Los Angeles Weekend Planner 5-22-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
May 222014
 

Holy Fuck- Red Lights

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/22-5/26/14)-

Thursday–

Creativity: The Perfect Crime– Philippe Petit (who walked a tightrope between the towers of the World Trade Center) speaks about creativity at the Central Library Downtown (free/ standby tix only)

Holy Fuck is playing at the Roxy

Ericka Beckman presents three of her films at MOCA

Yamashiro Farmer’s Market is back!

And so is the one on the Sunset Strip

Friday–

designLAB event at the Pacific Design Center- 14 galleries having receptions for shows

Superhumanoids are at the Echo (free)

Saturday–

Los Angeles Poverty Department is having a parade/performance/brass band- Walk the Talk-and Mike Kelley’s Mobile Homestead will be a part of it- a PDF with a full description of the event is available on their site

The Big Lebowski on the lawn at the Autry

Protomartyr are playing at Permanent Records (free)

Sunday–

Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon at the Egyptian Theatre

Tony Molina, Big Eyes are playing at the Roxy

Monday (Memorial Day)–

Target Free Mondays at LACMA

Also this weekend- Lightning in A Bottle Festival

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 5-15-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
May 152014
 

Maximo Park- Brain Cells

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/15-5/18/14)-

Thursday

Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club), Chelsea Cain and Willy Vlautin host a night at the Echo with readings, music and gifts- Vlautin’s book is included in the ticket price and there are extra presents for people in pajamas

Artopia LA Weekly Event at Grand Central Market

New Young Pony Club are playing at the Bootleg

Friday

Maximo Park are playing with Eternal Summers at the Troubadour

Triple feature at the Egyptian Theatre– Dystopia Gone Wild: Thirty Years after 1984- Nineteen Eighty-Four/Logan’s Run/ Spacedisco One

Kishi Bashi at the Fonda

Friday and Saturday

Thirteen Torches for a Burn– two nights featuring bands from Copenhagen at the Church on York– Friday’s headliner is Iceage

Saturday

A Landing Site for Madeline Gins– Poets, artists and architects read from the late artist’s writings at LACMA (free)

Continuing that night at LACMA is International Museum Night– the galleries stay open for activities and viewing- ticket includes two glasses of wine (20$ members/30 $non)

Saturday and Sunday

Annual Santa Fe Art Colony Open Studios

Beverly Hills Art Show

Sunday

Ann Magnuson hosts a one hour “mini-carnival in the spirit of Mike Kelley” (free) at MOCA

Damien Jurado is playing at the Bootleg

Lykke Li is playing at the Roxy

Tyvek are playing at The Smell

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 5-8-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
May 082014
 

A Place to Bury Strangers- And I’m Up

Things to do in and around Los Angeles this weekend (5/8-5/11/14)-

Thursday

Artwalk Downtown LA– this month focusing on textiles

Artist Michael Smith is speaking at MOCA (Free with RSVP)

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are playing at Amoeba Hollywood (Free)

Mona Simpson and David O. Russell are speaking at the Hammer for their Some Favorite Writers series

Tycho, with Gardens and Villa are playing at the Fonda

Thursday and Friday

Found Footage Festival stops in Los Angeles at the New Beverly

Friday

iam8bit gallery is having an opening for the art show Grace & Ritual: Hidden showcasing the work of 33 women artists

Saturday

A Place to Bury Strangers are playing at the Observatory (Santa Ana)

Citizen Kane is playing at LACMA

Part Time Punks 9 Year Anniversary Party with Ariel Pink and others is on at The Echo

National Lampoon’s Vacation at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Brian Jonestown Massacre are playing at the Wiltern

Saturday and Sunday

Echo Park Craft Fair

Sunday

Psycho de Mayo at the Observatory– bands include SUUNS and Pentagram among others

The Wizard of Oz (1939) in 3D is on at the Aero

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 4-17-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Apr 172014
 

So Many Wizards- Lose Your Mind

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/17-4/20/14)-

Thursday

Author Douglas Coupland (Generation X) is speaking and signing books at Skirball

Mogwai are playing at the El Rey Theatre

Neko Case is playing with The Dodos at The Orpheum

Dum Dum Girls are playing at the Roxy

Thursday through Saturday

Humans and puppets combine to tell A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Broad Stage directed by Tom Morris who created the Tony award winning War Horse

Friday

Penelope Spheeris’s 1980’s punk documentary The Decline of Western Civilization is being shown at LACMA with Spheeris and various band members in attendance

The History of Silent Porn (feat. a release party for Black Francis’ and Josh Frank’s The Good Inn) is presented by Cinespia and Book Soup- part dramatic readings from the book, and part vintage silent pornography-

Friday and Saturday

K-Town Night Market

Saturday

Record Store Day

Not going to Coachella- why not try Brokechella?

Eastside Handmade popup market is at Shopclass in Highland Park

Dios with So Many Wizards are playing at The Echo

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 4-10-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Apr 102014
 

Beck- Where It’s At

Things to do in and around Los Angeles this weekend (4/10-4/13/14)-

Thursday

Beck is playing at the Arlington Theater in Ventura

Artwalk Downtown LA

Screening at MOCA Grand Ave of Hamlet A.D.D.

Chromeo are playing at the Fonda Theatre

Thursday through Sunday

Turner Classic Movie Festival

Friday

Pet Shop Boys are playing at Ventura Theater

Friday through Sunday

Paul Taylor Dance Company is at The Music Center

Saturday

NELA Second Saturday Gallery Night (Highland Park and Eagle Rock)

The Social Self: Selfies, Self-Documentation, and Self Portraiture symposium at LACMA

Clueless at the Electric Dusk Drive In (downtown)

Saturday and Sunday

LA Times Festival of Books

Sunday

Otis College of Art and Design Graduate Open Studios

CalArts MFA open studios

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 4-3-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Apr 032014
 

Mikal Cronin- Change

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/3-4/6/14)-

Thursday

Origami Vinyl 5 Year Birthday Party at the Echo

Trajal Harrell: Antigone Sr./Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church at REDCAT (through 4/6)

Friday

First Fridays at the Natural History Museum with Mikal Cronin and Tijuana Panthers

Dan Croll is playing at El Rey

Saturday

Young Directors Night at LACMA

Terry Riley: In C, A Performance Installation by The Industry- a musical performance with undulating inflatable figures-similar to those at car dealerships- taking place over 4 hours at The Hammer (viewers can stay as long as they like)

A Current Affair: Pop Up Vintage Marketplace with an open bar and DJ ($8) at Cooper Design Space

Public Star Party where volunteers help viewers try out numerous telescopes for free at Griffith Park Observatory

Return to Grey Gardens a musical stage show starring Peaches Christ and Jinkx Monsoon at the Wilshire Ebell Theater

Sunday

Conversation and book signing with Timothy Nolan and George Stoll and  editor Sharon Louden for Living and Sustaining A Creative Life (which contains essays by 40 working artists) moderated at CB1 Gallery

Double film noir feature at the Egyptian Theater- M and The Hitch-Hiker

Also this weekend-

It’s CicLAvia (4/6) and the Hollywood Half Marathon (4/5)- so keep that in mind for getting around town.

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 3-20-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Mar 202014
 

The Orwells- Mallrats (La La La)

Things to do in (and around) Los Angeles this weekend (3/20-3/23/14)-

Thursday–

The Orwells are at the Observatory (Santa Ana)

Live read of Groundhog Day with director Jason Reitman at LACMA

Yung Jake is at MOCA Grand Ave streaming his favorite selections from the internet and premiering his film for MOCAtv, Unfollow- (free)

Friday–

The Black Lips are playing at El Rey

Sabrosonico is a free concert at the Hammer celebrating “the music and imagery of alternative Mexico”

Saturday-

Free screening of a film mentioned on this site previously– Finding Vivian Maier at Cinefamily

Saturday and Sunday–

Burgerama two day music fest at the Observatory– bands include- FIDLAR, The Growlers, Death, The Black Lips, Allah Las, Bleached, Tijuana Panthers and many more

Cherry Blossom festival at Descanso Gardens

Selected Shorts 2014: Drama at Dinner at the Getty– (3pm and 7 on Saturday, 3pm on Sunday) Robert Sean Leonard hosts live performances based on short stories with a food theme – including Christopher Lloyd in “A Mad Tea Party” from Alice in Wonderland- $35 includes wine and small bites along with the show

