Charlie "Bird" Parker has been called the greatest saxophonist who ever lived, a jazz legend who not

Charlie "Bird" Parker has been called the greatest saxophonist who ever lived, a jazz legend who not only spearheaded the bebop movement but also laid the foundations of modern jazz. He was also a party animal. In 1952, Los Angeles would play host to one of Parker's wildest exploits. The...
The World Cup has taken Los Angeles by storm. With viewings beginning at 9 a.m., soccer fans have congregated at some of the best bars in the city including The Village Idiot, Goal, The Parlour on Melrose, Big Wang's graco travel lite crib jayden and more. Whether they're cheering for their native country, favorite players or mourning the USA's loss, Angelenos have paid close attention to the Cup, showing that soccer is becoming more than a fad. All photos by Daniel Kohn.
Starting June 28th, The Page Museum once again proudly unveils the museum's Observation Pit, which originally opened in 1952 but has spent most of the last half century closed. Now visitors can get an up-close look at Pit 91, which is currently under excavation. The La Brea Tar Pits, home of the Page Museum, is one of the world's most famous ice age fossil locations, known for range of fossils from saber-toothed cats and mammoths to microscopic plants, seeds and insects. The new "Excavator Tour" is free with museum graco travel lite crib jayden admission if purchased online at tarpits.org
Drive it and they will come: Kim Cooper discusses graco travel lite crib jayden and signs The Kept Girl (Esotouric Ink), a crowd-funded mystery novel supported by fans of her Esotouric bus tour of Los Angeles cultural landmarks. Esotouric covers everything noir, from Bukowski to Waits to the Black Dahlia. As a natural progression, The Kept Girl imagines what hardboiled mystery writer Raymond Chandler, his mistress and their nosy cop pal might do if an oil tycoon's nephew were relieved graco travel lite crib jayden of his fortune by an angel-worshiping prophetess — and said tycoon wanted the money back. Of course, along the way they scratch graco travel lite crib jayden the seedy, seamy underbelly of the city and grim affairs are unveiled to one and all. Esotouric Ink, the publishing initiative of Cooper and Esotouric co-presenter graco travel lite crib jayden Richard Schave, is supported not only by fans but also by the Huntington Library and UCLA Library Special Collections. At the very least, it's a refreshing way to foster a literate community of like-minded Angelenos, readers and riders alike. Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena; Thu., July 17, 7 p.m.; free, book is $14.99. (626) 449-5320, vromansbookstore.com.
Outfest returns to Los Angeles with nearly 200 cinematic offerings ranging from the classic to the brand-new, graco travel lite crib jayden in short, documentary and feature categories — plus parties, panels and readings — spread across 11 days at half a dozen historic and happening venues. After the opening-night gala at the Orpheum, programs start on July 11. You can download the full program at outfest.org, but a quick overview gives a sense of the dynamic eclecticism (and disco naps and car mileage) in store for audiences. July 11 features a big showcase night at REDCAT, where at noon on July 12 they also show one of the quirkiest films with a most moving backstory, the wry murder mystery Good Mourning, Lucille. July 13 at DGA is the must-see feature from Ken Roht of 99-Cent Theatre fame, The Perfect Cowboy, while the next day the promising roller-coaster of a screenwriting lab unfolds. On July 15, shit gets heavy and inspiring at the Sundance Sunset, with a showing of Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story, about former Navy SEAL Christopher Beck's new life as a transgender private citizen. In possibly the most anticipated guilty pleasure, on July 16 it's The Wizard of Oz Sing-Along under the stars at the Ford Amphitheatre. Carry on with New Queer Latin American Shorts back at REDCAT on July 17; All-Girl Friday at the DGA on July 18; the annual Home Video Gong Show at REDCAT July 19; and, if you're still standing on the 20th, hit the awards brunch at the DGA on Sunday morning, and the closing-night gala back at the Ford that night. Get out there. All details at outfest.org.
