Events on Saturday, November 14

Chris Pierce

Music

Chris Pierce

Saturday 11/14 @ The Mint

LA-based indie-soul powerhouse Chris Pierce lays down the spine-tingling wails, throwback blues chords, and irresistible, toe-tapping melodies that are winning over... 

By Any Dreams Necessary

Special Event: Benefit

By Any Dreams Necessary

Saturday 11/14 @ Gallery 1018

A wild barrage of local underground DJs, hip-hop fashion, mixtape maestros, live fashion design, vinyl toys, free booze, and ghetto tacos.... 

The Fashion for Ingres

Special Event

The Fashion for Ingres

Saturday 11/14 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

Aileen Ribeiro, The Oak Foundation Professor in the History of Dress, Courtauld Institute of Art, examines the often-complex views Ingres had... 

Amiri Baraka / Nylaee @ echo

Books: Poetry

Amiri Baraka / Nylaee @ echo

Saturday 11/14 @ The Echo & Echoplex

Amiri Baraka


Amiri Baraka, born in 1934, in Newark, New Jersey, USA, is the author of... 

Pinback with Joe Jack Talcum

Music

Pinback with Joe Jack Talcum

Saturday 11/14 @ El Rey

San Diegan quintet Pinback eschew a single style in order to create their refreshingly earnest brand of melodic indie rock. Mixing... 

Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969) + Running In Madness, Dying In Love (1969)

Film: Double Feature

Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969) + Running In Madness, Dying In Love (1969)

Saturday 11/14 @ The Cinefamily

VIEW CLIP OF "GO, GO SECOND TIME VIRGIN"

An allegory for the end of the hippie movement? For... 

World City: Barynya

Music: Global

World City: Barynya

Saturday 11/14 @ Music Center

Be prepared to get up off your seat and dance along with the Barynya ensemble, a unique group of top Russian,... 

Relations that Suck with Marilyn Yu

Books: Reading

Relations that Suck with Marilyn Yu

Saturday 11/14 @ Book Soup

 spanMondo Christploitation (feat. If Footmen Tire You, What Would Horses Do?)

Film

Mondo Christploitation (feat. If Footmen Tire You, What Would Horses Do?)

Saturday 11/14 @ The Cinefamily

VIEW CLIP

Mommy, what’s a mondo mix? Well, Mondo Mixes are Cinefamily’s signature homemade long-form modern videomontages of... 

Diavolo Dance Theater

Dance

Diavolo Dance Theater

Saturday 11/14 @ Greek Theatre

The unusual and often astonishing movements of the Diavolo Dance Theater will amaze audiences.  Expect the unexpected as the acrobatic dancers... 

Inside the World of a Sex Crimes DA

Books: Reading

Inside the World of a Sex Crimes DA

Saturday 11/14 @ Book Soup

 spanRussian Circles, Young Widows and Helms Alee @ echoplex

Music

Russian Circles, Young Widows and Helms Alee @ echoplex

Saturday 11/14 @ The Echo & Echoplex

Russian Circles || Listen || Watch || Mp3


Unite three musicians - playing three unique roles;... 

God, The Universe and Where I Fit In

Books: Reading

God, The Universe and Where I Fit In

Saturday 11/14 @ Book Soup

 spanOngoing Events

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

Art

Steeped in History: The Art of Tea

Saturday 11/14 @ 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>New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape</em>

Art: Photography

New Topographics

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

<em>Practicing Moving</em>, curated by Fritz Haeg

Art

Practicing Moving

Saturday 11/14 @ Eagle Rock Center for the Arts

As creator of the popular Edible Estates project and host of the eco-art workshop the Sundown Schoolhouse, architect Fritz Haeg has... 

<em>The Dirty Show</em>

Art

The Dirty Show

Saturday 11/14 @ City Center Motel

More than 100 visual artists from the global erotic diaspora converge on the East Wing of the motor court at Downtown's... 

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

Art

The Search for the Visceral Realists

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

<em>Human Rights: Student Voices</em>

Art

Human Rights: Student Voices

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

WTF?! Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

WTF?! Festival

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

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

Art

Kiel Johnson: Publish or Perish

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

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

Art

Three Apples

Saturday 11/14 @ 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,... 

