(Credit: Ken Hively - LAT)
What: Spending sprees at Joanne's Fabrics aren't just for people who will die alone with several dozen cats. Proof positive is the Los Angeles Craft Mafia, a gaggle of hot, handy badasses who gather periodically to gets artsy and craftsy while drinking adult libations. Head to the Mandrake for a lesson in making those knotted friendship bracelets you were obsessed with in seventh grade.
Why: If you don't know how to make friendship bracelets, they'll teach you. If you don't have any friends to give them to because you've been spending your days Bedazzling with your cats, you're sure to make some rad new pals.
Have some glue gun fun at it: Mandrake, 2692 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, 7 p.m.; free
