Events on Monday, February 9

Le Switch w/ Vaudeville, the Movies, and Les Blanks

Music

Le Switch

Monday 2/ 9 @ Spaceland

Honky-tonk keyboards and fiddle ablaze, Le Switch give alt-country a riotous ragtime rip. Formed in 2006, the group has since played... 

Leandro Katz: <em>The Day You'll Love Me</em>

Film

The Day You'll Love Me

Monday 2/ 9 @ REDCAT

Artist, professor, and Guggenheim Fellow Leandro Katz appears in person to present The Day You'll Love Me, his stirring reflection on... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Monday 2/ 9 @ 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... 

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

Art

Susanne Zottl

Monday 2/ 9 @ 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... 

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

Art

Gordy Grundy

Monday 2/ 9 @ Western Project

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

Rebekah Bogard: <em>Twilight</em>

Art

Rebekah Bogard: Twilight

Monday 2/ 9 @ 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... 

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

Art

James Turrell

Monday 2/ 9 @ 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>Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy</em>

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Monday 2/ 9 @ 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

Monday 2/ 9 @ 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... 

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

Art

Eddy Sykes

Monday 2/ 9 @ Materials & Applications

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

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Monday 2/ 9 @ 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

Monday 2/ 9 @ 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... 

Art

The Art of Blake Edwards

Monday 2/ 9 @ 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,... 

Collecting Abraham Lincoln

Special Event

Collecting Abraham Lincoln

Monday 2/ 9 @ 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,... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Monday 2/ 9 @ Scribble Press

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