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Not everything happens on the weekend.

FOOD & FESTIVALS THIS WEEK IN L.A. 

 

 


Mini Food Truck Festival and Talent Show in Tarzana on Friday

This year's L.A. Times Festival of Books moves from UCLA to USC - Saturday/Sunday

 

Annual Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival at Melody Ranch in Newhall - Saturday/Sunday

 

Japanese Cultural Festival Bunka Sai in Torrance - Saturday/Sunday

Luxaco Living Green Light Effect Festival on Sunday - sounds more like a party

 

Topanga Blues Festival - Sunday at the Theatricum Botanicum

 

Talk about street food culture - KCRW's Global Street Food (with food trucks) at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica
 

May is a month of festivals see the May Calendar for more

  
MARVELOUS MUMBAI VEGETARIAN STREET FOOD AT MUMBAI KI GALLIYON SE by Abby Abanes

 

MUMBAI STREET FOOD

When it comes to choosing a restaurant to bring my dining group to for a meal, there are a lot of restaurants listed in my to go list. At times, it may take several months, even a year before I cross a restaurant off that list; however, as soon as I finished reading an LA Times Review about Mumbai Ki Galliyon Se, I knew I had to go there. Who could resist a restaurant that specializes in Mumbai Street Food? Within minutes, an outing appeared on my group's dining calendar and it took only minutes for the event to fill up. Apparently, I wasn't the only one interested in Mumbai street food... 

 

Read the  FULL STORY 

 

CELEBRITIES & CAKE FOR A CAUSE - "STANDING ON CEREMONY: THE GAY MARRIAGE PLAYS" 

by M.R. Hunter


STANDING ON CEREMONY

Since Proposition 8, gay rights have been a hot button issue. No matter which side of the aisle you're on though, this theatrical event to benefit marriage equality pushes all the right buttons with its rotating celebrity cast and new plays by award-winning playwrights.

 

This series of five Monday night performances at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Renberg Theatre presents an even-sided perspective with intelligent humor, refreshing frankness, and emotional appeal. With its roster of acclaimed playwrights and an all-star cast, the staged readings are of the same impeccable quality as LATW's The Play's the Thing series, underscored however, with a veracity to affect positive change that is palpable... 

 

READ THE FULL REVIEW 

 

KNOTT'S GHOST TOWN, BUENA PARK, CA, 1955  

by Charles Phoenix


CHARLES PHOENIX

A gent sports a slicker, smokes a cigarette and cradles a little girl clad in a cape. She's sipping something, most likely boysenberry punch. The two of them are both prepped for wet weather, but the lady is not. She has no rain gear to speak of just red painted lips accentuating her cheeky smile and a simple-yet-stylish suit.,,

 

GET THE BIG PICTURE and the full story. Plus information about the live Charles Phoenix at Knotts Berry Farm show on May 15th at the Birdcage Theatre.

 

EYESTROLOGY: THIS WEEK'S EVENT FORECAST by Cici Psy-Chic


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Happy birthday to these celebrity Taurans: Uma Thurman (04/29), Cloris Leachman (04/30), Tim McGraw (05/01), David Beckham (05/02), Christopher Cross (05/03), Lance Bass (05/04), Chris Brown (05/05).

TAURUS - Out of Reach
GEMINI - Driver Seat
CANCER - Self-Preservation
LEO - What Luck!
VIRGO - Long View
LIBRA - Wishes, Hopes & Dreams
SCORPIO - Love without Restraint
SAGITTARIUS - Listen First
CAPRICORN - Honesty
AQUARIUS - Wonderland
PISCES - Pay Day
ARIES - Attitude Adjustment 

 

This is no time to stay indoors! With all the beautiful weather we've been having, and so many outdoor activities to choose from, we should all be getting more sun on our faces. Double-check street closures (especially Downtown during Cinco de Mayo) and take alternate routes 

 

READ YOUR FULL FORECAST for this week.

 

 

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Editorial policy: Eye Spy LA editorials are stories written about places, entertainment and events that we go to.  The opinions are those of our editorial staff and the writer of the piece. 

 

Calendar listings are ads posted by the people producing events and activities in the local area.

Each week we pick and recommend events and other things to do based on our experience or sometimes because they look particularly unusual, unique or in some other way interesting.  We do not recommend them based on any fees they may or may not have paid us for advertising.

 

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HAPPY WEEKEND!  -- Andrea Kirk (editor@eyespyLA.com)