Events on Sunday, October 18

The Antfarm Social

Party

The Antfarm Social

Sunday 10/18 @ The Antfarm Studio

The Antfarm is many things to many people: a design showroom featuring furniture and functional objects, an interactive art gallery, a... 

Black Heart Procession w/ Mumlers and Voices Voices @ Echoplex

Music

Black Heart Procession w/ Mumlers and Voices Voices @ Echoplex

Sunday 10/18 @ The Echo & Echoplex

After a recent visit in August, Black Heart Procession returns to Los Angeles to kick off their domestic fall tour in... 

Egyptian Theatre 87th Anniversary: Silent Film with Live Music

Party

Egyptian Theatre 87th Anniversary: Silent Film with Live Music

Sunday 10/18 @ Egyptian Theatre

The site of the first Hollywood premiere for Robin Hood back in 1922, the iconic Egyptian Theatre celebrates its 87th birthday... 

Santa Monica Auctions

Art

Santa Monica Auctions

Sunday 10/18 @ Robert Berman Gallery

Reigning contemporary art auctioneer Robert Berman hosts a round of his Santa Monica Auctions on the heels of its 25th anniversary... 

Part Time Punks feat. Bare Wires and Pizza! Album Release Party

Music: Experimental

Pizza!

Sunday 10/18 @ The Echo & Echoplex

This Sunday night, Part Time Punks at The Echo celebrate the addition of experimental rock act Pizza! to the roster of... 

MELVIN I. UROFSKY—ON LOUIS D. BRANDEIS

Special Event

MELVIN I. UROFSKY—ON LOUIS D. BRANDEIS

Sunday 10/18 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Drawing on family papers and materials never before available, historian and author Melvin I. Urofsky explores the electrifying life and career... 

Part Time Punks with Bare Wires @ Echo

Music

Part Time Punks with Bare Wires @ Echo

Sunday 10/18 @ The Echo & Echoplex

resident djs Michael Stock and Benny Shambles spinning mutant disco * Postpunk * indiepop


With:
... 

"Nightmare USA" double feature: Victims (U.S. premiere!) + Don't Go In The House

Film: Double Feature

"Nightmare USA" double feature: Victims (U.S. premiere!) + Don't Go In The House

Sunday 10/18 @ The Cinefamily

WATCH TRAILER FOR "DON'T GO IN THE HOUSE"!

Cinefamily’s favorite book on exploitation cinema is the massive, well-researched... 

Teen Vogue Handbook

Books: Reading

Teen Vogue Handbook

Sunday 10/18 @ Book Soup

 spanMonsters of Folk: Jim James, M. Ward, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis

Music

Monsters of Folk: Jim James, M. Ward, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis

Sunday 10/18 @ Greek Theatre

An Evening With Monsters of Folk: Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward and Mike Mogis will be a 2 1/2 hour... 

E.L. Doctorow at Temple Emanuel

Books: Reading

E.L. Doctorow at Temple Emanuel

Sunday 10/18 @ Book Soup

 E.L. Doctorow presents and signs Homer & Langley E.L. Doctorow, author of such classics as RagtimeLoon... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

May Jong

Sunday 10/18 @ Happy

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

The Berlin Wall Project

Art

The Berlin Wall Project

Sunday 10/18 @ Wende Museum Site

It's been 20 years since the archaic and divisive Berlin Wall was brought down by fed-up and suppressed citizens. Now, the... 

Henry Jaglom's <em>Just 45 Minutes from Broadway</em>

Theatre

Just 45 Minutes from Broadway

Sunday 10/18 @ Edgemar Center for the Arts

Henry Jaglom's father was a wealthy Russian businessman, and one of the few Jews Heinrich Himmler offered make an "honorary Aryan"... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Sunday 10/18 @ Scribble Press

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

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

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Sunday 10/18 @ 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>TOOLS</em>

Art

TOOLS

Sunday 10/18 @ 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... 

(H)it Week LA

Festival: Music

(H)it Week LA

Sunday 10/18 @ Various locations

LA is about to learn how to celebrate life Italian style as H(it) Week LA, a six-day mini-festival of the most... 

