This two-day celebration of all things Dude is back after a nearly two-year local hiatus; Thursday night's a screening of the flick at the 2200-seat Wiltern and a performance from 8-year old Japanese guitar prodigy Yuto Miyazawa ("Eight year olds, Dude..."), while Friday night's got a bowling party w/ cheap MGDs and White Russians, complete with costume and trivia contests. To placate die-hards, both days'll feature appearances from Lebowski-related "celebrities", like the guy who played Little Larry Sellers, and the Ralph's Checkout Girl, who'll apparently accept a check for anything.

All the details and tickets are at LebowskiFest.com

This new sammich shop from the Church & State guy's purely old-school in everything from decor (wood deli counter/tables, tiled floor, etc) to its simple menu, composed of five gourmet-ified classic subs, including rosemary ham (w/ butter, radishes, dijon), prosciutto (w/ buffalo mozzarella, basil, and olive oil), and an Italian topped with a slew of imported soprasata, capicola, salami, and mortadella. They've also got a small market section with mostly-Spanish wines, a small selection of beers (Boddingtons/Bohemia/Sapporo/etc), and, of course, chips, so no one's asking what's utz with the name.

This WeHo standby's moving happy times to later in the evening (10:30pm-12:30am) on Wed/Thurs, serving $3 Bud and Woodchuck, $5 margaritas and Finlandia martinis, and $5.50 food including BBQ chicken pizza, chicken satay w/ garlic vegetables, and calamari misto fritto, in honor of the classic ditty, "Why Don't We Get Drunk and Chew".

The menu's at LolasLA.com

On the first Wed of every month, the 8500-sqft, jacuzzi-and-BBQ-abetted rooftop of this new super-slick residential building's becoming an open-to-the-public movie theater, with free BYOB screenings of retro films. Tonight's picks: vampire classic The Lost Boys, and The Goonies -- so, think of it as a Corey Feldman marathon, followed by a drunken opportunity to experience the walk of Haim.

RSVP to info@loftseven.com to let them know you're coming; more info on the lofts at LoftSeven.com