October 30, 2015


The grand finale of the horrifying Halloween month long blitz is here. Party like the undead all weekend long.  The biggest party, hands down, is the annual Halloween Carnival in WeHo. Hundreds of thousands of ghouls, ghosts and goblins will come out Saturday night to parade along Santa Monica blvd to the tune of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. The only downside to going to this fantastic free event is getting there and parking - plan carefully  Parking & Directions.

There are just too many festivities taking place all over town to mention. Pick your day or night to find out what's going on where:
FRIDAY - From Exploding Pumpkins to a Haunted Ghost Ship cruise.
SATURDAY - Bunnies celebrate Halloween and others dress up, get on a bus and Do Good.
SUNDAY - An Existential Halloween and Day of the Dead events.

Check out the NIGHTLIFE page for all the parties all weekend long.

Prepare to be scared check out our annual Halloween Horrors Survival Guide for some of the frightful places we've been and lived to tell about.


My Fair Lady TICKET GIVEAWAY: Win one of 2 pairs of tickets to see "My Fair Lady" in Ventura for either Friday, Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. or Saturday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. The director and designers behind Rubicon Theatre Company's acclaimed environmental productions of Fiddler on the Roof and Man of La Mancha have reunited on an intimate, two-piano chamber version of the legendary Lerner and Loewe classic My Fair Lady. Based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, the musical tells the story of Professor Henry Higgins, an arrogant and attractive phonetician who makes a wager that he can transform a "deliciously low" Cockney flower-seller (Eliza Doolittle) into an elegant lady by teaching her to speak more beautifully. The magnificent score includes "I Could Have Danced All Night," "On the Street Where You Live," "Wouldn't It Be Loverly," and "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face." For Rubicon's production, Director James O'Neil returns to the source material to explore the Shavian themes of class struggle, social reform and women's rights. Drop us an email and tell us your favorite musical at eyespylareviews@gmail.com to win. 

WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO?
  • If you enjoy a day in the park you should check out the PARKS PAGE for special events and programs.
  • Visit the MUSEUM PAGE for special events at local museums.
  • Art buffs visit the ART PAGE for all kinds of art events and gallery openings.
  • Watch the FILM PAGE for classic and unusual film screenings.
  • You'll always find ways to tickle your funny bone on our COMEDY PAGE.
  • Use the TOUR PAGE as your guide to exploring our great city.
 
There is SO MUCH more of course on the EYE SPY LA CALENDAR.
 
PLAN AHEAD: Don't be disappointed. Many of the events we feature in our newsletter are small, unique and unusual - and often sold out by the time you read this. Eyespyla.com is updated daily go there anytime to explore and find out what's coming up so you don't miss out. Check out our November calendar. Get prepared for turkey and ho-ho-ho's when our Halloween guide turns from a pumpkin (bwahhhaaa!!!) into mistletoe on our Holiday Guide.

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

Have a wonderful weekend!
  
 

Disneyland Double Exposed, 1961 by Charles Phoenix


  Disneyland Double 
 
Dapper Day is my faaave day of the year to experience Disneyland. It's the day everybody dresses up in their beautiful best and struts their stuff in the original Magic Kingdom and California Adventure!
 
Sleeping Beauty's Castle is slightly double exposed on the House of the Future. Its medieval meets mid-century! Medievalism and modernism have never been so close. For a mere, but marvelous ten years, between 1957 and 1967, Disneyland's legendary all-plastic House of the Future was just outside of Tomorrowland, perched on a pedestal, steps from the castle. They both represent fairy tales - one speaks of the future and the other of the past.
 
But who is supposed to be posing for this pic? Is it the twins wearing matching puffed-sleeved-pinafore party dresses over white bobby socks and black patent leather? Or is it the woman who wears sensible yet stylish shoes and her two followers, whose stride seems clearly interrupted?...

 

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