Jul 162015
 

Real Estate- Crime

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (7/16-7/19-15)-

Thursday

Real Estate are playing at the Santa Monica Pier with Hippo Campus (free)

Fuzz are at the Troubadour with The Birth Defects

The Hammer Museum’s Summer of Soul continues with Sam Sparro, The Rebirth, and KCRW DJs (free)

Cold Showers are opening for Light Asylum at The Echo

Friday

At Skirball Cultural Center this week for the outdoor concert Into the Night, musical acts Tamaryn and Mystic Braves will perform while Joshua Light Show presents a “liquid light show” to accompany the music ($20)

Superhumanoids are playing with Tropics at Figat7th’s free downtown event

L7 are at the Fonda Theatre (tickets available for balcony only, or see them Thursday when tickets are available for the floor only)-

This week at Grand Performances is The Last Jimmy: A Hip Hop Musical with Dice Raw which “explores mass incarceration, the criminal justice system, and the prison-industrial complex through the eyes of young black males” (free)

Friday through Sunday

MOCA’s Step and Repeat returns to their Geffen location for three days of numerous performances that include music, performance art, comedy, poetry and dance- $12 for one night or $30 for all three- check the link for the list of all the artists-

Saturday

Artists/Street Artists Haunted Euth and T.S. Clair’s joint exhibition “Heroine” is at Stone Malone Gallery and opens tonight

Photographer Marcus Haney is screening his film “No Cameras Allowed” at Annenberg Space for Photography and afterwards will be discussing his current career and how he broke into the business through concert photography ($10)

Downtown Long Beach’s Summer and Music Festival continues with a free screening of The Wizard of Oz, a performance by the band MOVE, and for $5 you can get wireless headphones to participate in Silent Disco- all in the promenade parking lot

Willie Nelson is playing at the Greek Theatre

The Autry’s outdoor movie this week is Three Amigos

Sunday

The 18th Street Arts Center is having their “Champagne Social” with guided studio tours and of course, champagne (free)-

The second day of the Viva Pomona! festival at the Glass House has headliners Iceage, and Christopher Owens (formerly of the band Girls)

Jesse Thorn of Maximumfun is giving his talk Make Your Thing that “focuses on how he turned his college radio show into an independent media powerhouse” at Annnenberg Space for Photography ($10)

May 222014
 

Holy Fuck- Red Lights

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/22-5/26/14)-

Thursday

Creativity: The Perfect Crime– Philippe Petit (who walked a tightrope between the towers of the World Trade Center) speaks about creativity at the Central Library Downtown (free/ standby tix only)

Holy Fuck is playing at the Roxy

Ericka Beckman presents three of her films at MOCA

Yamashiro Farmer’s Market is back!

And so is the one on the Sunset Strip

Friday

designLAB event at the Pacific Design Center- 14 galleries having receptions for shows

Superhumanoids are at the Echo (free)

Saturday

Los Angeles Poverty Department is having a parade/performance/brass band- Walk the Talk-and Mike Kelley’s Mobile Homestead will be a part of it- a PDF with a full description of the event is available on their site

The Big Lebowski on the lawn at the Autry

Protomartyr are playing at Permanent Records (free)

Sunday

Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon at the Egyptian Theatre

Tony Molina, Big Eyes are playing at the Roxy

Monday (Memorial Day)

Target Free Mondays at LACMA

Also this weekend- Lightning in A Bottle Festival

Feb 272014
 

FIDLAR- No Waves

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (2/27-3/2/14)-

Thursday

FIDLAR are playing at the Echo

LA Artist Betye Saar is speaking at the Hammer

Artist Ron Athey is speaking at MOCA Grand Ave

Friday

Lord Huron with Superhumanoids playing at The Fonda (also Saturday)

Scotch tasting and reception with Manfred Müller ($40 through Eventbrite) or just attend his public conversation (free) afterwards, discussing his current show at LAMAG

Je T’Aime,Je T’Aime at Cinefamily (running until 3/6)

Saturday

The Egyptian Theatre is hosting a free seminar- The Art of Production Design- with this year’s Oscar nominated art directors and set directors

Capital Cities are playing at the Roxy (also Friday)

Sunday

Watch the Oscars live on the big screen at Grauman’s Million Dollar Theater downtown

How the Brain Sees Light- A talk to complement- See the Light- Photography, Perception, Cognition exhibition at LACMA (free)

Jan 162014
 

Parquet Courts- Borrowed Time

Things to do this weekend in Los Angeles-

Two big arts shows this weekend starting today (1/16)-

  • Photo L.A. is great and has tons of interesting seminars as well
  • LA Art Show is a mixture of all types of art from the more conservative to contemporary

**Photo L.A. is at the LA Mart this year and there is a shuttle between the two shows making it easy to do both. Added bonus-  Save 10$ on the LA Art Show if you show a valid TAP (Metro) card.**

Other events-

  • Parquet Courts and White Fence at the Fonda (Friday)
  • Superhumanoids at the Echoplex (Friday)
  • False Gallery event for the band Hampton Beats with artwork by  Tina St.Clair (Tfail), Haunted Euth, and Smog City (Saturday)
  • Liz Glynn’s final performance of [de]-lusions of Grandeur at LACMA (Saturday)