Friday
· Music round-up: John Fogerty at the Nokia Theatre; Cold War Kids at the WIltern; Social Distortion at House of Blues; TSOL at Echoplex.
· A Pretenders cover band, playing for free downtown? Sure, why not? Watch Pretentious channel the spirit of Chrissie Hynde at Pershing Square.
Saturday
· The Alex Theatre in Glendale hosts its 10th Annual Stooge-Fest, a big-screen tribute presenting what the Alex's Blue Ribbon Panel of Stoogeologista consider the "best of the best" of Moe, Larry and Curly's groundbreaking work in the pie-splattering, noggin-assaulting arts.

· More music: Band of Horses at Avalon; Social Distortion does a second night at House of Blues; Golden State at the Roxy.
Sunday
· The Aero screens David Lean/Omar Sharif/Peter O'Toole epic Lawrence of Arabia, a film whose 216 minute running time should nicely consume the entirety of a film buff's lazy Sunday afternoon.
· Join up at 2 p.m. with your newest friends as you take a photowalk down Olvera Street and stroll through of the one few places in Los Angeles you're unlikely to encounter a Taco Bell, Baja Fresh, or El Pollo Loco.

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