Events on Thursday, January 17

<em>Anatomy of a Murder</em> (1959)

Film

Anatomy of a Murder

Thursday 1/17 @ Aero Theatre

Otto Preminger's masterpiece Anatomy of a Murder is a courtroom chess match in which each histrionic tactic becomes a piece of... 

<em>Concrete Frequency: Man-Machine in the Digital City</em> feat. Cornelius w/ Plaid

Music

Concrete Frequency

Thursday 1/17 @ Disney Concert Hall

The modern metropolis' ever-shifting ambience inspired this acclaimed LA Phil miniseries. Tonight's installment is a symbiotic affair, dubbed Man-Machine in the... 

Lenny Kravitz

Music

Lenny Kravitz

Thursday 1/17 @ Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

Jay Brannan

Music

Jay Brannan

Thursday 1/17 @ The Troubadour

Folk-rocker Jay Brannan's biography tells of a life destined for showbiz. After ditching college and a degree "slightly more useful than... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Under the Influence: A Tribute to Stan Lee</em>

Art

Under the Influence

Thursday 1/17 @ Gallery 1988

Looking through Gallery 1988's roster of artists, it's easy to spot the legacy of the giants of alt-culture illustration and progressive... 

David Sedaris: <em>Black Box Readings</em>

Books: Reading

David Sedaris

Thursday 1/17 @ Macgowan Little Theatre, UCLA

Fans of David Sedaris' bone-dry wit can get a sneak peak of the humorist's new book, scheduled for release this summer.... 

<em>SIT: Contemporary and Traditional Seating</em>

Art

SIT: Contemporary and Traditional Seating

Thursday 1/17 @ Pounder-Koné Art Space

When not hurting bad guys on FX's The Shield, actress CCH Pounder works alongside her husband Boubacar Koné, developing the Boribana... 

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

Art

Materials & Applications: Density Fields

Thursday 1/17 @ 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... 

Victor Burgin: <I>The Little House</i>

Art

Victor Burgin

Thursday 1/17 @ MAK Center for Art and Architecture

The Little House, Victor Burgin's new project at the MAK Center, explores the potential of narrative sound installation. Selections from Jean-François... 

<I>La Vida Lowrider: Cruising the City of Angels</i>

Art

La Vida Lowrider

Thursday 1/17 @ Petersen Automotive Museum

The lowrider tradition originated in the Chicano barrios of Los Angeles, inspired by a fierce love for classic cars and the... 

Cassandra C. Jones: <I>Photos Taken</i>

Art

Cassandra C. Jones

Thursday 1/17 @ Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai

  Don't let the title fool you: for her second solo effort at Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Cassandra C. Jones isn't just... 

Einar and Jamex de la Torre: <em>New Colonies in the New World</em>

Art

Einar & Jamex de la Torre

Thursday 1/17 @ Koplin del Rio Gallery

Brothers Einar and Jamex couldn't possibly deny the influence of their heritage — their blown-glass and mixed-media works radiate with the... 

Tim Sullivan: <em>Perfect Entrance </em>and Colin Roberts: <em>The Inscrutable Immutable</em>

Art

Tim Sullivan and Colin Roberts

Thursday 1/17 @ Steve Turner Contemporary

Photographer and video artist Tim Sullivan, the highlight of last year's OC Biennial, inserts himself into bizarrely macabre and possibly drug-induced... 

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

Art

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

Thursday 1/17 @ 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... 

<em>The Cut</em>

Theatre

The Cut

Thursday 1/17 @ Rude Guerrilla Theater Company

British playwright Mark Ravenhill gives theater company Rude Guerilla another opportunity to stage the U.S premieres of his work. Past collaborations... 

<em>Don't Fence Me In</em>

Art

Don't Fence Me In

Thursday 1/17 @ Bandini Art

The female artists showing their work at Bandini Art most definitely know how to have fun. For starters, there's Castillo's whimsical,... 

Virginia Katz: <I>Deliberations Through Practice... piecing things together</i>

Art

Virginia Katz

Thursday 1/17 @ Jancar Gallery

LA's Virginia Katz uses a complex mixed-media process that involves so many layers of hand-worked pigments and liquids, her art can... 

