Events on Saturday, September 19

One Night Stand Up

Comedy

One Night Stand Up

Saturday 9/19 @ The Broad Stage at Santa Monica College

Filmed tonight for MTV's Logo network, One Night Stand Up stars the sleaziest (and perhaps funniest) cast to ever grace a... 

4th Annual LA County Medical Marijuana Expo & Patients Festival

Festival

LA County Medical Marijuana Expo & Patients Festival

Saturday 9/19 @ West Hollywood Park

Members of "the club" across the Southland converge for an all-day homage to the curative properties of a hotly-contested plant. Special... 

Autumn Lights

Art

Autumn Lights

Saturday 9/19 @ Pershing Square

Following up on a recent lobby installation and rooftop projection at the Downtown Standard, artist Lilli Muller curates and produces the... 

Funky in the Middle and Tighten Up present Karizma and Mark de Clive-Lowe

Music: DJ

Mark de Clive-Lowe and Karizma

Saturday 9/19 @ Warehouse

Serving music-forward tunes to a laid-back LA crowd, tonight's Funky in the Middle/Tighten Up party imports West London (by way of... 

Partikel Three

Music: Electronic

Patrikel Three

Saturday 9/19 @ Goethe-Institut Los Angeles

The third installment of the Partikel series takes place at the Goethe Institut, pairing live electronic music with visuals in a... 

Convention feat. Detroit Grand Pubahs and Juan Atkins

Music: Electronic

Detroit Grand Pubahs and Juan Atkins

Saturday 9/19 @ Lot 613

Irresistibly fun, Detroit Grand Pubahs are a raucous DJ and performance duo that blends booty-bass, techno bleeps, and salacious lyrics. Widely... 

I See Hawks in LA with Gina Villalobos, and Elliot Randall

Music

I See Hawks in LA with Gina Villalobos, and Elliot Randall

Saturday 9/19 @ Bootleg Theater

GINA VILLALOBOS California native Gina Villalobos became one of the most acclaimed new artists in alternative country with her breakthrough album,... 

Mason Jennings with Crash Kings

Music

Mason Jennings with Crash Kings

Saturday 9/19 @ El Rey

Singer/songwriter Mason Jennings is one of the best-kept secrets in pop music. He was hand-picked by music supervisor Randall Poster... 

Maryanne Comaroto has some tips for dropping your drawers

Books: Reading

Maryanne Comaroto has some tips for dropping your drawers

Saturday 9/19 @ Book Soup

 Maryanne Comaroto presents... 

Turkish Rip-Offs Night!

Film

Turkish Rip-Offs Night!

Saturday 9/19 @ The Cinefamily

WATCH WACKY CLIP FROM "3 DEV ADAM"!

Turkey is truly the wild, wild Middle East of mondo macabro.... 

Billy Valentine & Friends!

Music

Billy Valentine & Friends!

Saturday 9/19 @ Treepeople, Coldwater Canyon Park

A popular performer at clubs all over town, Billy joined Mark Copeland & His Big Band as a special guest last... 

Gambler + Bleeder (w/ director Nic Refn in person!)

Film: Double Feature

Gambler + Bleeder (w/ director Nic Refn in person!)

Saturday 9/19 @ The Cinefamily

VIEW CLIP FROM "BLEEDER"!

Director Nicolas Winding Refn, the Danish crime auteur whose 2008 film Bronson screens on... 

Pink Martini

Music

Pink Martini

Saturday 9/19 @ Hollywood Bowl

Celebrate Pink Martini's return to the Hollywood Bowl as the Portland ensemble brings old Hollywood glamour to life through their extraordinary... 

Stanley Kubrick Double Feature: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE & DR. STRANGELOVE

Film: Double Feature

Stanley Kubrick Double Feature: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE & DR. STRANGELOVE

Saturday 9/19 @ Egyptian Theatre

Saturday, September 19 - 7:30 PM
Double Feature:
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, 1971, Warner Bros., 137 min. Kubrick was so... 

