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Patrick Stewart, the classically trained stage actor, has died.
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DaddyO Dies Well, Murray Mednick's fifth play from his "Gary Plays" series, is currently running at Electric Lodge in Venice. Drawing on references from previous Gary Plays, the production takes the audience through the pre-mortem hallucinations and memories of DaddyO, an old hipster patriarch, while simultaneously guiding Gary through a family ayahuasca rite of passage.
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Tonight the season/series finale of FX's "Lights Out" airs at 10pm. We'll be there to watch what could have been one of the great shows of the decade in its last waltz - and it's going to be a good one. --- A new episode of the Channel Zero podcast which includes an interview with "Chelsea Lately" regular Josh Wolf is up. --- Check out the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan, late night TV is hopping tonight!
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Universal Sports premieres their first original program "Take a Seat" which chronicles an inspiring bike ride across the USA. --- Hear Conan O'Brien on Marc Maron's most recent WTFpod. --- HBO premieres "His Way," their Jerry Weintraub documentary tonight. --- Comic/TV funny man Greg Proops will be doing 1 more podcast tomorrow night before going to Australia. --- All this plus the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan & the listings.
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Here we go again with a line-up of design-related, creative industry events to pepper your calendar. As usual, if you hear of new ones you want to share, post them in the comments so we can all join in!
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Little is better than hanging out in the lap of luxury with your favorite canine companion. Doing so with a glass of wine in hand while your pooch frolics with new friends pretty much makes the occasion perfect. The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel is making the fantasy a reality with the launch of its “Yappy Hour,” a monthly event created to raise money for the Pet Project Foundation.
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Rock On The Block: The Silver Lake Conservatory is holding a charity auction at Amoeba Music this afternoon with with rare and collectible memorabilia, concert tickets, promo items and more up for bids. All proceeds will benefit the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a non-profit organization based in...
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Lamenting that we live in a “magic-less time,” quirky old Zak and his perky old wife Eva harness ancient spiritual powers to bring two lovers together and stave off environmental destruction in Anthony F. Cronin’s new play, Come Sundown, at the Ruskin Group Theatre.
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Ho-Jung in The Human Voice. (Photo by Ed Krieger) The Human Voice, an English translation of Jean Cocteau's La Voix humaine, is currently playing at Elephant Space Theatre on Hollywood's Theatre Row. Cocteau's play turns the audience into voyeurs spying on a telephone break-up between lovers during the hello operator days in 1930s Paris. Ho-Jung performs this classic avant garde monologue loved by the likes of Roberto Rossellini, Francis Poulenc, and Robert Rimbaud. Ho-Jung...
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Sporty Wizards: The International Quidditch Western Cup is happening. Really it is. Today and tomorrow in Cheviot Hills. The IQA, Inc is "a magical nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the sport of Quidditch inspiring young people to lead more physically active and socially engaged lives," notes the official website. Moorpark College, Occidental College, UCLA and USC all have teams competing. POOF! Here's Saturday's schedule of events:
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Most boy-meets-girl comedies don't really explore the science that underlies the romantic chemistry between their two lead lovebirds. But since both the boy and the girl in Keith Huff's endearing new play, Pursued by Happiness, are Eli Lilly company biochemists, we do learn that according to one theory, at least, we're all neurologically hardwired to let happiness catch up with us at some point.
