Events on Sunday, August 23

Occult USA: The Process Church of the Final Judgment

Special Event

The Process Church of the Final Judgment

Sunday 8/23 @ The Silent Movie Theatre

The Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theater teams up with alt-publishers Feral House and Process Media for a pseudo-sabbath ritual hosted... 

Photography Class with Caroline Davies

Workshop/Class

Photography Class with Caroline Davies

Sunday 8/23 @ Treepeople, Coldwater Canyon Park

For people who love to take photographs, want to enhance their current skills and make the best of their snapshot opportunities.... 

Smooth Summer Jazz (formerly JVC)

Music

Smooth Summer Jazz (formerly JVC)

Sunday 8/23 @ Hollywood Bowl

The Bowl’s annual contemporary jazz fest reigns supreme with the smooth tones of saxophonist Dave Koz, the funky horns of Tower... 

Olga Koumoundouros: Demand Management

Art

Olga Koumoundouros: Demand Management

Sunday 8/23 @ REDCAT

  Visual and Sonic Performance | Aug 23 @ 3pm Featuring collaboration with Corey Fogel and joined... 

The Heroes of Woodstock, 40th Anniversary Tour

Music

The Heroes of Woodstock, 40th Anniversary Tour

Sunday 8/23 @ Greek Theatre

In case you haven't already heard it a hundred times (and as if you won't hear it at least a hundred... 

387 Music Entertainment Presents

Music

387 Music Entertainment Presents

Sunday 8/23 @ The Mint

Issac Kidder at 7:20, Jason Corcoran at 8:00, Jacqueline Becker at 8:55, Stehanie Jacobson at 9:55, Reflektiv at 10:45

Ongoing Events

29th Annual Sunset Junction Street Fair

Festival: Music

Sunset Junction

Sunday 8/23 @ Sunset Junction

The Sunset Junction Street Fair turns 29 this year and the headlining acts are an apropos mix of the nostalgic and... 

<em>Accomplice: Hollywood</em>

Get Social

Accomplice: Hollywood

Sunday 8/23 @ Various Hollywood locations

Co-produced by Neil Patrick Harris and Tom Salamon, Accomplice: Hollywood sends teams of intrepid folks along Hollywood Boulevard and its environs... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Sunday 8/23 @ Scribble Press

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

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Sunday 8/23 @ 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>Sweets & Treats</em>: Wayne Thiebaud in the Collection of the Norton Simon Museum

Art

Wayne Thiebaud

Sunday 8/23 @ 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>Lights on LA</em>

Festival: Art

Lights on LA

Sunday 8/23 @ Pershing Square

Illuminating the wealth of creative resources within the LA art scene, Tarryn Teresa Gallery's Lights on LA strings up light bulbs... 

Michael Hayden:&nbsp;<em>Wax Ecstatic</em>

Art

Michael Hayden

Sunday 8/23 @ Smooth n Purdy Gallery

Los Angeles artist Michael Hayden arrives at the Smooth n Purdy Gallery in The Complex for a solo exhibition of recent... 

<em>ModArt Magazine</em>: A Celebration of 20 Issues and All That Lay Ahead

Art

ModArt Magazine

Sunday 8/23 @ Thinkspace Gallery

In honor of ModArt's 20th issue, Thinkspace hosts a group show curated by the folks at the revered European art magazine,... 

James Turrell: <em>Dividing the Light</em>

Art

James Turrell

Sunday 8/23 @ 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... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Sunday 8/23 @ 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... 

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

Art

Jim Gentry and Leia Jervert

Sunday 8/23 @ 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... 

Sea and Space Resort II

Art

Sea and Space Resort

Sunday 8/23 @ Sea and Space Explorations

Multipurpose culture zone Sea and Space Explorations doesn't feel the need to respect the boundaries between the senses, with the result... 

