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Civic Light Opera presents Bark! The Musical, previously the third longest running show in Los Angeles and a dog lover's dream come true. It's a musical comedy told from the point of view of six dogs at a doggie daycare -- from a puppy who wants to learn to bark, an opera-singing poodle and a rapping mutt. Learn more...

Legendary comedy Improv troupe The Groundlings present their latest show featuring the main company. Groundlings Showcase Showdown is a sketch comedy show packed with laughs. The legendary Groundlings theater troupe unveils its newest main stage show, led by Mikey Day. It's an evening of sketches and improvisation, always unpredictable and always hilarious Learn more...

See Disney and Pixar's Oscar nominated animated feature Up in Disney Digital 3D. By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, he learns he isn't alone on his journey, since a wilderness explorer -- 70 years his junior -- has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip. Learn more...

The Dearly Departed Tour is an almost three hour journey to the most famous and infamous sites of death, murder and scandal in Los Angeles. You'll see sites involving the Manson and Menendez murders, celebrity scandals, and plenty of movie locations and stars' homes. Learn more...

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents a double bill that was a hit of the 2009 Polish International Theatre Festival. Polish actress/puppeteer Anna Skubik takes on a life-sized Marlena Dietrich puppet, as both are caught in a co-dependent relationship during the star's dying days. Meanwhile her Bulgarian/American partner Anthony Nikolchev confronts his family's breathtaking 1960's escape from Communist Bulgaria. Learn more...

Four people meet one afternoon in the late 1960s--two estranged brothers, the wife of a police sergeant, and an antique dealer. The two brothers must dispose of what remains of their parents' belongings. The "price" refers on the surface to the negotiations for the goods, but it is also about the cost of living life. Each of the characters has paid a price to reach their station in life and their stories unfold in this taut drama. Learn more...

Colonial and sexual oppression are the key themes in Cloud Nine, all told through a hilarious script with a viciously sharp bite. The absurdist story follows an English family from their life in colonial Africa during the Victorian era, to their life in late twentieth century London, except that for the characters, the play spans only twenty-five years. Learn more...

The Ahmanson presents Dreamgirls, the hit musical that inspired the Oscar-winning movie. It's the timeless story of a trio of up-and-coming girl singing group in the 1960s, and the personal and professional struggles they encounter on the road to fame. This new production comes to Los Angeles direct from a hit run at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater. Learn more...

Nine cutting-edge dance companies perform in the return of the annual Celebrate Dance show for one night only at the historic Alex Theatre. This year's program from award-winning producer Jamie Nichols showcases the best in ballet, jazz, modern, contemporary, and aerial dance -- skillfully enhanced by lighting designer Eileen Cooley, the recipient of seven Lester Horton Dance Awards. Learn more...

Beijing Dance Company's show, Butterfly Lovers, begins with selections from their award-winning dance performances from China's up and coming choreographers. The second half of the show is China's version of Romeo & Juliet, set to China's most famous violin concerto, filled with intrigue, love and tragedy. Learn more...

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. Learn more...

The producers of the Southland Theater Artists Goodwill Event invite members of the public to join them on Valentine's Day for a special benefit for AIDS Project Los Angeles. The event will kick off with a showing of Celebrating 25 Years, a tribute film by David Shine with clips and memories of the last 25 years of S.T.A.G.E. The film will be followed by a wine reception in the courtyard. Learn more...

Entertaining young and old alike for 84 years, the legendary Harlem Globetrotters bring their unique and timeless mix of basketball, comedy, athleticism and entertainment to the STAPLES Center. The Globetrotters' captivating dribbling and dunking wizardry combines with hilarious antics and fan interaction, all presented by some of the world's greatest athletes and entertainers. Learn more...

In Tim Burton's new Alice in Wonderland, starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, the 19-year-old Alice (Mia Wasikowska) returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure and reunites with her old friends, including the Mad Hatter. Once back in the topsy-turvy world of Wonderland she learns of her true destiny -- to end the Red Queen's reign of terror. Learn more...