Cedric Gibbons: Visionary Art Deco MGM Art Director Presentation

Special Event

Cedric Gibbons: Visionary Art Deco MGM Art Director Presentation

Saturday 9/19 @ Egyptian Theatre

Music

SueFlayy Presents

Saturday 9/19 @ The Mint

Nikki Lang at 8:40, Rise of 86 at 10:15, The Twisted Limbs CD Release at 11:15

Cedric Gibbons - Visionary Art Deco MGM Art Director

Film

Cedric Gibbons - Visionary Art Deco MGM Art Director

Saturday 9/19 @ Egyptian Theatre

Co-Presented by the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles

Cedric Gibbons - Visionary Art Deco MGM Art Director

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Fallen Fruit: United Fruit

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

Salon No. 2: Works 030-065

Art

Salon No. 2

Saturday 9/19 @ Marine

One silver lining to art-world downsizing is the resurgence of the private salon, made famous by the 19th and 20th century... 

Nova Jiang, Len Lye, Robert Rauschenberg, Jacob Tonski, Fischli & Weiss: <em>Cause & Effect</em>

Art

Cause & Effect

Saturday 9/19 @ LM Projects

The art in this show rocks and rolls — and gets set on fire, sets off chain reactions, and invites users... 

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

Art

Rogue Wave

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

Luminario Ballet Company

Dance

Luminario Ballet

Saturday 9/19 @ El Portal Theatre

Luminario Ballet delivers new works and vintage choreography in ballet, modern and aerial classics by Judith FLEX Helle, Bella Lewitzky, Doriana... 

Titus Kaphar: <em>Reconstruction</em>

Art

Titus Kaphar

Saturday 9/19 @ Roberts & Tilton Gallery

In his first independent exhibition at Roberts & Tilton, Titus Kaphar rewrites history. By slashing, draping, arranging, and painting his work,... 

Doug Aitken: <em>migration</em>

Art

Doug Aitken

Saturday 9/19 @ Regen Projects

Doug Aitken's exhibition at Regen Projects never sleeps. During the day, the darkened indoor gallery displays light boxes comprised of images... 

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

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

Chris Jordan: <em>Running the Numbers...Continued</em> and Laura Ball: <em>Boundary of the Interior</em>

Art: Photography

Chris Jordan

Saturday 9/19 @ Kopeikin Gallery

Despite their beauty, Chris Jordan's photographic prints are visual ecological statements we'd rather not see. Like much of his early work,... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Saturday 9/19 @ 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>No Impact Man</em>

Film: Documentary

No Impact Man

Saturday 9/19 @ Laemmle's Royal Theatre

Environmental documentaries have been popping up at an alarming rate, providing lots of proselytizing, but little action. No Impact Man promises... 

<em>Weekend Pacifists</em>

Art

Weekend Pacifists

Saturday 9/19 @ Subliminal Projects

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

Aristophanes' <em>Peace </em>at the Getty Villa

Theatre

Aristophanes' Peace at the Getty Villa

Saturday 9/19 @ The Getty Museum

Founded 25 years ago on Cinco de Mayo, Culture Clash still reigns as the foremost Latino performance trio in the US.... 

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

Art: Photography

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

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

Gary Lang and Jay Mark Johnson

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

<em>Point Break LIVE!</em>

Theatre

Point Break LIVE!

Saturday 9/19 @ Dragonfly

Point Break LIVE! turns cinematic lemons into lemonade, raucously skewering the cult-classic film by casting an unrehearsed audience volunteer to fill... 

Claire Oswalt: <em>Peril In Perfection</em>

Art

Claire Oswalt

Saturday 9/19 @ Taylor De Cordoba Gallery

While it's easy to become unhinged in our current economic climate, artist Claire Oswalt takes it to the next level, fashioning... 

