Your Destination Guide to Los Angeles

The 11th Annual Los Angeles River Ride is L.A.'s premiere bike event, taking place Sunday, June 5th, 2011. If you've done it before you know how awesome it is and how from year to year it just gets "awesome-er!" We have a new pit stop in Hollenbeck park, better food and YES, FINALLY the portion of the bike path between Fletcher and N. Figueroa/Riverside Dr. is open. Everyone from families, novices and expert cyclists are encouraged to attend.

There are six great rides to choose from: Century, 70 Mile, 36 Mile, Half Century, and Family and Kids. For more information, visit: www.la-bike.org/riverride

The Los Angeles County of Art presents its annual Muse ArtWalk on Saturday May 14th, 2011. This fun filled event features free entry to LACMA, The Peterson Automotive Museum, and The Architecture and Design Museum, as well as entry to various galleries in the surrounding area. The Art Walk will also include a variety of innovative dance performances, live painting, performance art, and interactive activities for the whole family located throughout the LACMA campus. For more information, visit: www.lacma.org
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The Original Tommy's location, on Beverly & Rampart, is celebrating 65 years of serving chili cheeseburgers and chili-smothered fries on Sunday, May 15th, 2011. Read More >

Through April 19th, 2011, get two 16 ounce smoothies for $5 at any Jamba Juice locations in Los Angeles and San Diego. Just print out this coupon! Read More >

Acres of Books was the greatest secondhand bookshop in Long Beach before it was bought to make way for redevelopment. It shut its doors a few years ago, but thousands of books remained unsold. Now that the building is being worked on, the people inside have graciously opened it up Wednesdays from 1:30-4pm for people to come on in and take as many books as they would like for FREE.

Entrance is through the north side of the shop, through a side door.

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The Aquarium of the Pacific is inviting us to get up close with the ocean's ultimate predators for FREE during Shark Lagoon Nights - Friday evenings until 9pm. Guests will have the opportunity to touch bamboo sharks and see large sharks such as sandtigers as well as rays in the Aquarium's Shark Lagoon. Coffee, hot cocoa, beer, wine, desserts, and snacks are available for purchase. Read More >

On Sunday, March 6th, 2011 the NOH8 Campaign will set up our studio at Whiskey Blue in the W Los Angeles - Westwood Hotel, opening up the opportunity to join the campaign to all the NOH8 supporters in the Los Angeles area! Read More >

The New York Times has recently published "36 Hours in Downtown Los Angeles," featuring LA as an accessible, pedestrian-friendly destination - thanks to the newly built L.A. Live entertainment complex. They talk about the The Downtown Art Walk, the Grammy Museum, the Fashion District, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and many other notable LA attractions. Read More >

Arts Brookfield will present the Los Angeles premiere of "Wisdom: Portraits by Andrew Zuckerman," at the Bank of America Plaza in downtown Los Angeles from February 21st - April 1st, 2011. The exhibition is an extraordinary collection of photographs and interviews that capture the combined wisdom of legendary leaders including Nelson Mandela, Ted Kennedy, Willie Nelson, Billie Jean King, Clint Eastwood, Madeline Albright, Chuck Close, and others. Read More >

Homeboy Industries, a local non-profit for at-risk youths offering alternatives to gang violence in one of the toughest neighborhoods in the city, has recently launched a new retail line of chips & salsas to be sold at Ralphs stores in Southern California. You can find all kinds of salsa, including Mango, Salsa Verde, Pico de Gallo (mild and hot), Mole, and Mayor Villaraigosa's favorite, Morita. T. Read More >