Events on Sunday, March 1

Rock, Paper, Scissor Benefit Concert feat. Raymond Pettibon, Ron English, and Mike Watt

Music: Experimental

Rock, Paper, Scissor

Sunday 3/ 1 @ Santa Monica Museum of Art

In conjunction with the Robert Berman Gallery's Rock, Paper, Scissor exhibition, Raymond Pettibon's Niche Makers, Ron English's Electric Illuminati, and Mike... 

John Wood w/ Learning Music

Music

Learning Music

Sunday 3/ 1 @ Machine Project

Dust off that kazoo, harmonica, or bongo and join John Wood and his eclectic ensemble, Learning Music, as they take you... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Das Rheingold</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Das Rheingold

Sunday 3/ 1 @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Wagnerians of the world unite tonight, at what promises to be LA Opera's exceptional treatment of its first Ring Cycle. Part... 

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Sunday 3/ 1 @ 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 3/ 1 @ 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 3/ 1 @ 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 3/ 1 @ The Getty Center

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

Single Malt Sundays

Food/Wine

Single Malt Sundays

Sunday 3/ 1 @ Viceroy Santa Monica

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

Theatre

Pippin

Sunday 3/ 1 @ Mark Taper Forum

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

<em>Battle Hymn</em>

Theatre

Battle Hymn

Sunday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

Matisse's Amours

Sunday 3/ 1 @ 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 3/ 1 @ 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 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Engine Collision Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Engine Collision Festival

Sunday 3/ 1 @ Studio 1636

A veneration of global artists on the perimeter, the Engine Collision Festival is an 11-day blowout of performances, films, and multimedia,... 

<em>Scott Walker: 30 Century Man</em>

Film: Documentary

Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

Sunday 3/ 1 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre

The Walker Brothers were one of the biggest pop sensations of the 1960s; Scott Walker's shaggy hair and baritone croon made... 

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

Fashion/Style

Antonio Pineda

Sunday 3/ 1 @ 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 3/ 1 @ 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 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Batsheva Dance Company: <em>Max</em>

Dance

Batsheva Dance Company

Sunday 3/ 1 @ UCLA Live at Royce Hall

Artistic director Ohad Naharin's taste for extremes, from raw and unhinged distortions to elegant nuances of classical refinement, shakes the viewer... 

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

Art

Eddy Sykes

Sunday 3/ 1 @ Materials & Applications

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

Theatre

West Fest 2009

Sunday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

At the Brewery Project 1993-2007: the Finale

Art

At the Brewery Project

Sunday 3/ 1 @ 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 3/ 1 @ 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 3/ 1 @ 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 3/ 1 @ 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>Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy</em>

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Sunday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

Ian O'Phelan

Sunday 3/ 1 @ 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 3/ 1 @ 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 3/ 1 @ 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,... 

J&eacute;r&ocirc;me Bel: <em>Pichet Klunchun and Myself</em>

Dance

Jérôme Bel: Pichet Klunchun and Myself

Sunday 3/ 1 @ REDCAT

Jérôme Bel's intensive creative process beckons some of the world's most refined and boldly curious dancers — those who are looking... 

Silverlake Art, Craft & Vintage Flea Market

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Art, Craft & Vintage Flea Market

Sunday 3/ 1 @ 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...