Los Angeles Weekend Planner 4-24-14

 Los Angeles Art Shows, Los Angeles Events, Los Angeles Music, Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music, Musicians / Bands
Apr 242014
 

Liars- Mess on a Mission

Things to do in and around Los Angeles this weekend (4/24-4/27/14)-

Thursday

Photographer Stephen Shore will be at Hennessey and Ingalls for a book signing and slide show of new images (Free)

Friday

The National are playing at the Santa Barbara Bowl

Computer Magic are playing at the Lyric Theater

Friday through Sunday

Paris Photo Los Angeles is at Paramount Pictures Studios

Saturday

Desert Daze Festival– a smaller music festival with camping in the desert near the Salton Sea- lineup includes Liars, The Raveonettes, Blonde Redhead, DIIV and more

Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil is playing at the Million Dollar Theatre with Grand Market staying open late for dinner

Black Sabbath are playing at the Hollywood Bowl

Brewery Art Walk

Photo Independent is at Raleigh Studios (across from Paramount)

California Poppy Festival

5th Anniversary of Annenberg Community Beach House– loads of free events

It is also the last weekend (til 4/28) of COLCOA (City of Lights, City of Angels)– a French film festival (some free screenings as well)

AND

It is the last weekend for the National Geographic show- The Power of Photography at Annenberg Space for Photography

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 4-17-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Apr 172014
 

So Many Wizards- Lose Your Mind

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/17-4/20/14)-

Thursday

Author Douglas Coupland (Generation X) is speaking and signing books at Skirball

Mogwai are playing at the El Rey Theatre

Neko Case is playing with The Dodos at The Orpheum

Dum Dum Girls are playing at the Roxy

Thursday through Saturday

Humans and puppets combine to tell A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Broad Stage directed by Tom Morris who created the Tony award winning War Horse

Friday

Penelope Spheeris’s 1980’s punk documentary The Decline of Western Civilization is being shown at LACMA with Spheeris and various band members in attendance

The History of Silent Porn (feat. a release party for Black Francis’ and Josh Frank’s The Good Inn) is presented by Cinespia and Book Soup- part dramatic readings from the book, and part vintage silent pornography-

Friday and Saturday

K-Town Night Market

Saturday

Record Store Day

Not going to Coachella- why not try Brokechella?

Eastside Handmade popup market is at Shopclass in Highland Park

Dios with So Many Wizards are playing at The Echo

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 4-10-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Apr 102014
 

Beck- Where It’s At

Things to do in and around Los Angeles this weekend (4/10-4/13/14)-

Thursday

Beck is playing at the Arlington Theater in Ventura

Artwalk Downtown LA

Screening at MOCA Grand Ave of Hamlet A.D.D.

Chromeo are playing at the Fonda Theatre

Thursday through Sunday

Turner Classic Movie Festival

Friday

Pet Shop Boys are playing at Ventura Theater

Friday through Sunday

Paul Taylor Dance Company is at The Music Center

Saturday

NELA Second Saturday Gallery Night (Highland Park and Eagle Rock)

The Social Self: Selfies, Self-Documentation, and Self Portraiture symposium at LACMA

Clueless at the Electric Dusk Drive In (downtown)

Saturday and Sunday

LA Times Festival of Books

Sunday

Otis College of Art and Design Graduate Open Studios

CalArts MFA open studios

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 4-3-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Apr 032014
 

Mikal Cronin- Change

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/3-4/6/14)-

Thursday

Origami Vinyl 5 Year Birthday Party at the Echo

Trajal Harrell: Antigone Sr./Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church at REDCAT (through 4/6)

Friday

First Fridays at the Natural History Museum with Mikal Cronin and Tijuana Panthers

Dan Croll is playing at El Rey

Saturday

Young Directors Night at LACMA

Terry Riley: In C, A Performance Installation by The Industry- a musical performance with undulating inflatable figures-similar to those at car dealerships- taking place over 4 hours at The Hammer (viewers can stay as long as they like)

A Current Affair: Pop Up Vintage Marketplace with an open bar and DJ ($8) at Cooper Design Space

