Afternoon tea is a perfect way to spend a Friday afternoon. / Photo by motograf via flickr. Is your bff in town this weekend? Looking for fun, girlie things to do? Then this edition of “Pencil This In” is for you. (Don't worry guys, you can do these things, too. Except probably item #3.) TEA Sometimes you just find yourself in the mood for the smoky flavor of lapsang souchong tea, scones with cream......

Griffith Park Bridge | Photo by mavric2003 via Flickr Monday Jose Canseco signs Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseball 7pm @ Book Soup Kate Mosse presents Sepulchre 7pm @ Vroman's Jeffrey Sachs discusses Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet 7pm @ Central Library Tuesday Dave Rensin presents All for a Few Perfect Waves 7pm @ Book Soup Robert Levinson presents In the Key of Death 7:30pm @ Skylight......

Stage and screen choreographer Michael Kidd died this past Sunday in Los Angeles at the age of 92, according to the New York Times. From his beginnings in Brooklyn, Kidd moved over to Manhattan to dance and create dances for dance companies including Lincoln Kirstein's Ballet Caravan (1937), Eugene Loring's Dance Players (1941) and Ballet Theater, the predecessor to the American Ballet Theater (1942-47). Soon after dance critic Edwin Denby opined that Kidd’s talents “leaned......

Though my allegiance has switched over to the Landmark, many film lovers in Los Angeles regard the Arclight as the best multiplex in town. It programs studio pictures right alongside esoteric indies, it offers great concessions, its screenings are commercial-free and it schedules cool events with celebrated films and filmmakers. This Wednesday, tickets go on sale for one of those very events. In fact, this one may be the coolest in awhile. To celebrate......

American Cinematheque heats up the Egyptian this weekend when they expand their annual Tiki Sunday to fill three days with films and events. Friday night the festivities were kicked off with a screening of George Roy Hill’s epic film, Hawaii, starring Julie Andrews. Saturday July 7th at 4pm there will be a can't-miss screening of rare, 1960s tiki-themed television clips from the collection of artist Kevin Kidney. Stay after the screening for a Luau......

18,000 screaming queens, pregnant nuns, and babies in lederhosen headed to the Hollywood Bowl last Saturday for the annual Sound Of Music Sing-A-Long. As expected, many snacks from Trader Joe's were eaten (might I recommend the Artichoke/Jalapeno dip), much swooning over Christopher Plummer took place, the Baroness got hissed at, Julie Andrews was cheered, and the unified masses belted in earnest (and amazingly in key) the tunes from Rodgers & Hammerstein's final masterpiece. How......