LAaLALand List:::What More Could You Ask For?!

LAaLALanders,
This weekend you can pet bunnies, party in the metro station, bike ride in Hermosa as your favorite superhero, tour Hollywierd, go to samples sales, flea markets, and join in on the world’s largest pillow fight!
What more could you ask for?!
LAaLA


ALL WEEKEND - March 21-23

Big Bunny Spring Fling
Pet fuzzy bunnies and plant carrots! Kids can also take pics with a giant bunny while their faces are painted.
10am-4pm
Adults $10, Seniors 62+ $7, Kids 2-12 $5, under 2 free
Los Angeles Zoo
5333 Zoo Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323.644.4200


FRIDAY, March 21st

Mobile Clubbing!
Go underground at the Hollywood and Highland Metro train station with tons of other jamming commuters. Bring your iPod and dancing kicks. Everyone gathers upstairs, then in unison joining the new underground world with headphones on blast, dancing from station to station! You never thought this kind of fun would come to LAme?! Well, now it has!
FREE or your Metro fare
10pm
Hollywood and Highland Metro train station
http://bored-la.blogspot.com/2008/03/keep-it-coming.html


Superhero Bike Ride
Be your dream superhero while riding around Hermosa Beach on a bike. Risk your life being dressed up like Flash Gordon is risqué enough but doing it with the Southbay Cruisers for 3 hours sounds totally worthwhile!
Rain or shine.
Free
8:15-11:15pm
Lighthouse Cafe
30 Pier Ave.
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
http://www.cicle.org/cicle_content/pivot/entry.php?id=549
www.southbaycruisers.com


Evening with the Stars
These 60-minute shows explore the stars, constellations and planets visible in the night sky. The doors must remain closed during the planetarium shows so no late seating will be accommodated. Reservations may be made in advance at www.glendale.edu/planetarium. The reservations will hold seats for up to 15 minutes prior to the show. For more details call 818-240-1000, ext. 5275.
$10 general admission, $5 for children 12 and under.
7 & 8:30 p.m.
Glendale Community College Planetarium
1500 N. Verdugo Rd.
Glendale , 91208
818.240.1000
www.glendale.edu/planetarium


SATURDAY, March 22nd

World Pillow Fight Day
Find your inner foolish child and an old pillow and bring them down to Pershing Square for this extravaganza of folly. Be ready for a fully feathered whack attack! Remember: only bring soft pillows; swing lightly cos lots of people will be swinging simultaneously!; take off your glasses (duh); fairplay – only aim for people with pillows and not the unarmed with cameras, etc.; there’ll be a signal alerting you to begin! Enjoy! Feathers are more fun than water guns this time of year!
2:30pm
Free with pillow
Pershing Square
530 South Olive Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
http://www.pillowfightday.com/index.php


MacDayLA™
Preview software & hardware presentations by the people behind the products with interactive demonstrations. There will be breakfast-time expert-moderated discussions. Bring/buy breakfast, then bring it over to the table of your choice and join a discussion. There will be several table clusters set up with an expert to play host/moderator at each. The discussions can go in any direction. Have an issue? Bring it up. Inquiry? Ask it.
$15 cash at door or $12 Paypal cash or credit card paid online in advance.
Schedule of events: http://macdayla.com/agenda/index.html

Resettlement to Redress: Rebirth of the Japanese-American Community
REDRESS REMEMBERED is a documentary revealing the varied experiences of Japanese Americans whose lives were disrupted by their forced removal and the fight for redress. There’s also a special tour of Common Ground with Professor Art Hansen at 1pm & 3:30pm.
2pm
$8 Adults; $5 Seniors (62+); $4 Students with ID and Youth (6-17); and FREE for children 5 and under.
Japanese American National Museum
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213.625.0414
www.janm.org


Hollywood Heritage Walking Tour
Learn about Hollywood from a historic preservationist’s point of view through our weekly walking tours. The 3+ hour tour starts the museum and ends at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Blvd. Taking the train/Metro is best to beat the hassle of parking as you’ll only be 1 stop away by the end of the tour.
9am-12:30pm
Hollywood Heritage members: $5. Non-members: $10. Advance reservations are a must, and the tour is limited to 10 people.
Hollywood Heritage Museum
2100 N. Highland Avenue
Hollywood, CA 90068
www.hollywoodheritage.org/walkingtour.html


