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Ride Nekkid

worldnakedbike“The difference between being ‘naked’ and being ‘nekkid’ is, that when you are naked, you have no clothes on. However, when you are nekkid, you have no clothes on and you are up to something.” — Tom Robbins, “Skinny Legs and All”

This Saturday, happening in 70 cities and 20 countries across the globe, is World Naked Bike Ride day — a world-wide celebration of all things bicycle and body-image. Anyone with a bike and a willingness to go balls-out (or, y’know, whatever-out) is welcome to join. And as part of my quest to make the unsuspecting civilians of Los Angeles see things they can’t unsee, I too will be participating. Ladies, please, CALM YOURSELVES.

Is nudity mandatory? Not at all — this thing is “bare as you dare.” (Although for anyone who’s seen me with my shirt off, it’ll be more like “bear as you dare”– zing!) Everyone’s going to meet in Echo Park at 1:30 PM for a body-decorating party, with the ride leaving at 4 PM sharp. It’ll be a medium-paced 13-mile loop around the East Side, ending in a barbecue/after-party at a to-be-disclosed location. (Please say “Pat Robertson’s house”, please say “Pat Robertson’s house.”) RSVP on Facebook to get ride directions and info.

We’re gonna get a medal for this one, kids.

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WHAT: World Naked Bike Ride Day
WHEN: Saturday, June 12th, pre-ride at 1:30, ride at 4
WHERE: Echo Park (rsvp for details)
$$$: Free

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Welcome to the Carnevale

carneflier2The Venice Beach Carnevale will not be televised. Nor will it actually be held in Venice; apparently, tonight’s hedonistic costume contest/dance-party/annual gathering of LA’s freaky people has somehow gotten too insane for the uptight streets of Venice Beach and has been moved to a secret location around Jefferson/Sepulveda. (If this were a grindhouse movie, the announcer would now solemnly intone: “Its a party so wild they had to move it to Culver City… where life is cheap!”)

Ok, let’s take a step back and think about this for a moment — how, exactly, does one get kicked out of Venice? Have you been there lately? You could walk around with a severed head and tourists would still ask to take pictures with you. Last time I was hanging out on the boardwalk, a guy in a leopard-print vest and bootie-shorts tried to sell me some meth, as well as (I am not making this up), a live, 5-foot python. Anyway so now I’ve got all this meth and a live python and my friends no longer like to come over. Point that I’m making here, people, it takes a lot to get your ass 86′d from Venice Beach. This event deserves your consideration.

Will there be a full-size intergalactic pirate ship known as the Space Wench to gallivant around? There will be. Will there be floor-shaking beats from the likes of Fatfinger, Todd Spero, and divaDanielle (who I’ve pimped so many times on this site, people are are going to sooner or later think I’m involved in some kind of payola scheme?) Bet your ass. Will there be a masquerade costume contest that lands somewhere between Salvador Dali and Eyes Wide Shut? Most definitely. Will there be a certain amount of public nudity? Yes ma’am. Will there be acrobats and fire performers and go-go dancers? What do you think this is, the Republican National Convention? (Ok, bad example.) Just remember to come in costume — “exotic and erotic attire encouraged.”

And if you want to get in, RSVP here today to get the address and final details for tonight.

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WHAT: Carnevale masquerade party
WHEN: Saturday June 5th, 8:30 PM – 3:30 AM
WHERE: Culver City (RSVP to get address)
$$$: $15 (or $35 for VIP/open bar)

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Mobile Dance-Club Party, Part 2

blurry mannsTwo years ago, a gang of spirited young hooligans armed with MP3 players invaded Mann’s Chinese Theater to hold a very public dance-party. The invasion started quietly, done in plain sight, everyone simply mingling and pretending to examine celebrity handprints outside… until 10:07 PM, when everyone busted out earphones like gunslingers in a Robert Rodriguez movie and danced their ass off to whatever was on their Ipod — a silent, joyous collision between flash-mob and discotheque. There was also a conga-line at one point.

Tourists were mystified. Employees were stymied. Security was unable to stop laughing, even as they escorted us out. Undeterred, the party continued, West Side Story-style, down to Hollywood and Highland, where street performers, celebrity impersonators, and random passerby joined in on the festivities. (A guest appearance was made by several stone-faced, video-camera-brandishing members of the LAPD.) Footage of all this epic-ness is available right here.

