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Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (10/17-10/20/19)-

Thursday

Bryan Barcena, assistant curator and manager of publications will give a walkthrough of the second iteration of MOCA’s Open House exhibition series, Open House: Gala Porras-Kim (free and free entrance to both of MOCA’s locations on Thursday evenings)

DMBQ, the heavy psychedelic rock band from Japan, are playing at Zebulon with Grave Zone and 657B/6

LMNOP and Teddy Roxpin are DJ’ing an after hours at Moroccan Lounge with Heaven The Dude performing live

The Obsessives are playing at The Hi Hat with Jordan Krimston, Weatherboxes and Rebecca Black

City and Colour is performing with a full band at the Fonda Theatre with Ruby Waters opening

 

Friday

Hammer Museum is hosting Constitutional Happy Hour, a chance to learn about the US Constitution with some drinks- this time with Damon Huss of the Constitutional Rights Foundation, Los Angeles, discussing judicial review.

Sad Park are playing at The Smell with Not From England and Whaja Dew

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is hosting Lucas Nights: The Art of the Card—Tarot and Lotería, a free program that includes a discussion of the history of tarot and Lotería imagery, tarot and Lotería card making, tarot readings, a raffle, DJ and more, taking place on Exposition Park’s South Lawn

Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead) will be performing songs from her first solo album at Lodge Room with My Empty Phantom opening

Surf Curse are playing at the Fonda Theatre with Dirt Buyer and Spitting Image opening

The Ace Hotel is having a 20 Year celebration with performances at their theater by Ryuichi Sakamoto, serpentwithfeet, and Zola Jesus with an after party to follow

Galantis are playing at the Shrine Expo Hall with Hook N’ Sling, LP Giobbi, and Raiden Integra (also Saturday with Hook N’ Sling and Ezou)

 

Friday through Sunday

All weekend MOCA, with Film Independent in partnership with KCRW, is hosting The New Wave, a showcase of films, conversations and performances, all free plus free admission to both galleries.

 

Saturday

yeule is one of the many artists playing at Catch One for 100% ElectroniCON’s vaporwave festival. Other artists include George Clanton, Saint Pepsi, Slayyter, FrankJavCee, NxxxxxS, Bruce Smear and many more.

Beverly Hills Art Show returns for its Fall Show running all day with over 245 artists (free and also on Sunday)

South Pasadena is having an Arts Crawl from 4-9pm

Shlohmo are playing with Open Mike Eagle, Perera Elsewhere, Sweatson Klank, Somni, tomemitsu and Baths at The Regent Theater for FOF10: 10 Years of Friends of Friends

White Reaper are playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Dirty Nil and Criminal Hygiene

Slow Caves are opening for Briston Maroney at Moroccan Lounge (early show)

 

Sunday

Metro Art is hosting Ghosts of Union Station, A Halloween Art Tour from 4-6pm led by actors from the Independent Shakespeare Co at Union Station (free)

For The Getty’s art talk, Art as Transformation: Photography for Social Change, artist LaToya Ruby Frazier will be discussing how she has used photography to fight injustice  (free but ticket required)

Artist Echiko Ohira accompanies Exhibitions Curator Holly Jerger on a walkthrough of the artist’s first solo museum exhibition, Finding the Center: Works by Echiko Ohira at Craft Contemporary. (free and the museum is free on Sundays)

Field Medic and Great Grandpa are opening for Cavetown at the Fonda Theatre

Cryogeyser are playing at The Echo with Bob Villain and The Eyyes