Special Events

Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremonies
11:30am Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Call (323) 469-8311 for dates and locations. www.walkoffame.com

Hollywood Farmers Market
Sun 8:30am-1pm. Ivar Ave. between Hollywood and Sunset Blvds. Fresh produce, entertainment, artisan & crafts fair, baked goods, ethnic foods.

Gospel Brunch
Every Sunday at Houses of Blues Sunset Strip; (323) 845-5100.

Open Market Place at Hollywood High School
First Saturday of every month from 11am-6pm. Over 100 vendors selling vintage and modern clothing, antiques, collectibles, arts and crafts, and handmade goods, as well as trendy food trucks and French pastries from Normandie Bakery . Admission is $2 and part of the proceeds go toward supporting Hollywood High School. www.openmarketplacela.com

Iris
A new Cirque du Soleil production at the Kodak Theatre. www.kodaktheatre.com

Lucille Ball at 100 and "I Love Lucy" at 60
Aug 3-Feb 26. Exhibition showcasing memorabilia saluting the careers and romance of Hollywood's most famous lovebirds. At the Hollywood Museum in the Max Factor building.

Sex and the City Zoo 3
Feb 12 at 5pm at the L.A. Zoo. Celebrating animal mating, dating, and cohabitating, just in time for Valentine's Day! Fundraiser includes post-event dinner option a nd up-close "Animal Walkabouts." Proceeds from this annual event support Wildlife Preservation and Conservation. More info and reservations at www.lazoo.org

Los Angeles Filmforum Presents Sex Roles & Rules: Gender, Liberation, and Sexuality
Feb 12 at 7:30pm at the Egyptian Theatre. Just in time for Valentine's Day we look at an array of liberated works exploring definitions, meanings, representations, and interactions of women and men. Storytelling about past experiences; performances; a documentary ahead of its time; social conflicts. Are men and women fundamentally different? What is gender? Concluding with Chick Strand's masterpiece Soft Fiction .

Mardi Gras at the Original Farmers Market
Feb 18, 19, and 21. Featuring live music, food, bead throwing, mask making, and more! More info at www.farmersmarketla.com

Panel with Oscar Nominees at the Egyptian Theatre
Feb 25. Featuring nominees for Best Editing, Best Art Direction, and Best Set Decoration.

84^th Annual Academy Awards
Feb 26. 5pm at the Kodak Theatre.

Shooting from the Lip: A Conversation with Senator Alan Simpson and Biographer Donald Hardy

Part of the Out West at the Autry Series . Feb 27, 7:30-9:30pm at the Autry Museum. Free admission, but space is limited; reservations suggested.

The 11th Annual Lantern Festival

Mar 3. 12pm-7pm at the Chinese American Museum downtown. Each year, Lantern Festival spotlights a Chinese American re-creation of a traditional village street fair featuring brilliant lantern displays, exciting musical, acrobatic and lion dance performances, enriching arts and crafts booths, and to cap off the evening,and to cap off the evening, a spirited glow-in-the-dark silver dragon stage performance to delight our senses! Event-goers can try their hand at lantern-making, Chinese-opera style face painting, kite-building, Chinese paper-cutting, Origami, Chinese calligraphy, string-knotting, and much more!

A Night at Sardi's

Mar 21 at 6:30pm at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The 20th anniversary Alzheimer's Association "A Night at Sardi's" will feature stars from stage, television, and film, performing in "Show Stoppers." The anniversary show will be a sensational musical revue featuring legendary Broadway tunes. Call (323) 930-6250 for more information and to purchase tickets.