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Benefit Concert
KLOS Rocking the Net Concert with Bret Michaels
Mon Aug 2, 7:30 pm - 11 pm - Los Angeles Tennis Center - Stadium Courts
The Farmers Classic will come to a rocking close the day after the 2010 champions are crowned when the LA Tennis Center plays host to "KLOS Rocking the Net Starring Bret Michaels" to benefit the Southern California Tennis Association (SCTA). Tickets: $39.50 - $109.50
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West Los Angeles Area: Community Party
National Night Out at Stoner Park
Tue, Aug 3, 5 -8 pm - Stoner Park, 1835 Stoner Ave, Los Angeles
National Night Out is a fantastic, annual celebration of public safety and community spirit. In many neighborhoods across Los Angeles and the United States, people gather to celebrate their right to enjoy where they live, confident they are safe from crime. Neighborhood Watches are often the centerpiece as people are invited to delight in the comforts and pleasures of a safe neighborhood, and to honor law enforcement and all public safety heroes. Contact WLA Community Relations at 310-444-0732
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Come and see what you're missing
Wednesday Evening Planetarium Shows
Wed, Jul 28 & Aug 4, 8 pm - UCLA Planetarium, Westwood
Public planetarium shows (suitable for all ages) are given by current astronomy and astrophysics graduate students. Content varies with presenters, but commonly includes discussion about the current night sky, constellations, astronomical phenomena, and more! Public shows are FREE. No tickets or reservations required.
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Brentwood Grand Prix
Kids Bike Race
Sun, Aug 8, Registation: 8 - 11:30 am, Race Starts: 12:10 pm - Registration tent (Helen's Cycles Kids) at the corner of San Vicente Blvd and Darlington Ave, Brentwood
All families and kids will want to join. Photo buffs will get great action and candid photos of the next generation of racers. Helmets with chin straps are required. Two-wheeled bicycles only (no training wheels). Age Categories: Girls 5-8 & 9-11 and Boys 5-8 & 9-11 Look for the Helen's Cycles Kids. Photo Courtesy of Brian Hodes.
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Supercalifragilistic Evening Benefit Geffen Playhouse & Determined to Succeed
Dick Van Dyke and the Vantasix
Sat, Aug 14, 8 pm - The Geffen Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Ave, Westwood Village
Put on a Happy Face and get ready to have a Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious night at the theater with Dick Van Dyke and the Vantastix! Proceeds benefit the Geffen Playhouse and Determined to Succeed. Champagne and dessert reception to follow in the Gil Cates Theater at the Geffen Playhouse. Tickets: $100 - $150
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Weekly open session runs through August
Fowler Museum Sunset Yoga
Thu, Aug 5, 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm - Fowler Museum, Terrace, UCLA, Westwood
Join yogi Joan Moran for an hour-long open session of yoga on the Fowler Museum’s terrace. Bring your mat and salute the sun as it sets behind the Santa Monica Mountains. Repeated every Thursday in August; come for one or all! Free and open to the public.
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del Mano Gallery Presents
Flora & Fauna
Exhibit opens Sun, Jul 31 - del Mano Gallery, 2001 Westwood Blvd, Westwood
The 2nd Annual Exhibition of Teapots and Lathe-Turned Wood Art Inspired by the Natural World. • Amber Aguirre • Michael Bauermeister • Mark Bressler •Cindy Drozda • Darlys Ewoldt • Steven Garrison • Stephen Hatcher • Jeff Irwin • Ron Layport •Michael Lee • Alain Mailland • Milo Mirabelli • Denise Nielsen & George Worthington • Pascal Oudet • Binh Pho • Tom Rauschke • Joey Richardson • Dan Southern • Gerry Wallace • Molly Winton Exhibit runs through Aug 28.
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Local Getaway!
BFF Package at Luxe Sunset Blvd
Luxe Hotel Sunset Blvd
11461 Sunset Boulevard, Brentwood | (800) 468-3541
All Day Poolside Cabana Indulgence for You & Your Best Friend Forever.
Package includes Package includes all day rental of poolside cabana, massage for two, $50 credit at OnSunset Restaurant, tennis court rental and all day parking. "A great way for loved ones to spend the day together without leaving town."