Public Star Party where volunteers help viewers try out numerous telescopes for free at Griffith Park Observatory

Return to Grey Gardens a musical stage show starring Peaches Christ and Jinkx Monsoon at the Wilshire Ebell Theater

Sunday

Conversation and book signing with Timothy Nolan and George Stoll and  editor Sharon Louden for Living and Sustaining A Creative Life (which contains essays by 40 working artists) moderated at CB1 Gallery

Double film noir feature at the Egyptian Theater- M and The Hitch-Hiker

Also this weekend-

It’s CicLAvia (4/6) and the Hollywood Half Marathon (4/5)- so keep that in mind for getting around town.

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 3-27-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Mar 272014
 

The Belle Brigade- Where Not to Look For Freedom

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (3/27-3/30/14)-

Thursday

The Belle Brigade is at Amoeba Records (free)

Gianni Arone  and Cecilia Romero show “Audible” opening at Stone Malone Gallery

Tiny Bandit Pop Up Sale and party at Palihouse

Collier Schorr speaks about her work at USC

Artist and sculptor Not Vital is speaking at The Hammer

A Q&A with Tim Curry and screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show at Cinefamily

Thursday-Saturday

Emily Mast performs The Least Important Things– a series of “theatrical vignettes” at LACMA

Friday

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks are at El Rey

Moving Units are playing at The Roxy

Teen Creeps Presents Kiss the Chef Zine Release Party and Dinner- teen artists and chefs at Thank You For Coming

Friday and Saturday

Hollywood Horrorfest (free)

Saturday

Grand Park’s Downtown Bookfest (free)

Drinkollage- drinking and making collages at Thank You For Coming

Sunday

1st Annual KXLU Fest w/ No Age, GRMLN, The Audacity, So Many Wizards at Loyola Marymount University (free)

Leimart Park Art Walk

Downtown Modernism-vintage modern design sale

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 3-20-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Mar 202014
 

The Orwells- Mallrats (La La La)

Things to do in (and around) Los Angeles this weekend (3/20-3/23/14)-

Thursday–

The Orwells are at the Observatory (Santa Ana)

Live read of Groundhog Day with director Jason Reitman at LACMA

Yung Jake is at MOCA Grand Ave streaming his favorite selections from the internet and premiering his film for MOCAtv, Unfollow- (free)

Friday–

The Black Lips are playing at El Rey

Sabrosonico is a free concert at the Hammer celebrating “the music and imagery of alternative Mexico”

Saturday-

Free screening of a film mentioned on this site previously– Finding Vivian Maier at Cinefamily

Saturday and Sunday–

Burgerama two day music fest at the Observatory– bands include- FIDLAR, The Growlers, Death, The Black Lips, Allah Las, Bleached, Tijuana Panthers and many more

Cherry Blossom festival at Descanso Gardens

Selected Shorts 2014: Drama at Dinner at the Getty– (3pm and 7 on Saturday, 3pm on Sunday) Robert Sean Leonard hosts live performances based on short stories with a food theme – including Christopher Lloyd in “A Mad Tea Party” from Alice in Wonderland- $35 includes wine and small bites along with the show

Parachute Market Design Fair

Sunday-

Dan Harmon and members of the Harmontown podcast are having a garage sale at Meltdown Comics to benefit 826LA

All weekend (3/21-3/23)-

YoungArts Los Angeles (YoungArts is featured in the HBO documentary  Masterclass) will be having public exhibitions and performances of their work at the Los Angeles Theater Center

Reverend Horton Heat is playing at the Roxy

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 3-13-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Mar 132014
 

No Age- Eraser

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (3/13-3/16/14)

Thursday

Paleyfest 2014 begins (until 3/28) – Casts and creators of various hit TV shows speak at panels before a live audience-

Artwalk Downtown LA

Friday

ArtNight Pasadena

No Age are playing at the Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock

Dave Stewart (of Eurythmics fame) is playing along with VaVoom- a rock and roll circus- at the El Rey

