Los Angeles Weekend Planner 3-5-15

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Mar 052015
 

Eleanor Friedberger- Stare at the Sun

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (3/5-3/8/15)-

Thursday

Eleanor Friedberger (of The Fiery Furnaces) is playing at the Echo

MOCA Grand Ave along with REDCAT is co-presenting a lecture with curator Raimundas Malašauskas

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 Diary

Friday

Viet Cong are playing a sold out show at the Echo but there may be some tickets at the door

Canadian band Stars are at the Fonda with Leisure Cruise

First Friday at the Natural History Museum has JMSN and starRo performing

Marco Benevento is playing at the Bootleg Theater

Friday and Saturday

REDCAT is premiering Thom Anderson’s (who also made Los Angeles Plays Itself) newest essay film The Thoughts That We Once 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)

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

It should be good weather for the Rose Bowl Flea Market this Sunday

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).

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 1-22-15

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Jan 222015
 

Night Terrors of 1927- When You Were Mine (featuring Tegan and Sara)

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (1/22-1/25/15)-

Thursday

Tickets are still available to see Bill Nye (The Science Guy) and Eugene Mirman talk about science and space for StarTalk LIVE! at the Palace Theatre with special guest Tig Notaro

Or for a smaller space-related event -check out The Last Bookstore’s talk with George D. Morgan who wrote a book about Mary Sherman Morgan- America’s first female rocket scientist

Heidi Duckler Dance Theater is re-imagining Parts and Labor, 23 years later in the parking lot behind Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE). Also happening on Friday (1/23)

SoCal band The Donkeys are playing at the Echo

Friday

Night Terrors of 1927 are having a record release show for their debut album at The Roxy

designLAb at the Pacific Design Theater is having its first opening reception of the year with over 10 new contemporary art exhibitions

Arts District Alliance is hosting two shows at two different galleries downtown- one with artists from China, the other, artists from the Arts District- RSVP for the party at the Container Yard and a chance to meet the artists

Artist Alice Wang and curator Michael Ned Holte will be in conversation at the 18th Street Arts Center

Missing snow? Angel City Brewery is having a “snow day” complete with hot toddies in a real snow outside garden and a showing of The Goonies by a simulated fireplace before live music in the evening

FIDLAR are playing a sold out show at the Regent Theater– it might be worth hunting down tickets

Saturday

Subliminal Projects is having an opening for Agents Provacateurs, a group show of “ subversive skateboard graphics and artworks”

GRMLN are playing a free show at Origami Records

Sunday

Artist Kaz Oshiro will talk/play music at his book signing with artist and musician John Wiese at LACMA

West of Rome Public Art is debuting CANDIDATE: Execution in Progress– a performance that will include music, political theater and movement at Church of the Epiphany

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 12-12-13

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Dec 122013
 

Jagwar Ma- The Throw

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend:

Thursday-

Friday (THE 13TH)-

  • Jagwar Ma at El Rey
  • GRMLN at The Smell (part of a KXLU residency)
  • 10th Annual LA 3-D Movie Festival (all weekend)
  • S.I.D. (Superman is Dead) opens at Shepard Fairey’s gallery Subliminal Projects– with a musical tribute to Sid Vicious by Ritchie Love (a band consisting of Billy Idol, Steve Jones, Leigh Gorman, and Clem Burke)

Saturday-

  • Cinefamily’s 24 Hour Holiday Telethon begins
  • A Can for A Can at Space 15 Twenty– (6-9pm)- bring a food donation and get a beer plus check out some bands-
  • Singin in the Rain at the Egyptian

Saturday and Sunday-

Sunday-