Events on Wednesday, May 27

The Thermals w/ the Shaky Hands and Point Juncture, WA

Music

The Thermals

Wednesday 5/27 @ The Troubadour

Portland, Oregon basement-dwellers Hutch and Kathy have a chip on their shoulders. As the Thermals, they assail the usual lefty targets.... 

The Apple Sisters: <em>Shipshape Shenanigans!</em>

Comedy

The Apple Sisters

Wednesday 5/27 @ Groundlings Theatre

FDR's pre-Internet Fireside Chats ain't got nothing on the Apple Sisters. Spoofing WWII-era radio programs, the Apples sing and dance their... 

Ongoing Events

Daniel Nicoletta: <em>Harvey Milk and the San Francisco Scene</em>

Art: Photography

Daniel Nicoletta

Wednesday 5/27 @ Overtones Gallery

Starting in 1975 as a staff photographer for The Advocate and an employee in the Harvey Milk-owned Castro Camera shop, Daniel... 

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

Theatre

Ain't Misbehavin'

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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>Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from LA</em>

Art

Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from LA

Wednesday 5/27 @ Hammer Museum

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

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

Art

Hugh Brown

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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... 

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

Art

Sam Flores

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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... 

Chaka

Art

Chaka

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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>Occupation Dreamer: The Photography of Moshe Brakha</em>

Art: Photography

Occupation Dreamer

Wednesday 5/27 @ GRAMMY Museum at LA Live

Spanning the decade between 1976 and 1986, the GRAMMY Museum's first photography exhibition features 30 pictures of rock stars by Israeli-born,... 

Lizabeth Eva Rossof and David Fokos

Art

Lizabeth Eva Rossof and David Fokos

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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>Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo</em>

Theatre

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

Wednesday 5/27 @ Kirk Douglas Theatre

It's always refreshing to see a work that speaks with such striking originality that it reaffirms the value in taking risks.... 

Barkley L. Hendricks: <em>Birth of the Cool: Paintings, 1964-2007</em>

Art

Barkley L. Hendricks

Wednesday 5/27 @ Santa Monica Museum of Art

Imagine the florid, hyper-decorative seduction of Kehinde Wiley's large-scale portraits of young black men, only rendered with an urban, folk-outsider edge,... 

Fatima Jamil Faiz: <em>Refracted Memoirs</em>

Art

Fatima Jamil Faiz

Wednesday 5/27 @ Deborah Martin Gallery

This month's Downtown Art Walk event is ideal for lovers of quirky paintings in all shapes and sizes. Deborah Martin Gallery... 

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

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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... 

<em>Screwball Asses</em>

Art

Screwball Asses

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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>Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet</em>

Art

Cool Globes

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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>Celestial Ash: Assemblages from Los Angeles</em>

Art

Celestial Ash

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Wednesday 5/27 @ Vinum Populi

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

Matahati ke Matadunia

Art

Matahati ke Matadunia

Wednesday 5/27 @ Seni Contemporary

Art critic Peter Frank and gallerist Delia Cabral want you to see what they've seen. On a recent curatorial reconnaissance trip... 

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

Art

Matisse's Amours

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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... 

Amy Kaps: <em>round and round she goes...</em>

Art

Amy Kaps

Wednesday 5/27 @ Indie Collective

LA-based performance artist, photographer, and visual philosopher Amy Kaps is obsessed with patterns — of thought, behavior, history, and form —... 

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

Art

Kehinde Wiley

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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... 

Yoskay Yamamoto: <em>Hello and Goodbye</em>

Art

Yoskay Yamamoto

Wednesday 5/27 @ LeBasse Projects

Yoskay Yamamoto is all about fusion. His art, illustration, and design have become wildly popular among the urban-romantic set, whose aesthetic... 

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

Art

Thais Beltrame

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Paul Outerbridge and Jo Ann Callis

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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.... 

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

Art

Steve Lambert

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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!... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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>L8S ANG3LES</em>: 11 LA Photographers

Art: Photography

L8S ANG3LES

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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>James Hueter: A Retrospective</em>

Art

James Hueter

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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>La Traviata</em> by Giuseppe Verde

Performing Arts: Opera

La Traviata

Wednesday 5/27 @ Los Angeles Opera

Expect knife-twisting drama in LA Opera's lush staging of Verdi's masterpiece, La Traviata. Long considered one of opera's most significant works,... 

Castillo: <em>Strand</em>

Art

Castillo

Wednesday 5/27 @ Tarryn Teresa Gallery

A lot of women in LA are obsessed with their hair, but installation artist Castillo takes the prize. Her large-scale sculptural... 

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

Art

ZAP! POW! BAM!

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Wednesday 5/27 @ Scribble Press

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

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Special Event

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Wednesday 5/27 @ The Getty Museum

The city of Algiers, on the north coast of Africa, historically sheltered a diverse population. During the Ottoman centuries (1529-1830), this... 

Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum

Special Event

Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum

Wednesday 5/27 @ 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... 

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Special Event

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Wednesday 5/27 @ LACMA