Matthew Barney: <I>Drawing from Guardian of the Veil</i>

Art

Matthew Barney

Thursday 1/17 @ Regen Projects

Matthew Barney, iconic multimedia rainmaker and Björk's baby daddy, shows drawings relating to his newest multimedia work, Guardian of the Veil.... 

<i>Generalized Anxiety Disorder</i>

Art

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Thursday 1/17 @ Walter Maciel Gallery

Curator Kristine Bowen brings together 16 artists who channel the contemporary American spirit of fear and, as the show title suggests,... 

Karen Liebowitz: <I>Leviathan</i>

Art

Karen Liebowitz

Thursday 1/17 @ Rosamund Felsen Gallery

The empowered female subjects of Karen Liebowitz's paintings exist in a fantasyland encompassing mythology, religious tales, and the contemporary world. For... 

Kyoung Ha Yoo, Jon Tarry & John Krawczyk

Art

Kyoung Ha Yoo, Jon Tarry & John Krawczyk

Thursday 1/17 @ Lawrence Asher Gallery

The trio of contemporary artists assembled for the first show of the year at the Lawrence Asher Gallery draws inspiration from... 

Nicole Cohen: <em>Please Be Seated</em>

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Thursday 1/17 @ The Getty Center

Nicole Cohen engineers recombinant layers of still and video imagery, investigating the network of associations that interior spaces contain. Also, she... 

<em>Lights! Camera! Glamour!</em>

Art: Photography

Lights! Camera! Glamour!

Thursday 1/17 @ California Heritage Museum

George Hurrell shot studio stars as they are remembered today: glamorous, graceful, and a tad theatrical. With his sophisticated black-and-white blowups,... 

<i>Steep</i>

Film

Steep

Thursday 1/17 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre

Like Werner Herzog's slo-mo documentary on ski-flying The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974), Steep conveys the breathless exhilaration of an... 

<em>Poster Renaissance 2</em>

Art

Poster Renaissance 2

Thursday 1/17 @ New Image Art

New Image Art owner Marsea Goldberg remembers when posters were a vehicle for edgy, urban art and illustration — and so... 

Rachel Mason: <em>The Candidate</em>

Art

Rachel Mason

Thursday 1/17 @ Circus Gallery

There's political art; there's the art of political stagecraft; and then there's The Candidate, the new exhibition of sketches, sculptures, and... 

Henry Lewis &amp; Regino Gonzales: <em>Burning at Both Ends</em>

Art

Henry Lewis & Regino Gonzales

Thursday 1/17 @ Corey Helford Gallery

Individual series and a set of collaborative works from prodigal SoCal tattoo artists Regino Gonzales and Henry Lewis showcase the profound... 

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

Art: Photography

Julius Shulman

Thursday 1/17 @ 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 —... 

Ruby Osorio: <em>Looking Through the Blind</em>

Art

Ruby Osorio

Thursday 1/17 @ Cherry and Martin

Los Angeles artist Ruby Osorio's collection at Cherry and Martin Gallery was heavily influenced by her recent trip to Athens. Surrounded... 

Masao Yamamoto

Art: Photography

Masao Yamamoto

Thursday 1/17 @ Craig Krull Gallery

In his latest collection of photographs for Santa Monica's Craig Krull Gallery, Japanese artist Masao Yamamoto's work is somber and still,... 

Angelika J. Trojnarski: <em>Ricochet<br />
</em>

Art

Angelika J. Trojnarski

Thursday 1/17 @ Kinsey/DesForges Gallery

Born in Poland and educated in Germany, Angelika J. Trojnarski depicts desolate cultural landscapes, dismembered bodies, and the barbwired evidence of... 

<em>Girly Group Show</em>

Art

Girly Group Show

Thursday 1/17 @ Ghettogloss Presents: An art conglomerate on the move

This exhibition at Silverlake's favorite gallery/alt-culture hangout features the work of Noel ILL, Jenny Mollen, and Jessica Garrison among a sizeable... 

<em>Love Loves a Pornographer</em>

Theatre

Love Loves a Pornographer

Thursday 1/17 @ The Ford Theater

Circle X Theatre Company cordially invites you to attend its wicked Victorian farce about adultery, blackmail, and teacakes, set against the... 

