All events on Friday June 06
Previous day|Next day- Performing Arts: Dance
- Screendance
- Friday June 6 (8pm) @ REDCAT More times »
- From its humble beginnings at the Getty Center to its infiltration of alternative venues all across LA, the little dance-film festival that could continues to... View details »
- Music: Hip-Hop
- Living Legends
- Friday June 6 (8pm) @ Music Box at the Fonda Theater
- West Coast indie-hoppers Living Legends are a lot of things: educational (Grouch), introspective (Scarub), and often a little crazy (Murs). When they get together, the... View details »
- Film: Documentary
- Bomb It
- Friday June 6 @ Laemmle's Sunset 5 More times »
- A modern-day incarnation of 1983's groundbreaking Style Wars, graffiti documentary Bomb It moves past the boroughs of New York to survey the global community of... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- One-Act Play Festival
- Friday June 6 (8pm) @ Studio/Stage More times »
- Those suffering from art attention-deficit disorder should appreciate Moving Arts' 14th Annual One-Act Play Festival, a yearly roundup of short 'n sweet theatrical pieces. This... View details »
- Music: Global
- deSol
- Friday June 6 (7:30pm) @ Key Club
- Dubbed "Rock 'n Roll with a Latin Soul," the explosive six-piece deSol set the scene for a serious party. Living proof that music is undoubtedly... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Farmlab Public Salon
- Friday June 6 (noon–3pm) @ Farmlab
- Free
- Congregate with open-minded folks for insightful chit chat at the think tank that doubles as an art-production studio and... rformance venue, now known as Farmlab,... View details »
- Music: DJ
- DJ Miles Maeda
- Friday June 6 (10pm) @ King King
- House DJ Miles Maeda might also be a professional yoga instructor, but that's hardly mellowed the hard, thumping, booty-bumping beats he cranks out. Alongside formidable... View details »
- Art
- Hammer Bash
- Friday June 6 (7–11pm) @ Hammer Museum
- Free
- Renowned artist Kara Walker's exhibit at the Hammer Museum, titled My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love, utilizes cartoonish black paper cutouts of figures... View details »
- Performing Arts: Spoken Word
- A Prairie Home Companion
- Friday June 6 (7:30pm) @ Greek Theatre
- Now that the fanfare surrounding Robert Altman's 2006 film A Prairie Home Companion has blessedly waned, Garrison Keillor is back at his regular, reassuring shtick:... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- The Mountain Goats
- Friday June 6 (5:30–10pm) @ Natural History Museum
- Giveaway
- John Darnielle has recorded so much under his Mountain Goats moniker that it's getting hard to track the shades of heartbreak. The North Carolina-based songwriter... View details »
- Art
- Robert A. Nelson: Common Ground
- Friday June 6 (7–10pm) @ another year in LA More times »
- OpeningFree
- In Robert A. Nelson's exhibition Common Ground, viewers are treated to a new side of the '60s experimental filmmaker. Nelson's offbeat, conceptual, and often humorous... View details »
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- Art: Architecture/Design
- La Vida Lowrider
- Friday June 6 (10am–6pm) @ Peterson Automotive Museum More times »
- The lowrider tradition originated in the Chicano barrios of Los Angeles, inspired by a fierce love for classic cars and the need for expressing cultural... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Lights! Camera! Glamour!
