SoCal Etsy is having an event for Small Business Weekend at the Arts District Flea Market– music, food, drinks, and workshops on business and making crafts, and more- free with RSVP- if you have original work to sell you could even get a booth
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (11/20-11/23/14)-
Thursday
Authors Geoff Dyer and Ricky Jay are speaking at the Hammer
Capital Cities are at the Fonda Theatre with Night Terrors of 1927 (also Friday)
Friday
It’s opening night of the No Budget Film Festival and the feature film is The Past is a Grotesque Animal, a portrait Kevin Barnes of of Montreal, after which there will be a talk with the director and editor and later a cocktail reception with DJs and visual projections at the Vortex Immersion Dome. Events run all weekend.
Saturday
The annual Great LA Walk will take on the Valley walking 17 miles along Ventura Blvd from Woodland Hills to North Hollywood (free)
LACMA has a Woody Allen double feature for $5- Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway
Peter Hook & The Light are at the Fonda performing New Order’s Low Life & Brotherhood in their entirety and an opening set of Joy Division material
Found Magazine’s Re-Ignition Tour and Book Release Party with editor Davy Rothbart and friends at the Bootleg ($10 includes the book)
Sunday
Nosaj Thing is playing with Mangchi, Upsilon Acrux at The Smell
Artist Pierre Huyghe and Emma Lavigne, curator of contemporary art at the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, housed in the Centre Pompidou will be in conversation at LACMA
Biz Markie, Peanut Butter Wolf, J.Rocc, and Break Beat Lou are DJing at the Echoplex
If you go downtown for the Art Walk and want to get some early Xmas shopping in- check out Jingle and Mingle where all the products are made by members of the Downtown Women’s Center which helps fight unemployment and homelessness- plus hot chocolate and cider!
Sea Lions are playing at Ham and Eggs Tavern with Shivery Shakes and Shark Toys
Friday
Party for Various art zine at The Paper Agency downtown
SFV Acid is playing at Origami Vinyl and check out his interactive art as well, which is there to bring help fund and support the Young Producers Group
Market Space is having an opening party at Space15Twenty in Hollywood (free)
Pacific Design Center is having it’s final reception of the year with several new contemporary art exhibitions
The Presets are part of The Check Yo Ponytail Tour with LE1F at the Regent
Opening at The Gabba Gallery is Wish List with over 65 artists selling work under $1000
For the upcoming 50th anniversary of Gemini G.E.L. (Graphic Editions Limited), co-founder Sidney Felson will be speaking with Ruth Fine at LACMA– tickets are free but required
The Psychedelic Furs and The Lemonheads are playing at the Fonda
Want to make sure Macaulay Culkin is really alive? Check out his band The Pizza Underground at The El Rey and watch him transform Velvet Underground songs into songs about pizza
Sunday
Opening and discussion with François Ceysson, Amanda Ross-Ho, Raphael Rubinstein, and Wallace Whitney for Supports/Surfaces at 356 Mission
It’s the last ShopWalk DTLA of the year and many downtown stores and restaurants have discounts
Artists & Fleas market in the Arts District is open every 3rd weekend (Saturday also)
The Hammer is hosting Love Has Many Faces- An Evening with Joni Mitchell where they will be screening The Fiddle and the Drum- a film of the eponymous ballet set to her songs followed by a Q & A with the artist and a celebration of her birthday
Artist Analia Saban discusses her work with curator Nancy Myer in the Broad gallery at LACMA
The Black Keys are playing at The Forum with Jake Bugg
Friday
We Were Promised Jetpacks are at The Fonda with The Twilight Sad
Two screenings and discussions at MOCA Grand Ave– Larry Clark’s Passing Through and Wu Tsang’s Wildness. Both directors will speak after the films. Free with admission to the museum
There is an artist talk with Robert Hale and curator jill moniz at Reginald Ingraham Gallery in Culver City
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend- non-Halloween edition- (10/30-11/2/14)-
Thursday
Experimental filmmaker James Benning is giving a lecture at the Hammer Museum (free)
Representatives from arts journals mono.kultor (Berlin) and ANP Quarterly (Los Angeles) will be discussing their publications at Ace Hotel. This coincides with mono.kultor’s retrospective at KK gallery in Chinatown.
