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Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Weekly What To Do: Summer of '18


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KCON West: Ailee, Roy Kim, and Echae Kang


Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Free

This special concert in the museum’s courtyard features contemporary Korean musicians Ailee, Roy Kim, and Echae Kang. Catch this west side sneak peek for KCON, the world’s largest Korean culture convention and music festival, which happens downtown over the weekend.

Save the Green Planet!... Guest Curated by Ari Aster Director of Hereditary
Thu, August 9, 7:30 pm
Bing Theater
LACMA
$7

"Veering wildly between white-knuckle suspense, slapstick humor, grim horror and a deeply felt (and earned) sense of tragedy, Save the Green Planet should probably be totally incoherent. In fact, it's one of the most brilliant dark comedies this side of Kind Hearts and Coronets, and a shining star among South Korea's teeming collection of genre-mashing gems. It's amazing."  - Ari Aster

Skyline Sound + Cinema: Die Hard 30th Anniversary on a Rooftop
Thu, August 9, 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM
The Bloc
750 W. 7th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017


The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Thu, August 9, 8:30 PM – 11:00 PM
Cinespia at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
6000 Santa Monica Blvd
Free

Cinespia presents The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel under the stars for free.

A BOY AND HIS DOG
Thu, Aug 9, 7:30pm
Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028
$

The movie is basically the start of what the Fallout game series has become. It's the future and a boy and his psychic dog are trying to just live after the nuclear fallout. World kind of sucks for everybody.

* Part of the Harlan Ellison remembered series as you"ll be also getting an episode of the Outer Limits he wrote.




Summer of 84 Screenings
Aug 10-12
Royal
11523 Santa Monica Blvd. 
673 East Colorado Blvd.
$
This take on a classic slasher film comes from the same directors of Turbo Kid, RKSS. Set in the 80's a group of friends thinks a neighbor and a lawman is actually the town's serial killer.
*The SUMMER OF 84 filmmakers and select cast members will participate in a Q&A after the 9:55 PM screening at the Royal on Friday, August 10. On Saturday, August 11 the Dead Right Horror Trivia Night Team will host the screening with actor Caleb Emery and Rebekah McKendry of Dead Right with an introduction and post-screening Q&A.

Revengeance Screenings
Starts Aug 10
Monica Film Center
$

From the always insane Bill Plympton
"A low-rent bounty hunter named Rod Rosse "The One Man Posse" gets entangled in a web of danger when he is hired by U.S. Senator "Deathface" to find the girl who stole a package. According to Walker MacMurdo of Willamette Week, "Revengeance is a mind-f***ing descent into '70s Los Angeles scuzz."




KCON USA
August 10-12, 2018
LA Convention Center
Staples Center
$$

Your favorite K-Pop groups are in LA for you to watch in person instead of on YouTube while getting work done or browsing the Internet.





626 Night Market
August 10-12, 2018
Friday & Saturday 4PM to 1AM
Sunday 4PM to 12AM
$5
Free parking
"Mark yo' calendars and tag yo' friends for the biggest party of the summer with food, games, art, shopping and performances at Santa Anita Park! Bring out the squad to our SEVENTH SEASON to take pics of food for the 'gram, find the perfect gift from merch and crafts vendors or commission a special piece by a local artist at our Art Walk. "

Clark Orr's "Baggage"
Fri, August 10, 7-9 PM
G1988
7308 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
90046
Free

See his new collection of pop culture luggage tags for the first time at the opening reception, with Clark in attendance!

SFV Summer Drive-In Nights (Pee-wee’s Big Adventure) 
Fri, August 10, 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Lake Balboa Complex (6335 Woodley Ave., Lake Balboa)
$tarts at $17.95

"On August 10th join us for the screening of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and some great pre-show entertainment. Get in early to enjoy an arcade game truck, laser tag, silent disco headphone party and family board games all included in your ticket price. There will also be a variety of popular food trucks including vegan selections. This is an authentic retro-style Drive-In experience where you listen to the movie from the comfort of your car stereo."



35mm Screening of ROBOCOP
Fri, Aug 10, 11:59 PM
Vista Theatre
4473 Sunset Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90027
$11 – $63

Robocop on the big screen, it's gonna be violent!

