Events on Sunday, January 17

Tiffany Trenda: <em>Specular</em>

Art: Photography

Tiffany Trenda

Sunday 1/17 @ Frank Pictures Gallery

Malibu multimedia mastermind Tiffany Trenda unveils her latest performance, Specular, with an evening of performances inside her exhibition, as part of... 

The Castanets w/ Tiger Saw and New South Whales

Music

The Castanets w/ Tiger Saw and New South Whales

Sunday 1/17 @ Bootleg Theater

Castanets are one of the chattiest percussion instruments, but the music Raymond Raposa records under that name is strictly soporific. Evoking... 

Pinot Days Southern California

Food/Wine

Pinot Days

Sunday 1/17 @ Santa Monica Air Center, Barker Hangar

Pinot Days Southern California is expected to become an annual tradition, and wine enthusiasts across the Southland are invited to experience... 

<em>8 1/2</em> (1963)

Film

8 1/2 (1963)

Sunday 1/17 @ Egyptian Theatre

Federico Fellini opens his kaleidoscopic self-portrait 8 ½ with a metaphor for the creation-challenged artist: alter ego Guido (a bello Marcello... 

Mustache Mondays

Music: DJ

Mustache Mondays

Sunday 1/17 @ La Cita

Underground fiesta Mustache Mondays turns the clock back and celebrates MLK with a special Sunday night edition. The downtown turnout, which... 

Southern California Portfolio Day

Art

Southern California Portfolio Day

Sunday 1/17 @ Art Center College of Design

Art Center College of Design will be hosting a Southern California Portfolio Day Saturday, January 17, 2010, allowing interested persons to... 

Part Time Punks with Yummy Fur [members of Franz Ferdinand & The 1990s] / Neverever @ echo

Music

Part Time Punks with Yummy Fur [members of Franz Ferdinand & The 1990s] / Neverever @ echo

Sunday 1/17 @ The Echo & Echoplex

Yummy Fur [members of Franz Ferdinand & The 1990s]

Scottish cult legends, THE YUMMY FUR, featuring members of... 

Sundays Live: Crossroads School

Music: Classical

Sundays Live: Crossroads School

Sunday 1/17 @ LACMA

Chamber ensembles from the ... 

Fellini's 8 1/2

Film

Fellini's 8 1/2

Sunday 1/17 @ Egyptian Theatre

8-1/2 (OTTO E MEZZO), 1963, Corinth Films, 144 min. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and arguably... 

Ongoing Events

Photo LA 2010

Festival: Art

Photo LA

Sunday 1/17 @ Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

The LA International Photographic Art Exposition comes to the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for its 19th-annual three-day photo festival. Dozens of... 

<em>Caught</em>

Performing Arts: Theatre

Caught

Sunday 1/17 @ Zephyr Theatre

David L. Ray's new play Caught travels to the controversial crossroads of gay marriage and the bible belt. Although the play... 

<em>Everyday Miracles (Extended)</em>

Art

Everyday Miracles (Extended)

Sunday 1/17 @ REDCAT

Unfettered by a male-dominated Asian art scene, Everyday Miracles (Extended) — an offshoot of the Everyday Miracles that debuted at the... 

<em>An Idea Called Tomorrow 2 </em>

Special Event

An Idea Called Tomorrow 2

Sunday 1/17 @ Skirball Cultural Center

An Idea Called Tomorrow offers meditations on what should/could/would make for a peaceable and sustainable future — culturally, environmentally, and socially... 

House of Blues Gospel Brunch

Music

Gospel Brunch

Sunday 1/17 @ House of Blues Sunset Strip

Those who summon spirituality from live music and Southern-style cuisine will enjoy the House of Blues' Gospel Brunch, a longtime local... 

<em>Rauschenberg at Gemini</em>

Art

Rauschenberg at Gemini

Sunday 1/17 @ Armory Center for the Arts

From 1966-2001, legendary artist Robert Rauschenberg partnered with the impressive printmakers at LA's Gemini G.E.L. to produce an astonishing 250-plus groundbreaking... 

LA Theatre Works presents <em>Awake and Sing!</em>

Theatre

Awake and Sing!

Sunday 1/17 @ Skirball Cultural Center

American playwright and protester Clifford Odets penned plays that centered around themes of class, injustice, and the Great Depression. His first... 

<em>The Best of Loop: Remote Viewing</em>

Art

The Best of Loop: Remote Viewing

Sunday 1/17 @ Pacific Design Center

Curated by Art Cinema author Paul Young, The Best of Loop: Remote Viewing examines the span of contemporary global video art,... 

Samantha Magowan, Tameka Norris, Kiki Seror: <em>LUBE</em> and Anibal Catalan: <em>MORPHO</em>

Art

LUBE and MORPHO

Sunday 1/17 @ JAUS

Mexico City-based Anibal Catalan transforms the exterior of the Jaus house with a complex gray-scale mural referencing the incandescent wings of... 

