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Best things to do this week in Los Angeles and Southern California: September 9 - 12
Sleater-Kinney performs during the Rock en Seine Festival on August 24, 2024 in Paris, France.
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Hope you’re staying cool! It’s almost Hispanic Heritage Month, and what better way to kick things off than by attending performances from across the diaspora at the L.A. Escena Festival of Hispanic Classical Theater at UCLA? There are also some badass women on stage this week all over town, from Sarah Silverman at Dynasty Typewriter to Sleater-Kinney at the Grammy Museum to author Edwidge Danticat at the Central Library.
For more to explore, visit LAist.com, where you can book your ticket to the climate + food event at the Crawford this Thursday with Fat + Flour baker Nicole Rucker and LAist food editor Gab Chabrán.
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Mon, Sep 9Sarah Silverman Works Out Her Post-Mortem Tour
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Dynasty Typewriter
2511 Wilshire Blvd., Westlake
This week, Sarah Silverman will be doing a second night at Dynasty ahead of her next tour.
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Dynasty Typewriter
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Thu, Sep 12Clay Play
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Frogtown Brewery
2931 Gilroy St. , Frogtown
This ceramics class will teach basic hand-building techniques like slab and coil building.
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Frogtown Brewery
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Tue, Sep 17LA Escena Festival of Hispanic Classical Theater
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UCLA Nimoy Theater (The Nimoy)
1262 Westwood Blvd., Westwood
Thursday kicks off a full weekend of performances by acclaimed artists from Spain, Mexico, and the Los Angeles area.
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UCLA Nimoy Theater (The Nimoy)
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Mon, Sep 9Edwidge Danticat and Robin Coste Lewis
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Mark Taper Auditorium - L.A. Central Library
630 W. 5th St., Downtown L.A.
Novelist Edwidge Danticat joins former L.A. poet laureate Robin Coste Lewis to delve into her new collection of essays, We're Alone.
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Mark Taper Auditorium - L.A. Central Library
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Sun, Sep 29'The Skin of Our Teeth'
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A Noise Within Theatre
3352 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena
The Skin of Our Teeth is on all month at A Noise Within in Pasadena and is more relevant than ever.
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A Noise Within Theatre
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Tue, Sep 10Sleater-Kinney
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GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live
800 W. Olympic Blvd., Downtown L.A.
The Pacific Northwest’s finest original Riot Grrls are at the Grammy Museum for a chat.
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GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live
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Tue, Sep 10Debate Watch Parties
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Multiple Locations
Venues around the area are hosting a range of debate watch parties – partisan and not.
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Multiple Locations
Dine & Drink Deals
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Tue, Sep 17Tectonic Coffee Tasting (DATE MOVED)
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Tectonic Coffee
1040 N. Fairfax Ave., West Hollywood
Small batch roaster and cafe Tectonic Coffee in WeHo is hosting a tasting event!
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Tectonic Coffee
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Thu, Sep 12Celebrating Lowcountry Cuisine with Glenn Roberts of Anson Mills
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Dunsmoor
3501 Eagle Rock Blvd., Eagle Rock
An exciting new dinner series celebrating American Heritage Cookery is coming to Dunsmoor.
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Dunsmoor
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Wed, Sep 11Technique: Chicken Cooking Class
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The Gourmandise School
395 Santa Monica Pl. #323, Santa Monica
Learn how to break down a chicken and make lemongrass chicken paillard.
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The Gourmandise School
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