Events on Thursday, January 15

Music: Experimental

Corrie Greathouse

Thursday 1/15 @ Bordello Bar

Music and literature join forces to fill the velvet-draped rooms of Bordello Bar with another night of incendiary urban-romance provocations from... 

Ongoing Events

WinterWaterColorLand

Art

WinterWaterColorLand

Thursday 1/15 @ Samuel Freeman

Each of the six artists assembled in this Samuel Freeman group exhibition is a master of the watercolor medium. Bucking tradition,... 

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Thursday 1/15 @ 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... 

<em>Mexican Calendar Girls</em>

Art

Mexican Calendar Girls

Thursday 1/15 @ 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... 

Salonen and Upshaw: Saariaho's <em>Passion</em>

Music: Classical

Salonen and Upshaw

Thursday 1/15 @ Disney Concert Hall

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the LA Philharmonic in the West Coast premiere of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho's La Passion de Simone. Based... 

Martin Denker: <em>Citizenoftheplanet</em>

Art

Martin Denker

Thursday 1/15 @ Benjamin Trigano Gallery

A suite of digitally collaged fantasmagorias from German artist Martin Denker, Citizenoftheplanet shows us what it would be like to see... 

<em>Human Resources</em>

Art

Human Resources

Thursday 1/15 @ The Company

The economy be damned: amid a spate of gallery closings, it's still full speed ahead for the fearless founders of the... 

Yuval Pudik: <em>Come Back and Hunt Me</em>

Art

Yuval Pudik

Thursday 1/15 @ Angles Gallery

Israeli-born, LA-based artist Yuval Pudik executes remarkable graphite drawings on paper that defy the laws of anatomy, narrative, romance, and even... 

George Stoll: <em>sacred and profane</em>

Art

George Stoll

Thursday 1/15 @ Lightbox Gallery

In sacred and profane, Los Angeles-based artist George Stoll expands upon his traditional examination of everyday Americana. Objects such as his... 

Theatre

Pippin

Thursday 1/15 @ Mark Taper Forum

Wicked maestro Stephen Schwartz revives his '70s rock opera Pippin as the opening production of the Mark Taper 2009 season. A... 

Lisa Adams: <em>The Future of Paradise Past</em>

Art

Lisa Adams

Thursday 1/15 @ Lawrence Asher Gallery

LA painter Lisa Adams is something of a riddle. Her work is almost violently sweet, with a dulcet, wafting quality to... 

Asgar/Gabriel: <em>Bucolica Obscura</em>

Art

Asgar/Gabriel

Thursday 1/15 @ Mark Moore Gallery

Collaborative painters Daryoush Asgar and Elisabeth Gabriel make no attempt at seamlessness or illusion. The scars of their clashing styles is... 

<em>The Art of War: American Posters from WWI and WWII</em>

Art

The Art of War

Thursday 1/15 @ Norton Simon Museum

When searching for a means of drumming up support for World War I, officials in Washington didn't have to look much... 

William Tunberg

Art

William Tunberg

Thursday 1/15 @ C4 Gallery

Marquetry is an ages-old technique of applying wood veneers to solid surfaces, popular among extremely wealthy Europeans in the time of... 

James Naccarato, Erik Alos, and Lauren Bergman

Art

James Naccarato, Erik Alos, and Lauren Bergman

Thursday 1/15 @ Corey Helford Gallery

Experts in the unexpected, James Naccarato, Erik Alos, and Lauren Bergman all employ the stylistic underpinnings found in pop surrealism, combining... 

<em>All of This is Melting Away</em>

Art

All of This is Melting Away

Thursday 1/15 @ Royal/T

Director of New York's Greene Naftali Gallery, Jay Sanders steps into cafe/shop/gallery Royal/T to curate this group show of works from... 

Louise Bourgeois

Art

Louise Bourgeois

Thursday 1/15 @ Museum of Contemporary Art

Louise Bourgeois' deeply personal art combines an in-your-face sexuality with disturbing, even terrifying, imagery of trespassed flesh and violated privacy. Yet... 

Art

The Art of Blake Edwards

Thursday 1/15 @ Pacific Design Center

Blake Edwards has established a lasting role in an otherwise fickle entertainment industry, directing gems like Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Party,... 

Julia Meltzer + David Thorne: <em>In Possession of a Picture</em>

Art: Photography

Julia Meltzer + David Thorne

Thursday 1/15 @ Steve Turner Contemporary

In previous collaborations between Julia Meltzer and David Thorne, audiences have been offered printed manifestos, photographic projects on public billboards, and... 

Ken Roht's 99&cent; Only Calendar Girl Competition

Theatre

99¢ Only Calendar Girl Competition

Thursday 1/15 @ Bootleg Theater

Bargain-hunting beauty queens and dollar store Don Juans convene as Bootleg Theatre pays homage to LA's kitschy holiday headquarters. The 99¢... 

