May 142015
 

Ex Hex- Don’t Wanna Lose

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

Thursday

Corners are playing the Echoplex with Tropical Popsicle- http://www.theecho.com/event/815597-corners-homecoming-show-los-angeles/

Or you could check out Woods at the Echo- http://www.theecho.com/event/817153-woods-los-angeles/

Cinefamily is showing John Waters’ film Desperate Living with Mink Stole in attendance to introduce- http://www.cinefamily.org/films/peep-show/#desperate-living-mink-stole-in-person

Hammer Museum is showing the film The River Ran Red about the search for survivors of the Armenian genocide- http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2015/05/the-river-ran-red/

Downtown Artwalk is on- https://www.facebook.com/downtownartwalk and afterwards you could listen to CalArts MFA writing grads read from their work at REDCAT (free)- http://www.redcat.org/event/calarts-writers-showcase-next-words

Friday

Ex Hex are at the Roxy with The Shivas- http://www.theroxy.com/event/739521-ex-hex-west-hollywood/

LA Live’s Dark Nights event includes live entertainment, street artists, and discounts on food, drink, and this time the Grammy Museum- http://www.lalive.com/events/la-live/detail/dark-nights-at-la-live-150515

Fartbarf are playing El Cid- http://www.elcidla.com/event/844019-fartbarf-frogtown-occult-los-angeles/

UK band Fat White Family are at the Troubadour- http://www.troubadour.com/event/795433-fat-white-family-los-angeles/

Saturday

Cathedrals are playing as part of the Getty Center’s free music night Saturdays off the 405http://www.getty.edu/visit/cal/events/ev_453.html

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)- http://www.beverlyhills.org/exploring/beverlyhillsartshow/artshowinformation/web.jsp?NFR=1

Sewing Rebellion is having a free sewing workshop at Thank You For Coming in Atwater- http://www.thankyouforcoming.la/2015/05/sewing-rebellion-presents-kitchen-stitchn-at-tyfc/

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- http://www.museumsofthearroyo.com/

Complex in Glendale is having an afternoon/evening BBQ Synth Party with a list of bands including Cold Showers- https://www.facebook.com/events/1567046106896209

Mar 262015
 

Slutever- White Flag

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

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- https://www.facebook.com/events/363190723873716/

Pete Rock and Slum Village are playing at the Echo- http://www.theecho.com/event/765543-pete-rock-slum-village-los-angeles/

Grand Central Market is having Game Night until 9pm with classic and new games- http://www.grandcentralmarket.com/events/317/game-night-at-grand-central-market

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- http://www.redcat.org/event/zoe-juniper-beginagain

Friday

Roky Erickson (of 60′s band The Thirteenth Floor Elevators) & The Hounds of Baskerville are at the Roxy- http://www.theroxy.com/event/741269-roky-erickson-hounds-west-hollywood/

Terry Malts is playing at The Smell with Wild Moth- http://www.thesmell.org/

Saturday

Robert Williams will be signing his book at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery in Barnsdall Park- http://www.lamag.org/

Bernhard Willhelm will be guiding tours and discussing his exhibit at MOCA Pacific Design Center- RSVP here (free)- http://sites.moca.org/the-curve/art-talk-bernhard-willhelm/

For Panache Spring Fling there are several bands playing at the Echo including Jacco Gardner, Dream Boys, Happyness, and a “secret guest”- http://www.theecho.com/event/778403-panache-spring-fling-secret-los-angeles/

Electric Dusk Drive-In downtown is showing Mean Girls- https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/715377

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- http://www.observatoryoc.com/event/Burgerama-4-Day-One

Sunday

Slutever are one of four bands opening for Pile at Los Globos ($8) – http://www.clublosglobos.com/event/804359-pile-los-angeles/

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)- http://www.connectedfest.com/

Mar 052015
 

Eleanor Friedberger- Stare at the Sun

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

Thursday

Eleanor Friedberger (of The Fiery Furnaces) is playing at the Echo- http://www.theecho.com/event/764729-eleanor-friedberger-fiery-los-angeles/

MOCA Grand Ave along with REDCAT is co-presenting a lecture with curator Raimundas Malašauskas- http://sites.moca.org/the-curve/2012/02/23/curators-lecture-series-raimundas-malasauskas/

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 Diaryhttp://cargocollective.com/veggiecloud/

Friday

Viet Cong are playing a sold out show at the Echo but there may be some tix at the door- http://www.theecho.com/event/726185-viet-cong-los-angeles/

Canadian band Stars are at the Fonda with Leisure Cruise- http://www.fondatheatre.com/events/detail/254267

First Friday at the Natural History Museum has JMSN and starRo performing- http://www.nhm.org/site/activities-programs/first-fridays/march-2015