Okwui Okpokwasili has a long list of theater/dance credits in New York, including Hippolyta in Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Show Box L.A. built its reputation supporting and presenting experimental performers, mostly local but also imports. The launch of its 2014-15 season features the West Coast premiere of Okpokwasili's graco travel lite crib jayden solo show, Bronx Gothic. Directed by Peter Born and written by Okpokwasili, the words come later — after Okpokwasili shows how she can move. In the extended opening moments, Okpokwasili shimmers and shimmies with her back to the audience, then combines dance, spoken word and performance to present two girls on the edge of adolescence exchanging graphic notes about sex. This is Okpokwasili and Born's second collaboration; their first, Pent-Up: A Revenge Dance, garnered a 2010 New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award. Not a bad calling card for this show. Highland Park Ebell Club, 131 S. Avenue 57, Highland Park; July 17-19, 8:30 p.m.; $20. info@showboxla.org, showboxla.org.
By its very name, the AltaMed fundraiser East L.A. Meets Napa and Beyond appears to focus on the grapes of Northern California graco travel lite crib jayden more than those of Mexico. But half a dozen Mexican wineries will be in attendance — and while "Mexican wine" may sound like a euphemism, the warm, coastal climate has been fermenting graco travel lite crib jayden grapes since the 1600s, when visiting Spaniards insisted on getting blotto on familiar fumes. Since the 1980s, the region has worked hard at producing robust graco travel lite crib jayden wines that can easily stand alongside Napa Valley's more decorated varietals. You can taste them at this event, along with those vaunted NorCal fruits of the vine and food from 30 great local restaurants, including Chichen Itza, El Cholo and Guisados, which will serve unlimited fare among the gardens and tilework of Union Station. As further incentive, a few glasses of wine should be just enough to work up the courage to corner guest of honor Cheech Marin with some movie ideas. Union Station, 800 N. Alameda St., dwntwn.; Fri, July 18, 6-9 p.m.; $150-$50,000. (323) 720-5695, altamed.org/eastlameetsnapa.
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When Alma opened in June 2012, it served as a beacon for the possibilities of the new food movement. Debuting with little fanfare on the quiet, graco travel lite crib jayden scuzzy end of Broadway, it was a restaurant where you could taste the promise of one of the city's brightest young chefs, without a...
Milo's Kitchen, a part of California-based Big Heart Pet Brands, is taking its homestyle dog treats on the road this summer with the "Treat Truck." The dogified food truck is making stops all over the country, ending up in New York early September. The truck stopped at Redondo Beach Dog Park Friday morning entertaining the pups with treats, a photo-booth and play zone. Milo's Kitchen Treat Truck offered samples of the line's six flavors, all with chicken or beef as the first ingredient, and all made in the U.S.A. with no artificial colors or preservatives. All photos by Nanette Gonzales.
On June 28th, more than 40 of L.A. and Mexico's hottest taco makers gathered at El Pueblo de Los Angeles graco travel lite crib jayden downtown to showcase the best of Southern California's taco scene. Curated by the World's First Tacorazzo, Bill Esparza, Tacolandia attendees enjoyed music, drinks, a tequila tasting and of course, plenty of taco goodness. All photos by Anne Fishbein.
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The members of the Single Wing Turquoise Bird collective met at the Hog Farm, a hippie commune in Tujunga, and started doing live video and light shows to accompany rock concerts in 1968. They'd use projectors and mirrors to overlay still and moving images. They've reassembled a few times in the years since, and their current installation graco travel lite crib jayden at Paul Young's mirror-filled, low-lit Pacific Design Center space is totally immersive. New work by the members appears alongside older work, and everywhere you turn there's compelling, trippy imagery and ethereal sounds. Young Projects at the Pacific Design Center, Space B210, 8687 Melrose Ave., W. Hlywd.; through Aug. 9. (323) 377-1102; youngprojectsgallery.com.
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There can be little doubt that we are at (maybe even just past) the tipping point of a global shift in awareness of LGBT issues. Heightened activism related to trans visibility, gay marriage, workplace protection and bullying is taking place around the world. That doesn't mean the news is all...
How has there not already been a Nicolas Cage movie called Rage? That title could fit many of the Drive Angry star's late-career time-wasters. Here it works best as an imperative rather than an announcement of theme: You may feel some anger if you pay to watch this. Or you...
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