Events on Sunday, April 26
Sunday 4/26 @ Egyptian Theatre
In anticipation of Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage at the Pantages, the Cinematheque invites fans of the 1987 film...
Sunday 4/26 @ The Wiltern
The greatest band that never was is on the road again. Director Rob Reiner's 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap was...
Ongoing Events
Sunday 4/26 @ 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....
Sunday 4/26 @ 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...
Sunday 4/26 @ 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...
Sunday 4/26 @ 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,...
Sunday 4/26 @ REDCAT
Marc Bamuthi Joseph delivers a display of hip-hop dexterity with a performance driven by the conflicts between his public identity as...
Sunday 4/26 @ 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...
Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from LA
Sunday 4/26 @ Hammer Museum
Exploring the idea of reinvention, Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from LA illuminates the creative undercurrent of a city that has long...
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Sunday 4/26 @ UCLA Main Campus
The 14th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books returns to UCLA, with scores of exhibitors joined by writers, musicians, culinary...
Sunday 4/26 @ 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...
Sunday 4/26 @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Walter Braunfels' classical-romantic German opera The Birds makes its LA Opera debut as part of "Recovered Voices" — an ongoing effort...
Sunday 4/26 @ DAP Studios
Thomas "Macky" McNamara has been looking for a way to earn a living as an artist since handcrafting toys as an...
Martha Rich and Robert Pasternak
Sunday 4/26 @ 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...
Sunday 4/26 @ Scribble Press
Technically, Scribble Press is for children, but if you behave yourself, you can use the impressive bookmaking emporium — complete with...
Sunday 4/26 @ 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...
Sunday 4/26 @ Vinum Populi
Culver City's latest spot of interest is Ugo Wine Bar, a cozy wine bar with the usual bistro couches and charcuterie...
It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq
Sunday 4/26 @ Hammer Museum
Creative Time is known as much for its support of ambitious, innovative art projects as it is for its fearless engagement...
Sunday 4/26 @ 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...
Sunday 4/26 @ 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...
Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy
Sunday 4/26 @ 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...
Sunday 4/26 @ 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...
Sunday 4/26 @ 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...
Sunday 4/26 @ 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...
Sunday 4/26 @ 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 and Jo Ann Callis
Sunday 4/26 @ 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....
Sunday 4/26 @ Various locations
Chalk Repertory burst out of the gate with its inaugural production of The Three Sisters in February. Its follow-up delivers a...
Sunday 4/26 @ Frank Pictures Gallery
The visionary photography mavens behind the annual Lucie Awards are LA natives (though the awards are presented in NYC), and this...
Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum
Sunday 4/26 @ 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...
