Friday
· White Teeth author Zadie Smith talks and reads from her latest novel, On Beauty, at UCLA Live.
· Go to the MOCA store in Santa Monica for its second annual Invitational Skateboard Silent Auction, then ruin your newly purchased masterpiece on a stainless steel handrail in a failed attempt at a grind.
· Portland indie folk savants Horse Feathers play Tangier.
Saturday
· Actorfest LA 2006 at Raleigh Studios gives "actors and performing artists the unique opportunity to embrace free-flowing and honest advise from agents, casting directors and successful actors." We don't see any "You need to lose 20 lbs before you get anywhere near a camera" workshops on the schedule, so we're wondering how authentic these casting directors are.
· The Real Black Dahlia Crime Bus Tour is a "five-hour guided luxury coach tour," though we can't promise you won't start getting a little fidgety at the four-hour mark.
· Jamie Lee Curtis signs her new book, Is There Really a Human Race?, which only contains one word ("Yes."), but is opulently illustrated nonetheless.
Sunday
· The Aero's Monty Python Weekend concludes with screenings of The Meaning of Life followed by And Now for Something Completely Different.
· Dutton's Beverly Hills hosts Joel Stern, signing copies of his new book, Jewish Holiday Origami. He'll also conduct a hands-on presentation, where you can learn the art of making a delicate paper crane, stuffed and roasted and served with knaidlech, out of a single sheet of paper.

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