Events for October 11th, 2008

The Generic Man pop-up shop

The only place you can get TGM's Re-Edit collection

John Varvatos 315 Bowery concept shop

Fred Segal Man - 420 Broadway - Santa Monica

Rock on at Fred Segal Man

3rd Street Comedy at Promendade Playhouse

The Promenade Playhouse - 1404 3rd Street Promenade - Santa Monica

You're in Santa Monica, it's a balmy night, and everything is just a little too calm. Rile up the night with comics from HBO to Comedy Central —regulars of the weekly Promendae Playhouse comedy.Fridays 9 p.m.Saturdays 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.

Mexican Calendar Girls

California Heritage Museum - 2612 Main Street - Santa Monica (Main Street)

More than 30 lithographic prints of Mexican calendar girls from the "Golden Era," 1930 - 1960. Keep an eye out for the corresponding book, "Mexican Calendar Girls" by Angela Villalba. A Cinco de Mayo reception for the exhibit will be May 5th, from 6 - 8 p.m.May 7 - Feb. 1, 2009

Lights! Camera! Glamour! - The Photography of George Hurrell

California Heritage Museum - 2612 Main Street - Santa Monica (Main Street)

Hurrell, a studio photographer for MGM, enjoyed a 60-year career that put him in the same room (camera in tow) with personalities from the Golden Age through to the '90s—Jean Harlow and Arnold Schwarzenegger snuggle up to Joan Collins and Clark Gable. Through June 29

Made Me Nuclear

Santa Monica Playhouse - 1211 Fourth St. - Los Angeles

What happens when you're diagnosed with a terminal illness? How do you keep going? How about singing chirpy pop songs? Listen and watch the intimate portrayal of Charles Lustman's battle with cancer in his astonishingly upbeat pop music operetta. Sept. 5 - Nov. 1 Fri, Sat 8 p.m.