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Monday's Scoop: Ellen's Chef Talks Vegan, Panel Talks Censorship
Ellen DeGeneres' personal chef, Roberto Martin presents his new vegan cookbook at Book Soup, while a panel discussion at the Weho Library talks about Censorship Today. Plus Steel Panther is back at House of Blues.
Greetings and welcome to City Scoop. Today is Monday, April 30, the 121st day of 2012. Here’s what’s going on in West Hollywood today.
Censorship is the topic of a panel discussion for the final of the city’s Big Read 2012 events. “Censorship Today and the Enduring Legacy of Fahrenheit 451” will feature LA Times book critic David Ulin moderating a panel consisting of playwright/author Diane Lefer, novelist Leslie Schwartz and PEN Center USA executive director Adam Somers. The discussion gets underway at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chamber on street level of the . Free and open to all.
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Ellen’s Chef Leaves Out the Meat
Ellen DeGeneres' personal chef, Roberto Martin, shares over 125 vegan recipes he's created for Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi in his new book Vegan Cooking for Carnivores: Over 125 Recipes So Tasty You Won't Miss the Meat. Martin wrote the cookbook in hopes of making healthy vegan cooking accessible and easy for everyone. Learn more as Martin discusses the book and then autographs copies at starting at 7 p.m.
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's north parking is the place to be to get some of the freshest fruits and vegetables currently in season as the weekly farmer’s market gathers there from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. It’s always a great place to stock up on locally grown foods, plus start up chats with interesting people.
The again hosts Steel Panther, an LA-based group that got its start on the Sunset Strip in 2000 under the name Metal Shop. Known for profane, humorous lyrics and exaggerated stage personas, this band manages to both parody and pay homage to the great glam metal bands of the 1980s like Guns N’ Roses, Motley Crue and Poison. Showtime is 9:30 p.m.
Bands Playing in Town
- Hurt at the Key Club. Show starts at 7:30 p.m.
- LP with Diamond Light, Diamonds Under Fire and Digital Daggers at the Viper Room. Show starts at 8 p.m.
- Twenty two hundred at the Whiskey A Go Go. Show starts at 8 p.m.
- Five to One at the Roxy Theatre. Show starts at 8 p.m.
- Eve 6 with the Colourist and Kenan Bell at the Troubadour. Show starts at 8:30 p.m.
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