There is a free acoustic performance of the score of Invisible Cities in Union Station
Producer and musician Daniel Lanois will be at the Grammy Museum for a performance and discussion of his work
Friday
Bradford Cox (Deerhunter), Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna) Tom Verlaine (Television), Martin Rev (Suicide) and Eleanor Friedberger (The Fiery Furnaces) will perform live original scores to 15 never seen before Andy Warhol films for- Exposed- Songs for Unseen Warhol Filmsat UCLA’s Royce Hall
Night of the Living Zoo at the LA Zoo has dramatic Edgar Allen Poe readings, live music, drinks, a costume contest, and of course, the animals
At Jerry Beck’s Halloween Spooktacular at Cinefamily he is screening “a selection of strange, creepy Halloween-related cartoons using vintage prints in 16mm and 35mm that range from ghoulishly red Eastmancolor to gorgeously garish Technicolor”
If you are willing to head a little out of Los Angeles, Beach Goth at The Observatory in Santa Ana has a pretty awesome lineup which includes- The Drums, DIIV, Bleached, Tijuana Panthers, Atlas Sound and more- 3 stages $40 and also, Pauly Shore is hosting
Festival Supreme, at the Shrine, hosted by Tenacious D, is a comedy and music festival that definitely leans more towards the comedy- lineup includes Workaholics, The State, Cheech and Chong, Peaches, Fred Armisen and tons more as well as a “Circus of Death” with a carousel, haunted forest and a bounce house church among other attractions
LACMA has a double Johnny Depp/Tim Burton feature – Sleepy Hollow and Edward Scissorhands
Saturday and Sunday
Brewery Art Walk is back this weekend- have some drinks and snacks and wander around the huge complex checking out open art studios
Jim Hodges’ collaborative film Untitled, being shown at The Hammer, is a montage of clips from news organizations, and pop entertainment footage which looks at queer activism and the AIDS epidemic. There will be other showings at the Hammer but this is the only one in the evening
Paradise Magazine is having a free event (with free wine) and performances at Akbar
Culture Collide Festival is at various venues and includes bands from around the world including Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah; Cloud Nothings; Fractures; Quantic; and Monokino; among numerous others
Friday
The New Pornographers are playing along with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at the Wiltern
Friday and Saturday
All you can eat free pancakes at Pancakes & Booze Art Show- there will also be, as the name suggests- booze and art, as well as live painting, music and a free photo booth, not bad for $5
Saturday
Nas is performing Illmatic (for its 20th anniversary) at The Orpheum theater
We’re getting closer to Halloween and Barnsdall Art Park is showing Carrie
The Moon Block Party is an all day music festival in Pomona- acts include Spoon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Black Lips and more
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (10/9-10/12/14)-
Thursday
Downtown Art Walk is hosting the first day of the weekend long Plein Air Festival, (which is free and worth registering for if you are an artist) as well as other art shows
Pasadena’s ArtNight is back! The event features shuttles to all the museums and galleries, live music and much more (all free). If you take the Metro make sure to check their website for giveaways at the event.
The Thurston Moore Band is at the Echo with Sebadoh
Nosferatu double feature at LACMA– first the original Nosferatu (1922) and then Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) a film collaboration by Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski
Friday through Sunday
If you love independent video games then check out IndieCade in Culver City
Peaking Lights are at Los Globos to celebrate their new album with a huge lineup including Nite Jewel and an Animal Collective DJ set
During the day the Music Center is hosting Pop-Ups! where you can design and make a print, take dance lessons ($1 per lesson), check out the museum or take in a food lecture
Also downtown during the day is The Ryman Arts’ Big Draw LA flagship event- “Make Your Mark in the Park”- taking place in Grand Park
Allen Ruppersberg and Allan McCollum are speaking at Art Catalogues at LACMA to celebrate the publication of Allen Ruppersberg Sourcebook: Reanimating the 20th Century
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (10/2-10/5/14)-
Thursday
Mark Mothersbaugh is speaking at MOCA Grand Avenue with Adam Lerner, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. He will be discussing his art and music before DEVO through the present day- which includes being a composer for film and television (he most recently did the original score for The LEGO Movie). He will also be signing his new book Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia. Admission is free to this event and to the museum, where Andy Warhol’s Shadows is currently on display.
LACMA is screening Aberdeen, the newest film from Hong Kong director Ho-cheung Pang (free)
Friday
Bombay Bicycle Club are playing The Wiltern with Milo Greene
LA Live is doing Dark Nights again- $5 food and drink specials at several restaurants, $5 parking and free entertainment (musicians and artists) from 5-9pm
Baauer, Boyz Noise and Spank Rock are at Club Nokia
Barnsdall Art Park is having outdoor movie nights on the lawn of the Hollyhock House. This week it’s Rock ‘n’ Roll High School starring The Ramones. It’s $10 for the movie, $25 if you want to add 3 drinks (beer and wine)
Glass Animals are playing a free show at Origami Vinyl at 1pm before their sold out show at the Troubadour
The Drums are at the Mayan Theater for their new album Encyclopedia
Dr. Christine Mullen Kreamer, curator of African Cosmos: Stellar Arts, is giving a lecture on “the historical legacy of African cultural astronomy and its intersection with both traditional and contemporary African arts”
Ciclavia is back this Sunday creating car free streets from Echo Park to Downtown to East LA
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (9/25-9/28/14)-
Thursday
Temples, Wampire and Fever the Ghost play are at the Fonda Theatre
We Open Art Houses (WOAH) presents Bring Your Own Beamer (BYOB): the work of experimental animators, video artists, and musical performers at downtown art space Werkartz- you must RSVP and there is a $5 suggested donation (and free beer)
As part of the AxS Festival, Machine Project has organized various programs at the famous Gamble House (of Procter & Gamble) in Pasadena until 10/5. This Saturday they are all free, including dance performances, a secret restaurant conveyor belt, poetry and video installations; or just go to see the contemporary art in various places around the house
Art, music, and performance art come together for the third Step and Repeat at MOCA. This event includes performances by Le1f, Yung Jake, and Barbara T. Smith
Panel Discussion: Women in Graffiti and Street Art at Flower Pepper Gallery in Pasadena. Artists attending- Sand One, ShadowMonsterBear, Jennifer Korsen, and Cindy Love
