Things to Do this Week

for the week beginning today and ending August (wait! its already August?!) 5th

• Monday: A slow day but if you're really trying to avoid human interaction there's always bubble wrap.
• Tuesday: Can Can at the Pasadena Playhouse, Last Town Chorus at Amoeba (at 6), Bishop Allen (!) at The Echo, Michael Penn (!)(!)(!) and Patton Oswalt at the Largo or Bat For Lashes @ Spaceland. [An amazing amazing night for music. And on a Tuesday!]
• Wednesday: The Swell Season at El Rey or Just Jack at the Montmarte Lounge.
• Thursday: After the Quake at the La Jolla Playhouse, Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical at the Key Club, or an Ingmar Bergman double feature of Virgin Spring and Wild Strawberries at the New Beverly Cinema.(Incredibly timely)
• Friday: Duane "Dog" Chapman signing his book at the Borders on Vine at 7:30, Brilliant Traces at the Playhouse West Repertory, Power at the Banshee or Out of Your Mind! at 2806 Nichols Canyon Place (call 818-972-2467)
• Saturday: Zanna Don't at the Lyric Hyperion Theatre (at 2:30 or 8), Tift Merrit(!)(!) at McCabe's, or Dolly Wouldn't at the Cavern Club Theatre at Casita del Campo Mexican Restaurant.
• Sunday: Wait Until Dark at the Raven Playhouse, Love Sex and Betrayal- The Story of Shakespeare's Sonnets at the Globe in Topanga at 5 or you can always try to find a Tridentine Low Mass, I hear they're back in fashion.