Los Angeles Weekend Planner 5-5-16

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
May 052016
 

Bleached- Wednesday Night Melody

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/5-5/8/16)-

Thursday

Bleached are playing at the Teragram Ballroom with NO PARENTS and Feels

Writer Lawrence Weschler will be speaking with painter Ramiro Gomez at the Hammer Museum

Beach Slang are headlining a show at the Troubadour

Juliana Barwick is playing at Highland Park Ebell with Mas Ysa

Friday

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals are performing a free show at Amoeba Hollywood

There’s a Prince Tribute at City Hall (free)

Cinefamily is closing their Underground USA film festival with Richard Linklater’s debut film Slacker

Friday and Saturday

The Pancakes & Booze Art Show returns to Los Angeles- $5 gets you free pancakes, along with art, musical performances and more

Friday through Sunday

Hammer Museum along with The Institute for Art and Olfaction and Luckyscent/Scent Bar is hosting the AIX Scent Fair with workshops and panels and a party on Saturday hosted by Zackary Drucker (free)

Saturday

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) is having Feminism 4.0, a panel discussion and launch party for Artillery’s May/June Photography Issue (free)

Grand Park is having Downtown Bookfest with performances, readings, activities and pop up bookshops

Big Freedia, aka The Queen of Bounce, is performing at The Regent

Saturday and Sunday

Echo Park Craft Fair returns to Mack Sennett Studios with high quality local vendors ($10)

RuPaul’s DragCon is at the LA Convention Center with celebrity guests, contestants from Drag Race, panel discussions, and more

Sunday

The Egyptian Theatre is having a double feature for Mother’s Day of Rosemary’s Baby and David Cronenberg’s The Brood

 

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 12-11-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Dec 112014
 

The Dodos- Confidence

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (12/11-12/14/14)-

Thursday

Michael Auder, who was once involved with Andy Warhol’s Factory and lived in the Chelsea Hotel, will be presenting and discussing his films at Farenheit gallery

Author Joshua Wolf Shenk continues his Cheap Talk series at Clockshop this week with author Sarah Tomlinson in which they will discuss working in Los Angeles. It’s aptly titled “Collaborations with a Difficult City”($5)

Allah-Las are playing at the El Rey with Dream Boys

Downtown Artwalk

Friday

Grant recipient Rachel Sussman is speaking at LACMA in a talk titled “The Poetics of Space” (free but standby)

A former member of LCD Soundsystem makes up half of the band Museum of Love and New Build has two members of Hot Chip- both of them are playing the Regent Theater

Saturday

Luis de Jesus gallery is hosting an informal talk with artist Nicholas Grenier

Echo Park is having a holiday parade

NELA (Northeast LA) is having its gallery night- http://nelaart.org/

Barnsdall Art Center is having a free holiday art sale (or $8 with a drink and tamale)

Santa Monica’s Annual Pub Crawl benefits Westside Food Bank and participants are asked to come dressed in “Santa/Holiday attire”

American Football are playing with The Dodos at the Fonda Theatre

Saturday and Sunday

Harry Shearer & Judith Owen Present… Christmas Without Tears(Aka Does This Tree Make Me Look Fat?) at Largo is holiday fun, songs, and special guests with proceeds going to various charities

Get your local Xmas gifts at Renegade Craft Fair in Grand Park (free)

Also try the Echo Park Craft Fair

Sunday

The Dodos are at Alex’s Bar (in Long Beach)

Yusuf / Cat Stevens is playing at the Nokia Theatre

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 5-8-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
May 082014
 

A Place to Bury Strangers- And I’m Up

Things to do in and around Los Angeles this weekend (5/8-5/11/14)-

Thursday

Artwalk Downtown LA– this month focusing on textiles

Artist Michael Smith is speaking at MOCA (Free with RSVP)

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are playing at Amoeba Hollywood (Free)

Mona Simpson and David O. Russell are speaking at the Hammer for their Some Favorite Writers series

Tycho, with Gardens and Villa are playing at the Fonda

Thursday and Friday

Found Footage Festival stops in Los Angeles at the New Beverly

Friday

iam8bit gallery is having an opening for the art show Grace & Ritual: Hidden showcasing the work of 33 women artists

Saturday

A Place to Bury Strangers are playing at the Observatory (Santa Ana)

Citizen Kane is playing at LACMA

Part Time Punks 9 Year Anniversary Party with Ariel Pink and others is on at The Echo

National Lampoon’s Vacation at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Brian Jonestown Massacre are playing at the Wiltern

Saturday and Sunday

Echo Park Craft Fair

Sunday

Psycho de Mayo at the Observatory– bands include SUUNS and Pentagram among others

The Wizard of Oz (1939) in 3D is on at the Aero

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 12-12-13

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Dec 122013
 

Jagwar Ma- The Throw

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend:

Thursday-

Friday (THE 13TH)-

  • Jagwar Ma at El Rey
  • GRMLN at The Smell (part of a KXLU residency)
  • 10th Annual LA 3-D Movie Festival (all weekend)
  • S.I.D. (Superman is Dead) opens at Shepard Fairey’s gallery Subliminal Projects– with a musical tribute to Sid Vicious by Ritchie Love (a band consisting of Billy Idol, Steve Jones, Leigh Gorman, and Clem Burke)

Saturday-

  • Cinefamily’s 24 Hour Holiday Telethon begins
  • A Can for A Can at Space 15 Twenty– (6-9pm)- bring a food donation and get a beer plus check out some bands-
  • Singin in the Rain at the Egyptian

Saturday and Sunday-

Sunday-