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Where/When: , 13352 Beach Ave, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292; 4:00pm–6:00pm Saturday, March 12, 2011
Why Go: Ever wanted to have a secret language that most people won't understand? This ancient Filipino script text should do the trick.
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Pricing: $25.00/day, $45 for two days
•Where/When: Uncle Darrow's, 2560 Lincoln Blvd, Venice, CA 90291; 1:00pm–5:00pm Saturday, March 12, 2011
Why Go: This event involves include a crawfish boil, dancing, raffles throughout. Wow. Part of the proceeds raised during the 11th Annual "Mardi Gras" festival will go to the Randal D. Simmons Outreach Foundation.
Pricing: Free admission
Where/When: , 13000 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066 (The Learning Garden; Enter on Walgrove. Street parking available); 1:00pm–5:00pm Saturday, March 12, 2011
Why Go: Reclaim our ability to grow and eat our own food and medicine and to come together in community to create and maintain vibrant green spaces.
Pricing: Free admission
•Where/When: , 13325 Beach Ave, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292; 7:00pm Saturday, March 12, 2011
Why Go: This is a two-part documentary movie exploring the "glue" that holds sustainable communities together, shot in high definition cameras and completed February 2009.
Pricing: Free admission
•Where/When: Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291; 7:30pm Monday, March 13, 2011
Why Go: This will be the first reading of the new poetry anthology Walking through a River of Fire: 100 Years of Triangle Fire Poetry, edited by Julia Stein with an introduction by Jack Hirschman.
Pricing: Admission $7, students/seniors/children $5, members FREE. Street parking.
