Events on Saturday, April 25

Salt & Pepper at the Eclectech Pool Party Launch

Music: DJ

Salt & Pepper Launch Party

Saturday 4/25 @ Custom Hotel

It's time to check back into the Custom Hotel for another season of day-into-night poolside dance parties. Making the move from... 

The Venice Concert for Hope

Special Event: Benefit

The Venice Concert for Hope

Saturday 4/25 @ Air Conditioned Supper Club, Venice

In furtherance of its mission to support the most in-need and at-risk local children and families — a tragically increasing population... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art: Photography

L8S ANG3LES

Saturday 4/25 @ 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... 

Month of Photography LA: Events & Lectures

Art: Photography

MOPLA Events & Lectures

Saturday 4/25 @ Pier 59 Studios West

In its quest to extol the many forms of photography, the Lucie Foundation curated numerous events and gallery shows for Month... 

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

Theatre

Chalk Repertory Theatre

Saturday 4/25 @ Various locations

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

Lizabeth Eva Rossof and David Fokos

Art

Lizabeth Eva Rossof and David Fokos

Saturday 4/25 @ Kopeikin Gallery

While much of Lizabeth Eva Rossof's visual art might recall the colorful confectionary treats of our youth, it actually focuses on... 

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

Performing Arts: Opera

Die Walkure

Saturday 4/25 @ 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... 

Zadok Ben-David: <em>Blackfield</em>

Art

Zadok Ben-David

Saturday 4/25 @ Shoshana Wayne Gallery

Every once in a while, an art exhibition comes along that defies expectation, blows stodgy rules apart, and gets right to... 

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

Art

Celestial Ash

Saturday 4/25 @ 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... 

Marc Camille Chaimowicz: <em>We Chose Our Words With Care, That Neon-Moonlit Evening; It Was as If We Were, Party to a Wonderful Alchemy</em>

Art

Marc Camille Chaimowicz

Saturday 4/25 @ Overduin and Kite

In his first US solo exhibition, UK artist Marc Camille Chaimowicz presents four-dimensional spacial poetry realized in the form of a... 

Steve Lambert: <em>Everything You Want, Right Now!</em>

Art

Steve Lambert

Saturday 4/25 @ Charlie James Gallery

Chinatown's Charlie James Gallery becomes more appliance store than art space during Steve Lambert's solo show Everything You Want, Right Now!... 

Month of Photography LA

Art: Photography

MOPLA

Saturday 4/25 @ Frank Pictures Gallery

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

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

Art

Martha Rich and Robert Pasternak

Saturday 4/25 @ 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>Point Break LIVE!</em>

Theatre

Point Break LIVE!

Saturday 4/25 @ Dragonfly

Point Break LIVE! turns cinematic lemons into lemonade, raucously skewering the cult-classic film by casting an unrehearsed audience volunteer to fill... 

<em>All Under One Roof: A Selection of LA Artists</em>

Art

All Under One Roof

Saturday 4/25 @ Tarryn Teresa Gallery

Guest curated by Iranian-American arts writer Yasmine Mohseni, All Under One Roof features a range of creations by ten artists who... 

Boxi: <em>Grey Area</em>

Art

Boxi

Saturday 4/25 @ 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>ZAP! POW! BAM!</em><em> The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950</em>

Art

ZAP! POW! BAM!

Saturday 4/25 @ 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>Matisse's Amours: Illustrations of Pierre de Ronsard's Love Poems</em>

Art

Matisse's Amours

Saturday 4/25 @ 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... 

Fernando Sanchez: <em>With Blood, Guts, a Stiff Lust</em>

Art

Fernando Sanchez

Saturday 4/25 @ De Soto Gallery

The performances and video, audio, and sculptural installations of LA-based artist Fernando Sanchez are often as sparse and DIY as it... 

<em>Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet</em>

Art

Cool Globes

Saturday 4/25 @ LA Memorial Coliseum & Exposition Park

Artists, scientists, public-policy makers, and concerned citizens find common ground at unique outdoor art installation Cool Globes. The result of a... 

Marc Bamuthi Joseph/The Living Word Project: <em>the break/s: a mixtape for stage</em>

Theatre

Marc Bamuthi Joseph

Saturday 4/25 @ REDCAT

Marc Bamuthi Joseph delivers a display of hip-hop dexterity with a performance driven by the conflicts between his public identity as... 

