Events on Saturday, January 19

Theatre of NOTE Performance Marathon

Theatre

Theatre of NOTE Performance Marathon

Saturday 1/19 @ Theatre of NOTE

If endless peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches and an onslaught of monologues, costume pageants, daredevils, performance art, comedians, sword play, poetry slams, circus acts,... 

Th' Legendary Shack Shakers w/ Lords of Altamont

Music

Th' Legendary Shack Shakers

Saturday 1/19 @ Safari Sam's

Brace yourself for some hillbilly twang, motorcycle soul, and rootsy punk: Nashville's Th' Legendary Shack Shakers bring their high-octane swamp stomp... 

<em>Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary</em> (2002)

Film

Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary

Saturday 1/19 @ The Silent Movie Theatre

Guy Maddin's Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary is a delicious mélange of blood, ballet, and bravura. Maddin finds the perfect... 

Funky in the Middle Anniversary Party

Music: DJ

Funky in the Middle Anniversary Party

Saturday 1/19 @ Location TBA with RSVP

Break out the party hats and noisemakers as Funky in the Middle celebrates its one-year anniversary. The location may be hush-hush,... 

<em>Porgy and Bess</em> (1959) and <em>Carmen Jones</em> (1954)

Film

Porgy and Bess and Carmen Jones

Saturday 1/19 @ Aero Theatre

Dorothy Dandridge stars in Otto Preminger's two musical assaults on mid-century sexual (and racial) conservatism, Porgy and Bess and Carmen Jones.... 

Droid Behavior &amp; F.I. presents NAMM Afterhours

Music: Electronic

NAMM Afterhours

Saturday 1/19 @ 129 E Third St

Every year, thousands of music-technology geeks from all over the country converge on the Anaheim Convention Center to ogle the latest... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Choi Jeong-Hwa

Saturday 1/19 @ REDCAT

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

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

Art: Photography

Lights! Camera! Glamour!

Saturday 1/19 @ 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,... 

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

Books: Reading

David Sedaris

Saturday 1/19 @ 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.... 

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

Art

Henry Lewis & Regino Gonzales

Saturday 1/19 @ Corey Helford Gallery

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

Alex Steinweiss:<em> Creator of the Album Cover</em>

Art

Alex Steinwiess

Saturday 1/19 @ Robert Berman Gallery

Rocker/designer Kevin Reagan and Juxtapoz's Greg Escalante co-curate this survey of images by Alex Steinweiss. In 1939, the Columbia Records packaging... 

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

Art

Victor Burgin

Saturday 1/19 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Bill Owens

Saturday 1/19 @ DNJ Gallery

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

LA Improv Dance Festival

Dance

LA Improv Dance Festival

Saturday 1/19 @ Diavolo Dance Theatre

Now in its fourth year, iD Fest continues to grow and attract national talent beyond the LA dance community. Festival director... 

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

Art

Cassandra C. Jones

Saturday 1/19 @ 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... 

<I>Treasures from the Vault</i>

Special Event

Treasures from the Vault

Saturday 1/19 @ 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... 

Steve Gullick: <em>Tenebrous</em>

Art: Photography

Steve Gullick

Saturday 1/19 @ Found Gallery

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

Art

Einar & Jamex de la Torre

Saturday 1/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Saturday 1/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

Virginia Katz

Saturday 1/19 @ 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... 

Art

Neil Campbell and Peter Schuyff

Saturday 1/19 @ The Balmoral

This Venice Beach gallery's latest endeavor juxtaposes the work of Dutch artist Peter Schuyff and Vancouver-based Neil Campbell. Schuyff's paintings are... 

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

Art

Matthew Heller

Saturday 1/19 @ DCA Fine Art

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

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

Art: Photography

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

Saturday 1/19 @ 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 —... 

<I>You are not here, you are still there and think you are here</i>

Art

You are not here, you are still there and think you are here

Saturday 1/19 @ High Energy Constructs

High Energy Constructs has put together a three-person show of up-and-coming artists who traverse the unknown and question culture. While the... 

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

Art: Photography

Jill Greenberg

Saturday 1/19 @ 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>The Cut</em>

Theatre

The Cut

Saturday 1/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

Wallace Berman

Saturday 1/19 @ 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,... 

<em>Modern American Sculpture</em>

Art

Modern American Sculpture

Saturday 1/19 @ Forum Gallery

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

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

Art

SIT: Contemporary and Traditional Seating

Saturday 1/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

Neil Farber

Saturday 1/19 @ 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>Steep</i>

Film

Steep

Saturday 1/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

Angelika J. Trojnarski

Saturday 1/19 @ 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>The Imaginary 20th Century</em>

Art

The Imaginary 20th Century

Saturday 1/19 @ Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach

There was a time when the 20th century seemed like an unimaginable and distant future. The Orange County Museum of Art... 

