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Wicked, Broadway's Hit Musical at the Pantages Theatre

Pantages Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
and 14 more dates.
Full Price: $98.00 Our Price: $50.25*
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Wicked, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, is "a phenomenon that keeps growing" (L.A. Times). Long before Dorothy drops in, two girls meet in the land of Oz and form an unlikely friendship, going on to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch. Wicked has won 20 major awards, including a Grammy Award and three Tony Awards.

The Lady With All the Answers: Play About Ann Landers at Pasadena Playhouse

Pasadena Playhouse (Pasadena, CA)
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
and 35 more dates.
Full Price: $32.00 - $55.00 Our Price: $16.00 - $27.50*
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Pasadena Playhouse presents The Lady With All the Answers. Written by playwright and TV writer David Rambo (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), this hilarious and touching drama follows popular advice columnist Ann Landers as she grapples with problems of her own. Mimi Kennedy portrays Landers.

9 to 5: The Musical, Based on the Hit Film, at the Ahmanson

Ahmanson Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $65.00 - $85.00 Our Price: SOLD OUT*
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Based on the movie about three office workers who turn the tables on their sexist boss, this new comedy features music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, including the blockbuster title song. Starring Emmy Award winner Allison Janney ("The West Wing"), 9 to 5: The Musical has a book by Patricia Resnick, who wrote the film, and is directed by Joe Mantello, director of Wicked.

Panic at the Disco, Dashboard Confessional Headline Rock Band Live

STAPLES Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $29.95 Our Price: $15.00*
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The video game phenomenon Rock Band presents the Rock Band Live tour, traveling across country with headliners Panic at the Disco and Dashboard Confessional, along with Plain White T's and The Cab. The tour allows Rock Band fans to compete in head-to-head competitions for a chance to play on the main stage in between the tour acts' sets. Bands will be selected through local radio promotions, national contests and on-site at each show.

Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights

Universal Studios Hollywood (Universal City, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 7:00pm - 1:00am
Sunday, Oct. 19 @ 7:00pm - 1:00am
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $44.00 Our Price: $39.00*
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Enter the worlds of Jason, Freddy and Leatherface as each one comes to life in the most terrifying Halloween event in Southern California. See them in the flesh in four new mazes and witness the horror as each one comes to life when you step off the all-new Terror Tram and onto the Backlot — only at Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights.

Sunday Champagne Brunch Cruise Around Marina Del Rey

Hornblower Cruises and Events (Marina del Rey, CA)
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ Noon
Full Price: $53.00 Our Price: $35.00*
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Take in the sights, listen to relaxing music, linger in the sun and enjoy a leisurely Sunday brunch on this two-hour cruise. Hornblower Cruises' lavish brunch buffet features a savory selection of all your favorites and includes complimentary free-flowing champagne.

Puccini's Madama Butterfly from Los Angeles Opera

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $98.00 - $235.00 Our Price: $49.00 - $118.00*
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This heartbreaking drama of Puccini's most tragic heroine is illuminated in new ways in this minimalist production by Robert Wilson. Soprano Liping Zhang, who made an indelible impression when she debuted in the role at Covent Garden takes the part of the impressionable teenage geisha. The acclaimed Metropolitan Opera star Franco Farina appears as the callous Lieutenant Pinkerton and James Conlon conducts.

DateandDash Presents Speed Dating for Older Women/Younger Men

Tangier Restaurant (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 23 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $39.99 Our Price: $19.00*
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Here's your chance to come face-to-face with that elusive someone you've always known is out there, but haven't met yet. Speed dating lets you skip the excruciating first date experience. Instead, with DateandDash you can chat with a large pool of people, choose your favorites, and see if they choose you. This event is designed for men ages 21-33 and women ages 35-45.

Limón Dance Company Performs Two Premieres at the Luckman

Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State LA (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $45.00 Our Price: $22.50*
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Acclaimed around the world, the Limón Dance Company celebrates the 100th anniversary of José Limón's birth with two premieres at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex: the major revival premiere of Anna Sokolow's jazz-inspired Rooms, set to an original jazz score by Kenyon Hopkins, and the world premiere of Clay Taliaferro's Into My Heart's House, inspired by Limón's love for the music of Bach.

Monterey Wine Tasting with Live Jazz at Cafe Del Rey

Cafe Del Rey (Marina Del Rey, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 1:30pm-4pm
Full Price: $69.00 Our Price: $39.00*
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Join LearnAboutWine at the Monterey Wine and Jazz event at Cafe Del Rey. Sample approximately 40 wines from vineyards in the lush wine-making region of Monterey, enjoy live jazz, eat amazing food from Cafe Del Rey and mingle with friends.

Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim's Fairy Tale Musical

The Lyric Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 23 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 24 @ 8:00pm
and 29 more dates.
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*
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Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods is a whimsical look at our most beloved fairy tales and what happens after "happily ever after." What begins as a lively and irreverent fantasy becomes a moving lesson about community responsibility and the stories we tell our children.

Pin-Up Girls: Show About WWII-Era Burlesque Performers

Avery Schreiber Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 24 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 25 @ 8:00pm
and 13 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Theater Unleashed presents the world premiere of Andrew Moore's Pin-Up Girls. This comedy-drama tells the story of performers at a burlesque show in 1940s San Francisco. In a nation disrupted by war, these women find freedom and camaraderie backstage at the burlesque theatre.

Storybook Theatre's Sleeping Beauty, An Interactive Musical for Families

Theatre West (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 1:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 25 @ 1:00pm
and 9 more dates.
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: $6.00*
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Storybook Theatre's award-winning Sleeping Beauty is a rollicking version of the famous story. There are plenty of songs and lots of audience participation to delight the whole family. The members of the audience try to hide Sleeping Beauty from the wacky fairy as the prince bravely goes on his adventure to find her.

Night Stories: Behind The Scenes of a Creepy 1950s Radio Serial

Theatre 68 (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Theatre 68 presents Night Stories, a comedy about the suspense radio serials of the 1950s. Set in an era when families would gather together to listen to chilling tales on the radio, the play takes viewers behind the scenes of three broadcasts, with hilarious results.

Freedom of Speech: Award-Winning Solo Show at Sidewalk Studio Theatre

Sidewalk Studio Theatre (Burbank, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 7:00pm
Thursday, Oct. 16 @ 7:00pm
and 8 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Sidewalk Studio Theatre welcomes Eliza Jane Schneider's Freedom of Speech. Voted Best Solo Show at the New York Fringe Festival, the show features Schneider portraying thirty different characters from across the country. Schneider, who formerly voiced most of the female characters on TV's South Park, traveled across the country exploring the effects of dialect on modern culture; the results are shocking, insightful, and hilarious.

Ragtime - The Tony Award-Winning Musical - From Musical Theatre of L.A.

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 10 more dates.
Full Price: $34.99 Our Price: $17.50*
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Ragtime paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of life in turn-of-the-century America. Based on E.L. Doctorow's distinguished novel, Ragtime intertwines three distinct stories that poignantly illustrate history's timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and love and hate.

The Nightmare Before Christmas In 3-D at the El Capitan!

El Capitan Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 7:00pm
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 10:15pm
and 15 more dates.
Full Price: $13.00 Our Price: $9.00*
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Enter an extraordinary world filled with magic and wonder! The Nightmare Before Christmas tells the tale of Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, where all things that go bump in the night live out the entire year in preparation for that night of spooks and shrieks. This movie captured the heart and imagination of audiences everywhere with its Academy Award-nominated stop-motion effects, Grammy-nominated music, and the genius of Tim Burton.

No Place To Be Somebody at Stella Adler Theatre

Stella Adler Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
and 14 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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In No Place To Be Somebody, an overly ambitious black bartender of questionable character tries to take over a white Mafia-controlled area. Confrontational dealings with ex-convicts, hustlers, prostitutes, and others result in fatal consequences.

Comedy Leading Ladies from Actors Co-op

Crossley Theatres (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*
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In this comedy by the author of Lend Me A Tenor, two hapless English actors are performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on Pennsylvania's Moose Lodge circuit. When they hear that an elderly woman is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English relatives, they hatch a plot to scam her of the fortune. The trouble is, upon their arrival, they find out that the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces.

Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament

Medieval Times (Buena Park, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 7:00pm
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 7:00pm
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $37.40 - $54.65 Our Price: $19.43 - $28.18*
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Medieval Times is an exciting, family-friendly dinner attraction inspired by an 11th century feast and tournament. Guests are served a four-course banquet and cheer for one of six knights as they compete in the joust and other tests of skill. Expect lots of jousting, swordsmanship, thrilling hand-to-hand combat, and displays of extraordinary horsemanship as part of an exciting story set in Medieval Spain.

