Jul 232015
 

Ducktails- Headbanging In The Mirror

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (7/23-7/26/15)-

Thursday

Chicano Batman are opening for Cubanismo for Santa Monica Pier’s free Twilight Concert this week

OOFJ are performing at Amoeba Records (free)

Artist Frances Stark will be discussing the work of Sturtevant, whose exhibition at MOCA closes this weekend- free and free entrance to the museum from 5-8 pm

Freedom Fry are one of the four bands playing for free at Mrs. Fish downtown

Culture Club are at the Greek Theatre (also Friday)

Friday

Ducktails, Matt Mondanile’s (the guitarist from Real Estate) solo music project, is hosting the Getty Center’s Friday Night Flights (free but parking is $15/$10 after 5)

Penelope Spheeris will be discussing her punk rock films Suburbia and Decline of Western Civilization Part III between their screenings at the Egyptian Theatre

Roaring Nights continues at the LA Zoo with musical performances, DJs, pop-up zookeeper talks, food trucks and full bars ($20)-

Imagine Dragons are playing at the Forum with Metric

Friday and Saturday

Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks is at the Hollywood Bowl

Saturday

LACMA is showing Christian Marclay: The Clock for 24 hours starting at 10am. This is a great chance to see what is included in the film during the hours the museum is not open (free during non museum hours)

Jazz musician Kamasi Washington is performing at California Plaza as part of Grand Performances

Saturdays off the 405 at the Getty this week is Tropicalifornia featuring the Do-Over All Stars-”the ultimate live-band tropical dance party”- free with the exception of the parking

Sunday

Exhibition organizer Rebecca Matalon conducts a walk through of Tongues Untied the current show at MOCA Pacific Design Center

Blondie is co-headlining with Melissa Ethridge at the Greek Theatre

*Special Note: Saturday through Tuesday LACMA is having a pop-up installation of the US premiere of Steve McQueen and Kanye West’s short film collaboration (9min) “All Day/I Feel Like That”  (not up on their website yet)*

Sep 182014
 

Beck- Heart is a Drum

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (9/18-9/21/14)-

Thursday

Neutral Milk Hotel, The Breeders, Daniel Johnston play the Hollywood Bowl

DesignLAb at the Pacific Design Center is having an opening reception for 10 new exhibits featuring artists and designers

Cloud Cult are playing two sets at the Troubadour (one acoustic, one electric)

Friday

Author Junot Diaz will be reading from This is How You Lose Her at Skylight Books

The 2nd Annual Afterglow Summer Video Series ends tonight at Pieter Performance Space with work from four LA-based video artists including Harry Dodge and Aimee Goguen

Jungle with Beaty Heart at The Fonda

Saturday

It’s Tarfest at the LaBrea Tar Pits Park- live bands include Hunter Hunted and The Moth & the Flame; there will be live painting by Craig ‘Craola’ Simkins, Nicola Verlato, and devNgosha; as well as food, drink and activities (FREE)

Artist Oliver Payne’s CHILL OUT performance at 356 Mission begins at 7pm- make sure you can follow the rules!

Total Slacker are playing with Paws at The Echo

Saturday and Sunday

Beck is at the Orpheum

Parachute Market biannual design fair is at JF Chen showroom

Sunset Strip Music Festival is a two-day festival with Janes Addiction, Empire of the Sun, Cold War Kids, Big Freedia, Killer Mike, and tons more playing

Sunday

Daniel Joseph Martinez is speaking at LACMA and signing his book

It’s the last day to see the video installation, Drumroll, that won Steve McQueen (director of 12 Years a Slave) the Turner Prize, at MOCA Pacific Design Center

LA Feline Film Festival featuring the Internet Cat Video festival is in Exposition Park

Zammuto are playing at The Satellite