Events on Monday, December 17

<I>Extraordinary Deceptions: A Magical Holiday Extravaganza</i>

Performing Arts

Extraordinary Deceptions

Monday 12/17 @ Powerhouse Theatre

In this spectacular evening of magic and mirth, illusionist Michael Gutenplan performs a plethora of wondrous feats, from mind reading to... 

The Charles Phoenix Holiday Jubilee

Comedy

The Charles Phoenix Holiday Jubilee

Monday 12/17 @ REDCAT

All new for 2007, Charles Phoenix's annual waltz down memory lane tilts helplessly into vaudeville, laughing merrily along the way. In... 

Serena Mitnik-Miller: <I>Quiver</I>

Art: Photography

Serena Mitnik-Miller

Monday 12/17 @ Mollusk Surf Shop

Serena Mitnik-Miller doesn't take the usual kind of surf photography, and Venice's freshly opened Mollusk Surf Shop isn't the usual kind... 

<i>My Kid Could Paint That</i>

Film: Documentary

My Kid Could Paint That

Monday 12/17 @ Various locations

An abstract-art prodigy for the digital age, four-year-old Marla Olmstead is a rare bird indeed. In My Kid Could Paint That,... 

<I>Soundwaves: The Art of Sampling</i>

Art

Soundwaves

Monday 12/17 @ Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla

Soundwaves: The Art of Sampling is MCASD's response to MOCA's 2005 exhibition Visual Music, a survey of the influence and/or direct... 

<I>Julius Shulman's Los Angeles</i>

Art: Photography

Julius Shulman

Monday 12/17 @ Los Angeles Public Library: Central Library

Julius Shulman has done more for the way California modernist architecture is seen and appreciated than probably anyone else —... 

<I>Raising Arizona</i> (1987) and <I>Evil Dead II</i> (1987)

Film

Raising Arizona and Evil Dead II

Monday 12/17 @ New Beverly Cinema

The Coen brothers and pre-Spidey Sam Raimi are among American cinema's greatest genre ghosts, at ease in each of... 

Materials & Applications: <em>Density Fields</em>

Art

Materials & Applications: Density Fields

Monday 12/17 @ Materials & Applications

Experimental-architecture and landscape-research center M&A is a lightning rod for visionary thinkers, bringing the brightest artists and architects together to explore... 

<i>SoCal: Southern California Art of the 1960s and 70s</i>

Art

SoCal: Southern California Art of the 1960s and 70s

Monday 12/17 @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Exhibitions addressing mythologies of Southern California are suddenly seemingly ubiquitous. The Orange County Museum of Art's Art Since the 1960s: California... 

Jordin Isip & Jason Houchen

Art

Jordin Isip & Jason Houchen

Monday 12/17 @ La Luz de Jesus

Brooklyn-based illustrator and mixed-media painter Jordin Isip uses collage as his primary medium. This eclectic approach serves both as a literal... 

Emma Ferreira: <I>When Life Dances II: Classic Beauty</i>

Art

Emma Ferreira

Monday 12/17 @ Spin Gallery

Venice's brand-new Spin Gallery merges fine and automotive art, showcasing promising new visual talents alongside rare and beautiful cars. Its latest... 

Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues Art Exhibition

Art

Giant Robot Biennale

Monday 12/17 @ Japanese American National Museum

Pop-culture empire Giant Robot began way back in 1994 as a zine, and has since grown to include a glossy magazine,... 

James Turrell: <em>Dividing the Light</em>

Art

James Turrell

Monday 12/17 @ Draper Courtyard, Pomona College

It's up for debate whether James Turrell is a sculptor, an architect, a light-and-space artist, or an earth-works artist. Whichever he... 

<I>Treasures from the Vault</i>

Special Event

Treasures from the Vault

Monday 12/17 @ Natural History Museum

Whether you cherish the memory of dueling dino skeletons from long-ago field trips, or a more recent late-night music show amongst...