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Los Angeles Weekend Planner 3-12-15

Mar 122015

Thee Oh Sees- Minotaur

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (3/12-3/15/15)-

Thursday

MUSICAL EXPOSITION featuring Thee Oh Sees and Caldwell/Tester at Human Resources LA in Chinatown-

Television great Norman Lear, creator of All in the Family and Sanford and Son will speak with Phil Rosenthal, creator of Everybody Loves Raymond at the Wallis Annneberg Center for the Performing Arts

Artist Cauleen Smith will screen and discuss The Way Out Is the Way Two: Fourteen Short Films About Chicago and Sun Ra at MOCA Grand

Friday

ArtNight Pasadena is a great biannual event where many of the museums and galleries are free, with shuttles connecting the institutions. This year you can tie it in with the last days of Old Pasadena Happy Hour Week if you like your culture to include a little booze

As part of Atlas in LA, 356 Mission will be screening several of his short films and he will be in conversation with Laurie Weeks for a book release

Chicas Rockeras of Southeast LA is having a fundraiser for their Girls Rock Camp with Upset (Patty Schemel and Ali Koehler) and other rock bands

Dream Boys are playing with Shy Boys at La Cita

Friday and Saturday

LACMA is having a two day symposium- Photography and Philosophy-with various speakers

Saturday

NELAart’s Second Saturday art walk takes place at galleries around Highland Park and Eagle Rock- http://www.nelaart.org/

Two of Charles Atlas’ most famous dance narrative films Ex-Romance and Hail the New Puritan will be screened at Human Resources gallery

Santa Monica Airport Art Walk

North London band Wolf Mother are playing a sold out show at the Bootleg Theater but tickets maybe available at the door

Sunday

Harry Dean Stanton will be performing after a screening of cult film Repo Man at the Regent Theater

A Place to Bury Strangers are playing at the Echo

Also part of Atlas in LA, the Egyptian Theater will be screening two of his films

Russell Ferguson and Thomas Demand join Michael Fried for a conversation about painting, photography and film, focused on Fried’s new book Another Light: Jacques Louis David to Thomas Demand at LACMA (free)

The LA Marathon is on so don’t make plans before noon in most parts of the city

Los Angeles Art Shows- Pierre Huyghe at LACMA

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Feb 222015

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Today (2/22) is the last day to see Pierre Huyghe at LACMA. There is so much to see within the show and it is, at times, overwhelming. You enter the exhibition with your name announced by a live announcer and then proceed through the maze like space to find aquariums with live sea creatures in them; video work, including a film with a monkey walking around wearing the mask of a girl; sculptures including the one pictured above with a head of live bees (Untilled (Liegender Frauenakt)); and Human, a live dog who is around the gallery at various times. It’s Huyghe’s first retrospective in his twenty-five year career and well worth a trip into his unique visual world.

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 2-19-15

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Feb 192015

Kendrick Lamar- i

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (2/19-2/22/15)-

Thursday

British painter John Currin’s first Los Angeles show in over ten years opens tonight at the Gagosian gallery

If you missed checking out John Craig Freeman’s interactive work in progress at LACMA last week, you have another chance and later Dru Donovan (former student and studio manager of Larry Sultan) is doing a gallery walk-through of Sultan’s exhibition

Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky will be performing and giving a talk at the Central Library

Friday

The Egyptian Theater has several Oscar Themed events including a screening of the nominated documentary shorts, live action shorts, and animated shorts. There are also two free events- one a conversation with the Oscar nominated film editors, the other a panel discussion with nominated production designers and set decorators

Saturday

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy Chinese New Year! The Annual Golden Dragon Parade takes place in Chinatown to celebrate the year of the sheep/ram

Situation Room is a new gallery space in Eagle Rock. For their opening they will be screening over 50 from video artworks

Artist talk: David Schafer is in conversation with Lauren Mackler at Diane Rosenstein Gallery discussing his current exhibition of sound sculptures

