Events on Thursday, October 8

Music Center Celebrates Dudamel Live Outdoor Simulcast

Music: Classical

Music Center Celebrates Dudamel Live Outdoor Simulcast

Thursday 10/ 8 @ Music Center

The media has gone full circle with the 28-year-old Dudamel — they have canonized him, grown skeptical, and now they bow... 

The Inaugural Concert: Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Music: Classical

The Inaugural Concert: Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Thursday 10/ 8 @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

The media has gone full circle with the 28-year-old Dudamel — they have canonized him, grown skeptical, and now they bow... 

Aaron Beaumont w/ Alaskan Summer

Music

Aaron Beaumont

Thursday 10/ 8 @ The Hotel Café

LA-based Aaron Beaumont is a self-described piano man, but in a smoky, edgy way, not a Billy Joel way. His blues-infused... 

Mr Green All-Stars & More @ Echoplex

Music

Mr Green All-Stars & More @ Echoplex

Thursday 10/ 8 @ The Echo & Echoplex

Mr. Green All Stars || Watch

with
Hawaiian Lyon
Rocky George (Suicidal Tendencies)
Norwood Fisher (Fishbone)
DH Peligro (Dead Kennedys)
... 

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Film: Double Feature

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Thursday 10/ 8 @ The Cinefamily

VIEW TRAILER

New Jersey's answer to Friday The 13th, Robert Hiltzik's 1983 bid for the slasher pantheon is... 

TONIGHT!! Kyle Hollingsworth Band (of String Cheese Incident) & Zach Gill (of ALO, Jack Johnson)

Music

TONIGHT!! Kyle Hollingsworth Band (of String Cheese Incident) & Zach Gill (of ALO, Jack Johnson)

Thursday 10/ 8 @ The Mint

WAGATAIL PRESENTS: Kyle Hollingsworth Band at 9pm, Zach Gill at 9pm As a member of acclaimed jam masters The String Cheese... 

Some Like it Hot 50th Anniversary

Film

Some Like it Hot 50th Anniversary

Thursday 10/ 8 @ Egyptian Theatre

50th Anniversary! SOME LIKE IT HOT, 1959, MGM Repertory, 119 min. Dir. Billy Wilder. Musicians Tony Curtis and... 

Iris Nights: Eli Reed

Art: Photography

Iris Nights: Eli Reed

Thursday 10/ 8 @ Annenberg Space for Photography

Eli Reed is a clinical professor of photojournalism at the University of Texas. He has a strong interest in social justice... 

Har Mar Superstar, Brother Reade & Ke$ha @ Echo

Music

Har Mar Superstar, Brother Reade & Ke$ha @ Echo

Thursday 10/ 8 @ The Echo & Echoplex

Har Mar Superstar || Listen || Watch

Sean Tillman keeps one foot in punk rock via Sean Na... 

Lucent Dossier Experience: <em>Ravenous Rouge</em>

Performing Arts

Lucent Dossier Experience: Ravenous Rouge

Thursday 10/ 8 @ El Rey

Come experience the succulence of this crimson night! A ballroom filled with strange and wonderful characters, a wild and bizarre new... 

Narcisa

Books: Reading

Narcisa

Thursday 10/ 8 @ Book Soup

 spanThe Snow with MPHASE

Music

The Snow with MPHASE

Thursday 10/ 8 @ Bootleg Theater

The Snow has a serious backbone. Their influences are as diverse as their sound – having been described as distinctly as... 

The Drop: Todd Snider featuring Don Was

Music

The Drop: Todd Snider featuring Don Was

Thursday 10/ 8 @ The GRAMMY Museum

Hear critically-acclaimed singer/songwriter Todd Snider discuss and perform selections from his newest album, The Excitement Plan (Yep Roc Records).... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Mac and Retna

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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.... 

Salon No. 2: Works 030-065

Art

Salon No. 2

Thursday 10/ 8 @ Marine

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

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Art

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Thursday 10/ 8 @ REDCAT

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

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

Art

Intelligent Design

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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

Thursday 10/ 8 @ DNJ Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

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

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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>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/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Michael Dee

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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,... 

Dublab 10th Anniversary Exploration

Music: DJ

Dublab 10th Anniversary Exploration

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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>Parade</em>

Theatre

Parade

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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>In Focus: Making a Scene</em>

Art: Photography

In Focus: Making a Scene

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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

Thursday 10/ 8 @ Regen Projects

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

Titus Kaphar: <em>Reconstruction</em>

Art

Titus Kaphar

Thursday 10/ 8 @ Roberts & Tilton Gallery

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

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

Art

Jeni Spota

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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>Rashōmon </em>w/ a new 35mm print from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

Film

Rashōmon (1950)

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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>Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art</em>

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Gary Lang and Jay Mark Johnson

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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>The Search for the Visceral Realists</em>

Art

The Search for the Visceral Realists

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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

Thursday 10/ 8 @ Happy

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

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

Art

MatterApp

Thursday 10/ 8 @ Materials & Applications

... 

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

Art

Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Cause & Effect

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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>Ultrasonic IV: Fresh Perspectives</em>

Art

Ultrasonic IV: Fresh Perspectives

Thursday 10/ 8 @ Mark Moore Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

Chris Jordan

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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,... 

<em>Coco Before Chanel</em>

Film

Coco Before Chanel

Thursday 10/ 8 @ Various Los Angeles theaters

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

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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>Art of the Movie Poster</em>

Art

Art of the Movie Poster

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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>Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy</em>

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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... 

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Art

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Thursday 10/ 8 @ The Getty Museum

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

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Special Event

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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... 

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Art

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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... 

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Art

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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... 

Reload Thursdays

Music

Reload Thursdays

Thursday 10/ 8 @ Cinespace

The party Thursday evening is at Cinespace. See why everyone in Hollywood is talking about our new Thursdays. Ladies free before... 

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Art

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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

Thursday 10/ 8 @ The Getty Museum

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

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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... 

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Art

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Thursday 10/ 8 @ 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...