Pictures of the Year International: The World. In High Resolution

Art: Photography

Pictures of the Year International: The World. In High Resolution

Sunday 8/23 @ Annenberg Space for Photography

All year photographers have been clicking camera shutters with their lenses pointed toward the action. The 66th annual Pictures of the... 

<em>Kill Me, Deadly</em>

Theatre

Kill Me, Deadly

Sunday 8/23 @ Theatre of NOTE

Theatre of Note's current "Season of the Passion Plays" continues with this original noir production of Kill Me, Deadly! Loaded with... 

<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

Sunday 8/23 @ 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... 

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

Art

Celestial Ash

Sunday 8/23 @ 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... 

The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum presents <em>The Cherry Orchard</em>

Theatre

The Cherry Orchard

Sunday 8/23 @ The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

In the '50s, blacklisted actor Will Geer opened a theater on his Topanga property for fellow performers ostracized during the McCarthy... 

Little Radio Summer Camp

Music

Little Radio Summer Camp

Sunday 8/23 @ Little Radio

Time to ditch that indie rock monitor tan, as Little Radio Summer Camp returns for the 2009 back-to-school season at the... 

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

Art: Photography

In Focus: Making a Scene

Sunday 8/23 @ 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>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

Sunday 8/23 @ 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... 

TreePeople presents Once Upon A Canyon Night

Festival

Once Upon A Canyon Night

Sunday 8/23 @ S. Mark Taper Foundation Amphitheatre

Working to restore greenery to the southland for over 30 years, TreePeople helps communities foster tree growth, provides environmental education, and... 

<em>Steeped in History: The Art of Tea</em>

Art

Steeped in History: The Art of Tea

Sunday 8/23 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

The second most consumed drink next to water, tea has also been frequent theme in art history. Guest curated by tea... 

Chalk Repertory Theatre presents <em>The Debate over Courtney O'Connell of Columbus, Nebraska</em>

Theatre

The Debate over Courtney O'Connell of Columbus, Nebraska

Sunday 8/23 @ Cafe Metropol

Chalk Repertory Theatre guns love and passion down through defiantly minimal farce and a flaunted disregard for sex or ethnicity in... 

<em>Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art</em>

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Sunday 8/23 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

Severed heads, skulls and daggers brimming with blood, and cemeteries littered with dismembered corpses may not readily invoke visions of spiritual... 

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

Art

Fallen Fruit: United Fruit

Sunday 8/23 @ 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... 

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

Art

MatterApp

Sunday 8/23 @ Materials & Applications

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The Chimaera of Arezzo

Art

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Sunday 8/23 @ The Getty Museum

The Chimaera of Arezzo traces the myth of Bellerophon and the Chimaera - the legendary fire-breathing monster comprised of a lion,... 

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

Sunday 8/23 @ 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,... 

Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum

Special Event

Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum

Sunday 8/23 @ 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... 

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Art

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Sunday 8/23 @ The Getty Museum

This selection of over 40 drawings from the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute highlights... 

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

Art

Annie Lapin: Parallel Deliria Iteration

Sunday 8/23 @ 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... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Sunday 8/23 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Imagine yourself immersed in a favorite childhood tale. Five years in the making and occupying an 8,000-square-foot gallery, Noah's Ark at... 

Edith Heath: Tabletop Modernist

Art

Edith Heath: Tabletop Modernist

Sunday 8/23 @ 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

Sunday 8/23 @ The Getty Museum

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

Biltmore Hotel Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Biltmore Hotel Walking Tour

Sunday 8/23 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The Biltmore Hotel tour explores the architecture and rich history of this magnificent hotel, known in its early days as “The... 

TRAFFIC!

Art: Photography

TRAFFIC!

Sunday 8/23 @ 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... 

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Sunday 8/23 @ Art Center College of Design

Illustration students from Art Center College of Design currently have their work on display at the Aquarium of the Pacific in... 

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Special Event

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Sunday 8/23 @ 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... 

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Special Event

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Sunday 8/23 @ LACMA