Events on Saturday, October 10

Amber Tamblyn: <em>Bang Ditto</em>

Books: Reading

Amber Tamblyn

Saturday 10/10 @ Beyond Baroque

Poet, actress, and artist Amber Tamblyn was raised by beatniks and bohemians, which might explain why the TV and film star... 

Dragstrip 66 @ Echoplex

Music

Dragstrip 66 @ Echoplex

Saturday 10/10 @ The Echo & Echoplex

Dragstrip 66 (now quarterly at The Echoplex) returns to officially kick off the Halloween season, with a decadent theme celebrating all... 

Spooky Encounters (1980)

Film

Spooky Encounters (1980)

Saturday 10/10 @ The Cinefamily

WATCH TRAILER!

While the most famous “hopping” vampire film ever made is still Mr. Vampire (yes, hopping --... 

Bill Fine and His Noble Dog

Books: Reading

Bill Fine and His Noble Dog

Saturday 10/10 @ Book Soup

 spanThe California E.A.R. Unit: The Lindas

Music: Experimental

The California E.A.R. Unit: The Lindas

Saturday 10/10 @ REDCAT

The California E.A.R. Unit, one of the boldest and most idiosyncratic contemporary chamber ensembles working today, turns its refined attentions to... 

Doctor X (1932) + Dr. Cyclops (1940)

Film: Double Feature

Doctor X (1932) + Dr. Cyclops (1940)

Saturday 10/10 @ The Cinefamily

WATCH CLIP FROM "DR. CYCLOPS"!

Rape! Prostitution! Voyeurism! Cannibalism! Technicolor! For 1932, you may wonder which was the... 

Active Arts® at the Music Center – A Taste of Dance

Performing Arts

Active Arts® at the Music Center – A Taste of Dance

Saturday 10/10 @ Music Center

Celebrating the diverse dance heritage and cultures of Los Angeles.    Active Arts at the Music Center invites you to join... 

Westerns: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance & Winchester '73

Film: Double Feature

Westerns: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance & Winchester '73

Saturday 10/10 @ Egyptian Theatre

Saturday, October 10 – 8:00 PM WESTERN Double Feature: THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE,... 

Fante gets 86'd

Books: Reading

Fante gets 86'd

Saturday 10/10 @ Book Soup

Dan Fante presents and signs 86'd: A Novel In Los Angeles, struggling telemarketer-writer and part-time drunk Bruno Dante is jobless again.... 

Rosewood Thieves with Henry Wolfe, and Dead Trees

Music

Rosewood Thieves with Henry Wolfe, and Dead Trees

Saturday 10/10 @ Bootleg Theater

ROSEWOOD THIEVES “Basking in a remarkably classic, yet fresh, approach to roots rock... 

Cat and Jason Neese Killpoet #6; Tobias Deehan's The Stranger; Brian Townsley's Badinfinity

Books: Reading

Cat and Jason Neese Killpoet #6; Tobias Deehan's The Stranger; Brian Townsley's Badinfinity

Saturday 10/10 @ Book Soup

Cat and Jason Neese present and sign Killpoet #6 Indie publishers Guerillalit and Killpoet... 

Evolving Skyline Afternoon Tour: Special Event for DOCOMOMO Tour Day

Special Event

Evolving Skyline Afternoon Tour: Special Event for DOCOMOMO Tour Day

Saturday 10/10 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

This weekend only!

The Conservancy is proud to participate in DOCOMOMO North America Tour Day this Saturday,... 

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe (2 Sets) at The Mint

Music

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe (2 Sets) at The Mint

Saturday 10/10 @ The Mint

WAGATAIL PRESENTS: A highly energized funk machine, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe has been expanding listeners' minds and making them move to... 

<em>Karate Film Caf&eacute;</em>

Film

Karate Film Café

Saturday 10/10 @ Downtown Independent Theater

In Hollywood, California, on the corner of Hollywood & Vine, we find a Karate School with a weird type of karate,... 

Ongoing Events

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Art

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Saturday 10/10 @ REDCAT

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

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

Art

Mac and Retna

Saturday 10/10 @ 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.... 

