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Best Things To Do In Los Angeles And SoCal This Weekend: Dec. 1 - 3
L.A. Comic Con returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center this weekend.
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Don your best cosplay outfits as LA Comic Con returns. Shop for art at Giant Robot’s Post It Show 19. Attend any number of holiday crafts markets.
Events
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Fri, Dec 1
A Celebration And Conversation With Busta Rhymes
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GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live
800 W. Olympic Blvd., Downtown L.A.
Busta Rhymes discusses his career, creative process and latest music.
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GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live
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La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin
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The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
555 W. Temple St., Downtown LA
The city’s largest Christmas pageant includes more than 100 actors, singers and indigenous Aztec dancers as well as children and seniors from the community.
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The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
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Fri, Dec 1
Platonic Juke
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The Goldfish
5043 York Blvd., Highland Park
Platonic Juke is a standup show hosted by comic and writer Rachel Joravsky, with lineups that feature established and rising comedians and a focus on LGBTQIA+/POC artists.
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The Goldfish
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Sun, Dec 3
Tonality Choir
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Grace First Presbyterian
3955 N. Studebaker Rd, Long Beach -
Pico Union Project
1153 Valencia St., Pico-Union
Tonality choir presents the journeys of transgender and nonbinary individuals, showcasing their experiences in the face of adversity.
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Grace First Presbyterian
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Sat, Dec 2
South Lake Avenue Holidayfest 2023
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Macy's Pasadena Plaza
401 S. Lake Avenue, Pasadena
In between live music at the South Lake Avenue Holidayfest, get free Santa photos, holiday activities (cookie making and ornament decorating stations.
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Macy's Pasadena Plaza
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Sat, Dec 2
Horror Hi-fi
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Grandmaster Recorders
1518 N Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood
Alex Oxley and Roxanne Roll, the DJs of the Fleetmac Wood nights, bring their side project Horror Hi-fi to Hollywood for an evening of tech-noir, sad-girl disco, zombie-wave and Italo-giallo.
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Grandmaster Recorders
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Sat, Dec 2
Entertainment Workers Arts and Crafts Fair
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Riverfront Stages - Soundstage 4
3333 North San Fernando Rd., Glassell Park
Entertainment industry workers who were hit hard by the strikes, are getting together to sell their arts and crafts.
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Riverfront Stages - Soundstage 4
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Post It Show 19
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GR2 Art Gallery
2062 Sawtelle Blvd., Los Angeles
The annual Post It Show 19 features hundreds of artists’ work on Post-it Notes.
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GR2 Art Gallery
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43rd Annual Black Doll Show
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The William Grant Still Arts Center (WGSAC)
2520 S. West View St., West Adams
The annual Black Doll Show explores the protective, liberatory and loving ways that dolls, amulets, quilts, charms and other items are used in African-American spiritual traditions.
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The William Grant Still Arts Center (WGSAC)
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Sat, Dec 2
Mortified: 20th Anniversary Show
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Dynasty Typewriter
2511 Wilshire Blvd., Westlake
Mortified has adults share their most embarrassing childhood memories (through journals, letters, poems, lyrics, plays, home movies, art).
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Dynasty Typewriter
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2023 Holiday Marketplace
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Craft Contemporary
5814 Wilshire Blvd, Mid-Wilshire
Craft Contemporary holds its annual marketplace with a curated selection of one-of-a-kind jewelry and homewares.
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Craft Contemporary
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Sat, Dec 2
12th Annual Venice Holiday Sign Lighting
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VENICE Sign
Windward and Pacific Ave., Venice
The family-friendly event features more than 100 local businesses coming together for the sign lighting, and the new Holiday Taste of Venice and Windward Wonderland.
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VENICE Sign
Outdoor Pick
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Sun, Dec 3
CicLAvia - South LA
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Various locations
The latest edition of CicLAvia, presented by Metro, celebrates 13 years of car-free streets.
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Various locations
Sponsor
Viewing Pick
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The Gold Rush
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Old Town Music Hall
140 Richmond St., El Segundo
Watch the silent Charlie Chaplin film The Gold Rush (1925) in the beautiful old theater with live accompaniment by Robert York on the Mighty Wurlitzer
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Old Town Music Hall
Dine and Drink Deals
Here are a few dine and drink options to indulge in this week.
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Chainfest
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NYA Studios
1541 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood
Attendees get to sample bites from Chili’s, Dunkin’, Jack in the Box, Panda Express, Pizza Hut, Red Robin and SONIC Drive-In.
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NYA Studios
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Sat, Dec 2
Taste of the Holidays
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ace/121 Gallery
121 N. Kenwood St, Glendale
Glendale Arts welcomes local makers and artists offering culinary treats, handmade goods and art.
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ace/121 Gallery
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Sun, Dec 17
The Nutcracker Afternoon Tea
The hotel offers its fancy holiday high tea experience in the Lobby Lounge.
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