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Events in Los Angeles

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Halloween Movies


Happy Halloween, everyone. If you stil haven't figure out what your going to be or what party that you are heading out to, there are some other alternative you might want to consider. Halloween isn’t the parties, bags of candy or the costumes, but rather all the scary movies they show on TV . Nothing makes it the most horrific day of the year like horror movies. Fortunately some L.A. ...

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Long Beach - Where the Queen Mary Lives



Long Beach, California is a city that used to apologize for it self. Once home to one of the largest U.S. Navy bases and Naval shipyards in the world as well as McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft and also often referred to as “Iowa by the sea”, Long Beach is currently home to over 600,000 residents. Where the downtown district once was crowded with sailors and merchant seamen from around the ...

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Jazz Preservation and Appreciation in Los Angeles


Hey!  If you're into jazz and its preservation, which by the way is my most beloved musical genre, you might want to check out the Thurman Green Scholarship Jazz Brunch on August 5, 2007, at the Catalina Bar And Grill/6725 W. Sunset Blvd, Hollywood California.  There's a small donation of $15 that will go to a worthy cause.

Not only is the event a pleasant break from the norm, but also, ...

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

Punks' Not Dead!



The Fourth Annual International Ink and Iron Fest will be happening this weekend at the Long Beach Queen Mary. If you love tattoos, punk-rock music, food and booze; this is where you should be this weekend! The atmosphere is fantastic and the people are great.

There will be live music all weekend long with bands such as ADHD, U.S. Bombs, The Briggs, Mad Sin and much, much more! Full bars loaded ...

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Flea Market Extravaganza



For over 38 years there has been a monthly event going on in Pasadena that only the shopping elite are aware of. From every day people to celebrities, they visit this remarkable gathering in hopes of finding the ultimate shopping items at great low prices. This event is so huge, it only happens the second Sunday of every month: The Rose Bowl Flea Market. With over ...

Friday, May 11th, 2007

Take Me Out to the Ballgame



Baseball diamonds are beautifulThere's nothing more quintessentially American than taking in a baseball game on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon. I know what you're thinking: sports teams in California are a joke. That may be true, people may be more preoccupied with living in trees, eating organic, and spending ridiculous amounts of money on entertainment, but still, baseball is baseball.

My friend won in ...

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Karaoke Thursdays at Hamburger Mary's



Hamburger Mary's, located at Sweetzer and Santa Monica Blvd. in the heart of West Hollywood, is a raucous gay-friendly establishment with delicious drinks, great burgers, and fun theme nights. Wednesdays are Bingo nights, hosted by Belle-Aire, a hilarious drag queen with a biting humor, and are co-hosted by a D-List celebrity. (Well, Paris Hilton co-hosted once.) There are some seriously good prizes to be won, and the ...

Saturday, April 7th, 2007

Melrose Trading Post



A friend turned me on to the Trading Post a few years ago. Located in the expansive parking lot of the famous Fairfax High School (note-worthy alums include Demi Moore, Carol Lombard, Mickey Rooney, Phil Spector, and my personal favorite, the Red Hot Chili Peppers) at Fairfax and Melrose. It costs $2 to get in ($1 for students with a valid ID), but it goes to the student ...

Friday, April 6th, 2007

Los Angeles Lectures-UCLA


Now what am I up to?  Well, there's nothing like attending a world-class lecture at a world-class University.  How about this!  "Pure and Applied Mathematics Institute Public Lecture". Monday, April 16th, 2007, La Kretz Hall Room 110, 4- 6pm-UCLA: Benoit Mandelbrot will give a lecture on ‘The Nature of Roughess'.  What!  DON'T LAUGH!   These are extraordinary events, and Professor Mandelbrot is world famous for his work on fractal geometry. The ...

Friday, April 6th, 2007

Los Angeles Horse Racing


 horse-racing.jpg  Psssst!  I bet you didn't know that some of the best horse racing in Southern California can be found at the Hollywood Park Casino!  This is the ideal place  to sit in air-conditioned comfort while enjoying horse racing.  The Hollywood Park Casino is the first casino in the country to anchor on a racetrack.  The place is first-class, and you can view the events ...