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Weekend Events ~ January 4-7th, 2007

Thursday January 4th

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Joe Bravo's Tortilla Frescoes ~ @ Mexican Cultural Institute 125 Paseo de la Paz Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90012 (Downstairs Gallery) ~ Through January 20th ~ FREE

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Saul Bass: The Hollywod Conection ~ @ Skirball Cultural Center ~ 2701 N. Sepuleda Blvd. ~ Retrospective for the classic designer of movie posters, title sequences, and soundtrack covers for great directors like Hitchcock ~ Free ~ Through April 1st

Friday January 5th

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Macbeth ~ @ Lillian Theater ~ 1076 N. Lillian Way Hollywood, CA 90038 ~ Harry J. Lennix heads an all-African American cast in Shakespeare's tale of passion, ambition and deceit ~ Through February 4th ~ Fri-Sat. 8PM, Sunday 2PM ~ $25

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Beres Hamond & Marcia Griffiths @ House of Blues ~ 8430 West Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA ~ 8PM ~ $25

Saturday January 6th

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My Morning Jacket @ The Wiltern ~ 3790 Wilshire Blvd. Hollywood, CA ~ 9PM ~ $27

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An Evening for Justice with Patricia Isasa, Hector Aristizabal & Sonali Kolhatkar @ Church in Ocean Park ~ 235 Hill St. Santa Monica, CA 90405 ~ Hosted by Uprising Radio's Kolhatkar, Aristizabal will perform his play Nightwind, while Patricia Isasa, an Argentine kidnapping vicitm and military prisoner, plus the country's first protected witness will speak ~ Tamales sold ~ 6:30PM ~ $10 Donation (No one wil be turned away for lack of funds)

Sunday January 7th

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What's So Funny Discussion Panel @ Pacific Arts Center 10469 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA ~ Working and respected American comedians with Middle Eastern heritage discuss comedy and political correctness post-2001 ~ 4-6PM ~ Free

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