John Grant- GMF

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (1/15-1/18/15)-

Thursday

John Grant is having a free concert at the Hammer Museum and it’s the last weekend of the Jim Hodges show as well

Tennis System are performing at Amoeba Hollywood for free

Friday

LACMA is showing Network (ticket also includes admission to Klute)

Glaswegian musician Rustie is at El Rey

Saturday

Part pot luck, part slide show Slideluck LA will present the work of over 20+ photographers set to music while you eat and drink (5$ open bar-beer and wine)

Artist Chelsea Knight drove around the country having local actors read monologues and break character- tonight at ltd los angeles,  actors from LA will try to do the same, drinks will be served as well

LACMA’s film double bill today is East of Eden and The Godfather– see both for $5

Also at LACMA, as part of The Director’s Series, Michael Govan (LACMA CEO) will be speaking with Tacita Dean following a screening of Manhattan Mouse Museum, Dean’s film about the artist Claus Oldenburg in his studio

The English Beat are at The Roxy

Sunday

Photographer Mark Ruwedel will speak with author Tyler Green and sign his book at LACMA

Dead Kennedys are at the Roxy

All Weekend (Thursday-Sunday)

There are two big art fairs this weekend- Photo LA and the LA Art Show, both downtown.

Miwa Matreyek’s incredible dance/animation projection performances have been mentioned on this site before– and this weekend along with the performance group Cloud Eye Control (Anna Oxygen, and Chi-wang Yang) she will be performing Half Life at the Redcat which was inspired by blog entries by women who experienced the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis