Events on Saturday, October 3

Soultre presents Pollyn w/ Big Moves

Music

Pollyn

Saturday 10/ 3 @ The Roxy Theatre

LA-based Pollyn is taking on the big city, indie style – gaining grassroots momentum as word of their memorable live shows... 

11th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival

Festival

Eagle Rock Music Fest

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Eagle Rock Center for the Arts

The Eagle Rock Music Fest, produced by Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, features a lineup of over 40 musical acts. Lovely... 

Marianne Faithfull

Music

Marianne Faithfull

Saturday 10/ 3 @ UCLA Live at Royce Hall

With a bio that reads like a Jackie Collins novel (trysts with Rolling Stones, hardcore drug abuse, and a triumphant musical... 

Perez Hilton presents Ladyhawke w/ Ida Maria

Music: Electronic

Ladyhawke

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Avalon Hollywood

Ladyhawke took her stage name from the eponymous cult film perhaps remembered most vividly for its soundtrack, which miraculously incorporates just... 

Thomas Hampson

Performing Arts: Opera

Thomas Hampson

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

LA Opera hosts a one night-only recital with one of American opera's most revered baritones, Thomas Hampson. (The next recital is... 

Soundwalk 2009

Festival: Art

Soundwalk

Saturday 10/ 3 @ East Village Arts District

For the sixth year, the LBC artist collective FLOOD puts on Soundwalk in the East Village Arts District, expanding to include... 

World City: The Mystical Arts of Tibet

Music

World City: The Mystical Arts of Tibet

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Music Center

Experience the Mystical Arts of Tibet by the famed multiphonic (zok-kay) singers of Drepung Loseling Monastery. Robed in magnificent costumes and... 

Sixstep

Music

Sixstep

Saturday 10/ 3 @ The Mint

with Sixstep @ 11:30, Ricky Hopkins & the Urban Band @ 10:30, Frank Stallone @ 9:00pm, Stephen Ashbrook Duo with Mike... 

Special Preview Tour and Reception for Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting

Art

Special Preview Tour and Reception for Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

Special preview reception and tour of Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting with exhibition curator and Executive Director of the Palm... 

Bootie LA @ echoplex

Music: DJ

Bootie LA @ echoplex

Saturday 10/ 3 @ The Echo & Echoplex

BOOTIE LA
LA's monthly mashup bootleg party

LA's very own electro-punk mashup DJs HOWIE PYRO and JELLS... 

Marianne Faithfull @ Royce Hall

Music

Marianne Faithfull @ Royce Hall

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Book Soup

 spanScrew Cupid: Samantha Scholfield Knows How To Pick Up Hot Guys

Books: Reading

Screw Cupid: Samantha Scholfield Knows How To Pick Up Hot Guys

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Book Soup

Samantha Scholfield presents and signs Screw Cupid: The Sassy Girl's Guide to Picking Up Hot Guys... 

Francesca Lia Block Has A Thing For The Pretty Dead

Books: Reading

Francesca Lia Block Has A Thing For The Pretty Dead

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Book Soup

Francesca Lia Block presents and signs Pretty Dead The deluge of interchangeable vampire novels... 

Ming and Ping with Wooden Ponies

Music

Ming and Ping with Wooden Ponies

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Bootleg Theater

MING AND PING These Hong Kong-born, San Francisco-dwelling identical twins have become a small scale pop-cultural phenomenon, attracting a diverse and... 

Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) + The Phantom of the Opera (1943)

Film: Double Feature

Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) + The Phantom of the Opera (1943)

Saturday 10/ 3 @ The Cinefamily

WATCH CLIP FROM "MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM"!

This classic Technicolor thriller set in a wax museum combines... 

¡Bienvenido Gustavo! A Musical Celebration of Los Angeles

Music: Classical

¡Bienvenido Gustavo! A Musical Celebration of Los Angeles

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Wizard Battle Night (feat. The Boxer's Omen)

Film

Wizard Battle Night (feat. The Boxer's Omen)

Saturday 10/ 3 @ The Cinefamily

VIEW CLIP FROM "THE BOXER'S OMEN"!

Live! One night only! At the Silent Movie Theatre! See the ultimate... 

Mere Future

Books: Reading

Mere Future

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Book Soup

 spanBienvenido Gustavo! - A Target Free Community Concert

Music: Classical

Bienvenido Gustavo! - A Target Free Community Concert

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Hollywood Bowl

LA welcomes incoming Music Director Gustavo Dudamel

Tickets for ¡Bienvenido Gustavo! are available Saturday, August 1, 2009, in... 

