Events on Sunday, May 10

Destroyer w/ Azita and Devon Williams

Music

Destroyer

Sunday 5/10 @ Echoplex

Azita Youssefi's sudden transformation from no-wave gadfly (as the frontwoman of Chicago's beloved Scissor Girls) to solo cocktail chanteuse wasn't so... 

<em>A Throw of Dice</em> (1927) w/ Live Score by Jimmy Rip & Nishat Khan

Film

A Throw of Dice

Sunday 5/10 @ The Silent Movie Theatre

Eighty years before Slumdog Millionare cleaned up at the Oscars, German director Franz Osten made a series of lush, dramatic films... 

The Vaselines w/ the Tyde

Music

The Vaselines

Sunday 5/10 @ El Rey

Rambunctious quirk-poppers the Vaselines packed a lot of punch into four years of band life. The once little-known Scottish quartet gained... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Ain't Misbehavin'</em>

Theatre

Ain't Misbehavin'

Sunday 5/10 @ Ahmanson Theatre

The joint is jumpin' at the Ahmanson Theatre's revival of the 1978 off-Broadway musical Ain't Misbehavin'. Based on the life and... 

<em>Get Rich Quick! </em>and Thais Beltrame: <em>When All the Stars Are Gone</em>

Art

Thais Beltrame

Sunday 5/10 @ Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art

It's a perfect confluence of art and events at Carmichael Gallery this month, with two shows and a book-release party stoking... 

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

Art

James Hueter

Sunday 5/10 @ 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 5/10 @ 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.... 

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 5/10 @ Hammer Museum

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

Murderfest 2009 feat. Eyehategod and Dying Fetus w/ Coffins, Cripple Bastards, Rotten Sound, and Abscess

Music

Murderfest 2009

Sunday 5/10 @ Knitting Factory

Coffins are a punishing Japanese metal band, whose sludgy riffs and animalistic grunts pay homage to late-'80s death/doom pioneers, while also... 

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

Art

Matisse's Amours

Sunday 5/10 @ 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... 

<em>Allegedly: The Hugh Brown Chainsaw Collection</em>

Art

Hugh Brown

Sunday 5/10 @ CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana

The Grand Central Art Center Gallery at Cal State Fullerton features over 40 original works by the Grammy-winning Creative Director of... 

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

Art

ICONS of Mutt by Macky

Sunday 5/10 @ DAP Studios

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

<em>Photograph 51</em>

Theatre

Photograph 51

Sunday 5/10 @ 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>Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from LA</em>

Art

Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from LA

Sunday 5/10 @ 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 5/10 @ 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 5/10 @ 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>Hello Herman</em>

Theatre

Hello Herman

Sunday 5/10 @ Edgemar Center for the Arts

Although last month saw the tenth anniversary of the Columbine shootings, John Buffalo Mailer's raw, stylish morality play Hello Herman was... 

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

Art

Celestial Ash

Sunday 5/10 @ 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... 

Alan Aldridge: <em>Trippin' the Art Fantastic</em>

Art

Alan Aldridge

Sunday 5/10 @ Mr. Musichead Gallery

Alan Aldridge was a legend in the world of psychedelic illustration even before he created his landmark 1969 book, The Beatles... 

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

Art

James Turrell

Sunday 5/10 @ 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>Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet</em>

Art

Cool Globes

Sunday 5/10 @ 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... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Sunday 5/10 @ 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>L8S ANG3LES</em>: 11 LA Photographers

Art: Photography

L8S ANG3LES

Sunday 5/10 @ 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... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Sunday 5/10 @ Scribble Press

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

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Special Event

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Sunday 5/10 @ LACMA

Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum

Special Event

Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum

Sunday 5/10 @ 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...