The Mynabirds- Velveteen
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (8/24-8/27/17)-
Thursday
Tobacco are playing at the Teragram Ballroom
Tonight for the second part of Paul McCarthy’s free film series at Hauser & Wirth to accompany his current exhibition, the gallery is screening Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Whity in the courtyard
Writers Ernest Hardy and Tisa Bryant will be discussing film, television, music, social media, and news in relation to “black representations of depression and distress, remedies and healing, and the resilience of joy in black life and culture” at the Hammer Museum. (free)
LPX (of MS MR) is playing with Monogem and Tulpa & Blankts at The Echo
Friday
The Mynabirds are playing with Winter and Umm at the Bootleg Theater
Friday Flights returns to the Getty with a performances by -Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle and Tyler Matthew Oyer with live music accompaniment by The Kevin Robinson Ensemble (KREation); visual and sound artist Scott Benzel; and a performance by psych-rock band Psychic Ills (free)
Artbook at Hauser & Wirth is hosting Out of the Hat, a reading series “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 weeks lineup is- Evan Burrows, Michael Kennedy Costa, Simone Forti, Michael Ned Holte and Matias Viegener.
Susan is opening for Guantanamo Baywatch at The Echo
For Bored To Death’s ‘Zine Release Party at hm157, Magic Wands, POW!, Future Shoxxx, and Deaf Dance will be performing
Saturday
homeLA returns with its house specific dance performances- this time there are three, taking place at a home in Larchmont
For August’s Summer Happenings at The Broad, bands A Place to Bury Strangers and Xiu Xiu will be playing; performance artist Linda Mary Montano will offer “healings and blessings”; Keijaun Thomas will perform his work, Distance is not Separation; and the third floor galleries will feature “a Xenolalia room – the Christian missionary spirit gift or ability to speak in an unlearned language – with poets Raquel Gutiérrez, Elliot Reed and Lisa Teasley, and musicians Gabie Strong, Pauline Gloss and David Harrow”. ($25 advance / $30 at the door)
For the last of the DJ Nights in Grand Park– The Gaslamp Killer will be joined by DJs Computer Jay and C Minus for a night of rock songs
Saturdays Off the 405, the Getty’s free music night, returns with Savoy Motel
LA Weekly’s Artopia event is taking place at Union Station ($30+)
Art, music and comedy converge for Supertight at the Bootleg Theater with performances by Maria Bamford, Rodrigo Amarante and more
Brian Ferry will be performing with an orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl
Potty Mouth, Colleen Green, Ramonda Hammer, and Pouty are playing at the Teragram Ballroom
Quitapenas are playing a free show at the Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park
Sunday
No Age is headlining a night of bands including Sun Araw at The Smell
The Independent Shakespeare Company is performing The Two Gentlemen of Verona free in Griffith Park (also Friday and Saturday)
Sammus, Fat Tony, and Amindi K. Fro$t are playing at Junior High
The Tissues, Burning Palms, ExSage and more are playing Clairvoid Fest at the Bootleg Theater
The Prids are playing at the Echoplex with Fotoform, Glaare, and Charm