Events on Thursday, October 29

Rock-n-Platinum Preview & Party feat. Ben Lee

Party

Rock-n-Platinum

Thursday 10/29 @ The Lofts at Cherokee Studios

Tell your family, friends, and even foes about Rock-n-Platinum, a unique showcase that mixes music with design and art in an... 

The Antlers w/ Timber Timbre

Music

The Antlers w/ Timber Timbre

Thursday 10/29 @ Bootleg Theater

Brooklyn trio the Antlers go the way of Bon Iver with guitar-led, simplistic melodies and tales of pain. (Their 2009 release... 

UCLA Live presents An Evening with R. Crumb

Special Event

An Evening with R. Crumb

Thursday 10/29 @ UCLA Live at Royce Hall

In conjunction with the Hammer Museum's The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb's Book of Genesis, UCLA Live presents a rare... 

Alela Diane and Marissa Nadler @ Echo

Music

Alela Diane and Marissa Nadler @ Echo

Thursday 10/29 @ The Echo & Echoplex

Alela Diane || Listen || Watch


Diane demonstrated her broad range and flexibility, interpreting songs by... 

Slasherpalooza!: A Night of Gonzo Slasher Films

Film: Double Feature

Slasherpalooza!: A Night of Gonzo Slasher Films

Thursday 10/29 @ The Cinefamily

WATCH TRAILER FOR "SHAKMA"!

Chopping Mall
In this ridiculous hybrid of Friday The 13th, Dawn of... 

The Sound Behind the Image III: Real Horrorshow!

Film

The Sound Behind the Image III: Real Horrorshow!

Thursday 10/29 @ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The extraordinary role sound plays in shaping horror films will be showcased through film clips, demonstrations and discussion, including a behind-the-scenes... 

Iris Nights: Sara Terry and Louie Palu, War is Only Half the Story: A Conversation with Sara Terry and Louie Palu

Art: Photography

Iris Nights: Sara Terry and Louie Palu, War is Only Half the Story: A Conversation with Sara Terry and Louie Palu

Thursday 10/29 @ Annenberg Space for Photography

Sara's long-term project about the aftermath of war in Bosnia -- "Aftermath: Bosnia’s Long Road to Peace" -- was published in... 

LA Premiere BANKING ON HEAVEN

Film: Documentary

LA Premiere BANKING ON HEAVEN

Thursday 10/29 @ Egyptian Theatre

Los Angeles Premiere! BANKING ON HEAVEN, 2005, Over the Moon Productions, 90 min. An unflinching look at a... 

Flyleaf with Paper Tongues

Music

Flyleaf with Paper Tongues

Thursday 10/29 @ El Rey

Heavy music and pained lyrics go together like cake and ice cream, and Belton, Texas quintet, Flyleaf, aren't about to break... 

Built to Spill and Disco Doom @ Echoplex

Music

Built to Spill and Disco Doom @ Echoplex

Thursday 10/29 @ The Echo & Echoplex

Built To Spill || Listen || Watch


When Built To Spill wanted to find out what... 

Life As We Show It: Writing on Film

Special Event

Life As We Show It: Writing on Film

Thursday 10/29 @ REDCAT

This can't-miss reading celebrates the publication of an important new anthology of writing on film: Life As We Show It, a... 

Art

The Director's Series: Conversations with Michael Govan—Barbara Kruger

Thursday 10/29 @ LACMA

Join... 

R. Crumb Takes on The Bible

Books: Reading

R. Crumb Takes on The Bible

Thursday 10/29 @ Book Soup

 spanAn Evening with Matthew Rolston

Art: Photography

An Evening with Matthew Rolston

Thursday 10/29 @ Art Center College of Design

Art Center College of Design invites you to an evening with photographer and director Matthew Rolston, in conversation with celebrity journalist... 

Walk of Art

Art

Walk of Art

Thursday 10/29 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

Join LACE for a special evening to celebrate Westfield Culver City's public art collection.   Located in the three primary courts,... 

Viagra Diaries

Books: Reading

Viagra Diaries

Thursday 10/29 @ Book Soup

 spanOngoing Events

<em>Seeing Things: Ghost Polaroids</em>

Art: Photography

Ghost Polaroids

Thursday 10/29 @ Drkrm

For 15 years, in an old house on a sleepy hillside outside LA, a phalanx of residents, researchers, and TV producers... 

