Tennis System- Here We Go
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (12/15-12/18/16)
Thursday
Tennis System are playing at Non Plus Ultra with Gateway Drugs and Second Still
LACMA is having a free screening of As You Are which includes a conversation with writer and director Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, actor Owen Campbell, producer Brent Stiefel, and producer Justin Lothrop
The Bootleg Theater is having a benefit for the victims of the Ghost Ship fire with bands Sextile, Everyone is Dirty, TV Heads and Psychic Jiu Jitsu
Friday
The Music Center is having a free Holiday Sing-a-Long with lyric sheets provided and a live accompaniment
The Glow Battle Tour is taking place in Pershing Square- it’s free to attend but they are selling 6 color glow swords for $10 with part of the proceeds going to the victims of the Oakland Ghost Ship Warehouse fire
Alamo Drafthouse and Non Plus Ultra are having a two day event featuring the L.A. premiere of Goodnight Brooklyn, a documentary on the now closed Brooklyn venue Death By Audio. Tonight includes “L.A. DIY State of The Union” a Q&A panel with Jim Smith (The Smell), Pauline Lay (Pehrspace), Sean Carnage (Pehrspace, Il Corral), Max Baumgarten (Basic Flowers), Randy Randall (No Age), Matt Conboy (director, Goodnight Brooklyn) and more.
Echo Park Film Center is hosting the Nihilist International Film Festival
The Dandy Warhols are playing at the Fonda Theatre with Telegram and Warbly Jets
Saturday
James Supercave are playing with SWIMM at the Troubadour
There is a murder mystery/ scavenger hunt at the Getty Museum ($22 per person with recommended teams of 3+)
The second part of Non Plus Utra’s event (see Friday’s listing) includes a screening of Goodnight Brooklyn, filmmaker Q&A, and live sets by Flat Worms and CFM
Echo Park Film Center is having a free screening of It’s A Wonderful Life
Kim and the Created are playing with The Paranoyds, Sadgirl, and Espresso at the Teragram Ballroom
Sunday
Michéle Lamy will be discussing the her husband Rick Owens’ new furniture exhibition (currently at MOCA Pacific Design Center) with Helen Molesworth at the West Hollywood Council Chambers (free)
The Joey Altruda Trio are playing a tribute to A Charlie Brown Christmas for Grand Performances (free)
Peach Kelli Pop, French Vanilla, Post-Life, Janelane, and Mo Dotti are playing a show at The Smell
The Depressed Cake Shop is having a bake sale at The Hive Gallery to benefit the Los Angeles LGBT Center
Girl Tears are opening for Ghost Noise at Union Nightclub