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Los Angeles Weekend Planner 5-14-15

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

May 142015

Ex Hex- Don’t Wanna Lose

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/14-5/17/15)-

Thursday

Corners are playing the Echoplex with Tropical Popsicle

Or you could check out Woods at the Echo

Cinefamily is showing John Waters’ film Desperate Living with Mink Stole in attendance to introduce

Hammer Museum is showing the film The River Ran Red about the search for survivors of the Armenian genocide-

Downtown Artwalk is on and afterwards you could listen to CalArts MFA writing grads read from their work at REDCAT (free)

Friday

Ex Hex are at the Roxy with The Shivas

LA Live’s Dark Nights event includes live entertainment, street artists, and discounts on food, drink, and this time the Grammy Museum

Fartbarf are playing El Cid

UK band Fat White Family are at the Troubadour

Saturday

Cathedrals are playing as part of the Getty Center’s free music night Saturdays off the 405

The Beverly Hills Art Show is back and is a nice way to see art work while enjoying the day in Beverly Gardens Park (also Sunday)

Sewing Rebellion is having a free sewing workshop at Thank You For Coming in Atwater

Sunday

Once a year Museums of the Arroyo Day gives free admission to Heritage Square, The Gamble House, The Autry, Lummis Home, The LA Police Museum, and the Pasadena Museum of History from noon-5pm

Complex in Glendale is having an afternoon/evening BBQ Synth Party with a list of bands including Cold Showers

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 3-26-15

Music, Throwback Thursday

Mar 262015

Slutever- White Flag

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (3/26-3/29/15)-

Thursday

Substrate Gallery presents Factory of Light– a screening for House of Light’s new music video with performances by the band and other musical guests. $10 entrance gets you a pop art print and complimentary beer and wine

Pete Rock and Slum Village are playing at the Echo

Grand Central Market is having Game Night until 9pm with classic and new games

Thursday- Sunday

Zoe Scofield’s dance collaboration with visual artist Juniper Shuey, BeginAgain is at REDCAT. Scofield is also having a dance workshop on Saturday

Friday

Roky Erickson (of 60′s band The Thirteenth Floor Elevators) & The Hounds of Baskerville are at the Roxy

Terry Malts is playing at The Smell with Wild Moth

Saturday

Robert Williams will be signing his book at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery in Barnsdall Park

Bernhard Willhelm will be guiding tours and discussing his exhibit at MOCA Pacific Design Center- RSVP here (free)

For Panache Spring Fling there are several bands playing at the Echo including Jacco Gardner, Dream Boys, Happyness, and a “secret guest”

Electric Dusk Drive-In downtown is showing Mean Girls

Saturday and Sunday

Burgerama is Burger Records’ two day festival at the Observatory in Santa Ana and the lineup is incredible- Ty Segall, Fidlar, Thee Oh Sees, Weezer, Ariel Pink, Cherry Glazerr, Black Lips, Roky Erickson, Tobacco, Bone Thugs and Harmony, White Fence and many, many, many more- $47.50 for one day or $90 for two- it’s well worth it to see all these great bands

Sunday

Slutever are one of four bands opening for Pile at Los Globos ($8)

Connected Fashion Festival Pop Up is at Hotel Figueroa’s pool downtown and is a combination shopping event and boozy brunch ($30 brunch +bottomless mimosas)

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 3-5-15

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Mar 052015

Eleanor Friedberger- Stare at the Sun

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (3/5-3/8/15)-

Thursday

Eleanor Friedberger (of The Fiery Furnaces) is playing at the Echo

MOCA Grand Ave along with REDCAT is co-presenting a lecture with curator Raimundas Malašauskas

Director Jim McBride (Breathless, The Big Easy) will be in conversation with Peter Markham at Veggie Cloud in Highland Park after a screening of his 1967 film David Holzman’s Diary

Friday

Viet Cong are playing a sold out show at the Echo but there may be some tickets at the door

Canadian band Stars are at the Fonda with Leisure Cruise

First Friday at the Natural History Museum has JMSN and starRo performing

Marco Benevento is playing at the Bootleg Theater

Friday and Saturday

REDCAT is premiering Thom Anderson’s (who also made Los Angeles Plays Itself) newest essay film The Thoughts That We Once Had

Saturday

The group show Paper Cut opens at Subliminal Projects and the cut paper related works look pretty incredible on the website (RSVP required)

Sunday

Farrah Karapetian and Zoe Crosher are among the artists who will be discussing photography for week one of Remembering Forward: Conversations on Photography at LAXART’s new space in Hollywood- for the full list and to RSVP

It should be good weather for the Rose Bowl Flea Market this Sunday

All weekend

PaleyFest Los Angeles runs through 3/15 and gives fans a chance to see the casts of popular tv shows discuss them live at the Paley Center. This weekend’s lineup includes Homeland (3/6), A Salute to Comedy Central (3/7), The Good Wife (3/7), Girls (3/8) and Scandal (3/8).

