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The Weekend Guide

Short lines? Light traffic? Reservations aplenty? This could only mean one thing: Sundance.

SEE
Nine Decades of Los Angeles Art
What:
Kent Twitchell, Gajin Fujita, Richard Pettibone, along with more than 74 Otis alums exhibit paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, ceramics, and videos.
Why: Take one down and pass it around, 89 years of art on the walls.
When: Reception, Sun., 2-5 p.m., reception; on display thru April 2.
Where: Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., at N. Berendo St., Los Feliz (323-644-6269).

DO
Can Can Massage

What: Massage therapist Ann Reed turns stress balls into mush balls.
Why: Clap your hands and say om.
When: Whenever you’d like.
Where: Can Can Parleur, 107 S. Fair Oaks Ave., b/t W. Dayton & W. Green Sts., Pasadena (626-356-0880).

BUY
Amo & Bretti
Sample Sale
What:
Cozy cashmere, lambswool, and angora sweaters priced $25-$160.
Why: Keep it cash-ual.
When: Sat., 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Where: 128 S. Swall Dr., b/t Alden Dr. & W. 3rd St., West Hollywood (310-285-3981).

White Trash Charms Sale
What:
Lines like Karen Walker and L.A.M.B. are 40 percent off; jewelry is 30 percent off.
Why: Charmed, you’re sure.
When: Thurs.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6p.m., Sun., 1o a.m.-4 p.m.
Where: 1951 Hillhurst Ave., b/t Franklin & Finley Aves., Los Feliz (323-666-9585).

EAT
Skin-Balancing Boosts

What: Borba’s clarifying and replenishing aqualess crystalline powder boosts debut at Jamba Juice.
Why: You’re a bad mama Jamba.
When: Starting Thurs.
Where: At select locations, including Jamba Juice West Hollywood, 8591 Santa Monica Blvd., b/t W. Knoll & Westmount Drs., West Hollywood (310-360-7440).

HEAR
The Black Dahlia Files: the Mob, the Mogul, the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles
What:
Author and possible super sleuth Donald H. Wolfe pleads his newly formed case on the murder of Elizabeth Short in 1947 and signs copies of his book.
Why: Who doesn’t love a whodunit?
When: Thurs., 7 p.m.
Where: Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood (800-746-BOOK).