Friday, August 15

• Flying Lotus | 8:00pm at Amoeba Music Hollywood | Info Here
  

Saturday, August 16

• The Fab Four | 6:00 at the Alhambra Summer Jubilee | Info Here

Sunday, August 17

• Steve Barton and the Oblivion Click | 8:30 at Spaceland | Info Here
• The California String Quartet | 6:00 pm at the Leo S. Bing Theatre in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Info here
• Piano Stylings of Esteban Adame | 5:00 pm at Vroman’s Bookstore | Info Here
• Extra and Sidewalk Society | 8:30pm at Spaceland | Info Here
  

Happy Hour

• Happy Hour at East 46 | Thursday, August 14th | Free! | 21+| 46 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena (Map) | Starting this Thursday and then continuing every Thursday is East 46, fine Asian dining ($3 appetizer’s and $5 drinks) with comfortable sofas and lives DJ’s spinning the latest house, trance and world music for your pleasure. The Grand opening will feature Hosts: Loriann Valencia, Herick Hell, Ken Black, Dino, Chunkeebutt & “B”, Katrine Nygard, and music and “ambiance” by Herick Hell.

Music/Art

• Sunset Series: The Love Hangover Art Showing | Thursday, August 14th | 6-10 p.m. | Free! | Barker Block - 513 Molino St., Los Angeles (Map) | Come and enjoy some good music and ever better art. Must RSVP for entrance: barkerblock@filtermmm.com. Artwork by The Love Hangover, Sounds by Castaneda, The Kiss Off and Pants Off.

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Wednesday, August 13

• Sophie B Hawkins | 8:00 pm at Pershing Square | Info Here

Thursday, August 14

• Carmen Consoli, Juana Molina, and Samantha Crain | 7:00 pm at the Santa Monica Pier | Info Here
• Barbara Morrison | 7:00 pm at the Culver City City Hall Courtyard | Tickets Here
• Summer of Love | 12:00 at Pershing Square | Info Here

Friday, August 15

• Lal Meri (featured right)| 12:00 pm at California Plaza | Info Here

Photo by Eric Richardson

Film

• Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Wednesday August 13th | 7:30pm | Cost: FREE! | The Areo Theater - 1328 Montana Ave, Santa Monica (Map) | Come see Woody Allen’s latest sexy, quirky love story, starring Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Barden, and Penelope Cruz for free at the Aero tonight before it is even releases!

Clubs

• Club Sandwich | Wednesday August 13th | Cost: FREE! (With RSVP) | Must be 21+ | Free booze from 9:30-10:30 | The Standard Purple Lounge - 8300 Sunset Blvd West Hollywood (Map) | They’ve got free booze, free entry, live music, and a clever name. What more could you want?

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Film

• Eraserhead: Peter Ivers Memorial | Tuesday August 12th | 7:30pm | $12 | Egyptian Theater  - 6712 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood  (Map) | Come see the film that made Lynch the creepy, artistic genius that we all know him as today. At 6:30 there will also be a book signing to celebrate the release of the Peter Ivar biography In Heaven Everything Is Fine, with author Josh Frank.

Comedy

• Comedy Death Ray - Maria Bamford and Patton Oswald, and SPECIAL GUESTS | Tuesday, August 12th | 8:30pm | Tickets $5 | Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater (Map) | This is a great place to go for amazing and CHEAP comedy. Tonight they will have Maria Bamford, with special host Patton Oswald, and other secret “special featured” guests they have yet to name. Sounds exciting!

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An estimated 10,500 athletes are expected to participate in this year’s Olympics in Beijing from over 200 countries. The United States team has 596 athletes participating, and you’ll be surprised to find out that a good number of them are from the greater Los Angeles area. From basketball, to fencing and boxing, L.A. has definitely gone to the Olympics.