TeamSupreme Night with guest DJs including DJ Shadow is at the Echoplex

Saturday

Sculptures made by designers and architects out of soon to be donated cans of food make up Canstruction LA (show opens at Artwalk) located in the Farmers and Merchants Building downtown (also open Sunday)

For several days in March, the Aero Theater is showing Phillip Seymour Hoffman movies. Tonight it’s a double feature- Boogie Nights and Happiness

Sew-Down– The Closing Event for LA Fashion Week at 333 Live- clothing and jewelery sale, DJ event, fashion and art show

Sunday

Frida Mania: Woman’s Day Festival  at the Museum of Latin American Art (free) in support of the just opened show: Frida Kahlo, Her Photos

Kris Bowers at Amoeba Music (free)

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 3-6-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Mar 062014
 

Wild Beasts- Wanderlust

Things to do in and around Los Angeles this weekend (3/6-3/9/14)-

Thursday

Wildbeasts are at the Troubadour

First Thursday ArtWalk in San Pedro

Ava Luna is playing at Origami Vinyl (Free)

Friday

Teen Daze with Lusine are playing at King King

First Fridays at Natural History Museum with San Fermin, wild Up and Son Lux

Abbot Kinney First Fridays

Laluzapalooza group show opening at La Luz de Jesus Gallery

Midnight showing of Little Shop of Horrors at Cinefamily

Saturday

NO are at the Troubadour

NELAart Second Saturday

Andrea Fraser: May I Help You– performance at the Hammer

Mystery Train (the Jim Jarmusch film)is playing at LACMA

Mirah are playing at the Satellite

2001: A Space Odyssey is playing at The Aero Theater

Amoeba Records Sidewalk Sale

Sunday

HomeLA – Each performance takes place in a different private home in the LA area- this time it takes place in a house in El Sereno

The final performance of Pablo Bronstein’s Enlightenment Discourse on the Origins of Architecture is at the Redcat gallery

LA Marathon

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 2-27-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Feb 272014
 

FIDLAR- No Waves

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (2/27-3/2/14)-

Thursday

FIDLAR are playing at the Echo

LA Artist Betye Saar is speaking at the Hammer

Artist Ron Athey is speaking at MOCA Grand Ave

Friday

Lord Huron with Superhumanoids playing at The Fonda (also Saturday)

Scotch tasting and reception with Manfred Müller ($40 through Eventbrite) or just attend his public conversation (free) afterwards, discussing his current show at LAMAG

Je T’Aime,Je T’Aime at Cinefamily (running until 3/6)

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

Capital Cities are playing at the Roxy (also Friday)

Sunday

Watch the Oscars live on the big screen at Grauman’s Million Dollar Theater downtown

How the Brain Sees Light- A talk to complement- See the Light- Photography, Perception, Cognition exhibition at LACMA (free)

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 2-20-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Feb 202014
 

We Were Promised Jetpacks- Human Error

Things to do in and around Los Angeles this weekend (2/20-2/23/14)-

Thursday

Thomas Struth is speaking at LACMA

Thursday through Saturday

LA Dance Project at the Ace Hotel- Three pieces, including one sneak peek- one choreographed by Benjamin Millepied (Black Swan), another with visual concepts by Barbara Kruger and Sterling Ruby

Tales From Two Cities- Writing from Los Angeles at Los Angeles Central Library

Friday

We Were Promised Jetpacks at El Rey

2 Chainz, Pusha T and August Alsina at the Hollywood Palladium

Shadow of a Doubt at LACMA with an intro by Bill Hader

Saturday

Phantogram at the Hollywood Palladium (moved from the Wiltern)

A.S.Berman talks about and signs his book about the groundbreaking TV show Soap at Book Soup

Screening of A Raisin in The Sun with special guest Mamie Hansberry (sister of the film’s writer) at Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum

Pomona Art Walk

Saturday and Sunday

Snow Days at the LA Zoo– There will be snow in some animal habitats and sledding for humans- sleds are provided- (2/22 and 2/23)

Sunday

Jacob Hashimoto is speaking at MOCA Grand Avenue (his show opens on 3/1)

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