Meet up with friends, bring out the kids or sneak in a midweek date night

September 8 - Karate Kid

Spend $20 in the Dining Terrace and enjoy the beer & wine bar free.

Join Us as we continue our Free Summer Screening Series!

Taste the food and wine featured in the film

Screening begins at  Sundown

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Culver City Summer Block Parties 2010!

Download A List Of All Businesses Participating In The August 18th Block Party

Celebrate summer in beautiful downtown Culver City! Join us every third Wednesday for our Summer Block Parties where you can taste food from the area’s award-winning restaurants, sip wine and cocktails as the sun goes down, enjoy live music under the stars, shop and sample from one-of-a-kind boutiques and view art at gallery gatherings. The Summer Block Parties will feature special offers and free goodies from over 25 participating businesses throughout the downtown area, as well as outdoor entertainment and activities ranging from wine and food tastings to free pole dancing lessons.

We encourage visitors to carpool to the event and either valet park, or park for 2 hours free in once of our 3 available public parking structures; the Ince structure near Trader Joe’s is preferred. Please do not park in downtown’s residential neighborhoods.

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COMEDY NIGHT: Taking the Fifth!

at The Rumor Mill’s OPEN MIC/Performance Night

Thursday, August 19, 2010 from 7:30-10:00 pm

Writer/Comedian/Actress SAMMY LARSON is probably best known to audiences from her four seasons as the ‘Waitress’ on the hit television show, MY NAME IS EARL, and as the green-masked trailer park lady dressed only in her red, white & blue bra & towel. She is also a regular at such notable comedy clubs as the Jon Lovitz Comedy Club, The Improv, The Laugh Factory, and the 3 of Clubs. Being an only child, together with a Catholic girlhood in Bergenfield, N.J., inspired her to want a large family and prepared her for marriage, as she tells us, to “the man of her dreams,Danny- yes, a Mexican - from Mexico!” She studied Italian opera in college, changed her major from Marine Biology to Liberal Arts, was the lead singer in bands in New York and Florida, and is a veteran of five years of Comedy Improv with Michael Gellman from Chicago’s famed Second City. But all that is a lot of carne asada under the bridge. Tonight, people, Sammy cuts loose, showing us what she’s been up to lately!
JERRY BRANDT is an angry young man who, having suffered humiliating rejection in Hollywood, a disease which all must confess is endemic to the place, found comfort and joy and comic nirvana in Long Beach. His humor is raw, explicit, often laced with political overtones, and he has some curious ideas. He thinks, for example, that former President Bush stole two elections, and believes that some people were “sent here by Satan to lower the standards of the American People.” He is appalled and abashed at the very idea that American voters could contemplate returning Republicans to a majority in the House in the coming mid-term elections. He suspects that we are a nation of slow learners in this regard, having been suckered repeatedly by these guys. His is a clarion call to arms, and his mantra for voters is, “When you gonna wake-up?” He’s planning his revenge on Hollywood, though, make no mistake. He’s sitting, just sitting, on a couple of really atrocious “home” movies that he plans to sell for tons of money when he becomes famous. He plans to act innocent, as in “I have no idea who could have leaked them onto the internet.” He further cannily notes, “Hey, I’ve got bigger tits than Paris Hilton and it worked for her.”
JEN MURPHY has been called “one sniffy bitch,” but don’t you believe it. Googly-moogly, this girl is funny and as down to earth as can be! Just taking a look at her mug (see below) makes you want to laugh, and that’s before the jokes pour out of her. (Yeah, so she does have a slight predilection for sniffing automobile and furniture upholstery, but we all have our crosses to bear, don’t we? Don’t we?! What‘s a fetish, or two, among friends?)
Oh-oh, ladies look out: Hamouli Man is in the house! From Bangkok toBeirut, from Kosovo to the Caspian Sea, from Cairoto Casablanca to California (well, you get the idea), this reincarnated Casanova has been seducing the virginal, the vulnerable and the willing, staying one step ahead of the law and a multitude of angry husbands. He dispenses his failsafe advice on seduction to horny men everywhere, spreading the gospel on how first to conquer (and then escape by dawn’s early light) the Hot Momma Chickie Baby of your dreams. He is known to adopt a variety of disguises, sometimes appearing as comic parodist MEL KOHL, sometimes as a weatherman, and then again as a salesman. In this latter guise (and for a considerable fee) he offers insecure and worried husbands a modern chastity belt of his own design to protect the honor of their wives and daughters. But, he always keeps a spare key close at hand and their account information in his cell phone.
RO DELLE GRAZIE has been performing since 1999, and has performed at the top comedy clubs across the country including Comic Strip Live, Caroline’s on Broadway, The Comedy Store, and the Hollywood Improv, as well as those in Ontario and Brea. She opened on the road for six years for Lisa Lampanelli, entertained the troops in Korea as part of Tess’s Funny Honeys, and has been featured on The Oxygen Network and Comcast TV. She has had her own radio show called “The Tingley Ro Show,” and currently has a television show “The Delle Grazie Sisters” in development. This “tell it like it is” New Yorker has been charming audiences around the country, and you never know what’s going to come out of her mouth. Neither does she. And yes, for those wondering, she is “Bigassro,” though she notes that she has “lost some weight, so now I’m not so bigassro no more!” Like I said, you never know what will come out of this girl’s mouth. (Don’t worry, she still promotes curves.)
Opening the show is veteran rocker (and RM regular) JIM SALINGER. Balancing romantichonesty with the rebellious nature of rock ‘n’ roll, Jim’s music conjures up greats from the past while extending and re-imagining the tradition of the American singer-songwriter. He is a passionate performer and his music rocks in the American indie, rock revival, roots rock, and alt. country traditions. “I’m a music nut,” he says, “which makes me a musical mutt.” While he admits that his adolescent alienation was fueled by multiple readings of The Catcher in the Rye, he is not otherwise related to the late J.D. Salinger. Copies of both of Jim’s CDs,Heyoka and Down by Fire will be available at this show. Get here early so you don’t miss his set; you’ll be well-rewarded for doing so.
Wrangling this herd of cats, and moving this comedic caravan right along, will be our charming and attractive host, actress/comedienne SARDIA MARLEY. Sardia is currently working overtime to produce her upcoming comedy radio show, keep up with her grown boys, develop new material, and find her next elusive movie role. She has been a suspect in many comedic crimes, but no charges have ever stuck. That’s her mug shot to the right. Producers looking for a hot chick need look no further. She can be reached here every other Thursday night.