Anyway — this year, rather than hold our party at some Hollywood tourist trap, we’re instead going for a prized LA institution, something this city holds near and dear, a place where regular folks go to peacefully shop, dine and take trolley-rides. That’s right, kids: we’re gonna storm The Grove.

Meet-up point is in front of Pacific 14 Movie Theater, by the fountains. Get there by 10 PM. Come ready to boogie in public (do what you need to do here, guys.) Mingle, act normal, do not attract attention from civilians. Headphones go in at exactly 10:07 PM, and then we dance like lunatics until security shows us out, at which point we respectfully go find a new “dance floor” elsewhere and repeat.  Afterparty at The Kibitz Room bar at Canter’s.

RSVP on Facebook here.

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WHAT: Mobile Dance-Club Party
WHEN: Friday, June 18th — dancing starts at 10:07 PM, sharp
WHERE: The Grove, in front of movie theater
$$$: Free

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On the Waterfront

exhibit_longYou solve one problem, you create another. Take the LA river for example; back in the 1930’s, it was prone to erratic, city-wide flash-floods — most notoriously the deluge of 1938, a catastrophe that killed 115 people, caused $40 million in damage, and caused mayor Frank L. Shaw to resign in embarrassment after running his campaign on the slogan “Get Tough On Floods.” Anyway, in an effort to curb the floods’ infinitely-more-successful campaign of “Get Tough On LA”, the US Army Corps of Engineers undertook the ambitious task of paving the entire river in cement, so as to better control its flow. Which was a brilliant idea that made everyone happy, at least until everyone realized that a cement river is about as aesthetically pleasing as Rush Limbaugh in a tanning bed, and that it would soon become a crime-infested, vagrant-attracting, graffiti-covered, trash-strewn HPV-wart on the ass of the city.

Like I said: you solve one problem, you create another. But sometimes, out of that new problem, you get art.

Which brings us to the Ulysses Guide To The LA River, an exhibition happening now through July 3rd at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. It’s inspired by the book of the same name by urban explorer Christopher D. Brand, who spent years traversing all 51 miles of the concrete tributary, discovering its hidden pockets of loveliness and horror. Every piece in the show — from graffiti murals, to oil paintings, to algae-covered beer bottles stashed throughout the museum, to live plants and a prerecorded soundscape of river noises, to a full-scale recreation of an under-the-bridge canal — depicts the beautiful/blighted aesthetic of LA’s native waterway. It offers a glimpse of a place most Angelenos never experience up close — a district of overgrown greenery, 50-year-old street art, wildlife both animal and human, enshrouded in a palpable sense of gutter-dwelling danger and subterranean mystery.

It’s the next best thing to simply jumping the fence and checking the river out for real. (Not that I would ever suggest such a thing…)

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WHAT: down-and-dirty LA river art exhibit
WHEN: Wednesday-Sunday, 12 PM – 5 pm
WHERE: Pasadena Museum of California Art
$$$: $7 admission, $5 with student ID

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Collect Yourself

flyerMMfundraiserpartycopy2Culver City is decadent and depraved! Well, no, that’s not entirely true, it’s actually kind of New Jersey suburb-ish and really rather pleasant… but on May 8th, there’s an underground festival going on that will set those earlier words in stone. That’s when the Mystikal Misfits, a hardy tribe of LA-based Burning Man fanatics, are throwing COLLECTION! – a dance party that promises such high levels of giddy debauchery, anyone who hopes to someday have a political career should avoid getting photographed there.

There will be mysterious cocktails.  There will be fire-dancing. There will be adorable, scantily-clad boys and girls running around in “Mad Max” gear and neon fur.  There will be a giant Twister board, for those of you who need a socially acceptable reason to get in compromising positions with aforementioned adorables. There will be amazing house and electro DJ’s, headlined by DivaDanielle tag-teaming with Todd Spero, spinning the kind of beats that will later have your doctor admonishing you to include less funkiness in your diet. There will be an aromatherapy booth, and classy dames selling cigarettes (not in the aromatherapy booth.) It’s being held at Mission Control, adjacent to Jefferson Ave and the 405, the exact building address of which is being kept under wraps until the night of the party — RSVP on the Facebook page to get all the details.

Culver City will never know what hit it.

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WHAT: Underground Burning Man dance party
WHEN: Saturday, May 8th, 9PM – 4 AM
WHERE: Mission Control
$$$: $15

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Oh God Not The Birds!

birdemicMiracles are not manufactured — they just happen.  Take for example, Birdemic: Shock and Terror, director James Nguyen’s cult horror phenomenon that explores the question: “What happens when the two worst actors ever born come under attack by an unstoppable mass of horribly CGI’d birds?”