Miami City Ballet Performs Twyla Tharp/Elvis Costello Collaboration Nightspot

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Oct. 24 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, Oct. 25 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, Oct. 26 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $100.00 Our Price: $50.00*
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The Miami City Ballet performs the West Coast debut of Twyla Tharp and Elvis Costello's Nightspot at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Tharp has created some of the most memorable dances in modern repertory, while Costello is one of the most revered musical artists of our time. Also on this program are Christopher Wheeldon's Liturgy and George Balanchine's Tarantella and Symphony in Three Movements, all with live orchestra.

Sleeping Beauty, a Live Production Especially for Kids

The Bubble Gum Playhouse at the Whitefire Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Saturday, Nov. 22 @ 10:00am
Saturday, Nov. 29 @ 10:00am
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: FREE - $6.00*
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The Bubble Gum Playhouse presents Sleeping Beauty with a twist. When a spunky and beloved princess falls under the spell of a cranky fairy, can a somewhat unusual good fairy team up with a Prince Sort-Of-Charming and save the day? Or is the king destined to be face down in his macaroni and cheese forever?

The Bead Show at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (Santa Monica, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ Noon
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 10:00am
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 11:00am
Full Price: $6.00 Our Price: FREE*
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The Bead Show features thousands of top-quality beads and beading supplies at affordable prices from exhibitors around the world. In addition, there will be free beading workshops with Wendy Simpson Conner, author of The Best Little Beading Book, all weekend long.

Louis & Keely: Live at the Sahara — A Musical Based on the Vegas Lounge Act

The Matrix Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $34.99 Our Price: $17.50*
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Inspired by the true story of the original Vegas lounge act, Louis & Keely: Live at the Sahara is the musical tale of the 1950s' legendary King of the Swingers, and his relationship with his most famed duet partner — and fourth wife. The show includes favorites such as "Just a Gigolo," "I've Got You Under My Skin," "Autumn Leaves" and more.

Kiss of the Spider Woman: Award-Winning Musical, Presented By Havok Theatre Company

Bootleg Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
and 6 more dates.
Full Price: $34.00 - $40.00 Our Price: $17.00 - $20.00*
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Havok Theatre Company presents Kiss of the Spider Woman. Terrence McNally, John Kander, and Fred Ebb's musical won seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The story of two inmates in a Latin American prison, it dazzlingly mixes gritty realism with opulent fantasy. The show's music will be performed live by a six-person ensemble.

Pasadena Jazz: Live Music from Jazz Greats and Hot Newcomers

Pasadena Jazz Institute (Pasadena, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:30 pm (Vardan Ovsepian Trio)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00 pm (John Daversa Big Band)
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 8:30 pm (Elena Williams and Trio)
Full Price: $10.00 - $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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Spend the evening at the venue that is fast becoming Pasadena's hottest spot for live jazz: the Pasadena Jazz Institute's new home at the Paseo Colorado. Audiences will enjoy ongoing sets of music, performed by some of the most talented newcomers and veterans from the world of jazz.

Special Goldstar Offer: Free Los Angeles Clippers Preseason Tickets

STAPLES Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, Oct. 21 @ 7:30pm (vs. Phoenix Suns)
Wednesday, Oct. 22 @ 7:30pm (vs. Portland Trailblazers)
Friday, Oct. 24 @ 7:30pm (vs. Denver Nuggets)
Full Price: $35.00 Our Price: SOLD OUT*
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To thank Goldstar and its members for their support over the past seasons, the Clippers have made a special offer of free preseason tickets for three games this season. Watch Baron Davis, Chris Kaman, and the Clippers take on three Western Conference rivals — the Phoenix Suns, Portland Trailblazers, and Denver Nuggets — as they gear up for another exciting season of NBA basketball.

Old Town Haunt: Pasadena's Largest Haunted House

Old Town Haunt (Pasadena, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm-Midnight
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm-Midnight
and 13 more dates.
Full Price: $18.50 - $20.00 Our Price: $9.25 - $10.00*

Explore the haunted history of Pasadena, including the basement of the old Union Savings Bank, a building where, legend has it, a number of dead bodies turned up in the catacombs. It's a haunted house in a legendary haunted location.

The 18th Annual Divas Simply Singing Benefit Concert

Wilshire Theatre Beverly Hills (Beverly Hills, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $28.50 - $253.50 Our Price: SOLD OUT*
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Divas Simply Singing is an evening of song and entertainment benefiting Women Alive Coalition and Sister Circle Project: South Africa in 2008. This event features a host of the most talented women in the entertainment business united in a benefit concert to continue the courageous battle against HIV/AIDS.

The Queen of Sheba Pop Concert Cabaret at King King

King King Hollywood (Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 19 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 26 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $12.50 - $25.00 Our Price: $6.25 - $12.50*
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The Queen of Sheba live show is a pop concert cabaret starring Cheri London. It tells the story of a talented singer's struggle with her abusive father and how, with the help of her online girlfriends, she is able to overcome his violent oppression to become a virtual pop sensation at Club Neverdie — the #1 virtual nightclub in the world.

The House of Blue Leaves at the Newly Restored Mark Taper Forum

Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $36.00 - $54.00 Our Price: $18.00 - $27.00*
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The Pope's 1965 visit to New York City brings the hope of answered prayers and a few unexpected guests to an apartment in Sunnyside, Queens, where Artie Shaughnessy, a zookeeper, pines for a new life as a popular songwriter. After a $30 million renovation, the new Mark Taper Forum begins performances with the first major production of this American classic in over twenty years.

Molly Ringwald Sings Songs from the Great American Songbook

Pasadena Jazz Institute (Pasadena, CA)
Friday, Oct. 24 @ 8:30pm
Friday, Oct. 24 @ 10:30pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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'80s film icon Molly Ringwald, star of "The Breakfast Club," "Sixteen Candles" and "Pretty in Pink," takes the stage at the intimate, cabaret-style Pasadena Jazz Institute, performing selections from the Great American Songbook, accompanied by some of L.A.'s finest musicians. Ringwald recently performed in the Broadway tour of Sweet Charity, and currently stars in "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" on ABC.

U-Sical, the Improvised Musical, from ComedySportz

National Comedy Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 10:30pm
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 10:30pm
Saturday, Oct. 25 @ 10:30pm
Full Price: $17.00 Our Price: $8.50*
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The National Comedy Theatre presents U-Sical, a full-length improvised musical comedy, featuring audience participation.

Farmers' Market and West 3rd Street Food Tasting Tour

3rd Street and Fairfax Avenue (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 9:30am
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 9:30am
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $49.00 Our Price: $30.00*
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Spend a Friday or Saturday morning sampling delicious world cuisine in the heart of mid-city Los Angeles. This walking and tasting tour from Melting Pot Tours includes tastings at various stops in the famous L.A. landmark Farmers' Market at 3rd and Fairfax. Then, heading west along 3rd Street, you'll enjoy additional small gourmet bites at specialty eateries and a visit to a renowned cookbook store.

ComedySportzKidz — Clean Fun for the Family

National Comedy Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Nov. 1 @ 3:00pm
Saturday, Dec. 6 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Give the kids — and yourself — a good laugh at ComedySportzKidz, presented by the National Comedy Theatre.

Baby It's You: A New Musical About the Shirelles

The Coast Playhouse (West Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $29.50 Our Price: $14.75*
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The Coast Playhouse hosts the world premiere of Baby It's You, a new musical about legendary girl group the Shirelles. Featuring the group's classic hits, the show tells the story of the group, New Jersey housewife-turned-record company executive Florence Greenberg, and how they rose to stardom in the early 1960s.

Massages and More: Spa Treatment Packages at Cote d'Azur

Cote d'Azur Spa (Pasadena, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ Various Times
Friday, Oct. 10 @ Various Times
and 18 more dates.
Full Price: $140.00 - $310.00 Our Price: $70.00 - $155.00*
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As a wonderful gift or an indulgent treat for yourself, you can't do much better than a full body massage package or a facial package at the serene Cote d'Azur Spa, located in Old Town Pasadena. It's sure to be an unforgettable experience.

Oliver Twist: Stage Version of Dickens Classic at A Noise Within

A Noise Within at the Historic Masonic Temple (Glendale, CA)
Wednesday, Nov. 5 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Thursday, Nov. 6 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $28.00 - $44.00 Our Price: $14.00 - $22.00*
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A Noise Within presents Oliver Twist. The play is based on Charles Dickens' classic novel about a young boy who falls in with criminals in 19th-century London. Neil Bartlett's vibrant, heartfelt adaptation is informed by the Victorian music hall tradition.

International Gem and Jewelry Show at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (Santa Monica, CA)
Friday, Dec. 5 @ Noon to 6:00pm
Saturday, Dec. 6 @ 10:00am to 6:00pm
Sunday, Dec. 7 @ 11:00am to 5:00pm
Full Price: $7.00 Our Price: FREE*
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The acclaimed International Gem and Jewelry Show presents the most dazzling display of gems, jewelry, beads, accessories and minerals ever seen under one roof. The huge selection, along with special show pricing direct from worldwide designers and manufacturers, make this show a must for gem enthusiasts and jewelry lovers alike.

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