Events on Tuesday, March 11

The Ting Tings

Music

The Ting Tings

Tuesday 3/11 @ RecCenter Studio

Combining bright bits of lo-fi electro and pouty girl-pop, the Ting Tings fit snuggly into our post-Justice popocalypse. The Mancs already... 

The Wombats w/ AAnchors AAweigh

Music

The Wombats

Tuesday 3/11 @ Spaceland

NME favorites the Wombats bring their polished indie pop to Spaceland tonight to kick off the US leg of their international... 

Tom Brosseau w/ Jill Sobule

Music

Tom Brosseau

Tuesday 3/11 @ Largo

Smack across the street from the pastrami-sandwich haven of Canter's Deli is the intimate performance venue Largo, a trusted... 

Ongoing Events

Evan Hecox: <em>DF</em>

Art

Evan Hecox

Tuesday 3/11 @ Kinsey/DesForges Gallery

In 2001, Colorado-based artist Evan Hecox inaugurated Culver City's Kinsey/DesForges gallery. Now he returns in a show that highlights how they... 

Robert Crumb: <em>Cr&egrave;me de la Crumb</em>

Art

Robert Crumb

Tuesday 3/11 @ David Lawrence Gallery

Since his early days drawing for Zap Comix, Robert Crumb has made quite a name for himself as the comic world's... 

Art

Everything But the Kitschen Sync

Tuesday 3/11 @ La Luz de Jesus

The type of work that's usually celebrated at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, located inside Wacko (the Costco of kitsch), is... 

<em>Sweeney Todd</em>

Theatre

Sweeney Todd

Tuesday 3/11 @ Ahmanson Theatre

Johnny Depp's acclaimed cinematic stab (ahem) at Mr. Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, has refreshed our memories on... 

<em>Casting a Shadow: Creating the Alfred Hitchcock Film</em>

Film

Alfred Hitchcock

Tuesday 3/11 @ Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

Stylized, self-mythologizing director Alfred Hitchcock would have you believe him to be a one-man originality machine — when, in fact, his... 

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

Art

Overgrowth

Tuesday 3/11 @ GR2

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

Toby Ziegler: <em>The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse</em>

Art

Toby Ziegler

Tuesday 3/11 @ Patrick Painter Gallery

Toby Ziegler's work is full of dichotomies. For his new collection of painting and sculpture in Patrick Painter's West Gallery, the... 

Julie Davidow: <em>The New Strain</em>

Art

Julie Davidow

Tuesday 3/11 @ Tarryn Teresa Gallery

Miami-based painter and self-proclaimed "frustrated scientist" Julie Davidow presents a series of new works that embody the interactions between man and... 

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

Art

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

Tuesday 3/11 @ 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... 

Mindy Shapero

Art

Mindy Shapero

Tuesday 3/11 @ Anna Helwing Gallery

Bright and brash, Mindy Shapero concocts sculptures with a childlike zeal: always curious and never satisfied. Her works seem like visual... 

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

Art

There We Were, Now Here We Are

Tuesday 3/11 @ 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,... 

Tessar Lo and Chris Devera: <em>something to cry for</em>

Art

Tessar Lo and Chris Devera

Tuesday 3/11 @ project: gallery

This Valentine's Day, project: gallery presents Tessar Lo and Chris Devera, two illustrator/artists whose imagination-gone-wild paintings never hesitate to take things... 

Alison Saar: <em>Hither</em>

Art

Alison Saar

Tuesday 3/11 @ LA Louver Gallery

Though Los Angeles is her stomping ground, provocative painter/sculptress Alison Saar is internationally acclaimed. Daughter of the groundbreaking Betye Saar, whose... 

<em>First Generation: Art in Claremont 1907-1957</em>

Art

First Generation

Tuesday 3/11 @ Claremont Museum of Art

Nestled 30 minutes outside of the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles lies Claremont — not known for much other than... 

<em>The Color of Life: Polychromy in Sculpture from Antiquity to the Present </em>

Art

The Color of Life

Tuesday 3/11 @ The Getty Villa

Looking at tony museum collections of ancient Greek and Roman statuary, one might think that the whole of antiquity existed only... 

David Touster: <em>Private Pictures</em>

Art

David Touster

Tuesday 3/11 @ Milo Gallery

With leaked sex tapes and nude photos of celebrities comprising a billion-dollar industry, David Touster's new work couldn't be more humorous... 

<em>Girls Rock!</em>

Film: Documentary

Girls Rock!

Tuesday 3/11 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre

Eight-year-old Amelia is crafting a 14-song cycle about her dog Peppi, but her mate Palace is more of a metal head.... 

