All events on Saturday April 26

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Art
Anthony Lister
Saturday Apr 26 (7–10pm) @ New Image Art More times »
Opening
Free
Anthony Lister's newest installation, strewn with pop-culture tragedies and unfortunate vagabonds, erupts in New Image Art's white-walled gallery space. Hailing from Australia, where his work... View details »
Anthony Lister
Art
KC in LA
Saturday Apr 26 (6–9pm) @ Milo Gallery More times »
Opening
Free
Curator Ashley Emenegger went all the way to the unlikely art capital of Kansas City, Missouri, and brought back a little piece of the progressive... View details »
KC in LA
Film
Start the Revolution Without Me and DuBarry Was a Lady
Saturday Apr 26 (4 & 7:30pm) @ The Getty Center
Free
In conjunction with its ongoing exhibition Consuming Passion: Fragonard's Allegories of Love, the Getty Center has assembled a Versailles-themed film series culminating in today's screenings.... View details »
Start the Revolution Without Me and DuBarry Was a Lady
More Flavor: Festival
LA Times Festival of Books
Saturday Apr 26 (10am–6pm) @ UCLA Main Campus More times »
Free
Marking its 13th year of disproving the tired old saw about Angelenos not reading, the LA Times Festival of Books unites bibliophiles with the... View details »
LA Times Festival of Books
Music: Rock/Pop
The Joggers
Saturday Apr 26 (8:30pm) @ Spaceland
Sadly, the Joggers have been incubating since the release of 2005's With a Cape and a Cane. A smart indie-rock record if ever there were... View details »
The Joggers
More Flavor: Festival
BritWeek 2008
Saturday Apr 26 @ Various locations More times »
The British are coming! But this time there's no need to run for cover, as the Cool Britannia crowd of expats and Anglophiles celebrates the... View details »
BritWeek 2008
Music: Rock/Pop
Peter Case
Saturday Apr 26 (8pm) @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
Singer/songwriter Peter Case brings his down-home, finger-picked folk rock to McCabe's this evening. The Buffalo-born Case has come a long way since his days in... View details »
Peter Case
Art
 Overflow
Saturday Apr 26 (10am) @ The Getty Center
Free
Almost two years to the day that Allan Kaprow passed away, several major Los Angeles institutions unite to celebrate his life and art. The avant-garde... View details »
 Overflow
Art
Menace & Charm
Saturday Apr 26 (7–10:30pm) @ Black Maria Gallery More times »
Opening
Free
Not everyone's childhood memories contain happy-go-lucky images of bubblegum chewing and bicycle riding. As the artists in Black Maria Gallery's upcoming show prove, sometimes our... View details »
Menace & Charm
Film
Cronenberg Retrospective
Saturday Apr 26 (8pm) @ The Steve Allen Theater
David Cronenberg has created some of the most memorable cinematic moments in recent history (think Scanners or Eastern Promises). The Steve Allen theatre pays tribute... View details »
Cronenberg Retrospective
Art
Witnessed from Afar
Saturday Apr 26 (8pm–midnight) @ Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art More times »
Opening
Free
Some of the most talented, recognizable practitioners of Carmichael Gallery's trademark urban-romantic aesthetic show new work in Witnessed from Afar. Highlights include Mel Kadel's feisty,... View details »
Witnessed from Afar
Art: Photography
Newer Topographics
Saturday Apr 26 (7–9pm) @ California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside More times »
Opening
This exhibition juxtaposes the work of idealist photographers Jeremy Kidd and Eric Curry, both of whom use digital manipulation in arresting multimedia and photographic works.... View details »
Newer Topographics
Performing Arts: Theatre
Compleat Female Stage Beauty
Saturday Apr 26 (8pm) @ Rogue Machine More times »
Jeffrey Hatcher's critically acclaimed comedy takes it first LA bow at Theatre Theatre's brand-new Rogue Machine stage. Inspired by a real Shakespearean-era actor named Edward... View details »
Compleat Female Stage Beauty

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Film: Documentary
My Kid Could Paint That
Saturday Apr 26 @ Various locations More times »
Free
An abstract-art prodigy for the digital age, four-year-old Marla Olmstead is a rare bird indeed. In My Kid Could Paint That, Amir Bar-Lev documents the... View details »
My Kid Could Paint That
Art: Architecture/Design
La Vida Lowrider
Saturday Apr 26 (10am–6pm) @ Peterson Automotive Museum More times »
The lowrider tradition originated in the Chicano barrios of Los Angeles, inspired by a fierce love for classic cars and the need for expressing cultural... View details »
La Vida Lowrider
Art
First Generation
Saturday Apr 26 (11am–5pm) @ Claremont Museum of Art More times »
Nestled 30 minutes outside of the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles lies Claremont — not known for much other than some great old houses... View details »
First Generation
Art: Photography
Lights! Camera! Glamour!
