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Friday
 · Music round-up: Deborah Harry at the Henry Fonda; Andrew Bird at the Orpheum; the reunited Spice Girls at the Staples Center; Radars to the Sky at Spaceland.
· Comedy troupe Fireball Deluxe is joined by a cast of UCB Theatre thousands (OK, like ten other people) to bring you DadQuest, a magical adventure about four midwestern fathers who have to rescue their kids from the clutches of an evil wizard.
· The Every Picture Tells a Story gallery in Santa Monica kicks off a monthlong exhibit of artwork from The Simpsons with a reception and free screening of The Simpsons Movie at the Aero Theatre.

Saturday
 · More music: Jon Brion at Largo; John Mayer at the Nokia Theatre; Tea Leaf Green at the Troubadour; Juliette (Lewis) & The Licks at the Roxy.
· Head over to Beverly Hills for the Rodeo Drive Holiday Scavenger Hunt, a mad search up and down the most famous shopping street in the nation. Which team can collect the most discarded Botox needles, $3000 pairs of shoes, or Hollywood starter wives out for a day of retail therapy?
· Join former donut-shop employee Maria Menounos as she helps her onetime employer celebrate the release of their coffee into America's grocery stores at the Dunkin Donuts Shopping Cart Derby at the Santa Monica Pier. And we're not just listing this so DD sends us fifteen free crates of the delicious java we used to mainline when we lived back East.
Sunday
 · The Egyptian Theatre screens A Christmas Story, perhaps the greatest holiday movie of all time, for free. Not that you need further reason to go, but the film's music supervisor and production designer Reuben Freed will be on hand for the post-show Q&A.
· Still more music: Shonen Knife at the Knitting Factory; David Gray at the Wiltern; The Sounds and The Bravery at Avalon.