It’s Day 2 of Coachella 2018 and here are my suggestions for who to see-
12:30-1:30pm Salami Rose Joe Louis on the Mojave Stage
2:00-2:40pm Sudan Archives on the Gobi Stage
2:20-3:00pm Sir Sly at the Outdoor Theatre
3:05-3:50pm Big Thief on the Gobi Stage
3:45-4:30pm Django Django on the Mojave Stage
4:55-5:40pm Flatbush Zombies on the Mojave Stage
5:30-6:15pm Angel Olsen on the Gobi Stage
6:05-7:00pm BROCKHAMPTON on the Mojave Stage
7:05-8:05pm David Byrne on the Outdoor Theatre Stage
7:55-8:45pm Tyler, the Creator on the Coachella Stage
This slot is a challenge to choose and depends on what you feel like hearing the most- 8:40-9:30pm Fleet Foxes on the Outdoor Theatre // 8:50-9:40 Oh Sees on the Sonora Stage // 8:35-9:20 Alvvays on the Mojave Stage
10:10pm alt-J on the Outdoor Theatre Stage or Jungle on the Mojave Stage from 9:50-10:40pm
Surface Magazine is hosting Design Dialogues No. 45 with Muji Art Director and Japan House Chief Creative Director Kenya Hara in conversation with Surface Editor-in-Chief Spencer Bailey at Vantage Room at Hollywood & Highland (free with RSVP)
The band Winter is having a record release show at The Echo with Vinyl Williams and Sabrina is Not in This Chat opening
For CalArts and Hauser & Wirth’s first performance collaboration, 30 student dancers will present HUMAN- multiple solo performances going on simultaneously within the public spaces of the gallery (free but RSVP)
Downtown Burbank Arts Festival returns with over 200 artists, art activities, live music, book signings, and more (also Sunday)
Justus Proffit is playing at The Factory downtown with Kaz Mirblouk, Sheer, and Good Ruin opening
As part of Noir City: Hollywood- The 20th Annual Los Angeles Festival of Film Noir at the Egyptian Theatre– tonight there is a screening of L.A. Confidential which includes a discussion with author James Ellroy
Sunday
Zebulon is hosting a free screening of Luis Buñuel’s film The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, followed by a dance party hosted by the band The Entire Universe
Alamo Drafthouse is hosting a Wayne’s World Movie Party at The Regent Theater with a screening, live music, a Q&A with director Penelope Spheeris, and more
Congressman Ted Lieu and former U.S. Attorney and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman will be discussing Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 elections at the Hammer Museum (free)
The Memories, James V and Dillon PC are playing at The Moroccan Lounge with Colleen Green DJ’ing
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/5-4/8/18)-
Thursday
Wallows are playing a free show at Amoeba Hollywood today at 5pm and signing their debut EP afterwards
The Broad is offering free admission to their Jasper Johns exhibition on the first Thursday of the month- (today and 5/3) from 4-7pm and afterwards you can head across the street for MOCA’s free night
Artist Jennifer Gutierrez Morgan is leading a milagro making workshop for CAFAM’s CraftNight– $10 includes supplies, drinks and snacks
Cherry Glazerr are opening for The Breeders and Elijah Wood will be playing a DJ set at The Fonda Theatre
Vera Sola is playing at the Bootleg Theater with Hush Arbors opening
Friday
Nightmare Air are playing with Draemings at the Bootleg Theater
Natural History Museum’s First Fridays event includes a tour of the History Department, a discussion of oil and its role in the history of LA, DJs, and music by Chelsea Jade and Jamila Woods
The Music Center is transforming into a “Disco wonderland clad in gold and mirrors” for its event- Sleepless: The Music Center After Hours. The event begins at 11:30pm and runs until 3 am- with large scale projections, roller skaters (Friday), DJs, pop-up dance happenings, screenings, art installations, live music, a makeup station, and more (plus cocktails and small bites)
Saturday
Artist Walead Beshty will be in conversation with executive director of LAXART, Hamza Walker at Regen Projects
Feels are playing a free show for Hipsville’s 1 Year Anniversary at The Offbeat-A Bar on York, with Cat Scan opening
Melted are having a record release party at The Hi Hat with Awakebutstillinbed, Decent Criminal, and Pancho and the Wizards also performing
Ex Stains and Hit Bargain are opening for DJ Jonathan Toubin’s NY Night Train party at Zebulon
Electric Six are playing at the Bootleg Theater with The Manx and Northern Faces opening
Alice Bag Band is having a record release party at The Echo with Fatty Cakes and the Puff Pastries opening
Saturday and Sunday
The Brewery Art Walk returns with its twice annual event- a great opportunity to check out the complex and the artist’s studios
Sunday
Barnsdall Art Center, loacted in beautiful Barnsdall Park, is having a free Art and Craft Fair
