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Los Angeles Weekend Planner 11-5-15

Nov 052015

Kendrick Lamar- Alright

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (11/5-11/8/15)-

Thursday

Artist Glenn Ligon is speaking for free at MOCA Grand Ave about work in their permanent collection, including his own recently acquired Untitled (America, America)

LACMA is screening the feature film Station to Station, about Doug Aitken’s 24 day project of the same name. For this project a train traveled from the Atlantic to the Pacific making stops along the way where a “constantly changing group of artists, musicians, and performers took part in a series of unique happenings”. The screening is followed by a conversation between the film’s director, Doug Aitken, and Film Independent curator, Elvis Mitchell with an opening performance by Sun Araw. $25 general admission tickets available here

For CraftNight: Handmade & Foraged, L.A. Papermaking at the Craft & Folk Art Museum you can sample edible creations using foraged ingredients from “food revolutionaries” Josey Baker, Mia Wasilevich, and Pascal Baudar. Afterwards dye pulp with local plants and materials under the guidance of Hiromi Paper International to create handmade paper samples- $8 includes food, drink and supplies. RSVP here

Eleanor Friedberger (of The Fiery Furnaces) is playing El Cid with Fay

Reptar are playing Club Bahia with Holiday Mountain, Breathers and Green Gerry

Thursday-Sunday

Only in Hollywood Music + Arts Festival has a HUGE list of events going on throughout the weekend, most of them free. One of the opening night parties is at Festival Hub Space 15 Twenty and there are multiple art gallery pop-ups, live music and comedy as well. Also make sure to get a button for $1 that gets you great discounts including 2 for 1 drinks at Aventine, $3 off any purchase over $5 at Amoeba Records, free truffle fries with your burger at Umami, percentages off purchases at many local businesses, and more.

Friday

Sleepless: The Music Center After Hours has an impressive amount of late night activities (beginning at 11:30pm and running until 3am), including Daniel Lanois performing a “breakthrough ambient/electro visual experience” on the penthouse floor, DJ sets on the 2nd and 3rd floors, a dance party, a music and scent experience curated by The Institute of Art and Olfaction, on site screen printing and lots more- try your luck on standby line to get in for free or pay $20 to skip the regular line and get a pillowcase to screenprint

So Many Wizards are playing a free show at Taix

Beat Connection are at The Echo with Psychic Twin

Beach Party are playing a free show downtown at One Santa Fe

Friday and Saturday

The Hammer Museum is having ENGAGE MORE NOW!, a free international conference on the subject of public
engagement. “The symposium will convene a group of experts to consider ongoing practices initiated by artists and museum professionals—both within and outside of institutions—that are designed to engage the public in discursive projects that may take the form of social practice, performance, or artistic intervention.”

Saturday

Top Acid in Santa Ana is throwing the free Way Too Fun Fest with 4 music stages and bands including The Lovely Bad Things, So Many Wizards, Gap Dream and more

Saturday and Sunday

To start your Christmas shopping early there’s The Jackalope Art & Craft Fair, which returns to Old Pasadena with over 200 local artisans who were hand selected by jury members. Free with free art workshops as well.

Sunday

Kendrick Lamar is part of 92.3′s The Real Show at The Forum along with Future, Rae Sremmurd, Jeremih, Rich Homie Quan, Ty Dolla $ign and Jidenna. Tickets are only resale but there are plenty of those as of this writing ( $76+)

At LACMA author Nina Ansary and artist Shirin Neshat discuss women in Iran in general, as well as Neshat and her work followed by a booksigning for Ansary’s book Jewels of Allah (free)

Wax Idols are playing at Complex LA in Glendale

Lee Ranaldo (of Sonic Youth) is playing a solo acoustic show at The Echo

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 10-8-15

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Oct 082015

Tennis System- Such a Drag

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (10/8-10/11/15)-

Thursday

Tennis System are opening for Talk in Tongues at the Echo

Downtown LA’s Artwalk is on for this month with a fashion/textile theme

Beirut are playing at the Hollywood Palladium

Gary Indiana’s exhibition is opening at 356 Mission and he will be performing tonight with Walter Steding

