Events on Sunday, March 2

Charles Phoenix Disneyland Tour of Downtown

City Gems

Charles Phoenix

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Union Station

Knowledgeable and hilarious Charles Phoenix (dubbed "The King of Retro" by the LA Times) curates an unstoppably good urban adventure. His... 

J-Boogie & Sake1

Music: DJ

J-Boogie & Sake1

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Custom Hotel

From hip-hop to house, breakbeats to glitchy grooves, perennial favorites to obscure gems, the battle between SF's J-Boogie (Om, Ubiquity) and... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Ed Fella and Geoff McFetridge

Sunday 3/ 2 @ REDCAT

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

<em>My Blueberry Nights</em>

Film

My Blueberry Nights

Sunday 3/ 2 @ The Landmark

Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights is undeniably, embarrassingly cheesy. Replete with slow-motion shots and blue-lit greasy spoons, it truly leaves... 

<em>Fatally Yours</em>

Art

Fatally Yours

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Crewest Gallery

Not all of us choose to celebrate the upcoming Hallmark holiday with champagne and chocolate-covered strawberries by a roaring fireplace. Case... 

<em>Lights! Camera! Glamour!</em>

Art: Photography

Lights! Camera! Glamour!

Sunday 3/ 2 @ California Heritage Museum

George Hurrell shot studio stars as they are remembered today: glamorous, graceful, and a tad theatrical. With his sophisticated black-and-white blowups,... 

<em>Stadium Devildare </em>

Theatre

Stadium Devildare

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Theatre of NOTE

Stadium Devildare is billed as "a tale of future sport... America to the extreme" — and indeed, Ruth Margraff's play pushes... 

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

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Sunday 3/ 2 @ The Getty Center

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

Tony Philippou, Zach Johnsen, and Marion Bolognesi: <em>The Trinity</em>

Art

The Trinity

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Thinkspace Gallery

Hailing from various points in New York City, up-and-coming artists Tony Philippou, Zach Johnsen, and Marion Bolognesi present a conglomeration of... 

Chinatown Gallery Exhibitions

Art

Chinatown Gallery Exhibitions

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Various Chinatown galleries

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

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

Art: Photography

Freeze Frame

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art

Overgrowth

Sunday 3/ 2 @ GR2

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

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

Art

Kara Walker

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Hammer Museum

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

<em>Robots vs Fake Robots </em>

Theatre

Robots vs Fake Robots

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Powerhouse Theatre

If you only have time this month to see one dark-comedy dance spectacular about a dystopian future in which sex-craved, man-eating... 

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

Art

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

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

Matt Maust & Matt Wignall: <em>Your Alimony Won't Buy a Bigger Room</em>

Art

Matt Maust & Matt Wignall

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Found Gallery

Indie-rock star by night and assemblage artist by day, Cold War Kids bassist Matt Maust reveals his dual personality in his... 

<em>Chicago 10</em>

Film

Chicago 10

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre

In the revolution-rich year of 1968, the French had a tough May; the US, in turn, had one heck of an... 

Art

Make Art/Stop AIDS

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

Before red ribbons became de rigeur accessories at televised awards ceremonies, artists from around the globe inspired and provoked the radical... 

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

Art

First Generation

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Claremont Museum of Art

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

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

Art

La Vida Lowrider

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Petersen Automotive Museum

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

<em>Victory</em>

Theatre

Victory

Sunday 3/ 2 @ The Fountain Theatre

South African playwright Athol Fugard's work demonstrates the power of theatre to incite social transformation. Fugard's plays have addressed the subject... 

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

Performing Arts: Opera

Otello

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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>Casting a Shadow: Creating the Alfred Hitchcock Film</em>

Film

Alfred Hitchcock

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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>The Garden of Delight</em>

Art

The Garden of Delight

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

<em>The Imaginary 20th Century</em>

Art

The Imaginary 20th Century

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach

There was a time when the 20th century seemed like an unimaginable and distant future. The Orange County Museum of Art... 

<em>Point Break LIVE!</em>

Comedy

Point Break LIVE!

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Charlie O's at the Alexandria

Point Break LIVE! at Charlie O's is like a traveling Shakespearean theatre troupe — only the royal court is a downtown... 

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

Art

Bob Dylan's American Journey

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art

Here, There, and Everywhere

Sunday 3/ 2 @ The Bike Oven

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

<em>Projection</em>

Art

Projection

Sunday 3/ 2 @ [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... 

Marco Almera, Bryan Cunningham, and Krystopher Sapp

Art

Marco Almera, Bryan Cunningham, and Krystopher Sapp

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

Ben Pruskin

Art

Ben Pruskin

Sunday 3/ 2 @ PawnShop Gallery

Traditionally, bust portraiture has been a means of honoring those with wealth, power, and status; Ben Pruskin, however, believes that such... 

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

Art

James Turrell

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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>Carnage, a Comedy</em>

Theatre

Carnage, a Comedy

Sunday 3/ 2 @ The Actors' Gang Theatre

Twenty years after Carnage's wildly successful premiere, the Gang revives Adam Simon and Tim Robbins' play with frightening vitality and acerbic... 

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

Film: Documentary

My Kid Could Paint That

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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,...