Matthew Heller: <em>Everything Is a Love Story</em>

Art

Matthew Heller

Thursday 1/17 @ DCA Fine Art

Matthew Heller has stripped down his busy aesthetics for something more minimal, without straying from his trademark shadowy figures and text.... 

Choi Jeong-Hwa: <I>Truth</i>

Art

Choi Jeong-Hwa

Thursday 1/17 @ REDCAT

Interdisciplinary Korean wunderkind and founder of the Gaseum Studio, Choi Jeong-Hwa obliterates the boundaries between visual art, graphic/industrial design, and architecture,... 

Bill Owens: <I>Suburbia</i> and <I>Leisure</i>

Art: Photography

Bill Owens

Thursday 1/17 @ DNJ Gallery

Photographer Bill Owens skillfully captures Americana in his two series Suburbia and Leisure. The former, an early-1970s photo essay, features domestic... 

Francis Al&#255;s: <I>Politics of Rehearsal</I>

Art

Francis Alÿs

Thursday 1/17 @ Hammer Museum

Pushing a block of ice through the streets of Mexico City, moving a mountain several inches, hiring a stripper who never... 

Wallace Berman: <i>Photography and Other Works of Art 1950-1976</i>

Art

Wallace Berman

Thursday 1/17 @ Michael Kohn Gallery

Even though Wallace Berman exhibited his work at the highly influential Ferus Gallery within years of Andy Warhol's first solo show,... 

David Sandlin:  <i>Swamp Preacher</i> & Martha Rich: <I>Imitation Snakeskin Superstore</i>

Art

David Sandlin & Martha Rich

Thursday 1/17 @ La Luz de Jesus

While gallery owner Billy Shire's other endeavor, upscale Culver City salon Billy Shire Fine Arts, exhibits a collection of David Sandlin's... 

<em>Modern American Sculpture</em>

Art

Modern American Sculpture

Thursday 1/17 @ Forum Gallery

Forum Gallery usually sets the gold standard for classical figurative painting, exhibiting works ranging from the creamy, high-res romanticism of Steven... 

Neil Farber: <em>New Works</em>

Art

Neil Farber

Thursday 1/17 @ Richard Heller Gallery

At first glance, Neil Farber's vivid, whimsical drawings seem to capture all the ignorant bliss of childhood, but their darker intentions... 

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

Film: Documentary

My Kid Could Paint That

Thursday 1/17 @ 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,... 

<em>Os Brasilieros Part I</em>

Art

Os Brasilieros

Thursday 1/17 @ Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art

You've probably never heard of any of the over 40 artists included in this multimedia dragnet of a group show —... 

<em>(Untitled) u = ____ [a photographic group show]</em>

Art: Photography

(Untitled) u = ____ [a photographic group show]

Thursday 1/17 @ Fette's Gallery

Twenty-five photographers working in cities around the world were given a simple task: to take an 11 x 14-inch self-portrait —... 

Modern Aboriginal Art + Australian Architecture

Art

Aboriginal Art

Thursday 1/17 @ MODAA gallery

Jill Greenberg: <I>Ursine</i> & <I>Performance</i>

Art: Photography

Jill Greenberg

Thursday 1/17 @ Fahey/Klein Gallery

Jokes about working with children and animals aside, LA-based photographer Jill Greenberg has built an internationally acclaimed fine-art career by doing... 

<em>Wunderlust Berlin</em>

Art: Photography

Wunderlust Berlin

Thursday 1/17 @ Paul Kopeikin Gallery

Berlin is in perpetual transition. The enduring fountainhead of Western culture is endlessly fascinating to students of art, architecture, and politics,... 

Gardar Eide Einarsson: <I>All My Friends Are Dead</i>

Art

Gardar Eide Einarsson

Thursday 1/17 @ Honor Fraser

Gardar Eide Einarsson's latest series features nine massive plywood panels, printed with graphics from a '60s police manual. As the officers... 

Julia Schwartz, Gary Polonsky, and Stephanie Visser

Art

Julia Schwartz

Thursday 1/17 @ The Artists' Gallery

The Artists' Gallery (TAG) is one of the best membership-based art galleries in LA, in part due to the talent of... 

<I>Treasures from the Vault</i>

Special Event

Treasures from the Vault

Thursday 1/17 @ 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...