SadGirl are playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Peach Kelli Pop, Healing Gems and Bruiser Queen opening
Loma are playing at the Bootleg Theater with Jess Williamson opening
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (3/29-4/1/18)-
Thursday
Mereba will be performing a free show at Zebulon along with Rocco DeLuca, and a screening of three films from 27Transmissions
As part of MOCA’sArtists on Artists Series, Awol Erizku will be discussing the exhibition Adrián Villar Rojas: The Theatre of Disappearance at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (free)
Mary Ocher is performing at The Hi Hat with Rachel Mason opening
Jarina de Marco, Amindi K. Fro$t and Hunnah are playing a benefit for CARECEN LA at The Hi Hat
Flora & Fauna are hosting Disco Dining Club-a free daytime party to celebrate Spring at the Ace Hotel Downtown with DJs, tarot readings, and “immersive, interactive pagan Spring characters”
Holy Shit, The Pesos, and Raderson are playing a free show at Zebulon
Sunday
Alice Boman is performing at Moroccan Lounge with Russian Red and Runner
Gordon Parks was an incredible photographer whose influence continues to be felt in photography today. He had a long creative career that also expanded beyond photography to include writing several books, composing music, and directing films- the most famous being Shaft.
The Gordon Parks Foundation recently hosted the exhibition ELEMENT, which focused on several of the photographs that inspired Kendrick Lamar’s video from his album DAMN, seen below. The photo pictured above can be seen as part of the exhibition of Gordon Parks’ work I Am You Part 2 at Jack Shainman Gallery in New York. It is from his series Segregation Story for Life magazine which focused on the daily lives of three black families in Alabama in 1956.
The photo below is a still from Kendrick Lamar’s Element. The video was directed by Jonas Lindstroem and The Little Homies (Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free).
To see more of Parks’ work and the work he has influenced, The Gordon Parks Foundation’s website is a good resource for upcoming exhibitions around the world.
Photographer Matthew Rolston will be discussing his exhibition Art People: The Pageant Portraits at Ralph Pucci in Hollywood, with arts writer and editor Katya Tylevich. RSVP here
Darlingside are playing at The Echo with Henry Jamison opening
Grammy award winning musical director of the LA Opera, James Conlon will be discussing his recent collaboration with the Joffrey Ballet, and making the mythology of Orpheus and Eurydice modern at the Hammer Museum
Palm are playing at the Echoplex with The Spirit of the Beehive and Jerkagram opening
Friday
ArtNight Pasadena returns with a night of free museums, performances, music, and more- with free shuttles to take you around
Moaning are having a record release party at The Echo with Froth and Numb.er opening
Union Station is hosting Josh Nelson & The Discovery Project’s multi-disciplinary artistic collaboration and presentation- combining video, performance art, light and art installations with his original music (free)
ICA LA’s event Art Buzz, is a happy hour tour of the exhibition Skip Arnold: Truffle Hunt followed by “libations and tastings” (free but RSVP)
Orb, Flat Worms, and Hooveriii are playing at Zebulon
Ghostface Killah will be performing at the Echoplex’s 2ooos era Hip Hop Party-Echo Flex
Current Joys are playing with Celebrity Crush at Lodge Room
Saturday
Protomartyr are playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Shame and GLAARE opening
ICA LA is partnering with Crayon Collection to host a free all ages workshop with artist Pearl C. Hsiung focused on crayon creations
No Win and Luke Rathbone are opening for Criminal Hygiene at the Bootleg Theater
The Aero Theatre is playing a double feature of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
The Wedding Present are playing at The Echo with Terry De Castro opening
Saturday and Sunday
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the East LA Walkouts, Fowler Museum along with the Chicano Studies Research Center will have two days of free programming- on Saturday there will be a speaker’s program with Walkout participants and scholars and on Sunday there will be screenings of the 1995 documentary Taking Back the School, and the 2005 HBO film Walkout! with a Q +A to follow
Sunday
Artist Luchita Hurtado will be in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG)– free but RSVP (1pm with light refreshments at 2pm)
MOCA Community Day at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA will include activities, performances and two panels with artists and activists- one discussing Art as Transformation and the other Envisioning a Different Framework– both focusing on LA’s homelessness crisis. Free but bring white tube socks to donate.
