Events on Thursday, July 17

The Zombies w/ Jefferson Starship

Music

The Zombies

Thursday 7/17 @ Grove of Anaheim

While the Zombies' slick harmonies and friendly la-la-las often fit the mold of fellow British invasion acts like the Beatles and... 

<em>Such Hawks, Such Hounds</em>

Film: Documentary

Such Hawks, Such Hounds

Thursday 7/17 @ The Silent Movie Theatre

While often lumped into the category of "stoner rock," the sounds created by bands like Earth, Sleep, Comets on Fire, and... 

Bodies of Water w/ the Henry Clay People and Seasons

Music

Bodies of Water

Thursday 7/17 @ The Echo & Echoplex

LA's Bodies of Water make life-affirming indie pop, a happy-go-lucky mashup of Arcade Fire's heart-thumping arrangements, the Polyphonic Spree's communal euphoria,... 

Ongoing Events

Roger Herman and Melissa Meyer

Art

Roger Herman and Melissa Meyer

Thursday 7/17 @ Jancar Gallery

Roger Herman wields thickly applied oils to attack figures, landscapes, and architecture with equal verve and vigor. He trowels layer upon... 

Victoria Reynolds: <em>Drawn and Rendered</em>

Art

Victoria Reynolds

Thursday 7/17 @ Richard Heller Gallery

Living in Sweden proved to be an invaluable influence on Victoria Reynolds' artwork. Not only does she emulate the painstakingly naturalistic... 

<em>The Dark Knight</em> 24-Hour Screenings

Film

The Dark Knight

Thursday 7/17 @ Arclight Hollywood

The upcoming installment of the Batman film franchise, The Dark Knight, has been subject to a media blitz of epic proportions... 

<em>Mexican Calendar Girls</em>

Art

Mexican Calendar Girls

Thursday 7/17 @ 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... 

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

Art

Jerome Witkin

Thursday 7/17 @ 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>Hand to Hand: Witnessing the War</em>

Art

Witnessing the War

Thursday 7/17 @ Carol Henry Studio

An overstuffed white glove might bring to mind images of a Mickey Mouse cartoon, but for artist and curator Cecelia Kane,... 

<em>Politics as Usual: As Seen by Harry Benson</em>

Art: Photography

Harry Benson

Thursday 7/17 @ David Gallery

As the Beatles greeted New York City's cold winter weather for the first time in 1964, looming in their shadows was... 

Gillian Wearing: <em>Pin-Ups</em> and <em>Family History</em>

Art

Gillian Wearing

Thursday 7/17 @ Regen Projects

This dual exhibition from British artist Gillian Wearing begins with Pin-Ups, displayed at the Regen Projects' Almont Drive location. For her... 

<em>Marcel Duchamp Redux </em>

Art

Marcel Duchamp Redux

Thursday 7/17 @ 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>Cover Version: A Summer Reading List</em>

Art

Cover Version

Thursday 7/17 @ Taylor De Cordoba Gallery

Thematic summer shows are as de rigueur in the art world as summer reading lists were in high school — and... 

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

Art

MiniWorX

Thursday 7/17 @ 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>Rebel Legacy: The Abstract in Latino Art </em>

Art

Rebel Legacy

Thursday 7/17 @ Pharmaka

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

Caia Koopman & Mark Gleason

Art

Caia Koopman & Mark Gleason

Thursday 7/17 @ La Luz de Jesus

Though painters Caia Koopman and Mark Gleason take vastly different approaches, both make the human/animal relationship a cornerstone of their work.... 

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Thursday 7/17 @ 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... 

Edwin Ushiro: <em>While Tides Guide You Back Home</em>

Art

Edwin Ushiro

Thursday 7/17 @ project: gallery

Edwin Ushiro's multimedia paintings are ethereal combinations of pop art and anime, which explains why he is in high demand as... 

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

Art: Photography

This Side of Paradise

Thursday 7/17 @ 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... 

New Original Works Festival 2008

Festival: Performing Arts

NOW Festival

Thursday 7/17 @ REDCAT

In the fifth installment of its annual NOW Festival, REDCAT assembles a stellar three-program lineup for a three-week run. Committed to... 

