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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 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 6-5-14

Los Angeles Events, Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Jun 052014

Tobacco- Hawker Boat

Things to do this weekend in Los Angeles (6/5-6/8/14)-

Thursday

Cut Chemist is playing at Amoeba Hollywood (free)

Friday

Tobacco headlines Natural History Museum’s First Fridays first indoor/outdoor set with DeLux

On the Waterfront screening for the 60th Anniversary at LACMA with special guest Eva Marie Saint

Friday and Saturday

If you are missing the scares of Halloween you can spend the night at the old zoo in Griffith Park for the Great Horror Campout, which has varying levels of scares including a “chicken” tent area for the more faint of heart

Saturday

Make Music Pasadena’s free music festival has a great line up including a bunch of bands mentioned in the past on this site including Surfer Blood, Moses Sumney, and So Many Wizards

Eat/See/Hear presents Rushmore outside at the Autry

Modernica’s 25th Anniversary Factory Sale with loads of cool furniture and hidden coupons on the showroom floor

Saturday and Sunday

The Aero theatre is showing the works of Fritz Lang- Saturday it’s a double feature of M and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse and on Sunday Metropolis

Sunday

The Faint (also Friday and Saturday) are playing along with Reptar at the Roxy

All Weekend (Friday through Sunday)

LA Pride Festival in Weho- art installations, music (Azealia Banks, The Bangles, Jennifer Hudson and more) and a roller disco

Dance Camera West’s festival includes film shorts and live performances and takes place at the Music Center, MOCA, and Grand Park and REDCAT

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.