The Berlin Wall Project

Art

The Berlin Wall Project

Thursday 10/29 @ 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... 

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

Art

Cause & Effect

Thursday 10/29 @ LM Projects

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

<em>Parade</em>

Theatre

Parade

Thursday 10/29 @ 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,... 

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

Art

Alexis Zoto

Thursday 10/29 @ 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

Thursday 10/29 @ DNJ Gallery

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

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

Thursday 10/29 @ 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... 

Kiel Johnson: <em>Publish or Perish</em>

Art

Kiel Johnson: Publish or Perish

Thursday 10/29 @ Mark Moore Gallery

Kiel Johnson's latest body of work examines the value of the painstakingly, unnecessarily hand-wrought in the digital age. Simultaneously examining how... 

<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 10/29 @ 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>TOOLS</em>

Art

TOOLS

Thursday 10/29 @ 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... 

Brendan Monroe: <em>Places Between Here and Here</em>

Art

Brendan Monroe

Thursday 10/29 @ Richard Heller Gallery

Brendan Monroe's paintings, sculptures, installation-based works, and publications, despite the differences dictated by mediums, expound the artist's unique interpretation of the... 

Art

Frank Kozik

Thursday 10/29 @ Billy Shire Fine Arts

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Special Event

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Thursday 10/29 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Recently, Art Center College of Design students directed their communications prowess towards human rights, yielding emotionally-charged pieces that straddle the line... 

Nate Frizzell: <em>Lost in the Thicket</em> and The Kids Are Alright

Art

Nate Frizzell and The Kids Are Alright

Thursday 10/29 @ LeBasse Projects

Nate Frizzell combines a dark sophistication with the chaos of youthful imagination in a new series of lush paintings depicting the... 

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

Art

Steeped in History: The Art of Tea

Thursday 10/29 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

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

<em>Soul Power</em>

Film

Soul Power

Thursday 10/29 @ Downtown Independent Theater

Soul Power documents the Zaire '74 all-star concert that set the stage for Muhammad Ali and George Foreman's legendary Rumble in... 

<em>Giant Robot Biennale 2: 15 Years</em>

Art

Giant Robot Biennale

Thursday 10/29 @ Japanese American National Museum

In 2007, Giant Robot launched its first biennale celebrating 15 years as a magazine and a pop culture phenomenon. For its... 

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

Art: Photography

David LaChapelle

Thursday 10/29 @ 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... 

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Art

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Thursday 10/29 @ REDCAT

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

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

Art

May Jong

Thursday 10/29 @ Happy

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

<em>I Feel Different</em>

Art

I Feel Different

Thursday 10/29 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

Curator Jennifer Doyle gets in touch with our emotional side in I Feel Different, a group exhibition featuring multimedia works at... 

Susan Anderson: <em>High Glitz</em>, Edwina White: <em>In Rehearsal</em>

Art: Photography

Susan Anderson

Thursday 10/29 @ Kopeikin Gallery

Commercial photographer Susan Anderson crosses over to a fine-art career with her striking portraits from child beauty pageants. Shooting "tarted-up tots"... 

<em>Antichrist</em>

Film

Antichrist

Thursday 10/29 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre

Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, and now Antichrist: Lars von Trier goes to every emotional and cinematographic extreme to... 

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

Art

Intelligent Design

Thursday 10/29 @ 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>Art of the Movie Poster</em>

Art

Art of the Movie Poster

Thursday 10/29 @ 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... 

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

Performing Arts: Acrobatics

Cirque du Soleil

Thursday 10/29 @ Santa Monica Pier

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

<em>When Smoking Was Cool</em>

Art

When Smoking Was Cool

Thursday 10/29 @ Black Maria Gallery

As any fan of Mad Men can tell you, there used to be a lot more cigarette smoking going on, both... 

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

Art

Gary Lang and Jay Mark Johnson

Thursday 10/29 @ 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... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Thursday 10/29 @ Vinum Populi

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

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

Art: Photography

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

Thursday 10/29 @ 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

Thursday 10/29 @ Scribble Press

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

The Hammer Museum Presents <em>The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb's Book of Genesis</em>

Art

The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis

Thursday 10/29 @ Hammer Museum

R. Crumb's interpretation of the Book of Genesis is at once disturbing, sacrilegious, violent, and debauched, but paired with a holy... 

