Events on Sunday, June 22

Gourmet Five-Year-Old Party

Party

Gourmet Five-Year-Old Party

Sunday 6/22 @ Montmartre Lounge

Be a kid again and eat fatty foods sans guilt at DrinkEatPlay's Gourmet Five-Year-Old Party. Feast on your favorite childhood meals... 

KCRW's World Festival presents Thievery Corporation, Bebel Gilberto, Los Amigos Invisibles, and Federico Aubele

Music: Global

Thievery Corporation

Sunday 6/22 @ Hollywood Bowl

International electronic wonder duo Thievery Corporation return to the Bowl with flair, offering some of the most consistently stylish beats, and... 

Frightened Rabbit w/ Oxford Collapse and Sunny Day Sets Fire

Music

Oxford Collapse

Sunday 6/22 @ The Roxy Theatre

After a few albums of post-punk manqué, Brooklyn trio Oxford Collapse shattered expectations with 2006's Remember the Night Parties. Sounding more... 

Ongoing Events

Art

COLA Artist Fellowships

Sunday 6/22 @ Barnsdall Art Park

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

Los Angeles Film Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

LA Film Festival

Sunday 6/22 @ Various locations

Though it packs 200 new films into 11 days, the LA Film Festival offers more than just screenings. There are poolside... 

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

Art

Irene Kai

Sunday 6/22 @ 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... 

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Art: Photography

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Sunday 6/22 @ 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... 

The Actors' Gang presents <em>1984</em>

Theatre

1984

Sunday 6/22 @ REDCAT

George Orwell wrote 1984 in the bloody wake of WWII, when anti-totalitarian screeds and fear of Communism were at a fever... 

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

Art

The Color of Life

Sunday 6/22 @ The Getty Villa

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

Mr. Brainwash: <em>Life Is Beautiful</em>

Art

Mr. Brainwash

Sunday 6/22 @ CBS News Studios

Mr. Brainwash, or MBW, is a documentary filmmaker turned street artist who fell in with the renowned circle of renegade activists,... 

<em>Phalanstery Module </em>

Art

Phalanstery Module

Sunday 6/22 @ 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... 

Matt Dangler's <em>Treehouse</em>

Art

Matt Dangler

Sunday 6/22 @ Gallery 1988

Artist Matt Dangler is a wee young thing to be garnering such art-world acclaim. The 24-year-old's spooky and fantastical paintings are... 

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

Art: Photography

Lights! Camera! Glamour!

Sunday 6/22 @ 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 6/22 @ 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>This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in LA Photographs</em>

Art: Photography

This Side of Paradise

Sunday 6/22 @ 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... 

The Art Directors Guild presents <em>MiniWorX</em>

Art

MiniWorX

Sunday 6/22 @ Ghettogloss Presents: An art conglomerate on the move

The Art Directors Guild IA Local 800 is a deliriously talented group of production designers, art directors, and scenic, title, and... 

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

Art: Photography

Ten Years in Focus

Sunday 6/22 @ The Getty Center

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

<em>Marcel Duchamp Redux </em>

Art

Marcel Duchamp Redux

Sunday 6/22 @ Norton Simon Museum

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

Israel Film Festival

Film

Israel Film Festival

Sunday 6/22 @ Various locations

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

<em>Flaunt</em>

Art

Flaunt

Sunday 6/22 @ Junc Gallery

This annual exhibition at Junc typically features new work by both its most promising emerging talents and good-old standbys. The 2008... 

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

Art

Vexing

Sunday 6/22 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Talk Radio

Sunday 6/22 @ 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... 

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

Art

James Turrell

Sunday 6/22 @ 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... 

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

Art

Amy Sol

Sunday 6/22 @ 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... 

Pavilion of Wings

City Gems

Pavilion of Wings

Sunday 6/22 @ 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... 

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

Art

Kori Newkirk

Sunday 6/22 @ 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:... 

Marlene Dumas: <em>Measuring Your Own Grave</em>

Art

Marlene Dumas

Sunday 6/22 @ Museum of Contemporary Art

The first stateside exhibit of French/South African/Dutch artist Marlene Dumas' work, Measuring Your Own Grave is a prodding collection of sketches... 

needtheater & Program12: <em>After the Flood</em>

Theatre

After the Flood

Sunday 6/22 @ A + D Museum

The government's response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina was tragically slow and uninspired — but the love, resources, and... 

Peter Saul

Art

Peter Saul

Sunday 6/22 @ Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach

Peter Saul, who hit his artistic stride mid-century during America's pop-art movement, has become best known of late as a creator... 

The Who's <em>Tommy</em>

Theatre

Tommy

Sunday 6/22 @ Montalbán Theatre

The idea that a young man would become "deaf, dumb, and blind" and then discover that he's a pinball genius was... 

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

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Sunday 6/22 @ 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>Against the Grain</em>

Art

Against the Grain

Sunday 6/22 @ 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... 

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Sunday 6/22 @ 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... 

TASCHEN Warehouse Sale

Fashion/Style: Shopping

TASCHEN Warehouse Sale

Sunday 6/22 @ The TASCHEN Store

TASCHEN books are synonymous with sleek, tasteful subjects, from architecture and film to travel and everything in between — including the... 

<em>Mexican Calendar Girls</em>

Art

Mexican Calendar Girls

Sunday 6/22 @ 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 6/22 @ 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>Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs</em>

Art: Photography

Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs

Sunday 6/22 @ 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.... 

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

Art

Robert A. Nelson: Common Ground

Sunday 6/22 @ 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,... 

<em>In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor</em>

Art

The Juxtapoz Factor

Sunday 6/22 @ Laguna Art Museum

To those who have been reading the contemporary-art magazine Juxtapoz since it was founded in the mid-'90s, it may come as...