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Discover the original dysfunctional family at the Getty Villa this September.
Sophocles’ Elektra in the Outdoor Theater.
Tickets available now.
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5-Minute Strawberry Sherbet in the Food Processor
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If you have a food processor and some frozen fruit, you are moments away from an easy, healthy, shockinglydelicious 5-Minute Strawberry Sherbet. A quick whirl, and frozen goodness is yours!
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Vacation Getaways
Hot Deals on Palm Springs Hotels & Resorts
Visit PSHotDeals.com
Rates starting at $69. Follow link below to find current offers and participating desert are hotels and resorts.
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Sunset Concerts
Natacha Atlas
Thu, Jul 29, 8 pm - Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 North Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles
Natacha Atlas' electrifying music, which mixes North African and Arabic music with western electronic beats, French chansons, and UK pop, has been thrilling audiences worldwide since the 1990s. Known for her work with Transglobal Underground, her ecstatic vocals commingle with multi-ethnic music for an unforgettable sound experience. Program Free, no reservations required.
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Santa Monica
Twilight Dance Series: Kailash Kher
Thu, Jul 29, 7 pm - Santa Monica Pier, 200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica
There is no greater star in Indian popular music today than Kailash Kher, a revered singer whose prodigious vocal gifts and inspiring personality have made him a household name across the subcontinent. He is bringing his act to the Santa Monica Pier as part of the Twilight Dance FREE Concert Series.
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The Music Guild “Coffee, Cookies and Concerts” Presents
Daedalus String Quartet
Sun, Aug 1, 3 pm - University Synagogue, 11960 Sunset Boulevard at Saltair Avenue, Brentwood
Daedalus String Quartet in performance of Mozart’s String Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 589; Janácek’s String Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata”; Schubert’s String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden". Free parking adjacent to the building; complimentary refreshments (2:30pm). Tickets: $7/under 17, $12/students, $45/adults. (323) 954-0404
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Sunset Concerts
Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboys
Thu, Aug 5, 8 pm - Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 North Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles
A multiple Grammy Award-nominated band, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys share irresistibly danceable and heartfelt performances of Cajun French music from the backwaters of southwestern Louisiana. This five-piece band combines an uncompromising respect for tradition with a forward-looking vision. Program Free, no reservations required.
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Santa Monica
Twilight Dance Series: Rickie Lee Jones
Thu, Aug 5, 7 pm - Santa Monica Pier, 200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica
Rickie Lee Jones the "Dutchess of Cool" is one of the most singular artists in today’s music world. A clue to defining her iconoclasm comes from her own family description as "lower-middle-class-hillbilly-hipster." She's bringing her one of kind act to the Santa Monica Pier as part of the Twilight Dance FREE Concert Series.
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Sooky Goldman Nature Center presents
Kids' Hands at Franklin
Sun, Aug 1, 10 am - Sooky Goldman Nature Center. 2600 Franklin Canyon Drive, Beverly Hills
Kids of all ages are invited (3-8 accompanied by adult) to join naturalist Julie from the Sooky Goldman Nature Center on a stroll and get inspired for your nature art project.
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Miricle Mile District
Page Museum & Tar Pits: FREE Day
Tue, Aug 3, 9:30 am - 5 pm - Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles
The Page Museum is located at the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in the heart of Los Angeles. Rancho La Brea is one of the world’s most famous fossil localities, recognized for having the largest and most diverse assemblage of extinct Ice Age plants and animals in the world.Free Admission, First Tuesday of every month.
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Miricle Mile District
Crafts & Folk Art Museum FREE Admission Day
Wed, Aug 4, 11 am - 5 pm - Craft and Folk Art Museum, 5814 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles
On the first Wednesday of every month, Crafts and Folk Art Museum opens it's doors to everyone for FREE. Visit this unique museum and bring the family. Parking: there are three large public parking lots within a block of CAFAM as well as two hour street parking.
