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The Echo Park PDA (public displays of art) Art Walk is a one day event that turns the neighborhood into a fun, playful and engaging artistic landscape! Ready for a sidewalk adventure?  Explore and discover chain link fence galleries, driveway theaters, sidewalk chalk art, performance art, live music, film screenings, food trucks, sidewalk dancing, hands on workshops, sculptures, special store promotions, and other va

1st and 3rd Wednesdays at the Little Modern Theater. 6476 Santa Monica Blvd representtttttttttt. HAMCLOWN is a free comedy show (with free beer too) featuring the very best comedians in Los Angeles and in the world – every time. Check us out sometime you naughty thing. Hosted by Grant Pardee and Josh Androsky Address: 6476 Santa Monica Blvd.

Laid back, free, and fun. With Ben Browning, Noah Gundersen, Harlan, and Squeak E Clean. Address: 1737 Vine St.

The Hangout Group, The Ten Thousand Prod, The Hear Gallery, & Swing House Studios presents: Corners Festival Downtown LA, a public event for live music aficionados at the corner of Spring and 5th in Downtown Los Angeles! The festival features 99 poets, 26 Bands, 13 artists, 3 plays, 3 street corners and YOU! And it’s FREE! Here’s where the fun happens:   THE DOWN AND OUT BAR – $1 BEER FROM

For those who LARP and the young at heart.   Address: PRA Range at Lower Arroyo Park, 415 South Arroyo Blvd., Pasadena, California

In the spirit of the festival none of us could afford… cARTel: Collaborative Arts LA presents: BROKECHELLA 2012! Music. Art. Food. Drink. Dance. This year the fun goes down at Six01 Studios in LA’s warehouse district. With special guests, tons of artists, food, swag bags, and so much more. Doors at 4pm. Swag bags for the first 300! $5 tickets available NOW at www.brokechella.com. (THIS WILL SELL OUT). Fea

Recommended for: Couch Surfer, Plus One, Trendy I am a girl who enjoys crafting speciality cocktails out of the likes of Charles Shaw, and I will drink the three dollar six pack no name brand beer from Trader Joe’s: I like to keep it classy. By the end of the night at the Johnnie Walker tasting, I wanted to throw away my “Trader Joe’s purchased alcohol under three dollars” and opt for a better

Recommended for: Adventurer, Artist, Couch Surfer, Hipster Are you totally over malls and Lucky Brand jean stores? Do the strange textures of Ethiopian food sort of freak you out, but you’ve still always wondered about that area of Fairfax? Want to reenact moments of Two Broke Girls in just the right environment minus the whole horse thing? Me too! This is how I wandered into the NCJWLA Thrift Store on Fairfax.

Recommended for: Hipster, Adventurer, Couch Surfer There’s something magical about Sunday. Mostly crepes, but other things too, like not having to work and dollar clothing. Yep, clothes for a dollar. Bundles of them. This activity is great when paired with the Melrose Trading Post! Gather all in the parking lot of Jet Rag on Sunday mornings and start sifting through endless piles of other people’s used an

Opening Reception: Friday, January 13th, 2012 from 8-11pm On View: January 13th – February 11th, 2012 Let’s face it people: we are our own favorite subjects. That is why portraiture has long been so beloved and why examples of it can be found throughout history and in nearly every culture on the planet.  This January, WWA gallery explores portrait’s current state by featuring 35+ hot contemporary ar