Saturday Apr 26 (11am–4pm) @ California Heritage Museum More times »
George Hurrell shot studio stars as they are remembered today: glamorous, graceful, and a tad theatrical. With his sophisticated black-and-white blowups, "The grand seigneur of... View details »
Lights! Camera! Glamour!
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Bob Dylan's American Journey
Saturday Apr 26 @ Skirball Cultural Center More times »
This year's resurgent Dylanmania — from Todd Haynes' byzantine biopic, I'm Not There, to Murray Lerner's performance-driven documentary, The Other Side of the Mirror —... View details »
Bob Dylan's American Journey
Art
The Imaginary 20th Century
Saturday Apr 26 (11am–5pm) @ Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach More times »
There was a time when the 20th century seemed like an unimaginable and distant future. The Orange County Museum of Art presents 2,200 images from... View details »
The Imaginary 20th Century
Art
Kara Walker
Saturday Apr 26 (11am–7pm) @ Hammer Museum More times »
Employing iconic black-paper silhouettes, Kara Walker — who was named one of Time's "100 Most Influential People" in 2007 — sparks a tense dialogue between... View details »
Kara Walker
Art
Make Art/Stop AIDS
Saturday Apr 26 (noon–5pm) @ Fowler Museum, UCLA More times »
Free
Before red ribbons became de rigeur accessories at televised awards ceremonies, artists from around the globe inspired and provoked the radical awareness that the AIDS... View details »
Art
California Video
Saturday Apr 26 @ The Getty Center More times »
Free
As video art's growing reach now extends from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera to commuters watching YouTube on their iPhones, the Getty... View details »
California Video
More Flavor: City Gem
Ugo Wine Bar
Saturday Apr 26 (5:30pm–1:30am) @ Vinum Populi More times »
Free
Culver City's latest spot of interest is Ugo Wine Bar, a cozy wine bar with the usual bistro couches and charcuterie selection — with one... View details »
Ugo Wine Bar
Art
Las Vegas Diaspora
Saturday Apr 26 (11am–5pm) @ Laguna Art Museum More times »
Dave Hickey has one of the most original minds in the contemporary art world. His best-selling collection of critical essays, Air Guitar, built bridges between... View details »
Las Vegas Diaspora
Art
Eddie Ruscha
Saturday Apr 26 (11am–6pm) @ High Energy Constructs More times »
Free
Armageddon looms at Eddie Ruscha Jr.'s debut solo show. The son of the pop-art icon pairs psychedelic works on canvas and paper with a cosmic... View details »
Eddie Ruscha
Art
Good Doll Bad Doll
Saturday Apr 26 (noon–5pm) @ Armory Center for the Arts More times »
Free
ArtForum critic and independent curator Michael Duncan encourages childish behavior in Good Doll Bad Doll, an exhibition featuring modern and contemporary artists who use dolls... View details »
Good Doll Bad Doll
Art: Photography
A Narrative History of the Light Bulb
Saturday Apr 26 (10:30am–6pm) @ Gallery Luisotti More times »
Free
Photographer Catherine Wagner used the Baltimore Museum of Industry's impressive collection of lightbulbs as the inspiration for her latest exhibition, which focuses on the illuminating... View details »
A Narrative History of the Light Bulb
Art
Christopher Chinn
Saturday Apr 26 (noon–6pm) @ Overtones Gallery More times »
Free
Upon graduating from art school and relocating to the city, local painter Christopher Chinn was struck by how intrepid artists would often share their Skid... View details »
Christopher Chinn
Art
Guyton\Walker and Anna Sew Hoy
Saturday Apr 26 (11am–6pm) @ LAXART More times »
Free
