ENTRANCE- Promises
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (9/15-9/18/16)-
Thursday
ENTRANCE is playing at Resident with Weyes Blood and Lael Neale
John Doe & Exene Cervenka are playing at the Regent Theater with special guest Howe Gelb
Eli Detweiler, Jr., a livestock and auto auctioneer, will perform a high-speed auctioneer chant and lead an informal workshop in auctioneer number-calling at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA . Detweiler is featured in Doug Aitken’s 1998 installation these restless minds which is part of the MOCA exhibition Doug Aitken: Electric Earth. (MOCA entrance and this program are free)
Cosmonauts are having an album release party at the Echoplex with Cellars and Tomorrows Tulips also playing
As part of Doll Parts, the continuing film series at The Broad that complements the Cindy Sherman exhibit, artist Lynn Hershman Leeson’s electronic video diary Binge will be shown along with the work of performance artist Narcissister, who will also perform live ($12 includes night access to the museum)
Friday
Clockshop is hosting Readings by Moonrise at the Bowtie Project in Frogtown with authors A-lan Holt and Dana Johnson and a performance by Nevenka, an Eastern European folk ensemble ($5 suggested donation- s’mores will be provided but you can bring your own picnic items)
Local Natives are playing the Greek Theatre with special guest Charlotte Day Wilson
For the last of LA Zoo’s Roaring Nights the theme is the ’80s with tributes to David Bowie and Prince, as well as food, drinks, vintage video games, and “special animal encounters”
Porches are playing with Japanese Breakfast and Rivergazer at the Echoplex
Saturday
Brainfeeder at the Hollywood Bowl has Flying Lotus, Funkadelic featuring George Clinton and Parliament, Thundercat, Shabazz Palaces, and The Gaslamp Killer performing
Electric Dusk Drive-In’s film this week is Pulp Fiction
Chinatown is having its 78th Annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival with bands and DJs, cooking demonstrations, a market and more
Glendale is having its first Open Arts & Music Fest with bands, an arts market and kids arts and crafts workshops
The Squids are having a record release party at The Hi Hat
Sunday
Kraftwerk’s 3-D concert series is at the Hollywood Bowl
The Regent Theater is celebrating the work of Kenneth Anger with a screening of The Invocation of My Demon Brother, Scorpio Rising, Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, and Lucifer Rising. Following the screening, Kenneth Anger and Brian Butler will perform as the Technicolor Skull. The evening will conclude with a Q&A.
Long Beach’s Comic Con is back for its second and final day
Manfredi Gioacchini has a new book of informal portraits of LA artists and will be discussing it with Jonas Wood at LACMA
Weirdo Night! is back at El Cid with “an evening of experimental comedic performance and video” hosted by Dynasty Handbag