What's Happening in LA This Week + The Other Art Fair is Back

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Dan Savage’s 2024 HUMP! Film Fest: PART TWO

Why watch dirty movies in a dark theater with strangers? Because it’s fun! Each year, creators from around the world submit short films (5 min. max) that HUMP! audiences cheer for, laugh with, and talk about for years. The HUMP! experience will make you rethink what “sexy” means, while celebrating differences and recognizing similarities, no matter who you are or what you’re into. Come see for yourself Saturday 9/28 at Lumiere Music Hall! (18+)

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‘The 4:30 Movie’ Is Too Little, Too Late

And so it comes to pass that the Sundance indie generation of filmmakers, now mostly in their reflective 50s, have sometimes taken to limning their own rosily remembered pop-culture youths on film: Richard Linklater’s rather adorable Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022), Paul Thomas Anderson’s restlessly beguiling Licorice Pizza (2021), maybe even, in a sense, Quentin Tarantino’s more ambitious Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood (2019)…

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Nights of the Jack

The ultimate family-friendly Halloween event returns with a mile-long walking trail with 30+ immersive environments, pumpkin carvers, hundreds of photo moments, merch shop, face painting, psychic, a pirate jewelry workshop and digital carnival games. Nights Of The Jack is Halloween fun for everyone. Kids will love the renditions of their favorite characters in pumpkin-form and adults will appreciate the artistry of the elaborate sets. Nights Of The Jack runs September 27 through November 2, 2024.

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Chipotle Cobots Make Their Debut In Orange County

Chipotle Mexican Grill, the international chain of fast-casual restaurants specializing in bowls, tacos and burritos is currently testing collaborative robots  Autocado and the Augmented Makeline by Hyphen at Chipotle restaurants in Huntington Beach and Corona Del Mar, California for the first time.

The Autocado cobotic prototype cuts, cores and peels avocados before they are hand mashed into guacamole, allowing crew members to focus on assisting with other food prep…

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Laughing Unicorn at The Ice House this Sunday!

The Legendary Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena features the best in comedy with shows every weekend. A fantastic evening of entertainment at an affordable price guaranteed!

Friday, September 20

7:45pm • Raanan Hershberg, Gabe Gibbs, Jack Shaw

8PM • A Night of Comedy w/Craig Shoemaker

10PM • Comedy Madness

Saturday, September 21

7:30PM • McD & Friends

7:45PM • Francisco Ramos, Chad Kroeger, Von Decarlo

9:30PM • Laugh Your Truth Comedy Show

Sunday, September 22

7PM • Laughing Unicorn

8PM • ADAM CAROLLA & FRIENDS

Wednesday, September 25

8PM & 9PM • Ralph Barbosa, Alfred Robles, Jack Jr, more

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Richard Lange’s New Novel Gives the Losers Some Love

It’s a sweltering Monday afternoon when Richard Lange walks into El Compadre, a cavernous, dimly lit Mexican restaurant decorated with Christmas lights, rustic paintings, and wrought-iron chandeliers. A Hollywood staple since 1975, El Compadre is located on a stretch of Sunset Boulevard where dingy motels and strip bars rub elbows with guitar shops and nondescript galleries. It’s a perfect place to meet Lange, one of the best crime-fiction writers Los Angeles has seen since Jim Thompson or James Ellroy. With a slender frame, gray beard, and genial but slightly haunted expression, Lange scans the dining room before beaming, “I love this place!” Lange writes hardboiled fiction that ranges from gnarly to downright dark, but you would never know it by his benign and unruffled demeanor — and with the recent release of his latest novel, Joe Hustle...

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Black Pumas @ The Wiltern

Black Pumas make their triumphant return to The Wiltern on Friday, September 27. Enjoy an evening of psychedelic soul from this Austin-bred duo who have made a cultural impact with their smash single “Colors” and their exhilarating live shows.  Expect a night of vocal and musical virtuosity that will have you captivated for the entire set and leave you wanting more.

Black Pumas sold out their last show at The Wiltern. Get your tickets now before it’s too late.

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Cell Gets Sonic

Keith Nealy: If not the best, one of the most memorable shows for me was when I worked as a crew member for Sonic Youth in 1990-91. After three months of shows with Neil Young and Crazy Horse, there were a handful of shows in Japan. One of the shows there was in a theatre and the vibe was very orderly with uniformed security guards/cops to make sure that it stayed that way — no standing, no freaky shows of emotion, etc., allowed…