December 26, 2012

Go Go Here: NYE 2013 – The Edison’s Cabaret Ball, Midnight in Venice, and the Cleopatra Ball

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Kick up your heels over continued existence....

Whee! We made it!

You survived Christmas AND the Mayan apocalypse.

Good job.

Pack away the canned foods and escape route map and celebrate the coming millennium (or just 2013) at one of the following fab New Year’s Eve parties.

Bonus: no need to coordinate your evening wear with your gas mask.

Swankin’ It at a Speakeasy

Kick up your heels over your continued existence at Midnight in Venice: the NYE bash at the Del Monte Speakeasy in Venice.  Put on your dancing shoes and eat (yum food), drink (crafted cocktails and punch), and make merry (with the rootin’ tootin’  Dustbowl Revival) at this original speakeasy by the sea.

It’s great to be alive.

MIDNIGHT IN VENICE — Mon, Dec 31; 8pm – 2am. $30 – $40; 21+ — Del Monte Speakeasy at the Townhouse, 52 Windward Ave, Venice, 90291.

For tix, table reservations etc. go to http://townhousevenice.com/#/nye/4571963135

Break on through to the other side at the Edison's Cabaret Ball 2013

Break on through to the other side at the Edison’s Cabaret Ball 2013

New Year’s Eve with the Green Fairy

What better place to celebrate the passage of time than at the gorgeous Edison: a steampunk fever dream and cocktail palace?  Highlights of their New Year’s Eve 2013 Cabaret Ball: performances by Eccentriques, surprises from the Green Fairy for those who dress for the occasion  (so swank it up, sheiks and shebas) a midnight toast, and assorted festivities.

THE EDISON NYE CABARET BALL — Mon, Dec 31 @ 8pm. $100/21+ – The Edison,108 W 2nd St, 90012. For tix, table reservations, etc. go to: https://www.edisondowntown.com/tickets/index.php?eventid=1214

Walk Like an Egyptian

An Egyptian hieroglyphic light show may seem an uncomfortable reminder of that squeaky close brush with Yucatan doomsday.  Luckily, the five bars, red carpet atmosphere of the Egyptian Theater, suggested Cleopatra-and-Pharoah attire, and go go dancers will help offset any lingering, narrowly averted trauma.

Nefertiti here....

Nefertiti here….

Go Go dancers help offset most things.

3RD ANNUAL CLEOPATRA BALL — Mon, Dec 31; 9pm – 2am. $95-$1975; 21+ — Egyptian Theater, 6712 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood 90028. http://cleopatrasball.com/

Go Go’ers, have fun and be safe on New Year’s Eve with the Metro’s Overnight 24-hour rail service on all lines.

Go here for specific information:

http://www.metro.net/service/advisories/update/special/24/

Ready? U Know U Want 2 Go Go….

 

April 9, 2010

Film Noir @ American Cinematheque/L.A. Noir @ Esotouric: Down these crooked streets….

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Author John Buntin brings his book to life in his guest-hosted tour from Esotouric.

 

The weather forecast may call for sunshine and blue skies this weekend but it’s always shady in the land of Noir.  This weekend, check out gangsters and gun molls plus real-life cops and robbers.  Snap-brimmed fedoras optional….  

The second* weekend of American Cinematheque’s Film Noir Festival at the Egyptian Theater features some interesting curiosities. The script for  Bodyguard, the second film in Friday night’s double feature (playing with The Locket) was written by a young Robert Altman.  Sunday night’s Drive a Crooked Road features the double delight of cast-against-type Mickey Rooney as a car mechanic whose penchant for pretty dames has him on the skids in a script by Blake Edwards.  (Walk a Crooked Mile follows.)  Saturday night’s fare has no stunt casting/screenplays but offers a double dose of Broderick Crawford in New York Confidential and Human Desire.  

Go Go’ers in the know dine on dry martinis and other Rat Pack staples across the street at Musso & Frank Grill, Hollywood’s oldest restaurant (opened 1919) and a favorite haunt of Hollywood royalty and writers on a budget  or a binge; John Fante and Charles Bukowski both ate/drank here as did F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway when they wrote for “the studios”.  (NOTE: The bar at Musso & Frank Grill is now open until 2:00AM; a limited but beyond-bar-food menu, such as  steak filet, is also available.)  

Check out L.A.’s real back alleys, brazen gangsters, and beat-cops-with-a-mission in Esotouric’s L.A. Noir Crime Tour.   Author John Buntin brings to life his  highly praised book L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America’s Most Seductive City about the decades-long power struggle between cold-blooded-killer/Hollywood scenester Mickey Cohen and controversial Police Chief William Parker.   Buntin guest-hosts the tour  with Esotouric’s Crime Tour creator Kim Cooper.  The tour leaves from the classic Clifton’s Cafeteria; get there early to jolt yourself into consciousness with a cup of joe and a sugary dessert.  

Bad boys and b-girls, this one’s for you.  

Ready?  U Know U Want 2 Go Go….  

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