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

Art: Photography

Susan Anderson

Saturday 11/14 @ 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>Giant Robot Biennale 2: 15 Years</em>

Art

Giant Robot Biennale

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

<em>The Yes Men Fix the World</em>

Film: Documentary

The Yes Men Fix the World

Saturday 11/14 @ Laemmle's Sunset 5

The Yes Men's new documentary chronicles the subversive duo's elaborate, politically progressive hoaxes. Using cheap suits, aliases, and "straight" talk, Andy... 

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

Theatre

Stray

Saturday 11/14 @ 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>When Smoking Was Cool</em>

Art

When Smoking Was Cool

Saturday 11/14 @ Black Maria Gallery

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

Michael Arata: <em>Remember</em>

Art

Michael Arata

Saturday 11/14 @ Kristi Engle Gallery

Michael Arata is one of LA's best known "artist's artists," a man with serious chops as a curator as well as... 

Ingres' <em>Comtesse d'Haussonville</em> from the Frick Collection

Art

Ingres' Comtesse d'Haussonville from the Frick Collection

Saturday 11/14 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

This beguiling portrait occupies a privileged position at the threshold between French Romanticism and the early hints of modernity. Its impossibly... 

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

Saturday 11/14 @ Hammer Museum

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

Tomoo Gokita: <em>Heaven</em>

Art

Tomoo Gokita

Saturday 11/14 @ Honor Fraser

Tomoo Gokita's new body of work reveals an artistic practice that walks the tightrope between abstraction and representation. Rendered only in... 

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

Art

Mark Tribe: Port Huron Project

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

Alejandro Gehry: <em>For Play</em>

Art

Alejandro Gehry

Saturday 11/14 @ Robert Berman Gallery

Alejandro Gehry is back with another fresh and frisky series of paintings that combine a nostalgia for the blazing palette and... 

<em>SPORT: Iooss & Leifer</em>

Art: Photography

SPORT: Iooss & Leifer

Saturday 11/14 @ Annenberg Space for Photography

The Annenberg Space for Photography brings the entire genius of its well-appointed exhibition areas and NASA-quality digital-media resources to bear on... 

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

Art

Cause & Effect

Saturday 11/14 @ LM Projects

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

<em>Collecting California</em>

Art

Collecting California

Saturday 11/14 @ Laguna Art Museum

Works by regional and national artists come together at the Laguna Art Museum's Collecting California, which reflects the long history of... 

<em>Michael, Kevin & Geoff</em>

Art

Michael, Kevin & Geoff

Saturday 11/14 @ HVW8 Art + Design Gallery

Three friends, fellow CalArts alums, and working artists join forces to explore the finer side in an exhibit at HVW8 Art... 

<em>Point Break LIVE!</em>

Theatre

Point Break LIVE!

Saturday 11/14 @ Dragonfly

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

David Anderle, Charlie Immer, Elizabeth McGrath, and Gail Potocki

Art

Anderle, Immer, McGrath, and Potocki

Saturday 11/14 @ Billy Shire Fine Arts

Four contemporary artists converge at Billy Shire Fine Arts to interpret similar themes in vastly different ways. Legendary record producer-turned-artist David... 

<em>Parade</em>

Theatre

Parade

Saturday 11/14 @ 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,... 

Deth P. Sun: <em>Please Be Brave</em>

Art

Deth P. Sun

Saturday 11/14 @ GR2

In the last 13 years, Deth P. Sun has contributed works to over 150 group exhibits across the US and UK.... 

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

Art

Gary Lang and Jay Mark Johnson

Saturday 11/14 @ 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>Art of the Movie Poster</em>

Art

Art of the Movie Poster

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

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

Art

Faris McReynolds

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

<em>Unusual Behavior</em>

Art

Unusual Behavior

Saturday 11/14 @ Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum

Curated by Flavorpill's own Heather Jeno Silva (who moonlights as the curator of the CAF's monthly Forum Lounge public conversations, among... 

<em>Accomplice: Hollywood</em>

Get Social

Accomplice: Hollywood

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

Mark Gleason: <em>Persona</em>

Art

Mark Gleason

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Saturday 11/14 @ 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>Blood is the New Black</em>: 5-Year Anniversary Exhibition

Art

Blood is the New Black

Saturday 11/14 @ Junc Gallery

Combining an anniversary party with a comeback, Junc Gallery hosts an exhibition featuring the expanded registry of artists whose work adorns... 

