Events on Sunday, January 18

Festival: Parade

Doo Dah Parade

Sunday 1/18 @ Old Town Pasadena

Art-world evil stepchild of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, the Doo Dah Parade has been tearing up Colorado Boulevard with tongue-in-cheek... 

Under the Radar: Daedelus Meets Dance

Music: Electronic

Daedelus Meets Dance

Sunday 1/18 @ The Broad Stage at Santa Monica College

Dublab co-founder and wacky, dandified multi-instrumentalist Daedelus engages the world of dance, adding his uplifting, out-of-this-world, psych-electro perspective to this evening's... 

Ongoing Events

Mozart's <em>Die Zauberflote</em> (<em>The Magic Flute</em>)

Performing Arts: Opera

The Magic Flute

Sunday 1/18 @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

The best operas hint at larger mysteries than their traditional, even predictable, story arcs at first seem to address. Reviving an... 

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Sunday 1/18 @ 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... 

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

Art

Vermeer's A Lady Writing

Sunday 1/18 @ 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... 

Louise Bourgeois

Art

Louise Bourgeois

Sunday 1/18 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Sunday 1/18 @ The Getty Center

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

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Sunday 1/18 @ Vinum Populi

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

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

Art

Gordy Grundy

Sunday 1/18 @ Western Project

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

Danielle Eubank: <em>Oil on Water</em>

Art

Danielle Eubank

Sunday 1/18 @ Found Gallery

Danielle Eubank's ethereal pieces straddle the line between formalism and figurative representation, resulting in a dreamy, surreal body of work. The... 

At the Brewery Project 1993-2007: the Finale

Art

At the Brewery Project

Sunday 1/18 @ 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... 

Robert Dowd: <em>Pop Art Money</em>

Art

Robert Dowd

Sunday 1/18 @ Pepperdine University, Weisman Museum of Art

The Weisman Museum at Pepperdine's Malibu campus launches one of its most important exhibitions to date with this long-overdue survey of... 

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

Art

All of This is Melting Away

Sunday 1/18 @ 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... 

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

Performing Arts: Puppetry

Bob Baker presents The Nutcracker

Sunday 1/18 @ 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... 

Art

The Art of Blake Edwards

Sunday 1/18 @ 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,... 

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

Fashion/Style

Antonio Pineda

Sunday 1/18 @ 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... 

2008 California Biennial

Art

2008 California Biennial

Sunday 1/18 @ 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... 

<em>Mexican Calendar Girls</em>

Art

Mexican Calendar Girls

Sunday 1/18 @ 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... 

Single Malt Sundays

Food/Wine

Single Malt Sundays

Sunday 1/18 @ Viceroy Santa Monica

Hosted by renowned producers such as Glenfiddich, the Macallan, and Glenmorangie, Single Malt Sundays at the Viceroy Santa Monica Hotel offers... 

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

Art

Eddy Sykes

Sunday 1/18 @ Materials & Applications

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

<em>Battle Hymn</em>

Theatre

Battle Hymn

Sunday 1/18 @ The Ford Theater

Chronicling the misadventures of feisty, forward-thinking Martha, Battle Hymn is a touching, comedic, and thoughtful survey of American history, as seen... 

<em>Human Resources</em>

Art

Human Resources

Sunday 1/18 @ The Company

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

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

Art

Under the Influence

Sunday 1/18 @ Gallery 1988

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

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

Art

James Turrell

Sunday 1/18 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

99¢ Only Calendar Girl Competition

Sunday 1/18 @ 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¢... 

Theatre

Pippin

Sunday 1/18 @ Mark Taper Forum

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

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

Art

The Art of War

Sunday 1/18 @ 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... 

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

Art

Mark Todd and Alan Forbes

Sunday 1/18 @ 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... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Sunday 1/18 @ Scribble Press

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

A Grand Guignol Children's Show *not for children

Performing Arts

Grand Guignol

Sunday 1/18 @ Art/Works Theatre

For the first half of the 20th century, Le Theatre du Grand Guignol in Paris reigned as the predominant purveyor of... 

Silverlake Art, Craft & Vintage Flea Market

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Art, Craft & Vintage Flea Market

Sunday 1/18 @ Citibank Parking Lot (corner of Silverlake Blvd)

East Side shoppers seeking the offbeat were rewarded last holiday season, as the gals at Ghettogloss heard their flea-market pleas. Back...