Events on Sunday, June 15

Custom Sundaze feat. Garth Trinidad

Music: DJ

Garth Trinidad

Sunday 6/15 @ Custom Hotel

The weekly summer pool party at the Custom Hotel, dubbed Custom Sundaze, reels in a big fish from the crowded DJ... 

Russian Circles w/ Daughters and Young Widows

Music

Russian Circles

Sunday 6/15 @ The Troubadour

In the years since Simon Reynolds coined the once-helpful term, "post-rock" has come to envelop nearly any band with rock instrumentation... 

Occult LA

Film

Occult LA

Sunday 6/15 @ The Silent Movie Theatre

Erik Davis hosts the Silent Movie Theatre's celebration of LA's significant occult film scene with a night of experimental and arcane... 

Dosh w/ Anathallo

Music

Dosh

Sunday 6/15 @ Spaceland

Martin Dosh's music sneaks up on you. He starts off by tinkering with various gizmos and percussive devices, tapping out barely... 

Notes from the Edge

Music

Notes from the Edge

Sunday 6/15 @ The Ford Theater

It's Father's Day, and if your paternal unit is a music buff, skip the action flick and check out tonight's show... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Jasmine Murrell

Sunday 6/15 @ 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... 

Israel Film Festival

Film

Israel Film Festival

Sunday 6/15 @ Various locations

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

<em>Marcel Duchamp Redux </em>

Art

Marcel Duchamp Redux

Sunday 6/15 @ Norton Simon Museum

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

<em>Mexican Calendar Girls</em>

Art

Mexican Calendar Girls

Sunday 6/15 @ 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... 

Recent Spanish Cinema XIV

Film

Recent Spanish Cinema XIV

Sunday 6/15 @ 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... 

James Turrell: <em>Dividing the Light</em>

Art

James Turrell

Sunday 6/15 @ Draper Courtyard, Pomona College

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... 

From B-Boys to Ballerinas

Dance

From B-Boys to Ballerinas

Sunday 6/15 @ 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... 

Pavilion of Wings

City Gems

Pavilion of Wings

Sunday 6/15 @ 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... 

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

Art

Dave McKenzie

Sunday 6/15 @ REDCAT

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

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

Art

Kori Newkirk

Sunday 6/15 @ 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:... 

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Art: Photography

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Sunday 6/15 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Talk Radio

Sunday 6/15 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Sunday 6/15 @ The Getty Center

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

Robert A. Nelson: <em>Common Ground</em>

Art

Robert A. Nelson: Common Ground

Sunday 6/15 @ another year in LA

In Robert A. Nelson's exhibition Common Ground, viewers are treated to a new side of the '60s experimental filmmaker. Nelson's offbeat,... 

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Sunday 6/15 @ 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... 

Art

Make Art/Stop AIDS

Sunday 6/15 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

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

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

Art: Photography

Lights! Camera! Glamour!

Sunday 6/15 @ 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,... 

Moving Arts presents Beginnings & Endings One-Act Play Festival

Theatre

One-Act Play Festival

Sunday 6/15 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs

Sunday 6/15 @ 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.... 

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

Music

Playboy Jazz Festival

Sunday 6/15 @ Hollywood Bowl

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

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

Art: Photography

Ten Years in Focus

Sunday 6/15 @ The Getty Center

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

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

Art

Amy Sol

Sunday 6/15 @ 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... 

Art

COLA Artist Fellowships

Sunday 6/15 @ Barnsdall Art Park

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

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

Art

Vexing

Sunday 6/15 @ 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... 

Toy Theater Festival (For Adults)

Theatre

Toy Theater Festival

Sunday 6/15 @ REDCAT

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

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

Art

The Color of Life

Sunday 6/15 @ The Getty Villa

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

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

Film

Poultrygeist

Sunday 6/15 @ 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>Phalanstery Module </em>

Art

Phalanstery Module

Sunday 6/15 @ 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>Against the Grain</em>

Art

Against the Grain

Sunday 6/15 @ 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... 

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

Art

Irene Kai

Sunday 6/15 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

This Side of Paradise

Sunday 6/15 @ 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... 

<em>Compleat Female Stage Beauty</em>

Theatre

Compleat Female Stage Beauty

Sunday 6/15 @ 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... 

Pasadena Chalk Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Pasadena Chalk Festival

Sunday 6/15 @ Paseo Colorado

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