Events on Thursday, February 5

Allee Willis presents <em>Hey Jerrie!</em> Launch Party

Party

Allee Willis

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Ghettogloss Presents: An art conglomerate on the move

Allee Willis loves a project. Writing iconic American songs like "September" and "Boogie Wonderland" for Earth, Wind & Fire, and "The... 

David Denby: <em>Snark</em>

Books: Reading

David Denby

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Vroman's Bookstore

David Denby is a film critic for the New Yorker; he's also the author of the recently published Snark, a book-length... 

Ongoing Events

2008 California Biennial

Art

2008 California Biennial

Thursday 2/ 5 @ 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/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art

Marianne Mueller and Penelope Gottlieb

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Lightbox Gallery

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

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

Art

Susanne Zottl

Thursday 2/ 5 @ 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

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Vinum Populi

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

Yuval Pudik: <em>Come Back and Hunt Me</em>

Art

Yuval Pudik

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Angles Gallery

Israeli-born, LA-based artist Yuval Pudik executes remarkable graphite drawings on paper that defy the laws of anatomy, narrative, romance, and even... 

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

Art: Photography

Jona Frank

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Sherry Frumkin Gallery

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

<em>Fortuna Rising: Gordy Grundy is the Messenger</em>

Art

Gordy Grundy

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Western Project

The Fellowship of Fortuna (and its "messenger," LA painter and media artist Gordy Grundy) takes up residence on Western Project's website... 

Lisa Adams: <em>The Future of Paradise Past</em>

Art

Lisa Adams

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Lawrence Asher Gallery

LA painter Lisa Adams is something of a riddle. Her work is almost violently sweet, with a dulcet, wafting quality to... 

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/ 5 @ 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>SHE</em>: Images of Women by Wallace Berman and Richard Prince

Art: Photography

Wallace Berman and Richard Prince

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Michael Kohn Gallery

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

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

Art

Chris Stain

Thursday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Scribble Press

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

David E. Stone: <em>Unanticipated Despair (Despite Prior Naive Optimism)</em>

Art

David E. Stone

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Charlie James Gallery

Los Angeles artist David E. Stone practices a surreal brand of punsterism, often producing exhibitions in serial form that build upon... 

Art

The Art of Blake Edwards

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Pacific Design Center

Blake Edwards has established a lasting role in an otherwise fickle entertainment industry, directing gems like Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Party,... 

Julia Meltzer + David Thorne: <em>In Possession of a Picture</em>

Art: Photography

Julia Meltzer + David Thorne

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Steve Turner Contemporary

In previous collaborations between Julia Meltzer and David Thorne, audiences have been offered printed manifestos, photographic projects on public billboards, and... 

<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/ 5 @ 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>Battle Hymn</em>

Theatre

Battle Hymn

Thursday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

Derek Buckner: <em>Marshmallows</em>

Art

Derek Buckner

Thursday 2/ 5 @ George Billis Gallery

In an inspired mashup of childhood comfort, adult-onset ADHD, and modern-art history, Brooklyn-based painter Derek Buckner delivers luminous, refined oil paintings... 

At the Brewery Project 1993-2007: the Finale

Art

At the Brewery Project

Thursday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art

Eddy Sykes

Thursday 2/ 5 @ 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/ 5 @ 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... 

J. Bennett Fitts: <em>Landscape[ing]</em> and Bas Louter: <em>Dust</em>

Art

J. Bennett Fitts and Bas Louter

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Kopeikin Gallery

Paul Kopeikin Gallery inaugurates its new West Hollywood digs with a pair of solo exhibitions underscoring its central place in the... 

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

Art

Moira Hahn

Thursday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

Martha Cooper: <em>Street Shots</em>

Art: Photography

Martha Cooper

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Subliminal Projects

Photojournalist Martha Cooper literally wrote the book — several books actually — on the co-emergent graffiti and hip-hop scenes in New... 

<em>Raised in Craftivity</em>

Art

Raised in Craftivity

Thursday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

<em>Shut Up and Keep Swimming</em>

Art

Shut Up and Keep Swimming

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Jail Gallery

While it's certainly true that things are finally looking up in this country, the premise of curator Claressinka Anderson's latest parfait... 

Theatre

Pippin

Thursday 2/ 5 @ 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/ 5 @ 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... 

Asgar/Gabriel: <em>Bucolica Obscura</em>

Art

Asgar/Gabriel

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Mark Moore Gallery

Collaborative painters Daryoush Asgar and Elisabeth Gabriel make no attempt at seamlessness or illusion. The scars of their clashing styles is... 

Guillermina Quiroga Dance Company: <em>Tango</em>, <em>Historias Breves</em>

Dance

Guillermina Quiroga Dance Company

Thursday 2/ 5 @ UCLA Live at Royce Hall

The deft footwork and fiery grace of Guillermina Quiroga's poetic variations on classical tango have the unique ability to appease an... 

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

Art: Photography

Jeremy Kidd

Thursday 2/ 5 @ Fahey/Klein Gallery

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

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

Fashion/Style

Antonio Pineda

Thursday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art

All of This is Melting Away

Thursday 2/ 5 @ 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...