Thursday, July 26

Electric Youth

The Arena is ground zero for the 18-and-over pulsating pop party Tiger Heat with DJ Ray Rhodes. $8 cover. Every Thursday, 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Hollywood Arena, 6655 Santa Monica Blvd., Hlywd. www.clubtigerheat.com

Smack Attack

Gulp, don’t sip the cocktails served up tall, cold and free for five minutes each hour at Smack, the world’s fastest open bar. Every Thursday. Free. 9 p.m. O-Bar, 8279 Santa Monica Blvd., W. Hlywd. www.tomwhitmanpresents.com

Can You Feel the Heat?

Ladies—in the mood for some Heat? Check out here lounge’s Thursday night party featuring loads of luscious lesbians and the illest mixes of your favorite hip-hop, Latin dance and reggaeton songs. 696 Robertson Blvd., W. Hlywd. www.herelounge.com

The Wetter the Better

Get an eyeful at Thursday night’s Wet-and-Wild Shorts Contest. Winner takes home $100—and most likely a few phone numbers. Eagle L.A., 4219 Santa Monica Blvd., L.A. (323) 669-9472 or www.eaglela.com

Friday, July 27

High Notes and Hilarity

Pamper your inner opera queen and take in the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles’ Divas 3: Opera Strikes Back, a colorful choral celebration of all things opera featuring the ensemble’s high production values and comic sensibility. July 27, 8 p.m.; July 28, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.; July 29 3 p.m. $25-53. Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. www.gmcla.org

Mess Things Up

Looking to shake up your Friday nights? Try Chaos, the new weekly happening at MJ’s, where DJ Paulo Ramirez spins hip-hop, house and some hot R&B. The $4 Red Bull cocktails don’t hurt, either. 2810 Hyperion Ave., Silver Lake. www.mjsbar.com

Me Tarzan

Swing into the Factory tonight for Jungle Fever, a Pop Starz event that transforms the club into a jungle paradise. DJ Mike Bryant provides the tribal drumbeats. Doors open at 9 p.m. 21 and over. $12 cover. 652 N. La Peer Dr., WeHo. www.factorynightclub.com

Pull Over

You won’t find any 18-wheelers, blue-plate specials or squawking CB radios at this Truck Stop—just a bunch of hotties dancing on the bar to the tunes of DJ Herrick Hell. Every Friday. here lounge, 696 N. Robertson Blvd., W. Hlywd. www.herelounge.com

Saturday, July 28

Hello, Dolly

The Boofont Sisters focus their powerhouse voices and whacky sense of humor on the songbook of fellow big-haired songstress Dolly Parton in Dolly Wouldn’t, an evening of country and comedy featuring the Dime Box Band. Through Aug. 4. $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Cavern Club Theater at Casita Del Campo, 1920 Hyperion Ave., Silver Lake. www.cavernclubtheater.com

Forget Pink’s

Head over to Dragonfly tonight to check out Mario Diaz’s wildly popular Hot Dog, which is plumper, juicier and meatier than ever—and you won’t even have to worry about all those nasty nitrates. $3 drinks from 10-11 p.m. 6510 Santa Monica Blvd., Hlywd. www.clubhotdog.com

Sunday, July 29

Mimosas On Melrose

Robin Gans, Sandy Sachs and Jeffrey Sanker recently joined forces to open Murano, a Melrose eatery with a decidedly European slant—a perfect spot for Sunday brunch with the gang.9010 Melrose Ave., WeHo. www.murano9010.com

Make Mine D Double

Hold your paddle high to bid early and often as this week’s Size features the 4th annual West Hollywood Bartender Auction at here lounge. Some of the hottest mixologists from here, the Abbey, Fubar and others put themselves on the auction block to benefit AIDS Project L.A. Free. 696 N. Robertson Blvd., WeHo. www.tomwhitmanpresents.com

Stimulating Stanzas

Take a Sunday evening timeout to allow some poetry to wash over you as renowned lesbian poet and professor Eloise Klein Healy reads from her latest collection, The Islands Project (Red Hen Press). 5 p.m. Free. Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Feliz. www.skylightbooks.com

