What's Happening in LA This Week + Reliving Moments from Skyline Festival

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Laugh with us @ The Ice House!

A fantastic evening of entertainment at an affordable price guaranteed!

🍻Happy Hours: 6:30pm – 7:30pm & 10pm – close (bar & patio only)

🍹All cocktails, wine & select food items $5 off and beer at $8

Friday, February 21

7:30PM • Lin Sun & The Renegades

7:30PM • Tom Green, Bobby Lee, Arsenio Hall

9:30PM • Demetri Martin, Brad Williams, Erica Rhodes

9:30PM • Tom Green, Bobby Lee, Demetri, B. Williams

Saturday, February 22

7PM • Shindig Show w/Paul Rodriguez & Tom Arnold

7:30PM • Craig Shoemaker

9PM • Heather PASTERNAK, Jeff Garlin, Leah Rudick

9:30PM • Gianmarco Soresi, Usama Siddiquee, A. Robles

Sunday, February 23

6PM • Tommy Davidson

7PM • The Roast of Boo Kapone

8PM • Tommy Davidson

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Insomniac’s Skyline Festival 2025 Unites Global Electronic Trailblazers Cloonee, Honey Dijon and Seth Troxler with Local Rising Stars

Thousands of SoCal ravers descended upon Grand Park for Skyline Festival 2025 this past weekend, February 15 and 16.  Right smack in the middle of downtown LA, surrounded by tourists and pedestrians peering in over the fences for a peek, the fest brought some of the biggest global names in house and techno for its fourth season in LA, including Cloonee, The Martinez Brothers, GORDO, BLOND:ISH, Green Velvet, and a legendary B2B between Honey Dijon and Seth Troxler. Produced by Insomniac’s underground-dedicated brand Factory 93, the lineup fused international heavy-hitters with local talent to bring together two eclectic days of dancing underneath downtown’s skyscraper-dotted horizon.

As the home to so many international artists and fans alike, LA serves as the perfect backdrop for this melting pot...

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Rock for Responders at Battleship IOWA!

An unforgettable evening honoring and supporting LA’s’ first responders, military, and disaster response agencies.

Featuring: Kings of Chaos, Sammy Hagar, Robin Zander (Cheap Trick), Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple), Steve Stevens (Top Gun Anthem), Orianthi (Alice Cooper), Matt Sorum (Guns ’N’ Roses; Velvet Revolver; The Cult), Carmine Rojas (Rod Stewart), Paul Trudeau (Billy Idol), Brent Woods (Gene Simmons), Kevin Cronin (formerly of REO Speedwagon), and special guests.

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Filmmaker Justine Bateman Brings The First No-AI Credo23 Film Festival to LA

Director/writer/producer/author  Justine Bateman is bringing the  Credo23  Film Festival to LA from Friday, March 28 through Sunday, March 30  at the American Legion, Post 43 in Hollywood. It’s the first official film festival to celebrate films that do not utilize any artificial intelligence. “We’ve got some really great films,” Batman told LA Weekly in a phone call this week.  “It’s easy to make decisions creatively…

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Destroy Lonely: FOREVER TOUR

Destroy Lonely at House of Blues Anaheim – Sunday, February 23! Tickets are selling fast!

Don’t miss out—grab yours now before it’s too late!

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Pick Of The Week: Zaytinya by José Andrés

The world-famous chef and philanthropist José Andrés’s cutting-edge footprints and Mediterranean tentacles are taking a firm hold on Los Angeles…

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Cure Addiction Now - 2025 Panel Discussion

Join Cure Addiction Now (CAN) for an eye-opening panel discussion on The Raw Truth About Addiction. This important event will bring together a diverse group of addiction experts and individuals with lived experience to share insights into the complex realities of substance use disorders (SUD). 

Date: Sunday 2/23/25 

Time: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM 

Location: Studio Place, 11677 San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 

RSVP: info@cureaddictionnow.org

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Matthew Rankin’s ‘Universal Language’ Implores Us to Love Thy Neighbor

It’s a chilly Tuesday morning, and director Matthew Rankin hasn’t slept in over twenty-four hours. “I feel like I’m going totally insane,” he admits as we sit down to discuss his new film, Universal Language. The filmmaker has been bouncing around from country to country for months, as the movie has garnered worldwide acclaim. First premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024, where it nabbed the Directors’ Fortnight Audience Award…