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Exotic, Quixotic and Horsing Around
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WHAT'S YOUR FLAVOR? This weekend is action-packed with whatever fits your mood, be it the scintillating, the creative or health conscious at the 9th Annual Health Freedom Expo. From Long Beach to NoHo, there's plenty of entertainment and festivities to feast on as we march into Spring.
EXOTIC & QUIXOTIC:
HOOFIN' AROUND:
STILL COOL AT NIGHT: Duck inside for some alternatives to warming up at the local cineplex. You won't find the usual suspects on our Film page. Prefer a play? Play around on our Theater page. As usual check our full Entertainment Calendar for other interesting and unusual options.
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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.
Have a Happy Weekend!
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"Smoke and Mirrors" - An Alchemy of Magic, Hope and Heart
by M.R. Hunter
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Accomplished performer and lifetime member of the Magic Castle in Hollywood, Albie Selznick, is the poster child for magical thinking. His theatrical, semiautobiographical magic show has less to do about the sleight of hand compared to the weight of the human heart as he confidently leads the audience through a fantastic journey of grief, perseverance, triumph, and ultimately, facing one's fears. What are you most afraid of? For some, its fear of heights, darkness, but for Selznick, it's losing the last connection he has with his father, magic.
The multi-dimensional show touches on a myriad of emotions without any guile and sleekness. It is at times, almost raw, spontaneous and chockfull of delightful surprises. For those expecting to see a well-oiled machine of wizardry prowess, the kind that dazzles in its elusive trickery, "Smoke and Mirrors" does bring spectacle underpinned with tender feeling and soulful longing. Self-referential, Selznick never lets the dramatic moments overtake the impish glee, the fervor he has for performing magic by encouraging laughter, even at ourselves and the twists and turns of life and, of course, our phobias...
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Shields Date Garden, Indio, CA, 1952 by Charles Phoenix
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How much are we all loving that giant knight-in-shining armor pointing to the door of the "new" salesroom, the utilitarian-yet-modern billboard-of-a-building and beautiful grove of date-bearing palms peeking over the roof. In the realm of classic American roadside attractions, Shields Date Garden is one of the greatest.
Over the years, I've scarfed down their delicious and nutritious dates, slurped their super sweet date shakes and, of course, watched "The Romance and Sex Life of a Date" in the Romance Theater. Next year, Shields will celebrate its 90th anniversary. Miraculously, the place looks virtually the same today as it did 60 years ago when this very special slide was taken.
This slide is special not just because it's a great image. It's extra special because it survived being run over by a car, actually several cars. Yep. Here's what happened...
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"Complete" Creates Itself Being Smart...Maybe Too Smart by M.R. Hunter
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Andrea Kuchlewska's West Coast premiere at The Matrix is an intellectual calisthenics for the etymologically obsessed (see Grammar Nazi), stylishly directed by Jennifer Chambers and bolstered by an outstanding cast. Yet, for all the wit and wordplay ping-pong between a pair of academic linguists, who ironically cannot express their feelings, the discourse smoothly but didactically veers from the semantics of language to the bastion of self-help in the form of est.
The reason why the play has succeeded and entices is because it is clever, well-written and sharp. It also lacks heart. Those who flinch at the word, irregardless, (and I do-it hurts for me to see it there on the page like a squashed cockroach), will feel smarter because following the humorous sesquipedalian logorrhea is a lot like understanding an inside joke at the expense of some clueless nitwit...
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| Eyestrology - This Month's Event Forecast - Happy Birthday Pisces! | | By Cici Psy-Chic | |
 Happy birthday to these celebrity February Pisceans: John Travolta (2/18), Smokey Robinson (2/19), Rihanna (2/20), Jennifer Love Hewitt (2/21), Drew Barrymore (2/22), Perez Hilton (2/23), Billy Zane (2/24), Lee Evans (2/25), Michael Bolton (2/26), Wendy Liebman (2/27), Gilbert Gottfried (2/28), Antonio Sabato, Jr. (2/29)
Celebrity March Pisceans: Justin Bieber (3/01), Jon Bon Jovi (3/02), Jessica Biel (3/03), Patricia Heaton (3/04), Eva Mendes (3/05), Shaquille O'Neal (3/06), Rachel Weisz (3/07), Kat Von D (3/08), Matthew Gray Gubler (3/09), Chuck Norris (3/10), Johnny Knoxville (3/11), Liza Minnelli (3/12), Neil Sedaka (3/13), Quincy Jones (3/14), Will I Am (3/15), Flavor Flav (3/16), Rob Lowe (3/17), Adam Levine (3/18), Glenn Close (3/19), Spike Lee (3/20)
PISCES - Do-Do-Do
ARIES - Eerily Calm
TAURUS - Romping
GEMINI - Easy Come
CANCER - Mirrors in Disguise
LEO - Messages
VIRGO - Primed & Pumped
LIBRA - Bedfellows
SCORPIO - Feel Good
SAGITTARIUS - Bright Lights
CAPRICORN - Wait and See
AQUARIUS - Expectations
This is a busy month for most signs. There will be a lot of action but we should make sure that it is productive and not wasted on spinning our wheels. Mercury will be in retrograde, making silence golden for those who find themselves easily tongue-tied. Between the spurts of energy, we should find peaceful respites both at home and in nature. Getting out and about should help us quiet our minds and listen to our hearts. Anything that is unresolved may linger, but it would be best to delve into why instead of rushing in to fix it. Many of us will be soul-searching.
Read your full EYESTROLOGICAL Forecast
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ABOUT EYE SPY LA | | | |
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
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