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Pencil This In: Good LA Weekend, Meg Wolitzer at Vroman's, Michael Steele Solo Show at Gallery1988
Michael Steele's solo exhibition at Gallery1988: Venice. | Image: 'Where we're going, we don't need roads' inspired by 'Back to the Future.'
Michael Steele's solo exhibition at Gallery1988: Venice. | Image: 'Where we're going, we don't need roads' inspired by 'Back to the Future.'
READING
Author Meg Wolitzer reads from her latest book The Uncoupling tonight at Vroman’s at 7 pm. It’s an examination of feminine desire and power: A new drama teacher in a suburban high school puts on a production of Lysistrata (the Aristophanes play in which the women of Greece go on a sex strike against men until a war ends), and the women and girls find that their own feelings toward the men in their lives have changed drastically, and perhaps irrevocably, overnight.
GOOD*
GOOD Magazine celebrates the publication of its Los Angeles issue and a new GOOD LA local community all weekend long. There’s a weekend planned of urban hiking adventures, DIY workshops, hack-a-thons, civic engagements, artist interventions, resource sharing, literary readings, film screenings, book club meetings, neighborhood walks and locally-made goods, at the new creative space in Atwater Village: Atwater Crossing. Tonight’s program matches eight designers with eight urban problems. They’ll present solutions in front of a live audience, followed by a Q&A and cocktail hour. 7-10 pm. The event is full, but a limited number of tickets will be available at the door.
HAPPY HOUR
Kings Row is a new Pasadena gastropub that opens today. Indulge in their happy hour today from 4-7 pm with $3 drafts, $5 appetizers and burgers and $15 pitchers of red sangria. On the pub's menu are dishes like Portobello Banh Mi, Pulled Pork Sandwich made with wild boar and the Asian Duck Burger among others.
BENEFIT
Students and faculty from The Colburn Conservatory are holding a benefit concert tonight for UNICEF’s relief efforts for Japan. The concert will be held tonight at 8 pm at the school’s Zipper Hall. The program will include works by Schumann, Grainger, Haydn, Bloch, Shubert and Brahms. Suggested donation of $10. Cash or check payable to US Funds for UNICEF.
ART
There’s an opening reception tonight for Recall—Michael Steele’s solo show at Gallery1988:Venice. The Australian artist is best known for his clusters, with themes like Star Wars to Ghostbusters. From 7-10pm.
Other events:
> Richard and Dion Neutra Architecture celebrates 85 years all weekend long.
> RT Booklovers’ Convention at the Westin Bonaventure
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