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Foodie Festivals: Crawfish, Crabs, & County Fairs | |
TASTY WEEKEND - take your appetite to these foodie fun festivals and fairs:
CLASSIC ENTERTAINMENT - Go retro with these events that are never out of style:
COMIC BOOK SUMMER CAMP - Captured Aural Phantasy Theater returns to the historic El Cid with their own "phantastic" live reading of summer-themed comic books. This is an eclectic troupe who won us over with their 'Night of Noir" in June. Read our REVIEW. AUGUST ATTRACTIONS: Whatever your pleasure, we have it HERE.
- MUSIC - From John Lennon to Michael Jackson, this summer is rockin'
- THEATER - Stay cool with dramatic performances.
- ART - Discover and support local artists.
- CLASSES & SEMINARS - Last call for kids workshops before school starts up again.
Still scratching your head? There are more Editor's Picks this week
 DISCOUNTS - there are some really good ones right now. From whale watching to the jazzy comedy of Wet the Hippo to magical Smoke & Mirrors entertain yourself at a discount. All at very reasonable prices. Even better, most of the discounts offered are direct from the event/activity producers and do not involve additional fees to receive the discount.
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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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Freaks on the Boardwalk? You Don't Say?? by M.R. Hunter
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Consider the rather colorful personage hocking their kitschy wares along Venice Boardwalk a preview to the main attraction that is Freakshow. For only $5, this show and museum of oddities is a must-see, garnering fascination among locals and tourists since owner Todd Ray opened shop seven years ago in his avid pursuit of anything not normal. Normal is an insult to these kindly folks who have taken the term "freak" and parlayed it into a profitable family business and reality TV show on AMC...
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The Second Mounting of 'Judas Iscariot' is a Godsend by M.R. Hunter
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There is a god in the L.A. theater community and his name is Josh T. Ryan. A founding member of Zombie Joe's Underground, Ryan brings an ambitiously fresh, determined sensibility as the newly appointed director to Breedlove Productions' second staging of "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot" and raises an otherwise would-be Lazarus from the dead.
It's rare for a show to experience a transfiguration after its initial reception received less than stellar reviews, (*earning a tepid 66% Bittersweet on the Los Angeles theater review aggregate website Bitter-Lemons.com). Aided by a clearer vision unrestrained by moodier nuances, Ryan reframes a courtroom set in an urban barrio of Purgatory into a timely, poignant, sardonic discourse on matters of faith, forgiveness, brotherhood, and self-persecution...
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| Eyestrology - This Month's Event Forecast - Happy Birthday Leo! | | By Cici Psy-Chic | |
Happy birthday to these celebrity August Leos: Coolio (8/01), Sam Worthington (8/02), Martha Stewart (8/03), President Barack Obama (8/04), Maureen McCormick (8/05), Geri Estelle Halliwell (8/06), Charlize Theron (8/07), Meagan Good (8/08), Anna Kendrick (8/09), Antonio Banderas (8/10), Chris Hemsworth (8/11), Maggie Lawson (8/12), Danny Bonaduce (8/13), Mila Kunis (8/14), Ben Affleck (8/15), Madonna (8/16), Robert DeNiro (8/17), Robert Redford (8/18), John Stamos (8/19), Amy Adams (8/20), Kenny Rogers (8/21), Valerie Harper (8/22)
VIRGO - Work and Play
LIBRA - Party Animal
SCORPIO - Reciprocation
SAGITTARIUS - Widen Your Perspective
CAPRICORN - Potent Power
AQUARIUS - Adapt
PISCES - Out of Sync
ARIES - Cooped Up
TAURUS - Rose-Colored Glasses
GEMINI - Stress
CANCER - Requisite Due
The next few weeks will be open windows of opportunity and personal growth for most signs. This is a good time to pursue our ambitions without fear of pushback. We need to be mindful of how we treat others as the sun in Leo can bring out our egos in unflattering displays of arrogance and obliviousness. Jupiter could encourage us to spend too freely and impulsively. Take advantage of free or low-cost events rather than blow a paycheck in a single outing. Fire and Earth sings will be feeling sexually adventurous while Water and Air will be self-reflective.
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Al Fresco LA - Summer Outdoor Entertainment 2013 by Andrea Kirk | |
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...
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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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