Events on Tuesday, October 6

Nick Hornby: <em>Juliet, Naked</em>

Books: Reading

Nick Hornby: Juliet, Naked

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ Book Soup

Nick Hornby's sixth novel, Juliet, Naked, picks up where his previous ones left off: with spoiled manchildren, precocious real children, and... 

The Moth GrandSLAM @ Echoplex

Performing Arts: Spoken Word

The Moth GrandSLAM @ Echoplex

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ The Echo & Echoplex

The Moth's fourth Los Angeles GrandSLAM will take place at The Echoplex, where a  forensic psychologist, a voice-over artist, a mom... 

The Rootdown presents Breakestra w/ Jeremy Sole

Music: Hip-Hop

Breakestra

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ El Rey

Cooler weather calls for warmer music, and Breakestra has good timing. Join the fiery funk orchestra tonight to celebrate the release... 

Nick Hornby

Books: Reading

Nick Hornby

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Nick Hornby's sixth novel, Juliet, Naked, picks up where his previous ones left off: with spoiled manchildren, precocious real children, and... 

Business Dialogue Series: Mayo Clinic

Special Event

Business Dialogue Series: Mayo Clinic

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ Art Center College of Design

The Business Dialogue Series introduces students to the diverse opportunities available within art and design, and most importantly, provides the opportunity... 

Where Hope Lives: How Design Can Transform Lives and Communities

Special Event

Where Hope Lives: How Design Can Transform Lives and Communities

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ REDCAT

  CalArts President Steven D. Lavine welcomes architects from Michael Maltzan Architecture, Koning Eizenberg Architecture and Killefer Flammang Architects for an... 

Raising the Perfect Child Through Guilt and Manipulation

Books: Reading

Raising the Perfect Child Through Guilt and Manipulation

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ Book Soup

Elizabeth Beckwith presents and signs Raising The Perfect Child Through Guilt And Manipulation Raising... 

Mimicking Birds with Tremellow, and Lamps

Music

Mimicking Birds with Tremellow, and Lamps

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ Bootleg Theater

MIMICKING BIRDS “Apparently—besides releasing a couple more Modest Mouse albums—frontman Isaac Brock started a record label and signed Mimicking Birds, a... 

Starfucker, Deelay Ceelay and Strength

Music

Starfucker, Deelay Ceelay and Strength

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ The Echo & Echoplex

Starfucker || Watch

Coming less than a year after the quartet’s self-titled debut (and on a label usually... 

Jerry Beck's Animation Tuesdays: The Return of the Jerry Beck Animated Spooktacular!

Film: Animation

Jerry Beck's Animation Tuesdays: The Return of the Jerry Beck Animated Spooktacular!

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ The Cinefamily

WATCH THE POPEYE CARTOON "FRIGHT TO THE FINISH"!

World-renowned cartoon historian Jerry Beck (editor/co-creator of Cartoon Brew and... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art: Photography

Chris Jordan

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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,... 

Salon No. 2: Works 030-065

Art

Salon No. 2

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ Marine

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

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

Art: Photography

Jona Frank and Chris Verene

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ DNJ Gallery

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

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Art

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ REDCAT

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

<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

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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... 

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

Art

Claire Oswalt

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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... 

Dublab 10th Anniversary Exploration

Music: DJ

Dublab 10th Anniversary Exploration

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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>In Focus: Making a Scene</em>

Art: Photography

In Focus: Making a Scene

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ The Getty Center

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

Doug Aitken: <em>migration</em>

Art

Doug Aitken

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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>Intelligent Design: Interspecies Art</em>

Art

Intelligent Design

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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... 

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

Art

Michael Dee

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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>Rashōmon </em>w/ a new 35mm print from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

Film

Rashōmon (1950)

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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>Art of the Movie Poster</em>

Art

Art of the Movie Poster

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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... 

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

Art

Gary Lang and Jay Mark Johnson

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ Vinum Populi

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

City Gems

Scribble Press

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ Scribble Press

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

Titus Kaphar: <em>Reconstruction</em>

Art

Titus Kaphar

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ Roberts & Tilton Gallery

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

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

Art

MatterApp

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ Materials & Applications

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

Art

Mac and Retna

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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.... 

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

Art

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

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ Gallery 825

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

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

Art

May Jong

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ Happy

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

<em>Coco Before Chanel</em>

Film

Coco Before Chanel

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ Various Los Angeles theaters

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

Kenny Scharf: <em>Barberadise</em>

Art

Kenny Scharf

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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... 

The Save L'Aquila Project

Special Event: Benefit

The Save L'Aquila Project

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

David LaChapelle

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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... 

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

Art

Ultrasonic IV: Fresh Perspectives

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ Mark Moore Gallery

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

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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... 

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Art

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ The Getty Museum

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

Beyond Biba

Film: Documentary

Beyond Biba

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ Downtown Independent Theater


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

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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... 

Art: Photography

Irving Penn: Small Trades

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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... 

Academy Seminar Series: Perspectives on Editing

Film

Academy Seminar Series: Perspectives on Editing

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Top film editors present a four-part seminar on film editing; the final date will celebrate... 

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Special Event

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Tuesday 10/ 6 @ 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...