All events on Monday May 05
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- Mania Akbari
- Monday May 5 (8pm) @ REDCAT
- As part of the Jack H. Skirball Screening Series, REDCAT presents the West Coast premiere of Iranian painter/video artist Mania Akbari's quasi-documentary account of her... View details »
- Art
- Mexican Calendar Girls
- Monday May 5 (6–8pm) @ California Heritage Museum More times »
- Opening
- 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 »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- Go Betty Go
- Monday May 5 (8pm) @ The Troubadour
- The Troubadour's Cinco de Mayo party features the all-lady pop-punk sounds of Go Betty Go along with fellow bilingual bands Monte Negro, No Way Jose,... View details »
The following events are ongoing.
- Film: Documentary
- My Kid Could Paint That
- Monday May 5 @ 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
- Bob Dylan's American Journey
- Monday May 5 @ 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
- California Video
- Monday May 5 @ 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
- Monday May 5 (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
- Vinum Populi
- Monday May 5 (5:30pm–12:30am) @ Vinum Populi More times »
- Free
- 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 »
- Art
- Las Vegas Diaspora
- Monday May 5 (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: Architecture/Design
- Elena Manferdini
- Monday May 5 (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
- Monday May 5 @ 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: Photography
- Mister Lonely
- Monday May 5 @ 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 »
- Art
- 100% Other
- Monday May 5 (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 »
- Art
- Sue-Ling Hyde
- Monday May 5 (9am–6pm) @ 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 »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Michael Kalish
- Monday May 5 (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
- Lush
- Monday May 5 @ 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
- Monday May 5 @ 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
- Monday May 5 (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: Comedy
- Los Angeles Comedy Festival
- Monday May 5 @ 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 »
- Art
- Scott Harrison, Sam Saga, and Thomas Wargin
- Monday May 5 (11am–7pm) @ 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
- Mark Bradford
- Monday May 5 @ 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 »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Pavilion of Wings
- Monday May 5 (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 »
