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Get Your Swim On

• Spaceland Productions presents a special performance by Jolie Holland with guest Sean Hayes at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Barnsdall Park. The show begins at 7 PM; tickets are $13 advance and $15 at the door.
• The talented and amazing Paul Westerberg performs the first of two nights at the Henry Fonda Theater at 9 PM.
• Clint Conley & Co. are in town, as Mission of Burma takes the stage with 400 Blows tonight at the Troubadour. Doors open at 8 PM and tickets are $20.
• Catch Earlimart, Lou Barlow and Matt Costa when KCRW presents their show tonight at the Silverlake Lounge. Tickets are $10.
• Doors open at 7:30 to see Ben Lee at the Viper Room. It's an early show, so LAist would suggest, well, showing up early.
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Donald Trump was a fading TV presence when the WGA strike put a dent in network schedules.
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Pickets are being held outside at movie and TV studios across the city
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For some critics, this feels less like a momentous departure and more like a footnote.
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Disneyland's famous "Fantasmic!" show came to a sudden end when its 45-foot animatronic dragon — Maleficent — burst into flames.
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Leads Ali Wong and Steven Yeun issue a joint statement along with show creator Lee Sung Jin.
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Every two years, Desert X presents site-specific outdoor installations throughout the Coachella Valley. Two Los Angeles artists have new work on display.