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Teen Book Club
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
John Green and David Levithan
October 24, 4:30-5:30
Women and Book Club
First Tuesdays monthly
7 pm, Community Room
Lambda Lit Book Club, Last Tuesdays monthly, 7pm, Community Room
Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father
Alysia Abbot
October 29, 7 pm
Life Writing Workshop, Wednesdays weekly,
2 pm, West Hollywood Room. For info, call JFS at
(323) 876-1717
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Local Museums/Galleries
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Guy Hepner
Hadid Gallery
Hamilton Selway
Illoulian Contemporary
LA Gay & Lesbian Center
IDENTITY/RETROSPECT
Alexandra Gibson, through November 2
Leica Gallery
Astrid Kirchherr, Early Beatles Photos through October 19
Louis Stern Fine Arts
Gone Tomorrow
Richard Colman
Reception Oct 19, 7-10 pm
Wall Street Gallery
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Find out all that's happening on the Sunset Strip, from music gigs at the various clubs, to book readings at Book Soup, to laughing out loud at The Comedy Store. View the calendar here.
Don't forget to visit the Sunset Strip Farmers Market every Thursday, from 6-10 p.m. until October 24th! For more information, click here.
 Visit WehoVisit Weho has listings for all over Weho, including intimate music gigs, promotions at the hotels and entertainment in the bars. View the calendar here. |
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Fri. & Sat. Eves, runs along Santa Monica Blvd.,
from Robertson to Fairfax
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Ongoing Exhibitions
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Love Your Bean
The Caretakers
(Los Cuidadores)
Robert Landau
Rock 'n' Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip
LAST CHANCE: CLOSING SOON
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Upcoming Events
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MAK Center: A Little Joy of a Bungalow
Reception Wednesday, Oct. 16, 7-9 pm, FREE  MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House
835 N. Kings Road
In an early letter, Pauline Schindler wrote, "One of my dreams, Mother, is to have, some day, a little joy of a bungalow, on the edge of the woods and mountains near a crowded city, which shall be open just as some people's hearts are open, to friends of all classes and types..." A Little Joy of a Bungalow is then an exhibition of site-responsive works by Molly Corey, Andrea Lenardin-Madden, and Escher GuneWardena Architecture, where each project examines the experience and historic social environment of the Schindler House in consideration of Pauline Schindler's legacy. More info at visit: http://www.makcenter.org/.
The Creative Brain: The House of Bernarda Alba Screening 
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2 pm, FREE
The Village at Ed Gould Plaza
1125 N. McCadden Place
Please join us for the screening of this multi-award winning 1987 Spanish film, based on Lorca's classic stage play of the same name (in Spanish with English subtitles). An in depth discussion led by Professor Frank Galassi will follow.
PAWS/LA Pet Art Auction
Sunday, Oct. 20, Reception at 4 pm, Auction at 5:30 pm
Bonham's
7601 W. Sunset
PAWS/LA presents a live and silent auction of contemporary artwork, including works by Ed Ruscha, Robert Longo, John Baldessari, Judy Chicago, Charles Arnoldi, Gwynn Murrill, Brad Howe, Kenny Scharf, Joe Andoe, among others. For more information and tickets, click here.
Dramalicious
Saturday, Oct. 26., Scene Slam at 2 pm, Play Reading Festival at 3:15, FREE
Plummer Park
7377 Santa Monica Blvd.
Come out for ALAP's big fall event, Dramalicious! We'll have a Producer/Director/Playwright Exchange, a Scene Slam, the popular Playwright's Playpen and will close it all with our annual Reading Festival. Opportunities for actors, directors, producers and, of course, playwrights! Click here for more information.
 Mad Scientist Spooktacular: Halloween Youth Carnival, FREE
Saturday, Oct. 26, 2 pm- 5 pm
West Hollywood Park
647 N. San Vicente
Come out to the Halloween Youth Carnival! There will be mad science experiments, arts and crafts, face-painting, costume-contests, magic show, game booths, and lots of treats available for tots to 12 year olds. Special zone for "Lil Monsters" for children under 5. For more information, please call West Hollywood Park at (323) 848-6534.
"Early Fairytales" Puppet Theater, FREE Sunday, Oct. 27, 11 am - 1pm
Great Hall, Plummer Park
7377 Santa Monica Blvd
Puppet Theatre on Wheels will give a presentation of 3 timeless tales in both Russian (at 11 am) and English (at 12pm). The Kolobok, (a traditional Russian and Ukrainian pie/ small bread), suddenly becomes animated and escapes from grandmother and grandfather. Chicken Ryaba lays a golden egg instead of a real egg. The Giant Turnip shows the power of group efforts. All three fairy tales are the first ones that little ones learn in the Russian and Ukrainian cultures. For more info and to RSVP click here.
