What's Happening in Los Angeles
Friday, October 2
Amusement Park: Halloween
Halloween Horror Nights
Universal Studios Hollywood
100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City map
Time: Check website for times
Cost: Check website for prices
Step into Jigsaw’s demented world with scare zones, mazes, a terror tram and twisted shows. Please note that Halloween Horror Nights is closed on Sunday, October 4, but open on Thursday, October 29.
Sports
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon
Time: Check website for times
Cost: Check website for prices
The Los Angeles Triathlon Expo, with more than 100 exhibitors and vendors, is Friday and Saturday, October 2 and 3 at the Marina del Rey Marriot, followed by the race on Sunday, October 4. There are several different categories of competition too so you can find the right one for you.
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Saturday, October 3
Dance
2nd Annual J.U.i.C.E. Hip Hop Dance Festival
Ford Amphitheatre
2580 Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles map
Time: 8:00 pm
Cost: $30, $5 students
Showcasing "...the local hip-hop community in all its multifaceted athleticism..." (L.A. Times), Artistic Directors Amy "Catfox" Campion and Jacob "Kujo" Lyons bring together inventive choreographers to celebrate hip hop culture. Pre-show DJs, live art and street performers. Hosted by L. Scatterbrain.
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Charity
Endless Summer Beach Party
Ocean Institute
24200 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point map
Time: 4:00 pm-8:00 pm
Cost: Check website for prices
Environmentally themed, hands-on art activities including a scavenger hunt, dunk tank, and an opportunity to paint a 160-square-foot mural with Wyland... more
Sales
Halloween Costume Sale
Westchester Playhouse
8301 Hindry Avenue, Westchester map
Time: 9:00 am-3:00 pm
Cost: Free
Items for sale will include lots of costumes in all sizes from shows of all time periods including dresses, suits, hats, shoes, gloves, wigs and other... more
Sports
Tough Cookies vs. Varsity Brawlers
Doll Factory
1910 W. Temple St. , Los Angeles map
Time: 6:00 pm
Cost: Tix start at $17
The L.A. Derby Dolls, Southern California’s premiere all-female, banked track roller derby league, anticipate the chance to demonstrate the thrill of ... more
Sunday, October 4
Festivals
Art + Design Open Market
One Colorado
24 East Union Street, Pasadena map
Time: 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Cost: Free
100 emerging artists, faculty and alumni from Art Center College of Design and Pasadena City College will be selling works of art. This unique events allows potential buyers to interact with the artists themselves.
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Parties
Culprit Closing Party
Standard Hotel
550 S. Flower St. , Los Angeles map
Time: Check website for times
Cost: $10 w RSVP before 3pm, $20 after
What better way to finish the season than, and what better setting for, a vaunted and extended sunset set from one of house music’s greats, Dixon, followed by the night-time musings of Damian Lazarus. Culprits Droog, Lee Foss and Bas will get this one started.
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Tours
MAK Center Architecture Tour 2009
Time: 11:00 am-5:00 pm
Cost: Tix start @ $65
The tour will feature seven residences, dating from 1926 through 1964, by seminal architects Rudolf Schindler, Gregory Ain, Raphael Soriano, Harwell Harris and Craig Ellwood in the Silver Lake/Los Feliz area.
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Monday, October 5
Lectures
Bill Clinton
Pasadena Civic Center
300 E. Green St., Pasadena map
Time: 8:00 pm
Cost: Check website for prices
Join former President Clinton as he describes the challenges of globalization, emphasize our growing interdependence, and point the way toward a common future based on shared goals and values.
Tuesday, October 6
Book Signing
Nick Hornby Book Reading
Skirball Center
2701 Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles map
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: Free
Nick Hornby (High Fidelity, An Education) promotes his newest, Juliet, Naked.
Wednesday, October 7
Music
Star Wars: In Concert
Nokia Theatre
777 Chick Hearn Court, Los Angeles map
Time: 8:00 pm
Cost: Tix start @ $35.25
A unique multi-media event featuring music from all six of John Williams’ epic Star Wars scores, specially edited footage from the films disp...more
Thursday, October 8
Book Signing: Rock
Stewart Copeland
Amoeba Music
6400 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles map
Time: 6:00 pm
Cost: Free
Stewart Copeland celebrates the publication of his new book, Strange Things Happen: A Life with The Police, Polo and Pygmies (HarperCollins) with a...more
Saturday, February 20
Expos
Long Beach Comic Con
Long Beach Convention Center
300 Ocean Blvd., Long Beach map
Time: 10:00 am-7:00 pm
Cost: $10
Lionsgate, Aspen, Top Cow, Com.X, High Tower, Comic Madness, Graphitti Designs, Freedonia Funnyworks and Metropolis Comics Scott Hudlow Comics and Terry's Comics are all setting up booths on the Expo floor. Notable comic artists, writers and creators for the Long Beach Comic Expo include Mike Mignola, Bernie Wrightson, Steve Niles Tim Bradstreet, Stan Sakai, Dustin Nguyen, Todd Nauck, Whilce Portacio, Tone Rodriguez, Joe Benitez, Peter Steigerwald, Trent Kaniuga, J.T. Krul, Brian Haberlin, Lou Ferrigno, JJ Kirby, Michael Lopez, Eddie Nuñez, Livio Ramondelli, Amanda Dawn Wolf, Rick Basaldua, Eric Basaldua, Rob Levin, Joshua Hale Fialkov, David Wohl, Beth Sotelo, Frank Mastromauro, Mark Roslan, Vince Hernandez and Steve Sievers.
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Sunday, October 2
Fair
West Hollywood Book Fair
West Hollywood Park
647 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood map
Time: 10:00 am-6:00 pm
Cost: Free
Stages with author panels, special guests and live performances, exhibitors and writing workshops from everything to comic books to LGBT themed booths to special guests & panels from the entertainment industry to Russian-speaking authors to political panels.
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Friday, October 7
Amusement Park
Fright Fest
Six Flags Magic Mountain
26101 Magic Mountain Parkway, Valencia map
Time: Check website for days & times
Cost: Check website for prices
Everything you love about Magic Mountain plus haunted houses, mazes, scary shows & street entertainment. And you can ride all your favorite rides in the dark.
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