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Silverlake Wine, Wednesdays at the Standard

Silverlake Wine is headed downtown on Wednesdays nights. Every Wednesday night from 5pm-8pm they are hosting a super chill tasting of three wines for $20 with prepared snacks in the comfy lobby bar at the Standard Downtown. Parking is available at the hotel for $8. Couches, live DJs, wine, and snacks. Sounds like the perfect [...]

Jose Galvan at Rbar

FoundTrack and Puma are doing a night with Resident DJ Jose Galvan from Indie 103 on Thursdays through the end of April. Starting at 9pm, enjoy complimentary vodka cocktails (from 9-10), art work and photography with guests DJ Clearcut and DJ KnewJack. Each week will feature different DJs and artists showcasing their latest pieces. No [...]

School of Rock at the Mint

Major Tom to ground control. Take your protein pills and put your helmet on, then head on over to The Mint in Hollywood this Saturday and Sunday for a show that’s sure to please the whole family. The Paul Green School of Rock (Yes that same one Jack Black made famous in his 2003 movie) [...]

A Wicked show at the Pantages

Wicked, playing at the historic Pantages Theater, is the story of the witches of Oz, before that pesky Dorothy showed up. Now, I rarely hit the musical theater scene, but I really enjoyed this show. The performances, sets, music and direction are truly magical. And what makes it even more worth checking out is the [...]

A Pirate’s Life for Me

I be resurrecting this here story in celebration of Talk Like A Pirate Day on Sept 19, garrrghhhhhh! Originally posted on March 26, 2008
Ahoy there matey. Care to take a trip with me to pirate town? A world where scallywags and carousers are a plentiful? Look no further than these land loving pirate bars right [...]

uWink – Hollywood

So I made it out to uWink finally. It’s location in Woodland Hills, while not that far, was just too much of a hassle to make it out to. I had read only a lukewarm response from the location in Woodland Hills but I wanted to check out its new location at Hollywood & Highland [...]

Live Music Series at the Farmer’s Market

Summer Music is sizzling at the Farmers Market at 3rd & Fairfax.  Listen to live music every Thursday and Friday evening throughout the summer for music under the stars. Check out the June line-up:
June 5: Doug MacDonald Trio (Swing, Straight-Ahead Jazz)
June 6: Blue Hawaiians (Surf, Lounge, Rock)
June 12: Ron Kobayashi Trio (Funk Jazz)
June 13: Once [...]

Weekend Guide: Accordian music, roller derby and food festivals galore

Friday

Los Angeles Accordion Festival
The First Annual Los Angeles Accordion Festival kicks off on Friday, May 30 through Sunday, June 1 in Eagle Rock. There will be a no-host bar featuring cocktails, beer and wine. The three-day festival will feature 15 accordion players and their bands showcasing accordion music with diverse styles such as Cajun, Irish, [...]

Weekend Guide, music, tacos, beer and fast planes

First Fridays at the Natural History Museum returns this month. Starting at 5:30, tour the Ancient Latin American Hall by Karen Wise, Ph.D. (Curator in charge of Archaeology). Then at 6:30 a discussion with Leah Krubitzer, Ph.D. entitled “How Does Evolution Build a Complex Brain?” Then from 7:30-10 live performances by Akron/Family and The Dodos. [...]

Wine classes at WineStyles

Every Tuesday starting tonight at 6:30pm (through May 27), join Master Sommelier Elizabeth Schweitzer as she educates you on such topics as describing wine, comparing wines from California vs France, cheese and wine pairing and other informative seminars. Classes are $35 each and include wine tasting and appetizers. Attendees also get 10% off of any [...]