FEELING FAIR & FESTIVAL-ISH?

Is that even a word? Well, no, but with so many exciting and tasty festivals going on around town we're feeling the fever. Whether you're craving fried Twinkies at the L.A. County Fair or one of our all-time favorites: The Original Long Beach Lobster Festival (can't you just hear the B-52s be-bopping in the background) this is a Fair-palooza weekend...and yes, we just couldn't stop ourselves from coining a new word.

• If you haven't been yet what are you waiting for? Celebrate 90 Years Of Fun With The 2012 L.A County Fair.  
• Get your bib on and start cracking because the lobsters are here at The Original Long Beach Lobster Festival.
• Celebrate this year's theme "Saysay ng Kalinangan" (voices of home) at the  21st Annual Festival Of Philippine Arts And Culture
• Truck down to the Flash Festival 2012 At The LA Brea Tar Pits...but please, leave your trench-coats at home.     

FREE STUFF: 

• Tonight Dance Downtown - Samba. On the Music Center Plaza. 
• Hang out and feel good at The Sunday Party in Santa Monica. All ages welcome! 
• Get leid at the J.A.M Sessions At The Ford: A Taste Of Hawaii: Hula And Ukulele  
• I visited the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City recently.  The current exhibit is WHO SHOT ROCK & ROLL.  A fantastic display of photographs that chronicle the entire era of rock and roll with a documentary about the photographers who did all that shooting.  I liked it so much I had to have the hat.  The exhibit runs through Oct 7th, is free, and they validate parking so it only costs $3.50 for a whole carload of you to go there.

KID FRIENDLY: The kids are back in school but there are still plenty of family fun options. Check out our Kids Stuff and find something for the month of September. 

BARGAINS: the Eye Spy LA Discounts page is full of great deals for interesting entertainment and activities. These discounts are offered directly from the event and activity producers and so do not have the extra ticketing fees that other discount ticketing services may charge you. 

See all of this week's Editors Picks or view the full Eye Spy LA Calendar 

TIP: you can find events and other things to do near you - you'll find neighborhood and regional calendar links at the bottom of all Eye Spy LA web pages.

Happy Weekend! --Andrea Kirk (editor@eyespyla.com)

PONDEROUS BUT NOT POTENT: ATHOL FUGARD'S "THE BLUE IRIS" by M.R. Hunter 

 

  

Athol Fugard isn't exactly a household name but among theater folk, he's a sort of titan figure. With over fifty-five years of playwrighting under his belt and a canon that charts his homeland of South Africa's apartheid all the way through to the grim realities in a post-apartheid country, Fugard is a name that carries significant weight worldwide. Now at 80, he shows no hint of slowing down although his recent plays have taken a palpably reflective, self-referential tone.

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 CALIFORNIA'S LIQUID GOLD by Andrea Kirk

 

Find out where your water comes from and enjoy the view of Pyramid Lake at the Vista del Lago Visitors Center off the I-5 north of Castaic. And learn more fun facts like: how many gallons does it take to make a bag of charcoal briquets for your grill?

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WHEN DRIVE-IN'S FLY, LOS ANGELES, CA, 1954 by Charles Phoenix

This mesmerizing masterpiece of mid-century modernity landed at the NE corner of La Brea and Sunset Boulevards in 1949. The sage green and buttery yellow color combo is simply delicious. 

 
Happy birthday to these celebrity August Virgos: Rupert Grint (08/24), Sean Connery (08/25), Keke Palmer (08/26), Alex Lifeson (08/27), Shania Twain (08/28), Elliott Gould (08/29), Cameron Diaz (08/30), Richard Gere (08/31)

Celebrity September Virgos: Dr. Phil McGraw (09/01), Keanu Reeves (09/02), Charlie Sheen (09/03), Damon Wayans (09/04), Michael Keaton (09/05), Roger Waters (09/06), Shannon Elizabeth (09/07), Pink (09/08), Hugh Grant (09/09), Joe Perry (09/10), Virginia Madsen (09/11), Jennifer Hudson (09/12), Jean Smart (09/13), Tyler Perry (09/14), Prince Harry (09/15), Nick Jonas (09/16), Elvira (09/17), Jada Pinkett Smith (09/18), Kevin Zegers (09/19), Moon Bloodgood (09/20), Nicole Richie (09/21), Bonnie Hunt (09/22), Jason Alexander (09/23)

VIRGO - Social Butterfly
LIBRA - Head Trauma Harangue
SCORPIO - Travel
SAGITTARIUS - Bigger Isn't Better
CAPRICORN - Broke!
AQUARIUS - One-Track Mind
PISCES - Calmer Waters
ARIES - A Bucking Bronco
TAURUS - Retro
GEMINI - Relationship Rescue
CANCER - Deserve
LEO - Financial Fix-It Finesse  

This will be a month of highs and lows for all signs. Enjoy the good times and tread lightly through the rough patches. We'd do well to downplay the negative and focus on the positive. There's plenty of untapped potential and resources to explore right now. Be open and flexible.

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Eye Spy LA has been the online Local's Guide to L.A. since 2003. 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. 

Andrea Kirk, publisher (editor@eyespyLA.com)

 EYE SPY LA CONTRIBUTORS:

M.R. Hunter - editorial and reviews

Mark Share - reviews

Kelly Hargraves - dance and reviews

Abby Abanes - food adventures

Charles Phoenix - retro slide of the week