Kehinde Wiley: <em>The World Stage: Brazil</em>

Art

Kehinde Wiley

Saturday 4/25 @ Roberts & Tilton Gallery

For the third installment of his World Stage series (the first two spotlighted China and Africa, respectively), Harlem's hip-hop-styled conceptualist painter... 

<em>ICONS of Mutt</em> by Macky

Art

ICONS of Mutt by Macky

Saturday 4/25 @ DAP Studios

Thomas "Macky" McNamara has been looking for a way to earn a living as an artist since handcrafting toys as an... 

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

Art

James Hueter

Saturday 4/25 @ 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... 

Drink Green

Food/Wine

Drink Green

Saturday 4/25 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Paul Outerbridge and Jo Ann Callis

Saturday 4/25 @ 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.... 

Edward Walton Wilcox

Art

Edward Walton Wilcox

Saturday 4/25 @ Merry Karnowsky Gallery

Painter and sculptural-installation artist Edward Walton Wilcox manifests an unforgettable hybrid vision. His work is torn between the edgy urban modernism... 

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

Art

Kent Twitchell

Saturday 4/25 @ 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>Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from LA</em>

Art

Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from LA

Saturday 4/25 @ Hammer Museum

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

<em>Photograph 51</em>

Theatre

Photograph 51

Saturday 4/25 @ 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.... 

Lori Larusso, Deborah Faas, Jenny Kanzler, Abbie Zuidema, and Ralph Massey: <em>The Sweet Show</em>

Art

The Sweet Show

Saturday 4/25 @ Phyllis Stein Art

In the hands of gallerist Phyllis Stein and the artists in this exhibition, the notion of sweetness gets a humorous, and... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Saturday 4/25 @ Vinum Populi

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

Collecting Abraham Lincoln

Special Event

Collecting Abraham Lincoln

Saturday 4/25 @ 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,... 

Vahid Sharifian: <em>My father is a democrat and through his chimney there are always hearts flying to the sky</em> and Mahmoud Bakhshi Moakhar

Art

Vahid Sharifian and Mahmoud Bakhshi Moakhar

Saturday 4/25 @ Khastoo Gallery

Two Iranian artists share the rooms at Khastoo Gallery this month, as Vahid Sharifian and Mahmoud Bakhshi Moakhar — both of... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Saturday 4/25 @ Scribble Press

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

<em>Screwball Asses</em>

Art

Screwball Asses

Saturday 4/25 @ The Company

Curated by Hedi El Kholti and David Jones, this wide-ranging group show uses broken-down stereotypes to reveal the multiplicity of a... 

Indian Film Festival LA

Festival: Performing Arts

Indian Film Festival

Saturday 4/25 @ Arclight Hollywood

While the runaway success of Slumdog Millionaire has retrained international audiences' focus on the flair of India's cinematic character, there's much... 

Theatre

Serial Killers

Saturday 4/25 @ Sacred Fools Theater

Like a battle of the bands for short plays, Sacred Fools Theater's Serial Killers pits new playwrights against each other in... 

<em>Bukowski & Burroughs</em>

Art

Bukowski & Burroughs

Saturday 4/25 @ Track 16 Gallery

After documenting the Great Depression in San Francisco, Sam Cherry photographed the seeds of the Beat Generation at the city's Black... 

Chaka

Art

Chaka

Saturday 4/25 @ Mid-City Arts Gallery

Longtime Southland residents likely recall seeing Chaka's moniker on thousands of LA street signs, overpasses, and any other public space the... 

<em>PAPERSHAPERS</em>

Art

PAPERSHAPERS

Saturday 4/25 @ The Scion Installation LA Space

Taking the ancient craft of origami to a new extreme, Giant Robot invited artists and the art-minded to cut, tear, sew,... 

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

Art

Parra

Saturday 4/25 @ 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... 

The <em>Los Angeles Times</em> Festival of Books

Festival: Fair

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Saturday 4/25 @ UCLA Main Campus

The 14th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books returns to UCLA, with scores of exhibitors joined by writers, musicians, culinary... 

Phung Huynh: <em>Disorientation</em>

Art

Phung Huynh

Saturday 4/25 @ Sam Lee Gallery

For artist Phung Huynh, a keen awareness of her Vietnamese culture's long memory and claim on her affections combines with an... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Saturday 4/25 @ 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

Saturday 4/25 @ 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...