Events for August 30th, 2008
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Saturday - August 30th
Events / New Book
Grand (re)opening of Skylight Books
Skylight Books - 1818 N. Vermont Avenue - Los Angeles (Los Feliz)
11 a.m.
The Skylight books annex is finally open for business. Come down, have a browse and get your fill of new-store smell. All books (we think) will be sold for exactly 18.14% off!
Music / Dance
F Yeah Fest 5 feat. No Age, Crystal Antlers, + more
The Echo - 1822 W. Sunset Blvd. - Los Angeles (Echo Park)
4 p.m.
Conceived and operated by a fresh-faced twenty-something who, we hear, started it up on a lark, the F*** Yeah Fest is slowly but surely usurping any coolness claimed by the East Side's Other Little Music Festival: Sunset Junction. That's quite a bit of notoriety for a festival whose name you can't...
Music / Indie
Oxford Collapse and Love As Laughter
Spaceland - 1717 Silver Lake Blvd. - Los Angeles (Silver Lake)
9 p.m.
Brooklyn based dance punk outfit on tour in support of their newest album, BITS
Restaurants / Dining Event
$19 @ 15
15 - 1320 Echo Park Ave. - Los Angeles (Echo Park)
Echo Park newcomer 15 has been accused of encroaching on the neighborhood with its pricey, fussy fair, but here’s a peace offering: Daily from 5 pm-6:30 pm, you can snag a 3 course tasting menu for $19. The selections change weekly, but the first course might include a choice of...
Events / Photography
Paul Zone - The New York Underground Scene 1972-1977
Drkrm - 2121 N. San Fernando Road, Suite 3 - Los Angeles (Glassell Park)
July 12 - Aug. 31: Because everyone knows that any combination of the words "New York," "underground" and "Seventies" will send folks a-running, it comes as no surprise that the new exhibit of rock photographs by Paul Zone includes these words and, well more words. Like maybe "punk" and "needle"...
Events / Theater Event
The Comical Tragedy or Tragical Comedy of Mr. Punch
Bootleg Theatre - 2220 Beverly Blvd - Los Angeles (Echo Park)
The Rogue Artists Ensemble invites you inside the graphic novel of best-selling author Neil Gaiman and acclaimed artist Dave McKean. Watch as the work hums and buzzes to life with digital media, masks and puppets. The performance tells the story of a man recalling memories of his youth which take...
Events / Emerging Artists
Ryan Graeff and Restitution Press
Ghettogloss - 2380 Glendale Blvd. - Silverlake (Silver Lake)
Aug. 2 - Sept. 28: Graffito statesman Ryan Graeff brings his cohorts at the Restitution Press down for an evening of revelry at Ghettogloss. Working from a downtown warehouse, Graeff has spent his nights furiously wheatpasting the fair corners of our city with various 'urban' images, the most...
Events / Paintings and Drawings
Nicole Bruckman - To the Left of This World
Chango Coffee - 1559 Echo Park Ave. - Los Angeles (Echo Park)
Aug. 1 - Aug. 31: Women and animals. Opening reception, Aug. 2, 7 - 10 p.m.
Events / Paintings and Drawings
Stella Im Hultberg - Raveled
Thinkspace Gallery - 4210 Santa Monica Blvd. - Los Angeles (Silver Lake)
Aug. 8 - Sept. 5: Brooklyn-based artist Stella Im Hultberg presents variations on a theme of delicate young women against oft-chiaroscuro'd backgrounds. Works from Dennis Hayes IV and Allison Sommers adorn the Project Room. Check out Ms. Hultberg's livejournal here. Opening reception Aug. 8, 7 - 11...
Events / Paintings and Drawings
Walt Hall, Paul Torres - Wish You Were Here
Cactus Gallery - 4534 Eagle Rock Blvd - Eagle Rock (Eagle Rock)
Aug. 9 - Sept. 11: Illustrator extraordinaires, Walt Hall and Paul Torres share wall space at Eagle Park's Cactus Gallery. Opening reception Aug. 9, 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Meet the artists Aug. 16, from 8 p.m. - 11 p.m.


