This Halloween/Dia de los Muertos/Samhain/Deepvali weekend's completely packed with good stuff to see and do. And most of it for free. Anyway, here are a few more I missed that might be interesting to some of the membership.


The Sarah Palin effigy of West Hollywood's been the source of much debate in the Southland this week. More here.

Oct. 30-31
Severed Head Horror film Festival
"A day chock full of brutal INDIE HORROR FLICKS & CHEAP BEER!
$10 for ALL DAY PASS
$2 for KEG BEER *get first beer free with admission*"
Downtown Independent (251 South Main St, Los Angeles 90012)
$7 all movies (Thur). $10 day pass (Halloween)

Oct. 31-Nov. 9
Danish Film Festival
Various dates and times, Los Angeles
FREE, first-come, first-serve

Oct. 31-Nov. 2
A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City
9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Parking Lot 1 North, Santa Monica Pier
FREE

Dia de los Muertos altars
Bazaar del Mundo and Casa Guadalajara, Old Town, San Diego
FREE

Oct. 31
Ray Bradbury signing
"Mr. Bradbury will sign one (1) book per customer. He will only sign hardcover copies of his books."
Noon
Vroman's Bookstore (695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena 91101)
FREE

Halloween Dead Arthur Reading
8 p.m.
Echo Park Time Travel Mart (1714 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles 90026)
$10 suggested donation (RSVP here: christina@826la.org)

Nov. 1-2
Sherman Heights Dia de los Muertos
9 a.m.-8 p.m. (Sat), 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Sun)
Community Center (2258 Island Ave., San Diego 92102)
$3 suggested donation for tours

Nov. 1
Festival of Lights/Diwali Festival in Little India
2-10 p.m.
Pioneer Blvd (between 183rd and 188th), Artesia 90701
FREE

El Dia de los Muertos
Check out the new exhibit, "Bold Caballeros y Noble Bandidas"
Noon-4 p.m.
Southwest Museum (234 Museum Dr., Los Angeles 90065)
FREE

"War Crime 1971" (Documentary Film about the Liberation War) screening
"You are invited to view this powerful film that vividly documents the heinous crimes against humanity perpetrated in the name of religion during the genesis of Bangladesh."
6 p.m.
Shatto Recreation Center (4th & Shatto Place, east of Vermont, Los Angeles)
FREE

Janet Sarbanes reading + Jackson Fledermaus singing
8 p.m.
Machine Project (1200 D North Alvarado St., Los Angeles 90026)
FREE

Nov. 2
Dia de los Muertos celebration
10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
San Diego Museum of Man (1350 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego 92101)
FREE

"Heretics"
"“Heretics” is a musical mini-series performed live Sunday evenings in November. Each Sunday night, from Nov. 2nd through Nov. 23rd, there will be a new episode performed for a live audience. The series details the adventures of a group of Roman Catholic friars sent on a mission by the pope to convert the natives of The New World, but who find themselves instead on an island populated by Bacchus-worshipping women and a mysterious pan-sexual fish monster."
Time: "6pm - 7:30pm or so"
Machine Project (1200 D North Alvarado St., Los Angeles 90026)
FREE?