All events on Sunday May 11
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- Keep Your Pantheon and Duck Variations
- Sunday May 11 @ Kirk Douglas Theatre More times »
- Brilliantly contrasting old with new, Center Theatre Group places one of David Mamet's earliest works alongside his latest production. In the classic Duck Variations, two... View details »
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- The Man Who Laughs
- Sunday May 11 (8pm) @ The Silent Movie Theatre
- Giveaway
- The wonderfully weird Cinefamily organization has enlisted a handful of talented local musicians, including Ariel Pink, to perform the live accompaniment to tonight's screening of... View details »
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- Historic Theatre Tour
- Sunday May 11 (10:30am) @ Egyptian Theatre
- Something about spending the morning taking a behind-the-scenes tour of the Egyptian Theatre, followed by a documentary celebrating the history of Hollywood glamour, practically screams... View details »
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- Film: Documentary
- My Kid Could Paint That
- Sunday May 11 @ 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 May 11 (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: Photography
- Lights! Camera! Glamour!
- Sunday May 11 (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 »
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- Bob Dylan's American Journey
- Sunday May 11 @ 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 »
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- Kara Walker
- Sunday May 11 (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 »
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- Make Art/Stop AIDS
- Sunday May 11 (noon–5pm) @ Fowler Museum, UCLA More times »
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- 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 »
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- California Video
- Sunday May 11 @ 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 May 11 (10am–8pm) @ Draper Courtyard, Pomona College More times »
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- 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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- Vinum Populi
- Sunday May 11 (5:30pm–12:30am) @ Vinum Populi More times »
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- 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 »
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- Las Vegas Diaspora
- Sunday May 11 (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 »
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- Good Doll Bad Doll
- Sunday May 11 (noon–5pm) @ Armory Center for the Arts More times »
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- 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 »
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- The Color of Life
- Sunday May 11 (10am–6pm) @ The Getty Villa More times »
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- 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 May 11 (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 »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Elena Manferdini
- Sunday May 11 (10am–6pm) @ SCI-Arc More times »
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- "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 May 11 @ 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: Photography
- Mister Lonely
- Sunday May 11 @ 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 »
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- Sue-Ling Hyde
- Sunday May 11 (noon–4pm) @ Ghettogloss More times »
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- 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 »
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- Dave McKenzie
- Sunday May 11 (noon–6pm) @ REDCAT More times »
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- 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 »
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- Lush
- Sunday May 11 @ Salon Oblique More times »
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- 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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- BritWeek 2008
- Sunday May 11 @ 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 »
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- Witnessed from Afar
- Sunday May 11 (2–7pm) @ Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art More times »
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- 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 »
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- Marcel Duchamp Redux
- Sunday May 11 (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 »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Peter Gronquist
- Sunday May 11 (11am–6pm) @ Gallery 1988 More times »
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- "Weapons of mass designer," Peter Gronquist's tongue-in-cheek label for his hilarious and poignant sculptures, is actually a quite literal description of his work: think tanks... View details »
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- Mexican Calendar Girls
- Sunday May 11 (11am–4pm) @ California Heritage Museum More times »
- Glamor gets deep and classic at the California Heritage Museum's Mexican Calendar Girls, opening with a Cinco de Mayo reception. The color-soaked exhibition comprises a... View details »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- Los Angeles Comedy Festival
- Sunday May 11 @ McCadden Place Theatre More times »
- Los Angeles has long been a breeding ground for the hilarious, thanks to veteran improv groups like the Groundlings and relative newcomers like the Upright... View details »
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- Scott Harrison, Sam Saga, and Thomas Wargin
- Sunday May 11 (noon–6pm) @ La Luz de Jesus More times »
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- When he's not busy inking clients like Master P and Kiki Smith, internationally known tattoo artist Scott Harrison maintains a sweet little reputation as a... View details »
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- Amir H. Fallah
- Sunday May 11 (11am–6pm) @ Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai More times »
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- Installation artist and painter Amir H. Fallah finds intrigue in the ramshackle construction of boyhood clubhouses and other ill-designed, teetering structures. He tops those buildings... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Compleat Female Stage Beauty
- Sunday May 11 (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 »
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- Uncommon Gardens
- Sunday May 11 (1–6pm) @ Thinkspace Gallery More times »
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- Consider it Ladies' Choice at Thinkspace this month, as the gallery devotes its wall space to the work of four women with decidedly feminine bents... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Anatomy of a Slap
- Sunday May 11 (8pm) @ Son of Semele Theater More times »
- It isn't often that eight different writers put their heads together to craft a single play, but that's the case in Anatomy of a Slap... View details »
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- Dream Man
- Sunday May 11 (3pm) @ Skylight Theatre More times »
- Playwright James Carroll Pickett's one-man show Dream Man focuses on Christopher, a phone-sex hustler at his breaking point. Twenty-three years ago, actor/playwright Michael Kearns originated... View details »
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- Mark Bradford
- Sunday May 11 @ 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 May 11 (10am–6pm) @ The Getty Center More times »
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- 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 »
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- Pavilion of Wings
- Sunday May 11 (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 May 11 (10am–5pm) @ Skirball Cultural Center More times »
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- 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 »
