All events on Sunday May 25
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- Tongue & Groove
- Sunday May 25 (6–7:30pm) @ The Hotel Café
- Tonight's family-tied Tongue & Groove has the strange secondary theme of birthdays (at least four of the performers have one this month). Writer, actress, composer,... View details »
- Music: DJ
- ?uestlove
- Sunday May 25 (10pm–2am) @ The Roxy Theatre
- Over the almost 15 years that hip-hop pioneers the Roots have churned out albums, their gloriously afro'd drummer, ?uestlove, has kept time while managing to... View details »
- Music: Jazz/Blues
- Stephen Marley
- Sunday May 25 (noon–7pm) @ UCLA Main Campus More times »
- A counterpoint to the often somber tone of Memorial Day weekend, the UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival offers the looming summer season's first chance to properly... View details »
- Art
- Jon Krawczyk
- Sunday May 25 (1–7pm) @ Jon Krawczyk Studio
- Free
- Quintessential LA Sculptor Jon Krawczyk has wrought compelling public-art installations across the nation — located everywhere from the Jersey Devils stadium to the MGM Grand... View details »
The following events are ongoing.
- Film: Documentary
- My Kid Could Paint That
- Sunday May 25 @ 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 »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- La Vida Lowrider
- Sunday May 25 (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 25 (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 May 25 @ 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
- Kara Walker
- Sunday May 25 (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 May 25 (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 25 @ The Getty Center More times »
- Free
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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
- Art
- James Turrell
- Sunday May 25 (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 »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Ugo Wine Bar
- Sunday May 25 (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 »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Keep Your Pantheon and Duck Variations
- Sunday May 25 @ 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 »
- Art
- Las Vegas Diaspora
- Sunday May 25 (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 May 25 (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 May 25 (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 May 25 (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
- Phalanstery Module
- Sunday May 25 @ 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 »
- Art
- Dave McKenzie
- Sunday May 25 (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 May 25 @ 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 »
- More Flavor: Festival
- BritWeek 2008
- Sunday May 25 @ 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 »
- Art
- Marcel Duchamp Redux
- Sunday May 25 (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
- Mexican Calendar Girls
- Sunday May 25 (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 »
- Art
- Scott Harrison, Sam Saga, and Thomas Wargin
- Sunday May 25 (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 »
- Art
- Amir H. Fallah
- Sunday May 25 (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 »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Compleat Female Stage Beauty
- Sunday May 25 (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
- Uncommon Gardens
- Sunday May 25 (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 »
- Performing Arts: Opera
- Tosca
- Sunday May 25 (2pm) @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion More times »
- Still feeling the love from last month's star-studded tribute to his 40 years in Los Angeles, Plácido Domingo returns to the stage to conduct Giacomo... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Anatomy of a Slap
- Sunday May 25 (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 »
- More Flavor: Festival
- Topanga Days
- Sunday May 25 (11am–8pm) @ Topanga Canyon Community Club More times »
- Leave the city's hustle and bustle behind and head for the hills (or, better yet, the canyon) for the 35th Annual Topanga Days Festival. Blending... View details »
- Art
- Vexing
- Sunday May 25 (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 »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Dream Man
- Sunday May 25 (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 »
- Art
- COLA Artist Fellowships
- Sunday May 25 (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 »
- More Flavor: Festival
- Lightning in a Bottle
- Sunday May 25 @ Live Oak Campground Santa Barbara More times »
- It's time once again for the Do Lab's annual Lightning in a Bottle festival — a four-day camping adventure in the forested hills of Santa... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Philip-Lorca diCorcia
- Sunday May 25 (11am–8pm) @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art More times »
- Photographer Philip-Lorca diCorcia's meticulously planned pictures look as effortless as Polaroids. Most of his works feature a single person — who diCorcia usually finds through... View details »
- Film: Documentary
- Heavy Metal in Baghdad
- Sunday May 25 @ Laemmle's Sunset 5 More times »
- Heavy-metal rebelliousness is one of the many luxuries that US freedom affords us. In Baghdad, on the other hand, it's just plain reckless. Long hair... View details »
- Art
- Mark Hobley
- Sunday May 25 (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 »
- Art
- Jasmine Murrell
- Sunday May 25 (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 »
- Art
- Mark Bradford
- Sunday May 25 @ 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 »
- Art: Photography
- Ten Years in Focus
- Sunday May 25 (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 May 25 (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 25 (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 »