Marco Benevento is playing at the Bootleg Theater- http://foldsilverlake.com/event.cfm?id=183350&cart

Friday and Saturday

REDCAT is premiering Thom Anderson’s (who also made Los Angeles Plays Itself) newest essay film The Thoughts That We Once Hadhttp://www.redcat.org/event/thom-andersen-thoughts-once-we-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)- http://subliminalprojects.com/exhibition/paper-cut/

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- http://laxart.org/events/view/remembering-forward-conversations-on-photography/#images

It should be good weather for the Rose Bowl Flea Market this Sunday- http://rgcshows.com/rosebowl.aspx

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). More info here- http://media.paleycenter.org/paleyfest-la-2015

Jan 152015
 

John Grant- GMF

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

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- http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2015/01/john-grant-in-concert/

Tennis System are performing at Amoeba Hollywood for free- http://www.amoeba.com/live-shows/upcoming/detail-3182/index.html

Friday

LACMA is showing Network (ticket also includes admission to Klute)- http://www.lacma.org/event/network

Glaswegian musician Rustie is at El Rey- http://www.theelrey.com/events/detail/256009

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)- https://www.facebook.com/events/1438809453008224/?ref=3&ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

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- http://www.ltdlosangeles.com/upcoming_exhibition.html

LACMA’s film double bill today is East of Eden and The Godfather– see both for $5- http://www.lacma.org/event/east-eden

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- http://www.lacma.org/event/director%E2%80%99s-series

The English Beat are at The Roxy- http://www.theroxy.com/event/728793-english-beat-west-hollywood/

Sunday

Photographer Mark Ruwedel will speak with author Tyler Green and sign his book at LACMA- http://www.lacma.org/event/ruwedel-and-green

Dead Kennedys are at the Roxy- http://www.theroxy.com/event/719459-dead-kennedys-west-hollywood/

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-  http://www.redcat.org/event/cloud-eye-control-half-life

Dec 042014
 

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

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

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)- http://sites.moca.org/the-curve/screening-discussion-alternate-endings/

M.Ward ( the him of She & Him) is playing at Amoeba Records (free)- http://www.amoeba.com/live-shows/upcoming/detail-3170/

Angel Olsen is at the El Rey with Kevin Morby- http://www.theelrey.com/events/detail/254266

Thursday- Sunday

Dance, visual art and the music of Stephin Merritt combine for Performance at the Redcat theater – http://www.redcat.org/event/rashaun-mitchell-stephin-merritt-ali-naschke-messing-performance

Friday

J.Cole and T.I. headline Power 106’s Cali Christmas along with several other performers at the Forum- http://www.fabulousforum.com/event/cali-christmas.html

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- http://www.lamag.com/liquidlablog/repeal-day/

John Waters gets into the holiday spirit and performing his one man show- A John Waters Christmas for one night at the Comedy Store- http://hollywood.thecomedystore.com/event.cfm?id=310227&cart

Saturday

Photo critic Philip Gefter will discuss the work of Larry Sultan at LACMA (free)- http://www.lacma.org/event/philip-gefter-sultan

Chrissie Hynde is at the Pantages singing songs from her new album Stockholm as well as songs from the Pretenders era- http://hollywoodpantages.com/showinfo.php?id=43

Venice Christmas Boat Parade could get you in a festive mood- http://www.venicechristmasboatparade.com/

Silverlake Flea Market is in the Micheltorena school playground free and free parking- https://www.facebook.com/events/772139309514695/

Artisanal LA is having a holiday market in Old Pasadena – http://artisanalla.com/events/

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”- http://www.uniqueusa.com/markets-la

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- http://sites.moca.org/the-curve/screening-andy-warhols-empire/

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)- http://www.acehotel.com/calendar/losangeles/putney-swope

LA Conservancy is showing Home Alone in the afternoon at the Orpheum Theatre with holiday music beforehand- https://www.laconservancy.org/holiday

The Rock ‘N’ Roll Flea Market has vintage clothing as well as music related items- http://www.theregenttheater.com/event/689041-rock-n-roll-flea-market-los-angeles/

Love it or hate it CicLAvia is back- this time through South LA- http://www.ciclavia.org/events/873/south-la/985/about

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)-

Thursday

Waiting for Jack: A Beat Poetry Experience at the Autry- poets, actors and musicians will read the poems of the Beat generation- http://theautry.org/programs/performing-arts/waiting-for-jack-a-beat-poetry-experience

Photographer Henry Horenstein will discuss his work including the book Honky Tonk at Annenberg Space for Photography (free with registration)- http://www.annenbergspaceforphotography.org/events/iris-nights/upcoming#iris-nights-lecture-212