Tom Atwood: <em>Kings in their Castles</em><em> </em>

Art: Photography

Tom Atwood

Tuesday 3/11 @ Farmani Gallery

Portrait photography of celebrities in their own homes is always compelling fare, but Tom Atwood's images of high-profile figures from the... 

Rosson Crow: <em>Night at the Palomino</em>

Art

Rosson Crow

Tuesday 3/11 @ Honor Fraser

In a departure from her usual allusions to European art, Crow focuses on America, particularly Los Angeles, in her latest collection... 

Art

International Design Awards

Tuesday 3/11 @ MODAA gallery

With the Oscars over and your awards-show itch still dying to be scratched, it's time to honor the work of a... 

Julian Schnabel: <em>Christ's Last Day</em>

Art

Julian Schnabel

Tuesday 3/11 @ Gagosian Gallery

Neo-expressionist aesthete and, most recently, award-winning feature-film director Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) takes a break from the... 

Kara Walker: <em>My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love</em>

Art

Kara Walker

Tuesday 3/11 @ Hammer Museum

Employing iconic black-paper silhouettes, Kara Walker — who was named one of Time's "100 Most Influential People" in 2007 — sparks... 

<em>Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956-1966</em>

Art

Bob Dylan's American Journey

Tuesday 3/11 @ 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... 

Jeffrey Vallance w/ James Goodwin, Laurie Hassold, Marjan Hormozi, Dave Shulman, and Scotty Vera

Art

Jeffrey Vallance

Tuesday 3/11 @ Track 16 Gallery

Extravagance, irony, and ephemera converge in five concurrent exhibitions. The focus is the 30th-anniversary celebration of Jeffery Vallance's performance piece Blinky... 

Cal Lane: <em>Sweet Crude</em>

Art

Cal Lane

Tuesday 3/11 @ Samuel Freeman

The beauty of Canadian-born, New York-based artist Cal Lane's work is in its remarkable juxtapositions. Lane transforms anything-but-delicate objects, such as... 

<em>Two Lines Align</em>: Drawings by Ed Fella and Geoff McFetridge

Art

Ed Fella and Geoff McFetridge

Tuesday 3/11 @ REDCAT

Even if you don't recognize their names, you are likely familiar with the art of Ed Fella and Geoff McFetridge. In... 

<em>Freeze Frame: Five Decades of Photographs by Douglas Kirkland</em>

Art: Photography

Freeze Frame

Tuesday 3/11 @ Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

The Academy honors Douglas Kirkland's carefully composed photography with Freeze Frame, an exhibit of celebrity portraits riddled with familiar faces. Besides... 

Michael Asher

Art

Michael Asher

Tuesday 3/11 @ Santa Monica Museum of Art

Rather than create new spaces and pieces, conceptual mixed-media artist Michael Asher prefers to deconstruct and punctuate extant spaces with found... 

Aaron Smith: <em>Estofada</em>

Art

Aaron Smith

Tuesday 3/11 @ Koplin del Rio Gallery

The history of art may seem an obvious source of inspiration, but a new collection of paintings by LA's Aaron Smith... 

Adam Janes: <em>Don't Sweat the Small Stuff at 50%</em>

Art

Adam Janes

Tuesday 3/11 @ Roberts & Tilton Gallery

With the creative ingenuity of a mad doctor and the unwieldy imagination of a five-year old, installation artist Adam Janes unveils... 

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

Film: Documentary

My Kid Could Paint That

Tuesday 3/11 @ 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,... 

<em>Las Vegas Diaspora: The Emergence of Contemporary Art from the Neon Homeland</em>

Art

Las Vegas Diaspora

Tuesday 3/11 @ Laguna Art Museum

Dave Hickey has one of the most original minds in the contemporary art world. His best-selling collection of critical essays, Air... 

<I>La Vida Lowrider: Cruising the City of Angels</i>

Art

La Vida Lowrider

Tuesday 3/11 @ Petersen Automotive Museum

The lowrider tradition originated in the Chicano barrios of Los Angeles, inspired by a fierce love for classic cars and the... 

Sylvia Ji: <em>Por Vida</em>

Art

Sylvia Ji

Tuesday 3/11 @ Corey Helford Gallery

San Francisco native Sylvia Ji's paintings simultaneously depict the drama of the Pre-Raphaelites, the romantic sensuality of Mucha, and the allure... 

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

Art: Photography

Tom Servais

Tuesday 3/11 @ epOxybOx

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

Luke Whitlatch

Art

Luke Whitlatch

Tuesday 3/11 @ Bandini Art

In his new series of work, painter Luke Whitlatch offers a meditation on both the emotional events that define human life... 

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

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Tuesday 3/11 @ The Getty Center

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