Events on Thursday, February 19

Darwin Among the Poets

Books: Reading

Darwin Among the Poets

Thursday 2/19 @ Natural History Museum

English scientist Charles Darwin revolutionized natural history with his Origin of Species, but the Victorian paleo-rebel's influence also extends to disciplines... 

Annuals w/ Jessica Lea Mayfield and What Laura Says

Music

Annuals

Thursday 2/19 @ The Troubadour

Led by singer/songwriter Adam Baker, Raleigh's Annuals engage audiences with resounding indie rock. Known to swap instruments on stage, the band... 

The Necks

Music

The Necks

Thursday 2/19 @ REDCAT

Listening to one of the long-form, single-track albums by Australian jazz trio the Necks might be the closest one can come... 

Ongoing Events

2008 California Biennial

Art

2008 California Biennial

Thursday 2/19 @ Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach

The 2008 installment of the California Biennial should come with an anxiety-attack warning label. In a way, it does, with Patrick... 

Mark Bradford: <em>Help Us</em>

Art

Mark Bradford

Thursday 2/19 @ Steve Turner Contemporary

Los Angeles painter, installation artist, and (most recently) video artist Mark Bradford has exhibited in some of the world's most prestigious... 

Harley-Davidson presents <em>The Art of Rebellion</em>

Art

The Art of Rebellion

Thursday 2/19 @ Robert Berman Gallery

Forty years after Easy Rider hit the silver screen, Harley-Davidson's out to prove the rebel is alive and well. Commissioning 11... 

Susanne Zottl: <em>A Styrofoam Lover with (E)motions of Concrete</em>

Art

Susanne Zottl

Thursday 2/19 @ SCI-Arc

Austrian architect and SCI-Arc alum Susanne Zottl seeks out man-made environments and historic structures, fusing the world's existing space with her... 

Chris Stain: <em>Up on the Roof Countin' Pigeons</em>

Art

Chris Stain

Thursday 2/19 @ Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art

Baltimore-born artist Chris Stain makes his West Coast solo-show debut with this exhibition — but he's starting at the top. Including... 

Ruth Weisberg

Art

Ruth Weisberg

Thursday 2/19 @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

Ruth Weisberg is hailed in some quarters as a living legend of contemporary figurative painting. Her delicate, yet dense depictions of... 

Rebekah Bogard: <em>Twilight</em>

Art

Rebekah Bogard: Twilight

Thursday 2/19 @ Vincent Price Art Museum

Nevada-based artist Rebekah Bogard turns the VPAM into a glazed forest of approachable yet baffling imagined creatures. Handcrafted, life-sized ceramic renderings... 

Theatre

Pippin

Thursday 2/19 @ Mark Taper Forum

Wicked maestro Stephen Schwartz revives his '70s rock opera Pippin as the opening production of the Mark Taper 2009 season. A... 

Robert Dowd: <em>Pop Art Money</em>

Art

Robert Dowd

Thursday 2/19 @ Pepperdine University, Weisman Museum of Art

The Weisman Museum at Pepperdine's Malibu campus launches one of its most important exhibitions to date with this long-overdue survey of... 

Mark Dutcher: <em>Havilah</em>

Art

Mark Dutcher

Thursday 2/19 @ Steve Turner Contemporary

Mark Dutcher's first show with Steve Turner Contemporary deftly traverses the space between sculpture and painting, thrusting the artist's traditional oeuvre... 

<em>SHE</em>: Images of Women by Wallace Berman and Richard Prince

Art: Photography

Wallace Berman and Richard Prince

Thursday 2/19 @ Michael Kohn Gallery

Aside from the landscape, womankind has been art's favorite subject — and few portray femininity quite as impressively or distinctly as... 

<em>Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda</em>

Fashion/Style

Antonio Pineda

Thursday 2/19 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

World-renowned Mexican silversmith Antonio Pineda brings more than 200 of his masterpieces up the coast to UCLA's Fowler Museum, to show... 

Ian O'Phelan: <em>Hothouse Flowers</em>

Art

Ian O'Phelan

Thursday 2/19 @ Ghettogloss Presents: An art conglomerate on the move

Sharing its title with a children's book, an '84 Wynton Marsalis album, and an early '90s band, Hothouse Flowers beautifies advertisements... 

<em>Matisse's Amours: Illustrations of Pierre de Ronsard's Love Poems</em>

Art

Matisse's Amours

Thursday 2/19 @ Norton Simon Museum

The French Fauvist painter Henri Matisse began a simple, 30-lithograph portfolio in 1941, and seven years later transformed it into a... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Thursday 2/19 @ 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>Shangri-La</em>: Architecture as a State of Flux

Art

Shangri-La: Architecture as a State of Flux

Thursday 2/19 @ 18th Street Arts Center

English author James Hilton first coined the term "Shangri-La" in his 1933 novel Lost Horizon; since then, the name has morphed... 

