Oct 152015
 

The War on Drugs- Red Eyes

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (10/15-10/18/15)-

Thursday

The Flux Screening Series returns to the Hammer with short films, music videos, filmmaker presentations and a DJ after party

Yacht is performing a free set at Amoeba Records and signing their new record

Kickstarter Film Festival is on the east side in Los Feliz (free with RSVP)

Alt-J is at the Hollywood Bowl with Best Coast and San Fermin

Friday

The War on Drugs are playing The Greek Theatre with Christopher Owens (of Girls) opening

LACMA is showing the film Metropolis with live musical accompaniment ($10)

Odd Nights, the Autry’s free monthly market/music/food/drink event is on

Lianne La Havas is performing at the Fonda Theatre

Fartbarf are playing El Cid at midnight

Friday and Saturday

Florence and the Machine are at the Hollywood Bowl

Saturday

A benefit for 826LA at Echo Park Travel Mart– Life Into Art Into Art: Memoirs Adapted for Television and Film With Susan Orlean, Jerry Stahl, Stephen Elliott, and Evan Wright- has the authors discussing the adaptations of their memoirs ($15)

LA Times arts writer Suzanne Muchnic talks with KCRW art critic and journalist Hunter Drohojowska-Philp about her new book LACMA So Far (free)

Saturday and Sunday

The Beverly Hills Art Show is a nice way to spend the day walking around Beverly Gardens Park (free)

37 artists are participating in Santa Monica Art Studios open studios event (free)

The Festival for All Skid Row Artists is a two-day festival of performing and visual art and music from Skid Row residents (free from 1-5)

Sunday

LA Commons is having Found LA which offers several free neighborhood walks all around Los Angeles. Many are sold out but there tickets for a few left like a photo walk in DTLA and historic Hollywood area tour

Artist Doug Aitken is in conversation with novelist Steve Erickson at the Family Bookstore for Aitken’s new book of sculptures

Ciclavia is back and in downtown LA

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