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7 Days In Arts

This week: \"Whale Music,\" the Festival of Books, Hatikvah Music International, Hyim and the Fat Foakland Orchestra, and more.
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April 22, 2004

Saturday

The urban world beats of Hyim and the Fat Foakland
Orchestra travel south from Oakland in honor of UC Santa Barbara’s Earth Day
festivities today. Leave the smog behind in favor of the daylong celebration at
Isla Vista’s Anisq’ Oyo’ Park, which features Hyim and his crew as well as other
bands, cultural performances and info booths aplenty. 11:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m. At
Embarcadero del Mar and Seville Road, Isla Vista. (805) 893-5165. Bookish types
looking to stay a little closer to home this weekend find literary paradise at
the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. The annual fest features conversations,
readings and signings with some of the most celebrated writers, as well as
booths by booksellers or other reading enthusiasts, like the one shared by The
Jewish Journal and KOREH L.A. literacy program. Tribemembers expected to make
appearances include Larry King, Laura Schlesinger, Henry Winkler, Ayelet
Waldman, Aimee Bender, Bruce Kimmel and Jonathan Safran Foer. Free. 10 a.m.-6
p.m. (Sat.), 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Sun.). UCLA, Westwood.

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