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Category: Lecture

  • The multi-talented Devendra Banhart has an event this month that will combine all his artistic talents in one afternoon! Hosted by LACMA, this upcoming event on Sunday, June 28, at 4:00 p.m. will feature Devendra Banhart discussing his book I Left My Noodle on Ramen Street and performing a FREE set with his band. Devendra…

  • Courtesy of The Voice Project, controversial political rockers Pussy Riot will be here in Los Angeles! Nadya and Masha from Pussy Riot will participate in a panel conversation at Mack Sennett Studios on Monday, April 7, at 10:00 p.m. The panel will include Shepard Fairey (of Obey), Wayne Kramer (of MC5), Anne Litt (of KCRW),…

  • Another Coachella 2013 act has scheduled a show in Los Angeles next year! The star of the Academy Award-winning documentary film Searching For Sugarman, Sixto Rodriguez will perform live at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex on Saturday, May 31.

  • INFO: Hanni El Khatib at Alex’s Bar (FREE w/ RSVP) Happy Thursday Scenestar readers! Besides the great week of weather we’re having in Los Angeles, the list of shows popping up at our favorite venues is getting longer and longer. Today, our Show Of The Night features one of our favorite artists, Hanni El Khatib,…

  • One of the best free concerts of 2010 had to be one of Grand Performances' shows featuring Miguel Atwood-Ferguson at California Plaza when he teamed up with Scenestar favorites Bilal, Chris Dave and Flying Lotus for a memorable night of great music. Now you can experience the magic once more in 2011 when Miguel Atwood-Ferguson…

  • Local non-profit organization 826LA is hosting an online pledge-a-thon, entitled Chickens in Love, in which you vote for your favorite songs, written by 826LA students and covered by such notable local acts as Cold War Kids, She & Him and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, among others. To listen to the songs and pledge…

  • Ira Glass, host of radio program and television show This American Life, will speak at UCLA's Royce Hall for a little show he likes to call "Radio Stories and Other Stories." The event will take place on Saturday, March 27. Ira will be discussing crafting the art and story of This American Life, sharing his…