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 1-15-15

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Jan 152015

John Grant- GMF

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (1/15-1/18/15)-

Thursday

John Grant is having a free concert at the Hammer Museum and it’s the last weekend of the Jim Hodges show as well

Tennis System are performing at Amoeba Hollywood for free

Friday

LACMA is showing Network (ticket also includes admission to Klute)

Glaswegian musician Rustie is at El Rey

Saturday

Part pot luck, part slide show Slideluck LA will present the work of over 20+ photographers set to music while you eat and drink (5$ open bar-beer and wine)

Artist Chelsea Knight drove around the country having local actors read monologues and break character- tonight at ltd los angeles, actors from LA will try to do the same, drinks will be served as well

LACMA’s film double bill today is East of Eden and The Godfather– see both for $5

Also at LACMA, as part of The Director’s Series, Michael Govan (LACMA CEO) will be speaking with Tacita Dean following a screening of Manhattan Mouse Museum, Dean’s film about the artist Claus Oldenburg in his studio

The English Beat are at The Roxy

Sunday

Photographer Mark Ruwedel will speak with author Tyler Green and sign his book at LACMA

Dead Kennedys are at the Roxy

All Weekend (Thursday-Sunday)

There are two big art fairs this weekend- Photo LA and the LA Art Show, both downtown.

Miwa Matreyek’s incredible dance/animation projection performances have been mentioned on this site before– and this weekend along with the performance group Cloud Eye Control (Anna Oxygen, and Chi-wang Yang) she will be performing Half Life at the Redcat which was inspired by blog entries by women who experienced the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 12-4-14

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Dec 042014

J. Cole- She Knows ft. Amber Coffman, Cults

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (12/4-12/7/14)-

Thursday

MOCA Grand Ave is screening Alternate Endings, new short videos by Rhys Ernst, Glen Fogel, Lyle Ashton Harris, Derek Jackson, Tom Kalin, My Barbarian, and Julie Tolentino, commissioned by Visual AIDS to honor the 25th anniversary of Day With(out) Art (free with RSVP)

M.Ward ( the him of She & Him) is playing at Amoeba Records (free)

Angel Olsen is at the El Rey with Kevin Morby

Thursday- Sunday

Dance, visual art and the music of Stephin Merritt combine for Performance at the Redcat Theater

Friday

J.Cole and T.I. headline Power 106’s Cali Christmas along with several other performers at the Forum

Celebrate Repeal Day (the end of Prohibition) by getting sauced on cheap booze! Los Angeles Magazine put together a great list of bars with drink specials and parties

John Waters gets into the holiday spirit and performing his one man show- A John Waters Christmas for one night at the Comedy Store

Saturday

Photo critic Philip Gefter will discuss the work of Larry Sultan at LACMA (free)

Chrissie Hynde is at the Pantages singing songs from her new album Stockholm as well as songs from the Pretenders era

Venice Christmas Boat Parade could get you in a festive mood

Silverlake Flea Market is in the Micheltorena school playground free and free parking

Artisanal LA is having a holiday market in Old Pasadena

Saturday and Sunday

Unique LA is having their holiday market at the California Market center- $10 (for entrance on both days) includes snacks, drinks and “DIY craft projects”

Sunday

MOCA Grand Ave is screening Andy Warhol’s 8 hour film Empire which is footage of the Empire State Building. RSVP for the reception to follow at 7:30. Mention Empire at the box office to receive complimentary admission

The Ace Hotel Theatre is hosting one of Cinefamily’s fundraising events Truth & Soul, Inc: Day Three Downey: Clown Prince of the Underground (hosted by Louis CK, feat. Robert Downey Sr.’s Putney Swope)

LA Conservancy is showing Home Alone in the afternoon at the Orpheum Theatre with holiday music beforehand-

The Rock ‘N’ Roll Flea Market has vintage clothing as well as music related items

Love it or hate it CicLAvia is back- this time through South LA

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 9-11-14

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Sep 112014

Major Lazer- Aerosol Can feat. Pharrell Williams (and artist Mike Giant)

