All events on Sunday April 27
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- 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 »
- Performing Arts: Spoken Word
- Alistair McCartney
- Sunday Apr 27 (6pm) @ Highways Performance Space
- 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 »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- Neil Hamburger
- Sunday Apr 27 (9pm) @ Spaceland
- 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 »
The following events are ongoing.
- Film: Documentary
- My Kid Could Paint That
- Sunday Apr 27 @ Various locations More times »
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- 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 »
- 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 »
- 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 »
- Art: Photography
- Lights! Camera! Glamour!
- Sunday Apr 27 (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 »
- Art
- Bob Dylan's American Journey
- Sunday Apr 27 @ 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 »
- 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 »
- 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 »
- 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 More times »
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As video art's growing reach now extends from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera to commuters watching YouTube on their iPhones, the
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- 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 »
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- Ugo Wine Bar
- Sunday Apr 27 (5:30pm–12:30am) @ 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 »
- Art
- Las Vegas Diaspora
- Sunday Apr 27 (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 »
- Art
- Good Doll Bad Doll
- Sunday Apr 27 (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 »
- Art
- The Color of Life
- Sunday Apr 27 (10am–6pm) @ 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 »
- 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 »
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- Coachella
- Sunday Apr 27 @ 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 »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Elena Manferdini
- Sunday Apr 27 (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 »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Phalanstery Module
- Sunday Apr 27 @ Materials & Applications More times »
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- 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 »
- Art
- Yumiko Kayukawa
- Sunday Apr 27 (noon–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 »
- 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 »
- Performing Arts: Dance
- dirty mean tricks
- Sunday Apr 27 (6–8pm) @ 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 »
- Art
- Sue-Ling Hyde
- Sunday Apr 27 (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 »
- Performing Arts: Dance
- Modern Myths and Monsters
- Sunday Apr 27 (5pm) @ 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 »
- 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 »
- 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 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 »
- 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 »
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- LA Times Festival of Books
- Sunday Apr 27 (10am–5pm) @ 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 »
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- 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 »
- Film
- Indian Film Festival
- Sunday Apr 27 @ 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 »
- 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 »
- Art
- Witnessed from Afar
- Sunday Apr 27 (2–7pm) @ Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art 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 »
- Art
- Marcel Duchamp Redux
- Sunday Apr 27 (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 »
- 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 »
- Art
- Heng Peng
- Sunday Apr 27 (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 »
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- Mark Bradford
- Sunday Apr 27 @ Steve Turner Contemporary Gallery More times »
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- 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 »
- Art: Photography
- Ten Years in Focus
- Sunday Apr 27 (10am–6pm) @ 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 »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Pavilion of Wings
- Sunday Apr 27 (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 »
- Art: Photography
- Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs
- Sunday Apr 27 (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 »