Tanabata Opening Ceremony 2018
Fri, Aug 10, 5 PM - 6:30 PM
City of Los Angeles Parking Lot 7
140 Judge John Aiso St, Los Angeles, California 90012
Free 

You are invited to celebrate the 10th Annual Los Angeles Tanabata Festival with dignitaries and community leaders. The program includes Kazari contest awards presentation and traditional breaking of the sake barrels.

2018 Nisei Week Japanese Festival
August 11–12 & 18–19, 2018
Sunday Aug 12, Grand Parade 4 pm
Little Tokyo
Free

JACCC celebrates the Nisei Week Japanese Festival with cultural exhibitions, entertainment, and activities throughout the two weekends.The big festive parade is Sunday, August 12, 4pm. Join two weekends of festivals and special events in Little Tokyo.

8th Annual Movies All Night feat. The Craft
Sat, Aug 11, 7:15pm
Cinespia at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
6000 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90038
$12 – $29

It's all about the witches and it's nowhere near Halloween. Movies All Night with The Craft, Practical Magic and The Witches of Eastwick.

Coyote Scat I.D. Party @ SAMO NPS Headquarters
Sun, August 11, 10:30 am – 3:30 pm
National Park Service Headquarters
401 W Hillcrest Dr
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Free
 
Come work with the biologists from the Santa Monica Mountains National Park Service to dissect sterilized coyote scat (poop!) collected in Thousand Oaks, and to identify the contents!
We will provide protective equipment and tools. We will also provide bagels and coffee, but feel free to bring lunch/snacks for yourself or to share!

Brown Bae Bazaarcade! #SOSNicaragua Fundraiser
Sun, August 11, 7-10pm
Glitch City L.A.
3733 S Robertson Blvd, Culver City, California 90232
$5-10
21+

Browntourage and Glitch City are joining forces to present BAZAARCADE: a night of virtual reality, interactive media, animation, film, music, art and craft from local artisans in support.




Giant Robot Presents: Game Night 34
Sun, August 11, 6 PM - 10 PM
Giant Robot 2 - GR2 Gallery
2062 Sawtelle Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90025
Free
In conjunction with AngryBananas, Giant Robot is proud to host Game Night, an event that takes place at Giant Robot 2 - GR2 Gallery about every two months. Games: Chicken Assassin, Desert Child and The Metronomicom.
Sat, Aug 11, 2018, 11:59 PM
Vista Theatre
4473 Sunset Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90027



SMALLFOOT Yeti Village
August 12 — September
141721 Vine Street Los Angeles CA 90028
Free, Must Register

This 40 minute, YETI SIZED, climate controlled, 2 level walkthrough adventure above and below the clouds delivers unforgettable photo moments, recreated film environments, arts & crafts, games, "snowball pit", a 20' spiral slide, and other film themed activities! The Yeti Village is an all audience attraction that will transport you through two very different worlds of the Yeti & Smallfoot while you uncover the myth-understanding between them in a hyper immersive setting.

5th Annual Burbank Comedy Festival
Sunday August 12 to Saturday August 18, 2018
Flappers Burbank
$

Top celebrity headlining comedians, and over 200 of the hottest new talent from around the world, will converge in Burbank, California. The Burbank Comedy Festival offers the next generation of talent the opportunity to perform and connect with top entertainment professionals, to encourage the expansion live comedy into the community, and to do some funny business in Downtown Burbank.

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS /
THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD
Sun, Aug 12, 7:30pm
Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028

Introduction by author Sloane De Forest, who will sign her book, Turner Classic Movies: Must-See Sci-fi: 50 Movies That Are Out of This World, in the lobby at 6:30 PM.






 

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Los Angeles Premiere
Tue, Aug 14, 7:30pm
Egyptian Theatre 6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028
$12

Discussion following with producers Dallas Sonnier and Amanda Presmyk, and actors Thomas Lennon, Nelson Franklin, Udo Kier and Jenny Pellicer.

These puppets are going to be brutal. They sure ain't the Muppets. If you grew up in the 80's or 90's or just have  been watching movie channels late at night you've probably seen the Puppet Master series. A series of films where puppets with different gimmicks like hooks for hands or a drill for a head murder people. Well, after years of being shelved their back and more brutal than ever.