Salon No. 2: Works 030-065

Art

Salon No. 2

Saturday 10/10 @ Marine

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

<em>The Pop of Colors</em>

Art

The Pop of Colors

Saturday 10/10 @ POVEVOLVING

"Pop colors" are the theme in curator Yasmine Mohseni's The Pop of Colors at Chinatown's POVevolving. Bright, slightly disconcerting color scripts... 

Kenny Scharf: <em>Barberadise</em>

Art

Kenny Scharf

Saturday 10/10 @ 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>Point Break LIVE!</em>

Theatre

Point Break LIVE!

Saturday 10/10 @ Dragonfly

Point Break LIVE! turns cinematic lemons into lemonade, raucously skewering the cult-classic film by casting an unrehearsed audience volunteer to fill... 

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

Art

Ultrasonic IV: Fresh Perspectives

Saturday 10/10 @ 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

Saturday 10/10 @ 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... 

<em>Parade</em>

Theatre

Parade

Saturday 10/10 @ 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,... 

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

Art: Photography

Chris Jordan

Saturday 10/10 @ 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

Saturday 10/10 @ 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>Art of the Movie Poster</em>

Art

Art of the Movie Poster

Saturday 10/10 @ 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... 

Beyond Eden Art Fair

Art: Happening

Beyond Eden

Saturday 10/10 @ Barnsdall Art Park

The Beyond Eden Art Fair salutes the latest in LA-based contemporary art with an exhibit featuring works by artists from over... 

<em>Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins</em>

Theatre

Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins

Saturday 10/10 @ El Centro Theatre

Seventies hatemonger (and Harvey Milk's old nemesis) Anita Bryant is the anti-heroine in Brian Christopher Williams' gentle coming-of-age comedy. Directed by... 

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

Art

Alexis Zoto

Saturday 10/10 @ Overtones Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

Jona Frank and Chris Verene

Saturday 10/10 @ DNJ Gallery

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

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Saturday 10/10 @ Vinum Populi

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

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

Art

Claire Oswalt

Saturday 10/10 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Saturday 10/10 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

David LaChapelle

Saturday 10/10 @ 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... 

Art

Frank Kozik

Saturday 10/10 @ Billy Shire Fine Arts

<em>TOOLS</em>

Art

TOOLS

Saturday 10/10 @ Art Center College of Design

Although some of the objects in TOOLS may seem familiar, they are most definitely far from from ordinary. Jointly organized by... 

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

Art

Cause & Effect

Saturday 10/10 @ LM Projects

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

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

Art: Photography

In Focus: Making a Scene

Saturday 10/10 @ The Getty Center

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

<em>The Doctor Despite Himself</em>

Theatre

The Doctor Despite Himself

Saturday 10/10 @ Electric Lodge

Gulu Monteiro and Clara Bellar's Ipanema Theater Troupe's adaptation of 17th-century French playwright Molière's The Doctor Despite Himself regales with its... 

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

Art: Photography

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

Saturday 10/10 @ 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... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Saturday 10/10 @ Scribble Press

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

Rogue Artists Ensemble presents <em>Gogol Project</em>

Theatre

Gogol Project

Saturday 10/10 @ Bootleg Theater

Through the use of projection, masks, puppetry, dance, and music, Rogue Artists Ensemble redefines the traditional theatre company. The collective's latest... 

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

Art

Michael Dee

Saturday 10/10 @ 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

Saturday 10/10 @ Materials & Applications

... 

<em>Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting</em>

Art

Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting

Saturday 10/10 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

Perhaps no pop artist is as famous for his window shopping as Wayne Thiebaud. Known largely for his pale palette oil... 

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

Art

Steeped in History: The Art of Tea

Saturday 10/10 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

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

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

Art

Gary Lang and Jay Mark Johnson

Saturday 10/10 @ 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... 

Natty Brooker

Art

Natty Brooker

Saturday 10/10 @ Substrate Gallery

Known for his invaluable contributions to the UK music scene — he first came to fame as both the sometime drummer... 

