30 p.m. Tickets cost $12 (free for Cinefamily members).
READING
Classical theater company A Noise Within will do a dramatic reading of George Bernard Shaw's "The Devil's Disciple." Actors will read the colonial-American satire as part of the company's Resident Artist Reading series and to compliment a full production of Shaw's "The Doctor's Dilemma," which is currently running through November 25. The reading takes place at 7 p.m. Admission is free. To make a reservation, call 626-356-3127.
*Pencil pick of the day
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