Events on Saturday, September 26

TOMS Shoes presents the Collaborative Canvas feat. Brandon Boyd & Kristin Jai Klosterman

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Collaborative Canvas feat. Brandon Boyd

Saturday 9/26 @ Undefeated

Whatever your relationship to the music of Incubus, there's no denying its singer, Brandon Boyd, is a gifted painter, with acclaimed... 

Earthdance 2009

Festival: Music

Earthdance

Saturday 9/26 @ Conejo Creek North Park

In 1996, Chris Deckker founded Earthdance with a single crazy idea in mind—to spread peace through music via a synched-up global... 

Create:Fixate: <em>SnapFlash</em>

Art: Photography

Create:Fixate

Saturday 9/26 @ Premiere Events Center

Create:Fixate's sixth-annual all-photography show features all the trademark Create:Fixate elements, including an optical lounge with live video and an arts bazaar... 

Surfas presents <em>Amuse Bouche</em>

Food/Wine

Amuse Bouche

Saturday 9/26 @ Surfas

Gourmet superstore Surfas hosts a class with Andre and Sara Charboneaux, fast-rising celebu-chefs who will be filming a pilot for their... 

Malhar Magic

Music: Global

Malhar Magic

Saturday 9/26 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

The Raga Malhar, a legendary raga in Indian classical music, invokes the sentiments of joy and rejuvenation associated with the majestic... 

Cash'd Out "Special Acoustic Living Room Session"

Music

Cash'd Out "Special Acoustic Living Room Session"

Saturday 9/26 @ The Mint

LA WEEKLY & The Mint Present: CASH'D OUT : "the next best thing to Johnny Cash"
Cash'd Out is the premier
... 

Exhibition Lecture: Luis Meléndez, Master of the Spanish Still Life

Special Event

Exhibition Lecture: Luis Meléndez, Master of the Spanish Still Life

Saturday 9/26 @ LACMA

To mark the opening of the special exhibition Luis Meléndez, Master of the Spanish Still Life, exhibition co-curator Gretchen A. Hirschauer,... 

Anderson and Greene are High on Glitz

Books: Reading

Anderson and Greene are High on Glitz

Saturday 9/26 @ Book Soup

Susan Anderson and Robert Greene present and sign High Glitz: The Extravagant World of Child... 

Brom's Child Thief

Books: Reading

Brom's Child Thief

Saturday 9/26 @ Book Soup

Brom presents and signs The Child Thief Beautifully illustrated by the author with haunting... 

Devil's Express! (1981)

Film

Devil's Express! (1981)

Saturday 9/26 @ The Cinefamily

At the dawn of the '80s, Hong Kong horror had transformed into a slimy cinematic beast. Demonic possession was in vogue,... 

Michelle Maisto and her Love Affair with Food.

Books: Reading

Michelle Maisto and her Love Affair with Food.

Saturday 9/26 @ Book Soup

Michelle Maisto presents and signs The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love... 

James Bond I.B. Technicolor Double Feature

Film: Double Feature

James Bond I.B. Technicolor Double Feature

Saturday 9/26 @ Egyptian Theatre

Technicolor Double Feature: ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE, 1969, MGM Repertory, 140 min. Dir. Peter Hunt. When... 

Sing-A-Long Sound of Music

Music

Sing-A-Long Sound of Music

Saturday 9/26 @ Hollywood Bowl

The Hollywood Hills are alive with The Sound of Music! Everyone’s favorite sing-a-long returns to the giant screen at the Bowl... 

Out of Bounds: The Third Annual LACE 10K

Festival: Art

Out of Bounds: The Third Annual LACE 10K

Saturday 9/26 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

LACE invites you to take to the streets as we present an afternoon of clandestine surprises on September... 

The Magic Flute (1975)

Film

The Magic Flute (1975)

Saturday 9/26 @ The Cinefamily

The Magic Flute, a comedic opera, is one of Bergman’s most unique and magical films. Bergman manages to achieve a perfect... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Fallen Fruit: United Fruit

Saturday 9/26 @ 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 9/26 @ Marine

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

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

Art

Steeped in History: The Art of Tea

Saturday 9/26 @ 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 9/26 @ 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 9/26 @ 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 9/26 @ 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... 

7 For All Mankind   Warehouse Sale

Fashion/Style

7 For All Mankind

Saturday 9/26 @ Los Angeles Convention Center

Let's face it, finding the right pair of jeans is like trying to find the right guy (or gal—or both, if... 

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Saturday 9/26 @ Vinum Populi

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

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

Art

Jeni Spota

Saturday 9/26 @ 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... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Saturday 9/26 @ 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... 

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Art

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Saturday 9/26 @ REDCAT

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

<em>Coco Before Chanel</em>

Film

Coco Before Chanel

Saturday 9/26 @ Various Los Angeles theaters

Audrey Tautou (aka Amélie) stars as Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in this visually stunning French film about the... 

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

Art

Michael Hayden

Saturday 9/26 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Aristophanes' Peace at the Getty Villa

Saturday 9/26 @ 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 9/26 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Jona Frank and Chris Verene

Saturday 9/26 @ DNJ Gallery

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

<em>Point Break LIVE!</em>

Theatre

Point Break LIVE!

Saturday 9/26 @ Dragonfly

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

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

Art

May Jong

Saturday 9/26 @ Happy

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

<em>Parade</em>

Theatre

Parade

Saturday 9/26 @ Mark Taper Forum

The Donmar Warehouse production of Parade currently playing at Mark Taper isn't conventional music theater. Like Tony Kushner's Caroline or Change,... 

Mac and Retna: <em>Vagos y Reinas</em>

Art

Mac and Retna

Saturday 9/26 @ Robert Berman Gallery

Mac and Retna are a pair of artists who regularly collaborate on monumental outdoor murals and other graffiti-based public art installations.... 

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

Theatre

The Cherry Orchard

Saturday 9/26 @ 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>We Live in Public</em>

Film

We Live in Public

Saturday 9/26 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre

Over ten years in the making, We Live in Public documents the life of Internet visionary and "Warhol of the Web"... 

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

Art

Cause & Effect

Saturday 9/26 @ LM Projects

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

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

Art: Photography

In Focus: Making a Scene

Saturday 9/26 @ 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 9/26 @ 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... 

Titus Kaphar: <em>Reconstruction</em>

Art

Titus Kaphar

Saturday 9/26 @ 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 9/26 @ Regen Projects

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

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

Art: Photography

Chris Jordan

Saturday 9/26 @ 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>Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art</em>

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Saturday 9/26 @ 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... 

<em>Accomplice: Hollywood</em>

Get Social

Accomplice: Hollywood

Saturday 9/26 @ 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 9/26 @ 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... 

Alexis Weidig Zoto: <em>Life is Relentless</em>

Art

Alexis Zoto

Saturday 9/26 @ Overtones Gallery

Through the deft and witty reconfiguration of sentimental objects such as ornate furniture, decorative garlands, household saints, wood, feathers, and hand-knit... 

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

Art

Gary Lang and Jay Mark Johnson

Saturday 9/26 @ 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>An Evening Without Monty Python: A 40th Anniversary Celebration of Monty Python's Flying Circus </em>

Comedy

An Evening Without Monty Python

Saturday 9/26 @ Montalbán Theatre

All-new players enact the classic sketch bits of Monty Python's Flying Circus, under the keen and expert eye of directors Eric... 

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

Art

Claire Oswalt

Saturday 9/26 @ 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... 

City Gems

Scribble Press

Saturday 9/26 @ Scribble Press

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

Rogue Artists Ensemble presents <em>Gogol Project</em>

Theatre

Gogol Project

Saturday 9/26 @ Bootleg Theater

Through the use of projection, masks, puppetry, dance, and music, Rogue Artists Ensemble redefines the traditional theatre company. The collective's latest... 

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

Art: Photography

David LaChapelle

Saturday 9/26 @ 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... 

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

Art

MatterApp

Saturday 9/26 @ Materials & Applications

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

Art

Art of the Movie Poster

Saturday 9/26 @ 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... 

TarFest 2009

Festival

TarFest

Saturday 9/26 @ Miracle Mile

TarFest takes over the one-mile stretch of cultural institutions nestled along Wilshire Boulevard, which is home to the El Rey Theatre,... 

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

Art

Intelligent Design

Saturday 9/26 @ 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>Octomom: The Musical</em>

Theatre

Octomom: The Musical

Saturday 9/26 @ 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 9/26 @ Mark Moore Gallery

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

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

Art

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

Saturday 9/26 @ Gallery 825

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

Kamikaze Shows

Art

Kamikaze Shows

Saturday 9/26 @ PØST

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

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

Art

Michael Dee

Saturday 9/26 @ 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>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 9/26 @ 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>Siegfried</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Siegfried

Saturday 9/26 @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

LA Opera continues its Ring adventure with the testosterone-charged centerpiece, Siegfried. Things have grown creepier since the last installment, DieWalkure. German... 

TreePeople presents Once Upon A Canyon Night

Festival

Once Upon A Canyon Night

Saturday 9/26 @ 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 9/26 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

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

Cinespace Saturdays

Music

Cinespace Saturdays

Saturday 9/26 @ Cinespace

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

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Special Event

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Saturday 9/26 @ 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 9/26 @ 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 9/26 @ LACMA

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

Art

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

Saturday 9/26 @ 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 9/26 @ 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... 

Funky Sole @ Echo

Music: DJ

Funky Sole @ Echo

Saturday 9/26 @ 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... 

Saturdays Off the 405

Music: DJ

Saturdays Off the 405

Saturday 9/26 @ The Getty Museum

Fridays Off the 405 are now Saturdays Off the 405! Enjoy outdoor music and evening views of the city and drink... 

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Saturday 9/26 @ 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... 

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Art

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Saturday 9/26 @ 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 9/26 @ 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... 

Meg Stuart and Philipp Gehmacher: Maybe Forever

Dance

Meg Stuart and Philipp Gehmacher: Maybe Forever

Saturday 9/26 @ REDCAT

Two of Europe's most engaging and eloquent choreographers come together capturing the whirling passions, fears and anxieties of true love that... 

Historic Downtown Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Historic Downtown Walking Tour

Saturday 9/26 @ 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 9/26 @ The Getty Museum

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

Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution

Art

Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution

Saturday 9/26 @ The Getty Museum

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