<em>Tango with Cows: Book Art of the Russian Avant-Garde</em>

Art

Tango with Cows: Book Art of the Russian Avant-Garde

Thursday 1/15 @ The Getty Center

In Tango with Cows, the Getty Research Institute presents a concentrated display of unabridged books published in Russia between 1910 and... 

Vermeer's <em>A Lady Writing</em>

Art

Vermeer's A Lady Writing

Thursday 1/15 @ Norton Simon Museum

It's not often that Angelenos have the chance to examine an original painting by Dutch Baroque master Johannes Vermeer. His surviving... 

Derek Buckner: <em>Marshmallows</em>

Art

Derek Buckner

Thursday 1/15 @ George Billis Gallery

In an inspired mashup of childhood comfort, adult-onset ADHD, and modern-art history, Brooklyn-based painter Derek Buckner delivers luminous, refined oil paintings... 

David E. Stone: <em>Unanticipated Despair (Despite Prior Naive Optimism)</em>

Art

David E. Stone

Thursday 1/15 @ Charlie James Gallery

Los Angeles artist David E. Stone practices a surreal brand of punsterism, often producing exhibitions in serial form that build upon... 

<em>Fortuna Rising: Gordy Grundy is the Messenger</em>

Art

Gordy Grundy

Thursday 1/15 @ Western Project

The Fellowship of Fortuna (and its "messenger," LA painter and media artist Gordy Grundy) takes up residence on Western Project's website... 

Mark Todd, <em>Fragments</em> and Alan Forbes, <em>Unmanned Vessel</em>

Art

Mark Todd and Alan Forbes

Thursday 1/15 @ La Luz de Jesus

In Fragments, professional illustrator Mark Todd brings his increasingly abstracted art to La Luz. Bastardizing his signature, comics-based style, Todd's latest... 

The Bob Baker Marionette Theater presents <em>The Nutcracker</em>

Performing Arts: Puppetry

Bob Baker presents The Nutcracker

Thursday 1/15 @ Bob Baker Marionette Theater

In the early '60s, Bob Baker and partner Alton Wood founded a marionette theater, establishing what has become the longest-running children's... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Thursday 1/15 @ Vinum Populi

Culver City's latest spot of interest is Ugo Wine Bar, a cozy wine bar with the usual bistro couches and charcuterie... 

Moira Hahn: <em>Night Vision</em>

Art

Moira Hahn

Thursday 1/15 @ Koplin del Rio Gallery

Moira Hahn is known for conceptually complex, masterfully rendered mash-up paintings in which wild and domestic animals play the roles of... 

At the Brewery Project 1993-2007: the Finale

Art

At the Brewery Project

Thursday 1/15 @ Armory Center for the Arts

With At the Brewery Project: 1993-2007: the Finale, the Armory pays its respects to an LA art mainstay. For the past... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Thursday 1/15 @ Scribble Press

Technically, Scribble Press is for children, but if you behave yourself, you can use the impressive bookmaking emporium — complete with... 

2008 California Biennial

Art

2008 California Biennial

Thursday 1/15 @ Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach

The 2008 installment of the California Biennial should come with an anxiety-attack warning label. In a way, it does, with Patrick... 

Raymond Pettibon: <em>Cutting Room Floor</em>

Art

Ray Pettibon

Thursday 1/15 @ Regen Projects

The first of this winter's pair of Raymond Pettibon exhibitions at Regen Projects focused on early monochromatic, pop-culture infused pen-and-ink drawings.... 

<em>Under the Influence</em>: The Official Art Tribute to the Beastie Boys

Art

Under the Influence

Thursday 1/15 @ Gallery 1988

Gallery 1988 hits '09 running with the second installment of its Under the Influence series, this year paying homage to the... 

Hans Burkhardt: Paintings of the 1960s

Art

Hans Burkhardt

Thursday 1/15 @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

In the years bracketing WWII, a great many artists were among those fleeing to US shores from the specter of Nazi... 

<em>Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda</em>

Fashion/Style

Antonio Pineda

Thursday 1/15 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

World-renowned Mexican silversmith Antonio Pineda brings more than 200 of his masterpieces up the coast to UCLA's Fowler Museum, to show... 

<em>SHE</em>: Images of Women by Wallace Berman and Richard Prince

Art: Photography

Wallace Berman and Richard Prince

Thursday 1/15 @ Michael Kohn Gallery

Aside from the landscape, womankind has been art's favorite subject — and few portray femininity quite as impressively or distinctly as... 

<em>Shut Up and Keep Swimming</em>

Art

Shut Up and Keep Swimming

Thursday 1/15 @ Jail Gallery

While it's certainly true that things are finally looking up in this country, the premise of curator Claressinka Anderson's latest parfait... 

Eddy Sykes: <em>Yakuza Lou</em>

Art

Eddy Sykes

Thursday 1/15 @ Materials & Applications

First, there were robot maids, robot pets, and robot vacuums. Now, there are robot gardens. The technical specifications for Materials &...