Events on Wednesday, July 8

Rak Razam: <em>Aya: A Shamanic Odyssey</em>

Books: Reading

Rak Razam

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ Project Butterfly

Rak Razam isn't opposed to taking risks and expending great effort in pursuing his immersive, experiential journalism. And when a writer's... 

Free Movie Night

Film

Free Movie Night

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ The Hive Gallery & Studios

The Hive Gallery teams up with Downtown LA's Old Bank DVD for weekly Wednesday-night free movies and popcorn. Tonight, George Orwell's... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Barkley L. Hendricks

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ 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,... 

<em>Locals Only</em>

Art

Locals Only

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ LOOK Gallery

Curated by Coagula Art Journal publisher Mat Gleason, Locals Only features works by nine artists who reflect the Southland's inherent multiplicity.... 

<em>Farragut North</em>

Theatre

Farragut North

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ The Geffen Playhouse

Westwood's Geffen Playhouse presents a timely hybrid of Survivor, West Wing, and The Hills, outlining the value of loyalty and the... 

Cole Sternberg

Art

Cole Sternberg

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ Kinsey/DesForges Gallery

Employing watercolors, heavy oils, and spray paint, LA-based artist Cole Sternberg blends mediums to produce his striking works. Paint often obscures... 

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

Art: Photography

Dark Night of the Soul

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

Fallen Fruit: <em>United Fruit</em>

Art

Fallen Fruit: United Fruit

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

LA-based art and action collective Fallen Fruit uses the visual arts (specifically photography, installation, and performance-oriented actions) to examine the imbalance... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ Scribble Press

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

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

Art

Celestial Ash

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ 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>Tales of the Flesh</em>: Carole Caroompas, Kaitlynn Redell, Aaron Sheppard, Arne Svenson, and Liz Young

Art

Tales of the Flesh

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ Western Project

When it comes to depictions of the body, indictments of the power structures of human sexuality, and unapologetic appetites for flesh,... 

<em>Betty Blue</em>: The Director's Cut

Film

Betty Blue: The Director's Cut

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre

Upon its release in 1986, Betty Blue fascinated audiences with its unabashed sexuality, raw performances, and heart-wrenching subject matter. Now, the... 

<em>The Billboard Show: Selling the So-Cal Lifestyle</em>: Photographic Landscapes of the 1950s and 1960s

Art: Photography

The Billboard Show: Selling the So-Cal Lifestyle

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ Take My Picture Gary Leonard

Ever since taking a photograph of the Dodgers as a little boy in 1959, Gary Leonard has documented the mercurial landscape... 

Fallen Fruit: <em>Fresh 'n Easy</em>

Art

Fallen Fruit: Fresh 'n Easy

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ another year in LA

Fallen Fruit — the artist collective formed by David Burns, Matias Viegener, and Austin Young — has typically been known more... 

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

Art

James Hueter

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

Back to Basics: <em>MatterApp</em>

Art

MatterApp

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ Materials & Applications

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<em>Stranger</em>

Theatre

Stranger

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ Bootleg Theater

Stranger has the look, sound, and feel of everything glorious about the old west — and its classy, interpretive design ropes... 

Jim Gentry: <em>Never Odd or Even</em> and Leia Jervert: <em>Cut Back</em>

Art

Jim Gentry and Leia Jervert

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ Happy

There's no excuse to feel glum when you're at Happy, a home and lifestyle nook in Los Feliz that features well-designed... 

Flux Salon presents <em>Geometry of Ruins</em>

Art

Geometry of Ruins

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ Flux Salon

Known for its quarterly screenings at the Hammer, as well as its monthly Cinema Tuesdays, Flux also brings a haunting and... 

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

Art: Photography

Paul Outerbridge and Jo Ann Callis

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ 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.... 

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

Art

ZAP! POW! BAM!

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ 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>Diverted Destruction 2</em>

Art

Diverted Destruction 2

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ The Loft at Liz's

A diverse group of emerging LA artists join forces to give your garbage a new lease on life. Work in the... 

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

Art: Photography

Occupation Dreamer

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ 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,... 

Andrew Schoultz: <em>White Noise and Silence</em> and Hank Willis Thomas: <em>Black Is Beautiful</em>

Art

Andrew Schoultz and Hank Willis Thomas

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ Roberts & Tilton Gallery

Bay Area artist Andrew Schoultz crafts expansive murals and other large-scale paintings from innumerable individual lines and details. His densely swirled,... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ Vinum Populi

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

Heather Cantrell: <em>A Study in Portraiture: Act I</em>

Art: Photography

Heather Cantrell

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ Kinkead Contemporary

Los Angeles-based photographer Heather Cantrell lays elaborate groundwork for her seemingly fresh and casual portraits. Employing props, costumes, and references to... 

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

Art: Photography

Barack Obama: The Freshman

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ 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>Sweets & Treats</em>: Wayne Thiebaud in the Collection of the Norton Simon Museum

Art

Wayne Thiebaud

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ Norton Simon Museum

In the 1960s, soon-to-be Pop icon Wayne Thiebaud created a series of monochromatic, two-dimensional prints of nine pieces of pie, sufficiently... 

<em>Nordic Mood</em>: Photographs from Iceland by Fri&eth;geir Helgason

Art: Photography

Nordic Mood

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ Gallery Skart

Beyond Björk and ice hotels, most Americans don't have a lot of familiarity with Iceland — but the eerie beauty of... 

Lizabeth Eva Rossof and David Fokos

Art

Lizabeth Eva Rossof and David Fokos

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ 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>Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet</em>

Art

Cool Globes

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ 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>Instruments</em>

Art

Instruments

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ SolwayJones Gallery

Solway Jones Gallery's summer group show takes on the celebrated cross-pollination of music and art, with an exhibition of mostly sculptural... 

Between Slumdogs and Millionaires: South Asian American Cinema

Film

Between Slumdogs and Millionaires

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ UCLA Public Affairs Building 2232

The LA Unified School District may have canceled summer school for the kids, but not UCLA. Expand your mind in the... 

<em>In Focus: Making a Scene</em>

Art: Photography

In Focus: Making a Scene

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ The Getty Center

Thirty staged photographs are on view at the Getty Center as part of its In Focus series, a thematic presentation of... 

<em>One Week Only</em>

Art

One Week Only

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ Jancar Gallery

Jancar Gallery and Jancar/McCorkle Projects present a group show so densely populated, it takes over both gallery spaces for its short-but-sweet... 

<em>Sweets & Treats</em>: Wayne Thiebaud in the Collection of the Norton Simon Museum

Special Event

Sweets & Treats: Wayne Thiebaud in the Collection of the Norton Simon Museum

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

In the 1960s, soon-to-be Pop icon Wayne Thiebaud created a series of monochromatic, two-dimensional prints of nine pieces of pie, sufficiently... 

Edith Heath: Tabletop Modernist

Art

Edith Heath: Tabletop Modernist

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution

Art

Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ The Getty Museum

This exhibition represents an overview of three centuries of French bronze sculpture, when monarchs and private collectors came to embrace bronze... 

TRAFFIC!

Art: Photography

TRAFFIC!

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Special Event

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ LACMA

Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum

Special Event

Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ 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 7/ 8 @ 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,... 

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Special Event

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Annie Lapin: Parallel Deliria Iteration

Wednesday 7/ 8 @ 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...