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Today on FilmWeek, we revisit Larry Mantle’s 2023 conversation with Patrick Stewart in memory of the late actor who died at the age of 86 this week.
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"Stargate Universe" has its season premiere tonight at 9pm on Syfy We didn't have the chance to interview Brad Wright, the creator of Syfy's "Stargate Universe" but he was kind to give us The Pitch via email. "Stargate Universe" returns for season 1.5 on SyFy on April 2nd at 9pm and stars Robert Carlyle, Ming-Na, Louis Ferreira, Elyse Levesque, Alaina Huffman, Lou Diamon Phillips and David Blue, among others. The series follows a band...
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Pillow Fight Day 2009 (Lindsay William-Ross/LAist) For pretty much no reason except silly fun, people in cities all over the world will meet up on Saturday April 3rd to take part in International Pillow Fight Day. Part of the "urban playground movement," this is a non-commercial event aimed at having people take part as participants, not consumers, and to give people the chance to do something playful in public space. Okay, and it's really...
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The streets of Thai Town will once again be filled with celebration, food, activities, and fun on Sunday as the community gathers to celebrate Songkran--Thai New Year. Considered the biggest Thai cultural event outside of Thailand, Los Angeles' Thai Town will welcome locals as well as distinguished guests from all over the world to this annual event, now in its 7th year.
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Street feast at the Americana at Brand. | Photo by Alberto Cueto via LAist's flickr pool. PERFORMANCE Project 35, a program of single-channel videos coordinated by the Independent Curators International (ICI), makes a screening stop at LAXART on La Cienega tonight at 7 pm. For the screening, 35 international curators were invited to each choose one work from an artist that they think is important for audiences around the world to experience today. With...
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Last Friday evening LAist photographer Simon Cardoza made an unprecedented hundred-foot journey between the Echo and the Echoplex, capturing local indie rock outfit Foreign Born (LAist Interview, Review), Portland's own experimental electronic duo YACHT (LAist Interview, Review), Georgia-by-way-of-South Carolina dream-pop maestro Washed Out and Small Black all in one night!
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Artist and native Angeleno Gronk (nee Glugio Nicandro) will be creating a mural live at the Fowler Museum at the end of April as part of the temporary exhibit now running called "Art, Activism, Access: 40 Years of Ethnic Studies at UCLA." Gronk's piece, per a press release, will depict "current ethnic struggles." Visitors to the Fowler during regular hours on April 21-23, and 28-30 can watch Gronk paint the mural, as well as...
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The Moth: Fear | Photo by Lord Jim via LAist's flickr pool. PERFORMANCE* Satsang Lounge is a modern-day cabaret series that presents new work by LA’s up-and-coming bands, performers and filmmakers. Tonight is the sixth installment and features bands Wet & Reckless, Bandito Royale and Family of the Year; the short film Carl's Lament,; and Touch the Lightning, a stop motion animation music video directed by Emily Wilder for a song by Lemon Sun....
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Photo by polaroid-girl via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr There's an art and food event happening this weekend we wanted to give you the heads-up about. Aimed at bringing the community together, and collecting some much-needed and well-deserved food donations for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Taking it to the Streets will have for attendees to enjoy "cutting-edge street artists and gourmet food trucks for a night of food, music, art...
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Tomorrow's media summit at Occidental College focuses on preserving democracy. And other things American. | Photo by Joits via LAist's flickr pool. Mainstream media as we know it is changing. Has been for a long time. With bastions of old media like ABC news and the Los Angeles Times trimming their budgets and staff, people have to look elsewhere for fair and balanced news. The public still needs to make informed decisions--especially after the...
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Tonight starting at 8pm, the first 50 customers at Trader Vic's Los Angeles will receive free iTiki phone cases. The case is a snug-fitting silicone skin designed to look like traditional Polynesian tikis. According to the press release, "iTiki is available in two colors: Pacific -- the cool blue of the ocean and Koa -- the warmth of Hawaiian wood."
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