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Friday
 · Music round-up: Ghostland Observatory at the Henry Fonda, Aimee Mann's 2nd Annual Christmas Show with Paul F. Tompkins, Grant Lee Phillips, Nellie McKay, and Morgan Murphy at the El Rey, Jonathan Richman at Safari Sams, and Cake are at the Orpheum Theater.
· The 5th Annual LA LGBT People of Color Film Festival begins tonight at the Egyptian.

Saturday
 · Satisfy your communal tree-lighting and eggnog cravings at the Los Feliz Village Holiday Festival, 6-10 p.m.
· Apparently the strike has hit the agencies harder than we expected: William Morris's Chris Lockhart will be hearing pitches from Alameda Writers Group members at the Glendale Library.
· Can we interest you in some art? "Create:Fixate celebrates 6 years of art and music with a one-off salon style exhibit featuring a cross-section of the hundreds of artists we've worked with over the years!"
Sunday
 · Musical offerings: Voxtrot at the Henry Fonda, VHS or Beta, Foreign Born, Afrobots at the El Rey, The Locust at the Knitting Factory, Kimya Dawson at the Smell, Mark Lanegan Band at the Troubadour.
· Kirk Douglas signs Let's Face It: 90 Years of Living, Loving, and Learning at Vroman's in Pasadena, where security will be instructed to turn John Travolta away, no matter how big a heart-shaped box of chocolates he happens to be carrying.
· Dana Delany and quintessentially Angeleno authors Bruce Wagner and James Ellroy will perform a reading at the Hammer Museum.