Events on Monday, February 18

<em>Chinatown </em>(1974)

Film

Chinatown

Monday 2/18 @ Arclight Sherman Oaks

"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown," says a detective with weary nonchalance in director Roman Polanski's hard-boiled masterpiece Chinatown. Those lingering last... 

<em>Paper Tiger Reads Paper Tiger Television</em>: PTTV 25-Year Anniversary

Film

PTTV 25-Year Anniversary

Monday 2/18 @ REDCAT

Public-access programs can be quite boring, save for the occasional crank caller. But Paper Tiger Television isn't your average Q&A about... 

Indie 103.1's <em>Check One Two</em> presents Dengue Fever w/ Colorforms and the Flying Tourbillon Orchestra

Music

Colorforms

Monday 2/18 @ The Viper Room

Check One Two host Mark Sovel throws together another eclectic bill tonight, courting the best in local talent for his much-venerated... 

Ongoing Events

Pan-African Film &amp; Arts Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Pan-African Film & Arts Festival

Monday 2/18 @ Various locations

This year's Pan-African Film Festival has a little bit of everything, from comedy to spoken word, workshops, panels, a fashion show,... 

<em>Here, There, and Everywhere</em>

Art

Here, There, and Everywhere

Monday 2/18 @ The Bike Oven

Cyclists unite for an exhibition featuring the works of artists from all parts of the nation who just happen to also,... 

Tim Bavington: <em>There We Were, Now Here We Are</em>

Art

There We Were, Now Here We Are

Monday 2/18 @ Mark Moore Gallery

LA artist Tim Bavington reinvents the once-obsolete "stripe painting" with hometown verve. Bavington incorporates sound into many of his dense compositions,... 

<em>The Garden of Delight</em>

Art

The Garden of Delight

Monday 2/18 @ Ghettogloss Presents: An art conglomerate on the move

If a group show of whimsical, freak-folky art at a boutique with punk-rock lingerie, a vending machine that sells beer, and... 

Johan Grimonprez: <em>Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y</em>

Film

Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y

Monday 2/18 @ Hammer Museum

Johan Grimonprez's foreboding documentary Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y explores the press' constantly shifting obsession with airplane hijackings. With nods to the phenomenon's most... 

<em>Overgrowth</em>: Katherine  Guillen, Zachary Rossman, and Brian Rush

Art

Overgrowth

Monday 2/18 @ GR2

GR2 combines the artistic minds of Katherine Guillen, Zachary Rossman, and Brian Rush for a group show of anti-monumental proportions. Discarding... 

Materials & Applications: <em>Density Fields</em>

Art

Materials & Applications: Density Fields

Monday 2/18 @ Materials & Applications

Experimental-architecture and landscape-research center M&A is a lightning rod for visionary thinkers, bringing the brightest artists and architects together to explore... 

<i>SoCal: Southern California Art of the 1960s and 70s</i>

Art

SoCal: Southern California Art of the 1960s and 70s

Monday 2/18 @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Exhibitions addressing mythologies of Southern California are suddenly seemingly ubiquitous. The Orange County Museum of Art's Art Since the 1960s: California... 

<em>Projection</em>

Art

Projection

Monday 2/18 @ [delete]

This private-residence-turned-gallery's latest offering, Projection, interprets the titular concept both literally and figuratively in an ambitious multimedia group show. The works... 

Broad Contemporary Art Museum Opening Weekend

Art

BCAM

Monday 2/18 @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art

With the much-anticipated opening of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum on the LACMA campus, LA now has the most museum space... 

Jean Michel Crettaz: <em>Quasar</em>

Art

Jean Michel Crettaz

Monday 2/18 @ SCI-Arc

Head of the Visual Studies Program at SCI-Arc Jean-Michel Crettaz has plenty of experience, having studied in Switzerland, at the ultra-exclusive... 

LA Opera presents Giuseppe Verdi's<em> Otello</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Otello

Monday 2/18 @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Racism, jealousy, and betrayal form the backdrop of Shakespeare's penultimate tragedy, Othello. The stakes of the story are set even higher... 

<em>The Austrian Winery Boom</em>

Art

The Austrian Winery Boom

Monday 2/18 @ MODAA gallery

After a 1985 wine scandal (winemakers were discovered to have added an antifreeze component to sweeten their vintages), a red-faced Austria... 

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

Art

James Turrell

Monday 2/18 @ 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>Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956-1966</em>

Art

Bob Dylan's American Journey

Monday 2/18 @ Skirball Cultural Center

This year's resurgent Dylanmania — from Todd Haynes' byzantine biopic, I'm Not There, to Murray Lerner's performance-driven documentary, The Other Side... 

Chinatown Gallery Exhibitions

Art

Chinatown Gallery Exhibitions

Monday 2/18 @ Various Chinatown galleries

As Chinese New Year celebrations bring you to Chinatown, remember that the neighborhood is also home to dozens of contemporary art... 

Marco Almera, Bryan Cunningham, and Krystopher Sapp

Art

Marco Almera, Bryan Cunningham, and Krystopher Sapp

Monday 2/18 @ La Luz de Jesus

Hollywood's La Luz sticks to what it knows best with another collection of high-minded lowbrow art. Featured in this month's show... 

Tom Servais: <em>el&middot;e&middot;men&middot;tal</em>

Art: Photography

Tom Servais

Monday 2/18 @ epOxybOx

Celebrated surf photographer Tom Servais comes to Venice Beach's original "green" gallery for his debut fine-art exhibition. Servais is known for... 

<i>My Kid Could Paint That</i>

Film: Documentary

My Kid Could Paint That

Monday 2/18 @ Various locations

An abstract-art prodigy for the digital age, four-year-old Marla Olmstead is a rare bird indeed. In My Kid Could Paint That,...