Titus Kaphar: <em>Reconstruction</em>

Art

Titus Kaphar

Saturday 10/10 @ Roberts & Tilton Gallery

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

Tony Philippou: <em>Mary in Bronxzooland</em>, Esao Andrews: <em>Farewell Avery</em>, Joshua Mays: <em>Tempo Momento</em>

Art

Tony Philippou, Joshua Mays & Esao Andrews

Saturday 10/10 @ Thinkspace Gallery

In life, as in art, the more the merrier, so the thinkers at Thinkspace regularly present multiple one-person shows.  Tonight's trio... 

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

Art

Jeni Spota

Saturday 10/10 @ 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>Accomplice: Hollywood</em>

Get Social

Accomplice: Hollywood

Saturday 10/10 @ Various Hollywood locations

Co-produced by Neil Patrick Harris and Tom Salamon, Accomplice: Hollywood sends teams of intrepid folks along Hollywood Boulevard and its environs... 

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

Art

Intelligent Design

Saturday 10/10 @ 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... 

<em>That Perfect Moment</em>

Theatre

That Perfect Moment

Saturday 10/10 @ NoHo Arts Center

One can easily imagine that this comedy (with music) about the midlife urge to glorify and recapture the lost promise of... 

<em>The Search for the Visceral Realists</em>

Art

The Search for the Visceral Realists

Saturday 10/10 @ Federal Art Project

Independent artist/curator York Chang has spent years researching the elusive history of an obscure, but by all accounts virulent, aesthetic movement... 

Doug Aitken: <em>migration</em>

Art

Doug Aitken

Saturday 10/10 @ Regen Projects

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

The Save L'Aquila Project

Special Event: Benefit

The Save L'Aquila Project

Saturday 10/10 @ Jeanie Madsen Gallery

The Save L'Aquila Project launches a week of fundraising events for the rebuilding of L'Aquila, the Italian city devastated by an... 

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

Art

May Jong

Saturday 10/10 @ 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

Saturday 10/10 @ 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... 

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Art

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Saturday 10/10 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

A leader in the American Printmaking movement, Frances Gearhart’s work was embedded in the time and place of the Arts and... 

Broadway: Historic Theatre and Commercial District Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Broadway: Historic Theatre and Commercial District Walking Tour

Saturday 10/10 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The tour explores the social, cinematic, and architectural history of the largest National Register Historic Theatre Districts in the country. The... 

Cinespace Saturdays

Music

Cinespace Saturdays

Saturday 10/10 @ Cinespace

Saturday nights at Cinespace is the place to be for dancing and drinks on Hollywood Boulevard. Join us for the city's... 

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Special Event

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Saturday 10/10 @ 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... 

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Art

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Saturday 10/10 @ The Getty Museum

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

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Art

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Saturday 10/10 @ The Getty Museum

Over 180 ancient glass objects from the collection of Erwin Oppenländer are featured in this exhibition. The Oppenländer collection, which the Getty... 

Art Deco Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Art Deco Walking Tour

Saturday 10/10 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The Art Deco tour is an in-depth look at the history, materials, and style of Art Deco architecture popular in Los... 

Funky Sole @ Echo

Music: DJ

Funky Sole @ Echo

Saturday 10/10 @ The Echo & Echoplex

L.A.'S LONGEST RUNNING DUSTY BEAT DRIVEN WORLD FUNK PARTY RELOCATES TO THE ECHO EVERY SATURDAY STARTING & IS STILL FREE FOR... 

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Art

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Saturday 10/10 @ The Getty Museum

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

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Art

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Saturday 10/10 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

A former painting instructor at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, artist Ray Turner fashions a uniquely seductive and engaging... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Saturday 10/10 @ 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... 

Dudamel Conducts Mahler

Music: Classical

Dudamel Conducts Mahler

Saturday 10/10 @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

The
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<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Saturday 10/10 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Saturday 10/10 @ 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... 

Historic Downtown Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Historic Downtown Walking Tour

Saturday 10/10 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The Historic Downtown tour provides an overview of the historical and cultural landmarks of downtown Los Angeles. Covering a wide range... 

Art: Photography

Irving Penn: Small Trades

Saturday 10/10 @ The Getty Museum

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