20 Downtown News
August 10, 2009
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DOWNTOWNNEWS.COM/CALENDAR : EVENTS | ROCK, POP & JAZZ | CLASSICAL MUSIC | THEATER, OPERA & DANCE ART SPACES | FILM | BARS & CLUBS | MUSEUMS | FARMERS MARKETS | TOURS
Listings Continued from page 19 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.: Catch a glimpse of the amazing specimens and artifacts you won’t see on a routine visit to the museum, and meet members of the curatorial team. The museum’s land-related specimens from Entomology (insects), Herpetology (reptiles and amphibians), and the tar pits of Rancho La Brea are coming out of the cupboard. Children ages 6-9 and their families are invited to participate in the Junior Scientist component. Vegas in Little Tokyo David Henry Hwang Theater, 120 Judge John Aiso St., (213) 625-7000 x. 17. 6 p.m.: The Asian American theater group East West Players hosts a Vegas-style fundraiser, “That’s Sooo Vegas.” The show puts its twist on Las Vegas traditions, with crooning from an Asian American
Rat Pack, a lounge lizard, female impersonators and the non-verbal theatrical act of an all Filipino Brown Man Group. Used Book Sale Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St., lapl.org. 10-noon: This used book sale features hundreds of bargain books, LPs, videos and more. Japanese American Cultural & Community Center JACCC Plaza or Aratani/Japan America Theatre, 244 S. San Pedro St., (213) 382-0486 or jaccc.org. 10 a.m.-7 p.m.: 69th annual Nisei Week comes back to Little Tokyo. The two-day, all day street festival features cultural exhibitions, ikebana demonstrations and sumo wrestling (noon). Also on Aug. 16 (10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.).
ROCK, POP & JAZZ Café Metropol 923 E. Third St., (213) 613-1537 or cafemetropol.com. Aug. 14-15, 7:30 p.m.: Vocalist Jesse Palter.
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Lawrence Stoneking is a musician who draws influence from pre-war blues, jazz, 1920s calypso, folklore, and personal experience. Aug. 11, 10 p.m.: C.W. Stoneking and His Primitive Horn Orchestra with Hobo Jazz. Aug. 12, 10 p.m.: C.W. Stoneking and His Primitive Horn Orchestra with Los Duggans. Aug. 13, 10 p.m.: C.W. Stoneking and His Primitive Horn Orchestra with Sean Wheeler and Zander Schloss. Aug. 14, 10 p.m.: C.W. Stoneking and his Horn Orchestra with Grey Delisle and Capt Jeffrey and His Chumbuckets. Aug. 15, 10 p.m.: C.W. Stoneking with The Bonebrake Syncopators and Frankie Fairfield. Aug 16, noon: Brunch with Deke Dickerson, The Rainieros, The Buddy and Suzy Combo and The Midnight Boys. Aug 16, 10 p.m.: C.W. Stoneking and His Primitive Horns with Frankie Fairfield and Mario Matteoli.
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