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Best Things To Do This Week In Los Angeles And Southern California: Oct. 9 - 12
Images, including this death mask by photographer Rick Castro, are now on view at Hollywood Forever.
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Watch an Obama musical. Check out Run the Jewels' four nights in L.A. Hear Arlo Parks discuss her debut book. Celebrate OCMA's first anniversary.
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Thu, Nov 30Rick Castro Forever: Photographic Retrospective of Life & Death
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Hollywood Forever
6000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood
Hollywood Forever displays 87 of Castro’s most captivating photographs from 1986 through 2022.
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Hollywood Forever
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Sun, Oct 15OCMA First Anniversary Week
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Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA)
333 Avenue of the Arts, Costa Mesa
Celebrate the museum's first year.
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Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA)
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Tue, Oct 10Arlo Parks Discusses 'The Magic Border'
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Zipper Hall at The Colburn School
200 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A.
Book Soup presents Grammy Award-nominated musician Arlo Parks, who discusses her book The Magic Border: Poetry and Fragments from My Soft Machine.'
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Zipper Hall at The Colburn School
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Tue, Oct 10'Zev's Los Angeles: From Boyle Heights to the Halls of Power'
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Autry Museum of the American West
4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park
Zev Yaroslavsky discusses his political memoir, Zev's Los Angeles: From Boyle Heights to the Halls of Power.
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Autry Museum of the American West
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Tue, Oct 10Eater Talks: Building a Restaurant Empire
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Segovia Hall at the Ace Hotel
929 S. Broadway, downtown L.A.
The panel discussion explores restaurant expansion.
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Segovia Hall at the Ace Hotel
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Wed, Oct 11Ed Begley Jr. in Conversation with Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson
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Ann and Jerry Moss Theatre at New Roads School
3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica
Actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. discusses his new memoir with his fellow actors.
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Ann and Jerry Moss Theatre at New Roads School
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Sun, Oct 1521st Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
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Regal Cinemas at L.A. Live
1000 W. Olympic Blvd., Downtown L.A.
Watch groundbreaking independent cinema from South Asia and its diasporas.
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Regal Cinemas at L.A. Live
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Sat, Nov 1844: The unOFFICIAL, unSANCTIONED Obama Musical
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Bourbon Room Hollywood
6356 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood
The show returns to the Bourbon Room for 20 performances only.
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Bourbon Room Hollywood
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Sat, Oct 14Run the Jewels
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Hollywood Palladium
6215 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood
The hip-hop duo celebrates 10 years.
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Hollywood Palladium
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Thu, Oct 12Roguelike Classic Video Game Tournament: Street Fighter Night
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The Roguelike Tavern
259 N. Pass Ave. , Burbank
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The Roguelike Tavern
Viewing Pick
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Thu, Oct 19Screamfest Horror Film Festival
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TCL Chinese Theatres
6925 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood
Get ready for scares from around the world.
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TCL Chinese Theatres
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Dine and Drink Deals
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Wed, Oct 11A Dog-Friendly Evening with Mr. Pickles Gin
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Harlowe
7321 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood
Join Women Who Whiskey Los Angeles for a Fido-friendly evening with Mr. Pickles Gin on the side patio at Harlowe in WeHo.
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Harlowe
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Thu, Oct 12Elevated Wine Dinner with Contucci at Michael's on Naples
On Thursday, Oct. 12, Michael's on Naples in Long Beach collaborates with Tuscany’s oldest winery, Contucci.
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Tue, Oct 31La Famiglia Supper at The Palm in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles
The Palm in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills celebrates Italian Heritage Month with La Famiglia Supper.
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Tue, Oct 10Solita Tacos & Margaritas' 10th Anniversary Party
All locations of Solita Tacos & Margaritas celebrate their 10th anniversary on Oct. 10.
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