Events on Saturday, June 14

Crosby, Stills & Nash

Music

Crosby, Stills & Nash

Saturday 6/14 @ Greek Theatre

As Neil Young famously sang, "it's better to burn out than it is to rust." It seems that the lesson has... 

[CANCELLED] Resilient Youth Benefit feat. GZA w/ RJD2 and Living Legends

Music: Hip-Hop

[CANCELLED] RJD2 w/ GZA

Saturday 6/14 @ Orpheum Theatre

With a hometown like Eugene, Oregon, and a name like Ramble John, an upcoming DJ is sure to stand out. So,... 

Mad Caddies w/ the Supervillians

Music

Mad Caddies

Saturday 6/14 @ The Troubadour

Tonight, Santa Barbara's Mad Caddies usher in the summer season with easygoing reggae vibes. Recalling Sublime with a darker edge, this... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Newer Topographics: Photographs of Digitally Altered Urban Landscapes</em>

Art: Photography

Newer Topographics

Saturday 6/14 @ California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside

This exhibition juxtaposes the work of idealist photographers Jeremy Kidd and Eric Curry, both of whom use digital manipulation in arresting... 

<em>Vexing: Female Voices from East LA Punk</em>

Art

Vexing

Saturday 6/14 @ Claremont Museum of Art

In the early '80s, the Vex was an all-ages music club located in Self Help Graphics and Art, a Chicano landmark... 

Israel Film Festival

Film

Israel Film Festival

Saturday 6/14 @ Various locations

The Israel Film Festival, an annual two-week movie marathon, celebrates Israel and — l'chaim! — independent film. Festival highlights include Lynn... 

<em>Compleat Female Stage Beauty</em>

Theatre

Compleat Female Stage Beauty

Saturday 6/14 @ Rogue Machine

Jeffrey Hatcher's critically acclaimed comedy takes it first LA bow at Theatre Theatre's brand-new Rogue Machine stage. Inspired by a real... 

Art

Tiffany Bozic

Saturday 6/14 @ Kinsey/DesForges Gallery

Tiffany Bozic's paintings and drawings are interpretations of the natural world — as seen through a warped microscope, in brilliant color,... 

Sculpture Part One

Art

Sculpture Part One

Saturday 6/14 @ Western Project

Sculpture is LA's latest claim to art-world fame, and the medium's reemergence is due partly to the city's new generation of... 

Eric Bogosian's <em>Talk Radio</em>

Theatre

Talk Radio

Saturday 6/14 @ The MET Theatre

Eric Bogosian made the leap from sputtering performance artist to Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright with his fiery, rant-filled Talk Radio. Known for... 

Oksana Badrak

Art

Oksana Badrak

Saturday 6/14 @ Black Maria Gallery

Russian-born artist Oksana Badrak creates worlds where disparate mediums and settings collide, merging traditional with modern, Eastern with Western, and so... 

Nicole Cohen: <em>Please Be Seated</em>

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Saturday 6/14 @ The Getty Center

Nicole Cohen engineers recombinant layers of still and video imagery, investigating the network of associations that interior spaces contain. Also, she... 

<em>Playboy</em> Jazz Festival feat. Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau, and Keb' Mo'

Music

Playboy Jazz Festival

Saturday 6/14 @ Hollywood Bowl

Jazz great Louis Armstrong once said, "If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know." Those looking for enlightenment,... 

Misato Suzuki: <em>Unknown Quantities</em>

Art

Misato Suzuki

Saturday 6/14 @ Sam Lee Gallery

Misato Suzuki is acutely aware of nature's palette and geometry. With soothing shades of yellow, orange, brown, and blue, she paints... 

<em>LA Nude X </em>

Art: Photography

LA Nude X

Saturday 6/14 @ A&I Hollywood

LA's most industry-beloved photo lab, Photo Impact, officially closed when its owner went in with A&I, but the group show LA... 

Dave McKenzie: <em>Screen Doors on Submarines</em>

Art

Dave McKenzie

Saturday 6/14 @ REDCAT

Jamaican-born artist Dave McKenzie's first solo show in Los Angeles is a multimedia affair that asks multifaceted questions about where a... 

Liat Yossifor and Aaron Sandnes: <em>The War Is Over</em>

Art

Liat Yossifor and Aaron Sandnes

Saturday 6/14 @ See Line Gallery

In the midst of war, there seems to be no shortage of news on the subject. But though we may often... 

