All events on Thursday May 22

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Art
Juan Uslé
Thursday May 22, 2008 (6–8pm) @ LA Louver Gallery More times »
Opening
Free
The life and experiences of Spanish painter Juan Uslé meet his vision of abstraction in this new series of paintings. Including over a dozen canvases... View details »
Film
Heaven's Gate
Thursday May 22, 2008 (7:30pm) @ Egyptian Theatre
Originally released in 1980 and often referred to as "the worst movie of all time," Michael Cimino's anti-Western epic Heaven's Gate was one hellish movie... View details »
Music: DJ
Pimps of Joytime
Thursday May 22, 2008 (9pm–2am) @ Air Conditioned Supper Club, Venice
West Side staple Funky in the Middle bids farewell to its longtime home at Venice's A/C Club with a return visit from Brooklyn outfit the... View details »
Pimps of Joytime
Music: Rock/Pop
French Kicks
Thursday May 22, 2008 (8:30pm) @ The Echo
French Kicks have grown up quite a bit since breaking out of New York's early-2000s post-punk/garage-rock revival. Eschewing danceable beats for songwriting rigor, the quartet's... View details »
French Kicks
More Flavor: Benefit
LACE Benefit Art Auction
Thursday May 22, 2008 (7–10pm) @ Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, that bastion of avant-garde visual art and performance, celebrates its 30th anniversary in style tonight at its annual benefit party and... View details »
LACE Benefit Art Auction
Music: Hip-Hop
El-P
Thursday May 22, 2008 (8pm) @ El Rey
Fresh off the Def Jux release of his tech-rap album Maths + English, UK grime mastermind Dizzee Rascal brings his introspective rhymes and tricky electro... View details »
El-P

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Film: Documentary
My Kid Could Paint That
Thursday May 22, 2008 @ 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
Thursday May 22, 2008 (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: Photography
Lights! Camera! Glamour!
Thursday May 22, 2008 (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!
Art
Bob Dylan's American Journey
Thursday May 22, 2008 @ 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
Kara Walker
Thursday May 22, 2008 (11am–9pm) @ 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
Thursday May 22, 2008 (noon–8pm) @ 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
Thursday May 22, 2008 @ 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
Thursday May 22, 2008 (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
Performing Arts: Theatre
Keep Your Pantheon and Duck Variations
Thursday May 22, 2008 @ 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 »
Keep Your Pantheon and Duck Variations
Art
Las Vegas Diaspora
Thursday May 22, 2008 (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
Good Doll Bad Doll
Thursday May 22, 2008 (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
Thursday May 22, 2008 (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
Masami Teraoka
Thursday May 22, 2008 (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: Photography
Gregory Crewdson
Thursday May 22, 2008 (10am–5:30pm) @ Gagosian Gallery More times »
Free
For his latest show, Gregory Crewdson churns out a new line of epic photo tableaux. Shot on a blockbuster budget with an army of production... View details »
Gregory Crewdson
Art: Architecture/Design
Phalanstery Module
Thursday May 22, 2008 @ 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: Discussion
Nicole Cohen
Thursday May 22, 2008 (10am–5:30pm) @ The Getty Center More times »
Free
Nicole Cohen engineers recombinant layers of still and video imagery, investigating the network of associations that interior spaces contain. Also, she has something of a... View details »
Nicole Cohen
Art
100% Other
Thursday May 22, 2008 (11am–5pm) @ 18th Street Arts Center More times »
Free
For the next installment of Future of Nations exhibition series 100% Other, curator Tyler Stallings asked artists Matthew Bryant, Cheryl Gilge, Perry Vasquez, Reggie Woolery,... View details »
100% Other
Art: Architecture/Design
Michael Kalish
Thursday May 22, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ MODAA gallery More times »
Free
While Michael Kalish's early work is marked by portraits of iconic figures (Jimi Hendrix, Jesus), his new exhibition at Culver City's Museum of Design Art... View details »
Art
Dave McKenzie
Thursday May 22, 2008 (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
Anthony Lister
Thursday May 22, 2008 (1–6pm) @ New Image Art More times »
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
Thursday May 22, 2008 (11am–5pm) @ Milo Gallery More times »
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
Art
Lush
Thursday May 22, 2008 @ 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
BritWeek 2008
Thursday May 22, 2008 @ 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
Art
Menace & Charm
Thursday May 22, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ Black Maria Gallery More times »
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
Art: Photography
Newer Topographics
Thursday May 22, 2008 (noon–5pm) @ California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside More times »
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
Art
Yoskay Yamamoto
Thursday May 22, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ project: gallery More times »
Free
In his debut solo show, Japanese-born, California-bred artist Yoskay Yamamoto combines emotional expression with figures of timidity and doubt to illustrate his struggle with dualities.... View details »