<em>Waiting for Godot</em>

Theatre

Waiting for Godot

Sunday 1/17 @ A Noise Within

Irish playwright Samuel Beckett's pivotal work Waiting for Godot returns to its A Noise Within for a ten-performance-only run. Directed by... 

<em>Human Rights: Student Voices</em>

Art

Human Rights: Student Voices

Sunday 1/17 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Recently, Art Center College of Design students directed their communications prowess towards human rights, yielding emotionally-charged pieces that straddle the line... 

Mark Tribe: <em>Port Huron Project</em>

Art

Mark Tribe: Port Huron Project

Sunday 1/17 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

At Rhizome.org, Mark Tribe supports the creation and dissemination of forward-thinking contemporary art; and LACE is a fixture in LA's anything-goes... 

Jeff Gambill: <em>Barely There</em>

Art

Jeff Gambill

Sunday 1/17 @ Sam Lee Gallery

There is sometimes a disconnect between one's idea of a place and one's actual experience. Artist Jeff Gambill works precisely in this... 

The NAMM Show

Festival: Music

The NAMM Show

Sunday 1/17 @ Anaheim Convention Center

In the music business, it's all about getting your name out there to be seen and heard, and there's no better... 

Camerata Sundays w/ Rival Sons January Residency

Music

Camerata Sundays w/ Rival Sons January Residency

Sunday 1/17 @ Cinespace

Southern California's own Rival Sons have a purist view of psychedelic rock music, with loud, hard-driving melodies, big drums, heavy bass... 

<em>Heroes and Villains: The Battle for Good in India's Comics</em>

Art

The Battle for Good

Sunday 1/17 @ LACMA

Rendering and paraphrasing India's ancient epic tales of archetypal gods and goddesses at war with demonic bad guys, Heroes and Villains:... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Sunday 1/17 @ 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... 

Ray Bradbury's <em>2116</em>

Theatre

Ray Bradbury's 2116

Sunday 1/17 @ Fremont Centre Theatre, 1000 Fremont Ave., South Pasadena, CA 91030

The musical 2116, originally written 55 years ago by legendary author Ray Bradbury, is only now finally seeing its debut, and... 

<em>Collecting California</em>

Art

Collecting California

Sunday 1/17 @ Laguna Art Museum

Works by regional and national artists come together at the Laguna Art Museum's Collecting California, which reflects the long history of... 

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Art

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Sunday 1/17 @ Arclight Sherman Oaks

Known primarily for its iconic outdoor amphitheatre and legendary musical acts, the Hollywood Bowl is offering fans a glimpse into the... 

Ingres' <em>Comtesse d'Haussonville</em> from the Frick Collection

Art

Ingres' Comtesse d'Haussonville from the Frick Collection

Sunday 1/17 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

This beguiling portrait occupies a privileged position at the threshold between French Romanticism and the early hints of modernity. Its impossibly... 

<em>Breach of Peace</em>: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge

Special Event

Breach of Peace: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge

Sunday 1/17 @ Skirball Cultural Center

The subject of an engaging exhibition and lavishly appended new book, Eric Etheridge's contemporary photographic portraits of this group of American... 

<em>Migrations of the Mind</em>: Manuscripts from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection

Art

Migrations of the Mind: Manuscripts from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection

Sunday 1/17 @ The Getty Museum

Through Spring, the Getty gets medieval with an exhibition of illustrated manuscripts culling ancient Christian, Muslim, and Eastern wisdom from past... 

Nick Cave: <em>Meet Me at the Center of the Earth</em>

Art

Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth

Sunday 1/17 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

Nick Cave — no, not that Nick Cave — is a Chicago-based artist who crafts wearable sculptures from woven hair, found... 

Henry Jaglom's <em>Just 45 Minutes from Broadway</em>

Theatre

Just 45 Minutes from Broadway

Sunday 1/17 @ Edgemar Center for the Arts

Henry Jaglom's father was a wealthy Russian businessman, and one of the few Jews Heinrich Himmler offered make an "honorary Aryan"... 

The MAK Center presents Otto Neurath: <em>Gypsy Urbanism</em>

Art

Otto Neurath

Sunday 1/17 @ MAK Center Schindler House

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture hosts an exhibition in honor of Austrian sociologist, political scientist, intellectual, and author Otto... 

<em>The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus</em>

Film

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

Sunday 1/17 @ Various Los Angeles theaters

Terry Gilliam's visually rich follow-up to such cult gems as Brazil (1985), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), and Fear and... 

<em>Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting</em>

Art

Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting

Sunday 1/17 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

Perhaps no pop artist is as famous for his window shopping as Wayne Thiebaud. Known largely for his pale palette oil... 

