Events on Thursday, October 1

Loney, Dear w/ Asobi Seksu and Anna Ternheim

Music

Loney, Dear

Thursday 10/ 1 @ The Troubadour

Swedish singer/songwriter Emil Svanängen (aka Loney, Dear) tends to start out slow and soothing, but his songs inevitably build, employing double-time... 

826LA presents a Preview Screening of <em>Where the Wild Things Are</em> w/ VIP Reception

Film

Where the Wild Things Are

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Arclight Hollywood

Written by Maurice Sendak, Where The Wild Things Are has finally been adapted into a full-length feature. Tonight, a special preview... 

1960s Early Music Videos Potpourri & MONDO MOD

Music

1960s Early Music Videos Potpourri & MONDO MOD

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Egyptian Theatre

’60s L.A. Promotional Film Potpourri. From deep in the archives of local arcana, we bring you early "music videos" or... 

Michael Rosen Creates a Home

Books: Reading

Michael Rosen Creates a Home

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Book Soup

Michael Rosen presents and signs What Else But Home: Seven Boys and an American Journey Between... 

The Sonus Quartet

Music

The Sonus Quartet

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Bootleg Theater

SONUS QUARTET Formed in 2003, Los Angeles-based Sonus Quartet challenges the definition of the traditional string quartet by fusing together diverse... 

Iris Nights: Gerd Ludwig, Russia &ndash; From Broken Empire to Wild Wild East

Art: Photography

Iris Nights: Gerd Ludwig, Russia – From Broken Empire to Wild Wild East

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Annenberg Space for Photography

Gerd Ludwig studied photography with Otto Steinert in his native Germany. In 1984 he relocated to New York and signed on as... 

Marina Orlova is so Hot for Words

Books: Reading

Marina Orlova is so Hot for Words

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Book Soup

 spanThe Horrors

Music

The Horrors

Thursday 10/ 1 @ El Rey

Lauded by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and praised in such iconic UK music tabloids as the NME ("thrilling…total perfection"), The Metro... 

Ongoing Events

Salon No. 2: Works 030-065

Art

Salon No. 2

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Marine

One silver lining to art-world downsizing is the resurgence of the private salon, made famous by the 19th and 20th century... 

<em>Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art</em>

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

Severed heads, skulls and daggers brimming with blood, and cemeteries littered with dismembered corpses may not readily invoke visions of spiritual... 

<em>Intelligent Design: Interspecies Art</em>

Art

Intelligent Design

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Sweeney Art Gallery, UC Riverside

Twenty international artists who explore human interaction with domesticated, imaginary, laboratory, or wild animals contribute work in media from video installation... 

YaYa Chou, Emily De Ara&uacute;jo, Adele Mills, and Shizuko Greenblatt

Art

YaYa Chou, Emily De Araújo, Adele Mills, and Shizuko Greenblatt

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Gallery 825

YaYa Chou constructs a room-size sculptural installation in which a collaborative dance and movement piece is to be performed and documented;... 

<em>Ultrasonic IV: Fresh Perspectives</em>

Art

Ultrasonic IV: Fresh Perspectives

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Mark Moore Gallery

Mark Moore Gallery presents its fourth iteration of Ultrasonic, a group exhibition featuring five emerging artists working in various media —... 

<em>Sweets & Treats</em>: Wayne Thiebaud in the Collection of the Norton Simon Museum

Special Event

Sweets & Treats: Wayne Thiebaud in the Collection of the Norton Simon Museum

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

In the 1960s, soon-to-be Pop icon Wayne Thiebaud created a series of monochromatic, two-dimensional prints of nine pieces of pie, sufficiently... 

Chris Jordan: <em>Running the Numbers...Continued</em> and Laura Ball: <em>Boundary of the Interior</em>

Art: Photography

Chris Jordan

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Kopeikin Gallery

Despite their beauty, Chris Jordan's photographic prints are visual ecological statements we'd rather not see. Like much of his early work,... 

Dublab 10th Anniversary Exploration

Music: DJ

Dublab 10th Anniversary Exploration

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Various LA venues

Dublab turns ten this October, and it's celebrating by co-hosting ten events, appropriately scheduled from 10/01 to 10/10. A party for... 