- Friday June 6 (11am–4pm) @ California Heritage Museum More times »
- George Hurrell shot studio stars as they are remembered today: glamorous, graceful, and a tad theatrical. With his sophisticated black-and-white blowups, "The grand seigneur of... View details »
- Art
- Bob Dylan's American Journey
- Friday June 6 @ 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
- Kara Walker
- Friday June 6 (11am–7pm) @ Hammer Museum More times »
- Employing iconic black-paper silhouettes, Kara Walker — who was named one of Time's "100 Most Influential People" in 2007 — sparks a tense dialogue between... View details »
- Art
- Make Art/Stop AIDS
- Friday June 6 (noon–5pm) @ Fowler Museum, UCLA More times »
- Free
- Before red ribbons became de rigeur accessories at televised awards ceremonies, artists from around the globe inspired and provoked the radical awareness that the AIDS... View details »
- Art
- California Video
- Friday June 6 @ The Getty Center More times »
- Free
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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
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Ugo Wine Bar
- Friday June 6 (5:30pm–1:30am) @ Vinum Populi More times »
- Free
- Culver City's latest spot of interest is Ugo Wine Bar, a cozy wine bar with the usual bistro couches and charcuterie selection — with one... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Keep Your Pantheon and Duck Variations
- Friday June 6 @ Kirk Douglas Theatre More times »
- Brilliantly contrasting old with new, Center Theatre Group places one of David Mamet's earliest works alongside his latest production. In the classic Duck Variations, two... View details »
- Art
- The Color of Life
- Friday June 6 (10am–9pm) @ The Getty Villa More times »
- Free
- Looking at tony museum collections of ancient Greek and Roman statuary, one might think that the whole of antiquity existed only in tones of white... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Gregory Crewdson
- Friday June 6 (10am–5:30pm) @ Gagosian Gallery More times »
- Free
- For his latest show, Gregory Crewdson churns out a new line of epic photo tableaux. Shot on a blockbuster budget with an army of production... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Phalanstery Module
- Friday June 6 @ 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
- 100% Other
- Friday June 6 (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: Architecture/Design
- Michael Kalish
- Friday June 6 (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
- Dave McKenzie
- Friday June 6 (noon–6pm) @ REDCAT More times »
- Free
- Jamaican-born artist Dave McKenzie's first solo show in Los Angeles is a multimedia affair that asks multifaceted questions about where a single cell fits within... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Newer Topographics
- Friday June 6 (noon–5pm) @ California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside More times »
- This exhibition juxtaposes the work of idealist photographers Jeremy Kidd and Eric Curry, both of whom use digital manipulation in arresting multimedia and photographic works.... View details »
- Art
- Marcel Duchamp Redux
- Friday June 6 (noon–9pm) @ 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 »
- Art
- Mexican Calendar Girls
- Friday June 6 (11am–4pm) @ California Heritage Museum More times »
- 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 »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Compleat Female Stage Beauty
- Friday June 6 (8pm) @ Rogue Machine More times »
- Jeffrey Hatcher's critically acclaimed comedy takes it first LA bow at Theatre Theatre's brand-new Rogue Machine stage. Inspired by a real Shakespearean-era actor named Edward... View details »
- Art
- Anna Dusi
- Friday June 6 (10am–6pm) @ The Loft at Liz's More times »
- Free
- Long known for fantastic salvage store Liz's Antique Hardware (a favorite with high-end interior designers and industry art directors), Liz Gordon has also created a... View details »
- Art
- Michelle Lopez and Vishal Jugdeo
- Friday June 6 (11am–6pm) @ LAXART More times »
- Free
- Michelle Lopez and Vishal Jugdeo, both making their solo debuts in Los Angeles, meditate on the meaning of objects in human life. Lopez's The Year... View details »
- Art
- DREAM(land)
- Friday June 6 (noon–6pm) @ JAIL Gallery More times »
- Free
- The globally diverse artists in JAIL's latest endeavor have one thing in common: their work ignores the ugly cable-news cycle of reality in favor of... View details »
- Art
- Blood & Glitter
- Friday June 6 (11am–5pm) @ Bandini Art More times »
- Free
- Co-curated by Patrick Painter Gallery's Heather Harmon and Bandini's own Ashley McLean Emenegger, Blood & Glitter is a group exhibition about the seductive dangers of... View details »
- Art
- Culmination
- Friday June 6 (noon–6pm) @ Morono Kiang Gallery More times »
- Free
