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- Music: Global
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Global Drum Project
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (8pm) @ UCLA Live at Royce Hall
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Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart's long career has given him legitimate icon status. Continuing to beat skins beyond his Dead days, Hart released Planet... View details »
- Art: Festival
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Hollywould
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 @ Hollywood Blvd between Cahuenga and Orange
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The 11th Freewaves media-arts festival, dubbed "Hollywould," is a kind of triple-dog dare to Tinseltown boulevardiers, challenging them to engage with the splashy, spiky world... View details »
- Music: Punk/Metal
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Genghis Tron
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (8pm) @ Knitting Factory
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Genghis Tron have accumulated an exceptionally diverse array of genre descriptors — grindcore, cybergrind, power noise, and doom industrial, to name a few — but... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Killing Joke
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (9pm) @ House of Blues Sunset Strip
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One of post-punk's thorniest acts, Killing Joke, return after a long silence for a night at the House of Blues. With all four original members... View details »
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- Art: Discussion
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Nicole Cohen
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (10am–5:30pm) @ The Getty Center
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Nicole Cohen engineers recombinant layers of still and video imagery, investigating the network of associations that interior spaces contain. Also, she has something of a... View details »
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Marcel Duchamp Redux
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ Norton Simon
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This year marks the 45th anniversary of By or of Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy, the famous Marcel Duchamp retrospective at the Pasadena Art Museum... View details »
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Mexican Calendar Girls
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (11am–4pm) @ California Heritage Museum
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Glamor gets deep and classic at the California Heritage Museum's Mexican Calendar Girls, opening with a Cinco de Mayo reception. The color-soaked exhibition comprises a... View details »
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Mark Bradford
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 @ Steve Turner Contemporary Gallery
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Los Angeles painter, installation artist, and (most recently) video artist Mark Bradford has exhibited in some of the world's most prestigious galleries and museums, but... View details »
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Martin Kersels
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (11am–6pm) @ Santa Monica Museum of Art
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The Santa Monica Museum of Art hosts LA artist Martin Kersels' first retrospective, Heavyweight Champion, drawing from 13 years of his multimedia work. Informed by... View details »
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Hans Burkhardt
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (noon–8pm) @ Cal State University Northridge Art Gallery
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Comprising selections from the nearly 1,000 works that European-native-turned California-great Hans Burkhardt personally donated to Cal State Northridge (where he taught before his death), this... View details »
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Katie Grinnan
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (11am–6pm) @ MAK Center for Art and Architecture
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Katie Grinnan has made a career out of walking the fine line between the second and third dimensions. Grinnan takes architectural structures — as well... View details »
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Yin Zhaoyang
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (10am–5:30pm) @ DF2
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Chinese-born Yin Zhaoyang didn't have to look too far for inspiration when creating the work in his latest show at DF2 Gallery. After viewing the... View details »
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Kerry James Marshall
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (10am–5:30pm) @ Koplin del Rio Gallery
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Chicago artist Kerry James Marshall has shown internationally to great acclaim, and now will show for the sixth time with Koplin del Rio in LA.... View details »
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Kyle Field
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (11am–5:30pm) @ Taylor De Cordoba Gallery
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For his second go-round at Taylor De Cordoba, San Franciscan artist/musican Kyle Field (he's a member of the band Little Wings), plucks whimsical imagery for... View details »
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Josh Dorman
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (11am–7pm) @ Craft and Folk Art Museum
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Traditional paper and canvas simply won't do for New York artist Josh Dorman, who employs vintage maps and textbook diagrams as foundations for his fantastical... View details »
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Amanda Ross-Ho
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (11am–6pm) @ Cherry and Martin
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Amanda Ross-Ho returns to Cherry and Martin with her latest exhibition of mixed-media sculptural installation, Half of What I Say Is Meaningless. Since she last... View details »
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Cycling Apparati
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (11am–6pm) @ High Energy Constructs
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For many contemporary artists, Warhol is the North Star by which they guide their own emerging views of culture. But for a segment of more... View details »
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Aspects of Mel's Hole
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (11am–4pm) @ CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana
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Beloved radio host Art Bell is a cross between Jean Shepherd and Fox Mulder, and a man whose paranormality-themed broadcasts were among the most misunderstood... View details »
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Kristi Lippire
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (11am–5:30pm) @ d.e.n. contemporary art
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Kristi Lippire cobbles together images from a mind-boggling array of sources, then fashions them into large-scale works. Using plywood and other construction materials to reinforce... View details »
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Tofer Chin
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (noon–5pm) @ Commissary Arts
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The "sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll" trifecta holds ample sway in the work of Los Angeles artist Tofer Chin. For his latest collection at... View details »
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Alexander Melamid
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (10am–5:30pm) @ Forum Gallery
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Russian artist Alexander Melamid is a master at finding humor in serious situations, from totalitarian regimes to the plight of endangered elephants. In his first... View details »
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The Art of War
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ Norton Simon Museum
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When searching for a means of drumming up support for World War I, officials in Washington didn't have to look much further than two-dimensional art.... View details »
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Eric Sall
