Purity Ring- Fineshrine
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (12/3-12/6/15)-
Thursday
Starting Thursday night and running until Sunday, Machine Project has turned its theater into a sports bar and will be showing sports themed art videos (free)
Made by DWC (Downtown Women’s Center) sells unique products created by homeless and low income women and tonight they are having their annual holiday party with snacks and bubbly- get some Xmas gifts and support a good cause!
The Dandy Warhols are playing at the Teregram Ballroom (also on Friday, sold out Saturday)
Mar Vista is having its first art walk
Artist Sandow Birk will be in conversation with writer and editor Gary Dauphin about the former’s book American Qur’an at the Hammer Museum. For the book Birk transcribed the entire Qur’an, using traditional colors, inks, and formatting, and set it against a backdrop of illustrations from everyday American life (that work is on view at OCMA)
X are playing at the Roxy (also Friday, Sunday, sold out Saturday)
Friday
A Christmas Carol, performed by Will & Company, The Music Center’s educational touring ensemble, is at The Huntington and includes a pre-show sing-along of favorite holiday tunes ($15)
Booker T. Jones is playing with Black Joe Lewis at UCLA’s Royce Hall
White Reaper is opening for together PANGEA at the Echoplex
Power 106′s Cali Christmas is at The Forum and features Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Pharrell Williams, Ty Dolla $ign, Travis Scott, Dej Loaf and more
Gary Clark Jr. is playing at the Fonda Theatre (also Thursday and Saturday)
Saturday
Purity Ring are playing at The Shrine along with Baths and HANA
Self Help Graphics in Boyle Heights is having an Annual Holiday Marketplace and there will also be printmaking and other art demos and workshops throughout the day
Artists Ed Templeton and Ethan Rafal will be signing their books at Arcana Books in Culver City
Artist and musician Phranc will be in conversation with curator Howard Fox at CAFAM (free with admission and RSVP)
DJ Four Tet AKA Kieran Hebden is playing a 6 hour set at Lot 613 downtown
Saturday and Sunday
Grand Central Market is having a pop up Holiday Marketplace with Santa, live music, and more. If you go on Saturday you can also see Elf at the Million Dollar Theatre afterwards.
The School for the Movement of the Technicolor People exhibit will have its closing dance performance, Meadow, at LACE in Hollywood
Sunday
MOCA Grand Avenue is hosting Sunday Studio, which will explore experimental film, photography, and collage through activities, performance and an artist talk with filmmaker Paul Clipson and musician Liz Harris (free)
LA Makers is having a holiday market at the Fowler Museum
Tacocat is opening for Sallie Ford at The Echo and !!! are at the Echoplex