Events on Sunday, April 19

An Evening of New Nonfiction with Wayne Koestenbaum, Sarah Thornton, and David L. Ulin

Books: Reading

New Nonfiction

Sunday 4/19 @ REDCAT

Poet, novelist, queer theorist, and Warhol biographer Wayne Koestenbaum reads from his latest works at tonight's event celebrating the art of... 

Paul Stewart Double Feature: <em>Walk Softly, Stranger</em> (1950) and <em>Chicago Syndicate </em>(1955)

Film: Double Feature

Paul Stewart Double Feature

Sunday 4/19 @ Egyptian Theatre

The Cinemathèque's Festival of Film Noir celebrates the work of character actor Paul Stewart, whose sinister looks and dramatic appeal won... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Photograph 51</em>

Theatre

Photograph 51

Sunday 4/19 @ The Fountain Theatre

In the early '50s, British biophysicist Rosalind Franklin labored in a King's College London lab to unravel the structure of DNA.... 

<em>Gigantic</em>

Film

Gigantic

Sunday 4/19 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre

There are many mysteries in Gigantic: its title, for one, and a homeless character who stalks the film's protagonist and quite... 

Martha Rich: <em>Nice School</em> and Robert Pasternak: <em>Doors of Perception</em>

Art

Martha Rich and Robert Pasternak

Sunday 4/19 @ La Luz de Jesus

There's realism, and then there's reality. For Canadian artist and designer Robert Pasternak (aka Nak), both concepts are fluid and subject... 

<em>James Hueter: A Retrospective</em>

Art

James Hueter

Sunday 4/19 @ 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... 

Paul Outerbridge: <em>Command Performance</em> and Jo Ann Callis: <em>Woman Twirling</em>

Art: Photography

Paul Outerbridge and Jo Ann Callis

Sunday 4/19 @ The Getty Center

Over 100 prints by prolific New York photographer Paul Outerbridge (1896-1958) are on view at the Getty Center through August 9.... 

Chalk Repertory Theatre: <em>Family Planning</em>

Theatre

Chalk Repertory Theatre

Sunday 4/19 @ Various locations

Chalk Repertory burst out of the gate with its inaugural production of The Three Sisters in February. Its follow-up delivers a... 

Month of Photography LA

Art: Photography

MOPLA

Sunday 4/19 @ Frank Pictures Gallery

The visionary photography mavens behind the annual Lucie Awards are LA natives (though the awards are presented in NYC), and this... 

Boxi: <em>Grey Area</em>

Art

Boxi

Sunday 4/19 @ Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art

UK graffiti artist Boxi's professionally rendered visions extend onto a variety of media, yielding socially charged pieces imbued with everyday poignancy.... 

<em>L8S ANG3LES</em>: 11 LA Photographers

Art: Photography

L8S ANG3LES

Sunday 4/19 @ Annenberg Space for Photography

John Baldessari, Catherine Opie, Douglas Kirkland, Lauren Greenfield and Julius Shulman are a few of the world-class photographers whose images are... 

Collecting Abraham Lincoln

Special Event

Collecting Abraham Lincoln

Sunday 4/19 @ 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,... 

Drink Green

Food/Wine

Drink Green

Sunday 4/19 @ Bottle Rock

Every day has resembled Earth Day lately, so now's an appropriate time to toast those forward-thinking folks, activist John McConnell and... 

<em>Enlighten Up!</em>

Film: Documentary

Enlighten Up!

Sunday 4/19 @ Laemmle's Monica 4-plex

With more than 18 million people practicing in the US, Enlighten Up! asks a fundamental question: Can yoga transform your life?... 

<em>Celestial Ash: Assemblages from Los Angeles</em>

Art

Celestial Ash

Sunday 4/19 @ Craft and Folk Art Museum

Joseph Cornell's surrealist shadowboxes reconfigured found objects into multidimensional creations, classified as neither sculpture nor collage, but as assemblages. The Craft... 

<em>Idiot Box</em>

Art

Idiot Box

Sunday 4/19 @ Gallery 1988

The opening of Idiot Box at Gallery 1988 hosts the work of more than 100 artists seeking revenge on a device... 

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

Art

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

Sunday 4/19 @ The Getty Center

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

<em>Thriller: The King of Pop Meets the King of Cool</em>: The Undiscovered Works of Kent Twitchell

Art

Kent Twitchell

Sunday 4/19 @ LOOK Gallery

In 2006, unscrupulous real-estate developers painted over one of the city's most beloved pieces of public art, a portrait of Ed... 

<em>Die Walkure</em> by Richard Wagner

Performing Arts: Opera

Die Walkure

Sunday 4/19 @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Those blown away by LA Opera's ingenious production of Das Rheingold, the prologue to Wagner's Ring Cycle, are already on board... 

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

Art

Matisse's Amours

Sunday 4/19 @ 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... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Sunday 4/19 @ 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 4/19 @ 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... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Sunday 4/19 @ Vinum Populi

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

Creative Time and the New Museum present <em>It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq</em> Road Trip

Art

It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq

Sunday 4/19 @ Hammer Museum

Creative Time is known as much for its support of ambitious, innovative art projects as it is for its fearless engagement... 

Parra: <em>Is That a Gun My Friend?</em>

Art

Parra

Sunday 4/19 @ HVW8 Art + Design Gallery

Amsterdam's Parra drops his second LA solo show this month, showing a series of bright, bold, and ballsy graphics that are... 

<em>Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from LA</em>

Art

Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from LA

Sunday 4/19 @ Hammer Museum

Exploring the idea of reinvention, Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from LA illuminates the creative undercurrent of a city that has long... 

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

Art

ZAP! POW! BAM!

Sunday 4/19 @ 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... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Sunday 4/19 @ 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... 

Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum

Special Event

Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum

Sunday 4/19 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

The Norton Simon Museum presents a selection of artworks donated to the Museum since 2002. Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the...