Hand Habits- Book on How to Change
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (8/3-8/6/17)-
Thursday
Filmmaker Ericka Beckman will be in conversation with visual artist Matt Mullican for The Broad’s The Un-Private Collection conversation series ($12)
The Molochs are opening for Juan Wauters at Resident
Chastity Belt are playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Never Young and Lala Lala opening
The free concert this week at the Santa Monica Pier is Valerie June with Irma Thomas opening
Artists Star Montana and Shizu Saldamando will be in conversation at The Main Museum (free but RSVP)
Loyal Lobos are headlining a show at the Bootleg Theater that includes Aldre’ Williams, Sam Valdez, and The Moderns
Friday
Alex Napping, Hand Habits, and Justus Proffit are playing at the Bootleg Theater
Artbook at Hauser & Wirth is hosting a reading series called Out of the Hat “where various artists writers, dancers, poets, and theoreticians will share—and be called—to the stage through an old adage of chance: the pulling of names out of a hat”. This Friday the participants will be Tosh Berman, an. cinquemani, Leslie Dick and Marsie Scharlat.
For Grand Performances’ free Friday program this week, there is a dance performance- No Side Now- Dance That Abandons Boundaries- curated by Los Angeles Performance Practice
Cosmonauts are playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Adult Books and Winter
Fatal Jamz are playing at The Echo with Franky Flowers, BOYO and Sugarcube
Boogaloo Assassins are performing a free show at the Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park
Saturday
Maiden LA is facilitating an open studios program with Studio C Gallery and other galleries in the Santa Fe Art Colony complex from 12-5pm
Dorian Wood will be performing Entre Les Étoiles (Among the Stars) in a free performance with Hawaiian singer Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole opening at California Plaza as part of Grand Performances’ programming
Toad the Wet Sprocket are playing a free show in Pershing Square with 10,000 Maniacs
Chinatown Summer Nights returns for its free monthly summer event with bands, culinary demonstrations, DJs, art demonstrations, performances, a market, and more
Sunday
At LACMA, curator Howard Fox, who organized the current exhibition Playing with Fire: Paintings by Carlos Almaraz, will be in conversation with Elsa Flores, the artist’s widow, who is also a noted activist and photographer. The talk will also include a sneak peek at the upcoming documentary film about the artist, Carlos in Wonderland, which will be aired by KCET in early 2018. (free but ticket required)
The 3rd Annual Long Beach Zine Fest is taking place at the Museum of Latin American Art (free)
Belle and Sebastian are playing at the Hollywood Bowl with Spoon and Kristin Kontrol
Tennis System are opening for Swirlies at the Echoplex
Rapper Sasha Go Hard is performing at Zebulon
New Orleans’ New Breed Brass Band is playing a free show at the Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park
The Rock N Roll Flea Market returns to the Regent Theater for its monthly free event