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· Colin Meloy of The Decemberists performs at the intimate Hotel Café. An affection for songs about pirates is required for entry.
· Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein discusses the 10 Commandments of Slothdom as part of the ALOUD at Central Library program. We're pretty sure that at least one of those commandments mentions something about blogging. And if it doesn't, well, it should. Have you ever met one of those people?
· Carrie Fisher has left her Jedi slave bikini far behind. She reads from The Best Awful, her sequel to Postcards From the Edge, tonight at Dutton's Beverly Hills.