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Miss Coco Peru: She's Got Balls

February 7, 8, 9, 10

Thurs - Sat at 8 p.m. & Sun at 7 p.m.

The Renberg Theatre

1125 N. McCadden Place

Hollywood
The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center proudly announces the L.A. premiere of "Miss Coco Peru: She's Got Balls." In her newest installment Coco reflects on her early childhood dreams, her crush on the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and her love/hate relationship with Facebook. General admission is $25. For more info, please visit

www.lagaycenter.org

Teen Bookmaking Workshop

February 9, 2013

2 p.m.

West Hollywood Library, Community Meeting Room

625 N. San Vicente Blvd

Join artist Debra Disman in Teen Bookmaking, a workshop to create a fold out pocket book (pictured). The event is for teens from between 12 and 18 years old and is sponsored by the Friends of the West Hollywood Library. For more information, please call (310) 652-5340.

Winter Sounds Concert - The Benny Brydern Quartet

February 9, 2013

3 p.m.

Kings Road Park

1000 N. Kings Road

West Hollywood

The City of West Hollywood presents The Benny Brydern Quartet with violinist extraordinaire Benedikt Brydern leading this sassy, snappy ensemble consisting of violin, two guitars, and a string bass. Spend an "Afternoon in Paris" with a celebration of the music of the great Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli's Innovative Hot Club de France Quintette. To accomodate a larger audience, dependent on weather, this concert may be held outdoors. Please dress appropiately. For more info and to hear music samples, please visit www.weho.org/arts.

MOCA Art Talk: Ben Jones and Jeffrey Deitch in Conversation

February 10, 2013

3 p.m.

West Hollywood Library, Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd

Join MOCA's (Museum of Contemporary Art) Director Jeffrey Deitch and artist Ben Jones in a dialogue about Jones' influences, strategies, and the making of 'Ben Jones: The Video,' an exhibition currently on view at MOCA Pacific Design Center. Admission is free to the event including the exhibition located across the street from the Library. The artist talk is co-sponsored by the City of West Hollywood.  For more information, please contact (213) 621-1745 or e-mail education@moca.org.

A St. Valentine's Lamentation

February 11, 2013

7 p.m.

Community Meeting Room, West Hollywood Library

625 N. San Vicente

West Hollywood

Please join us for an evening of mean spirited love poems from Antiepithalamia: & Other Poems of Regret and Resentment. Author John Tottenham will provide solace to those not blissfully in love and a corrective to those who are. For more information, please call (310) 652-5340.

"Plan Your Visit" Exhibition Reception

Reception: Februrary 13, 2013  at 7 p.m.

Exhibition: February 14 - April 7, 2013

MAK Center for Art and Architecture

at the Schindler House

835 N. Kings Road

West Hollywood

"Plan Your Visit" is an exhibition exploring the complex interactions of tourism, tourist destinations and travelers. Set at a locale that is itself an international destination for Modernism aficiandos, the historic Schindler House, the exhibitions invites a group of artist, architects, and writers to explore systems designed to activate a person's experience of a particular locale. The reception is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit ww.MAKCenter.org or call (323) 651-1510.

One Billion Rising

February 14, 2013 

10 a.m.

Sal Guarriello Veteran's Memorial

Intersection of Santa Monica Blvd

& Holloway Drive

The City of West Hollywood and the Global One Billion presents One Billion Rising, a call to action that encourages women around the world to gather, dance, and rise up to end violence against women. To learn more, visit www.onebillionrising.org

WHAP! Lecture: "Bodies in Break: A Night of Queer Performance"

February 15, 2013

7:30 p.m.

Fubar

7994 Santa Monica Blvd

West Hollywood

The City of West Hollywood and CalArts Masters Program in Aesthetic sna Politics present "Bodies in Break" a queer performance hosted by CalArts professor Douglas Kearney. The event features poet/performer Ronaldlo Wilson, co-founder of the Black Took Collective and author of Poems of the Black Object, which won the Publishing Triangle's Thom Gunn Award. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (323) 848-6460.

West Hollywood V-Day 2013

February 16, 2013

8 p.m.

West Hollywood Library, Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd

The City will commemorate the 15th Anniversary of V-day, the global effort to end violence against women with a performance of MENding Monologues, which explores gender violences issues from a male perspective. The performance will be followed by a Writing Workshop on February 17 at 12 p.m. in the West Hollywood Park Auditorium. For more information and to RSVP to events, please e-mailwehovday@gmail.com

or call (323) 848-6460.

Creating Room to Read

A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy

February 21, 2013

7:30 p.m.

West Hollywood Library

625 N. San Vicente

West Hollywood

Please join special guest John Wood in celebrating the release of Creating Room to Read, a story that delivers a dose of optimism and inspires action to transform the lives of millions of children through the lifelong gift of education. Tickets are $60 per person. For more information, please visit www.roomtoread.org/westhollywood.

Winter Sounds Concert - Jacob and Sergey Duo

February 23, 2013

3 p.m.

West Hollywood Library Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd

West Hollywood

The City of West Hollywood presents Jacob and Sergey Duo with music ranging from classical to pop. Sergey Chipenko is an honored musician in Russia, pianist, professor, composer, and band leader. Jacob Nakhman is a composer and author or many instrumental tunes including one of the first contemporary jazz albums in the USSR. For more info and to hear music samples, please visit www.weho.org/arts.

DIALOGUES Art/Architecture Paris/Los Angeles

February 27, March 27

All at 6 p.m.

Schindler House

835 N Kings Road

West Hollywood

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture and ForYourArt presents DIALOGUES, an event in several modes that brings together artists and architects to share their experiences and ideas. Leading off will be a series of three discussions, followed by an exhibition of drawings and models at ForYourArt, as well as a final panel discussion for the launch of the publication. DIALOGUES revives the vibrant salon spirit of the Schindler House in the 1920s by gathering artists and architects from Los Angeles. For more information, visit www.dialoguesproject.org.