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Weekend Planner: Comedy, Culture and Calmness

Laugh a lot this weekend.

Patch's picks this week will make you laugh out loud. Also, learn to rechannel stress to your advantage.

1. 

Where/When: Hollywood Improv—Main Room, 8162 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046; 10pm, weekly on Fridays.

Why Go: Richard Villa found his calling during an open mic coming home from work and now he's got his own gig.

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Pricing: $15.00.

2. 

Where/When: , 312 N Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; 12-7 pm Saturday, March 12, 2011.

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Why Go: Lush is having a party to promote their Gorilla perfumes. Attempting to engage the taste buds, they intend on creating an Imogen Rose Drink. Enjoy music, art and a raffle.

Pricing: Free admission.

3. 

Where/When: , 9437 Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; 2-4:30pm Saturday, March 12, 2011.

Why Go: Learn about the nature of stress, how to identify stress and how to deal with stress using mindfulness techniques and tools.

Pricing: $60.00.

4. 

Where/When: Hollywood Improv—Main Room, 8162 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046; 8:30pm Saturday, March 12, 2011.

Why Go: Their brutal honesty, sincerity and unexpected endings have crowds erupting in laughter. No costumes, no bad acting, no fake crying, no fake TV show parodies, no fake commercials and no impressions.

Pricing: $18.00.

5. 

Where/When: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, 100 the Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036; open Sunday through Friday.

Why Go: These works of art differ significantly from ‘typical’ Holocaust graphics. It's also the artsist's largest collection.

Pricing: Free admission.

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