Events on Sunday, October 12

<em>Artillery</em> presents Round One Art Debates

Special Event

Round One Art Debates

Sunday 10/12 @ Circus Gallery

Los Angeles-based Artillery Magazine educates the public on relevant issues within the contemporary art world with a little more humor and... 

Louie Vega w/ Marques Wyatt, Wiseacre, and Nickodemus

Music: DJ

Louie Vega

Sunday 10/12 @ Vanguard

In a city where deep vocal house is the din of choice, Grammy-winning artist DJ Louie Vega's influence can be heard... 

Monster Drawing Rally

Art

Monster Drawing Rally

Sunday 10/12 @ Outpost for Contemporary Art

To help in its mission of connecting artists with new audiences, the nonprofit Outpost for Contemporary Art raises some funds at... 

Kataklysm w/ Dreaming Dead, Keep of Kalessin, Eluveitie, and Dying Fetus

Music

Kataklysm

Sunday 10/12 @ Key Club

With Cryptopsy succumbing to the metalcore epidemic, Kataklysm remain one of the only Canadian bands left standing from the '90s death-metal... 

Ongoing Events

Deborah Aschheim and Lisa Mezzacappa: <em>Earworms</em>

Special Event

Earworms

Sunday 10/12 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

PMCA's Project Room is transformed into a beguiling labyrinth, addressing the elusiveness of memory and the neurobiological basis of thought, via... 

Other Venice Film Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Other Venice Film Festival

Sunday 10/12 @ Electric Lodge

In a world rife with indie film festivals (that's a good thing), this annual weekend juggernaut of alt-culture cinema, music, and... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Sunday 10/12 @ Scribble Press

Technically, Scribble Press is for children, but if you behave yourself, you can use the impressive bookmaking emporium — complete with... 

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

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Sunday 10/12 @ 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>Madama Butterfly</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Madama Butterfly

Sunday 10/12 @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Madama Butterfly's composer, Giacomo Puccini, rightly considered the opera his most "deeply felt and imaginative" work. Inspiring a number of reinterpretations... 

Face of the World Festival 2008

Festival: Performing Arts

FOTW 08

Sunday 10/12 @ Los Angeles Theatre Center

For the second year in a row, the New LATC concocts an enthralling admixture of theatre, dance, and performance that brings... 

<em>The Art of War: American Posters from WWI and WWII</em>

Art

The Art of War

Sunday 10/12 @ Norton Simon Museum

When searching for a means of drumming up support for World War I, officials in Washington didn't have to look much... 

<em>Fortuna Rising: Gordy Grundy is the Messenger</em>

Art

Gordy Grundy

Sunday 10/12 @ Western Project

The Fellowship of Fortuna (and its "messenger," LA painter and media artist Gordy Grundy) takes up residence on Western Project's website... 

<em>Within Four Miles: The World of Josh Dorman</em>

Art

Josh Dorman

Sunday 10/12 @ Craft and Folk Art Museum

Traditional paper and canvas simply won't do for New York artist Josh Dorman, who employs vintage maps and textbook diagrams as... 

<em>Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner</em>

Art

John Lautner

Sunday 10/12 @ Hammer Museum

The risk-taking John Lautner is often described as an architect's architect, even though some of his designs brought him both criticism... 

Elevator Repair Service: <em>The Sound and the Fury: April Seventh, 1928</em>

Theatre

Elevator Repair Service

Sunday 10/12 @ REDCAT

If the idea of staging the first chapter of Faulkner's brooding Southern epic, The Sound and the Fury, in all its... 

<em>All of This is Melting Away</em>

Art

All of This is Melting Away

Sunday 10/12 @ Royal/T

Director of New York's Greene Naftali Gallery, Jay Sanders steps into cafe/shop/gallery Royal/T to curate this group show of works from... 

Daniel DeSure: <em>Wouldn't It Be Nice</em>

Art

Daniel DeSure

Sunday 10/12 @ Found Gallery

Los Angeles-based artist/art producer Daniel DeSure not only creates photography, film, and new media, but he also founded the art production/design... 

Eddy Sykes: <em>Yakuza Lou</em>

Art

Eddy Sykes

Sunday 10/12 @ Materials & Applications

First, there were robot maids, robot pets, and robot vacuums. Now, there are robot gardens. The technical specifications for Materials &... 

Little Black Dress presents Biagio Black: <em>Junoesque</em>

Fashion/Style

Biagio Black

Sunday 10/12 @ The Sunset

Once just a single-night charity event dedicated to a fashion staple, the Little Black Dress party has grown into a four-week... 

Mark Bradford: <em>Help Us</em>

Art

Mark Bradford

Sunday 10/12 @ Steve Turner Contemporary

Los Angeles painter, installation artist, and (most recently) video artist Mark Bradford has exhibited in some of the world's most prestigious... 

Robert Glenn Ketchum

Art: Photography

Robert Glenn Ketchum

Sunday 10/12 @ G2 Gallery

Photographer and environmentalist Robert Glenn Ketchum makes landscape images, but this isn't Ansel Adams we're talking about here. The 38-year-old UCLA... 

