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

Sep 042014
 

Allah-Las- Buffalo Nickel

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (9/4-9/7/14)-

Thursday

John Baldessari and Meg Cranston are speaking at USC (free)

OK Go is playing with the Allah-Las at the Santa Monica Pier for the last show of the season (free)

Parisian agency Louis Creative Workshop is having its US Launch party at the W Hotel in Hollywood. The celebration will include live painting by street artists, an art exhibition and the first 50 guests will receive a signed print (free with RSVP).

It’s the last farmers market of the year at Yamashiro Hollywood

Friday

Allah-Las are also playing a free set at Amoeba Records Hollywood

Abbott Kinney First Fridays

The Rentals are at The Fonda with We Are Scientists

Saturday

Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre has a one night performance of Dancing at Dunbar, taking place at the historic Dunbar hotel

Saturday and Sunday

LACMA is having a two day symposium on the topic of Expressionism, coinciding with their current show

Sunday

It’s the 40th anniversary of John Waters’ Female Trouble and it is showing at the Aero Theatre. Fred Armisen and Harper Simon will be there to discuss it.

MOCA Grand Avenue presents Sunday Studio: Moving Images that Break the Mold– where people of all ages can try making experimental films with technical assistance from MOCA educators before projecting them in mini-screening tents