Events on Monday, January 7

<I>Metropolis</i> (1927)

Film

Metropolis

Monday 1/ 7 @ Arclight Hollywood

Perhaps Fritz Lang's finest two hours, Metropolis partially arose from his first sighting of a 1920s nighttime New York skyline. The... 

Monday Evening Concerts: <I>Exercises en Route</i>

Music: Classical

Monday Evening Concerts

Monday 1/ 7 @ Herbert Zipper Concert Hall

Composer Earl Kim's celebrated song cycle Exercises en Route was inspired by the difficult, delicate writings of Irish literary giant Samuel... 

Garage Comedy

Comedy

Garage Comedy

Monday 1/ 7 @ El Cid

Birthed in a two-car garage by Groundlings alum Val Myers, Garage Comedy mixes sketch comedy, vaudeville, film, music, performance art, and... 

Ongoing Events

<I>The Violin</i>

Film

The Violin

Monday 1/ 7 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre

With a tender musical motif that recalls Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp (1985), Francisco Vargas' astute debut, The Violin, tracks a... 

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

Art: Photography

Serena Mitnik-Miller

Monday 1/ 7 @ 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 1/ 7 @ 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,... 

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

Art

David Sandlin & Martha Rich

Monday 1/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Julius Shulman

Monday 1/ 7 @ 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>Steep</i>

Film

Steep

Monday 1/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

Materials & Applications: Density Fields

Monday 1/ 7 @ 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 1/ 7 @ 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... 

Modern Aboriginal Art + Australian Architecture

Art

Aboriginal Art

Monday 1/ 7 @ MODAA gallery

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

Art

Emma Ferreira

Monday 1/ 7 @ 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 1/ 7 @ 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 1/ 7 @ 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 1/ 7 @ 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...