Bootleg Theater is hosting Lancaster– jazz music by Eric Revis, Jeff Parker, Joshua White and Guillermo Brown
Hibou are playing the Echoplex with Death Bells, Floating Room, and Alien Boy
Haunted Summer are playing at the Moroccan Lounge with Alyeska and Gold Casio opening
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (2/23-2/26/18)-
Friday
If you are free earlier in the day The College Art Association is hosting Distinguished Artist Interviews from 3:30-5:30, with Catherine Opie interviewed by Helen Molesworth; ThePromise Piece, Ten Years Later– A message from Yoko Ono; and Judy Baca interviewed by Anna Indych-López (free)
The Regent Theatre in Westwood has two screenings of The Room with Tommy Wiseau in person
ICA LA (Institute of Contemporary Art) is hosting Art Buzz: Harald Szeemann– a happy hour tour of the exhibit led by The Good Works Executive Director Elsa Longhauser and Director of Learning and Engagement Asuka Hisa (free but RSVP)
Basia Bulat is playing at the Bootleg Theater with Hayley Gene Penner opening
American Pets are playing at the Moroccan Lounge with LEAN and Tim Atlas
Saturday
Mister Heavenly are playing at the Lodge Room with Healing Gems and Velour Afternoon
It’s the Fourth Annual Bob Baker Day– a free all day carnival celebration that includes marionette performances, musical entertainment, a marching band puppet procession led by DJ Lance Rock of Yo Gabba Gabba, games, workshops, and more
Fowler Museum is hosting an all day event- Symposium: Blackness and the Art of Empowerment in Bahia Brazil, with speakers, artist presentations, a book signing and more
MOCA is hosting the all day event- Feminism and the State: Art, Politics, and Resistance– with a keynote address by artist Martha Rosler, two talks and a roundtable discussion
Skinny Lister are playing an early show at The Echo with Will Varley opening
Hammer Museum is hosting a free screening of Chocolate Babies, Stephen Winter’s political satire, with a Q and A to follow with Tisa Bryant and Ernest Hardy to follow
Artist Mike Kaplan (who created the A Clockwork Orange movie poster) and LA Times film critic Kenneth Turan will be discussing The Art of the Movie Poster at LACMA Art Catalogues (free)
The Lodge is hosting an artist talk and film screening with Chad Attie in conjunction with his current exhibition The Last Island
As part of FLAX (France Los Angeles Exchange) Zebulon is hosting a free event that includes a screening of Animal Glisse by Bertrand Dezoteux, and a performance by Katie Gately
Henry Wolfe and Lucy Arnell are opening for Zoe Sky Jordan at the Bootleg Theater
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (2/15-2/18/18)-
Thursday
Getty Museum is hosting Sexuality, Sanctity, and Censorship: A Conversation with Artist Ron Athey (free but ticket required)
Gabriella Cohen is playing a free show at Zebulon with Full Flower Moon Band
As part of FLAX (France Los Angeles Exchange)’s event programming, The Dialectic of the Stars – Wrong Ped Xing, LACE is hosting a program in 3 sections- a screening of Teherangeles by Arash Nassiri, a performance by Geneva Skeen, and a motorcycle concert by Fouad Bouchoucha
The Hammer Museum is having a free screening of short videos by artists included in their exhibition Stories of Almost Everyone
Gavlyn is headlining a night of bands at the Echoplex that includes Girl Pusher, Wasi and Blimes Brixton
Curls are playing with Fatal Jamz and Gabriel Delicious at the Moroccan Lounge