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Special Event

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Sunday 1/17 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Recently, Art Center College of Design students directed their communications prowess towards human rights, yielding emotionally-charged pieces that straddle the line... 

<em>Unusual Behavior</em>

Art

Unusual Behavior

Sunday 1/17 @ Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum

Curated by Flavorpill's own Heather Jeno Silva (who moonlights as the curator of the CAF's monthly Forum Lounge public conversations, among... 

<em>In Bed Together</em>

Art

In Bed Together

Sunday 1/17 @ Royal/T

Jane Glassman's years of work in the art world have seen her not only getting to know a variety of its... 

<em>SPORT: Iooss & Leifer</em>

Art: Photography

SPORT: Iooss & Leifer

Sunday 1/17 @ Annenberg Space for Photography

The Annenberg Space for Photography brings the entire genius of its well-appointed exhibition areas and NASA-quality digital-media resources to bear on... 

<em>The Pee-wee Herman Stage Show</em>

Comedy

The Pee-wee Herman Stage Show

Sunday 1/17 @ Club Nokia

For many of us, Pee-wee Herman has been a demented-yet-diverting fixture of youth. The architect of such childhood classics as Pee-wee's... 

<em>Giant Robot Biennale 2: 15 Years</em>

Art

Giant Robot Biennale

Sunday 1/17 @ Japanese American National Museum

In 2007, Giant Robot launched its first biennale celebrating 15 years as a magazine and a pop culture phenomenon. For its... 

<em>The Last Station</em>

Film

The Last Station

Sunday 1/17 @ The Landmark

Leo Tolstoy (Anna Karenina) penned some of the most dramatic stories in modern literature, but if The Last Station is anything... 

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

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Sunday 1/17 @ 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>I Feel Different</em>

Art

I Feel Different

Sunday 1/17 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

Curator Jennifer Doyle gets in touch with our emotional side in I Feel Different, a group exhibition featuring multimedia works at... 

<em>Under the Influence: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe</em>

Art

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Sunday 1/17 @ Gallery 1988

By the power of Grayskull, Gallery 1988 is about to honor the power He-Man had on us old schoolers in one... 

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

Art

James Turrell

Sunday 1/17 @ 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... 

The Grand Guignolers present <em>Absinthe, Opium & Magic</em>

Performing Arts

Absinthe, Opium & Magic

Sunday 1/17 @ Art/Works Theatre

In the tradition of Paris' Theatre du Grand Guignol, LA's Grand Guignolers combine macabre storytelling with delightful performances. This time, the... 

The Hammer Museum Presents <em>The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb's Book of Genesis</em>

Art

The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis

Sunday 1/17 @ Hammer Museum

R. Crumb's interpretation of the Book of Genesis is at once disturbing, sacrilegious, violent, and debauched, but paired with a holy... 

<em>Accomplice: Hollywood</em>

Get Social

Accomplice: Hollywood

Sunday 1/17 @ 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... 

Maazel Conducts Strauss

Music: Classical

Maazel Conducts Strauss

Sunday 1/17 @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

When Richard Strauss composed his controversial opera Salome, he based it not on the Biblical account but on the more lurid... 

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Art

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Sunday 1/17 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

A former painting instructor at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, artist Ray Turner fashions a uniquely seductive and engaging... 

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Sunday 1/17 @ 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... 

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Art

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Sunday 1/17 @ The Getty Museum

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

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Art

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Sunday 1/17 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

A leader in the American Printmaking movement, Frances Gearhart’s work was embedded in the time and place of the Arts and... 

<em>Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres</em>

Art

Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres

Sunday 1/17 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

In conjunction with the installation of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's stunning Comtesse d’Haussonville, 1845, on loan from The Frick Collection in New... 

Biltmore Hotel Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Biltmore Hotel Walking Tour

Sunday 1/17 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

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

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Sunday 1/17 @ 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... 

Forever Hollywood

Film: Documentary

Forever Hollywood

Sunday 1/17 @ Egyptian Theatre

FOREVER HOLLYWOOD (55 min.) is a permanent attraction film which screens exclusively at the Egyptian Theatre. Produced by the American Cinematheque,... 

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Art

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Sunday 1/17 @ The Getty Museum

Over 180 ancient glass objects from the collection of Erwin Oppenländer are featured in this exhibition. The Oppenländer collection, which the Getty... 

<em>ROAD TO FREEDOM: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956&ndash;1968</em>

Special Event

ROAD TO FREEDOM: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956–1968

Sunday 1/17 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Making its West Coast debut at the Skirball, Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956–1968 features more than... 

Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference

Art

Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference

Sunday 1/17 @ The Getty Museum

Telling the differenc between drawings by Rembrandt and his pupils is a centuries-old problem. A popular teacher with more than 50...