<em>An Evening Without Monty Python: A 40th Anniversary Celebration of Monty Python's Flying Circus </em>

Comedy

An Evening Without Monty Python

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Montalbán Theatre

All-new players enact the classic sketch bits of Monty Python's Flying Circus, under the keen and expert eye of directors Eric... 

<em>Art of the Movie Poster</em>

Art

Art of the Movie Poster

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Whether the product of sheer creative license or shrewd marketing heads, the movie poster has inspired as much debate as the... 

Kenny Scharf: <em>Barberadise</em>

Art

Kenny Scharf

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Honor Fraser

Kenny Scharf's latest one-man show, Barberadise, merges the past and future for a wistfully evocative, pop-culture infused present. The Hollywood native's... 

<em>Steeped in History: The Art of Tea</em>

Art

Steeped in History: The Art of Tea

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

The second most consumed drink next to water, tea has also been frequent theme in art history. Guest curated by tea... 

David LaChapelle: <em>The Rape of Africa</em>

Art: Photography

David LaChapelle

Thursday 10/ 1 @ David DeSanctis Gallery

David LaChapelle is one of the most well-known and controversial photographers working today, who recently retired from a career in fashion... 

Claire Oswalt: <em>Peril In Perfection</em>

Art

Claire Oswalt

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Taylor De Cordoba Gallery

While it's easy to become unhinged in our current economic climate, artist Claire Oswalt takes it to the next level, fashioning... 

L'effleur des Sens

Performing Arts

L'effleur des Sens

Thursday 10/ 1 @ King King

Classic French variety cabaret gets a 21st-century makeover at King King with L'effleur des Sens, helmed by Parisian creator and director... 

Mac and Retna: <em>Vagos y Reinas</em>

Art

Mac and Retna

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Robert Berman Gallery

Mac and Retna are a pair of artists who regularly collaborate on monumental outdoor murals and other graffiti-based public art installations.... 

<em>We Live in Public</em>

Film

We Live in Public

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre

Over ten years in the making, We Live in Public documents the life of Internet visionary and "Warhol of the Web"... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Vinum Populi

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

Mike Shinoda: <em>Glorious Excess (Dies)</em>

Art

Mike Shinoda

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Japanese American National Museum

Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda has a lot on his mind — literally. His parallel career as a visual artist often finds... 

Chris Verene: <em>Family</em> and Jona Frank: <em>Boys</em>

Art: Photography

Jona Frank and Chris Verene

Thursday 10/ 1 @ DNJ Gallery

Two very different photographers take on aspects of growing up in America. Jona Frank extends her intimate yet clinical style of... 

Pictures of the Year International: The World. In High Resolution

Art: Photography

Pictures of the Year International: The World. In High Resolution

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Annenberg Space for Photography

All year photographers have been clicking camera shutters with their lenses pointed toward the action. The 66th annual Pictures of the... 

Michael Dee: <em>Melted Hearts and Deadly Force</em>

Art

Michael Dee

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Western Project

Channeling his inner Duchamp, sculptor Michael Dee combs the florescent-lit aisles of his local 99-cent store in search of plastic cups,... 

Back to Basics: <em>MatterApp</em>

Art

MatterApp

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Materials & Applications

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Aristophanes' <em>Peace </em>at the Getty Villa

Theatre

Aristophanes' Peace at the Getty Villa

Thursday 10/ 1 @ The Getty Museum

Founded 25 years ago on Cinco de Mayo, Culture Clash still reigns as the foremost Latino performance trio in the US.... 

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Art

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Thursday 10/ 1 @ REDCAT

REDCAT presents Autoconstrucción: The Film by Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas, in which the artist revisits Ajusco, his childhood neighborhood in Mexico... 

<em>In Focus: Making a Scene</em>

Art: Photography

In Focus: Making a Scene

Thursday 10/ 1 @ The Getty Center

Thirty staged photographs are on view at the Getty Center as part of its In Focus series, a thematic presentation of... 

Nova Jiang, Len Lye, Robert Rauschenberg, Jacob Tonski, Fischli & Weiss: <em>Cause & Effect</em>

Art

Cause & Effect

Thursday 10/ 1 @ LM Projects

The art in this show rocks and rolls — and gets set on fire, sets off chain reactions, and invites users... 

Doug Aitken: <em>migration</em>

Art

Doug Aitken

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Regen Projects

Doug Aitken's exhibition at Regen Projects never sleeps. During the day, the darkened indoor gallery displays light boxes comprised of images... 

