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Los Angeles Weekend Planner 8-9-18

Los Angeles Events, Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Aug 092018

Littlebabyangel- GENEVIéVE

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (8/9-8/12/18)-

Thursday

SWIMM and Winter are playing a free show at the Levitt Pavillion in MacArthur Park

Hammer Museum has a free screening of The Fortress, with a Q&A with director Hwang Dong-hyuk to follow at 6pm and afterwards you can check out Lauren Elizabeth Baba:theBABAorchestra, a free big band performance at 8pm

Artist Pope L. will be reading his short story The Cypress at The Underground Museum with a conversation with Hamza Walker to follow

So Many Wizards are playing at The Hi Hat with BOYO and Dante Elephante opening

The Marías are playing a free show at Skirball Cultural Center

Friday

Littlebabyangel is opening for Chromeo at the Hollywood Palladium

The Aero Theatre is having a 3D Double Feature of House of Wax and The Mad Magician

Zebulon is hosting a free LA premiere screening party of I’ve Got Levitation, which features interviews and performances by The 13th Floor Elevators, The Black Angels, Mac DeMarco, Thee Oh Sees, Fuzz and more

Artist Norm Laich will be leading a happy hour tour of This Brush for Hire: Norm Laich & Many Other Artists at ICA LA

Katie Ellen is opening for Lemuria at the Bootleg Theater

Tommy Wiseau will be at the Egyptian Theatre to introduce his film, The Room

Enjoy is having a record release party at the Teragram Ballroom with Puzzle and Distractor opening

Saturday

Roger Guenveur Smith will be performing In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat at the Bootleg Theater (also on Sunday)

Artists Dove Ayinde, Sarah Gail, Brandon Drew Holmes, Micah James, and Elliot Reed will be giving talks for Black TED: Independent Research Perspectives in the Field at LACE

Artist Beatriz Cortez will be discussing artist EJ Hill’s work at the Hammer Museum as part of their Made in L.A. 2018 programming

KCRW’s Summer Nights’ Backyard Party will be at their headquarters with a free solo-acoustic performance by Jim James

There’s a free screening of Wonder Woman at Echo Park Lake

Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo are playing a free show at Pershing Square’s Downtown Stage

Independent Shakespeare Co. continues their free performances in Griffith Park- tonight is Goth Night along with a performance of Titus Andronicus

Sunday

Aero Theatre’s 3D programming continues with Creature From the Black Lagoon at 3pm and Hitchcock’s Dial M For Murder at 7:30pm

Alt 98.7 is hosting Alt Summer Camp at Queen Mary Events Park with bands- Death Cab for Cutie, Odesza, CHVRCHES, Sir Sly, Superorganism, Lovelytheband, Jungle, AJR, and Judah & The Lion

Independent Shakespeare Co. continues their free performances in Griffith Park- tonight before a performance of A Midsummer Nights Dream, there will be a performance by The Silver Lake Chorus

Running until 8/31, Lucy Sparrow’s Sparrow Mart, her all felt supermarket with signed items available for purchase, is at The Standard, Downtown L.A.

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 6-8-17

Los Angeles Events, Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Jun 082017

NVDES- 8A.M.

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (6/8-6/11/17)-

Thursday

NVDES are opening for Waters at The Roxy

Hammer chief curator Connie Butler will be discussing Marisa Merz’s work at the Hammer, followed by a screening of artist Tacita Dean’s short film of Merz’s husband Mario Merz and a discussion with Dean (free)

At MOCA Grand Avenue, assistant curator Lanka Tattersall will be leading a walk through of Patrick Staff: Weed Killer at 6pm, and at 7pm author S. Løchlann Jain will be discussing Staff’s work and the subject of cancer, which she wrote a book about (free)

So Many Wizards are having celebrating their vinyl release with a performance at The Hi Hat with Roses, Susan, and Trabants

This month’s Downtown Art Walk features a Short Film Fest

Merchandise are playing at The Echo with B Boys and Chasms

Boogarins are playing at the Bootleg Theater with JJUUJJUU

Friday

First Fridays returns to the Natural History Museum with a discussion on LA food with Jonathan Gold, Bricia Lopez, and Josh Kun, and performances by Nick Hakim, Gabriel Garzón-Montano, and Wild Belle

Constitutional Happy Hour at the Hammer Museum is covering the topic of voting rights this week

Hurray for the Riff Raff are playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Making Movies

For Raphael Montañez Ortiz’s opening at LAXART he will be performing his Ritual Piano Destruction Concert and Humpty Dumpty Performance

Yoke Lore is opening for Overcoats at The Echo

There’s a free screening of Spike Jonze’s Her at Union Station

Saturday

White Fence is performing at The Getty for their free summer concert series Off the 405

Celebrate Prince by watching Purple Rain in Poinsettia Park

Or you can celebrate the 30th Anniversary of The Princes Bride outside The Autry in Griffith Park

NELA’s Second Saturday Art Gallery Night is a fun way to check out the galleries in Northeast LA

Valley Queen is headlining Play Like a Girl’s night of female led bands at The Echo

Sunday

The Secret City artistic tent revival group is having their first outdoor gathering- with live music, dancers and an LA theme- during the day at Grand Performances

South Londoner Ray BLK is performing at The Roxy with Rayana Jay and Rotana

Saint Pé (of Black Lips and Diamond Rugs) is playing at the Bootleg Theater with Never Young and Vex Ruffin

Ciclavia returns to create car-free streets- this time in Glendale and Atwater Village

All Weekend

It’s LA Pride and there are events from 6/9-6/11 including LGBT Night at Dodger Stadium (Friday), LA Pride Festival in WeHo (Saturday has Chromeo, ILOVEMAKONNEN and Young M.A. among the performers, and Sunday has Brandy and Lil Mo) and this year instead of the traditional parade there will be the Resist March to coincide with the National Equality March for Unity and Pride in Washington DC.

LA Design Festival has design related events happening all over the city from 6/8-6/11 (free and ticketed)