Shot over the course of 5 years for $10,000, with special effects apparently done on a 1982 Commodore, this movie is nothing if not a labor of love.  The flick debuted (though a better word would be “crashed”) at the Sundance Film Festival last year, when Nguyen rented a private screening room after driving to Park City with a van full of fake birds and flyers reading “WHY DID THE EAGLES AND VULTURES ATTACK?” Its trailer is the funniest thing I’ve seen since the GOP website went live, and it gives weight to Vice Magazine’s summation of the picture: “If this a joke, it’s the JFK assassination of jokes.”

James Nguyen himself will be there to introduce the film when it plays at midnight on April 16th at the Silent Movie Theater. He has recently had himself legally trademarked as “The Master of Romantic Thrillers” (I am not kidding), so feel free to address him as such during the Q&A.  Respect!

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WHAT: “Where-is-your-God-now”-level bad horror movie
WHEN: April 16, midnight
WHERE: The Silent Movie Theater
$$$: $12

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World Pillow Fight Day 2010

one of our ownAnother year, another pillow fight day. Across the globe, cities are hosting massive fights and LA is no exception. With almost 4,000 attending on the Facebook event page, this should be the biggest one yet! Saturday, April 3rd, bring your pillow to Pershing Square by 3pm and prepare to fight! Invite everyone you know to make this year bigger and better than ever. Note: if you’re allergic to down– you may have some issues. There will be feathers everywhere, people dressed in ridiculous outfits, cameras to avoid, and possibly cops laughing in the distance (at least they have in the past). We will be there, so see you next Saturday! (If you are in a different city next weekend, no worries— dozens of cities are participating!!!)
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WHAT: World Pillow Fight Day
WHEN: Saturday, April 3rd @ 3pm-4pm
WHERE: Pershing Square
$$$: Just bring a pillow [and maybe some goggles]

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The Sting

scorpionTo get to L’Scorpion, you must first pass by three tattoo parlors, five souvenir shops, eight dead celebrity’s names on the Walk of Fame, a strip joint that looks like it should’ve been shut down back when aforementioned dead celebrities were still alive, and innumerable alleys emanating fluffy clouds of piss.  It’s the kind of place only an idiot or a tourist would end up.

Luckily for me, I am the former.

Because L’Scorpion, let me tell you, is l’sweet.

A long, high cavern with giant mounds of melted candlewax spilling down the walls and a towering bar stacked with every type of tequila ever fermented, the place looks like a combination of Dracula’s castle and wherever Danny Trejo is going when he dies.  There are tequila drinks here that violate the laws of both man and God.  You can almost hear The Almighty calling down, “No, L’Scorpion, I command thee, do not make a martini out of mescal and canned pineapple juice.” They do it anyway.

Which is good — you’ll need it.  Because Monday nights are when they turn the back-room into a defiantly fly-by-night comedy club, featuring one mic, two speakers, about thirty jolly hipsters, and a motley crew of aspiring stand-ups.  You will not be bored.  Even when the comedy’s sucking, it’s being delivered by somebody unfailingly memorable, i.e. a white dude with an unnerving talent for aural blackface, or a fearless middle-aged gentleman cracking wise about the congenital birth defect that makes his head look like something created while playing around with the distortion effects on your webcam.  You can’t get this stuff at The Laugh Factory.

Tequila and open-mic comedy: has there ever been a more fitting combination?

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WHAT: Open-mic comedy at tequila speakeasy
WHEN: Every Monday starting at 10 pm
WHERE: L’Scorpion
$$$: $10 for mescal-based cocktails

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The Museum of Jurassic… what?

MuseumI realized we’ve never highlighted one of LA’s “Best Kept Secrets”, the Museum of Jurassic Technology, over in Culver City. So before I say anything about my experience, I will say that this place has been built up like no other. Nobody explains what it is, just that it is “magical”, “life-changing”, and “awe-inspiring”. Ok, those are pretty big statements. Unless this is a deserted island in Southeast Asia with wild Unicorns and Pheonix’s flying through the air, I wouldn’t be using those words. (Well maaaaybe for Ludobites). Anyway, from the outside, this place is very unassuming, almost sad looking really. You walk in and feel like there’s a chance you’re in the wrong place– a woman sits behind a desk, informing you of the $5 suggested donation (or $3 with student ID), her dog barking and rolling around (or was this an exhibit?), and books surround you on subjects such as evolution, psychology, and knot tying. I feel like I may be unintentionally building up the oddities that this museum is all about. Frankly, it could be better. Way better. You will pretty much walk around (if completely sober) and say “what the fuck?”… “wait… what? Huh??”… “I’m confused”… “WHAT the FUCK?!”. Yup.