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

Art

Vexing

Thursday 7/17 @ 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... 

<em>Jekyll Island</em>

Art

Jekyll Island

Thursday 7/17 @ Honor Fraser

Artist Erik Parker and curator/critic Max Henry put their heads together to gather a group of talented artists for Honor Fraser's... 

<em>Against the Grain</em>

Art

Against the Grain

Thursday 7/17 @ 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>In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor</em>

Art

The Juxtapoz Factor

Thursday 7/17 @ 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... 

Eduardo Sarabia: <em>History of the World</em>

Art

Eduardo Sarabia

Thursday 7/17 @ LA Louver Gallery

A participant in LA Louver's group show Rogue Wave '07, Sarabia proves that his work is dynamic enough to stand on... 

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Art: Photography

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Thursday 7/17 @ 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... 

Antonio Ballester Moreno: <em>Hunter House & Bear Suit Number Two</em>

Art

Antonio Ballester Moreno

Thursday 7/17 @ Peres Projects

Antonio Ballester Moreno's first solo show in America explodes in vibrant colors and playful forms. His bold palette recalls the traditions... 

<em>LA Nude X </em>

Art: Photography

LA Nude X

Thursday 7/17 @ 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... 

<em>Party Favors</em>

Art

Party Favors

Thursday 7/17 @ Bonelli Contemporary

An ambitious undertaking by art critic and curator Holly Myers, this month-long celebration of interactive visual and performance art promises to... 

Mike Stilkey: <em>Slightly All the Time</em>

Art

Mike Stilkey

Thursday 7/17 @ Kinsey/DesForges Gallery

While Mike Stilkey's fanciful-yet-edgy works draw comparisons to Egon Schiele, Modigliani, and Aubrey Beardsley, their contemporary illustrative twists give the Los... 

<em>(Neo) Realism</em>

Art

(Neo) Realism

Thursday 7/17 @ George Billis Gallery

Just like the A.O.S. song says, history repeats itself. The new exhibition at George Billis Gallery offers a refreshing take on... 

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

Art

Marlene Dumas

Thursday 7/17 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Thursday 7/17 @ The Getty Center

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

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

Theatre

Talk Radio

Thursday 7/17 @ 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... 

Peter Saul

Art

Peter Saul

Thursday 7/17 @ 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... 

Andy Warhol: Photographs

Art: Photography

Andy Warhol

Thursday 7/17 @ Michael Kohn Gallery

The quintessential pop artist was much more than a factory for silkscreens of Marilyn Monroe and Campbell's soup cans. In fact,... 

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

Art: Photography

Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs

Thursday 7/17 @ 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.... 

Ami Tallman: <em>When the Sun Shines, It Does not Need Proof</em>

Art

Ami Tallman

Thursday 7/17 @ See Line Gallery

Ami Tallman's Fauvist palette, her love of extreme decor, and her penchant for historical research each feed into her interiors and... 

Pavilion of Wings

City Gems

Pavilion of Wings

Thursday 7/17 @ 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... 

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

Art

Robert A. Nelson: Common Ground

Thursday 7/17 @ 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>Weekend Warrior</em>

Art

Weekend Warrior

Thursday 7/17 @ Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai

The Ojai-based Nathan Larramendy Gallery has teamed up with the illustrious Beautiful/Decay magazine to produce Weekend Warrior, a group... 

<em>Phalanstery Module </em>

Art

Phalanstery Module

Thursday 7/17 @ 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>Gravity & Transformation</em>

Art

Gravity & Transformation

Thursday 7/17 @ Kristi Engle Gallery

The world of art is one place where the laws of physics do not apply, and LA-based artist Suzanne Adelman assembles... 

<em>Splash</em>

Art

Splash

Thursday 7/17 @ Cerasoli Gallery

While others seek refuge from this season's sweltering heat, Cerasoli Gallery director Freddi Cerasoli is inspired by it — hence Splash,... 

