Events on Sunday, December 6

West Coast, Left Coast: <em>Songs of the Sun</em> feat. Brian Wilson

Music

West Coast, Left Coast: Songs of the Sun feat. Brian Wilson

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

It's hard to imagine what "West Coast music" might even mean if Brian Wilson had never arrived on the scene, bringing... 

Alaskan Summer

Music

Alaskan Summer

Sunday 12/ 6 @ The Hotel Café

LA power-poppers Alaskan Summer make the kind of crisp, dry, sparkling songs their name poetically suggests, with a sound that is... 

The GRAMMY Museum's First Anniversary!

Music

The GRAMMY Museum's First Anniversary!

Sunday 12/ 6 @ The GRAMMY Museum

The GRAMMY Museum will celebrate its first anniversary with a two-for-one ticket special, a Fender guitar give-away, and a day full... 

Family Day!

Art

Family Day!

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

Come participate in fun art projects for the whole family based on our current exhibitions: Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting,... 

Part Time Punks feat. Cold Cave, Nite Jewel, DJ Tim Burgess @ echo

Music

Part Time Punks feat. Cold Cave, Nite Jewel, DJ Tim Burgess @ echo

Sunday 12/ 6 @ The Echo & Echoplex

with:
Cold Cave
Nite Jewel || Listen


resident djs Michael Stock and Benny Shambles... 

Sundays Live: The Danali String Quartet

Music: Classical

Sundays Live: The Danali String Quartet

Sunday 12/ 6 @ LACMA

 The Danali String Quartet—Sarah Thornblade (violin), Joel Pargman  (violin), Alma Lisa Fernandez (viola), and Timothy Loo (cello)—perform Haydn: String... 

&iexcl;FIESTA HANUKKAH!

Festival

¡FIESTA HANUKKAH!

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Tamaryn and Veil Veil Vanish (San Francisco) w/ Mack Winson & the Reflections at Bootleg

Music

Tamaryn and Veil Veil Vanish (San Francisco) w/ Mack Winson & the Reflections at Bootleg

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Bootleg Theater

TAMARYN “When the voice of Tamaryn penetrates the air of an underground club or the cabin of a booming car in... 

The Twenty-Second Annual Michele Berton Memorial Lecture on Japanese ArtTokyo Tower: From Pagodas to the Tower as Landmark Lighting Monument

Special Event

The Twenty-Second Annual Michele Berton Memorial Lecture on Japanese ArtTokyo Tower: From Pagodas to the Tower as Landmark Lighting Monument

Sunday 12/ 6 @ LACMA

The Twenty-Second Annual Michele Berton Memorial Lecture on Japanese ArtTokyo Tower: From Pagodas to the Tower as Landmark Lighting Monument... 

Terry Gilliam's THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS

Film

Terry Gilliam's THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Egyptian Theatre

Sneak Preview! THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS, 2009, Sony Pictures Classics, 122 min. Terry Gilliam reteams with his BROTHERS GRIMM star... 

Artist-Led Exhibition Walkthroughs

Special Event

Artist-Led Exhibition Walkthroughs

Sunday 12/ 6 @ LACMA

Artist-Led Exhibition Walkthroughs Sunday, December 6 | 2 pm Join artist Kim Stringfellow for a... 

Art Center for Kids Open House

Art

Art Center for Kids Open House

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Art Center College of Design

Young artists have created robots, toy cars, comic books and more this term, and you’re invited to come take a look. ... 

Ongoing Events

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

Performing Arts: Acrobatics

Cirque du Soleil

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Santa Monica Pier

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

City Gems

Scribble Press

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Scribble Press

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

<em>Caught</em>

Performing Arts: Theatre

Caught

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Zephyr Theatre

David L. Ray's new play Caught travels to the controversial crossroads of gay marriage and the bible belt. Although the play... 

<em>Art of the Movie Poster</em>

Art

Art of the Movie Poster

Sunday 12/ 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... 

<em>An Idea Called Tomorrow 2 </em>

Special Event

An Idea Called Tomorrow 2

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Skirball Cultural Center

An Idea Called Tomorrow offers meditations on what should/could/would make for a peaceable and sustainable future — culturally, environmentally, and socially... 

<em>In Bed Together</em>

Art

In Bed Together

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Royal/T

Jane Glassman's years of work in the art world have seen her not only getting to know a variety of its... 

<em>Project: Holiday Projection</em>&mdash;A Visual Journey Through Imagination, Perception, and Holiday Ambiance

Special Event

Project: Holiday Projection

Sunday 12/ 6 @ The Spurgeon Building, Santa Ana

Most cities define the holiday spirit by decking the halls, stringing a few lights, and covering the streets with humdrum holiday... 

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

Art

The Battle for Good

Sunday 12/ 6 @ LACMA

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

Zero Film Festival

Festival: Film

Zero Film Festival

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Downtown Independent Theater

Following up on last year's inaugural Zero Film Festival, this year's version promises almost a week's worth of all-new self-financed films... 

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

Art

Giant Robot Biennale

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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... 

Sydney Walsh

Art

Sydney Walsh

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Vida Verde

Sydney Walsh's warm and human collages are rendered on reclaimed wood, paper and canvas, and are at once resonant, gentle, and... 

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

Art

Ingres' Comtesse d'Haussonville from the Frick Collection

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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... 

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

Art

Human Rights: Student Voices

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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>TOOLS</em>

Art

TOOLS

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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... 

