Free on Sunday May 18

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Music: DJ
Custom Sundaze
Sunday May 18 (1–9pm) @ Custom Hotel
Free
The days of driving all the way downtown for a good, old-fashioned pool party are over. The Custom Hotel's weekly Sundaze party is an Ibiza-style... View details »
Custom Sundaze
Music: Global
Cuban Music Festival
Sunday May 18 (noon–7pm) @ Echo Park Lake
Free
Long before Wim Wenders' 1999 documentary Buena Vista Social Club sparked a global obsession with Cuban music and culture, Los Angeles was home to a... View details »
Cuban Music Festival

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Film: Documentary
My Kid Could Paint That
Sunday May 18 @ 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
Make Art/Stop AIDS
Sunday May 18 (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 May 18 @ 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
Art
James Turrell
Sunday May 18 (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
Ugo Wine Bar
Sunday May 18 (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 »
Ugo Wine Bar
Art
Good Doll Bad Doll
Sunday May 18 (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
The Color of Life
Sunday May 18 (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 »
The Color of Life
Art: Architecture/Design
Phalanstery Module
Sunday May 18 @ 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
Dave McKenzie
Sunday May 18 (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
Art
Lush
Sunday May 18 @ 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
Witnessed from Afar
Sunday May 18 (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 »
Witnessed from Afar
Art
Scott Harrison, Sam Saga, and Thomas Wargin
Sunday May 18 (noon–6pm) @ La Luz de Jesus More times »
Free
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 »
Scott Harrison, Sam Saga, and Thomas Wargin
Art
Amir H. Fallah
Sunday May 18 (11am–6pm) @ Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai More times »
Free
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 »
Amir H. Fallah
Art
Uncommon Gardens
Sunday May 18 (1–6pm) @ Thinkspace Gallery More times »
Free
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 »
Uncommon Gardens
Art
COLA Artist Fellowships
Sunday May 18 (noon–5pm) @ Barnsdall Art Park More times »
Free
The Cultural Affairs Department recently issued a statement to declare its unprecedented satisfaction with the state's arts budget — proof that our programs are hale... View details »
Art
Mark Hobley
Sunday May 18 (noon–5pm) @ Applegate Gallery More times »
Free
Venice-based painter Mark Hobley takes iconic logos, scantily-dressed women, and playing cards (often at the same time) and transforms them into graphically rich pop heroes.... View details »
Mark Hobley
Art
Jasmine Murrell
Sunday May 18 (1–7pm) @ Pounder-Koné Art Space More times »
Free
Afrobeat pioneer and revolutionary activist Fela Kuti has influenced generations of progressives, from his native Nigeria to South Central LA, with his potently political celebration... View details »
Jasmine Murrell
Art
Mark Bradford
Sunday May 18 @ 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 May 18 (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 »
Ten Years in Focus
Art: Photography
Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs
Sunday May 18 (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