- As Internet galleries and portfolio sites make it increasingly easy to navigate the deep waters of the international emerging art scene, the prevalence of Chinese... View details »
- Art
- Liat Yossifor and Aaron Sandnes
- Friday June 6 (11am–6pm) @ See Line Gallery More times »
- Free
- In the midst of war, there seems to be no shortage of news on the subject. But though we may often feel aware of present... View details »
- Art
- Deedee Cheriel and Louise Bonnet
- Friday June 6 (1–6pm) @ Subliminal Projects More times »
- Free
- The newest exhibition to hit Shepard and Amanda Fairey's Subliminal Projects gallery features the work of LA-based artists Deedee Cheriel and Louise Bonnet. Cheriel's background... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- The Legendary Times of Bulgakov
- Friday June 6 (8pm) @ Art|Works Theatre More times »
- American Russian Theatre Ensemble Laboratory produces interdisciplinary events that illuminate Russia's darkly poetic, politically charged history. Now, ARTEL focuses on the legacy of Mikhail Bulgakov... View details »
- Art
- Jerome Witkin
- Friday June 6 (10am–6pm) @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts More times »
- Free
- Many art critics and scholars consider Jerome Witkin to be America's greatest living figurative painter. His portraits and landscapes combine an unerring eye for detail,... View details »
- Art
- The Puppet Show
- Friday June 6 (11am–6pm) @ Santa Monica Museum of Art More times »
- SMMoA gathers an eclectic array of work by 30 impressive artists — from Kara Walker to Louise Bourgeois, Bruce Nauman, and Kiki Smith — in... View details »
- Art
- Don Ed Hardy and Michael McCabe
- Friday June 6 (11am–6pm) @ Track 16 Gallery More times »
- Free
- If you live in California, you've most likely heard of Don Ed Hardy — or at least of his ubiquitous fashion label, Ed Hardy, known... View details »
- Art
- Vexing
- Friday June 6 (11am–5pm) @ Claremont Museum of Art More times »
- In the early '80s, the Vex was an all-ages music club located in Self Help Graphics and Art, a Chicano landmark in East LA. Although... View details »
- Art
- Juan Uslé
- Friday June 6 (11am–6pm) @ LA Louver Gallery More times »
- Free
- The life and experiences of Spanish painter Juan Uslé meet his vision of abstraction in this new series of paintings. Including over a dozen canvases... View details »
- Art
- Under the Radar
- Friday June 6 (noon–6pm) @ Grind Gallery More times »
- Free
- Including comic-book writers, fashion photographers, and magazine illustrators, the eclectic collection of emerging artists at the Grind Gallery may be under the radar, but most... View details »
- Art
- Tiffany Bozic
- Friday June 6 (11am–6pm) @ Kinsey/DesForges Gallery More times »
- Free
- Tiffany Bozic's paintings and drawings are interpretations of the natural world — as seen through a warped microscope, in brilliant color, with Mozart's Rex Tremendae... View details »
- Art
- Cadence Pearson
- Friday June 6 (7am–3pm & 5–8pm) @ Kara Wily Pilates More times »
- Free
- When dancer and art enthusiast Kara Wily wanted to open her own Pilates studio (having learned the ropes from the movement's founder himself) she always... View details »
- Art
- COLA Artist Fellowships
- Friday June 6 (noon–5pm) @ Barnsdall Art Park More times »
- Free
- The Cultural Affairs Department recently issued a statement to declare its unprecedented satisfaction with the state's arts budget — proof that our programs are hale... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Philip-Lorca diCorcia
- Friday June 6 (noon–9pm) @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art More times »
- Photographer Philip-Lorca diCorcia's meticulously planned pictures look as effortless as Polaroids. Most of his works feature a single person — who diCorcia usually finds through... View details »
- Art
- Tillman Kaiser
- Friday June 6 (10am–6pm) @ Honor Fraser More times »
- Free
- Painter Tillman Kaiser invokes the legacy of dadaist Marcel Duchamp, who famously flipped a ceramic urinal on its side, signed it R. Mutt, and called... View details »
- Art
- Jon Rappleye and Amy Mahnick
- Friday June 6 (10am–6pm) @ Richard Heller Gallery More times »
- Free
- In New Jersey-based artist Jon Rappleye's world, eyeless horned owls flit around a cluster of vultures, deer, and snakes while, in the distance, dozens of... View details »
- Art
- Steve Olson
- Friday June 6 (noon–6pm) @ 01 Gallery More times »
- Free
- Back in the late 1970s, Steve Olson became a celebrity in the world of professional skateboarding for his vertical-shredding ability. He's since made his name... View details »
- Art
- Piot Brehmer
- Friday June 6 (11am–6pm) @ Samuel Freeman More times »
- Free
- Piot Brehmer's hyperrealist-inspired paintings at Samuel Freeman may owe a nod to painters like Philip Pearlstein and Eric Fischl, but there's a certain allure to... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Norman's Ark
- Friday June 6 (8:30pm) @ The Ford Theater More times »
