Night Beats- Power Child
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (9/1-9/4/16)-
Thursday
Night Beats are playing at the Echoplex with C.G. Roxanne and the Nightmares, Vanilla, and L.A. Witch
Matthias Müller’s Home Stories and Ida Lupino’s The Bigamist are being shown this week as part of The Broad’s film series Doll Parts ($12 includes night access to the full museum)
Get creative for CraftNight: Recycled Puppet Making Workshop with Invertigo Dance Theatre at the Craft & Folk Art Museum ($8 includes materials, drinks and snacks)
LACMA is having a free screening of Kicks, writer/director Justin Tipping’s debut film, with the director and actors discussing the film afterwords
Unknown Mortal Orchestra are playing a free concert at the Santa Monica Pier with Steady Holiday
Friday
Film composer John Williams (of Star Wars fame) returns to the Hollywood Bowl to conduct music from various films with a selection of clips projected on the big screen (also Saturday and Sunday)
The LA County Fair returns to the Fairplex in Pomona and runs until the end of the month
Dance Downtown is at the Music Center- this time with a disco theme (free)
Saturday
Cinespia is showing Alfred Hitchock’s The Birds at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Cinefamily is showing the David Bowie concert film Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in Barnsdall Art Park
Melissa Brooks & The Aquadolls are headlining a show at The Echo
Love The Lord of the Rings Trilogy? You can see them all, in their extended versions, for $15 at the Aero Theatre today from 1pm
Fiesta Hermosa, billed as the “Largest Arts & Crafts Fair in Southern California”, returns to Hermosa Beach for the weekend (including Monday)
Sunday
Mykki Blanco is headlining a show at Union Nightclub
Cinespia is showing True Romance at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
It’s the last night of the last weekend to see free Shakespeare (The Tempest) in Griffith Park
L.A. Drones are part of the electronic band lineup for the last night of Complex’s three night concert series Manufactured in Los Angeles
Sex Stains are having an album release party at The Echo with The Side Eyes and Egrets on Ergot