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Lobsters, fairs & festivals highlight the month of September.
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ONSTAGE IN L.A.
Recent theatre & other performing arts reviews.
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EYE SPY LA GOOD EATS Read all about our recent dining and other food adventures around town as we explore the grand buffet that is L.A.
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SUMMER ISN'T OVER YET
In fact it seems it is just heating up.
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You could go to the beach or...
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The annual lobster invasion begins, tall ships arrive, it's Brazilian Day in L.A. and Sunday marks the 10 year anniversary of 9/11. I hope you rested up on Labor Day... THINGS TO DO this weekend: 9/11 TEN YEARS THIS September SUNDAY: The L.A. County Fair will be offering $1 admission this weekend for heroes and a Tunnel to Towers 5k run to benefit USA Cares and other organizations. Big Sunday is hosting a regional community service event to memorialize the anniversary. There is also an interfaith Choral Concert in Tarzana and a performance of the 9/11 Ten Minute Playwriting finalists in Hollywood. and there's more Eye Spy LA Editor's Picks this week. You'll find all the details HERE. |
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A HOT NIGHT AT A COOL EVENT IN CHINATOWN
by M.R. Hunter
Eye Spy LA spent a colorful, fun and entertaining summer night in Chinatown a couple of weeks ago. Usually if you miss a good event like this you'd have to wait until next year (assuming it's an annual event) but if you missed Chinatown Summer Nights Part 1, you're in luck, Part 2 is coming up on Saturday...
Photos, video and the FULL STORY
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EGG SALAD SANDWICH NIRVANA AT EURO PANE BAKERY by Abby Abanes

My egg salad sandwich bad luck ended when my friend, Wasima, introduced me to the Open Faced Egg Salad Sandwich at Euro Pane Bakery. Oh my. At first sight, my eyes grew big. It was certainly a generous serving. In fact, it was a mountain of egg salad with arugula on a tomato pesto slathered rosemary currant bread. This egg salad sandwich seriously needed a knife and fork because there was no way I was going to try to eat that with my hands...
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RHYTHM & ROOTS: A BENEFIT OF SONG AND DANCE by M.R. Hunter

Rhythm & Roots brought together a spectacular array of headlining singers like Macy Gray, Abraham McDonald, MC Lyte and Israeli pop icon Harel Skaat onstage. Accompanied by world-renowned dance companies Israeli-American Keshet Chaim's Dance Ensemble and the Lula Washington Dance Theatre, the Agape International Choir Ensemble opened and closed the show in an uplifting refrain of peace and unity, bringing the audience to its feet at the finale with Michael Jackson's "Heal the World."
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TASTE OF FOOD NOIR by Andrea Kirk
I parted the blinds with my thumb and forefinger for another look at the man in the trench coat down below. Dimly lit by the dingy street lamp, face hidden by a fedora pulled low over his eyes, he still appeared to be eating something off the small plate he held in his two gloved hands. Then I noticed the others. They were all eating off small plates and some had a drink in their hand too. My interest was piqued. I had to find out what was going on...
holy mystery meet Batman - read the FULL STORY
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EYESTROLOGY: THIS WEEK'S EVENT FORECAST by Cici Psy-chic
Happy birthday to these celebrity Virgos: Michelle Williams (09/09), Ryan Phillippe (09/10), Maria Bartiromo (09/11), Jennifer Hudson (09/12), Jean Smart (09/13), Sam Neill (09/14), Heidi Montag (09/15).
VIRGO - Strategize LIBRA - Shaky Equilibrium SCORPIO - Running in Circles SAGITTARIUS - Cut! CAPRICORN - Seize the Day AQUARIUS - Get Dirty PISCES - Be Prepared ARIES - Do It Already TAURUS - Shine GEMINI - A Temporary Setback CANCER - Swivel LEO - White House
This will be a busy week for all signs. The days will just pass by without us knowing where they went so stay on top of your schedules. Be sensitive to others and willing to hear them out, but don't try to be a hero either. Self-preservation is crucial for everyone's personal success now.
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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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