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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Weekly What To Do: Everyone's @ Comic-Con

The city's wide open as a number of industry types and fans are at Comic-Con this weekend. So, take the city, look at past articles of places to go. Get a little nosh downtown, if you're not going.

LA Shorts International Film Festival
July 17-25
Regal Cinema LA Live &
Laemmle NOHO
$

Films from all over the world will be showcased.


BAKERU: Transforming Spirits
7.17.2019―10.06.2019
Hollywood & Highland Center
JAPAN HOUSE Gallery
Free
*Celebratory Live Deer Dance Performance Wed, July 17th two times
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM


BAKERU: Transforming Spirits is a participatory exhibition inviting visitors to step into the supernatural world of Japanese folk traditions through a process of transformation (bakeru means ‘transform’ in Japanese). It is also a space of connection in various ways—the connection between the long-lasting folk traditions and the fast advancing digital technology, between the northern region in Japan and the world, and between the everyday space and the space of festivities.

Sunset Concerts

Thursday evenings, July 18–August 22, 8:00 pm
All concerts begin at 8:00 pm.
Skirball
FREE | No reservations
Parking is $15 per car | Street parking strictly prohibited

 Gaby Moreno (July 18), Río Mira (July 25), The Klezmatics (August 1), Cha Wa (August 8), Tamar Ilana & Ventanas (August 15), Josef Leimberg (August 22).
The twenty-third season of Sunset Concerts invites Angelenos to experience the Skirball's stunning courtyard filled with music and stories from near and far. Come together with family and friends to hear an eclectic lineup of acts that pay tribute to cultural traditions while creating new, vibrant sounds all their own.

Delicious Little Tokyo 2019
Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20
Little Tokyo
Free

"Taste, experience, and indulge during Delicious Little Tokyo, Los Angeles’ largest annual Japanese culinary weekend. The foodie festival features two days of delicious food harvested from the streets of Little Tokyo, celebrating the diversity, cultural traditions, and of course, food of the historic neighborhood! Sample, explore, and discover, with friends and family, all Little Tokyo has to offer including tastings by participating Little Tokyo restaurants, hands-on culinary workshops, live cooking demonstrations, sake and beer food pairing classes, and more, exclusively available during Delicious Little Tokyo weekend."




Odd Nights at The Autry
Friday, Jul 19, 6:00 pm
The Autry
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027
$5, Kids under 12 are FREE.
Autry Members are FREE.
Parking is FREE.

Odd Nights at The Autry presents a market like never seen before with a huge kids zone, live music, gourmet food trucks, and a variety of SoCal vendors! Plus access to select Autry galleries 'til 9pm.




Yappy Hour 2019

Meet your new best furry friend! The Hammer is hosting a pet adoption party for dog lovers and adoptable doggies. Cocktails, wine, and beer available. Copresented with Pug NationMuch Love Animal Rescue, and MaeDay Rescue. We kindly ask that you leave your own dogs at home for this event.


Luz
Playhouse 7 on Jul 19th
Monica Film Center on Jul 19th

* Weird, European horror
"In this slick and disturbing horror film, Luz is a young cab driver fleeing from the grasp of a possessed woman, whose confession could endanger the lives of everyone who crosses her path."

Unpopular Culture 
Opening reception Friday, Jul 19, 7-9PM
G1988
Free

The newest exhibit from Alex Solis. The viral sensation returns to bring all new work to G1988.


Nothing Cheezy Pop-Up
Starts Saturday, July 20th, 7pm-1am
SHOW RUNS THROUGH AUGUST 25, 2019

Think Tank Gallery & Showroom
516 E 4th St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
$5 – $250

THIS SUMMER, JOIN US IN INVITING THE HYPE MACHINE AT PIZZABOYZZZ AS THEY PRESENT THE HYPHIEST PIZZA-THEMED INSTAGRAM PALACE IN HISTORY.

NOTHING CHEEZY IS THREE THINGS:


  • a weekly spotlight on a local pizza joint, alongside a free, rotating art show
  • a weekly merch drop and artist collaboration by Pizzaboyzzz, and
  • a ticketed tour of the craziest kitchen you’ve ever seen – with some free fire thrown in – to see how the dough gets made.

MAGIC AND MYSTERY AT UNION STATION
Saturday, July 20, 2019, 6pm - 9pm
Union Station, South Patio
Free

Union Station will roll into summer with a spellbinding showcase of L.A.’s world-class magicians. For one evening only, guest can enjoy Magic & Mystery at Union Station, featuring a variety of magic styles, from “close magic” to the work of awe-inspiring mentalists and illusionists.

LITLIT: Little Literary Fair
Sat 20 Jul 2019, 11 am – Sun 21 Jul 2019, 6 pm
Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles
901-909 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Free

*Not pot related
A two-day book fair celebrating independent booksellers, book publishers, and book makers from Los Angeles and beyond.





OutFest
Jul 18-28
Multiple Theaters
$

The LBGQT film festival returns to LA.

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare On Elm Street
(Special Sneak Preview)
TCL Chinese 6 Theatres Sat Jul 20 9:45 pm
MOCA Grand
Sun Jul 21 9:00 pm

In person on 7/20: Directors Tyler Jensen and Roman Chimienti, Mark Patton, Robert Englund, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler, Clu Gulager
When A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge was released in 1985, fans thirsting for more Freddy Krueger mayhem weren’t prepared for what’s been called “the gayest horror movie ever made.” Now, over 30 years later, the film’s star — Mark Patton, the first male scream queen — gathers cast and crew from the infamous sequel to reevaluate its legacy and its queer aesthetic, and to confront the Hollywood homophobia that derailed a career meant for superstardom.

First Stab 2019
July 20-21
Pasadena Central Library
285 E Walnut St, Pasadena, CA 91101
Free, Must RSVP
  
Staged readings of four plays, adapted from  classic literature for Wicked Lit. They put on those haunted plays for Halloween.