Events on Tuesday, August 25

Project Butterfly and Process Media present <em>The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City </em>

Special Event

The Urban Homesteaders

Tuesday 8/25 @ Project Butterfly

Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen have chronicled the transformation of their prewar LA bungalow into a model of sustainable living, both... 

An Evening with Fred Armisen

Comedy

Fred Armisen

Tuesday 8/25 @ Largo at the Coronet Theater

Best known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live (and sometimes referred to as "the guy who... 

THE GATHERING

Music

THE GATHERING

Tuesday 8/25 @ The Mint

Earthbaby at 9pm, Moostache at 8pm, IVES at 7pm

Tom Jones

Music

Tom Jones

Tuesday 8/25 @ Greek Theatre

Legendary Welsh singer Tom Jones will be performing at the Greek Theatre on Tuesday, August 25 at 8 PM.
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I'm Dying Up Here

Books: Reading

I'm Dying Up Here

Tuesday 8/25 @ Book Soup

 William Knoedelseder presents... 

Placido Domingo and Yo-Yo Ma with the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Music: Classical

Placido Domingo and Yo-Yo Ma with the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Tuesday 8/25 @ Hollywood Bowl

Superstar Plácido Domingo makes his Bowl conducting debut with luminary cellist Yo-Yo Ma!

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Celestial Ash

Tuesday 8/25 @ 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... 

Cathie Bleck, Don Fritz, and Jenn Porreca

Art

Cathie Bleck

Tuesday 8/25 @ Billy Shire Fine Arts

The Billy Shire Fine Arts gallery brings together the work of three different minds to its Culver City space. While the... 

<em>Bitch Is the New Black</em>

Art

Bitch Is the New Black

Tuesday 8/25 @ Honor Fraser

Curated by arts critic and writer Emma Gray, Honor Fraser's annual group show features works by 14 female artists based in... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Tuesday 8/25 @ Scribble Press

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

<em>Weekend Pacifists</em>

Art

Weekend Pacifists

Tuesday 8/25 @ Subliminal Projects

Weekend warriors find their more enlightened alter ego in Weekend Pacifists, a group show featuring the work of five artists —... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Tuesday 8/25 @ 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... 

Exene Cervenka and Wayne White: <em>We Are Not the Jet Set</em>

Art

Exene Cervenka and Wayne White

Tuesday 8/25 @ Western Project

Daring frontwoman of arguably the coolest punk band ever, X, Exene Cervenka has considerable talents off the stage as well, starting... 

<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

Tuesday 8/25 @ 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... 

<em>Rogue Wave: 10 Artists from Los Angeles</em>

Art

Rogue Wave

Tuesday 8/25 @ LA Louver Gallery

Following three previous incarnations, the Rogue Wave group show returns to Venice's LA Louver with ten Angelenos redefining regionalism. Co-curated by... 

Larry Johnson Film Series

Film

Larry Johnson Film Series

Tuesday 8/25 @ Hammer Museum

In his first solo exhibit at the Hammer Museum, consummate LA artist Larry Johnson exposes the fringe elements of celebrity through... 

<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

Tuesday 8/25 @ 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... 

Carlos Ramos: <em>India</em>

Art

Carlos Ramos

Tuesday 8/25 @ Corey Helford Gallery

LA native and CalArts alum Carlos Ramos merges his background in character animation with the art of classic poster design in... 

<em>Lights on LA</em>

Festival: Art

Lights on LA

Tuesday 8/25 @ Pershing Square

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

Nicole Cohen: <em>French Connection</em>

Art

Nicole Cohen

Tuesday 8/25 @ Shoshana Wayne Gallery

In her latest series of photographic and video projections, Nicole Cohen expands upon previous subject matter and technological complexity, constructing layered,... 

Gary Lang: <em>Circles Lines Grids</em> and Jay Mark Johnson: <em>Spacetime</em>

Art

Gary Lang and Jay Mark Johnson

Tuesday 8/25 @ ACE Gallery

It's a veritable amusement park for optic nerves at ACE Gallery's Beverly Hills location this month, with a pair of exhibitions... 

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

Art

Jim Gentry and Leia Jervert

Tuesday 8/25 @ 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... 

Clayton Brothers: <em>Jumbo Fruit</em>

Art

Clayton Brothers

Tuesday 8/25 @ Patrick Painter Gallery

Rob and Christian Clayton's first hometown exhibition in over half a decade, Jumbo Fruit represents the culmination of six months' worth... 

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

Art

MatterApp

Tuesday 8/25 @ Materials & Applications

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Joshua Levine: <em>unNatural History</em>

Art

Joshua Levine

Tuesday 8/25 @ Tarryn Teresa Gallery

Whether your biggest problem with taxidermy hunting trophies is their lack of space-age resins or the rarity of significant anatomical mutations,... 

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

Art: Photography

In Focus: Making a Scene

Tuesday 8/25 @ 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>Diverted Destruction 2</em>

Art

Diverted Destruction 2

Tuesday 8/25 @ 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... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Tuesday 8/25 @ Vinum Populi

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

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Art

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Tuesday 8/25 @ The Getty Museum

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

Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution

Art

Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution

Tuesday 8/25 @ The Getty Museum

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

Book Soup Happy Hour

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Book Soup Happy Hour

Tuesday 8/25 @ Book Soup

We love a good happy hour, especially when the wine is free and the books are 25% off.  Every weekday from... 

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Tuesday 8/25 @ 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

Tuesday 8/25 @ 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

Tuesday 8/25 @ LACMA

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Tuesday 8/25 @ 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... 

Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum

Special Event

Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum

Tuesday 8/25 @ 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...