Having trouble understanding modern art? On this guided tour through LACMA and the Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Quick Culture guides will take you from Picasso to Pollock to Koons. Through the selected artwork, they will explain the varied inspirations behind modern art and give their take on today's contemporary art scene. Learn more...

From the writer/director/producer of The Marvelous Wonderettes comes Life Could Be a Dream. This 1960s doo-wop musical is the story of the Crooning Crabcakes, who try to find their fame and fortune by entering a radio talent contest. Featuring such classic songs as "Stay" (Just a Little Bit Longer)," "Runaround Sue," "The Great Pretender," "Tears On My Pillow," "Unchained Melody," "Earth Angel" and more. Learn more...

For over a decade, Puppetry of the Penis has been making audiences laugh worldwide with unclad "puppeteers" who stretch themselves to the limit performing genital origami. The two performers move through a series of tricks, contorting themselves into shapes such as the "Hamburger" and "Loch Ness Monster." Learn more...

This supper club hosts great live jazz in a setting with Old World charm. Catalina has lived up to its slogan "Nothing But the Best in Jazz" by presenting a veritable Who's Who of jazz legends such as Dizzie Gillespie, Art Blakey, McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Ray Brown, Joe Williams, Max Roach, Carmen McRae, Joe Henderson, Benny Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Joshua Redman and many more. Learn more...

Platinum Live Supper Club hosts Just Imagine, a multi-media tribute to rock legend John Lennon. Tim Piper, who's toured the world performing the Beatles' hits, will front a live band in note-perfect renditions of Lennon's timeless songs, and share anecdotes from his life and career. Learn more...

American Jewish University welcomes Roslyn Kind. The sister of the legendary Barbra Streisand has enjoyed an illustrious career of her own, headlining shows at Lincoln Center, the Greek Theater and Carnegie Hall. She has appeared in several Broadway shows, and regularly collaborates with Broadway star Michael Feinstein. Learn more...

Discover the joys of artisan cheeses and wines from the top producers in France, with ample opportunity to taste and sip along the way. Each of the three class sessions will focus on a different region, and you'll be guided through the various goat, cow, and sheep's milk-based cheeses and the wines they pair best with. Renowned fromager Laurent Bonjour, also known as the Cheese Master, is the workshop instructor. Learn more...

TAO comes to the Luckman Fine Arts Complex. Hailing from the mountains of Japan, this massive international hit has sold out hundreds of shows around the globe, combining thousands of years of Japanese drumming tradition with a high-energy modern style influenced by martial arts. Learn more...

Kinky plays the Luckman. The five-piece band from Monterrey, Mexico, is one of Latin America's most popular rock acts, blending hard rock, Latin music, and electronic styles. Their biggest hits include "Mas" and "A Donde Van Los Muertos?" Learn more...

Sidestepper blends electronic dance beats with the vibrant sounds of African and Latin music, dub, hip-hop and more. Led by Bogotá-based London transplant Richard Blair, their unique music is both exhilarating and complex, and they're known as a great live band. They play the Luckman Fine Arts Complex. Learn more...

With the kids away, three married couples get together for a few laughs. But as the liquor flows, secrets are revealed, trust is tested, boundaries are broken and reality gets swapped for fantasy. It's Just Sex is a thought-provoking, convulsively funny comedy about marriage, honesty, lust and trust. Learn more...

Home to more than 12,500 ocean animals, representing nearly 500 species, the Aquarium of the Pacific celebrates the planet's largest and most diverse body of water: the Pacific Ocean. Celebrating its tenth anniversary, this world-class aquarium features a wide array of hands-on activites, live and video presentations, and more. During Shark Summer, see and touch sharks and rays, and see growing shark embryos in the Shark Zone activity area. Learn more...

Upstairs at Vitello's welcomes the best of jazz, blues, singer-songwriters, Broadway and cabaret acts each week to their club featuring drinks and delicious food. See the description for lineup and show times. Learn more...

From the founding of the city through the 1940s, downtown was the true center of Los Angeles, a lively, densely populated, exciting and sometimes dangerous place. On this insider's through downtown, Esotouric will take you to the scenes of weird crimes and peculiar happenings, and share vintage photographs of the scenes as they appeared up to 100 years ago. Learn more...

Composer Jonathan Larson conceived Rent as a "Hair for the '90s;" his attempt to get the younger generation interested in musical theater again. To accomplish this, he took Puccini's opera La Boheme, about struggling artists dealing with tuberculosis and reimagined it using the lives of young artists of New York's East Village dealing with AIDS and other modern issues. Larson's vision was a success and Rent went on to become a smash success. Learn more...

Join LearnAboutWine for a special class bringing together three divine creations: wine, cheese and chocolate. You will explore the sensual contrasts and delights that each element brings to the experience -- the crisp acidity, mouth-filling robustness or smooth viscosity of great wine; the sharp, subtly sweet or complexity of fine cheese; and the rich luxuriousness of superior chocolate ranging from creamy milk to intensely dark. Learn more...

Renowned dance virtuosos share the stage and bring their power, strength, grace, and beauty to master works by many of the most important choreographers. Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center welcomes Kings of the Dance, the critically-acclaimed production featuring some of the world's most phenomenal male dance stars of our time. This newly created program makes its North American debut at the Ahmanson Theatre. Learn more...

Alfred Hitchcock, using a television crew and shooting in black and white on a tight schedule, produced one of the most terrifying films in Hollywood history. Anthony Perkins is Norman Bates, whose devotion to his mother leads to deadly consequences. Janet Leigh as the morally ambiguous Marion Crane endured hundreds of takes to produce the infamous shower scene. The murderous set pieces are so well done that audiences still jump with fright even when they know what is coming. Learn more...

Award-winning playwright and actor Tim Crouch has presented his play An Oak Tree worldwide and now he brings it to Los Angeles. The show always features Crouch himself as The Hypnotist, while a different special guest actor (male or female) portrays The Father each performance. Past guests have included Frances McDormand, David Hyde Pierce and Geoffrey Rush. The special guest is not revealed until the night of the performance. Learn more...

The Amazing Los Angeles Race is designed to feel like a hybrid of a sightseeing tour, The Da Vinci Code and The Amazing Race. Participants form teams of two to eight people and receive their first clue at the starting line. Each solution leads to the next clue and fun experiences at top L.A. attractions, including Mann's Chinese Theatre, the Walk of Fame, the Hollywood Bowl, and Walt Disney Concert Hall, culminating in a finish-line awards ceremony. Learn more...

The Aero Theatre presents a double feature of Alfred Hitchcock classics for Valentine's Day. 1940's Rebecca, based on Daphne Du Maurier's novel, stars Joan Fontaine as a young bride struggling to unlock the mystery of her husband (Laurence Olivier)'s first wife. Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman star in 1946's Notorious, a tale of espionage and love in WWII-era Brazil. Learn more...

Learn the fundamentals of successful baking at Kiss My Bundt Bakery. Students will receive a demonstration of a fundamental recipe which is the "blank canvas" to creating their own cake flavor and pair off to make their own custom cake flavor and custom frosting. Students will take home secret Kiss My Bundt Bakery recipes, a packet of baking tips, and a box of cakes, including the ones they made in class. Learn more...

F*cking Men observes the sex lives of modern urban gay America and examines men from all walks of life, including a soldier, a graduate student, a stock broker, a high school teacher and a movie star, following each as he strives to connect with someone in a meaningful way. Contains nudity. Learn more...

