ST. PATRICK'S PICKS: Saints be praised, it's been an exciting week with the election of a new pope and we think the timing couldn't be better with St. Patrick's Day this Sunday. So raise a pint to the pontiff and get into the spirit with these shamrockin' events.

OUT & ABOUT:

• Free St. Patrick's Day Festival at LA Live (11am - 6pm)
• 7th Annual St. Patrick's Day Celebration & Green Festival

DRINK & BE MERRY:

• Santa Monica's Official St. Paddy's Weekend Bar Crawl
• Celebrate St. Patrick's at Muldoon's
• Live Traditional Irish Music with the Straw Boys

POT o' GOLD: 

• Darby O'Gill and the Little People, 1959
• Shamrock-N-Roll at the Playhouse
• Clearly Irish Dance - Performance and Lesson 

NO PINCHING? Get out and about while everyone else is drinking at the pub. There's loads of non-Irish activities that will leave you feeling pretty lucky.

GO OUTDOORS: 

• Starry Nights
• Up with the Birds - Bird Walk
• Santa Monica Airport Artwalk 

STAY INSIDE:

• Gourmet Beer and Food Cooking Class
• High Rollers Masquerade Ball
• Al Christie Silent Comedies 

AFTER DARK: 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. Laugh your head off on our Comedy page. As usual check our full  Entertainment Calendar for other interesting and unusual options.

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 St. Patrick's Day Weekend! 

Some of Our Favorite Irish Pubs by M.R. Hunter

Every neighborhood has its own pub or two, but these are some of our favorites. Whether you're looking for a wee bit o' dram or a stout Guinness for St. Patrick's Day, there's a four-leaf clover here for just about anyone. 

Downtown, Santa Monica, Hollywood up through the Valley, no matter where you end up this weekend, there's enough Irish drinks and eats on our list to keep you feeling green.

Slainte agus saol fada agat! (Health and long life to you!).

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Life of Pi Leaps to Life with 3D Chalk Art by M.R. Hunter

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Happy birthday to these 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.

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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