Sunflower Bean- Easier Said
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (3/24-3/27/16)-
Thursday
Sunflower Bean are playing at The Echo with Weaves
The Hammer is hosting the panel- Crafted at Black Mountain: Skill, De-Skill, and Contemporary Art Practice– which “considers emergent practices against the backdrop of Black Mountain College’s legacy of highly skilled workmanship” with organizer and moderator Jenni Sorkin, assistant professor, UC Santa Barbara; Wendy Kaplan, head of decorative arts at LACMA; Helen Molesworth, chief curator at MOCA; Jenelle Porter, independent curator; and Andrew Perchuk, deputy director, Getty Research Institute at 7:30pm. If you get there early you can also check out the exhibition walk-through with artist Krysten Cunningham at 6:30pm.
The Central Library is having a free screening of Tangerine and a Q & A with the director Sean Baker
designLAb are having a public reception at the Pacific Design Center with several art and design exhibitions on view (free)
Plague Vendor are performing and signing their new album Bloodsweat at Amoeba Hollywood (free)
Yuck are playing the Echoplex with Bigthief and JUNK
Friday
It’s the last week of Music for Train Stations with dublab at Union Station- this week it’s a DJ set by Victoria O’Halon with a live performance by Mark Van Hoen, a UK artist “whose experimental music straddles both the electronic underground and pop worlds”. (4-6pm)
Cold Showers are playing at Complex in Glendale
The Egyptian Theatre is showing a Sterling Hayden/ Stanley Kubrick double feature of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb / The Killing
The Aero Theatre is showing a Terrence Malick double feature of perhaps his best films- Badlands/ Days of Heaven
Hibou are opening for Hey Marseilles at The Echo
The Memories, Dunes and Crow Baby are playing at The Hi Hat in Highland Park ($5)
Saturday
Wolfmother are playing at The Fonda Theatre with Deap Valley
Terrence Malick weekend at The Aero continues with The Thin Red Line
Cinefamily is showing Errol Morris’ excellent The Thin Blue Line in the afternoon and Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger than Paradise in the evening
Dengue Fever are playing at The Regent
KXCS is having a free festival at USC with a list of bands that includes Tennis System and Mansions on the Moon (register if you are not a USC student here
Sunday
Happy Easter!
The Aero is showing Bugs Bunny Cartoon Classics in the afternoon including Easter Yeggs for some holiday fun that is good for kids and adults
All Weekend
Opening Thursday night and running 11-5pm Friday through Sunday, it’s the return of the Cat Art Show LA – this time at Think Tank Gallery. Artists include Mark Ryden, Norman Reedus, Scott Hove and more with part of the proceeds going to Kitten Rescue.
Wondercon, the sister show to Comic Con International is at the Los Angeles Convention Center