Los Angeles Halloween and Day of the Dead Events

 Day of the Dead, Halloween, Holiday Guides, Los Angeles Halloween
Oct 302014
 

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Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (10/30-11/2) for Halloween and Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)-

Thursday

Lucha VaVoom: Night of the Vampire– Mexican masked wrestling and burlesque with a Halloween theme- http://luchavavoom.com/

Thursday and Friday

It’s the last two days of the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride in Griffith Park which also includes a haunted house, maze and sideshow- http://www.losangeleshauntedhayride.com/#

The Mondrian Hotel is hosting Strange and Unusual: An Interactive Experience for the Recently Deceased- a Beetlejuice themed party complete with recreated sets from the film- https://nightout.com/events/strange-and-unusual-halloween-party-thursday-mondrian-la-los-angeles-2014/tickets#.VFKy3-dfnU4

Friday (Halloween)

The biggest event of the night is the West Hollywood Annual Halloween Carnival– over 500,000 people are expected to attend- http://www.weho.org/Home/Components/News/News/2832/23

At Crawloween, an event sponsored by ACME Hospitality group, all five of their downtown bars Library Bar, Sixth Street Tavern, Beelman’s Pub, Spring St. Bar and King Eddy Saloon are having differently themed parties, candy and $4 cocktails (including one called the Skullsplitter, a hangover predictor if ever there was one)- https://t.e2ma.net/message/xsqtq/d13p8b

Cinefamily is hosting a “Childhood Haunts” Halloween party with scary video compilations, a midnight ghost story, drinks, dancing and more- http://www.cinefamily.org/films/spectrefest-2014/#childhood-haunts-halloween-party

LACMA Costume Ball: The Living Museum where people dress as works of art and enjoy DJs, food and drink, late night gallery walks and live horror installations- http://www.lacma.org/event/costume-ball

Friday and Saturday

Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton is at the Nokia Theater- http://www.nokiatheatrelalive.com/events/detail/danny-elfmans-music-from-the-films-of-tim-burton-3

Saturday

Día de Los Muertos at Hollywood Forever Cemetery is Los Angeles’ biggest Day of the Dead event and has altars, face painting, food and live entertainment including La Santa Cecilia- http://www.ladayofthedead.com/

Grand Park is having a Dia de Los Muertos party as well with music, altars, and dancers- http://grandparkla.org/ai1ec_event/downtown-dia-de-los-muertos-concert/

Thursday through Sunday

Dark Harbor on the Queen Mary in Long Beach has mazes, monsters, rides, live entertainment and of course food and drink- http://www.queenmary.com/events/dark-harbor/

Olvera Street has numerous Día de los Muertos events- http://www.olvera-street.com/Calendar/Day-of-the-Dead-Event/day-of-the-dead-event.html

The Purge:Breakout requires you and your group to solve puzzles and clues to escape or be purged- http://purgebreakout.ticketleap.com/purgehalloween/

Alone: An Existential Haunting is not the usual haunted house experience- it describes itself as a “site-specific, immersive and artistic exploration of fear, loneliness and self preservation” which you must go through, you guessed it- alone- http://www.thealoneexperience.com/about/

Also-through November 8th at the Mountainview Mausoleum and Cemetery in Altadena, Unbound Productions presents Wicked Lit- classic horror literature is transformed into an immersive theater experience  – http://unboundproductions.org/wicked-lit/

The Nutcracker in Los Angeles

 Christmas, Dance, Holiday Guides, Los Angeles Halloween, Performances
Dec 122013
 

The Terracotta Nutcracker

Options for the holiday classic- The Nutcracker include:

December 12-15th:

December 13-15th:

December 14-22nd:

December 15th:

(Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

Los Angeles Halloween Events

 Halloween, Holiday Guides, Los Angeles Events, Los Angeles Halloween
Oct 312013
 

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Things to do in Los Angeles for Halloween-

Or maybe just some food and drink-

http://www.lamag.com/lafood/digestblog/2013/10/29/halloween-2013-tricks-vs-treats

Room 237

 Films, Halloween, Holiday Guides, Los Angeles Events, Los Angeles Halloween
Oct 262013
 

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The Shining is playing @ LA State Historic Park tonight (10/26).

If you love The Shining, it is also worth watching Room 237, now on Netflix. It is filled with interesting theories on the potential meaning of the images used in the film.  Different interviewees suggest it could be about the Holocaust or Native American genocide or even Kubrick’s confession to taking part in the faking of the moon landing.  It’s a fascinating new look into an already captivating movie.

Halloween Events in Los Angeles

 Halloween, Holiday Guides, Los Angeles Events, Los Angeles Halloween
Oct 242013
 

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Things to do for Halloween in Los Angeles this weekend-

  • Looking for something more hardcore- there’s The Alone Experience-they suggest wearing clothes that can get wet and dirty- http://thealoneexperience.com/
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