Category Archives: Things To Do

Steve McQueen’s The Great Escape

Steve McQueen’s wife of 15 years, Neile Adams, will sign copies of her book My Husband, My Friend and introduce a screening of THE GREAT ESCAPE, featuring McQueen in his breakout role (literally) as Captain Virgil Hilts, “The Cooler King,” in the superlative WWII drama chronicling the real-life,  prison camp escape of Allied POWs in Germany.

Sat, March 31 at  7:30pm

Egyptian Theatre

 DESIGN LOVES ART at PDC

Tuesday, March 20, 5-8:30 pm

Design Loves Art, hosted by the Pacific Design Center as party of West Week, is an emerging arts program inviting galleries, local artists, curators and filmmakers who, “reflect particularly on design as an extension of artistic practice, spanning a variety of disciplines and mediums” to utilize currently unused space in the Blue Building of the PDC.

Exhibits are at the following spaces: Annie Wharton B275, Another Year in LA B267, The Prospectus B266, Den Contemporary B261, 5790 Projects, B208, Gemini G.E.L. B273, Here is Elsewhere B231, Magi Flying Carpets B256, NY Film Academy B226, Post Modern Production B22, See Lind Gallery B274, Mary Younakof B233, Young Projects B230

6-6:30 pm Mary Younakof Live Performance Art at B215  with 343 people wearing her dresses from her 343 dresses project.

Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose, West Hollywood, CA

The GRAMMY Museum presents one of the most prolific and poignant writers in pop history, Carole Bayer Sager, at their beautiful 200 seat Clive Davis Theater . Sager’s songbook spans almost 40 years and contains some of the period’s most popular and successful songs. From the GRAMMY-winning “That’s What Friends Are For,” the Oscar-winning “Arthur’s Theme,” and the Oscar-nominated “The Prayer,” to “Don’t Cry Out Loud” and “On My Own,” Sager’s songs have become pop standards. Her songs have been recorded by celebrated artists such as Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston among many others. With her talents, it is no surprise Sager has won a GRAMMY Award, an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award. Hear Sager, with GRAMMY Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli, discuss her accomplished career including her latest passion: painting. From portraits to abstracts, Sager’s work has received notice in the art world and beyond, including her successful debut solo art show at the LA Arthouse in Los Angeles in 2011.

The Grammy Museum at LA Live

Tuesday March 27 at 8 PM

BUY YOUR TICKETS
Doors open at 7:30pm. American Express is the exclusive payment method for Amex Presale tickets. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at the Museum Box Office (walk-up only) or online. Public onsale is Friday, March 16, at noon. American Express presale purchasers will also receive a special gift. All proceeds benefit the GRAMMY Museum.

Guy Magar will be signing copies of his book “Kiss Me Quick Before I Shoot”

Sunday, March 18th, from 1 – 3 p.m.

It’s not your typical story line: Egyptian immigrant makes his way into the United States, attends film school, discovers his first producer is a Mafia assassin, lands a directing contract with Universal, nearly decapitates an eight-year-old Drew Barrymore, and hires James Cameron for his first production design job.

The perimeter of Guy Magar’s memoir Kiss Me Quick Before I Shoot
features the outrageous tales of his Hollywood career, the sweat of his dedicated work ethic and the heft of golden names dropped throughout. The interior contains darkly serious matter: how Earth tilts off her axis the day the love of Magar’s life, his wife Jacqui, is diagnosed with leukemia.

British Actor, Robin Ellis, known worldwide for his role as Captain Ross Poldark in the classic BBC series of the same name will be in Los Angeles to introduce his new cookbook, Delicious Dishes for Diabetics.

Robin will be signing copies at Chevalier’s Books on Saturday, March 17th, from 1 – 3 p.m

Robin Lives in the southwest of France, where he has become an accomplished chef, specializing in healthy dishes based on Mediterranean cuisine.

GUESS by Marciano and Step Up invite you to an evening
of social networking on March 21, 6-9pm at Guess by Marciano at The Grove to:

• connect with fellow Step Up members and their guests
• enjoy sips and snacks
• preview the new spring collection
• receive a free gift (available to the first 150 registrants who take action to join, renew, or upgrade their Step Up membership)

Step Up Women’s Network is a national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to connecting and advancing women and girls. By bridging communities of professional women and under-served teen girls through mentorship, networking and advancement, they ensure women and girls have the opportunities they need to create a better future.

Simply stated, for members Step Up connects its members to the professional women they need & the under served teen girls who need you.

Members, Prospective Members and Volunteers can register for free tickets http://www.suwn.org/eventDetails.aspx?d=eb35903b-0f41-1cbc-65dd-26cf3c4a30fc