Jul 162015
 

Real Estate- Crime

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (7/16-7/19-15)-

Thursday

Real Estate are playing at the Santa Monica Pier with Hippo Campus (free)- http://tcs.santamonicapier.org/events/2015/7/16/real-estate-with-hippocampus

Fuzz are at the Troubadour with The Birth Defects- http://www.troubadour.com/event/877855-fuzz-los-angeles/

The Hammer Museum’s Summer of Soul continues with Sam Sparro, The Rebirth, and KCRW DJs (free)- http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2015/07/summer-of-soul-sam-sparro-the-rebirth-kcrw-djs-aaron-byrd-and-chris-douridas/

Cold Showers are opening for Light Asylum at The Echo- http://www.theecho.com/event/879779-light-asylum-echo-los-angeles/

Friday

At Skirball Cultural Center this week for the outdoor concert Into the Night, musical acts Tamaryn and Mystic Braves will perform while Joshua Light Show presents a “liquid light show” to accompany the music ($20)- http://www.skirball.org/programs/music/into-the-night-2015#

Superhumanoids are playing with Tropics at Figat7th’s free downtown event- http://artsbrookfield.com/event/figat7th-downtown-festival-3/

L7 are at the Fonda Theatre (tickets available for balcony only, or see them Thursday when tickets are available for the floor only)- http://www.fondatheatre.com/events/detail/278719

This week at Grand Performances is The Last Jimmy: A Hip Hop Musical with Dice Raw which “explores mass incarceration, the criminal justice system, and the prison-industrial complex through the eyes of young black males” (free)- http://www.grandperformances.org/hip-hop-musical

Friday through Sunday

MOCA’s Step and Repeat returns to their Geffen location for three days of numerous performances that include music, performance art, comedy, poetry and dance- $12 for one night or $30 for all three- check the link for the list of all the artists- https://mocamembers.myshopify.com/collections/step-and-repeat-2015

Saturday

Artists/Street Artists Haunted Euth and T.S. Clair’s joint exhibition “Heroine” is at Stone Malone Gallery and opens tonight- http://www.stonemalonegallery.com/new-events-1/

Photographer Marcus Haney is screening his film “No Cameras Allowed” at Annenberg Space for Photography and afterwards will be discussing his current career and how he broke into the business through concert photography ($10)- http://annenbergphotospace.org/events/no-cameras-allowed-screening-and-lecture-marcus-haney/2015-07-18

Downtown Long Beach’s Summer and Music Festival continues with a free screening of The Wizard of Oz, a performance by the band MOVE, and for $5 you can get wireless headphones to participate in Silent Disco- all in the promenade parking lot- http://lbpost.com/life/2000006555-this-saturday-s-bicycle-drive-in-and-wizard-of-oz-to-spice-up-dlba-s-summer-and-music-festival

Willie Nelson is playing at the Greek Theatre- http://www.greektheatrela.com/events/event_details.php?id=3038

The Autry’s outdoor movie this week is Three Amigoshttp://eatseehear.com/schedule/three-amigos/

Sunday

The 18th Street Arts Center is having their “Champagne Social” with guided studio tours and of course, champagne (free)- http://18thstreet.org/events/2015july19

The second day of the Viva Pomona! festival at the Glass House has headliners Iceage, and Christopher Owens (formerly of the band Girls)- http://www.theglasshouse.us/event/871657-viva-pomona-pomona/

Jesse Thorn of Maximumfun is giving his talk Make Your Thing that “focuses on how he turned his college radio show into an independent media
powerhouse” at Annnenberg Space for Photography ($10)- http://annenbergphotospace.org/events/maximumfuns-jesse-thorn-make-your-thing/2015-07-19

May 222014
 

Holy Fuck- Red Lights

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/22-5/26)-

Thursday

Creativity: The Perfect Crime– Philippe Petit (who walked a tightrope between the towers of the World Trade Center) speaks about creativity at the Central Library Downtown (free/ standby tix only)- http://www.lfla.org/event-detail/991/Creativity-The-Perfect-Crime-

Holy Fuck at the Roxy- http://www.theroxy.com/event/566495-holy-fuck-james-supercave-west-hollywood/

Ericka Beckman presents three of her films at MOCA- http://sites.moca.org/the-curve/2014/05/13/los-angeles-film-forum-at-moca-presents-ericka-beckman/

Yamashiro Farmer’s Market is back!- http://www.lacityfarm.com/our-markets/yamashiro/

And so is the one on the Sunset Strip- http://www.sunsetstripmarket.com/

Friday

designLAB event at the Pacific Design Center- 14 galleries having receptions for shows- https://www.facebook.com/events/623052471120510/

Superhumanoids at the Echo (free)- http://www.theecho.com/event/562927-superhumanoids-cardiknox-los-angeles/

Saturday

Los Angeles Poverty Department is having a parade/performance/brass band- Walk the Talk-and Mike Kelley’s Mobile Homestead will be a part of it- a PDF with a full description of the event is here- http://www.lapovertydept.org/new-project/lapds-new-project.html

The Big Lebowski on the lawn at the Autry- http://schedule.eatseehear.com/event/2014/05/24/the-big-lebowski#.U35Sxy9fnU4

Protomartyr at Permanent Records (free)- http://www.permanentrecordschicago.com/news.php

Sunday

Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon at the Egyptian theatre- http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/barry-lyndon-4

Tony Molina, Big Eyes at the Roxy- http://www.theroxy.com/event/535607-against-me-west-hollywood/

Monday (Memorial Day)

Target Free Mondays at LACMA

Also this weekend- Lightning in A Bottle Festival- http://lightninginabottle.org/

Feb 272014
 

FIDLAR- No Waves

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (2/27-3/2)-

Thursday-

FIDLAR at the Echo- http://www.theecho.com/event/497375-fidlar-los-angeles/

LA Artist Betye Saar is speaking at the Hammer- http://hammer.ucla.edu/calendar/detail/type/program/id/2098

Artist Ron Athey is speaking at MOCA Grand Ave- http://sites.moca.org/thecurve/5795-2/

Friday-

Lord Huron with Superhumanoids at The Fonda (also Saturday)- http://www.fondatheatre.com/events/detail/245801

Scotch tasting and reception with Manfred Müller ($40 through Eventbrite) or just attend his public conversation (free) afterwards, discussing his current show at LAMAGhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/private-reception-with-artist-manfred-muller-tickets-9173228373

Je T’Aime,Je T’Aime at Cinefamily (running until 3/6)- http://www.cinefamily.org/films/je-taime-je-taime-brand-new-35mm-print/#je-taime-je-taime-brand-new-35mm-print-228-730

Saturday-

The Egyptian Theatre is hosting a free seminar- The Art of Production Design- with this year’s Oscar nominated art directors and set directors- http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/oscar-nominated-art-directors-seminar-1

Capital Cities at the Roxy (also Friday)- http://www.theroxy.com/event/489337-capital-cities-west-hollywod/

Sunday-

Watch the Oscars live on the big screen at Grauman’s Million Dollar Theater downtown- http://www.lahtf.org/

How the Brain Sees Light- A talk to complement- See the Light- Photography, Perception, Cognition exhibition at LACMA (free)- http://www.lacma.org/event/how-brain-sees-light

Jan 162014
 

Parquet Courts- Borrowed Time

Things to do this weekend in Los Angeles-

Two big arts shows this weekend starting today (1/16)-

**Photo L.A. is at the LA Mart this year and there is a shuttle between the two shows making it easy to do both. Added bonus-  Save 10$ on the LA Art Show if you show a valid TAP (Metro) card.**

Other events-