Downtown Art Walk- http://www.downtownartwalk.org/

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- http://www.redcat.org/event/gob-squad-super-night-shot

Friday through Sunday

Fireworks Finale: The Simpsons Take the Bowl– Orchestra+ Simpsons clips+ Fireworks- http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/fireworks-finale-simpsons-take-bowl/2014-09-12

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) – https://www.kickstarter.com/events/filmfest2014_la

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- http://www.barnsdall.org/Eatdrinkart/

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- http://www.frogtownarts.com/

Make it a double Eastside arts evening and check out NELA Second Saturday Gallery Night in and around Highland Park- https://www.facebook.com/NELAart?ref=ts

Diplo is headlining the Mad Decent Block Party at LA Center Studios- http://www.maddecentblockparty.com/

Kan Wakan is performing for Getty Museum’s Saturdays Off the 405http://www.getty.edu/museum/programs/performances/saturdays_405.html

Sunday

Painter John Currin talks with James Cuno, as part of The Un-Private Collection series (sold out but there will be a standby line)- http://www.thebroad.org/programs#

Jul 312014
 

Mykki Blanco- Haze.Boogie.Life

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

Thursday

Mykki Blanco at Los Globos- http://www.clublosglobos.com/event/600323-ihc-los-angeles/

Made in LA:Music continues at the Hammer Museum with DJ Marcus Wyatt and DJ Doc Martin- http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2014/07/made-in-la-music-deep-w-dj-marques-wyatt-dj-doc-martin/

Summer Nights in the Garden at the Natural History Museum gardens with DJs, tours, drinks and tonight bird house building- http://www.nhm.org/site/activities-programs/summer-nights-in-the-garden

Omar Souleyman at the Santa Monica Pier (free)- http://tcs.dola.com/event/2014/07/31/omar-souleyman

Thursday-Saturday

REDCAT’s New Original Works Festival 2014 continues with Program 2- http://www.redcat.org/event/nowfest-2014-week-two

Friday

Grand Performances presents a screening of the animated French film Les Triplettes de Belleville with a live score by the original composer- http://www.grandperformances.org/events/les-triplettes-de-belleville-3/

Arcade Fire, The Unicorns and Dan Deacon at the Forum (also Saturday)- http://www.fabulousforum.com/event/arcadefire.html

Echo and the Bunnymen are playing the Orpheum Theatre- http://goldenvoice.com/shows/details/?id=250361

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- http://www.cartwheelart.com/2014/07/12/save-the-date-august-2-the-streets-will-never-be-the-same/

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- http://www.observatoryoc.com/events/burger-a-go-go

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- http://www.inner-cityarts.org/how-you-can-help-summerevent.php

Sunday

ShopWalk DTLA- discounts, sales and events at restaurants and shops downtown- http://shopwalkdtla.com/

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)- http://www.cinefamily.org/films/special-events-august-2014/

Jul 242014
 

White Fence- Like That

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

Thursday

White Fence are playing the Echo with Dream Boys and The Abigails- http://www.theecho.com/event/593685-white-fence-los-angeles/

REDCAT’s New Original Works Festival begins (through 8/9)- http://www.redcat.org/event/new-original-works-festival-2014

Cayucas are playing Santa Monica Pier with Papa (FREE)- http://tcs.dola.com/event/2014/07/24/cayucas-papa

Wolfmother at the House of Blues Los Angeles- http://www.houseofblues.com/losangeles/events/eventdetail/?viewNav=/event-detail&eventId=09004CCBE8A8BF04&oid=0

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- http://www.redcat.org/exhibition/allora-calzadilla

The Internet (soul band on Odd Future Records) is playing Figat7th Downtown Festival (free)- http://artsbrookfield.com/event/figfest/#.U9DXL6hfnU4

Second chance to catch White Fence at the Echo, this time with Tomorrow’s Tulips- http://www.theecho.com/event/593687-white-fence-los-angeles/

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- http://sites.moca.org/the-curve/2014/07/21/closing-party/

ForYourArt event- Instagram Mini Marathon with Hans Ulrich Obrist at the Million Dollar Theatre (use FYAFRIEND for free tickets)- http://www.eventbrite.com/e/instagram-mini-marathon-with-hans-ulrich-obrist-tickets-12200380667?aff=eorg

Installations and performances by Machine Project artists at the Central Library- http://www.lfla.org/event-detail/1020/Machinations-in-the-Library-

GRMLN at Los Globos- http://www.clublosglobos.com/event/598043-ihc-los-angeles/

Saturday and Sunday

Renegade Craft Fair is at Grand Park (free)- http://www.renegadecraft.com/losangeles-july-market-details

Sunday

Super Duper Yard Sale at HM157(Historical Monument 157), food, drinks, haircuts and super cheap finds in Lincoln Heights- http://www.hm157.com/calendar

May 012014
 

Danny Brown- Grown Up

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/1-5/4)-

Thursday

The All American Rejects & Youngblood Hawke charity event for Tick Born Disease Alliance at the El Rey- http://www.theelrey.com/events/detail/249877

The Horrors and Toy at First Unitarian Church- http://www.theecho.com/event/527623-britweek-music-sessions-los-angeles/

Thursday-Saturday

CalArts Film/Video Showcases at REDCAT (FREE)- http://www.redcat.org/event/calarts-filmvideo-showcases

Friday

First Fridays at the Natural History Museum w/HOLYCHILD- http://www.nhm.org/site/activities-programs/first-fridays/may-2014

Abbott Kinney First Fridays- http://www.abbotkinney1stfridays.com/

Friday and Saturday

Pancakes and Booze Art Show- https://www.facebook.com/events/213799398792482

Saturday

Danny Brown at The El Rey- http://www.theelrey.com/events/detail/248465

A Discussion with Joshua Decter and LA book launch at LA><Art- http://laxart.org/events/view/a-discussion-with-joshua-decter-and-la-book-launch/#images

Symposium on the work of Mike Kelley at Janm Tateuchi Democracy Forum-RSVP closed but may allow walk-ins- http://sites.moca.org/the-curve/2014/04/24/mike-kelley-in-los-angeles/

A Seance with Andy Warhol at the Underground Museum- http://theunderground-museum.com/news

Angel City Brewery 2nd Annual Heritage Fest- art, music and beer (FREE)- http://angelcitybrewery.com/events/angel-citys-2nd-annual-heritage-fest/

White Fang at The Echo- http://www.theecho.com/event/451663-white-fang-los-angeles/

Sunday

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo a day early:

At Grand Central Market- http://www.grandcentralmarket.com/blog/279/cinco-de-mayo-grand-central-market-style

Tortilla Republic’s Block Party- http://tortillarepublic.com/west-hollywood-california/tortilla-republic-2nd-annual-viva-la-fiesta-cincocuatro-de-mayo-block-party/

It is also Britweek and there are various events going on around Los Angeles- for more info- http://www.britweek.org/events/?date=2014-05-04&city=Los%20Angeles

Mar 062014
 

Wild Beasts- Wanderlust

Things to do in and around Los Angeles this weekend (3/6-3/9)-

Thursday

Wildbeasts at the Troubadour- http://www.troubadour.com/event/453711-wild-beasts-los-angeles/

First Thursday ArtWalk in San Pedro- http://www.1stthursday.com/

Ava Luna at Origami Vinyl (FREE)- http://origamimusic.blogspot.com/2014/03/in-store-ava-luna-in-store-tonight-7pm.html

Friday

Teen Daze with Lusine at King King- http://beticketing.com/TeenDaze

First Fridays at Natural History Museum with San Fermin, wild Up and Son Lux- http://tickets.nhm.org/WebStore/shop/ViewItems.aspx?CG=nhmonline&C=FirstFridaysMar1

Abbot Kinney First Fridays- http://www.abbotkinney1stfridays.com/

Laluzapalooza group show opening at La Luz de Jesus Gallery- http://laluzdejesus.com/laluzapalooza-2014/

Midnight showing of Little Shop of Horrors at Cinefamily- http://www.cinefamily.org/films/friday-night-frights/#friday-night-frights-little-shop-of-horrors

Saturday

NO at the Troubadour- http://www.troubadour.com/event/483053-no-los-angeles/

NELAart Second Saturday- http://nelaart.org/

Andrea Fraser: May I Help You- perfomance at the Hammer- http://hammer.ucla.edu/calendar/detail/year/2014/month/3/day/4/type/program/id/2119

Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch film) at LACMA- http://www.lacma.org/event/mystery-train

Mirah at the Satellite- http://www.thesatellitela.com/event/449007-mirah-ages-ages-los-angeles/

2001: A Space Odyssey at The Aero Theater- http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/2001-a-space-odyssey-7

Amoeba Records Sidewalk Sale- http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2014/02/pst/amoeba-hollywood-holds-sidewalk-sale-3-8.html

Sunday

HomeLA – Each performance takes place in a different private home in the LA area- this time it takes place in a house in El Sereno- http://www.homelahello.com/1403.php#.UxjLql5fnU4

The final performance of Pablo Bronstein’s Enlightenment Discourse on the Origins of Architecture at the Redcat gallery- http://www.redcat.org/exhibition/pablo-bronstein

LA Marathon- http://www.lamarathon.com/