As a lot of us prepare to head out of town for Thanksgiving, we should take a moment to relax and do something fun. Like what? Like go shopping or to an art show or to see a movie–all of which are happening this weekend! Find out what in THE RECAP!!

Friday, November 16
• Jay Yan’s show ends today.
• HEATH SALE!!
• Beth Chucker’s show opens today.
• You can catch some eighties movies at Grauman’s!
• At 6:30PM, WUHO is having a book signing.
• There’s a one-night-only boxing art show in Burbank tonight.

Saturday, November 17
• Milo Greene are in LA.
• Death of a Salesgirl ends today.
• …as does that Dee Dee Ramone show.
• And the UCLA MFA show!!
• Those Commonwealth And Council shows close, too.
• …as well as Alison Saar’s Otis show!
• Danny Heller has a show opening at George Billis, though.
• LA Taco is sponsoring an art show tonight, too.
• Good Enough To Eat opens today as well.
• If you are in Joshua Tree, you can go to a LAND event at the Integratron.
• Fallen Fruit!
• It’s Horrible Movie Night!
• The Heath sale continues!
• Celebrate Justin Van Hoy’s life at this memorial service.

Sunday, November 18
• Hold Up Gallery’s latest closes.
• Your Land / My Land at Hammer closes!
• Ethel–which local Miriam Cutler scored–is off demand today. See it while you can!
• LAIY coverboy Alexander Kroll’s CB1 show opens today.
• Make clutches and bowties at The Art Grist this weekend.
• You can party with SFV Acid and Secret Circuit.
• Glenn Ligon will be speaking at MOCA.
• Order Thanksgiving items from Market on Holly!
• There’s a Hurricane Sandy benefit at Shore Bar.

Coming Up This Week
• Monday, Coffee Bean is opening a new store that will help benefit an aquarium.
• Tuesday, Rachel Yamagata is performing in LA.
• Friday, eighties movies at Grauman’s!

Thanksgiving Stuff!
• Hungry Cat is having a Thanksgiving feast!
• Napa Valley Grille is having a feast, too.
• You can Gobble Gobble Give Thanksgiving morning, too!
• On Thanksgiving eve, you can party at Akbar.
• Order Thanksgiving food from Cooks County!
• Palihouse is offering Thanksgiving room deals.
• You can get a cheese platter from Silver Lake Cheese Store for the occasion, too.
• Get food from Market On Holly for your meal!
• There is a Black Friday film screening by MIA on Friday.

Selected Ongoing Items
• Let’s make LA Game Space happen!!
• See Tofer Chin at Standard Hollywood.
• See how that Björk music video was made.
• The Kubrick show is still open! Will be for a long time, too.
• You can get breakfast at ROFL Cafe.
• Guys in LA suck.
• Donate to KPCC!
• There are four new shows at PMCA.
• A little boy tells us why museums suck.
• Juice Maids are at Food+Lab now.
• Catch Ben Jones at MOCA PDC! It’s great.
• Licking Yellow Frog is open now.
• Check out the shows at the Hammer!
• HELP NYC!!
• Read this!
• Look at these!
• Read this, too!