November 19, 2011 - John Carpenter's Vampires with a Q&A with producer Sandy King Carpenter

Tonight is a screening of John Carpenter's Vampires, preceded by a question & answer and introduction by producer Sandy King Carpenter at 11:59 PM!  This is taking place at the New Beverly Cinema located at 7165 West Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles and directions can be found here.  Tickets are only $8.00 and can be purchased at the box officer or online here.  One lucky attendee will also win season 2 of Community on DVD.

Happy Halloween!

Writer/director John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic Halloween was set in Haddonfield, Illinois, but it was actually filmed in Southern California.

This is Michael Myers' home that was originally located at 707 Meredian Avenue, but has since been moved to 1000 Mission Street in South Pasadena.  Directions to the home can be found here.

  This is the home where Jamie Lee Curtis' character Laurie Strode was babysitting, it's located at 1530 North Orange Grove Avenue in Hollywood.  Directions to this home can be found here.

 This is the home (on the left hand side) Laurie Strode's best friend Annie was babysitting (and murdered) in the movie.  The address is 1537 North Orange Grove Avenue in Hollywood.  Directions to the home are here.

****If you decide to check these homes out, please be discreet and don't disrupt the neighborhood.  These homes are private property, so no trespassing.****

Happy Halloween, everyone!  Stay safe and have fun.

Saturday, October 29th, 2011

Remember Nellie Oleson from Little House on the Prairie?  Alison Arngrim is best known as the actress who made her character Nellie Oleson the ultimate villain!  Alison Arngrim is going to be talking about and signing copies of her new autobiography 'Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Olson and Learned to Love Being Hated' today at 2:00 PM at the Katy Geissert Civic Center Library in the meeting room.  Get directions to the Katy Geissert Civic Center Library here.

Guy Vasilovich will be reading and signing copies of his new children's book 'The 13 Nights of Halloween' today at 2:00 PM at Dark Delicacies.  Directions to Dark Delicacies can be found here.

The Long Beach Comic Con is taking place today and tomorrow at the Long Beach Convention Center.  Legendary writer/director John Carpenter will be there today along with plenty of others listed on their website here.  Directions to the Long Beach Convention Center can be found here.