Events on Tuesday, December 30

Akon w/ Shontelle

Music: Hip-Hop

Akon

Tuesday 12/30 @ Club Nokia

Akon staked his claim to catchy club music with 2006 hit "Smack That." A hero to club DJs and teenage iTuners... 

Ongoing Events

Black Market at Black Maria: Skip the Mall

Art

Skip the Mall

Tuesday 12/30 @ Black Maria Gallery

For the fourth year in a row, Atwater's Black Maria Gallery pursues a simple but powerful idea for the holiday season,... 

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Tuesday 12/30 @ 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... 

Hernan Bas

Art

Hernan Bas

Tuesday 12/30 @ Sandroni Rey

Fascinated by homo-eroticism and inspired by mythology and classic fiction, Miami painter Hernan Bas' tableaux present an enchanted world of roaming... 

William Hundley: <em>Draco</em>

Art: Photography

William Hundley

Tuesday 12/30 @ Kinsey/DesForges Gallery

Austin-based photographer William Hundley's work intervenes in reality, harnessing his inner trickster with the yoke of labor-intensive production. His staged and... 

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

Art: Photography

In Focus: The Landscape

Tuesday 12/30 @ 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... 

<em>Xanadu</em>

Theatre

Xanadu

Tuesday 12/30 @ La Jolla Playhouse

When it comes to '80s nostalgia, Olivia Newton-John guilty-pleasure juggernaut Xanadu has it all: leg-warmers, roller skates, blue eye shadow, men... 

<em>Waltz with Bashir</em>

Film: Animation

Waltz with Bashir

Tuesday 12/30 @ 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... 

WinterWaterColorLand

Art

WinterWaterColorLand

Tuesday 12/30 @ Samuel Freeman

Each of the six artists assembled in this Samuel Freeman group exhibition is a master of the watercolor medium. Bucking tradition,... 

<em>Tango with Cows: Book Art of the Russian Avant-Garde</em>

Art

Tango with Cows: Book Art of the Russian Avant-Garde

Tuesday 12/30 @ The Getty Center

In Tango with Cows, the Getty Research Institute presents a concentrated display of unabridged books published in Russia between 1910 and... 

William Tunberg

Art

William Tunberg

Tuesday 12/30 @ 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>All of This is Melting Away</em>

Art

All of This is Melting Away

Tuesday 12/30 @ 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... 

At the Brewery Project 1993-2007: the Finale

Art

At the Brewery Project

Tuesday 12/30 @ Armory Center for the Arts

With At the Brewery Project: 1993-2007: the Finale, the Armory pays its respects to an LA art mainstay. For the past... 

Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Fest

Festival: Performing Arts

Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Fest

Tuesday 12/30 @ 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... 

The Bob Baker Marionette Theater presents <em>The Nutcracker</em>

Performing Arts: Puppetry

Bob Baker presents The Nutcracker

Tuesday 12/30 @ Bob Baker Marionette Theater

In the early '60s, Bob Baker and partner Alton Wood founded a marionette theater, establishing what has become the longest-running children's... 

Enrique Mart&iacute;nez Celaya: <em>Daybreak</em>

Art

Enrique Martínez Celaya

Tuesday 12/30 @ LA Louver Gallery

Cuban-born artist Enrique Martinez Celaya's oil-and-wax paintings and mixed-media sculptures offer a rare combination of vigorous, pre-Raphaelite style and pensive, academic... 

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

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Tuesday 12/30 @ The Getty Center

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

Gipsy Kings

Music: Global

Gipsy Kings

Tuesday 12/30 @ The Conga Room

Originally from France, but with the heart of Andalucía, Gipsy Kings have brought flamenco to the mainstream with a catalogue of... 

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

Art

Gordy Grundy

Tuesday 12/30 @ Western Project

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

George Stoll: <em>sacred and profane</em>

Art

George Stoll

Tuesday 12/30 @ Lightbox Gallery

In sacred and profane, Los Angeles-based artist George Stoll expands upon his traditional examination of everyday Americana. Objects such as his... 

Hans Burkhardt: Paintings of the 1960s

Art

Hans Burkhardt

Tuesday 12/30 @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

In the years bracketing WWII, a great many artists were among those fleeing to US shores from the specter of Nazi... 

Martin Denker: <em>Citizenoftheplanet</em>

Art

Martin Denker

Tuesday 12/30 @ Benjamin Trigano Gallery

A suite of digitally collaged fantasmagorias from German artist Martin Denker, Citizenoftheplanet shows us what it would be like to see... 

Art

Human Rights: Student Voices

Tuesday 12/30 @ 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... 

Glen E. Friedman: <em>Idealist Propaganda</em>

Art: Photography

Glen E. Friedman

Tuesday 12/30 @ Subliminal Projects

One of the best-known names in street photography, Glen Friedman produces jaunty, richly printed black-and-white portraits of skate, punk, and indie... 

Raymond Pettibon: <em>Cutting Room Floor</em>

Art

Ray Pettibon

Tuesday 12/30 @ Regen Projects

The first of this winter's pair of Raymond Pettibon exhibitions at Regen Projects focused on early monochromatic, pop-culture infused pen-and-ink drawings.... 

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

Art

Josh Dorman

Tuesday 12/30 @ 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... 

Michael Kenna: <em>Recent Photographs</em> and Pam Posey: <em>Timber</em>

Art: Photography

Michael Kenna and Pam Posey

Tuesday 12/30 @ Craig Krull Gallery

Photographer Michael Kenna is a technical whiz, a classicist with a flair for the dramatic. His sweeping black-and-white landscapes depict vistas... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Tuesday 12/30 @ Scribble Press

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

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

Art

Eddy Sykes

Tuesday 12/30 @ Materials & Applications

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