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You've done your civic duty; now the excitement (and nail-biting) begins. We compiled a list of post-poll hot spots where Angelenos can kick back and watch the votes roll in.
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Here's what's happening: The Last Bookstore gets into the Halloween spirit, The Getty Villa explores Pompeii, Needtheater entertains with a one-man stage adaptation of a short story, NerdMelt promises to make us laugh, Cinefamily welcomes actor Elijah Wood in the flesh and A Noise Within reads George Bernard Shaw.
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Get out so you can check out work by Robert Mapplethorpe or Skid Row artists, talk about books with Libros Schmibros or check out the 626 Night Market.
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This summer the Natural History Museum will be opening an ambitious permanent exhibit that takes us back—waaaaay back. "Becoming Los Angeles" seeks to do nothing less than trace our city's ecological and cultural evolution over the past 500 years.
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Get out because there is so much to do today whether you like arts, crafts, food, beer or zombies.
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Halloween isn't all about gory scares and fun-size candy bars (although we love that, too). During the Mexican holiday of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), the dearly departed are celebrated through elaborate, respectful and often visually-stunning celebration. We've wrangled up a list of the best events and attractions in Los Angeles for you to check out.
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The affable mortician Caitlin Doughty has already won our hearts by answering our ickiest questions about the oblivion awaiting us all with her educational—and often hilarious—"Ask a Mortician" web series and her blog Order of the Good Death.
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Hello Kitty fans rejoice: Known Gallery will host a one day pop-up tomorrow (Sunday) to celebrate the book release of Hello Kitty, Hello Art. The collectible book features more than 200 works of art inspired by Sanrio’s beloved Hello Kitty—not to mention her pals Keroppi, Little Twin Stars, My Melody and Badtz-Maru.
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Get out if you want to sample mole, ride around the city's temporarily car-free streets or hang out at festivals in the seaside hoods of Venice and Marina Del Rey.
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Sunday's CicLAvia route will close streets to cars from Figueroa at Expo Park all the way to hubs in Chinatown, MacArthur Park and Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights, giving those regularly stuck behind the wheel a chance to dust off their bikes, roller skates, skateboards, unicycles and tennis shoes. We rounded up advice (and offered some of our own) on how to get to CicLAvia and what to see, eat, drink and do.
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