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (9/11-9/14/14)-

Thursday

Waiting for Jack: A Beat Poetry Experience at the Autry– poets, actors and musicians will read the poems of the Beat generation

Photographer Henry Horenstein will discuss his work including the book Honky Tonk at Annenberg Space for Photography (free with registration)

Downtown Art Walk

Thursday through Sunday

Gob Squad: Super Night Shot at REDCAT – the British-German collective heads out into the street an hour before the performance to interact with strangers before presenting the work to the audience where it is screened and scored live

Friday through Sunday

Fireworks Finale: The Simpsons Take the Bowl– Orchestra+ Simpsons clips+ Fireworks at the Hollywood Bowl

Friday

Kickstarter Film Fest 2014– featuring work by LA based creators including- film clips, art installations, projects, and a musical performance by John Vanderslice (free)

Saturday

Eat.Drink.Art. a benefit for The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park- $30 includes 3 drink tickets, live painting, an art auction, live music and DJs and more

Frogtown Artwalk– a great way to check out this lovely arts community in the Elysian Valley- open studios, bands and performances are all part of the event

Make it a double Eastside arts evening and check out NELA Second Saturday Gallery Night in and around Highland Park

Diplo is headlining the Mad Decent Block Party at LA Center Studios

Kan Wakan is performing for Getty Museum’s Saturdays Off the 405

Sunday

Painter John Currin talks with James Cuno, as part of The Un-Private Collection series at The Broad

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 7-31-14

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Jul 312014

Mykki Blanco- Haze.Boogie.Life

Things to do in and around Los Angeles this weekend (7/31-8/3/14)-

Thursday

Mykki Blanco is playing at Los Globos

Made in LA:Music continues at the Hammer Museum with DJ Marcus Wyatt and DJ Doc Martin

Summer Nights in the Garden at the Natural History Museum gardens with DJs, tours, drinks and tonight bird house building-

Omar Souleyman is playing at the Santa Monica Pier (free)

Thursday-Saturday

REDCAT’s New Original Works Festival 2014 continues with Program 2

Friday

Grand Performances presents a screening of the animated French film Les Triplettes de Belleville with a live score by the original composer

Arcade Fire, The Unicorns and Dan Deacon are playing at the Forum (also Saturday)

Echo and the Bunnymen are playing the Orpheum Theatre

Saturday

Over thirty Los Angeles street artists will be part of a pop-up at Kesspro Studios in the downtown arts district, curated by Roy Paz with Cartwheel Art as the media partner. Food, drink, music, and a raffle- with proceeds from sales donated to The Epilepsy Foundation of LA

Burger Records presents Burger-a-Go-Go at the Observatory in Santa Ana- bands include- Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls, Bleached, Shannon and the Clams and more

Inner City Arts is having a benefit which will include a rooftop concert with performances by Peanut Butter Wolf, Yacht, De Lux and dublab DJs

Sunday

ShopWalk DTLA– discounts, sales and events at restaurants and shops downtown

Free admission to see a sneak preview of the sequel to Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s The Trip- The Trip to Italy at Cinefamily (pre-registration required)

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 7-24-14

Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music

Jul 242014

White Fence- Like That

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (7/24-7/27/14)-

Thursday

White Fence are playing the Echo with Dream Boys and The Abigails

REDCAT’s New Original Works Festival begins (through 8/9)

Cayucas are playing Santa Monica Pier with Papa (FREE)

Wolfmother are playing at the House of Blues Los Angeles

Friday

REDCAT presents the video work Apotome, by artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla. For the opening on Friday there will be an artist talk as well as a performance that goes along with the video

The Internet (the soul band on Odd Future Records) is playing Figat7th Downtown Festival (free)

Second chance to catch White Fence at the Echo, this time with Tomorrow’s Tulips

Saturday

Mike Kelley’s show at MOCA is closing this weekend- check it out free from 6-10pm and there is a closing party from 7-10

ForYourArt event– Instagram Mini Marathon with Hans Ulrich Obrist at the Million Dollar Theatre (use FYAFRIEND for free tickets)

Installations and performances by Machine Project artists at the Central Library

GRMLN are playing at Los Globos

Saturday and Sunday

Renegade Craft Fair is at Grand Park (free)

Sunday

Super Duper Yard Sale at HM157 (Historical Monument 157), promises food, drinks, haircuts and super cheap finds in Lincoln Heights