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Los Angeles Weekend Planner 4-23-15

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Apr 232015

Eternal Summers- Wonder

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/23-4/26/15)-

Thursday

Eternal Summers are opening for Turbo Fruits at The Roxy

Tonight is the last screening of Matthew Barney’s Cremaster series with Cremaster 3 (2002) at the Hammer

Friday

Matthew Barney and composer Jonathan Bepler will discuss their recent collaboration River of Fundament (premiering at UCLA on Saturday) with professor Kenneth Reinhard at the Hammer Museum. Free but get there early

Fuzz are playing the El Rey Theatre

Saturday

Kaiser Chiefs are at The Wiltern along with We Are Scientists

The Dead Milkmen are at the Troubadour tonight and Sunday

Saturday and Sunday

The Brewery is having the first of its biannual art walks (free admission and parking)

The Jackalope Art Fair is taking place in Old Pasadena

Sunday

LACMA is having a community day to celebrate their 50th Anniversary with free admission (even to ticketed exhibits) and events

Artist Vincent Lamouroux is painting Silver Lake’s deserted Sunset Pacific Motel, also known as the “Bates Motel”, and its surroundings (including trees) white with lime wash to turn it into a temporary art installation that will be completed today for the opening (3-6pm)

Reptar will be playing a free in-store show at Origami Records

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 4-9-15

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Apr 092015

Cherry Glazerr- White’s Not My Color This Evening

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/9-4/12/15)-

Thursday

MOMA curator Stuart Comer will be discussing the work and career of William Pope L. at MOCA (free with RSVP)

The Hammer Museum is screening Barbara Kopple’s new documentary film, Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation, which focuses on the writers, columnists, editors and interns of The Nation magazine. The film will be followed by Q&A with Kopple, writer Amy Wilentz, and Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel. Norman Lear will begin the evening with opening remarks (free)

Downtown ArtWalk’s theme this month is Books, Comics and Zines also make sure to check out the sculptures made of cans for Canstruction, also part of the art walk

Friday

Cherry Glazerr are playing with White Fence at the Natural History Museum’s First Fridays

The Aero Theater is showing the first part of the Agnés Varda documentary Agnés Varda: From Here to There Part 1 followed by her film Jane B. for Agnés V. (about Jane Birkin) with a discussion with Varda in between the films

French band Yelle is playing the Roxy with Hibou

Saturday

Otis College of Art and Design is hosting its 4th Annual Kite Festival in Santa Monica where you can make and fly your own kite (free kite and admission)

Eastside Handmade is having their popup market in Highland Park

Afterwards stay for NELA Art Gallery Night, a good opportunity to check out Highland Park and Eagle Rock galleries including Gold Haus Gallery which is having an opening for Ryan McIntosh’s show

Sunday

The First Annual Long Beach Zine Fest is at the Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA) and admission to the fest and museum are both free

All Weekend

Cinema at the Edge (CATE) is having it’s independent film festival in Santa Monica

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 1-29-15

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Jan 292015

Kishi Bashi- Philosphize In It! Chemicalize With It

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (1/29-2/1/15)-

Thursday

The Flux Screening series returns to Hammer Museum– tonight it’s a short film by Ben Mor, a film by Ben and Joe Dempsey, and a video by Gia Coppola. There’s a courtyard after party as well.

So Many Wizards are having a free show and record signing at Amoeba Hollywood

Friday

LACMA is showing Uptight, a “seldom-seen thriller that transposes John Ford’s classic film The Informer to Cleveland in the tense days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr” written by the director Jules Dassin, Julian Mayfield and Ruby Dee- your $5 ticket includes Taxi Driver as well

Friday through Sunday

Art Los Angeles Contemporary art fair is at the Barkar Hangar. Goldstar has some cheap tickets

Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair returns to the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. This is free, or you could check out the preview on Thursday for $10 and see No Age and Prince Rama perform. The first 2,000 people get Ticket Edition by Edie Fake

Saturday

Kishi Bashi is playing at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex

It’s Museums Free-for-All day and over 20 in and around LA are participating including LACMA, Skirball and more

Night on Broadway festival has a ton of events planned including a free screening of Metropolis at the Ace Theatre, as well as pop-up shops, art shows, and music – all taking place- you guessed it- on Broadway downtown

If you are downtown for that event, it’s also Arts District Night where several galleries are open late from 6-9pm

Nothing are at Jewels Catch One with Tony Molina

Anna Sew Hoy and Liz Magic Laser will be signing books at Various Small Fires gallery at 12:30pm

Saturday and Sunday

Paramount Ranch is having its second art fair. This year they are charging $5 (cash only)

Sunday

356 Mission/ Ooga Booga II is having Slider vs Sliders “a burger brunch and book party for This Equals That and Fancy Desserts. Tamara Shopsin and Brooks Headley cook up dueling sliders, plus games, prizes and a swinging salami”

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 12-18-14

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Dec 182014

Fartbarf- Homeless in Heathrow

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (12/18-12/21/14)-

Thursday

Hammer Museum is showing Nightcrawler as part of its series The Contenders. Rene Russo and writer/director Dan Gilroy will be there for a Q & A after the screening

