Los Angeles Weekend Planner 3-3-16

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Mar 032016
 

Lower Dens- To Die In L.A.

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (3/3-3/6/16)-

Thursday

​Los Angeles–based artist Laura Owens and art critic and historian Suzanne Hudson discuss the landscape of painting in our city at MOCA Grand Ave (free)

Mar Vista Art Walk is back on Venice Boulevard from Inglewood Boulevard to Beethoven Street

Upset is headlining a free show at Harvard & Stone (free)

La Santa Cecilia is performing live at Amoeba Records and signing their new album

Friday

Lower Dens are playing First Fridays at the Natural History Museum with Gardens & Villa

Every Friday in March in Union Station, dublab and Metro Art are having Music for Train Stations. Inspired by Brian Eno’s 1978 ambient masterpiece, “Music for Airports“ every week there will be a DJ set and live performance- this week it is a DJ set by Ale and a live performance by The Tenses.

At 3pm M. Ward is playing a free show at Amoeba Records in Hollywood and signing his new album

Candis Cayne is hosting Le Bal, a night of drag performances at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel

Friday-Sunday

Outfest Fusion LGBT People of Color Film Festival is screening films all weekend at the Egyptian Theatre

Saturday

The Chinese American Museum is hosting the Los Angeles Lantern Festival with performances, arts and crafts and more (free)

Artists & Fleas is opening its second location (the other is in the Arts District) in Venice

The Theatre at the Ace Hotel is having a special screening of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch Drunk Love with 50 members of Wordless Music Orchestra and wild Up ensemble performing a live orchestral accompaniment

Sunday

Machine Project’s UFO and alien abduction theme continues this Sunday night with a Double Feature with Winona Bechtle and Joe Merrell giving lectures on famous abduction cases and a screening of The UFO Incident starrring James Earl Jones and Estelle Parsons ($10)

L.A. Zine Fest is at The Majestic Downtown (free)

Le1f is performing at The Echo with Junglepussy

Ciclavia returns and this time is in The San Fernando Valley

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 11-13-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Nov 132014
 

The Presets- No Fun

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (11/13-11/16/14)-

Thursday

Downtown LA Artwalk– this month features street artists John Carr and Bumblebee

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!

Photographer Geoffrey Hiller, who’s latest book is on Myanmar, is speaking at the Annenberg Center for Photography

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

Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra is playing at LACMA

Ex Cops are at the Bootleg

Saturday

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)