<em>Phalanstery Module </em>

Art

Phalanstery Module

Saturday 6/14 @ Materials & Applications

M&A gallery continues to push the frontiers of architecture and landscape research with Jimenez Lai's installation Phalanstery Module. Zero-gravity design presents... 

<em>DREAM(land)</em>

Art

DREAM(land)

Saturday 6/14 @ Jail Gallery

The globally diverse artists in JAIL's latest endeavor have one thing in common: their work ignores the ugly cable-news cycle of... 

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Art: Photography

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Saturday 6/14 @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Photographer Philip-Lorca diCorcia's meticulously planned pictures look as effortless as Polaroids. Most of his works feature a single person — who... 

Moving Arts presents Beginnings & Endings One-Act Play Festival

Theatre

One-Act Play Festival

Saturday 6/14 @ Studio/Stage

Those suffering from art attention-deficit disorder should appreciate Moving Arts' 14th Annual One-Act Play Festival, a yearly roundup of short 'n... 

Steve Olson: <em>Art Attack</em>

Art

Steve Olson

Saturday 6/14 @ 01 Gallery

Back in the late 1970s, Steve Olson became a celebrity in the world of professional skateboarding for his vertical-shredding ability. He's... 

<em>This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in LA Photographs</em>

Art: Photography

This Side of Paradise

Saturday 6/14 @ Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

If only our cracked sidewalks, classic homes, sprawling hills, and endless streets could talk. But even if objects can't, camera lenses... 

Performing Arts: Opera

Tosca

Saturday 6/14 @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Still feeling the love from last month's star-studded tribute to his 40 years in Los Angeles, Plácido Domingo returns to the... 

Tino Rodriguez & Virgo Paraiso: <em>Lullabies for the Dark Ages</em>

Art

Tino Rodriguez & Virgo Paraiso

Saturday 6/14 @ Merry Karnowsky Gallery

Like the Catholic-raised Mexican artist himself, Tino Rodriguez's gender-defying, allegorical paintings are torn between sensuality and conservative tradition. Inspired by the... 

Jerome Witkin: <em>Revelations in Drawing</em>

Art

Jerome Witkin

Saturday 6/14 @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

Many art critics and scholars consider Jerome Witkin to be America's greatest living figurative painter. His portraits and landscapes combine an... 

<em>Ginger</em>

Art

Ginger

Saturday 6/14 @ New Image Art

New Image Art's latest group exhibition packs a powerhouse list of participants. Vets of the gallery — including indie-rock man-of-the-moment Devendra... 

<em>Mexican Calendar Girls</em>

Art

Mexican Calendar Girls

Saturday 6/14 @ California Heritage Museum

Glamor gets deep and classic at the California Heritage Museum's Mexican Calendar Girls, opening with a Cinco de Mayo reception. The... 

<em>Ten Years in Focus: The Artist and the Camera</em>

Art: Photography

Ten Years in Focus

Saturday 6/14 @ The Getty Center

In celebration of its tenth anniversary, the Getty Center presents Ten Years in Focus: The Artist and the Camera. The exhibition... 

Art

Make Art/Stop AIDS

Saturday 6/14 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

Before red ribbons became de rigeur accessories at televised awards ceremonies, artists from around the globe inspired and provoked the radical... 

Art

Don Ed Hardy and Michael McCabe

Saturday 6/14 @ Track 16 Gallery

If you live in California, you've most likely heard of Don Ed Hardy — or at least of his ubiquitous fashion... 

Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Mixed Roots

Saturday 6/14 @ Japanese American National Museum

It's got many meanings, but as far as the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival is concerned, everyone is free to... 

<em>Point Break LIVE!</em>

Theatre

Point Break LIVE!

Saturday 6/14 @ Dragonfly

Point Break LIVE! turns cinematic lemons into lemonade, raucously skewering the cult-classic film by casting an unrehearsed audience volunteer to fill... 

Art

Under the Radar

Saturday 6/14 @ Grind Gallery

Including comic-book writers, fashion photographers, and magazine illustrators, the eclectic collection of emerging artists at the Grind Gallery may be under... 

Piot Brehmer

Art

Piot Brehmer

Saturday 6/14 @ Samuel Freeman

Piot Brehmer's hyperrealist-inspired paintings at Samuel Freeman may owe a nod to painters like Philip Pearlstein and Eric Fischl, but there's... 