orbsIt’s worth a visit, only once in your life. You will either love it, or hate it, and the hate everyone who loves it. Some exhibits that I did enjoy were the microscopic art where you have to use a microscope to see the designs, the back room filled with I guess folklore that seems completely unbelievable that anyone would sprinkle urine on themselves in the morning for good luck, and the knot-tying room where you can attempt to learn how to do cat’s cradle, and those other rope tricks, while a SUPER creepy woman over the PA speaks in a language I didn’t understand. I would say this place is like a cheap knock-off of Ripley’s Believe it Or Not and the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland, but not as fun. Go upstairs for free tea and cookies before 5pm. That’s worth the price of admission alone! Honestly, this place is probably a secret because it’s not that great. (And I’m sure someone is going to hunt me down for proclaiming that.) But if you go in expecting to be amused as well as confused, you will definitely be satisfied. Oh and March 27th will be a night of Persian classical music. If that doesn’t get you there, what will?
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WHAT: A Collection of Oddities and Curiosities
WHEN: Thursdays from 2PM-8PM, Friday-Sunday from 12PM-6PM
WHERE: The Museum of Jurassic Technology
$$$: $5 adults/$3 students

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Memorialize Corey Haim By Watching Him Fight Rollerblading Nazis

When I tell peoplrollerboyse about Prayer of the Rollerboys, they usually refuse to believe me that it actually exists.  “No,” they say, “There cannot possibly be a movie where Corey Haim battles an evil gang of Rollerblading crack dealers lead by a direct descendant of Hitler. That would be like Christmas, my birthday, and Free Chocodile Day happening simultaneously.  It’s scientifically unthinkable.”  And then I bust out the trailer on Youtube, with its glorious slow-motion shots of the Haimster skating away from explosions, and I’m all like “BAM! Now what, motherfucker?”

Fools!

On Saturday March 20th, the Silent Movie Theater is hosting a screening of this 1990 straight-to-VHS masterwork as part of its “Stoopid Futures series.”  All month long, the Cinefamily will be exploring different not-terribly-bright cinematic visions of days to come, bestowing upon us the Schwarzeneggerian delights of The Running Man, the 80’s sci-fi flesh-flick Galaxina, and of course, Idiocracy (which I like to think of as “the prequel to The Road.”) Director Rick King will be there for a Q&A after the showing, to clear up any lingering questions about Rollerboys’ plot and to provide living proof that this film was, in fact, made by an adult.

Rest in peace, Mr. Haim.  As far as I’m concerned, this movie has earned you backstage passes in heaven.

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WHAT: Dystopian Rollerblade flick
WHEN: Saturday, March 20th, 10 PM
WHERE: Silent Movie Theater
$$$: $10

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Make Your Own Bug Tacos

Eat Bug EatOk, so it’s officially sold out but the organizers said that if there’s still room, and you’re waiting at the door with $5 in hand, then you, too, can eat bugs. It’s a Critter Salon at Machine Project this Friday, and you may or may not be excited about it. Attending this event will bring you into a whole new world of eating! You’ll try several different kinds of insects (no, they aren’t poisonous), including the wax moth larvae that apparently tastes just like crispy bacon. If you’re afraid to look at the bug while you eat it, no worries, they’ll be wrapped up in handmade tortillas and you can add sour cream and salsa verde to the mix. The drink of the evening will be mead, a honey based wine (maybe a slight reference to bees?). The point of this event isn’t to make you throw up; bugs can be good! Just wait and see…
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WHAT: Eat Bug Eat
WHEN: Friday, March 12th @ 8pm
WHERE: Machine Project
$$$: $5

