FILM
- American Graffiti | Monday, May 12, 2008 | 7:30 p.m. | $11-14 | Arclight Sherman Oaks - Map | The weekend doesn’t have to end on Monday. Head on over to the Arclight Sherman Oaks to watch one of George Lucas’ first classic pre-Star Wars films, American Graffiti, starring Ron Howard and Harrison Ford.
ART
- Deharavath Art Show | Monday, May 12 through Wednesday, May 14, 2008 | Free | GR2 - Map | It’s the last 3 days to catch this group art show featuring the work of Yukinori Dehara, David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim.While Dehara’s work has garnered a cult of collectors around the world, Horvath and Kim are best known for creating UglyDolls, the indie plush dolls that have gained a rabid worldwide following. Horvath and Kim will be making one-0f-a-kind framed prints, drawings, paintings and handmade plush surprises.
FOOD AND DRINK
- Entertaining with Wine | Thursday, May 15, 2008 | 6 p.m. | $25 reservation fee (which will be redeemed for a $25 Bloomingdale’s gift card at the event) | Bloomingdale’s Home Store - Map | St. Francis Winery presents “Savvy Summer Style…Entertaining with Wine. Celebrity Event Styling Guru Wendy Creed will share her A-list event secrets and Wine Expert Chris Silva will guide you through an extensive selection of Sonoma Country wines. While enjoying tips and tricks, sample signature dishes from original menus and sip on St. Francis wines. To RSVP, call 714-824-4562
POLITICS
- Matt Welch: Deconstructing McCain | Thursday, May 15, 2008 | 7:30 p.m. | Free, although reservations are recommended | Los Angeles Central Library - Map| Matt Welch, editor-in-chief of Reason magazine and author of McCain: The Myth of a Maverick deconstructs Republican Presidential nominee John McCain and argues that his interventionist politics flow from the same single source: He wants to restore faith in the federal government and in the “greater cause” of American exceptionalism. Anything that jeopardizes that faith or sows public cynicism is a legitimate target of federal attention. Unfortunately, Welch says, it’s the individual citizens (especially those who don’t agree with McCain’s militaristic conception of citizenship), who usually suffer the consequences.
LITERATURE
- Michael Ondaatje Reading | Thursday, May 15, 2008 | 7 p.m. | Free | The Hammer Museum - Map | The English Patient author Michael Ondaatje has written four novels, a memoir, a nonfiction book on film and several books of poetry. His latest book is Divisadero, a novel about passion, loss and the unshakable past set in the 1970s in Northern California, Nevada and south-central France. The story revolves around a father and his teenage girls and how an “incident of violence - of both hand and heart- sets fire to the rest of their lives.”
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