The Weekend Ahead

• Friday:
  
• Talib Kweli concert at the House of Blues on Sunset strip. Mirah plays with The Blow at the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at Safari Sams.
• Largo on Fairfax hosts a comedy night with B.J. Novak, Nick Swardson, and Greg Behrendt.
• If you like Booze with your movie? Take your date to a "special" screening of Sweeney Todd or Cassandras Dream at the Arclight Cinema's in Hollywood, where they will be hosting their weekend 21+ screenings.Special because it's 2 in the Arclight's special 21+ movie showings of
• Saturday:
• The Jam (Bruce Foxton & Rick Buckler) perform at the El Rey. The Sweet Hurt at Pehrspace and MGMT at the echoplex.
• Skylight Books hosts the editors from The Onion for an introduction to their new book Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of Planet Earth.
  
• Sunday:
• The Civic Auditorium hosts artLA, a 60-gallery exhibit displaying a "cross-section of the local and international art scenes, offering cutting-edge pieces and outlandish performance art rather than high-end traditionalism. Window shoppers and collectors alike can also check out the lectures, presentations, and are books galore."
• Tongue and Groove, a "monthly offering of short fiction, personal essays, poetry, and spoken word" at the Hotel Café