Events on Sunday, February 22

Mochilla, VTech, and ArtDontSleep present <em>Timeless II: A Suite for Ma Dukes</em> feat. Carlos Ni&ntilde;o and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

Music: Hip-Hop

Carlos Niño and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

Sunday 2/22 @ Cal State LA Luckman Theater

It's time for another installment of the collaborative Timeless music series from the ArtDontSleep extended family. Tonight's sonic excursion pays tribute... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Battle Hymn</em>

Theatre

Battle Hymn

Sunday 2/22 @ 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... 

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Sunday 2/22 @ 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... 

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

Art

Paper Cuts

Sunday 2/22 @ 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... 

Kim Abeles: <em>Carbon Studies</em>

Art

Kim Abeles

Sunday 2/22 @ Phantom Galleries at the Continental Building

Kim Abeles makes work in a variety of alternative media, with a special fondness for maps, both topographical and environmental, as... 

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

Art

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

Sunday 2/22 @ The Getty Center

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

<em>The Sting</em> (1973) and <em>The Man Who Would Be King</em> (1975)

Film: Double Feature

The Sting and The Man Who Would Be King

Sunday 2/22 @ New Beverly Cinema

If Oscar-winning actors playing unscrupulous anti-heroes, undergoing extreme makeovers and adopting false identities, falling in love with inconvenient women, and inspiring... 

Theatre

Pippin

Sunday 2/22 @ Mark Taper Forum

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

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

Art

Chris Stain

Sunday 2/22 @ 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... 

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

Art

Matisse's Amours

Sunday 2/22 @ 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... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Sunday 2/22 @ Scribble Press

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

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

Art

James Turrell

Sunday 2/22 @ 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... 

Theatre

West Fest 2009

Sunday 2/22 @ Theatre West

Hollywood's Theatre West has been providing challenging workshops, staging world-class performances, and giving back to the community for 47 years. LA's... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Sunday 2/22 @ 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>Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda</em>

Fashion/Style

Antonio Pineda

Sunday 2/22 @ 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... 

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

Art

Robert Dowd

Sunday 2/22 @ 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... 

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

Art

ZAP! POW! BAM!

Sunday 2/22 @ 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... 

Single Malt Sundays

Food/Wine

Single Malt Sundays

Sunday 2/22 @ Viceroy Santa Monica

Hosted by renowned producers such as Glenfiddich, the Macallan, and Glenmorangie, Single Malt Sundays at the Viceroy Santa Monica Hotel offers... 

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

Art

Eddy Sykes

Sunday 2/22 @ Materials & Applications

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

Danielle Eubank: <em>Oil on Water</em>

Art

Danielle Eubank

Sunday 2/22 @ Found Gallery

Danielle Eubank's ethereal pieces straddle the line between formalism and figurative representation, resulting in a dreamy, surreal body of work. The... 

At the Brewery Project 1993-2007: the Finale

Art

At the Brewery Project

Sunday 2/22 @ 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>James Hueter: A Retrospective</em>

Art

James Hueter

Sunday 2/22 @ Claremont Museum of Art

The Claremont Museum of Art makes no secret of its mission: the preservation, study, and dissemination of the legacy left by... 

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

Art

Susanne Zottl

Sunday 2/22 @ 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... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Sunday 2/22 @ Vinum Populi

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

BMW Art Cars

Art

BMW Art Cars

Sunday 2/22 @ 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... 

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

Art

Ian O'Phelan

Sunday 2/22 @ 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... 

2008 California Biennial

Art

2008 California Biennial

Sunday 2/22 @ 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... 

Collecting Abraham Lincoln

Special Event

Collecting Abraham Lincoln

Sunday 2/22 @ 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,... 

Silverlake Art, Craft & Vintage Flea Market

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Art, Craft & Vintage Flea Market

Sunday 2/22 @ Citibank Parking Lot (corner of Silverlake Blvd)

East Side shoppers seeking the offbeat were rewarded last holiday season, as the gals at Ghettogloss heard their flea-market pleas. Back...