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13 things to do this week in Los Angeles: May 22-26

Michael Juliano
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Michael Juliano
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We look ahead at the week's best concerts, comedy shows, dinners, art shows and more.

Monday

Live Talks LA: Colm Tóibín
New Roads School, 8pm, $20–$95

The Brooklyn author reads from House of Names, his retelling of the tragic Greek myth of Clytemnestra.

Tuesday

Girlpool
Teragram Ballroom, 8pm, $18 

Expect stripped-back indie songs on bass and guitar from L.A.'s own harmonizing and hotly tipped girl duo.

Put Your Hands Together
UCB Franklin, 8pm, $7

Badass-adorable duo Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher co-host this stand-up showcase every Tuesday at UCB Franklin.

Wednesday

Nancy and Beth
Largo, 8:30pm, $30

Sitcom royal Megan Mullally (Will & Grace) joins forces and blends voices with young actor-singer Stephanie Hunt in the guise of a bespectacled folk duo called Nancy And Beth.

Jeffrey Tambor book talk
Skylight Books, 7:30pm, $27

The Arrested Development and Transparent star discusses his new book, Are You Anybody?, which unfolds his creative process and on-screen accomplishments.

Communikate with Kate Berlant
UCB Franklin, 8pm, $25

Berlant riffs on the metaphysical, turning a set into a strange stream of consciousness that's simultaneously disarming and satisfying. Proceeds benefit the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.

Thursday

The Craig Ferguson Show
Largo, 8pm, $30

The Scottish comedian brings his former late-night sharpness and sincerity to his daily radio show, The Craig Ferguson Show; Thomas Lennon and Mary Lynn Rajskub guest.

Band of Horses
Greek Theatre, 7:30pm, $25-$59.95

The South Carolina quintet delivers woodsy, dreamy and epic songs. Frightened Rabbit opens.

Björk Digital
The Reef - A Creative Habitat, 10am–9pm through June 4, $35

Transport yourself to a remote beach, a Japanese concert hall and the inside of Björk's mouth as the Icelandic singer's ambitious virtual reality projects comes to L.A.

Marciano Art Foundation opens
Marciano Art Foundation, 11am–5pm, free with timed ticket

L.A.'s massive new creative and unconventional contemporary art museum opens its doors to the public.

Friday

La La Land in Concert
Hollywood Bowl, 8pm, $35–$200

Composer Justin Hurwitz conducts the Oscar-winning score backed by a 100-piece orchestra, choir and jazz ensemble. 

The Found Footage Festival
Downtown Independent, 8pm, $15

Hosts Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett introduce clips from their 20-year-old collection of VHS videos found at garage sales and thrift shops across the U.S. It's totally bizarre—you'll see things you never imagined existed, and some things you wish you could unsee.

Constitution Happy Hour
Hammer Museum, 6pm, free to attend, $5 drinks

We the people, in order to form a more perfect happy hour, should attend this series of crash courses on the U.S. Constitution.

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