Events on Monday, March 24

Putting Looney in the Toons

Film: Animation

Putting Looney in the Toons

Monday 3/24 @ Linwood Dunn Theater

If you don't know who Tex Avery and Michael Maltese are, maybe a few falling anvils will jog your memory —... 

<em>Citizen Ruth </em>(1996)

Film

Citizen Ruth

Monday 3/24 @ Santa Monica College

Before Juno was born, Citizen Ruth star Laura Dern delivered a messier issue: what happens when a full-grown, poverty-stricken, socially irresponsible... 

The Chapin Sisters w/ Early Dolphin and Glasser

Music

The Chapin Sisters

Monday 3/24 @ Echoplex

Fresh from the release of their new LP, Lake Bottom, the ethereal Chapin Sisters continue their Monday-night residency at the Echo.... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Robert Crumb

Monday 3/24 @ 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

Monday 3/24 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Monday 3/24 @ 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>Sweeney Todd</em>

Theatre

Sweeney Todd

Monday 3/24 @ Ahmanson Theatre

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

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

Art

James Turrell

Monday 3/24 @ 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>California Video </em>

Art

California Video

Monday 3/24 @ The Getty Center

As video art's growing reach now extends from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera to commuters watching YouTube on their iPhones,... 

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

Art: Photography

Tom Atwood

Monday 3/24 @ 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... 

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

Art

Bob Dylan's American Journey

Monday 3/24 @ 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... 

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

Art

There We Were, Now Here We Are

Monday 3/24 @ 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,... 

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

Film: Documentary

My Kid Could Paint That

Monday 3/24 @ 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

Monday 3/24 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Tom Servais

Monday 3/24 @ epOxybOx

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