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Special Event

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Battle for Good

Saturday 11/14 @ LACMA

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

Marilyn Minter

Art: Photography

Marilyn Minter

Saturday 11/14 @ 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>TOOLS</em>

Art

TOOLS

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

The MAK Center presents Otto Neurath: <em>Gypsy Urbanism</em>

Art

Otto Neurath

Saturday 11/14 @ MAK Center Schindler House

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture hosts an exhibition in honor of Austrian sociologist, political scientist, intellectual, and author Otto... 

<em>Whatever Happened to Busty Jane?</em>

Performing Arts

Whatever Happened to Busty Jane?

Saturday 11/14 @ Cavern Club Theater

Tweaking the Bette Davis classic creepfest, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?, Jackie Beat's rib-tickling new play revisits the '80s heyday of... 

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

Art

Intelligent Design

Saturday 11/14 @ 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>Darkwave</em>

Art

Darkwave

Saturday 11/14 @ Black Cat Gallery

Darkwave is a group exhibition of local painters and sculptors who are more than just friends and neighbors — they are... 

The Berlin Wall Project

Art

The Berlin Wall Project

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

Henry Jaglom's <em>Just 45 Minutes from Broadway</em>

Theatre

Just 45 Minutes from Broadway

Saturday 11/14 @ Edgemar Center for the Arts

Henry Jaglom's father was a wealthy Russian businessman, and one of the few Jews Heinrich Himmler offered make an "honorary Aryan"... 

WK Interact: <em>How to Blow Yourself Up</em>

Art

WK Interact

Saturday 11/14 @ Subliminal Projects

If you believe the prophecies of Nostradamus, the 2012 gang, and other would-be seers (you know, the ones about how the... 

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

Performing Arts: Acrobatics

Cirque du Soleil

Saturday 11/14 @ 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>Pandemic Show</em>

Art

Pandemic Show

Saturday 11/14 @ Overtones Gallery

In case you haven't heard, America is gripped with fear of a little something called the Swine Flu at the moment.... 

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

Art

Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

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

Art

Brendan Monroe

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Saturday 11/14 @ Scribble Press

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

The Eclectic Theatre presents <em>The Trials & Tribulations of Vicky Vixen</em>

Theatre

The Trials & Tribulations of Vicky Vixen

Saturday 11/14 @ Eclectic Company Theatre

This fund-raiser by the ever-clever Eclectic Theatre company is done in a farcical soap-opera style where the actors are given a... 

<em>I Feel Different</em>

Art

I Feel Different

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

Matthew Heller: <em>The Great</em>

Art

Matthew Heller

Saturday 11/14 @ Galerie Anais

Los Angeles painter and poet Matthew Heller has hit a stride with his latest exhibition at Galerie Anaïs, Bergamot's newest tenant.... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Saturday 11/14 @ 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

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

Cinespace Saturdays

Music

Cinespace Saturdays

Saturday 11/14 @ Cinespace

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

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Art

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

Art Deco Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Art Deco Walking Tour

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

Film

Four Angry Young Men

Saturday 11/14 @ The Getty Museum

A FREE film series Like Irving Penn's photographs of dignified workers on view in the exhibition Irving Penn: Small Trades, a... 

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Art

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Saturday 11/14 @ The Getty Museum

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

Anna Halprin and Anne Collard, with Morton Subotnick: parades & changes, replays

Dance

Anna Halprin and Anne Collard, with Morton Subotnick: parades & changes, replays

Saturday 11/14 @ REDCAT

  Improvising around a set of movement and music scores, dancers dress and undress, carry out everyday tasks, invent gestures, and... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Saturday 11/14 @ 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 11/14 @ 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... 

<em>Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres</em>

Art

Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres

Saturday 11/14 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

In conjunction with the installation of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's stunning Comtesse d’Haussonville, 1845, on loan from The Frick Collection in New... 

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Art

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

Partner Event: "Bleeding Through"

Theatre

Partner Event: "Bleeding Through"

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

Historic Downtown Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Historic Downtown Walking Tour

Saturday 11/14 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The Historic Downtown tour provides an overview of the historical and cultural landmarks of downtown Los Angeles. Covering a wide range... 

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Art

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Saturday 11/14 @ 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... 

Broadway: Historic Theatre and Commercial District Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Broadway: Historic Theatre and Commercial District Walking Tour

Saturday 11/14 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

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

Art: Photography

Irving Penn: Small Trades

Saturday 11/14 @ The Getty Museum

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

Dudamel and Upshaw

Music: Classical

Dudamel and Upshaw

Saturday 11/14 @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Luciano Berio’s Folk Songs (1964) is a song cycle containing 11 arrangements of folk music from...