<em>Blood is the New Black</em>: 5-Year Anniversary Exhibition

Art

Blood is the New Black

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Junc Gallery

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

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Sunday 12/ 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... 

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

Art

Otto Neurath

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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>Accomplice: Hollywood</em>

Get Social

Accomplice: Hollywood

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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... 

Hunky Santa and the Candy Cane Girls

Performing Arts: Acrobatics

Hunky Santa and the Candy Cane Girls

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Beverly Center

The Beverly Center's aerial-and-floor extravaganza is the perfect relief from holiday shopping, featuring choreography by Brenda Hamilton and Tania Pierce, centered... 

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

Art: Photography

New Topographics

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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>Let There Be Light</em>

Art

Let There Be Light

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Phantom Galleries LA: Long Beach

In a modern update on the urban tradition of extravagant seasonal shop-window decorations, Phantom Galleries' Long Beach phalanx offers nearly 30... 

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

Art

Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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... 

<em>Breach of Peace</em>: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge

Special Event

Breach of Peace: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Skirball Cultural Center

The subject of an engaging exhibition and lavishly appended new book, Eric Etheridge's contemporary photographic portraits of this group of American... 

<em>I Feel Different</em>

Art

I Feel Different

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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... 

<em>Migrations of the Mind</em>: Manuscripts from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection

Art

Migrations of the Mind: Manuscripts from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection

Sunday 12/ 6 @ The Getty Museum

Through Spring, the Getty gets medieval with an exhibition of illustrated manuscripts culling ancient Christian, Muslim, and Eastern wisdom from past... 

The Grand Guignolers present <em>Absinthe, Opium & Magic</em>

Performing Arts

Absinthe, Opium & Magic

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Art/Works Theatre

In the tradition of Paris' Theatre du Grand Guignol, LA's Grand Guignolers combine macabre storytelling with delightful performances. This time, the... 

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

Art: Photography

SPORT: Iooss & Leifer

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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... 

West Coast, Left Coast: Adams and Josefowicz

Music: Classical

West Coast, Left Coast: Adams and Josefowicz

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Mapping the musical topography of the vast state of California, the LA Philharmonic's three-week West Coast, Left Coast Festival brings some... 

Unique Los Angeles Independent Design & Gift Sale

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Unique LA

Sunday 12/ 6 @ California Market Center

This year, head on over to Unique Los Angeles' famous holiday show for the best Christmas shopping adventure in the city.... 

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Art

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Arclight Hollywood

Known primarily for its iconic outdoor amphitheatre and legendary musical acts, the Hollywood Bowl is offering fans a glimpse into the... 

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

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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... 

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Special Event

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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... 

James Turrell: <em>Dividing the Light</em>

Art

James Turrell

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Draper Courtyard, Pomona College

It's up for debate whether James Turrell is a sculptor, an architect, a light-and-space artist, or an earth-works artist. Whichever he... 

<em>Gay Apparel: A Christmas Carol</em>

Theatre

Gay Apparel

Sunday 12/ 6 @ The Lyric Hyperion Theatre

In Jason Moyer's gay tweaking of Charles Dickens' classic holiday tale, A Christmas Carol, penny-pinching Scrooge is a world-famous designer for... 

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

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Hammer Museum

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

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Sunday 12/ 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... 

<em>The Barber of Seville</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

The Barber of Seville

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Even if you're not an opera fan, chances are you've enjoyed arias from Gioachino Rossini's crowd-pleasing comic opera. Not only is... 

<em>Collecting California</em>

Art

Collecting California

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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>The Road</em>

Film

The Road

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Various Los Angeles theaters

Gray, empty, and full of collapsed architecture, the godforsaken landscape of The Road is true to author Cormac McCarthy's lean, illustrious... 

<em>Everyday Miracles (Extended)</em>

Art

Everyday Miracles (Extended)

Sunday 12/ 6 @ REDCAT

Unfettered by a male-dominated Asian art scene, Everyday Miracles (Extended) — an offshoot of the Everyday Miracles that debuted at the... 

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

Art

Mark Tribe: Port Huron Project

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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... 

Joey Arias and Basil Twist: <em>Arias with a Twist</em>

Theatre

Joey Arias and Basil Twist: Arias with a Twist

Sunday 12/ 6 @ REDCAT

Created by third-generation puppeteer Basil Twist and drag icon Joey Arias, Arias with a Twist merges the visionary direction and production... 

<em>Unusual Behavior</em>

Art

Unusual Behavior

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Just 45 Minutes from Broadway

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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"... 

<em>The Best of Loop: Remote Viewing</em>

Art

The Best of Loop: Remote Viewing

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Pacific Design Center

Curated by Art Cinema author Paul Young, The Best of Loop: Remote Viewing examines the span of contemporary global video art,... 

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

Art

Michael, Kevin & Geoff

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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... 

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Art

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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... 

Biltmore Hotel Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Biltmore Hotel Walking Tour

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The Biltmore Hotel tour explores the architecture and rich history of this magnificent hotel, known in its early days as “The... 

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Art

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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>Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres</em>

Art

Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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... 

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Art

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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

Sunday 12/ 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... 

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

Art

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

Sunday 12/ 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... 

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Art

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Sunday 12/ 6 @ 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... 

<em>ROAD TO FREEDOM: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956&ndash;1968</em>

Special Event

ROAD TO FREEDOM: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956–1968

Sunday 12/ 6 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Making its West Coast debut at the Skirball, Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956–1968 features more than... 

Art: Photography

Irving Penn: Small Trades

Sunday 12/ 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... 

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Sunday 12/ 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...