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Programming Note: Happy President’s Day…And Oscar Week!!

Programming Note: Happy President's Day...And Oscar Week!!

You guys! Monday is President’s Day! Take a break! Relax! Skip work! We’ll be doing that! We’ll also be hitting up Palm Springs this weekend for Modernism Week so, if you are there, say hello. We’ll have a post on it next week. We also wanted to give a heads up that we will also be having a bye week on Featured Interviews. Sorry about that!

Moreover, next week is a big week in Los Angeles that we want to ignore but cannot: it is Oscar Week! What’s that mean? Congested streets, the near end of movie propaganda in our faces, and the return of the Los Angeles, I’m Yours Oscar Week Diary. Yes, our friends at Vanity Fair have invited us to a few of their events in addition to a few other venues who invited us to “check out what they are doing” to celebrate 2012 movies, etc. While we are concerned that the Diary could be very similar to last year’s, we want to make things interesting. How? Well, we’ve devised a sort of bingo list or scavenger hunt of things to do or have happen or to notice at parties that we want to check off. What are they? Well…

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What Are You Doing On February 9? Partying With National Forest, The Standard, Nite Jewel, M83, and Us.

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If you have been to The Standard Hollywood since December, you may have noticed that it has totally been transformed into a California cosmic winter wonder zone courtesy of National Forest‘s Justin Krietemeyer and Steven Harrington. The show is their Auroraborealis and is totally great. To support the close of the show, we are teaming up with both The Standard and National Forest to throw a kick ass party on February 9. As you can see above from the flyer, you will not want to miss this.

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Programming Note: Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Programming Note: Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Guess what, guys? This weekend is a three day weekend! Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day! We’re sure not everyone will have a holiday but we’ll be taking off and resuming a regular Monday schedule (Featured Interview, et al) on Tuesday and then resuming the week as normal on the following day. Because you who have work may be bummed about no posts on Monday, don’t fret: we’re spending the weekend working. How? Find out after the jump–and how you can celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Los Angeles.

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Programming Note: The LA Holiday 25

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It all officially starts tomorrow: it will be December 1 and people will officially be in crazy holiday mode. In order to help you figure out what some cool local things are to buy for specific people, we present you The LA Holiday 25, a holiday season countdown of goods, gifts, and things to give. The effort is to highlight local talents and to also target certain people who you know inside and outside of the city who sometimes can be a little tricky to shop for. We’re hoping we can help you out!

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Help ShowBox!

Experimental dancers at Show Box LA are hoping to raise money to help keep their work going. We had no idea that they were in such a bummer situation so, please, if you are a fan of Los Angeles dance, give them a little love.

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Best Moments Of Garcetti's Reddit Event

Eric Garcetti did an event last week where he fielded questions from locals via Reddit. He did a lot of responding and there were a lot of things to say. What are some highlights? Curbed has some selects for you.

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Kubrick Muse

June 22 at LACMA is their latest Muse event. They’ll be saying goodbye to the Stanley Kubrick exhibit since it closes on June 30. You’ll have late night exhibition access, food and drink options, and music by DJ Marion Hodges of KCRW.

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WalkLAvia

Want to take your pedestrianism to the next level? Los Angeles Walks is having WalkLAvia June 23 starting at Wilshire and Grand and will be a six mile stroll down Wilshire. Start with them or meet them–regardless, they’ll be walk, walk, walking!

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Faun Fables And Friends At Center For The Arts, Eagle Rock

June 20 at Center For The Arts, Eagle Rock will be a folky event featuring Lucky Eyes, Matt Kivel, and Faun Fables. It’s an all ages show and everything at this Eagle Rock venue is great.

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