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Entries from LAist tagged with 'judyblume'

September 13, 2008

Judy Blume turned 70 this year. Jill Soloway and friends are planning a celebration of one of their favorite authors with a tribute of readings, performance, and music at M Bar. The event is a good-natured spoof of the annual observance of Bloomsday, commemorated annually on June 16, which pays homage to James Joyce by re-enacting the events in his novel, Ulysses. The protagonist of Ulysses is named Leopold Bloom, thus Bloomsday. This Blumesday will......

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August 15, 2008

FILM: Attention all Hitchcock fans: The New Beverly Cinema screens two of his classics tonight and through the weekend. The spy thriller Notorious with Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant begins at 7:30 pm and it’s followed by Rebecca with Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. THEATRE*: The Falcon Theatre presents the Troubadour Theater Company tonight in a preview of the comedy As U2 Like It. The show’s a parody of Shakespeare’s As You Like It,......

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