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The Weird and Obscure

Time Travel MartThanks to a tip from our Twitter (why yes, we do have a Twitter page, you should totally follow us!), we now know about this incredible worldwide event entitled, Obscura Day. If you, like me, have never heard of this day, let me enlighten you: all around the world, people rediscover their city’s weird, wacky, and historical places. For instance in Berkeley on this day, you can get up close and personal with the creepy taxidermy and skeletons of the famous Bone Room and talk to the owner about all the stories he’s collected over the years. And then in St. Petersburg, Russia, you can roam the “tower of griffens” that used to lead to a famous druggist laboratory. But let’s talk about Los Angeles’s event shall we? A group of 50 will meet at the Echo Park Time Travel Mart at 11:30am and take off on the Atlas Obscura Bus to discover the lost land of cane sugar soda pop at Galco’s Soda Pop Stop (with free tastes of course), then a picnic lunch at the Old Zoo in Griffith Park where you can crawl through abandoned lion cages. After lunch, you’ll go to the Velaslavasay Panorama (which I just now realized I lived right across the street from and never even thought twice about and now regret it), where you will experience a “360-degree display of the arctic north” and be able to “explore a carnivorous plant garden” in the back. Finally you’ll end up at a puppetry performance and behind the scenes tour of Bob Baker’s Marionette Theater, apparently the oldest theater of it’s kind in America. Wow. This is definitely a whole new look at LA. I think we win for the most obscure event lineup! RSVP soon, they’re almost full!
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WHAT: Obscura Day 2010 in Los Angeles
WHEN: Saturday, March 20th @ 11:30am
WHERE: Echo Park Time Travel Mart
$$$: $30 when you arrive

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Hammer Time!

oldboyAnyone looking for a giant dose of Korean fucked-upedness, check out the Downtown Independent Theater on March 10th for their screening of OLDBOY.

Chan-wook Park’s 2003 thriller tells the story of a man locked away in a secret prison for reasons unexplained, only to be mysteriously set free after 15 years, at which point he sets out to politely request some answers.  Or, y’know, yank out some bad dude’s teeth.  Or, in the film’s most famous set-piece, take on an entire hallway full of ruffians armed only with his fists, a hammer, and the kind of volcanic fury I usually feel when Glenn Beck speaks.  This is a revenge saga that goes so far over the top it practically doubles back onto itself like some kind of demented Mobius strip.  (In the first thirty minutes, the main character eats an actual live octopus on camera — and that’s only an, er, appetizer for what comes later.)

The film is being screened as part of the Downtown Independent’s “Enter The Tuesday” series, offering up weekly martial arts masterpieces from all over the planet and free unlimited PBR, which will assuredly make some of OLDBOY’s more ludicrous plot twists go down easier.

To recap: horrifying violence, main guy eats live octopus, free Pabst.  Bring your momma.

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WHAT: OLDBOY screening
WHEN: Tuesday, March 10th, 10 pm
WHERE: Downtown Independent
$$$: $10

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A Sickening 3D Event

Scar 3DThis sounds more like a screening that should take place during Halloween, but some of us like to celebrate the gruesome holiday year-round, right? So this film Scar 3D will screen tonight at the Downtown Independent with a Q&A with it’s creators after the film. The film used legit Reel D technology in HD so be prepared for some intense visuals. As you may have guessed, there will be blood. Lots and lots of blood. Apparently during past screenings people have been sent to the hospital and at the least thrown up. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen tonight. The organizers are prepared for all issues with help from a bunch of sexy nurses with smelling salts for those who can’t handle the graphic nature of the film. The movie’s story seems pretty bleh, but I would go just to see if my stomach could handle it. It would make for an interesting Wednesday night, that’s for sure.

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WHAT: Scar 3D
WHEN: Tuesday, February 24th @ 8:30 pm
WHERE:
The Downtown Independent
$$$: $5 for members, $10 regular

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Urban Death: Once Upon A Nightmare

The good loony people at Zombie Joe’s Underground are at it again with the sixth installment of their smash hit play, Urban Death. Every year, a director and a handful of actors get together and come up with 30-40 wordless horror vignettes in this small non profit North Hollywood black box theatre. This year their theme of Once Upon A Nightmare spotlights some of those crazy things that happen in ones head during slumber time. Expect lots of blood, screaming, laughing, skin, and the occasional blue monster.

This being a limited run and a very small theater, it’s suggested that you call ahead of time to make your reservation at 818-202-4120. Get there early for a good seat, and please, for your own sake, don’t sit in the weird side seats. Just take my word for it.

