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I’m sure most will be enjoying eggnog and holiday parties galore this weekend thus the lack of art openings and events to speak of. Thankfully we have singing ladies, cool clothing and big blue aliens to keep us busy.

• The lovely LA Ladies Choir will be hosting Take My Treasures, a silent auction charity benefiting the Children of the Night organization, as well as performing a special set of Christmas Carols at Hollywood’s Space 15 Twenty. Among the items for auction are donated treasures from Flea, Tom Petty, Kevin Willis, Lauren Dukoff, Jess Holzworth, Alia Penner, Will Lemon III, Billy Idol, Lucky Dragons, original sketches from the film Where The Wild Things Are and more to be announced.

• Homie PM Tenore’s RVCA clothing company doesn’t just make awesome clothes, they’re steadfast supporters of the arts (Artist Network Program), publishers of ANP Quarterly and now provider of fashion to Angelinos with the opening of their Fairfax based store. Grandly opening this Sunday, RVCA’s new location adds to their flagship Haight & Ashbury store in San Francisco. (thanks to the omnipresent Meghan Edwards for the reminder!)

• Oh yeah, and there’s this small 3D film by little Jimmy Cameron coming out too…

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Dancing, fighting, opening, auctioning, speaking, signing, arting. Many a great things happening this weekend, but for me and my Friday the 13th birthday weekend, the best present I can receive would be an exciting Manny Pacquiao victory. Hope you have a fun filled Filipino weekend!

• The weekend begins with a Friday the 13th full of Wonder as New York’s DJ Spinna and Bobbito bring their traveling Stevie Wonder tribute to Hollywood with Wonder-Full LA4 at The Vanguard.

• Giant Robot boldly follows Deth P. Sun’s lead as his melancholy cat-like characters come to LA in his new solo show Please Be Brave at GR2 on Sawtelle.

• Juxtapoz celebrates their 15th year of existence by throwing The Big Payback, a group art show and charity auction held in conjunction with Upper Playground and Power House Project of Detroit at the Factory Place Arts Complex in downtown LA. Proceeds from the auction will support the goal of purchasing five homes and employing local Detroit contractors, electricians, plumbers, and carpenters to perform the renovations. See the pieces by some of the urban art world’s best being auctioned off on Juxtapoz.com and bid on them at Charitybuzz.com.

• The main event of the weekend for fight fans and Filipinos everywhere: Manny Pacquiao fights Miguel Cotto for the Welterweight championship and a record setting seventh title. Nike Sportswear graciously hosts the fight at the Montalbán Theater in Hollywood. RSVP required.

• Spend Sunday with Family, the extraordinarily eclectic bookstore on Fairfax that is, as they host a very special speaking and signing engagement with Spike Jonze to celebrate the release of Heads On & We Shoot a “unique collaboration behind Where the Wild Things Are-the combined work of Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers, and all the cast and crew.”

• And finally a weeks worth of free admission to the MOCA and the Geffen Contemporary as they both open their doors to bring their acclaimed collection of postwar art to the community with complimentary admission during the opening week of Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years.

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Usually on Fridays I post art openings, film events, and whatever fun filled activities are happening over the weekend. But today I need to shift focus to more pressing issues and help raise awareness and relief for the people who could really use the support.

Last weekend the Philippines was hit hard by Typhoon Kestana (also known as Typhoon Ondoy) which killed hundreds and left most of Manila under water and the country in a “state of calamity”. Now the islands brace for the arrival of Super Typhoon Parma (Pepeng) as it makes landfall this Saturday. I was happily relieved when I received a facebook message from my cousins in Manila letting me know that they’re alive and well but at the time of the typhoon they thought it was the “end of the world because the rains didn’t stop”. Others may not be as fortunate. Please help a Filipino out by giving aid through relief agencies such as these:

• American Red Cross
• Philippine Red Cross
  
• UNICEF
• Save the Children
• Direct Relief International
• CARE
• World Vision
• HISG
  

And like many other third world countries that encounter natural disasters, clean drinking water has been in great demand. Meg Wells of Flux has sponsored the Clean Water Initiative donating LifeSaver Water Bottles which turn “the muddiest, murkiest, virus-infested water into clean, safe drinking water.” Watch the company’s CEO Michael Pritchard make clean water at a TED talk here:

Click here to sponsor and donate clean water with a Lifesaver bottle.

Thanks for taking some time to help support those in need!

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