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Westwood Branch Teen Program Presents
Potato Chip Bags Craft Program
Thu, Aug 5, 3 pm - Westwood Branch Library, 1246 Glendon Avenue, Westwood
It may sound odd, but potato chip bags are the perfect material to recycle to create a trendy looking purse. Join expert Gabriela Moreno to learn how to make the ultimate green recycled craft that you can make for yourself and your fashionista friends. You must bring your own supplies--10 potato chip bags or sturdy wrapping paper cut up into 2" x 3" strips.
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Hollywood Bowl
Summer Sounds
Mon - Fri through Aug 13 - Hollywood Bowl patio of the Hollwood Bowl Museum, Hollywood
Join Summer Sounds as they explore music in Los Angeles, one of the most exciting cities in the world, where diverse cultures influence and enrich one another in unique ways. Created especially for kids, these delightful programs feature live music and dance on the SummerSounds stage, located in the patio of the Hollywood Bowl Museum. Every two weeks they explore a different Culture through art & music. Tickets purchased seperately for art or music programs. Tickets: Art/$5, Music/$7
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Beverly Hills
"I Speak for the Trees"
Sat, Aug 8, 2 pm - Sooky Goldman Nature Center, Franklin Canyon Park, 2600 Franklin Canyon Drive, Beverly Hills
Speak for the Trees “I speak for the trees,” said the Lorax, and so can YOU… This playful, interactive program is devoted to all things with woody trunks, roots, branches, and leaves or needles. Kids of all ages! 2hrs Program Free.
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Beverly Hills
Franklin’s Movie Magic
Sat, Aug 7, 10 am - Franklin Canyon Park, 2600 Franklin Canyon Drive, Beverly Hills
This site has been the backdrop for such classics as When a Stranger Calls, It Happened One Night, and The Andy Griffith Show. Go on location with Naturalist Diane on this easy-paced walk. All are welcome. Program Free.
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This Week In So Cal
Find More So Cal Outdoor Events
Hikes, Campfires, Family Activities, Nature Talks, Beach Cleanups and MORE
Follow link below to find more great outdoors events throughout So Cal.
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Hamilton Galleries Host
Eva Armisen: Al Sol
Reception: Sat, Jul 31, 6 - 9 pm - Hamilton Gallleries, 1431 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica
Exhibition runs through Aug 9
Hamilton Galleries is pleased to present Al Sol a solo exhibition by Eva Armisen, a renown Spanish artist based in Barcelona. Eva Armisen oil paintings and etchings illustrate extraordinary form of amusement intended to charm, shield and divert the viewer form all forces dark and dismal. Reception is free and open to the public.
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Fowler Museum
"Document: Iranian Americans in Los Angeles"
Runs through Aug 22 - Fowler Museum, UCLA North Campus, Westwood
From October 2009 through January 2010, four documentary photographers—Farhad Parsa, Arash Saedinia, Parisa Taghizadeh, and Ramin Talaie—focused their lenses on second-generation Iranian-Americans of Los Angeles, the world’s largest population of expatriate Iranians. This Galleria exhibition offers a selection of engaging images by each of these photographers considering the everyday lives of their subjects. It also addresses the processes of documentation and how they relate to the photographers' understandings of their own hyphenated Iranian identities.
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Edition Jacob Samuel, 1988-2010
Outside the Box
Closes Aug 29 - Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Westwood
This summer the Hammer Museum will host a major exhibition marking the joint acquisition of the complete archive of prints by Los Angeles publisher Edition Jacob Samuel by the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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Beverly Hills
Becoming Marilyn: A Historic Photography Exhibition
Runs through Sep 18 - Andrew Weiss Gallery, 179 S. Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills
Featuring rare, never-before-seen photos by 94 year old Bill Carroll, the last living photographer of Norma Jeane. This is where her story begins. The exhibit will showcase photos spanning Marilyn Monroe's entire career, and her dramatic metamorphosis from the very first pictures taken in 1945 (at a beach in Malibu called "Castlerock"), to the very last taken in 1962. A Must-See for any Marilyn Fan. Shown: Norma Jeane, 1945, by Bill Carroll
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FREE Movie Screening
High Noon Film Series: Best in the West
Fri, Jul 30, Noon - Fowler Museum, UCLA, North Campus, Westwood
The Fowler's summer High Noon Film Series is back! Directed by Maryam Kashani, Best in the West is a first person documentary focusing on the filmmaker’s father and his group of friends, who maintained their close bonds after emigrating from Iran to the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960s and ‘70s. Personal stories are interwoven with the political and industrial history of Iran in the last century.