Los Angeles' Anna Sew Hoy takes inspiration from her medical-doctor father in her latest exhibition POW!, which focuses on the theme of physical injury, treatment,... View details »
Guyton\Walker and Anna Sew Hoy
Art
The Color of Life
Saturday Apr 26 (10am–9pm) @ The Getty Villa More times »
Free
Looking at tony museum collections of ancient Greek and Roman statuary, one might think that the whole of antiquity existed only in tones of white... View details »
The Color of Life
Art
Masami Teraoka
Saturday Apr 26 (11am–6pm) @ Samuel Freeman More times »
Free
Cheeky artist Masami Teraoka is most famous for his ukiyo-e woodblock paintings, which combine Japanese imagery, themes from American culture, and a mischievous sense of... View details »
Masami Teraoka
Art
Edgar Heap of Birds
Saturday Apr 26 (11am–6pm) @ See Line Gallery More times »
Free
New York artist Edgar Heap of Birds doesn't use text to support his visual aesthetic — the text is the aesthetic. In his exhibition at... View details »
Edgar Heap of Birds
Performing Arts: Theatre
He Asked for It
Saturday Apr 26 (8pm) @ Theatre of NOTE More times »
Erik Patterson's provocative play He Asked for It explores the dark underbelly of one-night stands: the HIV-indifferent behavior of "bug chasers." A character study of... View details »
He Asked for It
Art
Gravity Art
Saturday Apr 26 (noon–6pm) @ Telic Arts Exchange More times »
Free
More laboratory than art gallery, Telic Arts Exchange stages collaborative multimedia projects that invite curious audiences along for the ride. Its current exhibition, Gravity Art,... View details »
Gravity Art
Art
HEF
Saturday Apr 26 (noon–6pm) @ JAIL Gallery More times »
Free
Hef. The single syllable alone conjures up images of smoking jackets and decadent mansion parties. Exploring that imagery, a group of artists at JAIL Gallery... View details »
HEF
More Flavor: Festival
Coachella
Saturday Apr 26 @ Empire Polo Field More times »
Dig, if you will, the picture: three days in the desert, 100-plus degree temperatures, and a Saturday headlining date with His Royal Purple Majesty (or... View details »
Coachella
Art: Architecture/Design
Elena Manferdini
Saturday Apr 26 (10am–6pm) @ SCI-Arc More times »
Free
"Merletti" means lace in Italian; for architects, it refers to the pattern of folds along a watchtower's defensive rims and other secure rooftops. In Elena... View details »
Elena Manferdini
Art: Architecture/Design
Phalanstery Module
Saturday Apr 26 @ Materials & Applications More times »
Free
M&A gallery continues to push the frontiers of architecture and landscape research with Jimenez Lai's installation Phalanstery Module. Zero-gravity design presents the central challenge, as... View details »
Phalanstery Module
Art
Salomón Huerta
Saturday Apr 26 (11am–6pm) @ Patrick Painter Gallery More times »
Free
Salomón Huerta is one of LA's most popular painters — although personally, he seems somewhat reserved. His best-known works are smallish, finely detailed "portraits" of... View details »
Salomón Huerta
Art
Yumiko Kayukawa
Saturday Apr 26 (11am–9pm) @ La Luz de Jesus More times »
Free
Japanese artist Yumiko Kayukawa's work is a fine example of what happens when East meets West. In Kayukawa's world, young women are erotic, sought-after creatures... View details »
Yumiko Kayukawa
Art
David Trulli
Saturday Apr 26 (11am–6pm) @ Robert Berman Gallery D5 More times »
Free
No doubt David Trulli's former career as a cinematographer had an impact on his current work, as his scratchboard pieces exhibit a decidedly film-noir aesthetic.... View details »
David Trulli
Art: Photography
Catherine Opie
Saturday Apr 26 (10am–6pm) @ Regen Projects II More times »
Free
After capturing the essence of SoCal beach life with her surfer portrait series, photographer Catherine Opie tackles another bastion of American culture: high-school football. Opie... View details »
