Events on Sunday, May 3

Diana Jacobs Open Studio

Art

Diana Jacobs

Sunday 5/ 3 @ Diana Jacobs Studio

Cast-off doll parts, unidentified bones, broken watches, and vintage costume jewelry are just a few of the elements comprising artist and... 

Sunday School feat. Le Switch, Restaurant, Matt Ellis, and Paul Chesne

Music

Sunday School

Sunday 5/ 3 @ Cinema Bar

Put on your best denim and diamonds — OK, maybe just jeans and a t-shirt — and head over to the... 

Yoruba gets Deep feat. Osunlade and Quetzal

Music: DJ

Osunlade

Sunday 5/ 3 @ Vanguard

DJ/producer Osunlade has worked with such artists as Roy Ayers, Cesaria Evora, Patti Labelle, Freddie Jackson, and even Bert and Ernie.... 

Ongoing Events

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

Theatre

Ain't Misbehavin'

Sunday 5/ 3 @ 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>Matisse's Amours: Illustrations of Pierre de Ronsard's Love Poems</em>

Art

Matisse's Amours

Sunday 5/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ 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>Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet</em>

Art

Cool Globes

Sunday 5/ 3 @ 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>Photograph 51</em>

Theatre

Photograph 51

Sunday 5/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ 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... 

South-East European Film Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

South-East European Film Festival

Sunday 5/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Celestial Ash

Sunday 5/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ 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... 

Orphan Film Symposium

Festival: Performing Arts

Orphan Film Symposium

Sunday 5/ 3 @ 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... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Sunday 5/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ Scribble Press

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

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

Art

ICONS of Mutt by Macky

Sunday 5/ 3 @ DAP Studios

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

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

Art

Parra

Sunday 5/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

James Hueter

Sunday 5/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ Hammer Museum

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

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Special Event

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Sunday 5/ 3 @ LACMA

Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum

Special Event

Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum

Sunday 5/ 3 @ 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...