<em>Tango with Cows: Book Art of the Russian Avant-Garde</em>

Art

Tango with Cows: Book Art of the Russian Avant-Garde

Thursday 2/19 @ The Getty Center

In Tango with Cows, the Getty Research Institute presents a concentrated display of unabridged books published in Russia between 1910 and... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Thursday 2/19 @ 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>Raised in Craftivity</em>

Art

Raised in Craftivity

Thursday 2/19 @ Wignall Museum/Gallery at Chaffey College

From psychedelic ceramics to custom-knitted army-tank cozies, the Arts and Crafts movement is thriving at Chaffey College's Wignall Museum in Rancho... 

Jona Frank: <em>Church and State</em>

Art: Photography

Jona Frank

Thursday 2/19 @ Sherry Frumkin Gallery

With her new book, RIGHT: Portraits from the Evangelical Ivy League, photographer Jona Frank flips the script on the face of... 

Eddy Sykes: <em>Yakuza Lou</em>

Art

Eddy Sykes

Thursday 2/19 @ Materials & Applications

First, there were robot maids, robot pets, and robot vacuums. Now, there are robot gardens. The technical specifications for Materials &... 

<em>Paper Cuts</em>: 200 Years of Black Paper Dolls

Art

Paper Cuts

Thursday 2/19 @ Craft and Folk Art Museum

Where London has the Victoria and Albert, LA has the Craft and Folk Art Museum; yet, too often, the little institution... 

Freyda Miller: <em>Fertile Dreams</em>

Art

Freyda Miller

Thursday 2/19 @ Art Dimensions

Freyda Miller's body of work dates as far back as 1978, developing from her early conceptual photography to the Fertile Dreams... 

Moira Hahn: <em>Night Vision</em>

Art

Moira Hahn

Thursday 2/19 @ Koplin del Rio Gallery

Moira Hahn is known for conceptually complex, masterfully rendered mash-up paintings in which wild and domestic animals play the roles of... 

<em>ZAP! POW! BAM!</em><em> The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950</em>

Art

ZAP! POW! BAM!

Thursday 2/19 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Jerry Robinson, cartoonist and creator of Batman's iconic villain, the Joker, guest curated ZAP! POW! BAM! The Golden Age of Comic... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Thursday 2/19 @ Scribble Press

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

Collecting Abraham Lincoln

Special Event

Collecting Abraham Lincoln

Thursday 2/19 @ Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

In honor of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday, the newly renovated Huntington Library digs into its massive reservoir of Lincolniana. The letters,... 

BMW Art Cars

Art

BMW Art Cars

Thursday 2/19 @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art

BMWs get rock-star parking at LACMA this month — that is, those BMWs fortunate enough to have played canvas to some... 

Marianne Mueller: <em>DREAM-US-09</em> and Penelope Gottlieb: <em>No $ Down</em>

Art

Marianne Mueller and Penelope Gottlieb

Thursday 2/19 @ Lightbox Gallery

Photographer Marianne Mueller and painter Penelope Gottlieb unite their disparate styles in this visual double bill at the Kim Light/Lightbox Gallery.... 

Elias Sime: <em>Eye of the Needle, Eye of the  Heart</em> and Arnold Mesches: <em>Coming Attractions</em>

Art

Elias Sime and Arnold Mesches

Thursday 2/19 @ Santa Monica Museum of Art

East meets West on many levels as the Santa Monica Museum of Art welcomes octogenarian lion of painting Arnold Mesches to... 

<em>Battle Hymn</em>

Theatre

Battle Hymn

Thursday 2/19 @ The Ford Theater

Chronicling the misadventures of feisty, forward-thinking Martha, Battle Hymn is a touching, comedic, and thoughtful survey of American history, as seen... 

Jeremy Kidd: <em>Fictional Realities</em>

Art: Photography

Jeremy Kidd

Thursday 2/19 @ Fahey/Klein Gallery

Like many photographers, Jeremy Kidd is drawn to sweeping vistas, from the high desert to the ocean floor, and from suburbia... 

At the Brewery Project 1993-2007: the Finale

Art

At the Brewery Project

Thursday 2/19 @ Armory Center for the Arts

With At the Brewery Project: 1993-2007: the Finale, the Armory pays its respects to an LA art mainstay. For the past... 

<em>All of This is Melting Away</em>

Art

All of This is Melting Away

Thursday 2/19 @ Royal/T

Director of New York's Greene Naftali Gallery, Jay Sanders steps into cafe/shop/gallery Royal/T to curate this group show of works from...