<em>Girly Group Show</em>

Art

Girly Group Show

Saturday 1/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

Materials & Applications: Density Fields

Saturday 1/19 @ 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... 

<em>The Content of Their Character II</em>

Art

The Content of Their Character II

Saturday 1/19 @ Highways Performance Space

In commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, prolific author/producer J.M. Morris brings to the stage a diverse set of real... 

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

Art

Ruby Osorio

Saturday 1/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

La Vida Lowrider

Saturday 1/19 @ Petersen Automotive Museum

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

<em>Lynch</em>

Film: Documentary

Lynch

Saturday 1/19 @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art

This eccentric documentary tracks David Lynch during the filming of his heavyweight epic Inland Empire. Assembled from two years of video... 

Julia Schwartz, Gary Polonsky, and Stephanie Visser

Art

Julia Schwartz

Saturday 1/19 @ 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... 

LA Opera presents Wagner's <em>Tristan und Isolde</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Tristan und Isolde

Saturday 1/19 @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Considered one of the world's greatest operas, Richard Wagner's 1857 Tristan und Isolde sprang from the composer's own torrid love life.... 

Kyoung Ha Yoo, Jon Tarry & John Krawczyk

Art

Kyoung Ha Yoo, Jon Tarry & John Krawczyk

Saturday 1/19 @ Lawrence Asher Gallery

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

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

Art

Under the Influence

Saturday 1/19 @ 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... 

<em>Casting a Shadow: Creating the Alfred Hitchcock Film</em>

Film

Alfred Hitchcock

Saturday 1/19 @ Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

Stylized, self-mythologizing director Alfred Hitchcock would have you believe him to be a one-man originality machine — when, in fact, his... 

<em>Special Relationship</em>

Art

Special Relationship

Saturday 1/19 @ The Scion Installation LA Space

Britain's Scrawl Collective is an emerging group of post-illustration urban romantics. They bring their ramped-up aesthetic energy to the States this... 

<i>Generalized Anxiety Disorder</i>

Art

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Saturday 1/19 @ Walter Maciel Gallery

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

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

Art

Matthew Barney

Saturday 1/19 @ Regen Projects

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

<em>Love Loves a Pornographer</em>

Theatre

Love Loves a Pornographer

Saturday 1/19 @ The Ford Theater

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

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

Art

David Sandlin & Martha Rich

Saturday 1/19 @ 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... 

Karen Liebowitz: <I>Leviathan</i>

Art

Karen Liebowitz

Saturday 1/19 @ 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... 

<em>Poster Renaissance 2</em>

Art

Poster Renaissance 2

Saturday 1/19 @ New Image Art

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

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

Art

Tim Sullivan and Colin Roberts

Saturday 1/19 @ 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>My Kid Could Paint That</i>

Film: Documentary

My Kid Could Paint That

Saturday 1/19 @ 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,... 

Tucker Neel: <em>Confabulations</em>

Art

Tucker Neel

Saturday 1/19 @ Commissary Arts

Frustrated debutantes, overdressed crocodiles, and bandaged aristocrats parade through Tucker Neel's latest exhibition. The LA artist conjures up witty, intriguing imagery... 

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

Art

Don't Fence Me In

Saturday 1/19 @ 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,... 

<em>Freeze Frame: Five Decades of Photographs by Douglas Kirkland</em>

Art: Photography

Freeze Frame

Saturday 1/19 @ Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

The Academy honors Douglas Kirkland's carefully composed photography with Freeze Frame, an exhibit of celebrity portraits riddled with familiar faces. Besides... 

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

Art

Rachel Mason

Saturday 1/19 @ 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... 

<em>Wunderlust Berlin</em>

Art: Photography

Wunderlust Berlin

Saturday 1/19 @ Paul Kopeikin Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

Julius Shulman

Saturday 1/19 @ 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 —... 

<em>The Last Days of Desmond Nani Reese</em>

Theatre

The Last Days of Desmond Nani Reese

Saturday 1/19 @ Bang Improv Studio

It's Los Angeles circa 2014, and a 108-year-old Echo Park stripper has a lot to get off her chest. Heather Woodbury's... 

Masao Yamamoto

Art: Photography

Masao Yamamoto

Saturday 1/19 @ 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,... 

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

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Saturday 1/19 @ The Getty Center

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