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THIS WEEKEND IN L.A. will be hotter than a firecracker on the 4th of July! But there are always cool, entertaining, fun and unusual things to do ...
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BELIEVE IT OR NOT!
Next Thursday is Independence Day AND there will actually be a July 4th celebration with fireworks at our civic center! The 4th of July Block Party is a free all day event at Grand Park which spans the four blocks between the Music Center and City Hall . Go Metro - take the Red Line to the Civic Center/Grand Park station.
You may or may not want to go downtown for this possibly historic event. If you don't, no worries the annual Eye Spy LA fireworks list will help you find an event where you want to be.
EyeSpyLA Fireworks Where to Go Hot List.
STAY COOL INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT: This weekend is going to be a hot one and what better way to beat the heat than ducking inside to see some fantastic shows all over town.
- Theater provides dramatic escape be outdoors in Topanga or inside the Taper.
- Music & Concerts are best enjoyed at night - inside or outside.
- Films are the classic cinematic cool solution.
HEAD OUT WHILE THE HEAT RISES: Independence Day falls on a Thursday this year. We predict a lot of folks will be taking an extended weekend and who can blame them? Cruise our Weekend Getaways for places to go.
Still scratching your head? There are more Editor's Picks this week | |
PSYCHIC POWERS: Find out what your future holds in this month's latest Eyestrology.
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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It's Easy to Just Imagine Tim Piper as John Lennon by M.R. Hunter
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Accuracy and faithful characterization grounds his performance with authenticity but it is Piper's musical ability as a vocalist and guitarist that keeps fans returning to his show and attracts younger audiences discovering Lennon for the first time apart from their parents LP's. "We get people who grew up with The Beatles. They were those teenagers watching The Ed Sullivan Show. Some of them never saw The Beatles or Lennon in concert, so now they can revisit their youth through our show..."
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All in the Family: The Geers in "The Royal Family" by M.R. Hunter | |
Those unacquainted with Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum are in for a rare treat and an informal introduction to the relations as artistic director Ellen Geer (Will Geer's daughter) plays matriarch Fanny Cavendish with her sister Melora Marshall as Fanny's daughter Julie. Ellen's daughter Willow plays Melora's daughter Gwen and Abby Craden, is perfectly cast as both she and her character Kitty are related by marriage. Add in the kin by association with Alan Blumenfeld, Aaron Hendry and Earnestine Phillips in supporting roles with Susan Angelo directing and the adage "keeping it in the family" springs to mind throughout...
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ALSO READ MARK SHARE'S RECENT REVIEW OF "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW"
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Creative Cognitive Dissonance: "We Are Proud to Present" by M.R. Hunter
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In Jackie Sibblies Drury's west coast premiere at The Matrix Theatre, a troupe of six ragtag performers set out to create an informal discourse on the subject of a century past genocide. The 25-worded title of Drury's play details the intent, the subject matter, and the difficult task of attempting to dramatize an obscure but volatile period of history: "We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Nambia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915." Like the title, Drury's play is a strange but intoxicating amalgamation of biting humor, ridiculous aspirations, history and novelty...
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| Eyestrology - This Month's Event Forecast - Happy Birthday Cancer! | | By Cici Psy-Chic | |
Happy birthday to these celebrity June Cancers: Prince William (6/21), Meryl Streep (6/22), Randy Jackson (6/23), Lionel Messi (6/24), Carly Simon (6/25), Derek Jeter (6/26), Tobey Maguire (6/27), Kellie Pickler (6/28), Gary Busey (6/29), Mike Tyson (6/30)
Celebrity July Cancers: Missy Elliott (7/01), Ashley Tisdale (7/02), Tom Cruise (7/03), Mike the Situation Sorrentino (7/04), Eva Green (7/05), 50 Cent (7/06), Ringo Starr (7/07), Kevin Bacon (7/08), Tom Hanks (7/09), Jessica Simpson (7/10), Lil Kim (7/11), Bill Cosby (7/12), Harrison Ford (7/13), Jane Lynch (7/14), Forest Whitaker (7/15), Will Ferrell (7/16), David Hasseloff (7/17), Vin Diesel (7/18), Jared Padalecki (7/19), Julianne Hough (7/20), Robin Williams (7/21)
CANCER - Travel
LEO - Under Your Skin
VIRGO - Reassessment Mode
LIBRA - Present
SCORPIO - Communication is Key
SAGITTARIUS - Fan Club
CAPRICORN - Meaning
AQUARIUS - All in All
PISCES - Work Smarter
ARIES - Zero In
TAURUS - Direction
GEMINI - Go For It
Travel is recommended for most signs. Expect snafus and delays due to Mercury's Retrograde. Keep a cool head for the next three weeks as the temperature rises and emotions get heated. Channel your energy into low risk physical activities for now. Personal and professional matters may require further finesse as well. Avoid initiating any new projects until August. This is a good time to journal, think-tank or spitball new ideas. Pay attention to dreams and your intuition too. This retrograde will not be imperceptibly felt, so utilize the arising problems as lesson tune-ups.
Read your full EYESTROLOGICAL Forecast
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Al Fresco LA - Summer Outdoor Entertainment 2013 by Andrea Kirk
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Summer in L.A. is all about the experience and not so much about the money. Grab your friends and a cooler, a blanket, and a picnic. You'll find plenty of summer events and low cost al fresco entertainment all over town.
Some of the best things in summer are free. Look around you're own neighborhood. You'll find free concerts, film screenings and theatre in parks, shopping centers, museums, and other nooks and crannies that have a patch of grass or some asphalt to setup a stage and some seating in. Downtown L.A...
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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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