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· The Egyptian hosts Focus on Female Directors, a program including shorts by Sofia Coppola, Miranda July, Niki Caro, and others. A chat with directors Christina Beck and Emily Dell follows the screening.
· Authors Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin will sign Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous, a book about the dangers of succumbing to overlong, too-cute self-help titles, at Book Soup.
· Music Round-up: Darci Cash at the Troubadour; The Chapin Sisters at Spaceland; and for the Deadheads out there, Cubensis at the House of Blues on Sunset.