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Classic Films
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
Tue, Aug 3, 1:30 pm - Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 North Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles
The brilliant comic Peter Sellers stars in this slapstick send-up of America on the verge of the countercultural revolution. Paul Mazursky co-wrote the script about a middle-aged mama's boy who decides to tune in, turn on, and drop out. Directed by Hy Averback. (1968, 92 min. Rated R.) Program Free, no reservations required.
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UCLA Film & Television Archive Presents
The Bad Sleep Well
Fri, Aug 6, 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm - UCLA Hammer Museum, Billy Wilder Theater, Westwood
Fifty years after its initial release, The Bad Sleep Well still proves amazingly prescient in its dissection of corporate corruption. A brilliant, and highly filmic, drama set against a political background of intrigue, it has been described as Kurosawa’s Hamlet, “a black, twisted story of revenge in which a grieving son takes on powerful business and political figures.” (Stuart Rosenthal) Tickets: $10 in advance online. $9 general; $8 Cineclub members
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Shakespeare and Veterans Presents
Othello
Sat & Sun, Jul 10 - Aug 8, 6 pm - West Los Angeles Bandshell, 11338 Santa Monica Blvd (Santa Monica Blvd & Corinth Ave), West Los Angeles
Local Shakespeare company, Shakespeare and Veterans, returns this summer with five weeks of Othello. Starting Saturday, July 10, running for five weekends, the company will have performances Saturday and Sunday, each day at 6 pm.
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UCLA Tennis Center Hosts
The Farmers Classic
Mon, Jul 26 through Sun, Aug 1 - UCLA Tennis Center
In 2010, the Farmers Classic will feature a 28-player singles draw and a 16-team doubles competition. In its 84th year, the landmark Southern California ATP tournament is the longest running annual professional sporting event in Los Angeles, and offers total player compensation in excess of $1 million.
Kids Day: Tue, Jul 27 - All kids under 16 admitted for free (Adults $10)
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Summer Sun
Forecast for the Brentwood Area
~ Friday - Partly Cloudy - 67°/60°
~ Saturday - AM Clouds/PM Sun - 67°/61°
~ Sunday - Mostly Sunny - 66°/62°
~ Monday - Sunny - 68°/62°
~ Tuesday - Sunny - 68°/63°
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In Theatres This Week
"Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore" (PG)
Starring: James Marsden, Christina Applegate - Comedy
Also In Theatres This Week:
"Charlie St. Cloud" (PG-13) - Zac Efron, Charlie Tahan / Drama
"Dinner for Schmucks" (PG-13) - Steve Carell, Paul Rudd / Comedy
"The Extra Man" (R) - Kevin Kline, Katie Holmes / Comedy
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Use these links for the latest updates on projects and programs from METRO.
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Local Farmers Markets
Brentwood Farmers Market: Every Sunday, 9 am-2:30 pm, 741 Gretna Green Way, One block west of Bundy, between San Vicente and Montana Ave.
West L.A. Farmers Market: Sundays, 9 am-2 pm, 11338 Santa Monica Blvd. At Corinth Ave. on the Court House/Civic Center plaza, behind the Public Library. Free parking.
Westwood Farmers Market: Thursdays, 1-6 pm, Vets Garden at the VA, LA's only "market at the garden" with plenty of free parking.
Westwood Village Farmers Market: Wednesdays, 2 - 7 pm; Broxton & Kinross Avenues (south of the Fox Westwood Village and Bruin theatres) 2 Hours Free Parking in city's Broxton Parking Garage (1036 Broxton Ave.)
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"Designing Kitchens with 'Green' in Mind". Aug 7, 10:30 - 11:30 am - Williams Somoma, 1600 Montana Ave, Santa Monica. Interior designer Beth Devermont, ASID, CID of Devermont Design Group Inc. will be speaking. If you are planning a new kitchen or updating you old one, and want to incorprate as much "Green" as possible, Beth will show you how.
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