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The community altar is part of a 10-day cultural exhibition at Gloria Molina Grand Park in downtown L.A.
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Seth Green returns to the New Beverly for a weekend-long guestival! The Robot Chicken guru pairs pulp & circumstance Thursday with a screening of the car-chase classic Smokey and the Bandit & Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven. Plus the weekend and more!
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The Lingerie Football League has enjoyed a good run since its founding in 2009. But now, an L.A.-based league of scantily clad basketball players is about to give those nearly nude pigskin-tossers some stiff competition, reports the Huffington Post. The Lingerie Basketball League features, as you may well imagine, women dressed in lingerie playing basketball.
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Oh thank goodness. Competitive facial hair finally has a forum. Calling all cool guys, cro-mags, waxy twirlers, office sharks, solo stashers, boy band close shavers, and creepy crawlers, the 1st Los Angeles Beard and Mustache Competition in now accepting applicants for the August 14 "face-off" to be held at Federal Bar in North Hollywood.
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In anticipation of their move to Pasadena, A Noise Within, a Southern California classical repertory theater company based in Glendale, is cleaning house and purging the property of 19 years worth of scenery, props, costumes, wigs, furniture, lighting, curtains, fabric, seating and more.
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Here are a few items to consider if you'd like to spend Tuesday night out and about in LA. Splash on the Patchouli and celebrate Jerry Gacia's birthday week at Grub; John Hiatt talks career and music at the Grammy Museum; there's poetry at the beach and Flux screenings at the Hammer, too. Read on for all the details.
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This kind of artistic reworking of the message on a stop sign isn't exactly new -- many date back to 2007 or even earlier. But the trend seems to be having a second or third wind. This pic was snapped at the corner of Rosewood and Genesee in the Fairfax area, and as you can see it reads STOP: Hammertime.
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Photo courtesy cultureshlock via LAist Flickr Pool. As of today, August is here, so why not try to beat the upcoming heat with some indoor sports - like comedy. There are a ton of great shows that are guaranteed to keep you begging to stay in out of sun. Check it! As always, email me if you'd like to get a show listed here in the future. MONDAY 8/1 Pretty Bird Duo Tournament -...
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MTV, a music network born of a Michael Nesmith idea for Nickelodeon called "Pop Clips" that was sold to Time Warner in 1980, turns 30 today. MTV began airing at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981 with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll" voiced over footage of the first space shuttle launch.
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Opening weekend of the Nike U.S. Open of Surfing paddled off to a wild start in Huntington Beach with crowd density and traffic usually reserved for finals weekend, according to the Orange County Beach Blog.
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Kings of Leon are having band problems bigger than not drinking enough Gatorade. Lead singer Caleb Followill walked off stage during a performance Friday in Dallas prompting a cancellation of the entire U.S. tour.
