The weekend kicks off with a kickoff.
Here to challenge West Third Street's alleged street-party dominance, stores and restaurants on Beverly Boulevard (between Crescent Heights and La Cienega) are banding together for a good cause—charity, but also providing you with gratis vodka...and food from Jian and Pane e Vino.
It's hard to argue with the logic behind shutting down an old-standby steakhouse for two months...to install a much larger bar. The idea is to give you more room to dig deeper into that lengthy cocktail menu, and who are you to argue...
Back in '73, when LACMA sent photographers into the streets to capture our city's most stylish citizens, you weren't exactly ready for your close-up yet. At this outdoor-blowout sequel, where new photogs will be seeking the best looks of '08, you'll be far better prepared.
You want a profoundly disturbing classic about the dangers of teleporting with stowaway houseflies, and she wants...opera. Introducing David Cronenberg's stage version of The Fly, with all the inventive gore you remember, and all the arias you don't.
Sure, there's something to be said for a bunch of New Zealand wines paired with a tasting dinner from a
Michelin-starred chef. But there's more to be said for a tasting paired with a hotel room discounted so
deeply it's almost like you got the epic dinner and wine for
free.