Feels are playing at The Echo with Los Bolos and MANE
LACMA has a free screening of The Party and a conversation with writer/director/actor Sally Potter
Friday
Jazz percussionist Antonio Sanchez will recreate his Grammy winning score for the Oscar winning film Birdman while it plays on screen at UCLA’s Royce Hall
Los Angeles Poverty Department is screening I Am Not Your Negro, the documentary about author James Baldwin, at the Skid Row History Museum and Archive (free and free popcorn and coffee)
Shame are playing at The Echo with Egrets on Ergot and Goon opening
Diet Cig are playing with Great Grandpa and The Spook School at the Lodge Room
Orchin, Justus Proffit, Matter Room, and The Chonks are playing a show at The Smell
Saturday
Doug Tuttle is opening for Morgan Delt at The Hi Hat
Royal Blood are opening for Queens of the Stone Age at The Forum
Dan Auerbach & The Easy Eye Sound Revue ft. Robert Finley are playing at The Wiltern
Sunday
For the closing week of Lezley Saar’s exhibition at CAAM, artist Maurice Harris, founding creator of floral design company Bloom & Plume, will activate the exhibition with a performance featuring spoken word as well as readings of passages from books that inspired Saar’s surrealist works, including Madwoman in the Attic and Monad
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are playing at The Echo with Steady Holiday opening
The Egyptian Theatre is showing a double feature of Mystery Date and Secret Admirer
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (2/8-2/11/18)-
Thursday
Roger Guenveur Smith is will be presenting his solo performance Frederick Douglass Now at CAAM (get there early- they are expecting a large turnout!)
LACMA has a free screening of Anna Deveare Smith’s film of her performance piece, Notes from the Field, with a discussion with Smith to follow (free)
Art historian Thomas Crow will be discussing religion in contemporary art at Hammer Museum
Fu Manchu are playing a free live set at Amoeba Hollywood before their show at The Troubadour on Friday
Friday
Dead Prez are playing at The Roxy with Lyrics Born opening
YACHT are playing at the Lodge Room with French Vanilla opening
Writer Laurie Penny will be discussing science fiction, sexual liberation, intersectional feminism and more at The Last Bookstore (free)
The Big Pink, Collapsing Scenery and Palm Springsteen are playing a free show at Zebulon
Saturday
Artist Catherine Opie will be in conversation with architect Michael Maltzan, and deputy director and curator of LAXART Catherine Taft at Regen Projects
Picture This, at The Virgil, is a live comedy show where the stand-ups are drawn live by animators and cartoonists with unpredictable results (free)
For Rock Lottery, taking place this time at The Echo, 25 different musicians meet at 10 am and are divided into groups of five to create and rehearse songs that are then played at a show that night. This event’s musicians include Mikal Cronin, Mike Watt, Patty Schemel, and Kelcey Ayer.
Simian Mobile Disco and Matthew Dear are playing DJ sets for the LAMP 5 year Anniversary party at 1720
Sunday
Spendtime Palace are playing at the Moroccan Lounge with Santoros, The Bash Dogs, and Bear Call opening
Broken Hearts Circus at Angel City Brewery will combine drinks and food with games, a stilt walker, circus performers, live music and more (free)
Froth are one of the bands playing at Part Time Punk’s My Bloody Valentine Nite at The Echoplex