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

Art

James Turrell

Sunday 10/12 @ 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... 

<em>Raw Skies</em>

Art

Raw Skies

Sunday 10/12 @ Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art

Seven is a lucky number at Carmichael Gallery this month, as the curators carry out another dazzling, high-octane international group exhibition.... 

Sandrine Pelletier: <em>Insekts</em>

Art

Sandrine Pelletier

Sunday 10/12 @ Fette's Gallery

International-artist-friendly Fette's Gallery rings in its fall season with Insekts, an installation of new works by Swiss mixed-media artist/embroiderer Sandrine Pelletier.... 

<em>LA25 Half-Life</em>

Art

LA25 Half-Life

Sunday 10/12 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

Rising stars Annie Lapin, Jeff Sheng, Cal Crawford, and Brenna Youngblood are among the 25 juror-selected artists that make up LA25... 

Pasadena Art Weekend

Festival: Performing Arts

Pasadena Art Weekend

Sunday 10/12 @ Old Town Pasadena

On Friday, the city's cultural institutions stay open late to kick off Pasadena Art Weekend. A free shuttle circulates from one... 

<em>Marcel Duchamp Redux </em>

Art

Marcel Duchamp Redux

Sunday 10/12 @ Norton Simon Museum

This year marks the 45th anniversary of By or of Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy, the famous Marcel Duchamp retrospective at... 

<em>Mexican Calendar Girls</em>

Art

Mexican Calendar Girls

Sunday 10/12 @ California Heritage Museum

Glamor gets deep and classic at the California Heritage Museum's Mexican Calendar Girls, opening with a Cinco de Mayo reception. The... 

UCLA Live International Theatre Festival: <em>Playboy of the Western World</em> and <em>The Shadow of the Glen</em>

Theatre

UCLA Live International Theatre Festival

Sunday 10/12 @ Freud Playhouse

UCLA Live offers a finely curated nine-month season of performances, with the International Theatre Festival serving as its cornerstone. The event... 

<em>In Focus: The Landscape</em>

Art: Photography

In Focus: The Landscape

Sunday 10/12 @ The Getty Center

Art's love affair with landscapes was captured with brush strokes until technology gave way to the click of the shutter. In... 

Ekundayo & Johnny "KMNDZ" Rodriguez: Red Forest

Art

Red Forest

Sunday 10/12 @ Thinkspace Gallery

Hot off the success of their individual Thinkspace exhibitions, Ekundayo and Johnny "KMNDZ" Rodriguez join forces for their first-ever collaborative collection... 

Santa Barbara Off-Axis 2008

Festival: Performing Arts

Off-Axis

Sunday 10/12 @ Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum

Although our neighbor to the north is typically known for its stellar views and celebrity mansions, Santa Barbara has a stash... 

<em>Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda</em>

Fashion/Style

Antonio Pineda

Sunday 10/12 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

World-renowned Mexican silversmith Antonio Pineda brings more than 200 of his masterpieces up the coast to UCLA's Fowler Museum, to show... 

Yoko Ono: <em>Wish Tree</em>

Art

Yoko Ono

Sunday 10/12 @ One Colorado

It has been nearly 28 years since John Lennon's passing, but his quest for world peace lives on. Lennon's widow, noted... 

<em>Aspects of Mel's Hole: Artists Respond to a Paranormal Land Event Occurring in Radiospace</em>

Art

Aspects of Mel's Hole

Sunday 10/12 @ CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana

Beloved radio host Art Bell is a cross between Jean Shepherd and Fox Mulder, and a man whose paranormality-themed broadcasts were... 

Katie Grinnan: <em>Polaris </em>

Art

Katie Grinnan

Sunday 10/12 @ MAK Center for Art and Architecture

Katie Grinnan has made a career out of walking the fine line between the second and third dimensions. Grinnan takes architectural... 

<em>It's the Housewives</em>

Theatre

It's the Housewives

Sunday 10/12 @ Whitefire Theatre

Sarah Palin may have the elusive Hockey Mom demographic sewn up, but who knows how she's going to handle the nation's... 

<em>9 to 5: The Musical </em>

Theatre

9 to 5

Sunday 10/12 @ Ahmanson Theatre

Based on Collin Higgins' screwball 1980 comedy, 9 to 5: The Musical makes its LA premiere tonight before heading to Broadway... 

John Bock: <em>Palms</em>

Art

John Bock

Sunday 10/12 @ REDCAT

John Bock's unpredictable performances may seem like exercises in artistic capriciousness, but his loud costumes and absurd statements conceal his skill... 

Freewaves presents <em>Hollywould</em>

Festival: Performing Arts

Hollywould

Sunday 10/12 @ Hollywood Blvd between Cahuenga and Orange

The 11th Freewaves media-arts festival, dubbed "Hollywould," is a kind of triple-dog dare to Tinseltown boulevardiers, challenging them to engage with...