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

Art

MatterApp

Thursday 10/29 @ Materials & Applications

... 

Philippa Blair: <em>Tracks</em> and Jayme Odgers: <em>Figurations</em>

Art

Philippa Blair & Jayme Odgers

Thursday 10/29 @ Lawrence Asher Gallery

Philippa Blair's abstract, collage-based symphonies truly fulfill the classical adage that, "music is an abstract painting executed on a canvas of... 

L'effleur des Sens

Performing Arts

L'effleur des Sens

Thursday 10/29 @ 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... 

<em>The Pop of Colors</em>

Art

The Pop of Colors

Thursday 10/29 @ POVEVOLVING

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

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

Theatre

Stray

Thursday 10/29 @ 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>The Search for the Visceral Realists</em>

Art

The Search for the Visceral Realists

Thursday 10/29 @ 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... 

Hello Kitty's 35th Anniversary: <em>Three Apples</em>

Art

Three Apples

Thursday 10/29 @ Royal/T

Hello Kitty is turning 35, and there's no better venue for her birthday party than Royal/T, Culver City's own art space,... 

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

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Thursday 10/29 @ 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... 

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

Art

Claire Oswalt

Thursday 10/29 @ 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... 

Mark Tribe: <em>Port Huron Project</em>

Art

Mark Tribe: Port Huron Project

Thursday 10/29 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

At Rhizome.org, Mark Tribe supports the creation and dissemination of forward-thinking contemporary art; and LACE is a fixture in LA's anything-goes... 

Faris McReynolds: <em>The Primitive Electric</em>

Art

Faris McReynolds

Thursday 10/29 @ Roberts & Tilton Gallery

Los Angeles painter Faris McReynolds uses multiple points of view, a saturated color palette, and an exaggeratedly loose and heavy-handed interaction... 

Salon No. 2: Works 030-065

Art

Salon No. 2

Thursday 10/29 @ Marine

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

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

Art

The Battle for Good

Thursday 10/29 @ LACMA

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

Mark Gleason: <em>Persona</em>

Art

Mark Gleason

Thursday 10/29 @ Cella Gallery

The timing may or may not be a coincidence, but the really-for-grown-ups fairy tale Where the Wild Things Are and Mark... 

Kenny Scharf: <em>Barberadise</em>

Art

Kenny Scharf

Thursday 10/29 @ 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... 

WTF?! Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

WTF?! Festival

Thursday 10/29 @ The Actors' Gang Theatre

Given that Tim Robbins founded the Actors Gang in response to a lack of opportunities for independent writers and actors to... 

<em>New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape</em>

Art: Photography

New Topographics

Thursday 10/29 @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Not much has changed since 1975 when New Topographics first opened at the George Eastman House. The state of the world... 

Marilyn Minter

Art: Photography

Marilyn Minter

Thursday 10/29 @ Regen Projects

Fresh from a year of acclaimed exhibitions in Europe and NYC and the opening spot on Madonna's recent tour, Marilyn Minter... 

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

Art

Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting

Thursday 10/29 @ 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... 

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

Art

Michael Dee

Thursday 10/29 @ 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,... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Thursday 10/29 @ 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

Thursday 10/29 @ 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... 

Reload Thursdays

Music

Reload Thursdays

Thursday 10/29 @ 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 10/29 @ 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... 

Eschenbach Conducts Dvorák

Music: Classical

Eschenbach Conducts Dvorák

Thursday 10/29 @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

A poem about an overpowering spring night became the starting point for Szymanowski’s Concerto, fascinating in its... 

Art: Photography

Irving Penn: Small Trades

Thursday 10/29 @ 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

Thursday 10/29 @ 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... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Thursday 10/29 @ 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... 

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Art

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Thursday 10/29 @ 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... 

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Art

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Thursday 10/29 @ 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

Thursday 10/29 @ 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

Thursday 10/29 @ The Getty Museum

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

Partner Event: "Bleeding Through"

Theatre

Partner Event: "Bleeding Through"

Thursday 10/29 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The Conservancy is proud to partner with theater company About...Productions on an exciting new event. Bleeding Through is a theatrical layering...