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

Art: Photography

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

Sunday 10/18 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins

Sunday 10/18 @ 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... 

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

Sunday 10/18 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

In Focus: Making a Scene

Sunday 10/18 @ 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>Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting</em>

Art

Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting

Sunday 10/18 @ 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>Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy</em>

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Sunday 10/18 @ 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... 

Salon No. 2: Works 030-065

Art

Salon No. 2

Sunday 10/18 @ Marine

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

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Sunday 10/18 @ Vinum Populi

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

Vintage Fashion Expo

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Vintage Fashion Expo

Sunday 10/18 @ Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

The real stars of this two-day, fortuitously pre-Halloween Vintage Fashion Expo are, of course, the clothes (and bags, shoes, glasses, perfume... 

<em>Parade</em>

Theatre

Parade

Sunday 10/18 @ 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

Special Event

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

Sunday 10/18 @ 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>Accomplice: Hollywood</em>

Get Social

Accomplice: Hollywood

Sunday 10/18 @ 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>Steeped in History: The Art of Tea</em>

Art

Steeped in History: The Art of Tea

Sunday 10/18 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

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

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

Theatre

Gogol Project

Sunday 10/18 @ Bootleg Theater

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

<em>The Doctor Despite Himself</em>

Theatre

The Doctor Despite Himself

Sunday 10/18 @ 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... 

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Art

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Sunday 10/18 @ REDCAT

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

<em>Bronson</em>

Film

Bronson

Sunday 10/18 @ Laemmle's Sunset 5

Based on a true story, Bronson follows Michael Peterson, aka "Charlie Bronson," from his days as an impetuous petty... 

Black Dahlia Theatre and Chalk Repertory Theatre presents <em>Stray</em>

Theatre

Stray

Sunday 10/18 @ Black Dahlia Theatre

The Black Dahlia Theatre and Chalk Repertory come together to present Stray, an award-winning contemporary dramatic play about international child adoption... 

<em>Heroes and Villains: The Battle for Good in India's Comics</em>

Art

The Battle for Good

Sunday 10/18 @ LACMA

Rendering and paraphrasing India's ancient epic tales of archetypal gods and goddesses at war with demonic bad guys, Heroes and Villains:... 

<em>That Perfect Moment</em>

Theatre

That Perfect Moment

Sunday 10/18 @ NoHo Arts Center

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

Cirque du Soleil: <em>Kooza</em>

Performing Arts: Acrobatics

Cirque du Soleil

Sunday 10/18 @ Santa Monica Pier

After a meteoric rise in popularity that spawned dozens of touring and resident shows of increasing complexity and pageantry, Cirque du... 

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

Art

James Turrell

Sunday 10/18 @ 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... 

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

Art

Art of the Movie Poster

Sunday 10/18 @ 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... 

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

Art

MatterApp

Sunday 10/18 @ Materials & Applications

... 

Biltmore Hotel Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Biltmore Hotel Walking Tour

Sunday 10/18 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The Biltmore Hotel tour explores the architecture and rich history of this magnificent hotel, known in its early days as “The... 

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Art

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Sunday 10/18 @ The Getty Museum

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

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Sunday 10/18 @ 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... 

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Art

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Sunday 10/18 @ 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

Sunday 10/18 @ 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... 

John Williams: Music from the City of Angels

Music: Classical

John Williams: Music from the City of Angels

Sunday 10/18 @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

In celebration of film music – one of L.A.’s greatest contributions to the music world... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Sunday 10/18 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Sunday 10/18 @ 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... 

Behind-the-Scenes Historic Tour of the 1922 Egyptian Theatre

Special Event

Behind-the-Scenes Historic Tour of the 1922 Egyptian Theatre

Sunday 10/18 @ Egyptian Theatre

Historic Tour & FOREVER HOLLYWOOD - 10:30 AM Egyptian Theatre Historic Tour - 11:40 AM For the total “Old Hollywood” experience... 

Art: Photography

Irving Penn: Small Trades

Sunday 10/18 @ The Getty Museum

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

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Art

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Sunday 10/18 @ 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... 

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Art

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Sunday 10/18 @ 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... 

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Special Event

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Sunday 10/18 @ 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...