The weekend is the new weekday.
You know all about this lush Hollywood hideaway, even if you claim ignorance about the salacious origins of its name. You might also want to know that Q-Tip will show up on the turntables around midnight tonight.
By the time the real Fashion Week starts, you'll already be tuckered out from blowouts like this. The three-day extravaganza features designers you've actually heard of (Louis Verdad, Jeffrey "Project Runway" Sebelia) in an old church turned party palace.
Sometimes you want highbrow theater—and sometimes you want a shot at playing an FBI agent turned undercover surfer. If you're randomly chosen from the audience, you'll have cue cards to help you recapture the subtle nuances of Keanu Reeves' original screen portrayal.
Among the 30-plus galleries pitching in for the weekend, you'll want to check out Found Gallery for Keith Perelli's ghostly post-Katrina paintings and Gallery O for Brian Marrier's works. Marrier utilizes naturalistic elements like grass, dirt and the occasional leaf-blower.
As your artistic analyses take you nearer to Hollywood, you can ponder the deep and insufficiently explored connection between Salvador Dali and the film industry. He collaborated with Walt Disney, Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Bunuel—and, quite possibly, Kevin Bacon.
