Uncategorized: LA Weekend Preview: “I am not a crook!” Edition
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What to do this weekend?
Thursday, March 18
Queer experimental dreamboat Xiu Xiu will give an intimate show at The Echo (1822 Sunset Blvd) with Tune-Yards and Noveller.
Friday, March 19
Looking for a boyfriend? No time for internet flakes? And your friends’ friends are all whores? LA Lords comes to the rescue with a spring cleaning edition of speed dating in a downtown LA private loft. Men ages 21-40 (all scenes welcome). There will be music, a hot bartender serving alcohol and snacks. Dates will be 3-5 minutes. Event lasts approximately 2-3 hours depending on number of attendees. $25 donation (5% of profits go towards www.hrc.org) covers admission and a free drink.
Saturday, March 20
Happy Obscura Day! WTF, you ask? It’s an international day of exploration of hidden treasures and secret places in cities across the globe. The Echo Park Time Travel Mart and Atlas Obscura are teaming up to lead a special bus tour of some of Los Angeles’ most time-specific places. Travel back to the days of cane sugar sodas, panoramic paintings, and whimsical marionette performances. John Nese, soda afficionado and owner of Galco’s Soda Pop Stop, will share some of his favorite bubbly beverages of yesteryear. Box lunches will be provided at Griffith Park’s Old Zoo, where you can picnic among the spirits of the apes and climb into abandoned animal cages from the 1930s. Travel from one extreme locale to another at the Velaslavasay Panorama, where you can trek into a 360-degree display of the arctic north and explore a carnivorous plant garden. Finally, witness a puppetry performance and backroom tour of Bob Baker’s Marionette Theater, the longest-running of its kind in North America. RSVP required.
The Long Baech Opera’s production of Nixon in China opens at the Terrace Theater (300 E Ocean Blvd in Long Beach). John Adams’ classic piece of minimalist opera tells the tale of Richard Nixon’s historic visit to Communist China, opening relations between the two nations. Baritones Michael Chioldi plays the late president, and John Duyker is the Chairman. Students with ID can get rush seats for $20.
Sunday, March 21
Oh my god, this is the weekend The Runaways opens! Sure, we’re all a bit wary of the casting of Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett, but the trailer looks awesome, and it looks like the Twilight waif does justice in her portrayal of this lesbian trailblazer. If you find Dakota Fanning’s Cherie Currie compelling, you can meet the real deal at Book Soup (8818 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood), who’ll be signing her memoir, Neon Angel, at 4 pm.
Animal Collective’s Josh Dibb peforms as Deakin at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts (2225 Colorado Blvd). Two shows at both 5 and 7 pm.
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