Catherine Opie
Art
André Ethier and Cathy Akers
Saturday Apr 26 (10am–6pm) @ Honor Fraser More times »
Free
Toronto-based André Ethier's grotesque, surreal paintings are psychedelic allegories illustrating misconceptions about modern history and culture. In his latest collection, Vancouver Before Christ, the artist... View details »
André Ethier and Cathy Akers
Art
New London School
Saturday Apr 26 (11am–5pm) @ Mark Moore Gallery More times »
Free
Last year, London art-gallery impresarios Simon Rumley and Zavier Ellis curated The Future Can Wait, an ambitious group show spotlighting some of the city's most... View details »
New London School
Art: Photography
Mister Lonely
Saturday Apr 26 @ Agnes B. More times »
Filmmaker Harmony Korine's newest movie, Mister Lonely, follows a Michael Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna) living in a remote French castle with a group of fellow... View details »
Mister Lonely
Art
Icon
Saturday Apr 26 @ DCA Fine Art More times »
Free
In Icon, two innovative, European-born painters explore the concept of worship in postmodernist life. Bogdan Dumitrica's portraits of animals and pop-art icons find themes of... View details »
Icon
Performing Arts: Dance
dirty mean tricks
Saturday Apr 26 (8–10pm) @ Unknown Theater More times »
Director/choreographer Jennifer Li spins her theatrical yarn with a seamlessly integrated movement style and an ensemble of offbeat collaborators. For dirty mean tricks, she's working... View details »
dirty mean tricks
Art
Panopti(con)
Saturday Apr 26 (11am–5pm) @ Bank More times »
Free
Los Angeles multimedia artist Martin Durazo curates this collection of work by 17 artists under the broad thematic umbrella of power and authority. The exhibition's... View details »
Panopti(con)
Art
Sue-Ling Hyde
Saturday Apr 26 (noon–4pm) @ Ghettogloss More times »
Free
Sue-Ling Hyde is more than a pretty face. You might recognize her from modeling gigs with Shiseido, Versus, and Moshino, but the Puerto Rican artist... View details »
Sue-Ling Hyde
Art
Jason Martin
Saturday Apr 26 (10am–6pm) @ LA Louver Gallery More times »
Free
The title of UK painter Jason Martin's latest exhibition evokes the South Pacific's warm, breezy environs — but his abstract, mostly monochromatic oil-on-aluminum pieces are... View details »
Jason Martin
Art
Randall Sellers and Evah Fan
Saturday Apr 26 @ Richard Heller Gallery More times »
Free
Consummate visual storyteller Evah Fan continues her Scheherazade-like seduction with a new batch of works at Richard Heller Gallery. Her small drawings of mundane, everyday... View details »
Randall Sellers and Evah Fan
Performing Arts: Dance
Modern Myths and Monsters
Saturday Apr 26 (8pm) @ Diavolo Dance Theatre More times »
Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company is a repertory on a mission. The troupe offers workshops and classes as well as a broad-minded program of original... View details »
Modern Myths and Monsters
Art
Anselm Kiefer
Saturday Apr 26 (noon–6pm) @ First Baptist Church More times »
Free
Out of 36 glass panels and multiple tonnage of cracked clay and resin, German artist Anselm Kiefer has created an illusion (as well as an... View details »
Anselm Kiefer
Performing Arts: Theatre
Personality Crisis
Saturday Apr 26 (8pm) @ The Raven Playhouse More times »
Academia and egomania collide in Rick Mitchell's Personality Crisis, a play that takes aim at the recent phenomenon of authors seeking celebrity. Inspired by the... View details »
Art
Dave McKenzie
Saturday Apr 26 (noon–6pm) @ REDCAT More times »
Free
