Events on Sunday, September 27

25th Annual Abbot Kinney Festival

Festival

Abbot Kinney Festival

Sunday 9/27 @ Abbot Kinney

For the 25th year, the Abbot Kinney District Association invites one and all to Abbot Kinney Boulevard for a day of... 

The Dodos w/ the Ruby Suns, Sian Alice Group

Music

The Dodos w/ the Ruby Suns, Sian Alice Group

Sunday 9/27 @ El Rey

Fans of the Dodos stunning sophomore effort Visiter should expect more and then some from the band's latest, Time To Die.... 

Kid Koala presents <em>The Slew</em> Live

Music: Electronic

Kid Koala

Sunday 9/27 @ Key Club

Quebec turntablist Kid Koala has an uncanny knack for shaking things up: in a single set, he's bound to sample rock,... 

Disco Fever 3 feat. Kool & the Gang, CHIC w/ Nile Rogers, and Village People

Music

Disco Fever 3 feat. Kool & the Gang, CHIC w/ Nile Rogers, and Village People

Sunday 9/27 @ Hollywood Bowl

Back by popular demand, the Bowl's disco dance party features the biggest bands from the disco era including Kool & the... 

Tao Lin Can't Stop Shoplifting from American Apparel

Books: Reading

Tao Lin Can't Stop Shoplifting from American Apparel

Sunday 9/27 @ Book Soup

Tao Lin presents and signs Shoplifting from American Apparel Set mostly in Manhattan—although also... 

An Intimate Evening with NIKKOLE plus special guest Rashad

Music

An Intimate Evening with NIKKOLE plus special guest Rashad

Sunday 9/27 @ The Mint

Nikkole is an independent musician that has established herself as a true artist within the music world.  Among the current crop
... 

Jos&eacute; Antonio Sistiaga: ere erera baleibu icik subua aruaren (w/ new live score by Savage Republic!)

Music: Experimental

José Antonio Sistiaga: ere erera baleibu icik subua aruaren (w/ new live score by Savage Republic!)

Sunday 9/27 @ The Cinefamily

A hand-painted masterpiece of the 1970s; a legendary band of the 1980s. Sistiaga’s rarely-screened ere erera baleibu icik subua aruaren is... 

Sascha Abramsky tackles American hunger

Books: Reading

Sascha Abramsky tackles American hunger

Sunday 9/27 @ Book Soup

 Sasha Abramsky presents... 

Project Butterfly Presents: What on Earth?

Film: Documentary

Project Butterfly Presents: What on Earth?

Sunday 9/27 @ Downtown Independent Theater

In "What On Earth?," filmmaker Suzanne Taylor tracks her interactions in England as part of an international community of visionary artists,... 

"40 Years of Designing the Future" Art Direction for STAR TREK Panel & Screening

Special Event: Tribute

"40 Years of Designing the Future" Art Direction for STAR TREK Panel & Screening

Sunday 9/27 @ Egyptian Theatre

STAR TREK: 40 Years of Designing the Future  
Director’s Cut! STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE,
... 

Astrology with Goldschneider

Books: Reading

Astrology with Goldschneider

Sunday 9/27 @ Book Soup

 Gary Goldschneider presents and signs Gary Goldschneider's Everyday Astrology... 

Heather Belle and Michelle Fiordaliso Want to Know Everything About Ex

Books: Reading

Heather Belle and Michelle Fiordaliso Want to Know Everything About Ex

Sunday 9/27 @ Book Soup

Heather Belle and Michelle Fiordaliso present and sign Everything You Always Wanted to Know about... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

May Jong

Sunday 9/27 @ Happy

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

Salon No. 2: Works 030-065

Art

Salon No. 2

Sunday 9/27 @ Marine

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

Ugo Wine Bar

City Gems

Ugo Wine Bar

Sunday 9/27 @ 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>An Evening Without Monty Python: A 40th Anniversary Celebration of Monty Python's Flying Circus </em>

Comedy

An Evening Without Monty Python

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

<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 9/27 @ 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>Coco Before Chanel</em>

Film

Coco Before Chanel

Sunday 9/27 @ Various Los Angeles theaters

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

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

Art: Photography

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

Sunday 9/27 @ 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>Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins</em>

Theatre

Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

7 For All Mankind   Warehouse Sale

Fashion/Style

7 For All Mankind

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Sunday 9/27 @ 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>Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy</em>

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Sunday 9/27 @ 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>Sweets & Treats</em>: Wayne Thiebaud in the Collection of the Norton Simon Museum

Art

Wayne Thiebaud

Sunday 9/27 @ 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>We Live in Public</em>

Film

We Live in Public

Sunday 9/27 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre

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

City Gems

Scribble Press

Sunday 9/27 @ Scribble Press

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

Kamikaze Shows

Art

Kamikaze Shows

Sunday 9/27 @ PØST

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

LA Opera presents <em>The Elixir of Love</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

The Elixir of Love

Sunday 9/27 @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Billed as the first bel canto production from LA Opera in six years, The Elixir of Love features a big gun:... 

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

Art

Art of the Movie Poster

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

<em>Accomplice: Hollywood</em>

Get Social

Accomplice: Hollywood

Sunday 9/27 @ 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>Steeped in History: The Art of Tea</em>

Art

Steeped in History: The Art of Tea

Sunday 9/27 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

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

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

Theatre

Gogol Project

Sunday 9/27 @ Bootleg Theater

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

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

Art: Photography

In Focus: Making a Scene

Sunday 9/27 @ 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>Parade</em>

Theatre

Parade

Sunday 9/27 @ 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,... 

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

Art

Fallen Fruit: United Fruit

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

TarFest 2009

Festival

TarFest

Sunday 9/27 @ Miracle Mile

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

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

Art

Mike Shinoda

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

<em>Kill Me, Deadly</em>

Theatre

Kill Me, Deadly

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

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

Art

James Turrell

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Art

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Sunday 9/27 @ REDCAT

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

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

Art

MatterApp

Sunday 9/27 @ Materials & Applications

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Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution

Art

Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution

Sunday 9/27 @ The Getty Museum

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

Art: Photography

Irving Penn: Small Trades

Sunday 9/27 @ The Getty Museum

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

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

Art

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

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Special Event

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City

Sunday 9/27 @ 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

Sunday 9/27 @ 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

Sunday 9/27 @ LACMA

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Art

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes

Sunday 9/27 @ The Getty Museum

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

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

Biltmore Hotel Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Biltmore Hotel Walking Tour

Sunday 9/27 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

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