Nov 132014
 

The Presets- No Fun

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (11/13-11/16/14)-

Thursday

Downtown LA Artwalk– this month features street artists John Carr and Bumblebee

If you go downtown for the Art Walk and want to get some early Xmas shopping in- check out Jingle and Mingle where all the products are made by members of the Downtown Women’s Center which helps fight unemployment and homelessness- plus hot chocolate and cider!

Photographer Geoffrey Hiller, who’s latest book is on Myanmar, is speaking at the Annenberg Center for Photography

Sea Lions are playing at Ham and Eggs Tavern with Shivery Shakes and Shark Toys

Friday

Party for Various art zine at The Paper Agency downtown

SFV Acid is playing at Origami Vinyl and check out his interactive art as well, which is there to bring help fund and support the Young Producers Group

Market Space is having an opening party at Space15Twenty in Hollywood (free)

Pacific Design Center is having it’s final reception of the year with several new contemporary art exhibitions

Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra is playing at LACMA

Ex Cops are at the Bootleg

Saturday

The Presets are part of The Check Yo Ponytail Tour with LE1F at the Regent

Opening at The Gabba Gallery is Wish List with over 65 artists selling work under $1000

For the upcoming 50th anniversary of Gemini G.E.L. (Graphic Editions Limited), co-founder Sidney Felson will be speaking with Ruth Fine at LACMA– tickets are free but required

The Psychedelic Furs and The Lemonheads are playing at the Fonda

Want to make sure Macaulay Culkin is really alive? Check out his band The Pizza Underground at The El Rey and watch him transform Velvet Underground songs into songs about pizza

Sunday

Opening and discussion with François Ceysson, Amanda Ross-Ho, Raphael Rubinstein, and Wallace Whitney for Supports/Surfaces at 356 Mission

It’s the last ShopWalk DTLA of the year and many downtown stores and restaurants have discounts

Artists & Fleas market in the Arts District is open every 3rd weekend (Saturday also)

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)