Monday, July 30

Hawaiian Homicide

In Mahu Surfer, author Neil Pakcy’s gay Hawaiian detective, Kimo Kanapa’aka, revisits his surfing past, going undercover to find out who’s been offing surfers in the island paradise. Stop by A Different Light Bookstore tonight to meet Plakcy and get a signed copy. 7:30 p.m. Free. 8853 Santa Monica Blvd., WeHo. www.adlbooks.com

Tuesday, July 31

A Witch’s-eye View

Discover how they defy gravity eight times a week at the Pantages Theatre with Behind the Emerald Curtain, weekly backstage tours of the house of Wicked. Get up close and personal with props, costumes and sets, and meet cast members for a Q&A. Tuesdays, 5 p.m. $25 (does not include admission to the 8 p.m. show). 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hlywd. www.wickedthemusical.com/LA

Wednesday, Aug. 1

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Be a Macho man at the hot biweekly Wednesday night affair at the sleek Republic restaurant and club. Early birds enjoy dinner downstairs, while latecomers can nibble from the upstairs latenight menu. Dinner from 6 p.m. Lounge opens at 8 p.m. Free admission. 650 N. La Cienega Blvd., WeHo. www.raynardpresents.com

Looking Fierce or Fiercely Looking

Club Girl Talk at Encounters in Pasadena offers transgenders, cross dressers and their admirers a night to mingle while DJ Tony spins top 40 and dance hits into the night. No Cover. 203 N. Sierra Madre Blvd., Pasadena. www.encountersnightclub.com

Go Metro

Get over the hump with Club Metro at Ultra Suede as DJ Ben drops the hottest hip-hop, reggaeton and R&B beats, and L.A.’s hottest go-go dancers shake their stuff. Free with guest list before 11 p.m. $7 otherwise. Ultra Suede, 661 N. Robertson Blvd., W. Hlywd. (323) 769-6333

Sing Out, Louise

What better way to get over the mid-week hump than guzzling two-for-one drinks at Fiesta Cantina and captivating your friends with your own rockin’ renditions of old karaoke standards? Karaoke with Kenny, 10:30 p.m.-1:45 a.m. 8851 Santa Monica Blvd., W. Hlywd. www.karaokewithkenny.com

Set ‘em Up and Knock ‘em down

Half-price specials on some of the best-tasting cocktails in West Hollywood? We’re there. Don’t miss Wednesday nights at East/West Lounge with its Premium blend of two-for-one drink specials running from 9-10 p.m. and again from midnight to 1 a.m. 8851 Santa Monica Blvd., W. Hlywd. www.eastwestlounge.com

Thursday, Aug. 2

Fisher Family Portraits

When Six Feet Under’s Claire scored a solo art show with her unique photo sculptures—photo portraits that she tore in pieces and reassembled on the subject’s face—she was borrowing the technique of David Meanix. The shots from the show are included in Meanix’s new exhibition, Wonder, at the Center. Through Sept. 1. Advocate & Gochis Galleries, Village at Ed Gould Plaza, 1125 N. McCadden Place, Hlywd. www.lagaycenter.org

In the Land of Women

Get your weekend started early with Platinum at East/West Lounge, bringing the sexiest birds out for a sophisticated Sapphic soiree. 8851 Santa Monica Blvd., W. Hlywd. www.eastwestlounge.com

Friday, Aug. 3

Some Enchanted Reba

Reba McEntire washes Broadway’s Brian Stokes Mitchell right out of her hair in this weekend’s Hollywood Bowl presentation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Pulitzer-winning South Pacific. Aug. 3 and 4 at 8 p.m.; Aug. 5 at 7:30 p.m. $7-49 (other levels sold out). 2301 N. Highland Ave., Hlywd. www.hollywoodbowl.com

Fair-alicious

On the heels of her Wiltern and House of Blues gigs, Whittier native Fergie hits the Orange County Fair’s Pacific Amphitheatre. The duchess and sometime-Pea is one of many stars shining during the Fair. Check out the website for a full schedule. 7 p.m. $49.50. 100 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. www.ocfair.com

Weekly Bible Study It Is Not

Join Tom Whitman for Drunk and Horny, West Hollywood’s sexy Friday night party at Fubar where DJ Josh Peace keeps the party bumpin’ with his hot mix of dirty pop, trashy house and party music. Free. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 7994 Santa Monica Blvd., W. Hlywd. www.tomwhitmanpresents.com

