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In an e-mail early, early, early this morning, McCabe's announced something unexpected: The Swell Season will be playing tomorrow night in the guitar shop's intimate performance space. You may not recognize the band's name, but you know them as Irish singer Glen Hansard and Czech pianist Marketa Irglova from the movie Once. The gig got booked serendipitously yesterday when Glen brought his guitar into the shop for repair. Of course, the bad news here is that tickets sold out quickly, probably before the light of day hit. Tonight, McCabe's presents Jackshit, who we interviewed here on LAist last August.

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MUSIC: Machine Project is back with an evening of experimental folk music mix. The evening features the sounds of Ryan Fuller, Julie Carpenter, Laura Steenberge, Ruthann Friedman, rickyricky, Pilar Diaz, Pawko and Marshweed.

Red Hen Press poets read their work 8pm @ Boston Court Main Stage, Pasadena

There’s something for everyone in LA theatre scene this week: love, families and a little blood sucking...and if you don't like paying for your tickets but want to see what LA theatre is all about, then check out the LA Stage Alliance's Free Night of Theatre 2007. The Last Schwartz In this poignant comedy, the Schwartz siblings have gathered in their childhood family home for the one-year anniversary of their father's death. Ya gotta love...

Kenneth Turan presents Never Coming to a Theater Near You 7pm @ Studio City Branch Library

Tarfest, the La Brea pits' very own arts fest, launches this year -- its fifth -- next Friday. Created both to celebrate the Miracle Mile and to provide the opportunity for artists and audiences to discover each other, Tarfest is free, unlike certain other Sunset Junctionlike festivals one could name. Find the full schedule here; highlights include: Friday, October 5: Gallery exhibition ( and reception featuring musical performances at the Korean Cultural Center, 5505...

Randall Robinson presents An Unbroken Agony 7pm @ EsoWon Books

Susan Diamond signs What Goes Around 7pm @ Dutton’s

Dave Winfield signs Dropping the Ball 7pm @ Vroman’s

Monday P.J. O’Rourke signs On the Wealth of Nations 7pm @ Book Soup Adam Gopnick reads Through the Children's Gate 7:30pm @ Skirball Cultural Center Tuesday David Mamet signs Bambi vs. Godzilla 7pm @ Book Soup Edward Humes signs Monkey Girl 7pm @ Vroman’s Norman Mailer discusses Castle in the Forest with David Ulin 7:30pm @ Writers Guild Theater Daveed Gartenstein-Ross presents My Year in Radical Islam 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble Santa Monica...

Brrrrrrrrr... did you enjoy cuddling under your blankets last night during that blast of cold weather? Don't forget that it snowed in Los Angeles less than a year ago (and will SCV be so lucky?). Maybe this is Los Angeles' way of saying hello to Beckham with a little frosty cold treat. We're enjoying it. After all, some of us are transplants. Besides the top stories that you probably already know by now, A.M....

"They're giving it away free? It must be good!" Put on your best pair of ripped jeans and a collared shirt (floss it, of course). It’s time for all the broke posers of LA to pretend they’re cultured! You can’t miss with the second annual "Museums Free-For-All" day on Sunday, October 1. Of course, those broke non-posers will probably realize that most of the 20 participating museums are normally completely free (Getty Center, California...

Last night I had a dream I was walking on an empty freeway with a martini in one hand and a beedog in the other. Bathrobe clad with a cigarette dangling from my mouth like Valley of the Dolls meets The Color of Money, I flag down Mr. T, who is speeding by on a tractor while singing “Private Eyes,” by Hall and Oates. We exchange knock-knock jokes and arrive at an oceanfront condo...

Marshall Astor loves San Pedro something fierce. He is a working artist who not only manages programs at Angels Gate Cultural Center but also operates the Walled City art gallery in his spare time. He's organized a group show at the Brewery Project called "Contemplating Apocalypse" that will debut on September 9, 2006 with a reception starting at 7 PM. Custom brewed malt liquor will be on hand and patrons will be encouraged to consume copious amounts so that they can truly understand the project. Marshall also contributes to "Life on the Edge," a blog about San Pedro.