Ed Templeton is signing his book at MOCA Grand Avenue

The Music Center Holiday Sing-Along provides live accompaniment and lyric sheets, you provide the singing (free)-

For more holiday fun, John C. Reilly is hosting A Very Janky Christmas Spectacular– an additional show has been added to the sold out event

Fishbone is at the Troubadour along with The Bots and others

Friday and Saturday

The City Ballet is performing The Nutcracker with a twist as The Nutcracker Swings– this time it takes place in 1946 during WWII in Hancock Park at the iconic Coconut Grove nightclub- with music by Tchaikovsky and Duke Ellington

Saturday

Fartbarf are at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach

Stevie Wonder is performing Songs in the Key of Life at the Forum

Elf is playing at the Aero theater

LACMA is showing two of Hitchcock’s greatest films- Notorious and Vertigo. $5 gets you tickets to both

Hooded Fang are at The Smell

Saturday and Sunday

AMRA has created a multisensory (including music and aromas) art show which will have visitors led through the exhibit in the dark. It’s at Human Resources for two nights

Sunday

Drinking and collage and brunch come together at Thank You For Coming for the last Drinkollage of the year

The Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rocks Extravaganza! is at Nokia Live

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 10-16-14

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Oct 162014

The Bots- 5:17

Things to do in and around Los Angeles this weekend (10/16-10/19/14)-

Thursday

The Bots are playing a free show at Amoeba Hollywood

Of Montreal are performing at the Mayan Theater

Jim Hodges’ collaborative film Untitled, being shown at The Hammer, is a montage of clips from news organizations, and pop entertainment footage which looks at queer activism and the AIDS epidemic. There will be other showings at the Hammer but this is the only one in the evening

Paradise Magazine is having a free event (with free wine) and performances at Akbar

Massive Attack are at the Greek Theater

Thursday- Saturday

Culture Collide Festival is at various venues and includes bands from around the world including Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah; Cloud Nothings; Fractures; Quantic; and Monokino; among numerous others

Friday

The New Pornographers are playing along with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at the Wiltern

Friday and Saturday

All you can eat free pancakes at Pancakes & Booze Art Show- there will also be, as the name suggests- booze and art, as well as live painting, music and a free photo booth, not bad for $5

Saturday

Nas is performing Illmatic (for its 20th anniversary) at The Orpheum theater

We’re getting closer to Halloween and Barnsdall Art Park is showing Carrie

The Moon Block Party is an all day music festival in Pomona- acts include Spoon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Black Lips and more

Saturday and Sunday

The Beverly Hills Art Show

Saturday night and Sunday afternoon Santa Monica Art Studios is having its 10th annual Open Studios event

Sunday

Nicole Miller: Believing is Seeing, the artist’s video project is showing at LACMA

Los Angeles Art- Juan Capistrán- Sculpture for “Made in LA 2014” at the Hammer Museum

Art, Art Shows by Location, Artists, Installation Art, Los Angeles Art Shows, Los Angeles Art Shows, Sculptors / Sculpture

Sep 072014

hammeriamhopingtoseetheday

Juan Capistrán‘s I Am Hoping to See the Day for Hammer Museum’s exhibition Made in L.A. 2014.

Los Angeles Art Shows- “Made in L.A. 2014” at the Hammer Museum

Art, Art Shows by Location, Artists, Installation Art, Los Angeles Art Shows, Los Angeles Art Shows, Painting / Painters, Photographers / Photography, Sculptors / Sculpture

Sep 072014

Today (9/7) is the last day to see Hammer Museum’s Made In L.A. 2014, their second biennial exhibition consisting of Los Angeles based artists.

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 7-3-14

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Jul 032014

Phantogram- Mouthful of Diamonds

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (7/3-7/6/14)-

Thursday

Dublab presents Peaking Lights and Pharoahs at Levitt Pavillion MacArthur Park (free)

San Pedro ArtWalk

Friday (July 4th)

Fireworks, bands, outdoors and FREE- check out the “Altimate 4th of July Block Party” in Grand Park. Bands include Phantogram, Brick +Mortar, Semi Precious Weapons, Wild Cub and Echosmith

Want fireworks but a bit more mellow?- Steve Martin is playing with the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell at the Hollywood Bowl (also Thursday and Saturday)

If you are heading to Long Beach the Aquarium of the Pacific is staying open late with a BBQ and views of the fireworks there

Cinefamily is offering a 4th of July celebration with a picnic, America related short films, a surf band and a screening of Hell Angels Forever

Angel City Brewery in the Arts District is throwing a party too

Saturday

Still watching the World Cup despite America’s recent loss and want to see the Made In LA show at the Hammer Museum? You can do both!

Peter Murphy is playing at El Rey Theatre

Jaws is playing outside of the Autry Museum

Stones Throw Picnic featuring Peanut Butter Wolf at California Plaza downtown as part of Grand Performances

Sunday

Street artist Pastey Whyte is having an ice cream social (free ice cream!) for his art show at Gold Haus Gallery in Highland Park from 3-6

The Fresh & Onlys at the Echo

Amen Dunes is playing for free at Origami Vinyl