David LaChapelle: <em>The Rape of Africa</em>

Art: Photography

David LaChapelle

Saturday 9/19 @ David DeSanctis Gallery

David LaChapelle is one of the most well-known and controversial photographers working today, who recently retired from a career in fashion... 

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

Theatre

The Cherry Orchard

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

<em>CRUDE</em>

Film: Documentary

CRUDE

Saturday 9/19 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre

After following Metallica through group therapy in his last film, Some Kind of Monster, Joe Berlinger is back in top form... 

<em>Intelligent Design: Interspecies Art</em>

Art

Intelligent Design

Saturday 9/19 @ Sweeney Art Gallery, UC Riverside

Twenty international artists who explore human interaction with domesticated, imaginary, laboratory, or wild animals contribute work in media from video installation... 

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

Art: Photography

In Focus: Making a Scene

Saturday 9/19 @ 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>Kill Me, Deadly</em>

Theatre

Kill Me, Deadly

Saturday 9/19 @ 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>Woodstock: The 40th Anniversary</em>

Art: Photography

Woodstock: The 40th Anniversary

Saturday 9/19 @ Duncan Miller Gallery

Lens legends Jim Marshall, Baron Wolman, Henry Diltz, and Lisa Law contribute their world-class snaps of the original Woodstock festival on... 

YaYa Chou, Emily De Ara&uacute;jo, Adele Mills, and Shizuko Greenblatt

Art

YaYa Chou, Emily De Araújo, Adele Mills, and Shizuko Greenblatt

Saturday 9/19 @ Gallery 825

YaYa Chou constructs a room-size sculptural installation in which a collaborative dance and movement piece is to be performed and documented;... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Saturday 9/19 @ Vinum Populi

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

Michael Dee: <em>Melted Hearts and Deadly Force</em>

Art

Michael Dee

Saturday 9/19 @ Western Project

Channeling his inner Duchamp, sculptor Michael Dee combs the florescent-lit aisles of his local 99-cent store in search of plastic cups,... 

<em>Accomplice: Hollywood</em>

Get Social

Accomplice: Hollywood

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

Wayne Thiebaud

Saturday 9/19 @ 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>Steeped in History: The Art of Tea</em>

Art

Steeped in History: The Art of Tea

Saturday 9/19 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

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

Kenny Scharf: <em>Barberadise</em>

Art

Kenny Scharf

Saturday 9/19 @ Honor Fraser

Kenny Scharf's latest one-man show, Barberadise, merges the past and future for a wistfully evocative, pop-culture infused present. The Hollywood native's... 

<em>Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins</em>

Theatre

Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins

Saturday 9/19 @ El Centro Theatre

Seventies hatemonger (and Harvey Milk's old nemesis) Anita Bryant is the anti-heroine in Brian Christopher Williams' gentle coming-of-age comedy. Directed by... 

Mike Shinoda: <em>Glorious Excess (Dies)</em>

Art

Mike Shinoda

Saturday 9/19 @ Japanese American National Museum

Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda has a lot on his mind — literally. His parallel career as a visual artist often finds... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Saturday 9/19 @ Scribble Press

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

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Art

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Saturday 9/19 @ REDCAT

REDCAT presents Autoconstrucción: The Film by Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas, in which the artist revisits Ajusco, his childhood neighborhood in Mexico... 

Jeni Spota: <em>Fool's Small Victory</em>

Art

Jeni Spota

Saturday 9/19 @ Kathryn Brennan Gallery

Bright Young Thing Jeni Spota has her second solo show this September with Kathryn Brennan Gallery, formerly Sister, in Chinatown. Fool's... 

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

Art

MatterApp

Saturday 9/19 @ Materials & Applications

... 

<em>Art of the Movie Poster</em>

Art

Art of the Movie Poster

Saturday 9/19 @ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Whether the product of sheer creative license or shrewd marketing heads, the movie poster has inspired as much debate as the... 

