Events on Friday, October 2

An Evening with David Byrne, Jimmy Lizama, Michelle Mowery & Donald Shoup: <em>Cities, Bicycles, and the Future of Getting Around</em>

Special Event

Cities, Bicycles, and the Future of Getting Around

Friday 10/ 2 @ Aratani/Japan America Theatre

Artist, author, and founding member of Talking Heads, David Byrne is also an avid cyclist, and tonight, he moderates a panel... 

Dublab 10th Aniversary Exploration presents: Labrat Matinee

Music: Experimental

Dublab 10th Aniversary Exploration presents: Labrat Matinee

Friday 10/ 2 @ Downtown Independent Theater

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

Jesse Sheidlower Drops the F-Bomb

Books: Reading

Jesse Sheidlower Drops the F-Bomb

Friday 10/ 2 @ Book Soup

Jesse Sheidlower presents and signs The F-Word We all know what frak, popularized by... 

Caroline Smith and the Goodnight Sleeps

Music

Caroline Smith and the Goodnight Sleeps

Friday 10/ 2 @ Bootleg Theater

CAROLINE SMITH AND THE GOODNIGHT SLEEPS spanJohn Hughes Tribute: SIXTEEN CANDLES & THE BREAKFAST CLUB

Film: Double Feature

John Hughes Tribute: SIXTEEN CANDLES & THE BREAKFAST CLUB

Friday 10/ 2 @ Egyptian Theatre

Don't you forget about me. Flashback to the 80s when hair was spiky, new wave was hot and teen... 

World Party

Music

World Party

Friday 10/ 2 @ El Rey

Five World Party albums in 20 years might not be a great record... but every one of them was a great... 

Loggins & Messina

Music

Loggins & Messina

Friday 10/ 2 @ Greek Theatre

Seventies rock icons Kenny Loggins and Jimmy Messina will take the stage at the Greek Theatre, Friday October 2nd. Over 35... 

Trick 'R Treat (w/ director Mike Dougherty in person!)

Film

Trick 'R Treat (w/ director Mike Dougherty in person!)

Friday 10/ 2 @ The Cinefamily

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A killer of a directorial debut from X2/Superman Returns screenwriter Michael Dougherty, Trick ‘r Treat is the best... 

Alex*Cuba - CD Release Party (TONIGHT!! @ The Mint)

Music

Alex*Cuba - CD Release Party (TONIGHT!! @ The Mint)

Friday 10/ 2 @ The Mint

Bedford Grove at 8:30pm Alex*Cuba (full band) at 9:30 DJ Rome at 11:00pm *Alex recently collaborated with Nelly Furtado for her... 

Ongoing Events

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

Theatre

Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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... 

Salon No. 2: Works 030-065

Art

Salon No. 2

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art

Cause & Effect

Friday 10/ 2 @ LM Projects

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

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

Art

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

Friday 10/ 2 @ Gallery 825

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

Titus Kaphar: <em>Reconstruction</em>

Art

Titus Kaphar

Friday 10/ 2 @ Roberts & Tilton Gallery

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

<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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Aristophanes' Peace at the Getty Villa

Friday 10/ 2 @ The Getty Museum

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

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

Art: Photography

Chris Jordan

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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>The Doctor Despite Himself</em>

Theatre

The Doctor Despite Himself

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art

Art of the Movie Poster

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art

Alexis Zoto

Friday 10/ 2 @ Overtones Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

David LaChapelle

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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>Kill Me, Deadly</em>

Theatre

Kill Me, Deadly

Friday 10/ 2 @ Theatre of NOTE

Theatre of Note's current "Season of the Passion Plays" continues with this original noir production of Kill Me, Deadly! Loaded with... 

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

Art

Mac and Retna

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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>Rashōmon </em>w/ a new 35mm print from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

Film

Rashōmon (1950)

Friday 10/ 2 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre

In an exclusive one-week engagement, the Landmark Nuart Theatre screens Akira Kurosawa's 1950 masterpiece, Rashōmon, with a brand new 35mm restored... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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>Intelligent Design: Interspecies Art</em>

Art

Intelligent Design

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Jona Frank and Chris Verene

Friday 10/ 2 @ DNJ Gallery

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

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

Art

Ultrasonic IV: Fresh Perspectives

Friday 10/ 2 @ Mark Moore Gallery

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

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

Art

Michael Dee

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ Materials & Applications

... 

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

Comedy

An Evening Without Monty Python

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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... 

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Art

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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>Steeped in History: The Art of Tea</em>

Art

Steeped in History: The Art of Tea

Friday 10/ 2 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

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

Doug Aitken: <em>migration</em>

Art

Doug Aitken

Friday 10/ 2 @ Regen Projects

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

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

Art

Mike Shinoda

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Gogol Project

Friday 10/ 2 @ Bootleg Theater

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

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

Art

Jeni Spota

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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... 

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Art

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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

Friday 10/ 2 @ LACMA

Belarus Free Theatre: Discover Love

Theatre

Belarus Free Theatre: Discover Love

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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... 

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Special Event

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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... 

ULTRALIGHT Exhibition

Art

ULTRALIGHT Exhibition

Friday 10/ 2 @ Art Center College of Design

South Campus | Wind Tunnel Gallery 950 South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena CA 91105   The art of printmaking, like the other... 

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

Art

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

Friday 10/ 2 @ 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...