SUNDAY, March 23rd

Santa Monica Outdoor Antique & Collectible Market
Stock up on elegant antiques, furniture and furnishings. Early birds can pay an extra $2 to shop and catch the best deals for an extra 2 hours before the regular crowd arrives at 8am.
6am-3pm
Early bird $7, general admission $5, seniors $3, kids free.
Bundy Dr.
Santa Monica, CA 90036
323.933.2511


Santa Clarita Open Air Market (Saugus SwapMeet)
This marketplace features over 600 vendors with fresh produce, retail items, home furnishings, clothing, tools, toys, fresh plants and flowers, gift items, automotive gear – you name it! It’s a treasure hunter’s paradise! Saugus Swapmeet is also a popular shopping site for TV shows that educate the public on how to furnish and design on a limited budget! There’s also live music to make the shopping deals even more enticing while you try the food booths, bbq, snacks, beverages, ice cream, Italian ice, kettle corn, and beer.
7am-3pm
$1.50 for adults, children 11 and under are FREE.
Free parking
22500 Soledad Cyn Rd
Santa Clarita, CA 91350
www.saugusspeedway.com


Las Palmas Flea Market
Check out old and new vintage and contemporary antiques, art, and designer goods.
11am-6pm
N. Las Palmas Ave.
Los Angleles, CA 90065
323-280-2293


Explore LA: Watts Towers
Check out one of only nine works of folk art listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of only four US National Historic Landmarks in the city of Los Angeles. Using simple hand tools and cast off materials (broken glass, sea shells, generic pottery and ceramic tile) Italian immigrant, Simon Rodia spent 30 years (1921 to 1955) building a tribute to the United States. They are a complex set of 17 separate sculptural pieces built on a residential lot in the community of Watts. Two of the towers rise to a height of nearly 100 feet. The sculptures are constructed from steel pipes and rods, wrapped with wire mesh, coated with mortar, and embedded with pieces of porcelain, tile and glass. Truly a sight to see.
1pm
Between $7 and $10
1765 East 107th Street
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=613


Native American Focus Tour
Docents from the Southwest Museum of the American Indian bring unique insights to this fascinating tour of Native American artifacts presented in the galleries of the Museum of the American West.
Free with museum admission.
1:30-2:30pm
Autry National Center’s Museum of the American West: Wells Fargo Theatre
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323.667.2000


The Melrose Co-op Designer's Market & Sample Sale
This event hosts designers who offer their sample pieces at 30-70% off retail prices. The roster of ten to fifteen emerging designers rotates each week, featuring everyone from Kudra to Aftershock.
Noon-5pm
The Melrose Lightspace
7600 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
213.622.1115


Lazy Sunday Tasting
Spend your final day of rest by wetting your palate with a few glasses of wine and scrumptious cheeses. This steal includes pours of two reds and two whites and Auntie Em’s Marketplace gourmet cheeses in a luxurious lounge. Start the next week off right!
1-4pm
$12
Colorado Wine Co.
2114 Colorado Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90041
http://www.cowineco.com/calendar/


South Park Flea Market
Vendors sell everything from fine art to knit caps to used records to funky jewelry, exercise while walking the lot and find picks for everyone in your crew.
$2, Kids, students, and seniors admitted free of charge
8th St. and Grand Ave. Parking Lot
Los Angeles, CA 90014
866.966.9495
http://www.southparkfleamarket.com/


Filmforum presents You Pick ’Em 2! A selection of experimental films from Canyon Cinema
Support Echo Park Film Center while viewing rarely screened classics, curiosities, forgotten wonders including Hand Eye Coordination, by Naomi Uman, 2002; Womancock, by Carl Linder, 1965; Notebook, by Marie Menken; Hold Me While I’m Naked, by George Kuchar, 1966; Some Manipulations by Jud Yalkut, 1967; Bottle Can, by Luther Price, 1993; and more!
7- 9:20pm
$9 general, $6 students/seniors
Echo Park Film Center
1200 N. Alvarado Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026
213.484.8846
www.lafilmforum.org