Weekly Events Calendar : Found in LA (Dec. 21st-27th)

LAST UPDATE - Dec. 22nd

Monday / December 21st
MUSIC
- Lady GaGa @ Nokia Theatre (LA Live)
- Moonrats, VOICEsVOICEs, Corridor, Sister Crayon @ Echo (FREE)
- Mere Mortals, Helen Stellar, Helamonster & Tarsier @ Spaceland (FREE)
- Red Tide, Links, Samuel Stewart, Chasing Kings, Parade of Lights @ Silverlake Lounge (FREE)
- Kristen Toedtman, Brendan Hines, Brandon Mayer & Hidden Powers, Sally Jaye @ Bootleg
- David Scott Stone @ Echo Curio
- Honey, Honey, Nicole Atkins @ Largo (Coronet)
- Sean Carnage Presents Nicole Kidman, Kevin Greenspon, Snowsuit, No Babies @ Pehrspace
- Blind Boy Paxton, Frank Fairfield @ Redwood Bar and Grill
- Big Moves, The Harm, Outliar, Zuri @ Roxy

Tuesday / December 22nd
MUSIC
- Lady GaGa @ Nokia Theatre (LA Live)
- Kid Cudi @ Club Nokia
- VTech and Plug Research Presents 2010 feat. Bilal, Exile & DJ Day feat. Blu, Milosh, Om 'Mas Keith, Shafiq Husayn plus dj sets by Daedelus, J.Rocc, Kutmah, more @ Echoplex
- LA Record Presents Local Natives, Voxhaul Broadcast, Chief @ Echo
- Leopold And His Fiction, Magic Mirror, Ojos Rojos @ Spaceland
- Swords of Fatima, New Rome Quartet @ Pershing Square (Spaceland on Ice)
- The Killbirds, Kid Theodore @ Silverlake Lounge
- Cursillistas, Sleepwalkers Local, Headlight, Metal Rouge @ Echo Curio
- Stab City, Sean Wheeler, Zander Schloss @ Redwood Bar & Grill
- Origami Vinyl Presents Record Club @ El Prado
- Dim Mak Tuesdays Holiday Party hosted by Steve Aoki with guest DJ's Them Jeans, Dan Oh, Special Surprise guests @ Cinespace (FREE)
- Eskuche Presents Skirts & Skins w/ special guest DJ Harvey plus Nitedog, Pubes, Louisahhh. Aaron Castle, Scotty Coats, Cosmic Kids @ Mountain Bar
FILM
- Jerry Beck's Animation Tuesdays Presents Christmas Cartoon Chaos @ Cinefamily (Silent Movie Theatre)

Wednesday / December 23rd
MUSIC
- Lady GaGa @ Nokia Theatre (LA Live)
- Kid Cudi, Chip the Ripper @ Club Nokia
- Tenacious D @ Largo (Pablove Benefit)
- The Kiss N Grind Network Presents Christmas in the Sky feat. Vikter Duplaix @ Elevate Lounge
- Elevate Films/Luminous Family Productions Presents The Luminous Movement feat. Luminaries, Soul Eye & DC, Gine Rine, DJ Jedi (Digable Planets) plus live painting by Mykal Aubry @ Dakota Lounge - A holiday celebration Benefiting My Friends Place, a social services center for homeless & at-risk youth. CORRECTION UPDATE - Rey Fresco will not be performing .
- Clowns and Fetuses, Grex @ Echo Curio
- The Chase, Snow in Africa, Tygers of Wrath, Bradley Riot (Acoustic Set) plus DJ's Billy Noorlag, Raulie, DJ N, Keith 2.o @ Boardner's (Club Moscow)
- Boom for Real feat. Mario Cotto (KCRW) @ Verdugo Bar

Thursday / December 24th (CHRISTMAS EVE)
MUSIC
- Fishtank Ensemble, Lisa Haley, Los Pinguos @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Friday / December 25th (CHRISTMAS)
MUSIC
- Tom Schnabel guest hosts a special Morning Becomes Eclectic Christmas show @ KCRW (89.9fm - 9am-noon)
- Control Xmas Party feat. Druzzi (The Rapture DJ Set), Villains, Blake Miller, Keith 2.0 @ Avalon (Hollywood)
FILM
- "Beetlejuice" (1988) @ Nuart (Midnight Screening)
- Mondo Christmas feat. "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" (1964)@ Cinefamily (Silent Movie Theatre)
- "The Muppet Christmas Carol" (1992), "The Muppets Take Manhattan" (1984) @ New Beverly Cinema
- "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993) @ Fairfax Regency Theatres (Midnight Screening)
SPORTS
- Cavs vs Lakers @ Staples Center

Saturday / December 26th
MUSIC
- LA Riots, Kill the Noise @ Vanguard (GIANT)
- Wampire, ASSS, Bob Bellerue, Animal Style @ Echo Curio
- Hungry Beat feat. Marion Hodges (KCRW) @ La Cita
- Burn Idols, Amongst Wolves, Saturn, Sheeep @ L'Keg Gallery
FILM
- "The Muppet Christmas Carol" (1992), "The Muppets Take Manhattan" (1984) @ New Beverly Cinema

Sunday / December 27th
MUSIC
- Mark Farina @ Vanguard (DEEP)
- Afternoon Brother, Hollow Man, Totally Serious @ Echo Curio
- Day 1 FMLY Fest feat. Timothy Rabbit, Koalacaust, Head Hunters, Hank May, Meho Plaza, Kid Infinity, Insects vs Robots, THINGS, Wampire/ASSS, Presstones, more @ 5011 West Adams Blvd (All ages)
- The Outskirts, Las Sangronas Y El Cabron, Toy Attica, The Potential Lunatics @ The Smell - The Riot Grrrl X-mas Carnival benefit for the Downtown Women’s Center
- Smiths/Morrissey Nite w/guest DJ Jose Maldonado (The Sweet & Tender Hooligans) @ Echo (Part-Time Punks)
- Neil Hamburger @ Spaceland
- Brunch Americana, Miguel Garcia & the Vaquetones, Sarah Gayle Meech (Final So-Cal Show), Dale Peterson, West of Texas @ Redwood Bar & Grill

Long - Running Events
- Dec. 16th - 22nd - "Examined Life" (2008) @ Downtown Independent Theatre
- Dec. 5th - Dec. 31st - Printed II @ Crewest Gallery
- Dec. 5th - Jan. 13th - Post-It Show 4 @ GR2
- Dec. 12th - Jan. 17th - Mountains & Flowers @ Space 15 Twenty
- Dec. 12th - Jan. 23rd - High Lonesome @ M+B Gallery
- Oct. 20th - Jan. 24th - "I Feel Different" @ LACE
- Nov. 14th - March 7th - "Sport: Iooss & Leifer @ Annenburg Space for Photography
- Nov. 19th - March 7th - "Road To Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-68 @ Skirball Cultural Center
- Nov. 15th - May 03rd - Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years @ MOCA

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