John Hughes Tribute: FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF & WEIRD SCIENCE

Film: Double Feature

John Hughes Tribute: FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF & WEIRD SCIENCE

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Egyptian Theatre

Double Feature: FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF, 1986, Paramount, 103 min. Dir. John Hughes. If you ever wanted to... 

Ongoing Events

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

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

Salon No. 2: Works 030-065

Art

Salon No. 2

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Marine

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

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

Art

Intelligent Design

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

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

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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>That Perfect Moment</em>

Theatre

That Perfect Moment

Saturday 10/ 3 @ NoHo Arts Center

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

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

Art

May Jong

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Happy

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

The Save L'Aquila Project

Special Event: Benefit

The Save L'Aquila Project

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Mac and Retna

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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>Accomplice: Hollywood</em>

Get Social

Accomplice: Hollywood

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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>Art of the Movie Poster</em>

Art

Art of the Movie Poster

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Steeped in History: The Art of Tea

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

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

Kenny Scharf: <em>Barberadise</em>

Art

Kenny Scharf

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

Titus Kaphar: <em>Reconstruction</em>

Art

Titus Kaphar

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Roberts & Tilton Gallery

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

City Gems

Scribble Press

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Scribble Press

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

<em>The Doctor Despite Himself</em>

Theatre

The Doctor Despite Himself

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Chris Jordan

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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,... 

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

Art

MatterApp

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Materials & Applications

... 

<em>Parade</em>

Theatre

Parade

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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>Rashōmon </em>w/ a new 35mm print from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

Film

Rashōmon (1950)

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Wayne Thiebaud

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Search for the Visceral Realists

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Jona Frank and Chris Verene

Saturday 10/ 3 @ DNJ Gallery

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

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

Theatre

Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Claire Oswalt

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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>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/ 3 @ 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... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Vinum Populi

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

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

Art: Photography

David LaChapelle

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

Fifth Annual Museums Free-For-All

Art

Museums Free-For-All

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Various Los Angeles Museums

Two dozen museums in Los Angeles and Orange County open their doors to culture-lovers in the Southland this weekend in the... 

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Art

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Saturday 10/ 3 @ REDCAT

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

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

Art

Cause & Effect

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ The Getty Center

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

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

Theatre

Aristophanes' Peace at the Getty Villa

Saturday 10/ 3 @ The Getty Museum

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

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

Art

Ultrasonic IV: Fresh Perspectives

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Mark Moore Gallery

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

Doug Aitken: <em>migration</em>

Art

Doug Aitken

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Regen Projects

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

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

Comedy

An Evening Without Monty Python

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Michael Dee

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Gogol Project

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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>Coco Before Chanel</em>

Film

Coco Before Chanel

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Various Los Angeles theaters

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

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

Art

Alexis Zoto

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Overtones Gallery

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

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

Art

Gary Lang and Jay Mark Johnson

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

<em>Kill Me, Deadly</em>

Theatre

Kill Me, Deadly

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Mike Shinoda

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

<em>Point Break LIVE!</em>

Theatre

Point Break LIVE!

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Dragonfly

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

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

Art

Jeni Spota

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

Dublab 10th Anniversary Exploration

Music: DJ

Dublab 10th Anniversary Exploration

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

Historic Downtown Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Historic Downtown Walking Tour

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ The Getty Museum

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

Belarus Free Theatre: Discover Love

Theatre

Belarus Free Theatre: Discover Love

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

Broadway: Historic Theatre and Commercial District Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Broadway: Historic Theatre and Commercial District Walking Tour

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

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

Beyond Biba

Film: Documentary

Beyond Biba

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Downtown Independent Theater


Q&A with Barbara Hulanicki Sat. Oct. 3rd after 8PM screening!
Q&A with Producer James Collie Oct. 5 and... 

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Special Event

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ The Getty Museum

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

Cinespace Saturdays

Music

Cinespace Saturdays

Saturday 10/ 3 @ Cinespace

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

Art Deco Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Art Deco Walking Tour

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Art

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Saturday 10/ 3 @ The Getty Museum

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

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

Art

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

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

Funky Sole @ Echo

Music: DJ

Funky Sole @ Echo

Saturday 10/ 3 @ 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... 

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Special Event

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Saturday 10/ 3 @ LACMA