Artist Frances Stark will be playing a version of Name That Tune with music critic Josh Kun and curator Hamza Walker at LAXART
Sister Mantos is opening for Rudy De Anda at The Hi Hat
Criminal Hygiene and Thayer Sarrano are opening for Parker Gispert at the Bootleg Theater
The Egyptian Theatre is having a free screening of Blacula with an introduction by director William Crain
Saturday
GRMLN and Warm Deltas are opening for Al Lover at The Hi Hat
Museums Annual Free-For-All-Day returns with free admission to museums in Southern California that include The Autry, Descanso Gardens, LACMA and more (also some on Sunday as well)
Hammer Museum is hosting a forum on United States and Saudi Relations with Robert W. Jordan, former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Brookings Institution fellow Tamara Cofman Wittes and former deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, speaking with moderator Ian Masters, journalist, documentary filmmaker and KPFK 90.7 FM radio host. (free)
Weirdo Night returns to Zebulon with Dynasty Handbag, Kathleen Hanna, Morgan Bassichis and more performing
Tancred and This White Light are opening for Mineral at the Echoplex
Photographer Matthew Rolston will be discussing his exhibition Art People: The Pageant Portraits at Ralph Pucci in Hollywood, with arts writer and editor Katya Tylevich. RSVP here
Darlingside are playing at The Echo with Henry Jamison opening
Grammy award winning musical director of the LA Opera, James Conlon will be discussing his recent collaboration with the Joffrey Ballet, and making the mythology of Orpheus and Eurydice modern at the Hammer Museum
Palm are playing at the Echoplex with The Spirit of the Beehive and Jerkagram opening
Friday
ArtNight Pasadena returns with a night of free museums, performances, music, and more- with free shuttles to take you around
Moaning are having a record release party at The Echo with Froth and Numb.er opening
Union Station is hosting Josh Nelson & The Discovery Project’s multi-disciplinary artistic collaboration and presentation- combining video, performance art, light and art installations with his original music (free)
ICA LA’s event Art Buzz, is a happy hour tour of the exhibition Skip Arnold: Truffle Hunt followed by “libations and tastings” (free but RSVP)
Orb, Flat Worms, and Hooveriii are playing at Zebulon
Ghostface Killah will be performing at the Echoplex’s 2ooos era Hip Hop Party-Echo Flex
Current Joys are playing with Celebrity Crush at Lodge Room
Saturday
Protomartyr are playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Shame and GLAARE opening
ICA LA is partnering with Crayon Collection to host a free all ages workshop with artist Pearl C. Hsiung focused on crayon creations
No Win and Luke Rathbone are opening for Criminal Hygiene at the Bootleg Theater
The Aero Theatre is playing a double feature of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
The Wedding Present are playing at The Echo with Terry De Castro opening
Saturday and Sunday
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the East LA Walkouts, Fowler Museum along with the Chicano Studies Research Center will have two days of free programming- on Saturday there will be a speaker’s program with Walkout participants and scholars and on Sunday there will be screenings of the 1995 documentary Taking Back the School, and the 2005 HBO film Walkout! with a Q +A to follow
Sunday
Artist Luchita Hurtado will be in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG)– free but RSVP (1pm with light refreshments at 2pm)
MOCA Community Day at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA will include activities, performances and two panels with artists and activists- one discussing Art as Transformation and the other Envisioning a Different Framework– both focusing on LA’s homelessness crisis. Free but bring white tube socks to donate.
Bootleg Theater is hosting Lancaster– jazz music by Eric Revis, Jeff Parker, Joshua White and Guillermo Brown
Hibou are playing the Echoplex with Death Bells, Floating Room, and Alien Boy
Haunted Summer are playing at the Moroccan Lounge with Alyeska and Gold Casio opening