• Khatuna Lorig - West Hollywood - Archery

• Tina Thompson - Inglewood - Basketball

• Javier Molina - Commerce - Boxing

• Shawn Estrada - East Los Angeles - Boxing

• Mike Day - Santa Clarita - Cycling

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It’s long been my personal opinion that Italian food should only be enjoyed every once in a while, mostly because of it’s rich taste and my gluttonous eating habits. However, watch out slim waistline! I may have just changed my mind and be inclined to start wearing fat pants soon, due to the fine folks at Miceli’s.

Miceli’s has been family owned and operated in the heart of Hollywood since 1949. They have three floors of everything you’d expect at a fine Italian restaurant, and more. Not to mention, a hidden downstairs dining hall perfect for a large sized family get together or a mafia shoot out, or both. Upon entering the front door your greeted with inviting sights, smells, and sound all designed to enhance your dining experience. Among the more prominent things to behold are the Red and White checkered table cloths, Plethora of hanging Wine Bottles, Original Dark wood framing from the Pig’n Whistle, and if you happen to be there at night, award winning Piano man Brian O’Rourke. This guy can play and definitely deserves a tip in his jar. High marks go to the staff as well who are attentive ,friendly, and also super fast. In fact, my meal was prepared so quickly that I had to cut short my dinner conversation with my best friend Mary Elizabeth.

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It’s long been my personal opinion that Italian food should only be enjoyed every once in a while, mostly because of it’s rich taste and my gluttonous eating habits. However, watch out slim waistline! I may have just changed my mind and be inclined to start wearing fat pants soon, due to the fine folks at Miceli’s.

Miceli’s has been family owned and operated in the heart of Hollywood since 1949. They have three floors of everything you’d expect at a fine Italian restaurant, and more. Not to mention, a hidden downstairs dining hall perfect for a large sized family get together or a mafia shoot out, or both. Upon entering the front door your greeted with inviting sights, smells, and sound all designed to enhance your dining experience. Among the more prominent things to behold are the Red and White checkered table cloths, Plethora of hanging Wine Bottles, Original Dark wood framing from the Pig’n Whistle, and if you happen to be there at night, award winning Piano man Brian O’Rourke. This guy can play and definitely deserves a tip in his jar. High marks go to the staff as well who are attentive ,friendly, and also super fast. In fact, my meal was prepared so quickly that I had to cut short my dinner conversation with my best friend Mary Elizabeth.

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Who wants something for free?! Well here ya go…

Saturday, August 9

• Kenny Loggins | 6:00 at the Alhambra Summer Jubilee | Info Here
• Mládí Chamber Orchestra, Chuchito Valdez | 8:00 pm at California Plaza | Info Here
• King Cotton Crewe | 6:00 pm at Lynwood High School | Info Here

Sunday, August 10

• The Triada Guitar Trio | 6:00 pm at the Leo S. Bing Theatre in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Info Here
• Home Town Blues with Wali Ali | 5:00 pm at Vroman’s Bookstore | Info Here
• Louis Van Taylor | 5:00 pm in Santa Monica | Info Here
• Bobby Matos and his Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble | 6:30 pm in San Fernando | Info Here

Comedy

• Eddie Izzard: Stripped | Wednesday August 6th | 8pm | $35-$65 - Buy Now | 6801 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood (Map) | In my mind, one of the best stand up comedian’s of our time. Izzard is sharp, witty, and is great for a good history lesson. This is the last week to see him in LA, so don’t miss out catch him while you can! Izzard will have you rolling in your seat with wave of finely manicured hand.

Music

• Peanut Butter Wolf vs. LA: 888 Tour | Wednesday August 6th | 7pm | 21+ | The Echoplex - Map | Price Varies | “888″ is the third in a yearly series by Peanut Butter Wolf: he did a heavy metal set  on6-6-06, and a 7-day gospel-themed set for the number of the savior,  7-7-07. We’re not sure what the theme is for 8-8-8, except it’s the year of AWESOME. Tonight he will be doing Reggae videos at the Dub Club at The Echoplex. Check out the rest of the week here.

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