Dancing with the stars...@ Grove Tuesday March 17th! Mark Ballas & Derek Hough perform! Free admission!

"Dancing with the stars" is busting right out of the old boob tube, isn't it?

When was the last big dance craze, anyway?

Well, there was one decades ago amidst another financial crisis - and one during prohibition - if I recall correctly.

Just maybe, when times get tough - the courageous get creative - and dance those blues away!

Some, go a step farther, and provide an inviting setting to allow those fantasies to unfold and become a dazzling reality.

Over on Santa Monica Boulevard at the erotic nerve center of gay gulch, for instance, a spanking new dance studio has opened to the delight of enthusiastic trotters.

On occasion, I take a gander through the big picture window as I am strolling by.

You know what?

I get inspired just watching all those energetic young beauties from this neighborhood and beyond, two-stepping the hours away with their attentive go-for-bust dance partners in tow.

The Grove has been fast on the up-take, too.

Tomorrow night at 8 pm, for example, TV's Dancing with the Stars - Mark Ballas and Derek Hough - have been tapped to perform LIVE in concert with the Ballas Hough band at the picturesque park-like setting in the square.

Dance a step or two, or just sit back in front of the main stage, where professionals will strut their stuff just for you!

Free!

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St. Patrick's Day...dance the jig @ the Grove March 15th! Chug-a-lug green beer on a pub crawl...

Molly Mallone's Authentic Irish Pub

If you're Irish, or just have smiling eyes and like to kick up your heels and party hearty, then don a sparkly bowler (preferably with a shamrock and a leprechaun on its face) and then head out to the Farmer's Market this afternoon (March 15th) between 3 - 7 PM.

After all, the Grove will be showcasing authentic Irish Music and lively jigs featuring traditional Irish Dancers in celebration of upcoming St. Patrick's Day.

Back by popular demand!

Free!

Then, later in the week on March 17th, why not pop into Molly Mallone's where the historic pub is touting a festive day of delicious food, music, and good cheer.

Yup, why not guzzle down a pint or two of green beer!

If you're an early starter (and need a spot of the eye of the dog that bit you to get over the hang-over blues) then catch Bagpiper Thomas Allen at 1 p.m.

The Celtic Divas will stir up the joint at 2 o'clock, to follow with thoroughly entertaining spontaneous performances by the rousing Regulars (3:15 PM), in addition to Slugger O'Toole (6 PM), Headbone (8:15 PM), I-94 (9:30 PM), and - last but not least - the Dirges who close out the Irish blow-out at 11 o'clock.

By the by, Molly Mallone's was one of the first city taverns to re-open after a long ale-drinking drought during Prohibition.

The warm neighborhood feel of Molly's turned the Irish Pub into a mainstay which has occupied a tender place in the hearts of locals over the years.

Molly's specializes in traditional Celtic and contemporary folk sounds, but also allows for dalliances in the rock and blues genres, too.

Neil Boyle's portraits which single out Molly regulars over a thirty-year time span are hung prominently about the cozy interior to the delight of pub-crawlers.

During the lunch-hour the staff serve up tasty Irish pub grub such as fish-and-chips, burgers and corned beef.

See 'ya there!

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