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Thursday's Scoop: Sunset Strip Market, Tony Clifton and Film Festivals
After an ultra successful debut last week, the Sunset Strip Market is back for its second week. Abrasive lounge lizard Tony Clifton plays at the Comedy Store and Book Soup has the authors of a new book on navigating film festivals.
Greetings and welcome to City Scoop. Today is Thursday, June 21, the 173rd day of 2012. Here’s what’s going on in West Hollywood today.
The Sunset Strip is the happening place to be on Thursday nights thanks to the new Sunset Strip Market, a certified farmers’ market that also features live music and cooking demonstrations. This week’s guest chef is Jorge Chicas of RH preparing vegetable paella and gazpacho using ingredients sourced from the Market. Open 5-9 p.m., the Sunset Strip Market is in the old Tower Records overflow parking lot, just east of Horn Avenue.
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The city’s Planning Commission will hear requests to allow two parking spaces in the front setback of a triplex at 511 San Vicente Blvd. and to allow a pawnshop to expand into the adjacent shop. The Commission will also consider a zone-text amendment to limit the number of financial institutes on Sunset Boulevard. The Commission meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber in the building.
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One of comic Andy Kaufman’s best known characters was the audience-abusing lounge singer Tony Clifton. Sometimes performed by Kaufman, sometimes by others, the Clifton character was a staple in the Taxi star’s comedy shows. Despite Kaufman’s death 28 years ago, Tony Clifton lives on. The has booked Clifton every Thursday and Friday night through the end of June. Backed by a band and burlesque dancers, Clifton proves how much mayhem he can create, especially when it comes to the famous Hooker Raffle. Showtime is 9 p.m.
Film festivals have become the lifeblood for young filmmakers. Now here’s a how-to guide offering ways of navigating the film festival experience, The Complete Filmmaker's Guide to Film Festivals: Your All Access Pass to Launching Your Film on the Festival Circuit. Authors Rona Edwards & Monika Skerbelis present and sign copies of their book starting at 7 p.m. at .
Bands Playing in Town
- May’n at Key Club. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show at 7:30 p.m.
- Warped Tour Finals with Shane Eli, From Here To LA, Random Ninjas and Electric Child at House of Blues. Doors open at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m.
- Joshua Ketchmark with The Nukes, The V.U. and Brandy Loves Alexander at the Roxy Theater. Show starts at 7:15 p.m.
- Jenny Lewis & Friends at Largo. Doors open at 7:15 p.m., show at 8:30 p.m.
- Taylor Locke & The Roughs And The Rambles with The Bolts and Louis Gaston at the Viper Room. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
- Crash Kings with Vanaprasta and Dreamers Dose at the Troubadour. Doors open at 8 p.m.
- The Farthest Edge, Six Strings and a Dream, Chaos in Roswell and Cali Thy Nation at the Whisky a Go Go. Show starts at 8 p.m.
- ALL with Stand Out, La Cienega Collective, Shafir and Austin at the Roxy Theatre. Show starts at 8:30 p.m.
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