Events on Tuesday, January 6

Performing Arts: Spoken Word

The Moth

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ El Cid

Landmark storytelling monthly the Moth flitters to a new home tonight, decamping from Tangier for the warm environs of El Cid.... 

Theresa Andersson

Music

Theresa Andersson

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ The Hotel Café

Recorded in a New Orleans kitchen, Swedish singer Theresa Andersson's latest album, Hummingbird, Go!, incorporates everything from the tapping of soda... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ 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... 

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

Art

George Stoll

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ Lightbox Gallery

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

Hans Burkhardt: Paintings of the 1960s

Art

Hans Burkhardt

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ 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... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ Scribble Press

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

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

Art

Gordy Grundy

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ Western Project

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

Glen E. Friedman: <em>Idealist Propaganda</em>

Art: Photography

Glen E. Friedman

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ Subliminal Projects

One of the best-known names in street photography, Glen Friedman produces jaunty, richly printed black-and-white portraits of skate, punk, and indie... 

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

Art

Mark Todd and Alan Forbes

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ 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... 

Michael Kenna: <em>Recent Photographs</em> and Pam Posey: <em>Timber</em>

Art: Photography

Michael Kenna and Pam Posey

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ Craig Krull Gallery

Photographer Michael Kenna is a technical whiz, a classicist with a flair for the dramatic. His sweeping black-and-white landscapes depict vistas... 

<em>In Focus: The Landscape</em>

Art: Photography

In Focus: The Landscape

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ The Getty Center

Art's love affair with landscapes was captured with brush strokes until technology gave way to the click of the shutter. In... 

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

Art

Ray Pettibon

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ 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.... 

James Naccarato, Erik Alos, and Lauren Bergman

Art

James Naccarato, Erik Alos, and Lauren Bergman

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ Corey Helford Gallery

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

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

Performing Arts: Puppetry

Bob Baker presents The Nutcracker

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ 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... 

William Tunberg

Art

William Tunberg

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ C4 Gallery

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

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

Art

Eddy Sykes

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ Materials & Applications

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

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ Vinum Populi

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

WinterWaterColorLand

Art

WinterWaterColorLand

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ Samuel Freeman

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

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

Art

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

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ The Getty Center

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

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

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ The Getty Center

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

BPM Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

BPM Festival

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ Playa del Carmen, Mexico

In honor of the second annual BPM Festival, club owners, promoters, and other pro nightlifers flock to the Mexican Caribbean for... 

At the Brewery Project 1993-2007: the Finale

Art

At the Brewery Project

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ 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... 

<em>Within Four Miles: The World of Josh Dorman</em>

Art

Josh Dorman

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ Craft and Folk Art Museum

Traditional paper and canvas simply won't do for New York artist Josh Dorman, who employs vintage maps and textbook diagrams as... 

Martin Denker: <em>Citizenoftheplanet</em>

Art

Martin Denker

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ 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>All of This is Melting Away</em>

Art

All of This is Melting Away

Tuesday 1/ 6 @ 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...