Apologies for how late I’m getting to this. I was running a marathon. The Salt Lake City Marathon, actually, 26.2 miles through my homeland. At mile 20 I thought I might die. Then, at mile 23, when it started to hail really hard, I thought …
The cherry trees and jacaranda’s are a blossom, as we near summer in LA: the season of outdoor festivals and screenings. This weekend’s events are a little taste of what’s to come. Most everyone’s at Coachella this weekend, but I for one am glad I’m …
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I haven’t been doing much lately, other than exploring my new ‘hood, (and admiring its old facades like that above), doing homework, and training for a marathon. But there’s some fun stuff around town that you ought to go do. SATURDAY, MARCH 23 Tolkien Reading …
SATURDAY, MARCH 16Public Star Party Join a bunch of other astronomical nerds, including the Los Angeles Astronomical Society and the Los Angeles Sidewalk Astronomers at the Griffith Observatory to look at the sun, moon, visible planets, and other objects, to try out a variety of …
It’s been a quiet winter. There’s always something going on around town, but it certainly isn’t like summer. We stumbled upon another Space 15 Twenty event last weekend, sipped some free Pabst, posed with some giant hearts. Here are a few events we might check …
The weather is back to normal, and some people are rejoicing. Others, like me, are reluctant to turn their backs on winter. Having to re-adapt my wardrobe to 80 degree weather is a project. I went for a walk today, along Santa Monica between Gower …
I’m not much one for making New Year’s resolutions, although I am one for reflection, and goal-making. I’ve also recently, say, in the last three years, become one for planning. I’ve found that making a plan is far more effective for me than making goals, …
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14LACMA Liveread of Manhattan, Directed by Jason Reitman This is the second installment of Jason Reitman’s 2012–2013 Live Read series. Jason chooses a surprise celebrity cast to read Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman’s script of Manhattan on the Bing Theater stage. What a …
Halloween is over. Hopefully we have recovered from our sugar crashes and hangovers. Just in time, because this weekend is all about sugar skulls and tequila. This weekends events encompass two things: Dia de los Muertos and Downtown L.A. It will be colorful. It will …