SOME HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEKEND:

• Is the world getting shittier? A Silver Lining is a unique performance experience that attempts to address this question and explore powerlessness vs activism. Now through Sunday at Art Share LA.
• Mustache Dache - a mustache themed running party on Saturday to help support Movember.
• Streamline Superheros: Art Deco in Comics and Film at the Egyptian Theatre on Saturday.
• Victorios Italian Festival - celebrate the 50th anniversary of this popular valley restaurant at a family friendly festival appropriately hosted by the Meatballs of Comedy.

UNIQUE SHOPPING OPPORTUNITIES: places to find unusual, one of a kind items for your holiday gifts and celebrations. 

• The 22nd Annual Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery Tour - for the first time includes the newly reopened Southwest Museum. A great opportunity to explore this interesting area on Saturday.
• The 29th Annual Elves' Faire on Saturday - music, food, games and more in a medieval setting on Saturday.
• Latin American Bazaar at the Autry Museum Sat and Sun. Carvings, pottery, hand woven rugs and other items.
• Repticon - you'll find reptiles and exotic animals and all the supplies necessary for anyone who has always wanted an unusual pet. At the Orange County Fair grounds on Saturday and Sunday.
• Topanga Vintage Market - at Pierce College once a month where you'll find all kinds of vintage and collectible items as well as arts and crafts.  This Sunday is the last market of the year.

There is so much more, too many to mention them all.  You'll find the rest of our weekly picks at EyeSpyLA.com and even more places to go on the Eye Spy LA Calendar.

PLAN AHEAD: Next week is THANKSGIVING WEEK.  If you are entertaining visitors or just want to enjoy your extra time off check out our Places to Go Anytime page and our Weekend Getaways page.  You'll also find all the fun fall events coming up through Thanksgiving on the November Calendar or visit our annual HOLIDAY GUIDE for holiday themed events and activities through the end of the year.

SAVE $$$: Visit the Eye Spy LA DISCOUNT page for special discounts on local events and activities.

Have a Beautiful Weekend!

Thanksgiving Cherpumple the Turducken of Desserts by Charles Phoenix

The Cherpumple is an original recipe from the Charles Phoenix Test Kitchen, and the most talked about new dessert to come along in years. It's a three-layer cake with a pie stuffed in each layer. YUM! Cherpumple is short for CHERry, PUMpkin and apPLE pie. The apple pie is baked in spice cake, the pumpkin in yellow and the cherry in white. I DARE YOU TO TRY IT AT HOME! READ THE FULL STORY and get the recipe.

If You Sneeze You Will Miss MY TWO CENTS by Leena Deneroff

Hungry and need to rest your weary feet after a jaunt to LACMA, the La Brea Tarpits or the Peterson Museum? Feel like being an urban explorer?

 

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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.

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 EYE SPY LA CONTRIBUTORS:

M.R. Hunter - editorial and reviews

Mark Share - reviews

Kelly Hargraves - dance and reviews

Leena Deneroff - food adventures

Charles Phoenix - retro slide of the week