Saturday and Sunday

Kendrick Lamar is headlining the Air+Style music and sports festival at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Other acts include Steve Aoki, Cults, Phantogram, Tennis System, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros and more. Sports will include snowboarding and skiing competitions

Sunday

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery in Barnsdall Park has a new show opening today- Robert Williams in SLANG Aesthetics! in conjunction with 20 Years Under the Influence of Juxtapoz. Today there is also a free screening of Mr. Bitchin with Williams there in person

Poetic Research Bureau in Chinatown is screening Amiri Baraka’s recently rediscovered documentary The New Ark

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 2-12-15

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Feb 122015

Mrs. Magician- The Dead 80’s

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (2/12-2/15/15)-

Thursday

John Craig Freeman is previewing and discussing his project EEG AR: Things We Have Lost at LACMA. Viewing devices will be provided to check out the virtual objects he’s created. If you miss this, you could also visit on Saturday and participate in this work by conjuring images with your brainwaves (equipment provided)

Downtown Artwalk is tonight and this time there is an art show celebrating the life of producer J Dilla-

Create:Fixate 13 Year Anniversary Celebration- I Art You event in Venice is an art show and benefit- there will also be cocktails, music and other entertainment (20$)

Friday

Mrs.Magician are opening for Swami John Reis and The Blind Shake at the Satellite

Hollyhock House in Barnsdall Park will re-open (after major renovations) from 4pm to 11am on Saturday for free self-guided tours. The house has made appearances in Blade Runner, Karate Kid, and The House on Haunted Hill

LACMA is playing a double bill of The Goonies and Pee-wee’s Big Adventure

Cherry Glazerr is hosting “A Very Musty Pre-Valentine’s Day Affair” at the Echo with LA Witch, The Frights, Buttertones, and Tête- advanced tickets are sold out but there may be some at the door day of

The Dodos are playing the Roxy

Saturday

NELA’s Second Saturday gallery night is a great chance to spend some time in Highland Park

Don Bachardy is speaking about his work at Craig Krull Gallery

Silverlake Flea is on at Micheltorena St. Elementary School and there will be free ice cream

LACE + Artillery are having a Valentine’s Day Party with cocktails and performances. It’s also the last day to check out the current group show

The Growlers are at the Hollywood Palladium

Sunday

LA Zine Fest is in Glendale this year with 200 exhibitors and free

The Festival of (In)appropriation is at the Spielberg Theatre at the Egyptian and features a program of “cutting-edge experimental found footage shorts”, including Nothing by LJ Frezza which is 6 minutes of footage where nothing happens from the TV series Seinfeld

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 2-5-15

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Feb 052015

Tom Vek- Aroused

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (2/5-2/8/15)-

Thursday

The Craft & Folk Art Museum is having two events- the first is a free preview and cocktail reception for the Fourth Annual Benefit Trunk Show (also going on Friday and Saturday) and it’s Craft Night where you can learn to make paper mosaics ($8)

A little further away at Pomona College Museum of Art, the Guerrilla Girls are performing to go along with the current exhibition Guerrilla Girls: Art in Action with a reception afterwards

Echo Park Film Center is having an open screening where anyone can show their film plus there will be free pizza

John Oates (of Hall and Oates) will be performing at Amoeba Hollywood (free)

Friday

First Fridays are back at the Natural History Museum with Robert DeLong, Tom Vek, and Quitapenas playing (reserved tix are sold out but there should be some available first come, first served at 7pm at the door)

The Natural History Museum is also having an after party with Tom Vek DJ’ing at the Regent Theater

Downtown there’s also Dark Nights at LA Live with $5 food and drink specials and lots of free entertainment

Saturday

Full Exposure: Art and Pornography in Los Angeles is a panel discussion in conjunction with the Larry Sultan exhibit at LACMA. A screening of Boogie Nights follows the discussion.

