Events on Monday, December 29

<em>Scrooged</em>

Film

Scrooged

Monday 12/29 @ Arclight Hollywood

Christmas is the time of year when the world's candy-coated fluff smothers us into sentimental submission — but there's no one... 

The Movies w/ Adam Ficek

Music

The Movies

Monday 12/29 @ Spaceland

In a fittingly dramatic end to '08, the Movies play the final show in their month-long December residency at Spaceland. Earlier... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art: Photography

In Focus: The Landscape

Monday 12/29 @ 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... 

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

Art

James Turrell

Monday 12/29 @ 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>Waltz with Bashir</em>

Film: Animation

Waltz with Bashir

Monday 12/29 @ Laemmle's Royal Theatre

Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman's version of memory lane is like none the world really has ever seen before. At the beginning... 

Vermeer's <em>A Lady Writing</em>

Art

Vermeer's A Lady Writing

Monday 12/29 @ Norton Simon Museum

It's not often that Angelenos have the chance to examine an original painting by Dutch Baroque master Johannes Vermeer. His surviving... 

Art

Human Rights: Student Voices

Monday 12/29 @ Pasadena Central Library

Art Center College of Design students direct their communications prowess towards human rights, presenting 25 emotionally-charged pieces that straddle the line... 

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Monday 12/29 @ 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... 

William Tunberg

Art

William Tunberg

Monday 12/29 @ C4 Gallery

Marquetry is an ages-old technique of applying wood veneers to solid surfaces, popular among extremely wealthy Europeans in the time of... 

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

Art

Gordy Grundy

Monday 12/29 @ 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>The Art of War: American Posters from WWI and WWII</em>

Art

The Art of War

Monday 12/29 @ 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... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Monday 12/29 @ Scribble Press

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

Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Fest

Festival: Performing Arts

Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Fest

Monday 12/29 @ The Fine Arts Theatre

The Fine Arts Theatre plays host to the avant-garde of hi-definition filmmakers, featuring scores of shorts and feature films, across genres... 

Louise Bourgeois

Art

Louise Bourgeois

Monday 12/29 @ 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... 

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

Art

Eddy Sykes

Monday 12/29 @ Materials & Applications

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