Carny Trash

Comedy

Carny Trash

Saturday 6/14 @ The Steve Allen Theater

In Steve Allen Theater's latest production, Carny Trash, your fondest memories of days at the carnival with ma and pa are... 

Kori Newkirk:<em> 1997-2007</em>

Art

Kori Newkirk

Saturday 6/14 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

Kori Newkirk first came to national attention thanks to his contribution to the Studio Museum in Harlem's daring group show Freestyle:... 

<em>The Color of Life: Polychromy in Sculpture from Antiquity to the Present </em>

Art

The Color of Life

Saturday 6/14 @ The Getty Villa

Looking at tony museum collections of ancient Greek and Roman statuary, one might think that the whole of antiquity existed only... 

13 X 31 Anniversary Tour feat. X

Music

X

Saturday 6/14 @ House of Blues Anaheim

Not everyone agrees that punk is dead. Since catching the eye of ex-Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek back in the late-'70s, notoriously... 

Irene Kai: <em>What Do You See?</em>

Art

Irene Kai

Saturday 6/14 @ Found Gallery

Somewhere between Edward Weston's nudes and Hermann Rorschach's ink blots lies the work of Irene Kai. The author/teacher/photographer plays with the... 

Art

Terence Koh

Saturday 6/14 @ Peres Projects

Anyone who can sell his own bodily fluids for thousands of dollars on the art market has "made it" as an... 

Amy Sol: <em>Karmic Magic</em>

Art

Amy Sol

Saturday 6/14 @ Thinkspace Gallery

Karmic Magic, Las Vegas artist Amy Sol's solo show with the Silverlake gem Thinkspace, features doe-eyed females, furry creatures, and sweetly... 

<em>Blood & Glitter </em>

Art

Blood & Glitter

Saturday 6/14 @ Bandini Art

Co-curated by Patrick Painter Gallery's Heather Harmon and Bandini's own Ashley McLean Emenegger, Blood & Glitter is a group exhibition about... 

Cadence Pearson: <em>Disjointed</em>

Art

Cadence Pearson

Saturday 6/14 @ Kara Wily Pilates

When dancer and art enthusiast Kara Wily wanted to open her own Pilates studio (having learned the ropes from the movement's... 

<em>Marcel Duchamp Redux </em>

Art

Marcel Duchamp Redux

Saturday 6/14 @ Norton Simon Museum

This year marks the 45th anniversary of By or of Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy, the famous Marcel Duchamp retrospective at... 

Art

Juan Uslé

Saturday 6/14 @ LA Louver Gallery

The life and experiences of Spanish painter Juan Uslé meet his vision of abstraction in this new series of paintings. Including... 

ARTEL presents <em>The Legendary Times of Bulgakov</em>

Theatre

The Legendary Times of Bulgakov

Saturday 6/14 @ Art|Works Theatre

American Russian Theatre Ensemble Laboratory produces interdisciplinary events that illuminate Russia's darkly poetic, politically charged history. Now, ARTEL focuses on the... 

Art

COLA Artist Fellowships

Saturday 6/14 @ Barnsdall Art Park

The Cultural Affairs Department recently issued a statement to declare its unprecedented satisfaction with the state's arts budget — proof that... 

HK Zamani: <em>Shelter from the Storm</em>

Art

HK Zamani

Saturday 6/14 @ SolwayJones Gallery

HK Zamani is best known to LA art lovers as Habib Kheradyar, the peripatetic multimedia artist, one-time owner of Post Gallery,... 

Recent Spanish Cinema XIV

Film

Recent Spanish Cinema XIV

Saturday 6/14 @ Egyptian Theatre

Although Pedro Almodovar's work tends to hog the spotlight, more and more Spanish films continue to reach crossover status. This year's... 

<em>Rebel Legacy: The Abstract in Latino Art </em>

Art

Rebel Legacy

Saturday 6/14 @ Pharmaka

Hot on the heels of LACMA's controversial Phantom Sightings exhibition, Pharmaka Gallery tackles the issue of contemporary Chicano art with Rebel... 

Anna Dusi: <em>Da Cosa Nasce Cosa</em>

Art

Anna Dusi

Saturday 6/14 @ The Loft at Liz's

Long known for fantastic salvage store Liz's Antique Hardware (a favorite with high-end interior designers and industry art directors), Liz Gordon... 

<em>Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead</em>

Film

Poultrygeist

Saturday 6/14 @ Laemmle's Sunset 5

Serving up buckets of undead breasts and extra-slimy special sauce, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead keeps Troma Entertainment's traditions of... 