Dum Dum Zine Release party with Tulips, Bloody Death Skull and So Many Wizards performing

The Egyptian Theater is showing the final director’s cut of Blade Runner

Sunday

It’s My Bloody Valentine Nite at the Echo with Heavenly Beat, The Bilinda Butchers and XO

Spike Lee’s Malcolm X (70mm print) is at the Egyptian Theater

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 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 12-4-14

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Dec 042014

J. Cole- She Knows ft. Amber Coffman, Cults

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (12/4-12/7/14)-

Thursday

MOCA Grand Ave is screening Alternate Endings, new short videos by Rhys Ernst, Glen Fogel, Lyle Ashton Harris, Derek Jackson, Tom Kalin, My Barbarian, and Julie Tolentino, commissioned by Visual AIDS to honor the 25th anniversary of Day With(out) Art (free with RSVP)

M.Ward ( the him of She & Him) is playing at Amoeba Records (free)

Angel Olsen is at the El Rey with Kevin Morby

Thursday- Sunday

Dance, visual art and the music of Stephin Merritt combine for Performance at the Redcat Theater

Friday

J.Cole and T.I. headline Power 106’s Cali Christmas along with several other performers at the Forum

Celebrate Repeal Day (the end of Prohibition) by getting sauced on cheap booze! Los Angeles Magazine put together a great list of bars with drink specials and parties

John Waters gets into the holiday spirit and performing his one man show- A John Waters Christmas for one night at the Comedy Store

Saturday

Photo critic Philip Gefter will discuss the work of Larry Sultan at LACMA (free)

Chrissie Hynde is at the Pantages singing songs from her new album Stockholm as well as songs from the Pretenders era

Venice Christmas Boat Parade could get you in a festive mood

Silverlake Flea Market is in the Micheltorena school playground free and free parking

Artisanal LA is having a holiday market in Old Pasadena

Saturday and Sunday

Unique LA is having their holiday market at the California Market center- $10 (for entrance on both days) includes snacks, drinks and “DIY craft projects”

Sunday

MOCA Grand Ave is screening Andy Warhol’s 8 hour film Empire which is footage of the Empire State Building. RSVP for the reception to follow at 7:30. Mention Empire at the box office to receive complimentary admission

The Ace Hotel Theatre is hosting one of Cinefamily’s fundraising events Truth & Soul, Inc: Day Three Downey: Clown Prince of the Underground (hosted by Louis CK, feat. Robert Downey Sr.’s Putney Swope)

LA Conservancy is showing Home Alone in the afternoon at the Orpheum Theatre with holiday music beforehand-

The Rock ‘N’ Roll Flea Market has vintage clothing as well as music related items

Love it or hate it CicLAvia is back- this time through South LA

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 11-20-14

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Nov 202014

Nosaj Thing- Eclipse/Blue

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (11/20-11/23/14)-

Thursday

Authors Geoff Dyer and Ricky Jay are speaking at the Hammer

Capital Cities are at the Fonda Theatre with Night Terrors of 1927 (also Friday)

Friday

It’s opening night of the No Budget Film Festival and the feature film is The Past is a Grotesque Animal, a portrait Kevin Barnes of of Montreal, after which there will be a talk with the director and editor and later a cocktail reception with DJs and visual projections at the Vortex Immersion Dome. Events run all weekend.

Saturday

The annual Great LA Walk will take on the Valley walking 17 miles along Ventura Blvd from Woodland Hills to North Hollywood (free)

LACMA has a Woody Allen double feature for $5- Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway

Peter Hook & The Light are at the Fonda performing New Order’s Low Life & Brotherhood in their entirety and an opening set of Joy Division material

The Bots are playing at the Bootleg

Found Magazine’s Re-Ignition Tour and Book Release Party with editor Davy Rothbart and friends at the Bootleg ($10 includes the book)

Sunday

Nosaj Thing is playing with Mangchi, Upsilon Acrux at The Smell

Artist Pierre Huyghe and Emma Lavigne, curator of contemporary art at the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, housed in the Centre Pompidou will be in conversation at LACMA

Biz Markie, Peanut Butter Wolf, J.Rocc, and Break Beat Lou are DJing at the Echoplex

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