Events on Sunday, June 29

Meshell Ndegeocello

Music

Meshell Ndegeocello

Sunday 6/29 @ Key Club

Touring in support of her eighth album (brilliantly titled The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams), neo-soul mama... 

<em>Bride of Frankenstein</em> (1935)

Film

Bride of Frankenstein

Sunday 6/29 @ The Steve Allen Theater

Hot on the heels of the successful David Cronenberg series, the Steve Allen Theater offers Bride of Frankenstein, which arrives as... 

Custom Sundaze feat. Jon H of Fort Knox Five

Music: DJ

Jon H

Sunday 6/29 @ Custom Hotel

The Custom Hotel has made visiting Westchester — out by LAX and the 405 — a surprisingly chic prospect, especially when... 

Fleet Foxes w/ the Dutchess & the Duke

Music

Fleet Foxes

Sunday 6/29 @ Spaceland

Recent Sub Pop signees Fleet Foxes are raking in the adulation for their self-titled full-length debut — including a rare 9.0... 

Gilberto Gil and Devendra Banhart w/ The Album Leaf

Music

Gilberto Gil and Devendra Banhart

Sunday 6/29 @ Hollywood Bowl

In a 2006 interview, Devendra Banhart suggested re-dubbing the awkwardly named freak-folk genre "naturalismo" — a combination of naturalism and what... 

Ongoing Events

Haegue Yang: <em>Asymmetric Equality</em>

Art

Haegue Yang

Sunday 6/29 @ REDCAT

REDCAT continues to be a beacon for cutting-edge contemporary art, featuring the first solo show of Haegue Yang in the US.... 

Stephan Koplowitz's TaskForce presents <em>Liquid Landscapes</em>

Art

Liquid Landscapes

Sunday 6/29 @ Various locations

New York's loss is Los Angeles' gain with the arrival of Stephan Koplowitz, one of the country's most intriguing interdisciplinary artists.... 

<em>Flaunt</em>

Art

Flaunt

Sunday 6/29 @ Junc Gallery

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

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Art: Photography

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Sunday 6/29 @ 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 6/29 @ 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 6/29 @ The Getty Center

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

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

Art

Amy Sol

Sunday 6/29 @ 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>Phalanstery Module </em>

Art

Phalanstery Module

Sunday 6/29 @ 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... 

Art

COLA Artist Fellowships

Sunday 6/29 @ Barnsdall Art Park

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

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

Art

Marlene Dumas

Sunday 6/29 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

This Side of Paradise

Sunday 6/29 @ 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 Who's <em>Tommy</em>

Theatre

Tommy

Sunday 6/29 @ Montalbán Theatre

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

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

Art

The Juxtapoz Factor

Sunday 6/29 @ 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... 

<em>Against the Grain</em>

Art

Against the Grain

Sunday 6/29 @ 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... 

Los Angeles Film Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

LA Film Festival

Sunday 6/29 @ Various locations

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

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

Art

Matt Dangler

Sunday 6/29 @ 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>Vexing: Female Voices from East LA Punk</em>

Art

Vexing

Sunday 6/29 @ 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... 

Moving Arts presents Beginnings & Endings One-Act Play Festival

Theatre

One-Act Play Festival

Sunday 6/29 @ 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... 

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

Art

James Turrell

Sunday 6/29 @ 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... 

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

Art

Robert A. Nelson: Common Ground

Sunday 6/29 @ 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,... 

Mods & Rockers

Festival: Performing Arts

Mods & Rockers

Sunday 6/29 @ Egyptian Theatre

Mods and rockers both worshiped bands, rode scooters, and cultivated impossibly hip hairstyles. But the two UK groups had a distinct... 

<em>Marcel Duchamp Redux </em>

Art

Marcel Duchamp Redux

Sunday 6/29 @ Norton Simon Museum

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

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

Art

Irene Kai

Sunday 6/29 @ 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... 

Peter Saul

Art

Peter Saul

Sunday 6/29 @ 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 Actors' Gang presents <em>1984</em>

Theatre

1984

Sunday 6/29 @ REDCAT

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

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

Art: Photography

Ten Years in Focus

Sunday 6/29 @ The Getty Center

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

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

Art

Mr. Brainwash

Sunday 6/29 @ CBS News Studios

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

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Sunday 6/29 @ 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... 

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

Art

Kori Newkirk

Sunday 6/29 @ 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>Mexican Calendar Girls</em>

Art

Mexican Calendar Girls

Sunday 6/29 @ 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>Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs</em>

Art: Photography

Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs

Sunday 6/29 @ 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.... 

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

Art

MiniWorX

Sunday 6/29 @ 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... 

Pavilion of Wings

City Gems

Pavilion of Wings

Sunday 6/29 @ 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...