Events on Wednesday, June 3

Flypoet

Performing Arts: Spoken Word

Flypoet

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ Savoy Entertainment Center

The monthly Flypoet Spoken Word and Music Showcase exposes underground spoken-word artists to mainstream audiences, giving both crowds and poets alike... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Screwball Asses</em>

Art

Screwball Asses

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ 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>Into the Pixel</em>

Art

Into the Pixel

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ Los Angeles Convention Center

Bringing together specialists in both fine art and gaming, Into the Pixel, now in its sixth year, celebrates the artistic achievements... 

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

Art: Photography

L8S ANG3LES

Wednesday 6/ 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... 

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

Art

Barkley L. Hendricks

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ 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 6/ 3 @ 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... 

Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, and David Lynch present <em>Dark Night of the Soul</em>

Art: Photography

Dark Night of the Soul

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ Michael Kohn Gallery

Dark Night of the Soul is a two-pronged project: The visual element, represented here, features psych-noir master David Lynch's photographic interpretations... 

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

Art

ZAP! POW! BAM!

Wednesday 6/ 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... 

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

Art

Amy Kaps

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ Indie Collective

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

Lizabeth Eva Rossof and David Fokos

Art

Lizabeth Eva Rossof and David Fokos

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ 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 6/ 3 @ 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.... 

Matahati ke Matadunia

Art

Matahati ke Matadunia

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ 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>Memory of the LA Billboard: Telepolis in the Archetype</em>

Art

Memory of the LA Billboard

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ Koplin del Rio Gallery

Billboards and other outdoor advertising methods are a source of contention in every landscape they grace, from the rural to the... 

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

Art

Steve Lambert

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ 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>Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet</em>

Art

Cool Globes

Wednesday 6/ 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>Occupation Dreamer: The Photography of Moshe Brakha</em>

Art: Photography

Occupation Dreamer

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ 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,... 

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

Art

Hugh Brown

Wednesday 6/ 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>La Traviata</em> by Giuseppe Verde

Performing Arts: Opera

La Traviata

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ 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,... 

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

Art: Photography

Paul Outerbridge and Jo Ann Callis

Wednesday 6/ 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.... 

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

Art: Photography

Daniel Nicoletta

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ 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>Celestial Ash: Assemblages from Los Angeles</em>

Art

Celestial Ash

Wednesday 6/ 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... 

KCRW presents Butterfly Boucher

Music

Butterfly Boucher

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ The Hotel Café

Butterfly Boucher's sophomore LP, Scary Fragile, has been a long time coming. The Aussie songstress who describes her... 

Castillo: <em>Strand</em>

Art

Castillo

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ 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... 

Lisa Jack: <em>Barack Obama: The Freshman</em>

Art: Photography

Barack Obama: The Freshman

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ M+B Gallery Los Angeles

As a photography student at LA's Occidental College in 1980, Lisa Jack took a series of portraits with a handsome, charismatic... 

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

Art

Matisse's Amours

Wednesday 6/ 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>Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy</em>

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Wednesday 6/ 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... 

Fred Eversley

Art

Fred Eversley

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ LA Artcore Union Center Gallery

Internationally renowned sculptor Fred Eversley has been a pioneer at every turn in his decades-long career. He's the longest-serving resident of... 

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

Art

James Hueter

Wednesday 6/ 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... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Wednesday 6/ 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... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ Scribble Press

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

Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum

Special Event

Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum

Wednesday 6/ 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... 

You See: The Early Years of the UC Davis Studio Art Faculty

Art

You See: The Early Years of the UC Davis Studio Art Faculty

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

Featuring work of five UC Davis faculty members Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest, Manuel Neri, Wayne Thiebaud and William T. Wiley,... 

Annie Lapin: <em>Parallel Deliria Iteration</em>

Art

Annie Lapin: Parallel Deliria Iteration

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

The PMCA is proud to present Los Angeles painter Annie Lapin's Parallel Deliria Iteration, which the artist describes as "a never-ending... 

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Special Event

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ LACMA

Edith Heath: Tabletop Modernist

Art

Edith Heath: Tabletop Modernist

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

This exhibition focuses on the life of Edith Heath and her defining influence on California design through pottery. Popular at dinner... 

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Special Event

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ 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... 

TRAFFIC!

Art: Photography

TRAFFIC!

Wednesday 6/ 3 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

Benny Chan has worked diligently over the past few years to photograph overhead views of Los Angeles freeways during the height...