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In Los Angeles, see new listings for existing venues like the Oinkster (among the best burgers in town) and Fraiche (an institution of French-Italian fusion perfection). For full LA listings, see our restaurant guide.

This Week's Highlights: The Art of Vision puts it own spin on visual art on Wednesday 5/7; Alice Cooper and Slash help musicians down on their luck at the MusiCares concert on 5/9. For details, check our complete Los Angeles events calendar after the jump. Got an event worth listing? Let us know at .

The Ed Banger/Dim Mak coterie recently overtook Cinespace in Los Angeles. Everything was as planned, it seemed, at least in pictures. Nary a neon jersey was missing. Gold chains dangled from the lanky bodies that filled the room. But something was amiss, the scene seemed to have lost its sparkle.

In Los Angeles, check out new restaurant listings for Delancey (East Coast Italian vibe in Hollywood) and a Helms Bakery branch of popular Santa Monica steakery Father's Office. For full LA listings, check out our restaurant guide.

In Los Angeles, check out new listings for El Prado (eclectic-rustic bar chic from Malo's Jeff Ellermeyer) and Brix@1601 (New American fare with excellent wine). For full Los Angeles listings, check out our restaurant guide and nightlife guide.

Tomorrow is Earth Day, apparently. As such, what better way to spend an afternoon than cleaning up grafittied walls around the country? Benefit "Team Erase Paste," from the makers of anti-wrinkle goo, will be held at Skateboard Park under the Brooklyn Bridge. The same cleansing rituals will take place in Los Angeles and San Francisco. We're not exactly sure how this is supposed to fix our shitty ozone, but it's a feel-goody face-lift, and our latex gloves will be there all the same.

S. Hector Bury, bartender at Joe's Restaurant, likes to name his cocktails after David Bowie songs. Rightly enough, his “Lady Stardust” seems like a song in a glass—one popular on the radio during summertime, like Beyonce’s “Crazy in Love.” The combination of top-shelf champagne and fresh citrus makes for a light, crisp cocktail that's deceptively light. Use it as a chaser between "strong" drinks at your peril. (I did, and I have the hangover to prove it.)

Liz McGrath triptych.

Starting tomorrow (and ending the next day), "Heroes & Villains" at Culver City's Corey Helford Gallery celebrates the personalities who have influenced outsider art from graffiti to alt-comic book illustration. With 50-ish prints on display, photographers Tatiana Willis and Roman Cho shed light on a group often left in the dark (to their own devices. And manga).

In Los Angeles, check out new profiles for Flake (a Venice bruncher specializing in cereal) and the long-established Fred Segal Mauro Cafe (post-shopping lady luncher in West Hollywood). For full listings, see our Los Angeles restaurant guide.

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Photographer Chris Anthony shot rock bands across American until, as he puts it, his "retirement at the age of 17." He would go on to direct commercials and music videos for the Dandy Warhols among others. He even created a stunning set of Dali-inspired Playstation ads for Sony. But this, this is unexpected. In his recent exhibition at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, "I'm the Most Normal Person I Know," Anthony explores his gothic side with a series of haunting images that meet somewhere between the imaginations of Annie Leibovitz and Tim Burton. Inspired by Ralph Bakshi, Monty Python, and The Muppet Show, Anthony explains, "There is nothing strange about this at all. Nothing. As I am the most normal person I know."