 WHAP! Lecture Series: Stiegler Workshop, FREE
Monday, Oct. 28, 3-6 pm
West Hollywood Library Community Room
625 N. San Vicente Blvd.
Part of the West Hollywood Aesthetics and Politics program, this event marks Bernard Stiegler's second visit to the MA program. One of France's foremost contemporary philosophers, and the author of many books, Bernard will run a workshop about themes that are central to his writings. In collaboration with UCLA, and with the support of the French Consulate of Los Angeles and City of West Hollywood. For more information, click here.
"Call Me Kuchu" Film Screening, FREE
 Tuesday, Oct. 29, 7 pmWest Hollywood City Council Chambers
625 N. San Vicente Blvd.
"Call Me Kuchu" documents the work done by LGBT activists in Uganda in 2010 - 2011, including the last year of local activist David Kato's life and the aftermath of his murder. This free film screening is presented by The Global Forum on Men who have Sex with Men and HIV (MSMGF), a global program supported by AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA). To RSVP for this event, click here.
 Halloween Carnaval, FREEThursday, Oct. 31, 6-11 pm
One of the world's largest Halloween celebrations, the West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnaval will be held from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. along Santa Monica Boulevard from Doheny Drive to La Cienega Boulevard. A kid's costume event will be held on Oct. 26 in West Hollywood Park.
soundSpark, FREE
Saturday, Nov. 2, 12 pm
West Hollywood Library Children's Theater
625 N. San Vicente Blvd.
The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS) with the City of West Hollywood is pleased to present soundSpark, a children's concert series at the West Hollywood Public Library, taking place on the first Saturday of each month. For more information, please visit http://www.sassas.org or call 323-960-5723.
Bob Mizer + Tom of Finland
Nov. 2- Jan. 26 
MOCA PDC
8687 Melrose Ave.
MOCA presents the first major museum exhibition devoted to the art and collaborations of Bob Mizer (1922-1992) and Touko Laaksonen, aka "Tom of Finland" (1920-1991), two of the towering figures of twentieth century erotic art and legendary pioneers of Post-war gay culture. The exhibition will feature a selection of Laaksonen's iconic and masterful drawings and books, alongside Mizer's photographs, films, and examples of his groundbreaking magazine Physique Pictorial-where drawings by "Tom of Finland" were first published in the United States in 1957. For more information, click here.
DIEM: Design Intersects Everything Made Symposium
Friday, Nov. 8, All Day
West Hollywood Design District 
West Hollywood
DIEM: Design Intersects Everything Made is a one-day design symposium presented by the West Hollywood Design District to inspire and encourage integral design. Captains and enthusiasts of the design industries are invited to engage with one another and cross-pollinate, through a series of events that will combine the intelligence and beauty of good design. For more information, including session locations, click here.
3rd Annual West Hollywood GoGo Dancer Appreciation Day Festival & Competition 
Saturday, Nov. 9, 7:30 - 10:30 pm
Larrabee Street at Santa Monica Boulevard
Come out for the 3rd Annual West Hollywood GoGo Dancer Appreciation Day Festival! In conjunction with the MOCA PDC Bob Mizer + Tom of Finland exhibit, this year's theme is Tom of Finland. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/wehogogofest.
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Opportunities
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LA County Arts Commission seeks Los Angeles County
 artists for its Civic Artists Pre-Qualified Lists. Applications due October 16, 2013. Civic Artists Pre-Qualified List Benefits include: being shortlisted, commission promotion, benefits of being published, exposure, and support. For more information, visit: www.lacounty.culturegrants.org.
LarkGallery Online Call for Artists and Musicians:
 "Find Your Roots" LarkGallery Online, in collaboration with the City of West Hollywood and the Russian Advisory Board, will bridge the culturally and religiously diverse, multi-generational community of Weho East with a two-month art exhibition full of educational activities exploring the global roots of each culture's art. For information on how to submit artwork, visit here. Deadline is November 1, 2013.
LA County Arts Commission Grants
The Commission contracts about 200 arts organizations annually through the Organizational Grant Program (OGP) to provide arts services. Applications are accepted annually between the months from October to December. For more info, visit here.
SEEFEST 2014 is open for submissions! Do you want to have your film seen in Los Angeles next year? The 9th edition of SeeFest will take place May 1-5 and we welcome you to our festival. The only requirement is that the film is about, or related to the region of South East Europe. For more information, click here.
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