Till Seven at Eleven

Celebrate the end of the week with $3 beers, 2-for-1 cocktails and half-price appetizers at Eleven’s summer happy hour, featuring a new menu of lighter fare and the same fabulous setting. Tuesday-Sunday, 4-7 p.m. 8811 Santa Monica Blvd., WeHo. www.eleven.la

Saturday, Aug 4

And the Livin’ is Easy

Party for a good cause at the 22nd annual Summer Party benefiting AIDS Project Los Angeles. Thelma Houston and Tiffany headline the 104.3 KBIG concert stage, and Queer as Folk cast members host a dance party. 7 p.m.-midnight. Free cocktails 7-8 p.m. $150. The Lot, 1040 N. Poinsettia Pl., WeHo. www.apla.org

Acoustic for a Cause

Synergy Cafe’s Grassroots Acoustica is a monthly night of unplugged, intimate music benefiting a different group. Tonight’s event includes Oscar nominee Karen Black and queer singer/songwriter (and recent Obie winner) Dudley Saunders. The hat will be passed for the Blank Theatre Company. 8 p.m. Free. 4437 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. www.synergycafelounge.com

Go Commando

Whatever your feelings are about the Iraq mess, few would argue the need to support our troops. What better way than by heading over to Club Fuel’s Military Night to appreciate—and perhaps take home—a sexy sailor, hot army dude or a buff Navy seal? No cover. Every Saturday. 11608 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. www.clubfuel.us

So Effing Popular

Anybody who’s anybody will be at Popular—winner of the 2006 WeHo Award for best nightclub event—on Saturdays, dancing to the pop music, ogling the cute go-go boys and girls and cashing in on the half-price drink specials offered until 10:30 p.m. Free. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Every Saturday. here lounge, 696 N. Robertson Blvd., W. Hlywd. www.tomwhitmanpresents.com

Bumpin’ the night

Tune in to Indie 103.1 FM at midnight for Neon Noise with DJ Paul V. His weekly radio show features all the dirty electro, indie rock remixes and mashups you can shake a stick at. It's the next best thing to actually being at a club! www.myspace.com/smashmix

Sunday, Aug. 5

A Month of Sundays

What was monthly is now weekly as David Cooley and Jeffrey Sanker give us Sundays, alternating at Area (this week) and Privilege. DJ Josh Peace keeps things thumping and guests relax in Area’s Mid-Century splendor. Doors open 8 p.m. Free before 10 p.m., $10 after. 643 N. La Cienega Blvd., WeHo. www.jeffreysanker.com

Knock Down, Drag Out

Grab a stiff bevy, sidle up to the stage and prepare for the sequins and double-sided tape to fly as your favorite drag divas battle it out for $3,500 in cash prizes as the 19th cycle of Drag Idol heats up. 10 p.m. Oasis, 1386 E. Foothill Blvd., Upland. www.oasis-nightclub.com

Cruise Control

Lookin’ for some action? Tonight’s hot spot is MJ’s, which hosts its Cruise T-Dance on Sundays from 5-9 p.m. DJ Quinn Callicott spins the best house music as loads of liquored-up hotties hit the dance floor. After 9 p.m., DJ Rick takes over, rewinding the party back to the crazy days of disco. 2810 Hyperion Ave., Silver Lake. www.mjsbar.com

Monday, Aug. 6

Mondays are a Drag

Drop in to here lounge for Here’s Jackie!, the Monday night show featuring that sharp-tongued chanteuse Jackie Beat, who will have you rolling with her sassy shenanigans. Tonight, Jackie welcomes DJ Paul V. who will keep the party bumping. 696 N. Robertson Blvd., W. Hlywd. www.herelounge.com

Tuesday, Aug. 7

“There She Is...”

Whether you throw your hat (and swim suit) in the ring, or just want to check out the contestants, head to here lounge for tonight’s Mr. Gay Los Angeles competition. The winner represents our fair city in October’s U.S. Mr. Gay competition, with an eye on the $15,000 International Mr. Gay prize. Doors open 8 p.m. Free. here lounge, 696 N. Robertson Blvd., WeHo. www.mrgaycompetition.com

High-Octane Hangout

Looking to get your party on in the 818? Check out Club Fuel with its Twisted Tuesdays, Re-Fuel Thursdays, Commando Saturdays and Beer Bust Sundays. 11608 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. www.clubfuel.us