Titus Kaphar: <em>Reconstruction</em>

Art

Titus Kaphar

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Roberts & Tilton Gallery

In his first independent exhibition at Roberts & Tilton, Titus Kaphar rewrites history. By slashing, draping, arranging, and painting his work,... 

Jeni Spota: <em>Fool's Small Victory</em>

Art

Jeni Spota

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Kathryn Brennan Gallery

Bright Young Thing Jeni Spota has her second solo show this September with Kathryn Brennan Gallery, formerly Sister, in Chinatown. Fool's... 

<em>Coco Before Chanel</em>

Film

Coco Before Chanel

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Various Los Angeles theaters

Audrey Tautou (aka Amélie) stars as Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in this visually stunning French film about the... 

<em>Parade</em>

Theatre

Parade

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Mark Taper Forum

The Donmar Warehouse production of Parade currently playing at Mark Taper isn't conventional music theater. Like Tony Kushner's Caroline or Change,... 

<em>Sweets & Treats</em>: Wayne Thiebaud in the Collection of the Norton Simon Museum

Art

Wayne Thiebaud

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Norton Simon Museum

In the 1960s, soon-to-be Pop icon Wayne Thiebaud created a series of monochromatic, two-dimensional prints of nine pieces of pie, sufficiently... 

Gary Lang: <em>Circles Lines Grids</em> and Jay Mark Johnson: <em>Spacetime</em>

Art

Gary Lang and Jay Mark Johnson

Thursday 10/ 1 @ ACE Gallery

It's a veritable amusement park for optic nerves at ACE Gallery's Beverly Hills location this month, with a pair of exhibitions... 

Alexis Weidig Zoto: <em>Life is Relentless</em>

Art

Alexis Zoto

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Overtones Gallery

Through the deft and witty reconfiguration of sentimental objects such as ornate furniture, decorative garlands, household saints, wood, feathers, and hand-knit... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Scribble Press

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

May Jong: <em>registered</em> and Echo Park Film Center: <em>This is the LA River</em>

Art

May Jong

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Happy

Los Feliz Art and Design District's own home and lifestyle shop, Happy also spotlights local and international artists in a series... 

<em>Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy</em>

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Thursday 10/ 1 @ GRAMMY Museum at LA Live

The recently opened GRAMMY Museum at Downtown's mammoth entertainment complex LA Live offers visitors a rare, intimate glimpse into the life... 

Belarus Free Theatre: Discover Love

Theatre

Belarus Free Theatre: Discover Love

Thursday 10/ 1 @ REDCAT

  Established in 2005 in response to repression in “Europe’s last dictatorship,” the award-winning Belarusian company—now outlawed at home—stages a gripping... 

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Art

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Thursday 10/ 1 @ The Getty Museum

This selection of over 40 drawings from the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute highlights... 

Art: Photography

Irving Penn: Small Trades

Thursday 10/ 1 @ The Getty Museum

Irving Penn was one of the most respected photographers of the 20th century. In a career that began at the premiere... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Imagine yourself immersed in a favorite childhood tale. Five years in the making and occupying an 8,000-square-foot gallery, Noah's Ark at... 

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Art Center College of Design

Illustration students from Art Center College of Design currently have their work on display at the Aquarium of the Pacific in... 

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Art

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Thursday 10/ 1 @ The Getty Museum

The Chimaera of Arezzo traces the myth of Bellerophon and the Chimaera - the legendary fire-breathing monster comprised of a lion,... 

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Special Event

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Thursday 10/ 1 @ LACMA

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Special Event

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Thursday 10/ 1 @ The Getty Museum

The city of Algiers, on the north coast of Africa, historically sheltered a diverse population. During the Ottoman centuries (1529-1830), this... 

Art

Spotlight Award Applications Due

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Music Center

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Reload Thursdays

Music

Reload Thursdays

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Cinespace

The party Thursday evening is at Cinespace. See why everyone in Hollywood is talking about our new Thursdays. Ladies free before... 

Irving Thalberg: Creating the Hollywood Studio System, 1920-36

Art

Irving Thalberg: Creating the Hollywood Studio System, 1920-36

Thursday 10/ 1 @ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

This new exhibition explores the career of legendary film producer Irving Thalberg, Hollywood’s original “Boy Wonder,” and...