THE RUMOR MILL, a coffeehouse/gallery/performance space. 11739 West Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90066 website: therumormill.us 310-397-5400

Hope to see you at the next L7 Networking Cocktail Mixer at the Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica on Thursday, August 12. Click here for details, or go to www.L7scene.com.

Stop by after work, for a drink or dinner, and check out the “L7 Scene”. L7 cocktail networking mixers are always FREE! and are an excellent way for busy, working professionals (married or single) to meet socially and for business networking opportunities.The exquisitely re-imagined Shangri-La is a chic sanctuary of style and the pool deck is a splashy place to spend a summer evening! Bring your friends, colleagues, sweetheart, or just come on your own and make some new acquaintances. Click here for info and RSVP Click here to send this page to friends When: Thursday, August 12, 2010 Time: 6:30 to 10:30pm Where: Hotel Shangri-La, 1301 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica, 90401 Parking: Shangri-La valet is $10 for 2 hours and $5 for each additional hour. Metered street parking and 2 public lots on 2nd (on either side of Arizona) are also available. Cost: This is a FREE event. Just buy your own drinks and food. Drinks and food: YES! Specials TBA. RSVP: Click here to RSVP or call 323-848-9926. A reminder with event details will be emailed to participants prior to the event. Overlooking the Pacific since 1939, Hotel Shangri-La is a dramatic beacon of Art Deco beauty, Hollywood allure, and Los Angeles history. Perched on a high bluff, mere steps from the beach, this timeless Santa Monica boutique hotel has undergone a $30 million redesign — promising you a stylish haven to see and be seen. Each lavish, non-smoking Santa Monica hotel room and suite affords you sweeping ocean views. The hotel’s lush courtyard with elevated pool and cabanas encourages mingling and sunning. L7 is a social and networking “scene” that brings together young professionals from a cross-section of industries to experience what Los Angeles has to offer. Will you join us?