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Friday
 · "Best Minutes of the Day: The Golden Age of Polaroid Advertising" opens today at the Museum of Television and Radio. Go and pay homage to the technology that gave us instant gratification in picture before the digital camera. [via LAist]
· Enjoy two of the greater Los Angeles area's roughly sixteen thousand film festivals this weekend: Malibu International Film Festival; The 8th Annual Festival of Film Noir.
Saturday
 · The Kansas City Barbecue Society sanctions an authentic, life-or-death BBQ showdown at the Autry Museum. You haven't lived until you've seen a man gunned down because his pork shoulder was underseasoned.
· Finally, a music round-up: Sondre Lerche at the Troubadour; The Boy Least Likely To at Spaceland; Elbow at Avalon.
Sunday
 · Hop aboard Charles Phoenix's magic school bus and embark on his "Disneyland" Tour of Downtown L.A. We've always thought of Skid Row as a kind of Tomorrowland.
· The Sunday Comedy show at Room 5 lines up Greg Proops, Nick Adams, and Charlene Yi for a gig to benefit Erica's Eye Care. Another chance to help out if you missed the show the other night.