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Get Out: "I Art You," Pop-Up Library & Antiquarian Fair
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BOOKS: Various Small Fires in Venice will host Book Affair from 10am-4pm, which is part book fair and part pop-up library. Local publishers and artists will be lend or sell their works that might not otherwise be available to the Los Angeles community. There will be a xerox machine on site if you want to copy the book—just like the library! For more information visit the Various Small Fires event page here.
HEART Create:Fixate is celebrating 10 years of existence with a massive Valentined-theme show tonight at the Premiere Events Center downtown called "I Art You." A preview of the show goes from 4 until 7pm. Entry into the event between 7 and 9pm is $15 and after that it's $20. There will be over forty local artists, DJs, and musicians. The Premiere Events Center is located at 613 Imperial St. For more information, visit the group's website or call 310-590-7199.
The 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair at the Pasadena Convention Center is going on today from 11am to 7pm, and we did a write-up of the event here.
Today is also the last day of the city's first Zine Week, and there's a Razorcake #66 release party, Alex Chiu’s “PAPER AIRPLANES” Show and more.
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