LAaLALanders,
This weekend’s events include: Art Exhibits, Chinese New Year, free dance classes, Yarn Bombing, Pacific Standard Time exhibits, Art Fairs, and more!
Have a great time.
EnJOY…
LAaLA
ALL EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND THE LAaLALand Alert!!!! IS NOT RESPONSIBLE IF THE WHEREABOUTS ADJUST. PLEASE CHECK WITH THE EVENT ORGANIZERS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
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LA – ICONS & OTHERS IMPRESSIONS
Check out photographs by 10 artists which are most symbolic of the city of Los Angeles. Some are its buildings familiar to most of us, some are its beach areas and piers, some are museums and other public places, some are murals and street art, but they all are uniquely “L. A.”, and could be considered as the city’s icons. Since each of the photographers in the project group has their own individual approach to their art, the exhibited images show a wide diversity of techniques and represent a composite view.
Opening Reception: 6-8pm
Exhibit runs through Sunday, April 15
The Annenberg Beach House
415 Pacific Coast Hwy
Santa Monica
http://laphotoproject.com/events.html
YEAR OF THE DRAGON CHINESE NEW YEARS CELEBRATION IN BEVERLY HILLS 
Celebrate Chinese New Year with a spectacular evening of entertainment, shopping and dining. Appreciate the Chinese lion dance and drum corps performance group takes center stage on the block for all to enjoy.
Not only is the general public encouraged to join the revelry, but the first 1,000 people who register at the welcome table will also receive a Good Fortune envelope. Each envelope contains a commemorative pin and listing of special in-store events and offers. Additionally, a limited few might also be fortunate enough to win an exclusive gift valued at $200 or more from some of Beverly Hills’ most exceptional merchants, restaurants and hotels
Free
6pm
LLadro Porcelain USA
408 N Rodeo Dr
Beverly Hills 90210
THE NOHO DINE OUT FRIDAYS 
Hit Noho every Friday for this event filled with gourmet food trucks, boutique tables and street performers… There’s a new Laemmle Noho 7 Movie Theatre nearby on Lankershim – http://www.laemmle.com/
5pm-8pm
The Parking Lot next to the Twins Palms Apt
11458 Burbank Blvd just West of Lankershim
North Hollywood 91601
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YARN BOMBING LA COLLECTIVE KNITTING GROUP
Join YBLA’s monthly meeting of local knitters to share diverse projects and great conversation. All skill levels are welcome!
Free
2-5pm
Craft & Folk Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles 90036
http://www.yarnbombinglosangeles.com/
CONTESTED VISIONS IN LATIN AMERICA THROUGH FILM @ LACMA 
Hosted by actor, producer, director Edward James Olmos, and community activist, and curated by Marlene Dermer, co-director of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF), this two-day film program explores themes from the exhibition through cinema.
Free, tickets required
1pm
LACMA
Bing Theater
5905 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles 90036
NOHO FARMER’S MARKET
The NoHo Arts District Farmers Market is a festive, family-friendly, open-air marketplace committed to bringing fresh, locally-grown food to the surrounding neighborhood. Enjoy a variety of fruits and vegetables from California farmers, as well as other foods including breads, nuts, ethnic foods, cheeses, fruit juices, and cookies. You’ll also find clothing, crafts, and children’s activities, plus much more. Conveniently located just steps away from the North Hollywood Metro stop on the Red Line. This open-air street market has approximately 20 farmers, 20 local artisans, and 30 vendors who provide baked goods and prepared foods. I find my favorite organic apples and organic dinosaur kale weekly… Also, enjoy lots of samples. There are great deals to be made with farmers who come from as far as Sacramento.
Free
9am-2pm
Bakman Avenue, between Magnolia Boulevard to the South and Weddington Street to the North
North Hollywood
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L.A. RAW: ABJECT EXPRESSIONISM IN LA 1945-1980 OPENING RECEPTION
Explore works from Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy, Richard Bunkall: A Portrait, and Nancy Baker Cahill: Fascinomas.
$5
6-9pm
Pasadena Museum of California Art
490 East Union Street
Pasadena 91101
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD STUDIO’S 5TH ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE 
Try over 20 FREE 30-minute sample classes: Zumba, Cardio Carnivale, Yoga Booty Ballet, Hot Bod, Hip Hop, Strip Hop, Pop Video, Bollywood, Pilates, World Beat Workout & more! Special Youth Open House from 6-7pm.
Free
1:30-7pm
Your Neighborhood Studio
3625 Hayden Ave
Culver City 90232
www.yourneighborhoodstudio.com
MELROSE TRADING POST
There are 200 eclectic vendors selling everything from records, to furniture, arts and crafts, food vendors and live entertainment.
$2, $1/students and seniors
9am-5pm
Fairfax High School Parking Lot
Fairfax & Melrose
Los Angeles
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BRAZILIAN SAMBA CLASS
Learn to Samba at Capoeira Brasil Los Angeles. The first class is only $5. All levels, all genders, all ages. Start with a cardio Based warm-up and workout and finish with a Samba de Roda at end of class. After your first class you are offered the chance to buy a 5-class pack for $50 only available your first time, so take advantage of it if you’re interested.
$5
8:15pm
Capoeira Brasil
5557 Washington Blvd
Los Angeles 90016
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PACIFIC STANDARD TIME’S 11-DAY PERFORMANCE & PUBLIC ART FESTIVAL 
This 11-Day festival celebrates LA’s role, past and present, as an epicenter of performance and public art. This 11-day celebration will feature more than 30 extraordinary performances–including contemporary re-enactments of iconic works by artists such as Judy Chicago, Suzanne Lacy, Robert Wilhite and James Turrell–and interventions both large and small in the public sphere. Organized by the Getty Research Institute and LA ART, and supported by grants from the Getty Foundation in conjunction with the ongoing Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980 initiative, the Performance and Public Art Festival will reexamine, reinvent, reinterpret and renew an epochal movement in contemporary art for which Los Angeles has been an epicenter. It’s one of the most noted exhibits in town.
Free
Thru Sunday, January 29th
Various Locations
Los Angeles
ART LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY FAIR
This event returns to the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, where there’s 40,000 square feet of exhibition space and soaring 40 foot ceilings. The fair presents 70 top international blue chip and emerging galleries from around the world, with a strong focus on Los Angeles galleries. 
Free
Thru Sunday, January 22
The Barker Hangar
3021 Airport Ave
Santa Monica 90405
“28 AT 28” EXHIBITION & OPENING RECEPTION
Award-winning photographer Sam Comen’s first solo exhibition, “28 at 28,” premieres with an installation of over 100 shots that are a serial portraiture study that captures the evolving lives of Comen’s peer group in a crisp, saturated style. Free
exhibit thru 1.22.12
9415 Culver Blvd.
Culver City 90232
RESTAURANT.COM GIFT CERTIFICATES
Every few days this unique site does an amazing sale. Here’s how their site benefits over 5 million customers: find the restaurant you want to eat at and gift certificates of multiple denominations. Normally a $25 gift certificate that requires a minimum $35 purchase (+ 18% gratuity on the total bill) for 2 people sells for $10. Well, if they’re having an 80% off sale that voucher comes out to only $2! Spend $2 and get $25 off of your $35 check. This is totally legitimate and restaurants are usually quite appreciative for the new business.
ALL EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND THE LAaLALand Alert!!!! IS NOT RESPONSIBLE IF THE WHEREABOUTS ADJUST. PLEASE CHECK WITH THE EVENT ORGANIZERS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