Bootleg presents the world premiere of Project Wonderland. Robert Prior sends Reverend Charles Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll the creator of children's classic Alice in Wonderland, on his own adventure through the looking glass and down the rabbit hole, to confront the bizarre creations of his own psyche. Incorporating music, dance, and puppetry, this is a dreamlike carnival and a celebration of the magic of theater and the power of storytelling. Learn more...

On this walking tour through Downtown Los Angeles' Little Tokyo district, guests will have an opportunity to learn about the history and culture of the neighborhood while stopping multiple times to sample local delicacies. Local foodies and tourists alike will appreciate this opportunity to indulge in authentic Japanese tea, mochi, pastries and savory dishes. Learn more...

In 1956, photojournalist Alfred Wertheimer was hired by RCA Victor to shoot promotional images of recently signed recording artist Elvis Presley. His instinctive decision to "tag along" with the artist after the assignment ended resulted in 56 striking images that provide an intimate look at Elvis before he exploded onto the scene and became one of the most exciting performers of all time. Elvis at 21 will be complemented by never-before-seen artifacts, video footage, and public programs. Learn more...

The Aero Theatre welcomes actress Rosanna Arquette, who will be on hand for a double feature of her films. Between a screening of Martin Scorsese's surreal and frightening After Hours and the hit 1985 comedy Desperately Seeking Susan, Arquette will discuss the making of the two movies, and her illustrious career. Learn more...

Write Act Rep premieres That Hootchie, written and performed by Shoshanna (Second City Chicago Training Center, The Groundlings). This one-woman performance tells the story of Shavonda Thomas, the "hootchie" who had been placed in anger management to face her issues. From her point of view, she's just so sexy she has neverending drama. Shoshanna portrays seven different characters as she takes the audience along on Shavonda's journey. Learn more...

The popular 80s Prom Party returns -- this year, to the Music Box @ Fonda -- offering fun-seekers another chance to pull that taffeta dress or ruffled shirt out of the closet. Prom-goers can dance the night away to the sounds of two 80s cover bands. Admission includes prom pictures. All of the proceeds will be donated to Good Dog Animal Rescue and other rescue groups. Learn more...

Gale Harold (Queer as Folk, Desperate Housewives), Denise Crosby (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Southland) and Claudia Mason star in Tennessee Williams' modern version of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in the American South of repressed desires. Learn more...

Director Mark L. Lester will be on hand as the Aero Theatre screens two of his '80s hits. Lester specialized in high-energy action films, and one of his biggest hits was 1985's Commando, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a covert ops specialist fighting to rescue his daughter (Alyssa Milano). 1982's Class of 1984 stars Perry King as a vengeful teacher. Lester will discuss his work between the films. Learn more...

Written as Noel Coward's theatrical swan song, A Song at Twilight is set in a suite of a Swiss luxury hotel during the 1960s. In this two-act play an elderly writer (Bean) is confronted by his former mistress about a past he would rather forget. Issues of hidden homosexuality, fame, wealth, titles, and privilege are explored with both poignancy and humor. Learn more...

The Coffee Club investigates the dynamic between clients at a group therapy session. The relationships unfold as a group of 9 individuals arrive for a scheduled therapy session only to find that the psychiatrist is late. With limited insight into the lives of their fellow members, they now find the ability to help each other in ways they never imagined. Learn more...

Hosts Chris Isaacson and Shane Scheel present Upright Cabaret on Vermont, a hip and contemporary cabaret show featuring an eclectic mix of artists from stage, record and screen at the new Upright Cabaret on Vermont venue. Upright has featured cast members from more than 75 Broadway shows as well as stars from Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, Dancing with the Stars, American Idol and more. Learn more...

On this walking tour through Downtown Los Angeles' financial district, guests will have an opportunity to visit landmarks like Pershing Square and the Central Library while stopping multiple times to sample the neighborhood's culinary scene. Local foodies and tourists alike will appreciate this opportunity to indulge in a variety of cuisines from eateries like LA Cafe, Ciudad and more. Learn more...