Events on Sunday, October 26

Liz Goldwyn's <em>Pretty Things</em>

Film: Documentary

Pretty Things

Sunday 10/26 @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Before Dita Von Teese was wearing diapers — let alone garter belts — Betty Rowland, Sherry Britton, Zorita, and other starlets... 

Neil Hamburger

Comedy

Neil Hamburger

Sunday 10/26 @ Spaceland

When Neil Hamburger bills himself as "America's $1 Funnyman," he's inviting audiences to stay away, knowing that they'll come back for... 

Dance Camera West presents No Dancing at the Mandrake: Round 2

Film: Shorts

No Dancing at the Mandrake: Round 2

Sunday 10/26 @ The Mandrake

Dance Camera West takes its hands off the wheel and lets the fates curate this refreshingly low-maintenance collection of dance films.... 

The Death Set

Music

The Death Set

Sunday 10/26 @ The Echo & Echoplex

Tempering a synth-laden swagger with heavy beats and thrashing guitar, the Death Set's electro ditties are as anthemic as they are... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

The Art of War

Sunday 10/26 @ 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... 

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Sunday 10/26 @ 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 10/26 @ 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... 

<em>Mexican Calendar Girls</em>

Art

Mexican Calendar Girls

Sunday 10/26 @ 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... 

Theatre

I'm not a racist but...

Sunday 10/26 @ The Actors' Gang Theatre

Cynthia Ettinger acts as more of an editor/troupe leader than a writer/director in the Actors Gang's ongoing workshop production of its... 

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

Art

All of This is Melting Away

Sunday 10/26 @ 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... 

<em>Seeing Things: Ghost Polaroids</em>

Art: Photography

Ghost Polaroids

Sunday 10/26 @ Drkrm

For 15 years, in an old house on a sleepy hillside outside LA, a phalanx of residents, researchers, and TV producers... 

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

Art

Gordy Grundy

Sunday 10/26 @ Western Project

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

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

Special Event

Earworms

Sunday 10/26 @ 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... 

2008 California Biennial

Art

2008 California Biennial

Sunday 10/26 @ Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach

The 2008 installment of the California Biennial should come with an anxiety-attack warning label. In a way, it does, with Patrick... 

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

Art

James Turrell

Sunday 10/26 @ 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... 

Miami City Ballet: <em>Nightspot</em>

Dance

Nightspot

Sunday 10/26 @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

The trend of traditional arts being reimagined by contemporary genre-benders continues with this ballet from post-punk icon Elvis Costello. Making its... 

Face of the World Festival 2008

Festival: Performing Arts

FOTW 08

Sunday 10/26 @ 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>LA25 Half-Life</em>

Art

LA25 Half-Life

Sunday 10/26 @ 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... 

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

Art

Yoko Ono

Sunday 10/26 @ 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>Within Four Miles: The World of Josh Dorman</em>

Art

Josh Dorman

Sunday 10/26 @ 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... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Sunday 10/26 @ Scribble Press

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

Jos&eacute; Lim&oacute;n Dance Company

Dance

José Limón Dance Company

Sunday 10/26 @ Los Angeles Theatre Center

LATC's Face of the World Festival presents a rarefied dance experience as it celebrates the 100th birthday of icon José Limón.... 

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

Art: Photography

In Focus: The Landscape

Sunday 10/26 @ 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... 

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

Art

Daniel DeSure

Sunday 10/26 @ 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 10/26 @ Materials & Applications

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

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

Fashion/Style

Antonio Pineda

Sunday 10/26 @ 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... 

Jules Verne Film Festival Opening Night

Festival: Performing Arts

Jules Verne Film Festival

Sunday 10/26 @ The Edison

Architect Andrew Meieran's redesign of the Edison, a lounge built in what was Downtown LA's first private power plant, is a... 

Katie Grinnan: <em>Polaris </em>

Art

Katie Grinnan

Sunday 10/26 @ 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>Raw Skies</em>

Art

Raw Skies

Sunday 10/26 @ 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.... 

<em>Resolution 3: Video Praxis in Global Spaces</em>

Conferences

Resolution 3

Sunday 10/26 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

LACE and the Pitzer College Media Studies Program host Resolution 3: Video Praxis in Global Spaces, comprising this weekend's multi-venue symposium,... 

John Bock: <em>Palms</em>

Art

John Bock

Sunday 10/26 @ REDCAT

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

Grace Oh: <em>Humanature II</em>

Art: Photography

Grace Oh

Sunday 10/26 @ Edgar Varela Fine Arts

Los Angeles photographer Grace Oh first grew passionate about capturing nudes when she began actively pursuing photography in her early twenties.... 

<em>Marcel Duchamp Redux </em>

Art

Marcel Duchamp Redux

Sunday 10/26 @ Norton Simon Museum

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

Louise Bourgeois

Art

Louise Bourgeois

Sunday 10/26 @ Museum of Contemporary Art

Louise Bourgeois' deeply personal art combines an in-your-face sexuality with disturbing, even terrifying, imagery of trespassed flesh and violated privacy. Yet... 

Mountain Goats w/ Kaki King

Music

Mountain Goats

Sunday 10/26 @ The Troubadour

The Mountain Goats come to San Francisco this week as part of their US tour, entitled The Last Happy Night of... 

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

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Sunday 10/26 @ The Getty Center

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

Ekundayo & Johnny "KMNDZ" Rodriguez: Red Forest

Art

Red Forest

Sunday 10/26 @ 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 10/26 @ 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...