<em>The Puppet Show</em>

Art

The Puppet Show

Thursday 7/17 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Ten Years in Focus

Thursday 7/17 @ 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>Flaunt</em>

Art

Flaunt

Thursday 7/17 @ 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>Contradictions & Complexities: Contemporary Art from India</em>

Art

Contemporary Art from India

Thursday 7/17 @ d.e.n. contemporary art

A single definition of Indian contemporary art is tricky to pin down, as one might expect when funneling the widely varying... 

<em>No Room</em>

Art

No Room

Thursday 7/17 @ Christopher Grimes Gallery

Architects and international-design darlings Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee are known for innovative materials and forms. Visually and conceptually promiscuous, Christopher... 

Art

COLA Artist Fellowships

Thursday 7/17 @ Barnsdall Art Park

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

Sophia Allison & York Chang: <em>Automatic Enigmatic</em>

Art

Sophia Allison & York Chang

Thursday 7/17 @ Lawrence Asher Gallery

The title of this two-person exhibition refers to the artists' different approaches to dependence on media and consumerism. For collagist Sophia... 

Corbin Smith:<em> Venice Boulevard: Close Encounters </em>

Art: Photography

Corbin Smith

Thursday 7/17 @ MODAA gallery

Photographer Corbin Smith's initial impressions of LA seemed to buy into into Baudrillard's description of Los Angeles as an illusion, "the... 

<em>Darkness Will Find You</em>

Art

Darkness Will Find You

Thursday 7/17 @ Jail Gallery

Sculptor, video artist, and (increasingly often) independent curator Michael Dee is something of a conceptual punster; his own work in plastic... 

<em>Citizen Artists Making Emphatic Arguments</em>

Art

Citizen Artists Making Emphatic Arguments

Thursday 7/17 @ 18th Street Arts Center

The 18th Street Art Center continues its tradition of presenting politically and socially engaged visual art with its four-part exhibition series... 

Mondongo: <em>Gaslighting</em>

Art

Mondongo

Thursday 7/17 @ Track 16 Gallery

As students of cultural iconoclasm, the members of Argentinian art collective Mondongo — Juliana Laffitte, Manuel Mendanha, and Agustina Picasso —... 

David Eddington: <em>Bridges Over the LA River </em>

Art

David Eddington

Thursday 7/17 @ Frank Pictures Gallery

British ex-pat painter David Eddington may have left the grandeur and historical heft of Europe for a life by the Pacific... 

<em>Pierogi Et Al</em>

Art

Pierogi Et Al

Thursday 7/17 @ Daniel Weinberg Gallery

Before Williamsburg was Williamsburg (in other words, when taking the L train to Brooklyn was a perilous undertaking devoid of glossy... 

Outfest Under the Stars

Film

Outfest

Thursday 7/17 @ The Ford Theater

In light of the California Supreme Court's recent overruling of the gay-marriage ban, the 26th Annual Los Angeles Outfest has more... 

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

Art

HK Zamani

Thursday 7/17 @ SolwayJones Gallery

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

<em>Two Madmen: The Art of Clive Barker and Myron Dyal</em>

Art

Two Madmen

Thursday 7/17 @ Otis College of Art and Design

Clive Barker is a successful author, director, screenwriter, playwright, and poet; Myron Dyal is a classical musician. But both artists also... 

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

Art

Haegue Yang

Thursday 7/17 @ REDCAT

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

Dennis Koch & Claudia Nieto

Art

Dennis Koch & Claudia Nieto

Thursday 7/17 @ High Energy Constructs

Angelinos Dennis Koch and Claudia Nieto work on the same plane — the flat one. Utilizing the simplest of all media,... 

Melanie Pullen: <em>Violent Times</em>

Art: Photography

Melanie Pullen

Thursday 7/17 @ ACE Gallery

Melanie Pullen extends her macabre view of the world in her latest series, Violent Times, which explores the aesthetics of war... 

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

Art

Kori Newkirk

Thursday 7/17 @ 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>Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner</em>

Art

John Lautner

Thursday 7/17 @ Hammer Museum

The risk-taking John Lautner is often described as an architect's architect, even though some of his designs brought him both criticism... 

Cadence Pearson: <em>Disjointed</em>

Art

Cadence Pearson

Thursday 7/17 @ 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...