Events on Saturday, May 2

C.O.L.A. 2009 Individual Artist Awards Mixer

Party

C.O.L.A.

Saturday 5/ 2 @ Kopeikin Gallery

Each year the City of Los Angeles awards roughly a dozen substantial grants to individual mid-career visual, performing, and literary artists... 

Incognito

Art

Incognito

Saturday 5/ 2 @ Santa Monica Museum of Art

The Santa Monica Museum of Art's innovative Incognito benefit, now in its fifth year, challenges the instincts of seasoned art buyers... 

Reza Aslan: <em>How to Win a Cosmic War</em>

Books: Reading

Reza Aslan

Saturday 5/ 2 @ Fais Do Do

Though you aren't actually likely to find noted young scholar Reza Aslan's latest book in the How-To section, it does contain... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art: Photography

L8S ANG3LES

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Ain't Misbehavin'

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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... 

Ballet Preljocaj: <em>Les 4 Saisons</em>

Dance

Les 4 Saisons

Saturday 5/ 2 @ UCLA Live at Royce Hall

Anglelin Preljocaj again shatters preconceptions about the classical canon with a interpretation of Vivaldi's iconic Baroque concertos. Not seen in LA... 

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

Art

The Sweet Show

Saturday 5/ 2 @ Phyllis Stein Art

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

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

Art

Celestial Ash

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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... 

My Barbarian: <em>Suspension of Disbelief</em>

Art

My Barbarian

Saturday 5/ 2 @ Steve Turner Contemporary

Don't worry, it's not another Geico commercial gone wrong. Despite its faux-savage name, this decidedly polished experimental-art troupe uses a sophisticated... 

Chaka

Art

Chaka

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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... 

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 5/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art

Fernando Sanchez

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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 5/ 2 @ 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... 

<em>Bukowski & Burroughs</em>

Art

Bukowski & Burroughs

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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... 

<em>Point Break LIVE!</em>

Theatre

Point Break LIVE!

Saturday 5/ 2 @ Dragonfly

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

<em>PAPERSHAPERS</em>

Art

PAPERSHAPERS

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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,... 

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 5/ 2 @ Khastoo Gallery

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

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

Art

Zadok Ben-David

Saturday 5/ 2 @ Shoshana Wayne Gallery

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

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

Art

Steve Lambert

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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!... 

The Eclectech Poolside

Music: DJ

The Eclectech

Saturday 5/ 2 @ Custom Hotel

Custom Hotel's Eclectech-hosted day-into-night poolside dance party was already a legend. Making the move from Sunday to Saturday to "allow for... 

South-East European Film Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

South-East European Film Festival

Saturday 5/ 2 @ Goethe-Institut Los Angeles

The only festival in the USA to showcase films from the Balkans and surrounding countries, the fourth annual South-East European Film... 

Theatre

Serial Killers

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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... 

Lizabeth Eva Rossof and David Fokos

Art

Lizabeth Eva Rossof and David Fokos

Saturday 5/ 2 @ Kopeikin Gallery

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

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

Art

Parra

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art

Alan Aldridge

Saturday 5/ 2 @ Mr. Musichead Gallery

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

Phung Huynh: <em>Disorientation</em>

Art

Phung Huynh

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Paul Outerbridge and Jo Ann Callis

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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.... 

Sam Flores: <em>Ego, Addiction, and Other Bedtime Stories</em>

Art

Sam Flores

Saturday 5/ 2 @ Subliminal Projects

Sam Flores has brand recognition in the skate-deck and design worlds, but as a fine-art painter, his work might surprise even... 

Orphan Film Symposium

Festival: Performing Arts

Orphan Film Symposium

Saturday 5/ 2 @ The Silent Movie Theatre

In conjunction with the LA Filmforum and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, the Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theater presents... 

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

Art

Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from LA

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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 5/ 2 @ 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>All Under One Roof: A Selection of LA Artists</em>

Art

All Under One Roof

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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... 

Gary Baseman: <em>La Noche de la Fusi&oacute;n</em>

Art

Gary Baseman

Saturday 5/ 2 @ Corey Helford Gallery

Whether as a commercial or fine artist, Gary Baseman always seeks to erase boundaries; in the case of his latest solo... 

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

Art

Hugh Brown

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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... 

Edward Walton Wilcox

Art

Edward Walton Wilcox

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Saturday 5/ 2 @ Scribble Press

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

Yassi Mazandi & Michael Wilson: <em>Architectonic</em>

Art

Architectonic

Saturday 5/ 2 @ JF Chen

JF Chen is one of LA's most respected dealers of the kind of Art Deco and Modernist design that people call... 

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

Art

ICONS of Mutt by Macky

Saturday 5/ 2 @ DAP Studios

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

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

Art

Kehinde Wiley

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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>James Hueter: A Retrospective</em>

Art

James Hueter

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art

Matisse's Amours

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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>ZAP! POW! BAM!</em><em> The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950</em>

Art

ZAP! POW! BAM!

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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>Screwball Asses</em>

Art

Screwball Asses

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Saturday 5/ 2 @ 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 5/ 2 @ 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...