<em>Lights! Camera! Glamour!</em>

Art: Photography

Lights! Camera! Glamour!

Saturday 6/14 @ California Heritage Museum

George Hurrell shot studio stars as they are remembered today: glamorous, graceful, and a tad theatrical. With his sophisticated black-and-white blowups,... 

Pasadena Chalk Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Pasadena Chalk Festival

Saturday 6/14 @ Paseo Colorado

Grab your dad and spend this Father's Day at the 16th annual Pasadena Chalk Festival. Paseo Colorado is the site of... 

<em>Against the Grain</em>

Art

Against the Grain

Saturday 6/14 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

Known for its progressive, boundary-pushing performances and interdisciplinary bravado, LACE's lofty space transforms into a clean, white gallery for Against the... 

<em>The Puppet Show</em>

Art

The Puppet Show

Saturday 6/14 @ Santa Monica Museum of Art

SMMoA gathers an eclectic array of work by 30 impressive artists — from Kara Walker to Louise Bourgeois, Bruce Nauman, and... 

Mark Bradford: <em>Help Us</em>

Art

Mark Bradford

Saturday 6/14 @ Steve Turner Contemporary

Los Angeles painter, installation artist, and (most recently) video artist Mark Bradford has exhibited in some of the world's most prestigious... 

Toy Theater Festival (For Adults)

Theatre

Toy Theater Festival

Saturday 6/14 @ REDCAT

When you think of puppetry, you might think of kids, but this tabletop art increasingly serves a more sophisticated audience (or,... 

Art

Culmination

Saturday 6/14 @ Morono Kiang Gallery

As Internet galleries and portfolio sites make it increasingly easy to navigate the deep waters of the international emerging art scene,... 

Jon Rappleye: <em>Fantastic Planet</em> and Amy Mahnick: <em>Garbage</em>

Art

Jon Rappleye and Amy Mahnick

Saturday 6/14 @ Richard Heller Gallery

In New Jersey-based artist Jon Rappleye's world, eyeless horned owls flit around a cluster of vultures, deer, and snakes while, in... 

A Chorus Line

Theatre

A Chorus Line

Saturday 6/14 @ Ahmanson Theatre

Director and co-choreographer Michael Bennett spins this well-loved tale of Broadway gypsies and would-be stars who lay their souls on the... 

<em>Four</em>

Art

Four

Saturday 6/14 @ Corey Helford Gallery

Jason Shawn Alexander, Sarah Folkman, Melissa Forman, and Karen Hsiao make up the "four" artists of this exhibition, which brings together... 

<em>Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs</em>

Art: Photography

Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs

Saturday 6/14 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs looks at Israel's female citizenry as a reflection of the state's 60-year history of independence.... 

From B-Boys to Ballerinas

Dance

From B-Boys to Ballerinas

Saturday 6/14 @ Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum

Dance Camera West hits its stride with the second week of its monthlong festival that breaks from the proscenium and enters... 

Mariah Anne Johnson: <em>We Are All Well and Fine</em>

Art

Mariah Anne Johnson

Saturday 6/14 @ Little Bird Gallery

Blame it on her traditional Southern upbringing, but Mariah Anne Johnson (born and raised in Arkansas) has an affinity for her... 

Tillman Kaiser: <em>Don't Worry About the Motion on the Ocean</em>

Art

Tillman Kaiser

Saturday 6/14 @ Honor Fraser

Painter Tillman Kaiser invokes the legacy of dadaist Marcel Duchamp, who famously flipped a ceramic urinal on its side, signed it... 

Jasmine Murrell: <em>Possession of Fela Kuti</em>

Art

Jasmine Murrell

Saturday 6/14 @ Pounder-Koné Art Space

Afrobeat pioneer and revolutionary activist Fela Kuti has influenced generations of progressives, from his native Nigeria to South Central LA, with... 

Michelle Lopez and Vishal Jugdeo

Art

Michelle Lopez and Vishal Jugdeo

Saturday 6/14 @ LAXART

Michelle Lopez and Vishal Jugdeo, both making their solo debuts in Los Angeles, meditate on the meaning of objects in human... 

Pavilion of Wings

City Gems

Pavilion of Wings

Saturday 6/14 @ Natural History Museum

Pavilion of Wings returns to the Natural History Museum for the exhibition's tenth anniversary. Now, anyone jealous of the Shins' experience...