Yoskay Yamamoto
Art
Marcel Duchamp Redux
Thursday May 22, 2008 (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
Mexican Calendar Girls
Thursday May 22, 2008 (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 »
Mexican Calendar Girls
Art
Scott Harrison, Sam Saga, and Thomas Wargin
Thursday May 22, 2008 (11am–9pm) @ 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
Thursday May 22, 2008 (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
Gary Palmer
Thursday May 22, 2008 (11am–5pm) @ Tarryn Teresa Gallery More times »
Free
With this series of works, Gary Palmer addresses one of the most ancient concerns in art: the representation of landscapes. Using sumi ink, Palmer has... View details »
Art
Anna Dusi
Thursday May 22, 2008 (10am–6pm) @ The Loft at Liz's More times »
Free
Long known for fantastic salvage store Liz's Antique Hardware (a favorite with high-end interior designers and industry art directors), Liz Gordon has also created a... View details »
Anna Dusi
Art
Michelle Lopez and Vishal Jugdeo
Thursday May 22, 2008 (11am–6pm) @ LAXART More times »
Free
Michelle Lopez and Vishal Jugdeo, both making their solo debuts in Los Angeles, meditate on the meaning of objects in human life. Lopez's The Year... View details »
Michelle Lopez and Vishal Jugdeo
Art
Uncommon Gardens
Thursday May 22, 2008 (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
DREAM(land)
Thursday May 22, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ JAIL Gallery More times »
Free
The globally diverse artists in JAIL's latest endeavor have one thing in common: their work ignores the ugly cable-news cycle of reality in favor of... View details »
DREAM(land)
Art
Blood & Glitter
Thursday May 22, 2008 (11am–5pm) @ Bandini Art More times »
Free
Co-curated by Patrick Painter Gallery's Heather Harmon and Bandini's own Ashley McLean Emenegger, Blood & Glitter is a group exhibition about the seductive dangers of... View details »
Blood & Glitter
Art
Culmination
Thursday May 22, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ Morono Kiang Gallery More times »
Free
As Internet galleries and portfolio sites make it increasingly easy to navigate the deep waters of the international emerging art scene, the prevalence of Chinese... View details »
Art
Liat Yossifor and Aaron Sandnes
Thursday May 22, 2008 (11am–6pm) @ See Line Gallery More times »
Free
In the midst of war, there seems to be no shortage of news on the subject. But though we may often feel aware of present... View details »
Liat Yossifor and Aaron Sandnes
Art
Deedee Cheriel and Louise Bonnet
Thursday May 22, 2008 (1–6pm) @ Subliminal Projects More times »
Free
The newest exhibition to hit Shepard and Amanda Fairey's Subliminal Projects gallery features the work of LA-based artists Deedee Cheriel and Louise Bonnet. Cheriel's background... View details »
Deedee Cheriel and Louise Bonnet
Art
Jerome Witkin
Thursday May 22, 2008 (10am–6pm) @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts More times »
Free
Many art critics and scholars consider Jerome Witkin to be America's greatest living figurative painter. His portraits and landscapes combine an unerring eye for detail,... View details »
Jerome Witkin
Art
Don Ed Hardy and Michael McCabe
Thursday May 22, 2008 (11am–6pm) @ Track 16 Gallery More times »
Free
If you live in California, you've most likely heard of Don Ed Hardy — or at least of his ubiquitous fashion label, Ed Hardy, known... View details »
Art
Vexing
Thursday May 22, 2008 (11am–5pm) @ Claremont Museum of Art More times »
In the early '80s, the Vex was an all-ages music club located in Self Help Graphics and Art, a Chicano landmark in East LA. Although... View details »
Vexing
Art
COLA Artist Fellowships
Thursday May 22, 2008 (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
It's a Beautiful World
Thursday May 22, 2008 (11am–6pm) @ The Scion Installation LA Space More times »
Free
The Scion Installation Space in Culver City has lined its walls with works by the heavyweights of urban romanticism — including Sage Vaughn, Mel Kadel,... View details »
Art
Elizabeth McGrath
Thursday May 22, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ Billy Shire Fine Arts More times »
Free
For The Secret Party, Elizabeth McGrath ditches her usual creepy dolls and freaky dioramas and fully embraces her works' intrinsic whimsy with a frothy, quirky... View details »
Elizabeth McGrath
Art
Mark Hobley
Thursday May 22, 2008 (11am–6pm) @ 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
Terence Koh
Thursday May 22, 2008 (10am–6pm) @ Peres Projects More times »
Free
Anyone who can sell his own bodily fluids for thousands of dollars on the art market has "made it" as an artist. Of course, there's... View details »
Art
Jasmine Murrell
Thursday May 22, 2008 (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
Thursday May 22, 2008 @ 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
Thursday May 22, 2008 (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
Misato Suzuki
Thursday May 22, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ Sam Lee Gallery More times »
Free
Misato Suzuki is acutely aware of nature's palette and geometry. With soothing shades of yellow, orange, brown, and blue, she paints amorphous forms that are... View details »
Misato Suzuki
More Flavor: City Gem
Pavilion of Wings
Thursday May 22, 2008 (9:30am–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
Thursday May 22, 2008 (noon–9pm) @ 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