The Fratellis are playing at the Wiltern

Wild Child are playing at the El Rey Theatre

Thursday-Saturday

Culture Collide Festival is happening at various venues around Los Angeles with bands from around the world including Ladyhawke, Ash, The Juan Maclean and more, with $20 daily tickets and $10 passes for the International Showcases and smaller shows

Friday

Pasadena’s biannual ArtNight is a great chance to check out many of the area’s museums and cultural institutions for free as well as catch performances and live music. Free shuttles take you to all the destinations

The Rooftop Film Club is showing The Shawshank Redemption on top of the Montalban Theater in Hollywood

Funeral Party are headlining a show at The Satellite

Saturday

Street artist Hanksy organized over 50 artists to paint inside an abandoned mansion somewhere in Los Angeles for an event called Surplus Candy. The address will be released on Saturday so keep checking this link to go

Design East of La Brea (deLaB) is hosting 10 Feet: Art Meets the River with the LA River Public Art Project “pairing seven river
sites with practicing artists, who will present a range of two and three dimensional work, including a music piece and pollinator garden” (free)

NELA’s monthly Art Gallery Night is on in Highland Park

Battles are playing at the Regent Theater with Buke and Gase

Tenacious D’s Comedy/Music Festival Supreme is back at the Shrine with a ton of performers including Die Antwoord, Dan Deacon, The Kids in the Hall, Big Freedia, Amy Poehler, and many more. It’s not cheap ($95+ $22 fees) so you may want to pick up tickets at Amoeba Records, Origami Vinyl or the Shrine Box Office to save on the fees

Sunday

Matthew Barney is discussing his film River of Fundament with scholar Homi K. Bhabha at Tateuchi Democracy Forum at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (online tickets are sold out but there will be additional tickets released at the event)

Brentwood Art Festival has over 120 artists participating

Thundercat is playing at the Regent Theater

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 10-1-15

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Oct 012015

Gal Pals- Ex-Marionette

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (10/1-10/4/15)-

Thursday

Craft Night at the Craft and Folk Art Museum has artist Meghan Gordon hosting a night of socializing, drinking and collaborating through clay. Objects made will be fired and glazed and picked up at a later date- $8 but make sure to RSVP

Art critic and historian Hal Foster is reading from his latest book, Bad New Days at MOCA Grand Ave (free)

Gary Numan is performing his album Telekon in its entirety at the Teregram ballroom

Ultimate Painting are playing at the Satellite with Morgan Delt and the Dreamboys

LACMA is screening the first two episodes of the second season of the series The Knick for free (with a reserved ticket). There is a reception afterwards

Makthaverskan is playing with Roses at The Smell

Gal Pals are headlining a free show at Acerogami in Pomona

The Gaslamp Killer Experience is at the Regent Theater

THE SIDE PROJECT screening series will be focused on Music & Sound and The Moving Image, “exploring the integration of visuals with music and sound”. Eight short films will be shown with the last one being a virtual reality film. Additional event info here RSVP here

Thievery Corporation are at the Greek Theatre with Cypress Hill

Saturday

Learn about screenprinting and make your own print inspired by the excellent Corita Kent exhibition currently on view at the Pasadena Museum of Contemporary Art (free with admission $7 or go metro and pay $5)

MOCA is hosting a book launch for Outside the Lines, Too: An Inspired and Inventive Coloring Book by Creative Masterminds, with over fifty artists on site to sign the book as well as music by Money Mark and activity/coloring stations

LACMA is having several speakers discuss the themes behind the new exhibition New Objectivity: Modern German Art in the Weimar Republic 1919–1933, including the curator Stephanie Barron

The Bread and Puppet Theater is performing FIRE at Blum & Poe Gallery in Culver City at 7pm (free but limited seating- RSVP)

A Day in the Desert Festival is a concert/music event taking place in an open space in Pioneertown near Joshua Tree. Simian Mobile Disco are headlining the event that takes place all day Saturday, although you can camp there all weekend. $150 is a little steep but it includes food, snacks and yoga. There is a limited capacity of 250 people.