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ Acuna-Hansen Gallery
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In confronting the vibrating, thickly textured canvases of Eric Sall, one gets the distinct impression that he could survive by eating nothing but oil paint,... View details »
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Sarah Cromarty
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (11am–5pm) @ Circus Gallery
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LA painter Sarah Cromarty has had a big year already; she gained recognition through several group shows and a bit of favorable press. She continues... View details »
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Elizabeth Turk
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (11am–5pm) @ Bandini Art
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From the Department of How Did She Do That? comes a new exhibition of drawings and delicate marble sculptures from chisel-wielding enchantress Elizabeth Turk. Her... View details »
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CUT: Makings of Removal
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (noon–7pm) @ Vincent Price Art Museum
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The 17 young and emerging artists included in this ambitious group show follow diverse strategies in making work, but the organizing principle is one of... View details »
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Sandrine Pelletier
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 @ Fette's Gallery
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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. The Laussane/Paris-based artist creates... View details »
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Raymond Pettibon
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (10am–6pm) @ Regen Projects II
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Seminal Work features a selection of pieces from the much-lauded Raymond Pettibon, all completed between 1978 and 1988. Keeping true to the chameleon-like artist, the... View details »
- Art: Photography
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Jehad Nga
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (10am–6pm) @ M+B Gallery Los Angeles
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Daring photographer Jehad Nga has previously documented poverty and violence from Darfur to Iraq — now, he takes his camera into the world of boxing.... View details »
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John Bock
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ REDCAT
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John Bock's unpredictable performances may seem like exercises in artistic capriciousness, but his loud costumes and absurd statements conceal his skill as a social and... View details »
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Victor Gastelum
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ Overtones Gallery
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Victor Gastelum upholds the grand California tradition of elevating street-art tropes to gallery-level heights with the spray-paint stencil multiples in Xacto Mundo. The Long Beach-based... View details »
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No Brow
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ Black Maria Gallery
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Not unlike impressionism, "low brow" was a label with initially negative connotations affixed to a group of artists reacting against then-mainstream art. Merging their vision... View details »
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Dennis Oppenheim
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (10am–6pm) @ ACE Gallery
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Dennis Oppenheim first hit the art-world radar in the late 1960s with his Land and Body Art projects, which combined film and video with performance,... View details »
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Michael Knowlton
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ 01 Gallery
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Painter Michael Knowlton doesn't feel the need to choose between beauty and terror. His passionately wrought, deftly composed scenes of the ruin and savagery of... View details »
- Art: Festival
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Off-Axis
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 @ Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
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Although our neighbor to the north is typically known for its stellar views and celebrity mansions, Santa Barbara has a stash of hidden artistic gems,... View details »
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Park Life
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (1–6pm) @ Subliminal Projects
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Subliminal Projects uses its recent move from Koreatown to the more pastoral environs of Echo Park as the curatorial focus for its latest exhibition, Park... View details »
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The Maize Project
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (11am–5pm) @ Torrance Art Museum
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The small but influential Torrance Art Museum simultaneously mounts three new solo exhibitions, united by highly stylized explorations of abstraction and color. The Maize Project,... View details »
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Christopher Pate
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ Jail Gallery
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Christopher Pate is interested in the relationship between maps and landscapes, as well as the broader discourse between the real quality of a place and... View details »
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LA25 Half-Life
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Wednesday Oct 15, 2008 (6–8pm) @ Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
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Rising stars Annie Lapin, Jeff Sheng, Cal Crawford, and Brenna Youngblood are among the 25 juror-selected artists that make up LA25 Half-Life, a group show... View details »
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Katina and Christa Zinner
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 @ James Coleman Gallery
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The mother-daughter relationship is fraught with emotion and drama, and what better venue for exploring that tension than a two-woman exhibition of sculpture and painting?... View details »
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Gordy Grundy
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 @ Western Project
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The Fellowship of Fortuna (and its "messenger," LA painter and media artist Gordy Grundy) takes up residence on Western Project's website for a 21-week series... View details »
- Film: Documentary
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Religulous
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 @ The Landmark
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In Religulous, veteran comedian and free thinker Bill Maher travels the world, visiting a Holy Land theme park in Florida, London's famous Speaker's Corner, and... View details »
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Raw Skies
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (2–7pm) @ Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art
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Seven is a lucky number at Carmichael Gallery this month, as the curators carry out another dazzling, high-octane international group exhibition. Raw Skies presents a... View details »
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Yoko Ono
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 @ One Colorado
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It has been nearly 28 years since John Lennon's passing, but his quest for world peace lives on. Lennon's widow, noted artist Yoko Ono, continues... View details »
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Hans Burkhardt
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Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (10am–6pm) @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts
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In the years bracketing WWII, a great many artists were among those fleeing to US shores from the specter of Nazi Germany. In fine-art terms... View details »