Parachute Market Design Fair

Sunday-

Dan Harmon and members of the Harmontown podcast are having a garage sale at Meltdown Comics to benefit 826LA

All weekend (3/21-3/23)-

YoungArts Los Angeles (YoungArts is featured in the HBO documentary  Masterclass) will be having public exhibitions and performances of their work at the Los Angeles Theater Center

Reverend Horton Heat is playing at the Roxy

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 2-27-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Feb 272014
 

FIDLAR- No Waves

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (2/27-3/2/14)-

Thursday

FIDLAR are playing at the Echo

LA Artist Betye Saar is speaking at the Hammer

Artist Ron Athey is speaking at MOCA Grand Ave

Friday

Lord Huron with Superhumanoids playing at The Fonda (also Saturday)

Scotch tasting and reception with Manfred Müller ($40 through Eventbrite) or just attend his public conversation (free) afterwards, discussing his current show at LAMAG

Je T’Aime,Je T’Aime at Cinefamily (running until 3/6)

Saturday

The Egyptian Theatre is hosting a free seminar- The Art of Production Design- with this year’s Oscar nominated art directors and set directors

Capital Cities are playing at the Roxy (also Friday)

Sunday

Watch the Oscars live on the big screen at Grauman’s Million Dollar Theater downtown

How the Brain Sees Light- A talk to complement- See the Light- Photography, Perception, Cognition exhibition at LACMA (free)

Los Angeles Art Shows- Hassan Hajjaj at Gusford Gallery and LACMA

 Art, Art Shows by Location, Artists, Los Angeles Art Shows, Los Angeles Art Shows, Photographers / Photography
Feb 202014
 

hassanhajjaj

Hassan Hajjaj work from the show- My Rock Stars: Volume 2

Hassan Hajjaj has two great shows (and one piece in a third) currently up in the Los Angeles area.

His show at the Gusford Gallery (pictured above), is filled with brightly colored images surrounded by frames containing Moroccan products.

From their press release:

Through costuming, posturing and mise en scène, Hajjaj blends African, Arabic, European and Western cultural signifiers in a vibrant fusion of contemporary globalized society. The identities of this international collection of musicians, dancers, fashion designers, capoeira masters and restauranteurs have been obscured, and these personal inspirations from Hajjaj’s life have been immortalized as his very own ‘Rock Stars’.

This show closes 2/22/14.

Currently at LACMA is My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume 1, 2012 a video installation composed of nine screens- each with a different musician performing on sets similar to those in the photographs at the Gosford Gallery. As each performer begins their song, the others turn to watch. Located across from the elevators on the fourth floor of the Ahmanson building, it can be a challenge to take it all in.

He also has a piece  in the recently opened show Fútbol: The Beautiful Game.

Also check out this interview with Hassan Hajjaj from LACMA’s blog.

 

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 2-20-14

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Feb 202014
 

We Were Promised Jetpacks- Human Error

Things to do in and around Los Angeles this weekend (2/20-2/23/14)-

Thursday

Thomas Struth is speaking at LACMA

Thursday through Saturday

LA Dance Project at the Ace Hotel- Three pieces, including one sneak peek- one choreographed by Benjamin Millepied (Black Swan), another with visual concepts by Barbara Kruger and Sterling Ruby

Tales From Two Cities- Writing from Los Angeles at Los Angeles Central Library

Friday

We Were Promised Jetpacks at El Rey

2 Chainz, Pusha T and August Alsina at the Hollywood Palladium

Shadow of a Doubt at LACMA with an intro by Bill Hader

Saturday

Phantogram at the Hollywood Palladium (moved from the Wiltern)

A.S.Berman talks about and signs his book about the groundbreaking TV show Soap at Book Soup

Screening of A Raisin in The Sun with special guest Mamie Hansberry (sister of the film’s writer) at Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum

Pomona Art Walk

Saturday and Sunday

Snow Days at the LA Zoo– There will be snow in some animal habitats and sledding for humans- sleds are provided- (2/22 and 2/23)

Sunday

Jacob Hashimoto is speaking at MOCA Grand Avenue (his show opens on 3/1)

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