Two Months. Two Comedies. One Hillside Location. We are excited for Say The Word and Says You! to come to the Skirball Cultural Center:

When it comes right down to it, UCLA professor, Pulitzer prizewinner, evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond is all that. Guns, Germs and Steel is about how societies evolved; Collapse is about how they disappeared. Tonight he'll be speaking about one, or the other, or perhaps what happens in-between at the Skirball Cultural Center. Tickets are still available; they're not cheap, but $20 is still less than you'd pay to register at UCLA.

Writer Janet Dulin Jones has been working on a screenplay, now a play, about the life of Charles Dickens since 1990. Director and co-writer Paul Lazarus has worked with her for the past 3 years. Now they've collaborated with the Antaeus Company, Los Angeles's classical theatre ensemble () to bring Dickens to the stage. This weekend, for five performances only, Los Angeles audiences finally get a chance to sneak a look at this mysterious story - an tale of Dickens' own life and his investigations of murder, treachery, and skullduggery in 1830s London.

Bookblogger Laila Lalami of MoorishGirl will be reading from her new book, tonight at 7:30 pm at Beyond Baroque in Venice. Lalami, although currently a SoCal expat, lived in Los Angeles for many years. She wrote this on her blog about coming back for a Duttons' reading yesterday:

Grab a jacket, some friends and get out of the house. There are plenty of
free gigs to keep you occupied.

SATURDAY, 10/8

• Catch Hot Club Quartette at Cafe
  Z in the Skirball Cultural Center followed
  by a free screening of Algeria in a Smile. The
  show starts at noon. Call (310) 440-4500.


• DJs Michael Stock and Benjamin White of Part
  Time Punks continue
  their residency at MOCA.
  The show starts at 6pm. It's free with general museum admission. Call (213)
  621-1734.


• The Afro-Brazilian Drumming and Potluck features world percussion
  jams and food at Bang
  a Drum starting at 7:30pm. Admission is free, but this is a potluck,
  so bring food. For info, call (323) 936-3274.

SUNDAY, 10/9

• Mezzo-soprano Hermine Haselböck and pianist Florian Henschel perform
  songs by Alexander Zemlinsky for the LACMA Sundays
  Live Series. The show starts
  at 6pm. Call (323) 857-6234.


• Part-Time Punks present Ariel
  Pink, Indian Jewelry and Blood
  On The Wall
  at the echo at 10pm.
  For more info, call (213) 413-8200.
  

MONDAY, 10/10

• Colored Shadows continue their
  residency at Spaceland.
  The doors open at 8pm and the show begins at 9pm. Call (323) 661-4380.
  
  
• Lavender Diamond continue
  their October residency at the
  echo. The show starts at 8:30pm. For
  details, call (213) 413-8200.
  
• The Words take
  the stage at the
  Silverlake Lounge at 11pm. Call (323) 666-2407.
  

Tonight, we could've been going to see Liz Phair at the Troub but we'll be bar crawling in Santa Monica and Venice instead. We thought we were too old for the crawl but someone else's birthday wishes suggest we're not.

Writers Bloc presents prolific author Joyce Carol Oates in conversation with David Ulin at the Skirball Cultural Center tonight, June 21st, at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $20. Reservations suggested. You can call Writers Bloc at (310) 335-0917.

Advance tickets: (866) 468-3399 or TicketWeb Logo (service charges apply)

Local political junkies are slowly turning their attention from last week’s election to the upcoming City Hall races. The Mayor’s race is attracting the most attention due to the high-profile challengers to Mayor Jim Hahn, though both of Hahn’s fellow City-wide elected officials—City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and City Controller Laura Chick—are up for re-election. The seven eight odd-numbered Council districts will also hold elections, with six seven incumbents seeking re-election and Councilmember Cindy Miscikowski of the 11th Council District leaving office due to term limits.