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HAPPY WEEKEND!
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EYE SPY LA RECENT REVIEWS
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SOAP BOXES, TYPEWRITERS, & STRAWBERRY BEER THIS WEEKEND
 There will be big crowds on hand for the Red Bull Soap Box Races downtown this Saturday. This free action packed wacky race event premiered in L.A. in 2009. The second edition promises to be even bigger. Click on the photo at the right to view our video from 2009.
Another really big event this weekend is the annual Strawberry Festival in Oxnard. Expect to find everything strawberry, and I do mean everything, beer, popcorn. and even pizza. Make your own strawberry shortcake - the best is always the proven old standby. If you plan to take some berries home with you, better get them early in the day, they usually sell out and they are prime berries from the fields nearby. Of course the festival will have plenty of entertainment, arts, crafts and fun for the kids. Eye Spy LA has been of course. View our video from last year's event - click the photo above.
If you'd like to do something a bit unusual and no doubt alot less crowded, and you happen to collect or harbor an intense affection for the typewriter, head to the Los Angeles Type-In in Glendale on Saturday. Buy, sell, collect, and typing contests. Fortunately the event is at a tavern and pleny of beer will be available.
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There are more editor's picks this week, in fact, too many to mention. Find them all here with the details.
PLAN AHEAD:Take a peek at what's coming in JUNE. As of this morning there were still some tickets remaining for this year's Last Remaining Seats screenings in June. Get them while you can.
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LA CASITA OPENED MY EYES... by Abby Abanes
For those of us living in Los Angeles, Mexican food is as much a part of our culture as Disneyland and the Dodgers. Regardless of what part of town you're in, you're bound to see one, two or more Mexican restaurants in your neighborhood, from fast food joints like Taco Bell and chain restaurants like El Torito to small hole in the wall taquerias and casual family-run restaurants.
I have tended to overlook Mexican food. I always felt like there wasn't enough variety. La Casita opened my eyes to new and different tasty possibilities that I never experienced before and all because of the soulful cooking of Chef-Owners, Jaime Martin del Campo and Ramiro Arvizu...
Read the FULL STORY
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| "NO WORD IN GUYANESE FOR ME" SPEAKS VOLUMES AT THE SIDEWALK STUDIO THEATRE by M.R. Hunter
How do you tell someone who you are when there's no word to describe what you are? Wendy Graf thoughtfully explores this cultural quandary in her newest play starring the supremely versatile Anna Khaja in a one-woman show that goes behind the hijab in a journey of the heart.
Ultimately, Graf's powerful play is about faith. Faith in one's self, faith in forgiveness and keeping the faith when it refuses to keep you, and when all else fails, "No Word in Guyanese for Me" speaks volumes for those who have no voice...
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 THE MILK FARM, DIXON, CALIFORNIA, 1960
by Charles Phoenix
Everybody loves it when a cow jumps over the moon. But we love it even more when it's a neon cow jumping over a neon moon perched high-in-the-sky on an erector set platform on the roof of a ranch-style roadside restaurant. Looks like she might even be a tail wagger! I'm sure the '59 Chrysler, '55 Mercury, '57 Chevy and Ford pickup are enjoying the view from the front row...
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"RE-MOUNTING; LUCINDA CHILDS, MARK MORRIS AND PAT GRANEY SHAKE THE DUST OFF OLD WORKS by Kelly Hargraves
April and May brought a sort of "Greatest Hits" approach to LA dance programming, with all three main dance venues presenting works that are decades old. Lucinda Childs graced UCLA LIVE's Royce Hall; Mark Morris Dance Group promenaded across the Music Centre's Dorothy Chandler stage, and Pat Graney mostly stood still on REDCAT's stage... |
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"FOUR CLOWNS" KEEPS CLOWNING AROUND @ SACRED FOOLS by M.R. Hunter
It's in your face comedy-like having a clown's boutonni�re squirt water in your face. This strangely dark and disturbing journey through the uglier aspects of humanity contrasts against the lighthearted antics of four clowns inevitably becoming human through a trial by fire. If you're looking for an offbeat, wickedly funny and extremely adult oriented brand of comedy then this is definitely up your alley... |
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EYESTROLOGY: THIS WEEK'S EVENT FORECAST by Cici Psy-Chic
Happy birthday to these celebrity Taurans & Gemini's: Cher (05/20), Lisa Edelstein (05/21), Naomi Campbell (05/22), Drew Carey (05/23), Priscilla Presley (05/24), Ian McKellen (05/25), Helena Bonham Carter (05/26).
TAURUS - Laws of Physics
GEMINI - 20/20
CANCER - SOS & FUBAR
LEO - Red Carpet Strut
VIRGO - Overwhelmed
LIBRA - Break Time
SCORPIO - Community
SAGITTARIUS - Peeps & Pals
CAPRICORN - Sprinkling Fairy Dust
AQUARIUS - Promotion
PISCES - Do No Evil
ARIES - Full Plate
With so many events, festivals and concerts this weekend it's hard to choose just one. Try as we might, we can't do it all. Find activities that speak to your own personal interests or support your local community. This will be a busy summer so make time to enjoy yourself while you can...
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Eye Spy LA has been the Local's Guide to L.A. for more than 7 years. Content is written, edited and maintained by locals and focuses on local and nearby events and the local creative community.
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.
You'll always find the latest events & activities plus commentary about where we've been at eyespyLA.com - updated daily.
HAPPY WEEKEND! -- Andrea Kirk (editor@eyespyLA.com) |
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