Jamaican-born artist Dave McKenzie's first solo show in Los Angeles is a multimedia affair that asks multifaceted questions about where a single cell fits within... View details »
Dave McKenzie
Music: Electronic
Jason Kahn and the Hub
Saturday Apr 26 (8:30pm) @ REDCAT More times »
CalArts Center for Experiments in Art, Information, and Technology, known for its support of rule-bending and border-crossing innovations in electronic music, brings a typically fresh... View details »
Jason Kahn and the Hub
Art
Allan Kaprow
Saturday Apr 26 (8pm) @ Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions More times »
As part of an ambitious MOCA survey of the late Allan Kaprow, LACE hosts this short-run restaging of one of the artist's more traditionally formatted... View details »
Allan Kaprow
Art
Lush
Saturday Apr 26 @ Salon Oblique More times »
Free
With Lush, West Side sensation Salon Oblique upholds its growing reputation for intellectually and aesthetically engaging multimedia group exhibitions. As in previous shows, a cadre... View details »
Lush
Art
Ryan McLennan
Saturday Apr 26 (noon–6pm) @ Kinsey/DesForges Gallery More times »
Free
While Ryan McLennan's Audubon-inspired drawings of woodland animals seem innocent enough, the graphite-and-acrylic works on paper reveal the animal kingdom's vicious side. In his latest... View details »
Ryan McLennan
Film
Indian Film Festival
Saturday Apr 26 @ ArcLight Hollywood More times »
In terms of its ticket sales and the number of movies released, the Indian film industry is the largest in the world. The IFFLA celebrates... View details »
Indian Film Festival
Film
Polish Film Festival
Saturday Apr 26 @ Various locations More times »
Krzysztof Kieslowski may have set the bar too high for Polish cinema with his mid-'90s Three Colors trilogy. In the years since, though, Polish filmmakers... View details »
Polish Film Festival
Art
Marcel Duchamp Redux
Saturday Apr 26 (noon–6pm) @ Norton Simon More times »
This year marks the 45th anniversary of By or of Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy, the famous Marcel Duchamp retrospective at the Pasadena Art Museum... View details »
Marcel Duchamp Redux
Art
Heng Peng
Saturday Apr 26 (1–7pm) @ Pounder-Koné Art Space More times »
Free
Los Angeles-based painter and installation artist Heng Peng has always had a fascination with fabric — both its design and the industry surrounding its production.... View details »
Heng Peng
Art
Mark Bradford
Saturday Apr 26 @ Steve Turner Contemporary Gallery More times »
Free
Los Angeles painter, installation artist, and (most recently) video artist Mark Bradford has exhibited in some of the world's most prestigious galleries and museums, but... View details »
Mark Bradford
Art: Photography
Ten Years in Focus
Saturday Apr 26 (10am–9pm) @ The Getty Center More times »
Free
In celebration of its tenth anniversary, the Getty Center presents Ten Years in Focus: The Artist and the Camera. The exhibition draws parallels between photography... View details »
Ten Years in Focus
More Flavor: City Gem
Pavilion of Wings
Saturday Apr 26 (10am–5pm) @ Natural History Museum More times »
Pavilion of Wings returns to the Natural History Museum for the exhibition's tenth anniversary. Now, anyone jealous of the Shins' experience in Mexico can walk... View details »
Pavilion of Wings
Art: Photography
Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs
Saturday Apr 26 (10am–5pm) @ Skirball Cultural Center More times »
Free
Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs looks at Israel's female citizenry as a reflection of the state's 60-year history of independence. Drawing on documentary and... View details »
Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs