Spendtime Palace- Sonora
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