- After directing Broadway's mega-musical The Lion King, Tony Award-winner Peter Schneider moved in a surprising direction: he traded in big-budget spectacle and the Great White... View details »
- Art
- Four
- Friday June 6 (noon–6pm) @ Corey Helford More times »
- Free
- Jason Shawn Alexander, Sarah Folkman, Melissa Forman, and Karen Hsiao make up the "four" artists of this exhibition, which brings together locals working within the... View details »
- Art
- Kori Newkirk
- Friday June 6 (noon–5pm) @ Pasadena Museum of California Art More times »
- Kori Newkirk first came to national attention thanks to his contribution to the Studio Museum in Harlem's daring group show Freestyle: a mural of a... View details »
- Art
- Oksana Badrak
- Friday June 6 (noon–6pm) @ Black Maria Gallery More times »
- Free
- Russian-born artist Oksana Badrak creates worlds where disparate mediums and settings collide, merging traditional with modern, Eastern with Western, and so on. Drawing on her... View details »
- Art
- Terence Koh
- Friday June 6 (10am–6pm) @ Peres Projects More times »
- Free
- Anyone who can sell his own bodily fluids for thousands of dollars on the art market has "made it" as an artist. Of course, there's... View details »
- Music: Jazz/Blues
- Arturo Sandoval
- Friday June 6 (8 & 10pm) @ Catalina Bar & Grill More times »
- Latin bebop boss Arturo Sandoval is known for his laser-point high notes and deft command of the trumpet. Sandoval's fiery style and exuberant stage show... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- Jonathan Richman
- Friday June 6 (8pm) @ The Mint More times »
- Between willfully simple, '50s-inspired numbers like "I'm a Little Dinosaur" and his work with the Modern Lovers, Jonathan Richman has the mark of a true... View details »
- Art
- Sculpture Part One
- Friday June 6 (11am–6pm) @ Western Project More times »
- Free
- 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 sculptors. Western Projects' two-part... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- AFI Conservatory Production Design Showcase
- Friday June 6 (9am–6pm) @ American Film Institute More times »
- Free
- Production designers are like magical movie elves, taking far-fetched screenplay concepts and turning them into realities. But becoming a magical elf takes work: extensive training... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Dwell on Design
- Friday June 6 (9:30am–6pm) @ Los Angeles Convention Center More times »
- Dwell always goes big for Dwell on Design, the magazine's annual festival of aesthetics that's equal parts conference, product exhibition, and home tour. During the... View details »
- Art
- CalArts MFA Graduate Exhibition
- Friday June 6 (noon–5pm) @ Various Chinatown galleries More times »
- Free
- After graduation, most MFA recipients fret over finding places to show their work. This year's graduating class of visual artists at CalArts did its fretting... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- A Chorus Line
- Friday June 6 (8pm) @ Ahmanson Theatre More times »
- Director and co-choreographer Michael Bennett spins this well-loved tale of Broadway gypsies and would-be stars who lay their souls on the line in pursuit of... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Point Break LIVE!
- Friday June 6 (8pm) @ Dragonfly More times »
- Point Break LIVE! turns cinematic lemons into lemonade, raucously skewering the cult-classic film by casting an unrehearsed audience volunteer to fill the not-so-massive shoes of... View details »
- Art
- Jasmine Murrell
- Friday June 6 (1–7pm) @ Pounder-Koné Art Space More times »
- Free
- Afrobeat pioneer and revolutionary activist Fela Kuti has influenced generations of progressives, from his native Nigeria to South Central LA, with his potently political celebration... View details »
- Art
- Mark Bradford
- Friday June 6 @ 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 »
- Art: Photography
- Ten Years in Focus
- Friday June 6 (10am–9pm) @ The Getty Center More times »
- Free
- In celebration of its tenth anniversary, the Getty Center presents Ten Years in Focus: The Artist and the Camera. The exhibition draws parallels between photography... View details »
- Art
- Misato Suzuki
- Friday June 6 (noon–6pm) @ Sam Lee Gallery More times »
- Free
- Misato Suzuki is acutely aware of nature's palette and geometry. With soothing shades of yellow, orange, brown, and blue, she paints amorphous forms that are... View details »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Pavilion of Wings
- Friday June 6 (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 »
- Art: Photography
- Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs
- Friday June 6 (noon–5pm) @ Skirball Cultural Center More times »
- Free
- Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs looks at Israel's female citizenry as a reflection of the state's 60-year history of independence. Drawing on documentary and... View details »
