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Best Things To Do This Week: Mar. 4 - 7

Before you do anything this week, read up on ballot initiatives and candidates and make your voting game plan. Check out our Reddit AMA on voting in Los Angeles and head to your nearest polling station on Tuesday or drop your ballot at a dropbox. To get the results in your inbox, click here to sign up for Make It Make Sense, our limited-run post-election newsletter that will explain what the outcomes mean for your life in Los Angeles.
Then the week is yours to explore new music, check out Oscar nominees on the big screen before they’re gone, eat out at O.C. Restaurant Week, or learn how to make a puppet with LACMA.
Visit LAist.com for more things to explore, including a chat with the founder of that chili crisp you’ve seen at every dinner party – Fly By Jing - and a list of the best happy hours along Metro’s A Line.
Events
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Tuesday, March 5, 2024 from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Presidential Primary Election Day
Cost: Free ; MORE INFOWe aren’t going to stop reminding you. Get out the vote, sport your "I Voted" sticker all day long, and relax knowing you’ve done your part for democracy!
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February 27, 2024 through March 14, 2024
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
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Christie’s Los Angeles
336 N Camden Dr., Beverly Hills
Art auction house Christie’s worked with the Andy Warhol Museum’s film archive to showcase Warhol’s screen test series. The films are a collection of 3-and-a-half minute portraits of the artist’s friends – a who’s who of pop culture icons.
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Christie’s Los Angeles
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Writers Bloc: Michele Norris + Lena Waithe
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The Ebell Lounge
741 S. Lucerne Ave., Mid-Wilshire
Former All Things Considered host Michele Norris is on stage at Writers Bloc in conversation with actor-writer-director Lena Waithe (The Chi). Norris will talk about her new book, Our Hidden Conversations. The book grew out of The Race Card Project, which asked Americans to talk about their feelings on race in just six words.
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The Ebell Lounge
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 3:30 PM
LACMA hosts a Communities Create LA event in Inglewood where kids (and adults too) can make fun (and elaborate!) puppets from brown paper bags.
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Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 8:00 PM
International Flamenco Festival
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Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center
1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Redondo Beach
Head down to Redondo Beach – but really be transported to Spain – on Thursday night for an evening of flamenco guitar with “modern master” Tomatito and a dance performance from Karime Amaya. The fun continues at the Wilshire Ebell on Friday and Saturday.
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Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center
We are also spoiled for big-name music choices this week. Here’s a short selection:
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Monday, March 4, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Madonna: Celebration Tour
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Kia Forum
3900 W. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood
LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 01: Madonna performs onstage during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for dcp)(Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for dcp)The Queen of Pop kicks off her much-anticipated (and much-delayed) week-long Celebration Tour at the Forum this week, bringing all of the Madonna eras to the stage. Now the only question is which are you going to dress as?
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Kia Forum
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Monday, March 4, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Fall Out Boy: So Much For (2our) Dust
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Honda Center
2695 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim
Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump, Andy Hurley and Joe Trohman of Fall Out Boy perform onstage at the 2024 iHeartRadio ALTer EGO on January 13, 2024 in Anaheim.(Rich Polk/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)Pete Wentz and co. bring their So Much For (2our) Dust tour to the Honda Center this week with support from '90s favorites Jimmy Eat World. The pop-punk pioneers have been using on-stage innovations – like a Magic 8 Ball to predict a surprise song – to delight fans on this latest tour.
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Honda Center
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Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Cat Power Sings Dylan
Cost: $59 and up ; MORE INFOSinger Cat Power performs live on stage during Popload Festival 2022 at Centro Esportivo Tiete in 2022.(Mauricio Santana/Getty Images)Singer-songwriter Cat Power’s really special album of Bob Dylan covers comes to life at the United Theatre (formerly the Theatre at the Ace Hotel) this week. Power recreated a 1966 Bob Dylan performance and made it her own, bringing iconic songs including "Like a Rolling Stone" to audiences in a new way.
Viewing Pick
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March 3, 2024 through March 7, 2024
2024 Oscar-Nominated Short Films, Live-Action
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Landmark's Nuart Theatre
11272 Santa Monica Blvd., Sawtelle
Just one more week left to squeeze all your Oscar viewing in before the biggest night in Hollywood! Catch all of the Academy Award-nominated short films on the big screen for a limited time so that you’re making an educated guess on your Oscar party ballot and giving a few really powerful lesser-seen films some love at the same time.
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Landmark's Nuart Theatre
Dine & Drink Deals
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February 29, 2024 through March 31, 2024
Regarding HER Food Festival
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ChocoVivo
12469 Washington Blvd., Mar Vista -
Tuk Tuk Thai
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Milkfarm
2106 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock
The Regarding HER food festival, co-founded by Border Grill chef Mary Sue Milliken, runs all month long this year, with specials celebrating women entrepreneurs and leaders at food establishments around the Los Angeles area. Choose from an olive oil and chocolate celebration at ChocoVivo, a special burger at Tuk Tuk Thai, weekly sandwiches at Milkfarm and Rooted Fare, and more.
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ChocoVivo
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March 3, 2024 through March 9, 2024
OC Restaurant Week 2024
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Great Maple
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White House
887 S Anaheim Blvd., Anaheim -
Lola's by MFK
2410 E Katella Ave., Anaheim
Orange County Restaurant Week runs from March 3 to March 9, with a wide range of menus offering prix fixe deals all week long. From Cajun shrimp benedict at Great Maple to braised rabbit at White House to Filipino favorites at Lola’s, there’s something for everyone.
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Great Maple
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Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 7:00 PM
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes hosts their first wine-tasting event of the year, celebrating the wines of Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe region.
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