All events on Sunday April 27

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Music: Global
Asha Bhosle
Sunday Apr 27 (7:30pm) @ Disney Concert Hall
Bette and Barbra, move over — Asha Bhosle has the market cornered on divahood. Armed with a formidable set of pipes and saris more sparkly... View details »
Asha Bhosle
Performing Arts: Spoken Word
Alistair McCartney
Sunday Apr 27 (6pm) @ Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica
Venice-based writer Alistair McCartney celebrates the publication of his debut novel tonight with a reading, accompanied by a quasi-slide show that depicts his life and... View details »
Alistair McCartney
Performing Arts: Comedy
Neil Hamburger
Sunday Apr 27 (9pm) @ Spaceland in Silver Lake
Giveaway
Andy Kindler teases a guffaw out of you by the sheer force of his power to annoy. The Fuxedos play their punk rock loud and... View details »
Neil Hamburger

The following events are ongoing.

Film: Documentary
My Kid Could Paint That
Sunday Apr 27 @ 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
Sunday Apr 27 (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
Sunday Apr 27 (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!
Sunday Apr 27 (11am–4pm) @ California Heritage Museum in Santa Monica 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!
Art
Bob Dylan's American Journey
Sunday Apr 27 @ Skirball Cultural Center in Brentwood 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
Sunday Apr 27 (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
Sunday Apr 27 (11am–5pm) @ 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
Sunday Apr 27 (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
Sunday Apr 27 @ The Getty Center in Brentwood 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
Art
James Turrell
Sunday Apr 27 (10am–8pm) @ Draper Courtyard, Pomona College More times»
Free
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 is, the transcendent, full-body... View details »
James Turrell
More Flavor: City Gem
Vinum Populi
Sunday Apr 27 (5:30pm–12:30am) @ Vinum Populi in Culver City More times»
Free
Culver City's latest spot of interest is Vinum Populi, a cozy wine bar with the usual bistro couches and charcuterie selection — with one key... View details »
Vinum Populi
Art
Las Vegas Diaspora
Sunday Apr 27 (11am–5pm) @ Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach 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
Good Doll Bad Doll
Sunday Apr 27 (noon–5pm) @ Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena 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
The Color of Life
Sunday Apr 27 (10am–6pm) @ The Getty Villa in Malibu 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
Performing Arts: Theatre
He Asked for It
Sunday Apr 27 (7pm) @ 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
More Flavor: Festival
Coachella
Sunday Apr 27 @ Empire Polo Field in Indio 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
Sunday Apr 27 (10am–6pm) @ SCI-Arc in Downtown 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
Sunday Apr 27 @ Materials & Applications in Silver Lake 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
Yumiko Kayukawa
Sunday Apr 27 (noon–9pm) @ La Luz de Jesus in Hollywood 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: Photography
Mister Lonely
Sunday Apr 27 @ 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
Performing Arts: Dance
dirty mean tricks
Sunday Apr 27 (6–8pm) @ Unknown Theater in Hollywood 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
Sue-Ling Hyde
Sunday Apr 27 (noon–4pm) @ Ghettogloss in Silverlake 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
Performing Arts: Dance
Modern Myths and Monsters
Sunday Apr 27 (5pm) @ Diavolo Dance Theatre in Downtown 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
Sunday Apr 27 (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
Sunday Apr 27 (7pm) @ 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
Sunday Apr 27 (noon–6pm) @ REDCAT in Downtown 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
Art
Lush
Sunday Apr 27 @ 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
More Flavor: Festival
LA Times Festival of Books
Sunday Apr 27 (10am–5pm) @ UCLA Main Campus in Westwood 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
More Flavor: Festival
BritWeek 2008
Sunday Apr 27 @ 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
Film
Indian Film Festival
Sunday Apr 27 @ ArcLight Hollywood in 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
Sunday Apr 27 @ 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
Witnessed from Afar
Sunday Apr 27 (2–7pm) @ Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art in W Hollywood More times»
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
Marcel Duchamp Redux
Sunday Apr 27 (noon–6pm) @ Norton Simon in Pasadena 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
Performing Arts: Theatre
Compleat Female Stage Beauty
Sunday Apr 27 (3pm) @ 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
Art
Heng Peng
Sunday Apr 27 (1–7pm) @ Pounder-Koné Art Space in Atwater 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
Sunday Apr 27 @ 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
Sunday Apr 27 (10am–6pm) @ The Getty Center in Brentwood 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