Night Terrors of 1927 are playing at the Troubadour with Machineheart

Saturday and Sunday

Fall 2015 Brewery Art Walk and Open Studios event is a fun way to see artists’ work where they create it. Free entrance and free parking with a beer garden and food as well

Sunday

Artist Magdalena Fernández will be speaking with Alma Ruiz about her work in conjunction with her first U.S. solo museum exhibition at MOCA Pacific Design Center (free)- http://www.moca.org/program/art-talk-magdalena-fernandez-and-alma-ruiz

KCRW is hosting the 7th Annual Good Food Pie Contest at the Fowler Museum. Music, pie tasting and more

homeLA is having another site specific dance performance- this time at the foundation of a home at sunset

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 9-10-15

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Sep 102015

The Drums- There Is Nothing Left

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (9/10-9/13/15)-

Thursday

MOCA is screening Stan VanDerBeek: Newsreel of Dreams at their Grand Avenue location ($12)

For the last free concert of the summer at Santa Monica Pier, the tUnE-yArDs are performing along with Avid Dancer

The Hammer is having a forum titled 9/11, The Saudi Connection with Senator Bob Graham and Robert Baer. Baer was the CIA veteran played by George Clooney in Syriana

Downtown’s Artwalk is back for its monthly event

The Church are playing at the Roxy

The Drums are playing a free show (with RSVP) along with Nathaniel Rateliff @ The Night Sweats in Laguna Beach

The More Than A Cone Art Festival, a benefit for animal advocacy groups, is taking place at the Autry and includes a runway show, live music, live painting and an art show. $35 includes beer/wine

Friday through Sunday

It’s the Hollywood Bowl’s Fireworks Finale with the B-52s and the Psychedelic Furs playing with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

LACE in Hollywood is having its second Resonant Forms festival of performance art and electronic music- $20/night or $30 for the weekend

Saturday

Tokyo Police Club are playing at the Regent Theater

Outdoor movies begin in Barnsdall Park with Shaun of the Dead. $15 for the movie or spend $25 and include the wine tasting

Pasadena’s City Hall outdoor movie this week is The Princess Bride

Before the movie you could check out the Armory’s 2015 Monster Drawing Rally benefit where artwork is first created live by over 100 artists and then can be purchased for $75. Or you can just watch for $10 and there will be beer

Peach Kelli Pop are playing as part of the Razorcake Residency lineup at Pehrspace ($5)

Gap Dream are headlining a show at The Smell ($5)

Sunday

Architect Frank Gehry will be speaking at LACMA with architecture critic Paul Goldberger about his career (free but standby only, line starts at 1pm)

It’s the second and last day of Long Beach Comic Con

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 7-23-15

Los Angeles Music, Music

Jul 232015

Ducktails- Headbanging In The Mirror

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (7/23-7/26/15)-

Thursday

Chicano Batman are opening for Cubanismo for Santa Monica Pier’s free Twilight Concert this week

OOFJ are performing at Amoeba Records (free)

Artist Frances Stark will be discussing the work of Sturtevant, whose exhibition at MOCA closes this weekend- free and free entrance to the museum from 5-8 pm

Freedom Fry are one of the four bands playing for free at Mrs. Fish downtown

Culture Club are at the Greek Theatre (also Friday)

Friday

Ducktails, Matt Mondanile’s (the guitarist from Real Estate) solo music project, is hosting the Getty Center’s Friday Night Flights (free but parking is $15/$10 after 5)

Penelope Spheeris will be discussing her punk rock films Suburbia and Decline of Western Civilization Part III between their screenings at the Egyptian Theatre

Roaring Nights continues at the LA Zoo with musical performances, DJs, pop-up zookeeper talks, food trucks and full bars ($20)-

Imagine Dragons are playing at the Forum with Metric

Friday and Saturday

Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks is at the Hollywood Bowl

Saturday

LACMA is showing Christian Marclay: The Clock for 24 hours starting at 10am. This is a great chance to see what is included in the film during the hours the museum is not open (free during non museum hours)

Jazz musician Kamasi Washington is performing at California Plaza as part of Grand Performances

Saturdays off the 405 at the Getty this week is Tropicalifornia featuring the Do-Over All Stars-”the ultimate live-band tropical dance party”- free with the exception of the parking

Sunday

Exhibition organizer Rebecca Matalon conducts a walk through of Tongues Untied the current show at MOCA Pacific Design Center

Blondie is co-headlining with Melissa Ethridge at the Greek Theatre

*Special Note: Saturday through Tuesday LACMA is having a pop-up installation of the US premiere of Steve McQueen and Kanye West’s short film collaboration (9min) “All Day/I Feel Like That” (not up on their website yet)*

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 6-25-15

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Jun 252015

Basement Jaxx- Where’s Your Head At

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (6/25-6/29/15)-

Thursday

MOCA Grand Avenue is screening Take None, Give None, a documentary about the nation’s first racially integrated motorcycle club (free)

Nosaj Thing is performing a free set and signing his new album Fated at Amoeba Records in Hollywood

Griffith Park’s free Shakespeare in the Park festival begins tonight. This year it’s Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing

Friday

Miwa Matreyek is performing two shows for free at Union Station of her multimedia work which involves her shadow interacting with projected animation

Lucky Dragons are the artists/performers for this session of Friday Flights at the Getty Center

The Echo is having a pre-party for Lolipalooza 2 with a lineup including Tropical Popsicle, and The Memories- $12 or free with Lolipalooza 2 ticket

Gardens & Villa are playing at the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock

The Lovely Bad Things are at The Smell

Saturday

MOCA Grand Ave is having a panel and book signing in conjunction with the release of Both Sides of Sunset: Photographing Los Angeles, with artists Zoe Crosher, Bettina Hubby, Michael Shields, and Ed Templeton and moderated by David L.Ulin of the Los Angeles Times. The artists will “share their distinct visions of the city’s visual landscape”. (free)

Lolipop Records and the Echo present Lolipalooza 2 with a list of bands that includes White Fence, Cosmonauts, Corners, Winter, So Many Wizards and more

Roses, Dunes, Sandlot, and DYGL are all playing a house show downtown for $5 with free beer

The Roots are at Club Nokia with Erykah Badu

Chinatown Summer Nights returns with live music from The Janks as well as other bands, cooking demonstrations, acrobatic shows, a beer garden, DJs, and more

Tijuana Panthers are headlining Summer and Music a free festival in Long Beach

Sunday

Basement Jaxx are at the Hollywood Bowl with Bootsy’s Rubber Band featuring Bootsy Collins and Tuxedo opening

For the panel discussion Photography and Composition at the Hammer Museum, Thomas Demand, Elad Lassry, and Catherine Opie will discuss themes in the exhibition Perfect Likeness with curator Russell Ferguson

Devendra Banhart is talking with Zach Pennington, the head writer of the awesome LA app 5 Every Day, at LACMA’s Art Catalogues. There will be a DJ for the reception and a performance with Banhart’s band as well as a book signing (free)

All weekend–

The BET Experience is taking place at LA Live with a mix of free (including a Janelle Monae performance) and ticketed events-

Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND) has events all weekend to celebrate the culmination of The Manifest Destiny Billboard Project, which had different artists putting up billboards along Interstate 10. Events include film screenings, artist talks, bus tours of the city, workshops and more

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 6-11-15

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Jun 112015

Mystic Braves- Desert Island

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (6/11-6/14/15)-

Thursday

June’s DTLA Artwalk has a film and video theme- stop by the Regent Theater for a short film festival (free) in between checking out the galleries

Writer Claudia Rankine is reading at MOCA Geffen (free with RSVP)

The LA Film Fest has begun (running til 6/18) and tonight at LACMA they are showing Too Late, “a dark love letter to Los Angeles”, which stars John Hawkes and includes a conversation with the filmmakers

HOLYCHILD are playing a free set at Amoeba Hollywood

Neon Trees are at the Fonda Theatre with Alex Winston

Friday

Downtown Dark Nights returns to LA Live with $5 food and drink specials, live music, art installations and live painting by several street artists

Producer and DJ Peanut Butter Wolf is kicking off the Music Center downtown’s Bring Your Own Dance Moves, their free weekly dance party

MOCA Grand Ave is having a book launch at their store for Architectones: Art In the Living Environment which will feature a roundtable conversation with François Perrin, Maura Lucking, Jan Tumlir, Bryony Roberts, and Mark Hagen; a performance by Veilhan and James Goldstein; music by DJ Vincent Tajan, and a book signing

Friday through Sunday

It’s LA Pride and the festival goes all weekend with a parade (Sunday), Thunderground Roller Disco, and live music from artists including Kesha and Tinashe

Saturday

Mystic Braves are the headliners of a four band show at the Troubadour that also includes So Many Wizards

The Los Angeles Design Festival closing night street party is free and in Chinatown with the addition of a pop up market

NELA Art Gallery Night is a great way to check out the galleries in the Highland Park area

The Autry in Griffith Park is having a movie night on their south lawn- this week it’s The Grand Budapest Hotel with Mansions on the Moon playing before the show

Sunday

Rob Forbes, creator of Design Within Reach along with Eric Heiman, creative director of the San Francisco design studio Volume Inc., will discuss Forbes’s new book, See for Yourself: A Visual Guide to Everyday Beauty, with a book signing afterwords at LACMA (free)

Ink-N-Iron, a festival celebrating hot rods, tattoos, 50′s fashion and burlesque returns to the Queen Mary in Long Beach (also Friday and Saturday) and tonight the live music includes Fishbone, Gary Numan, and Peter Murphy among others

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 6-4-15

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Jun 042015

Hanni El Khatib- Moonlight

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (6/4-6/6/7/15)-

Thursday

Artist Andrea Fraser will be discussing William Pope L.’s exhibition at MOCA (Geffen Contemporary)

UCLA’s award winning student poets are reading at the Hammer Museum

Friday

Hanni El Khatib headlines the Natural History Museum’s First Fridays with a concert outdoors this time

Palma Violets are playing at the newly opened Teragram Ballroom

Martin Solveig is at Create Nightclub in Hollywood for Noize Fridays

Saturday

Make Music Pasadena is a huge FREE music festival- this year’s lineup includes Kishi Bashi, Sir Sly, How to Dress Well, and tons more

Harold and Maude is the movie this week at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

MOCA is screening Marlon Rigg’s documentary Tongues Untied in conjunction with his new exhibition

Saturday and Sunday

If you like the idea of being in a horror movie, The Great Horror Campout is back in Griffith Park with different levels of intensity, including a Chicken Zone where you just watch horror movies without creatures disturbing you throughout the night

Ooga Booga has cool stuff and this weekend is having a warehouse sale

Catcon describes itself as ComicCon for cat people ($25)

The biannual Parachute Market which focuses on design is downtown at One Santa Fe ($10)

Sunday

Venice Art Block is having its fifth open studio tour

Nick Brandt is at Art Catalogues at LACMA to talk about art and activism with Kathryn Bigelow, and to sign books (free)

Cinespia is showing Disney’s Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 to benefit the Los Angeles Historic Theater Foundation at the TCL Chinese Theater (formerly Grauman’s Chinese Theater) with drinks in between shows ($35)

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 4-30-15

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Apr 302015

Doldrums- She is the Wave (feat. Guy Dallas)

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/30-5/3/15)-

Thursday

Doldrums are at the Echo with Moon King

LA Weekly’s event Artopia takes place at the Container Yard and promises art, street art, performances, DJs, drinks and more ($40)

At MOCA Grand Ave, Bruce Hainley, author of Under the Sign of [sic]: Sturtevant’s Volte-Face (Semiotext(e), 2013), joins MOCA’s Chief Curator Helen Molesworth for a discussion on Sturtevant: Double Trouble or you could go to MOCA Geffen for a performance of Migrant (2015) made for the William Pope L. exhibition

Artist Thomas Heatherwick is speaking at the Hammer

The Soft Moon are playing the Roxy

Friday

Artist Pedro Reyes is speaking at the Hammer Museum

First Fridays are at the Natural History Museum– bands this time are Kinky and Salt Petal

Mikal Cronin is at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock with Wand

Terry Malts is at La Cita with Hard Left as part of La Cita’s all weekend long Cinco de Mayo Fiesta

They Might Be Giants are playing the Regent Theater

Friday through Sunday

Paris Photo Los Angeles is back at the Paramount Studios

Photo Independent will also be back nearby at Raleigh Studios

Saturday

If you missed Coachella but still want to go to a festival out in the desert, this weekend is Desert Daze where $55 gets you a lineup that includes Dan Deacon, Warpaint, DIIV, RJD2, Fever the Ghost, Mini Mansions, and more

John Zorn is performing at LACMA for free (with museum admission)

Manic Street Preachers are at The Fonda

OK Go are at the Wiltern with Kitten

Sunday

HomeLA, the artist/dance troupe that performs in various residences will be be at the J.B. Merrill House

If you are up early Luis de Jesus Gallery is having an informal breakfast and artist talk with Ken Gonzales-Day

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 4-16-15

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Apr 162015

Bad Religion- Los Angeles is Burning

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/16-4/19/15)-

Thursday

William Pope L.’s Migrant (2105), which was made for his current exhibit, will be performed at MOCA – free and free evening admission

The Replacements are playing at the Hollywood Palladium

Toro y Moi are at the Fonda Theatre

The Live Read series at LACMA continues this week with Major League, guest directed by Joe Manganiello (Magic Mike). A limited number of tickets will be sold at the door two hours before start time

Friday

Bad Religion are playing at the Fonda Theatre with OFF!

Peaking Lights are playing at The Echo

WAND and Dunes are playing along with two other bands for $8 at The Smell

Saturday

Record Store Day is back and there are lots of venues doing something special to celebrate. Origami Vinyl is having DJ sets, bands (including Fever the Ghost), giving gift bags to the first group of customers and there will be a free ice cream truck. Permanent Records is also having performers including John Doe and Exene from X. Amoeba Records isn’t on the list but is having events at the store as well as one across the street at Space 15 Twenty. The official list of venues is here.

You may not have heard of many of the bands playing Brokechella, BUT it is an annual event that gets bigger every year, just like its namesake, and it’s a pretty good deal. For $20 you get art shows, bands, comedy and variety, giant jenga puzzles, a vendor fair, Puppychella for dog owners, and more- all in Downtown’s Warehouse District

Always wanted to see the inside of the Magic Castle but never scored an invite from a magician? One way to get a peek is to check out their Swap Meet taking place 9am-3pm (from the Terrace to the Peller Theatre) where you can also shop around for a variety of magic related items ($8)

If you are around WeHo and see people dressed in black with bowler hats and wearing artistic looking sandwich boards, they are part of the 100 Walkers performance piece. More info here

Saturday and Sunday

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is back with a huge list of free and ticketed (many only $1) events and readings- authors include Tavis Smiley, Billy Idol, Octavia Spencer, Kate Mulgrew, Amber Tamblyn, Patton Oswalt, Vikram Chandra, Roy Choi and many, many, more

Sunday

CAFAM (Craft and Folk Art Museum) is hosting a gallery tour and conversation with exhibition juror Cat Jimenez, Executive Director of the Lucie Foundation, and a group of exhibiting artists from the show Focus Iran: Contemporary Photography and Video (free with RSVP)

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