Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Weekly What To Do: Back To The Future and IndieCade

This week we celebrate Back to the Future as Marty made it to the year 2015, Oct 21. Where the Hell are our flying cars at? There's gigawatts of events around LA celebrating the day with even more things to do this week. So hop in to your DeLoreans and explore and travel LA this week.






Back to the Future Activities

ArcLight Presents... BACK TO THE FUTURE MARATHON 
Wednesday Oct 21, 4:29pm
Arclight Hollywood
$30

All the films together.

The Million McFly March
Wednesday Oct 2, 9am-6pm
Burger King
545 N Victory Blvd, Burbank, California 91502
How many Martys will show up? Fans of Back to the Future gather, dressed as Marty McFly, to raise money for Parkinson's research.

Their point of origin is the Burger King next to Doc's garage at the beginning of BTTF 1. The date is... well... you know.

They'll have:
Live music, including the singing voice of Marty McFly
A DJ
Costume contests
Prop contests
Raffles and more!

Back to the Future Day
Wednesday Oct 21 4pm-9pm
Smog City Brewing
1901 Del Amo Blvd, Ste B, Torrance, California 90501

Back to the Future beer party.

Bring Back the Future
Wednesday, October 21st
8pm, 9:15pm, 10:30pm
AUTOMATA
504 Chung King Ct
Los Angeles CA 90012
‘Back to the Future.’ Experience installations from Keith Skretch and Mayacamas, wander Alex Gaines' spacial warp, and witness performances choreographed by Genevieve Carson. 
Wednesday October 21, 11:30 a.m. 
6764 Hollywood Boulevard
Free

Director Zack Snyder and DC Entertainment Co-Publisher Jim Lee will appear on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  in a ceremony to grant Batman co-creator Bob Kane with a posthumous star and commemorate Batman as the Guinness World Record holder for “Most Film Adaptations of a Comic Book Character.” The Batmobile from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will be on display and unique fan giveaways are planned. Fans are encouraged to come dressed as Batman characters.
3rd Annual Lit Crawl L.A.
Wed Oct 21, 6pm-Midnight
 35+ NoHo Arts District Locations
 Free, party buy tickets

It's a choose-your-adventure story in real life as a number of restarunts and galleries will have special events for those into reading.

Attack on Titan: End of the World
Oct 21-22
Multiple Theaters

See the conclusion of the live action giants eating people series from Japan.

IndieCade Festival 2015
Oct 23 - 25
9300 Culver Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
$30 and up
If you're an indie game lover or maker you need to spend the next three days in Culver City. The day and streets are jam packed with indie games to play, and not all on the computer or console. Card games, board games and even social games that have you questing in real life. Great for kids during the day...for adults, night games. 

At TTDILA we look forward to it every year and we'll be interviewing and covering the best new titles coming out in their horrible development cycle that takes too long. Nintendo and Sony with some nice new VR to try out.

Robot Chicken 10th Anniversary Art Show
Saturday, Oct 24, 7PM - 11pm
Iam8bit
2147 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90026
Stoopid Buddy Stoodies has partnered with Nerd Machine to bring you a night of charity to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Robot Chicken. Seems like a last minute idea with the amount of info up right now.


Blastoff's 3rd Anniversary Sale!
Saturday, Oct 24, 10am - 8pm
Blastoff Comics
5118 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, California 91601 

10% to 50% off everything in the store!


Grand Ave Arts: All Access
October 24, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Music Center
135 N Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Free

Free events all day at LA's cultural hub. 

Hammer Bash
Saturday, Oct 24, 10am - 8pm
Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90024

Free Must RSVP

A special public celebration for our fall exhibitions UH-OH: Frances Stark 1991-2015 and The Idea of North: The Paintings of Lawren Harris.



LIFE
A Journey Through Time
Oct 24, 2015 - Mar 20, 2016
Annenberg Space for Photography

2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Free
This exhibit is a photographic interpretation of life on Earth from the Big Bang to the present by acclaimed National Geographic photographer Frans Lanting. LIFE: A Journey Through Time is based on Lanting’s epic, multi-year project and features more than 70 images with texts and stories about the works as well as an innovative timeline of life on our planet.
Starbright : A Truly Outrageous Celebration of Jem and the Holograms
Saturday, Oct 24, 2:30pm
The Cinefamily
611 N Fairfax Avenue
$15
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original Jem and the Holograms, the beloved animated series which transcended glamour, glitter, fashion, and fame, becoming a fantastic tale of female power.
Planetary Society More to Explore: A Space Celebration with Bill Nye
Saturday, Oct 24, 7:30pm
The Pasadena Civic
300 E Green St., Pasadena, CA 91101
$42 and up
M7 Con
Oct 24-25
Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 S. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015
$40 and up

The M7 Con celebrates The Magnificent Seven film and television show but we id expanding this year to include the entire Old West genre with a film festival of old west films. So dress like a cowboy or cowgirl before Halloween.
Extreme Gaming Championship
Sunday, October 25, 7:30pm
UCB Franklin
5919 Franklin Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90028 
$5 

Join hosts Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley) and Mike Still (Hello Ladies) as competitive video gaming explodes on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre stage
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