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Saturday & Sunday, May 22 & 23 This is no ordinary art event! The Venice Art Walk & Auctions is a fundraiser for Venice Family Clinic, the largest free clinic in the country, and each ticket you purchase helps provide a medical visit for an uninsured person in need. (Purchases of art and tickets to Art & Architecture Tours go even further!) So bring a friend. Or two. Or ten. After all, taking care of the uninsured is good for karma. Click any of the links below for more information or to purchase tickets. Art & Architecture Tour: Rustic Canyon: The Sequel Saturday, May 22 Picking up where last year’s historic walking tour left off, Leo Marmol, FAIA, takes visitors deeper into this architecturally bountiful neighborhood, stopping to tour a fresh collection of homes representing the old and the new. $175 per person, benefits Venice Family Clinic, includes lunch and reception Art & Architecture Tour: Architects' Homes in Venice and Santa Monica Saturday, May 22 Explore homes that architects and designers built for themselves in this self-guided walking tour along the border of Venice and Santa Monica. $100 per person, benefits ...

Grab your divalicious girlfriends and shake off the cold with a little help from Shecky’s! At Girls Night Out, you’ll experience the newest warm weather fashion trends, delicious cocktails, plus sensational spring beauty treatments. Throw in our fabulous goodie bags, chock full of freebies, and we guarantee you’ll have a spring in your step in no time! What? Shecky's is an online and event destination for what’s cool and undiscovered in FASHION, BEAUTY and FUN with the girls. From emerging designers to great beauty discoveries, delicious cocktails to free giveaways— Shecky's offers a wonderland for girls to SHOP, SAMPLE & SCORE the world of things girls love. How? Shecky's partners with 1200+ cool companies a year to bring women the latest and greatest in fashion, beauty, entertainment, and more in unique web and event experiences that can be shared with friends. Why? Because once in a while, women need a place to escape, where we can indulge, pamper ourselves and have some quality girl time—without the boys! What’s Shecky’s Mission? To spoil girls with fashion, beauty, fun and the best girlfriend group experiences. Shop Fabulous LA! Date: Wed.-Thu., May 19th-20th, 2010 Time: 5pm-10pm Place: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium 1855 Main St. (Pico Blvd. & Colorado Ave.) TO PURCHASE TICKETS PLEASE VISIT THIS LINK: http://girlsnightout.sheckys.com/?rf=LA_TravelingDiva and choose "Socialista" ...

Los Angeles is full of precious events.  A social diva's job is to get invited to the right ones.  Our criteria varies, but always includes an element of fun, uniqueness and desirability. This week's event: EdenLA, vino, furniture, and apparently.. a clown. EdenLA and Los Angeles Magazine have announced an exclusive event Thursday, May 13 at 6:30pm with a night of tapas, wine and furniture!  They are certain you'll find them to be an amazing resource to clients of discerning tastes.  Designers, architects and real estate professionals, amongst the area's leading voices and VIPs will mingle surrounded by comfy furnishings and luxurious fabrics. Those lucky enough to get invited can be seen and heard at: edenla 11600 San Vicente Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90049 Phone: 310-820-8109 Email: edenla@edenla.com See you there!  I'll be the one by the clown.

The Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, Italian Consulate General Hon. Nicola Faganello and the  Italian American Museum of Los Angeles are holding a reception for Los Angeles’s Little Italy, the much anticipated new book from Historian Marianna Gatto. Thursday, May 13, 2010 6:30 PM Istituto Italiano di Culturl 1023 Hilgard Avenue  Los Angeles, CA 90024 Gatto, curator of History and Education for a department of the City of Los Angeles and key proponent of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, will make an interactive presentation followed by a book signing and reception. There is no cost to attend. About Los Angeles’s Little Italy: While Los Angeles possesses the nation’s fifth-largest Italian population today, little is known about its Italian history, which has been examined by only a handful of authors over the past 70 years. In Los Angeles’s Little Italy, author Marianna Gatto chronicles the city’s vibrant Italian enclave during the 100-year period following the arrival of the first Italian pioneer in 1827. The extensively researched text includes dozens of never-before published photographs and eyewitness testimony of the early Italian community. For more information: http://www.losangeleslittleitaly.com/2010/05/reception-for-the-author-of-los-angeles-little-italy.html Content borrowed from www.losangeleslittleitaly.com

LONG-AWAITED INDEPENDENT FILM, HABANA EVA, HOSTS SCREENING ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010 at MAJESTIC CREST THEATER IN WESTWOOD, CA “Habana Eva”, a film by Director Fina Torres (“Oriana”, and “Woman on Top” with Penelope Cruz), will host an invite-only screening on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 at the Majestic Crest Theater in Westwood, CA starting with a wine and cheese reception at 7pm. Screening starts at 8pm sharp. RSVP is required for entrance.  To RSVP, please email alvarezmediapr@gmail.com by April 26th.  Majestic Crest Theater is located at 1262 Westwood Blvd. Westwood, CA. Phone number is (310) 474-7866. “Habana Eva” takes place in a Havana shaken by Fidel’s retirement, where the film’s leading lady is a young seamstress, trapped in a clothing factory, who dreams of designing beautiful dresses.  With no support from her adorable, but lazy Cuban boyfriend, her life takes a turn when she meets a dazzling capitalist and ex-patriot, who fans her hopes.  After many deceptions and surprises, Eva has to choose between the two men she loves.  Hers is an unexpected decision. Fully shot in the streets of Habana, Cuba, “Havana Eva” is a humorous metaphor of Cuba’s future options. The film’s global premiere is scheduled for Wednesday, May 28th, 2010 ...