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WHAT: Urban Death: Once Upon A Nightmare
WHEN: Fridays and Saturdays throughout February, 8:30 pm
WHERE: Zombie Joe’s Underground, 4850 Lankershim Blvd., 91601
$$$: $15

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Got extra pants? Use them to meet a tween sensation.

t4j_stickerOkay, so maybe this event would really be better for the 12 year-old girl in your life, but I don’t discriminate.  If you like the Jonas Brothers, start cleaning out your closet.  Once you have 10 pairs of old jeans, head to the Aeropostale at Westside Pavillion between 2:30 and 4 tomorrow to donate them to Haiti.  It’s a good cause and you’ll be entered to win a pair of tickets and a meet and greet with underage heartthrob, Nick  Jonas, at the Jonas Brothers concert at the Wiltern on Wednesday.  You get one entry for every 10 pairs of jeans, and I’m guessing your odds will be pretty good if you show up because, honestly, who has 10 extra pairs of jeans they don’t want anymore?  Stick around til 4 to find out who won.

(Also, it looks as though if you donate just 1 pair of jeans, you can get 20% off a new pair…possibly a better deal than suffering through an evening of tween pop.)

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WHAT: Donate 10 pair of jeans, maybe get face tim with Nick Jonas
WHEN: Tuesday, January 26th from 2:30 to 4
WHERE: Aeropostale at Westside Pavillion
$$$: Free!

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Downtown Artwalk White Parade

Come one, come all, donned in your finest whites and perambulate though the streets of downtown tonight in your very own mini (I’m assuming sidewalk) parade! Being the second Thursday of the month, tonight is the downtown artwalk, and it seems that some of the organizers are sending out an open invitation for anyone who would be interested to join them in a living art piece of people. Encouraged props include: musical instruments, stilts, and beauty. Meet them down at Vibiana’s Cathedral, meander down Main to 6th, ending at The Temple of Visions on Spring. Have fun and don’t forget your Tide pens! (Ketchup stains from those hot dog stands are impossible to get out in the morning.)

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WHAT: Downtown Artwalk: Dress In White
WHEN: January 14th, 7pm
WHERE: Vibiana’s Cathedral, 210 South Main St.
$$$: Free!

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Reptile Super Show!

Oh no! Herps are attacking the city! Fear not, you did not fall into a cheesy sci-fi flick from the 1950’s. For something to do a little off the beaten path, wander off to Pomona for the Reptile Super Show happening this weekend! There’s probably going to be all sorts of strange critters you never would have guessed existed outside of your dreams, and it’s the perfect opportunity to cure your best friend of their ophidiophobia. Maybe you’ll even find a little scaly buddy of your very own to take home!

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WHAT: Reptile Super Show
WHEN: Saturday, January 9th, 10am – 6pm and Sunday, January 10th, 11am – 5pm
WHERE: Pomona Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona 91768
$$$: $9 for adults, $5 for kids

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He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe Art Show

Heroes and villains and paint, oh my! Friday night is the opening reception of Gallery 1988’s latest art show completely dedicated to He-Man and his super friends (and nemeses). Over 100 artists are participating with their own rendition of the comic series, from character watercolors, epic battle scenes, to the possible monotony of every day life. They’ve even transformed their entryway and interior to mimic Castle Greyskull! All the art will be for sale, with 15% of the proceeds going to the Make A Wish Foundation.

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WHAT: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Art Opening
WHEN: Friday, January 8th, 7pm – 10pm
WHERE: Gallery 1988, 7020 Melrose Ave, 90038
$$$: Free!

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Christmas at the Silent Movie Theatre

cartoon chaosTonight the Cinefamily brings you some of “the best and most bizarre” Christmas cartoons from way back in the day, when cartoons were shown in movie theatres. Some highlights include “Peace On Earth (about a post apocalyptic world destroyed by war and overtaken by fuzzy wuzzy little mice and bunnies) and the uber-traumatic Little Match Girl (one of the darkest Hollywood cartoons ever made)”. In these classic shorts shown on 35mm and 16mm prints, you’ll see some recognizable faces like Rudolph as well as Popeye, Tweety Bird, and Howdy Doody. The organizers also encourage you to bring your own egg nog to enjoy during the screening!

Santa Vs. AliensIf you can’t go tonight, check out there Mondo Christmas screening on Christmas day, the last event until January 5th. This night will be packed with footage of “department store Santas, misguided movie tie-ins, exhumed cartoons and aborted holiday specials”. The main event will be a 16mm screening of Santa Claus Conquers The Martians. I know, how can you possibly miss out on this? It’s not every Christmas you get a chance to see aliens kidnap Santa to supply the children of Mars with gifts on this very special day.

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WHAT: Christmas Cartoon Chaos/Mondo Christmas
WHEN: Tuesday, December 22nd @ 8PM/Friday, December 25th @ 8PM
WHEREThe Silent Movie Theater
$$$: $13/$12

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