West Beach Music & Arts Festival 2009

Festival: Music

West Beach Festival

Saturday 9/19 @ West Beach, Santa Barbara

The word bashment is a Caribbean term used to describe a particularly good party, and it happens to be the name... 

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

Art

Michael Hayden

Saturday 9/19 @ 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>Octomom: The Musical</em>

Theatre

Octomom: The Musical

Saturday 9/19 @ The Fake Gallery

Octomom: The Musical places pop-cultural satire in good hands. However obvious the conceit may be, director Chris Voltaire uses it well... 

<em>Ultrasonic IV: Fresh Perspectives</em>

Art

Ultrasonic IV: Fresh Perspectives

Saturday 9/19 @ Mark Moore Gallery

Mark Moore Gallery presents its fourth iteration of Ultrasonic, a group exhibition featuring five emerging artists working in various media —... 

Chris Verene: <em>Family</em> and Jona Frank: <em>Boys</em>

Art: Photography

Jona Frank and Chris Verene

Saturday 9/19 @ DNJ Gallery

Two very different photographers take on aspects of growing up in America. Jona Frank extends her intimate yet clinical style of... 

Kamikaze Shows

Art

Kamikaze Shows

Saturday 9/19 @ PØST

The LA art world mourned the closing of downtown avant-garde exhibition staple PØST a few years ago, but now it's back... 

May Jong: <em>registered</em> and Echo Park Film Center: <em>This is the LA River</em>

Art

May Jong

Saturday 9/19 @ Happy

Los Feliz Art and Design District's own home and lifestyle shop, Happy also spotlights local and international artists in a series... 

<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

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

TreePeople presents Once Upon A Canyon Night

Festival

Once Upon A Canyon Night

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

Broadway: Historic Theatre and Commercial District Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Broadway: Historic Theatre and Commercial District Walking Tour

Saturday 9/19 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The tour explores the social, cinematic, and architectural history of the largest National Register Historic Theatre Districts in the country. The... 

Funky Sole @ Echo

Music: DJ

Funky Sole @ Echo

Saturday 9/19 @ The Echo & Echoplex

L.A.'S LONGEST RUNNING DUSTY BEAT DRIVEN WORLD FUNK PARTY RELOCATES TO THE ECHO EVERY SATURDAY STARTING & IS STILL FREE FOR... 

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

Art

Annie Lapin: Parallel Deliria Iteration

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Special Event

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Art

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Saturday 9/19 @ The Getty Museum

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

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Special Event

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Saturday 9/19 @ LACMA

Edith Heath: Tabletop Modernist

Art

Edith Heath: Tabletop Modernist

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

Irving Thalberg: Creating the Hollywood Studio System, 1920-36

Art

Irving Thalberg: Creating the Hollywood Studio System, 1920-36

Saturday 9/19 @ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

This new exhibition explores the career of legendary film producer Irving Thalberg, Hollywood’s original “Boy Wonder,” and... 

Art Deco Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Art Deco Walking Tour

Saturday 9/19 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The Art Deco tour is an in-depth look at the history, materials, and style of Art Deco architecture popular in Los... 

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

TRAFFIC!

Art: Photography

TRAFFIC!

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Art

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Saturday 9/19 @ The Getty Museum

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

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

Cinespace Saturdays

Music

Cinespace Saturdays

Saturday 9/19 @ Cinespace

Saturday nights at Cinespace is the place to be for dancing and drinks on Hollywood Boulevard. Join us for the city's... 

Historic Downtown Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Historic Downtown Walking Tour

Saturday 9/19 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The Historic Downtown tour provides an overview of the historical and cultural landmarks of downtown Los Angeles. Covering a wide range... 

Art: Photography

Irving Penn: Small Trades

Saturday 9/19 @ The Getty Museum

Irving Penn was one of the most respected photographers of the 20th century. In a career that began at the premiere... 

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

Saturday 9/19 @ 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,... 

Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution

Art

Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution

Saturday 9/19 @ The Getty Museum

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