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Pencil This In: C'est Beau Pop-up Shop Opens on Abbot Kinney, Love/Hate Los Angeles Art Exhibit at The Strange and Cabaret at Edgemar Center
Love/Hate art exhibit opens tonight for a week tonight.
POP-UP SHOP
A pop-up and concept shop, C’est Beau, opens in on Abbott Kinney Boulevard today, serving as a sample sale store for designer labels Nom De Guerre, Reason, Claw Money, Pegleg, Mishka, Huffer, SLVDR, Ateliers Arthur, Lovewright Co., Keep Shoes, Land, Onia, George Guest, Bubululu, Liquid Flow, RA, Osea and others. Opening reception from 4-10 pm with drinks, music and art, too. ART
Love/Hate Los Angeles—an art exhibition that expresses Angelinos’ conflicts with their city—opens tonight at The Strange (4316 Melrose Ave., LA). There are paintings, photography, fashion and mixed media installations on display that speak to the passions that the city stirs in all of us. Reception from 7:30-midnight with live music by Bees Knees: Appalachian Old Time Band Music.
THEATER
The Brimmer Street Theatre Company previews the world premiere ofSummer in Hellby Miles Brandman, directed by David Jette, at studio|stage in Hollywood. Cousins Milton and Patricia are partaking in a “less than savory relationship” behind closed doors of their family’s summer estate. Their secret is threatened when a local boy stops by for an impromptu visit. Previews tonight at 8 pm with tickets at $10. Runs through Dec. 18 with tickets for $15.
CABARET
Edgemar Theatre Group presents Le Tick Tock, a new evening of cabaret-style song, dance and entertainment. “The audience has the pleasure of an adventure in the midst of Marlene Dietrich, Brigitte Bardot, Josephine Baker and ingenious original characters in French style cabaret with an international flavor, from classic American standards to the exotic rhythm of Cuban dance and music.” Discounted preview price tonight of $34.50 (use promo code 555). Regular admission $65 through Jan. 22.
ANOTHER POP-UP SHOP
Many retailers opened holiday shopping season the day after Halloween, and a number of pop-up shops are, well, popping up all over the place. Tonight, a Hurley Pop-up Shopopens tonight at the Americana at Brand in Glendale with a party from 6-9 pm with a DJ, live beverages and shopping discounts. Though Dec. 31.
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