Events on Sunday, January 31

Joseph Beuys and Paul Thek: Glamour and a Woman’s Touch

Special Event

Joseph Beuys and Paul Thek: Glamour and a Woman’s Touch

Sunday 1/31 @ LACMA

George Baker, associate professor of art history at UCLA, discusses these two artists whose work
... 

Sergio Leone: ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA

Film

Sergio Leone: ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA

Sunday 1/31 @ Egyptian Theatre

ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, 1984, Warner Bros., 229 min. Childhood friends Robert De Niro and James Woods rise to... 

South Dakotan Mystery Novelist Lori Armstrong

Books: Reading

South Dakotan Mystery Novelist Lori Armstrong

Sunday 1/31 @ Book Soup

  Lori Armstrong presents and signs No Mercy. "Within just a few pages of No Mercy I was... 

Ivan and Alyosha w/ Brown Sugar Sinks and Greg Jong at Bootleg

Music

Ivan and Alyosha w/ Brown Sugar Sinks and Greg Jong at Bootleg

Sunday 1/31 @ Bootleg Theater

IVAN AND ALYOSHA Ivan & Alyosha got together in 2007, playing their first show at Chop Suey in Seattle on July... 

Sundays Live: Angeli Duo

Music: Classical

Sundays Live: Angeli Duo

Sunday 1/31 @ LACMA

Angeli Duo: Violinists Julie Gigante and Sara Parkins, with guests harpsichordist Lucinda Carver and cellist
... 

Ongoing Events

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

Comedy

The Pee-wee Herman Stage Show

Sunday 1/31 @ 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... 

Art Los Angeles Contemporary

Festival: Art

Art Los Angeles Contemporary

Sunday 1/31 @ Pacific Design Center

Dozens of international galleries temporarily set up shop at the Pacific Design Center as part of the inaugural three-day Art Los... 

<em>Caught</em>

Performing Arts: Theatre

Caught

Sunday 1/31 @ Zephyr Theatre

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

STOMP

Theatre

STOMP

Sunday 1/31 @ Pantages Theatre

STOMP, the physical theatre troupe originally from the UK, has evolved into a full-scale ensemble that uses percussion, body movement, comedy,... 

<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 1/31 @ 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 1/31 @ The Getty Museum

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

<em>The Fool's Journey: The History and Symbolism of the Tarot</em>

Art

The Fool's Journey

Sunday 1/31 @ Craft and Folk Art Museum

Where London has the Victoria and Albert, LA has the Craft and Folk Art Museum; yet, too often, the little institution... 

Khastoo Gallery and Filmforum LA present <em>Circles of Confusion: A Hollis Frampton Film Retrospective</em>

Festival: Film

Hollis Frampton Retrospective

Sunday 1/31 @ Khastoo Gallery

Now in its 34th year, Los Angeles Filmforum is LA's longest-running organization screening experimental films, and it's teaming up with Khastoo... 

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 1/31 @ Hammer Museum

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

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Art

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Sunday 1/31 @ Arclight Sherman Oaks

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

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

Art

Everyday Miracles (Extended)

Sunday 1/31 @ REDCAT

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

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Special Event

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Sunday 1/31 @ 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>Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward</em>

Special Event

Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward

Sunday 1/31 @ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Known most famously for his reign as one of theater's greatest playwrights, British-born Noël Coward wore many other hats: singer, actor,... 

<em>Body and Soul</em>

Art

Body and Soul

Sunday 1/31 @ American Jewish University

Each of the artists in the three-person show, Body and Soul, carries an impressive list of achievements. Featuring work by Kathryn... 

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

Art: Photography

SPORT: Iooss & Leifer

Sunday 1/31 @ 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>Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy</em>

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Sunday 1/31 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Just 45 Minutes from Broadway

Sunday 1/31 @ 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"... 

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

Art

The Best of Loop: Remote Viewing

Sunday 1/31 @ Pacific Design Center

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

<em>A Town Called Panic</em>

Film

A Town Called Panic

Sunday 1/31 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre

Cowboy, Indian, and Horse wreak havoc in this slapstick stop-motion animation film, based on a cult Belgian TV series distributed by... 

Mark Jenkins: <em>Meaning is Overrated</em>

Art

Mark Jenkins

Sunday 1/31 @ Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art

Street-installation artist Mark Jenkins uses unlikely juxtapositions to shake people loose from their day-to-day expectations. The streets of world cities aren't... 

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

Art

Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth

Sunday 1/31 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

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

Automata & IBEX Puppetry present <em>Bride of Wildenstein: The Musical</em>

Performing Arts: Puppetry

Bride of Wildenstein: The Musical

Sunday 1/31 @ The Velaslavasay Panorama

LA-based nonprofit Automata is teaming up with Ibex Puppetry at the Velaslavasay Panorama for a program starring puppeteer, singer, and "high-art... 

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

Art

The Battle for Good

Sunday 1/31 @ LACMA

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

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

Art

LUBE and MORPHO

Sunday 1/31 @ JAUS

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

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

Theatre

Ray Bradbury's 2116

Sunday 1/31 @ 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... 

A + D Museum's Urban Hike: Forgotten LA feat. Mike the PoeT

Special Event

Urban Hike: Forgotten LA

Sunday 1/31 @ Various locations

The Architecture and Design Museum is back with a trio of tours across forgotten LA, featuring resident urban bard, Mike the... 

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

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Sunday 1/31 @ 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>An Idea Called Tomorrow 2 </em>

Special Event

An Idea Called Tomorrow 2

Sunday 1/31 @ 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... 

The More the Merrier: Posters from the Ten Best Picture Nominees, 1936–1943

Art

The More the Merrier: Posters from the Ten Best Picture Nominees, 1936–1943

Sunday 1/31 @ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Does having more Best Picture nominations affect the quality of films made? Maybe not. But then again, the last time 10... 

House of Blues Gospel Brunch

Music

Gospel Brunch

Sunday 1/31 @ 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 1/31 @ 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... 

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

Performing Arts

Absinthe, Opium & Magic

Sunday 1/31 @ 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 MAK Center presents Otto Neurath: <em>Gypsy Urbanism</em>

Art

Otto Neurath

Sunday 1/31 @ 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>Fish Tank</em>

Film

Fish Tank

Sunday 1/31 @ Laemmle's Sunset 5

Plucked from an Essex train station while arguing with her boyfriend, 17-year-old actor Katie Jarvis gives the performance of her life... 

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

Art

Human Rights: Student Voices

Sunday 1/31 @ 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>Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting</em>

Art

Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting

Sunday 1/31 @ 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... 

Mark Tribe: <em>Sweet Child Solos</em>

Art

Mark Tribe: Sweet Child Solos

Sunday 1/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

James Turrell

Sunday 1/31 @ 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... 

Camerata Sundays w/ Rival Sons January Residency

Music

Camerata Sundays w/ Rival Sons January Residency

Sunday 1/31 @ 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>Accomplice: Hollywood</em>

Get Social

Accomplice: Hollywood

Sunday 1/31 @ 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... 

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Art

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Sunday 1/31 @ 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 1/31 @ 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... 

Anderszewski Plays Beethoven

Music: Classical

Anderszewski Plays Beethoven

Sunday 1/31 @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Young Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko, whose tutors included Esa-Pekka Salonen, was the youngest to be appointed principal... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Sunday 1/31 @ 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... 

<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 1/31 @ 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... 

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Art

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Sunday 1/31 @ 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... 

Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference

Art

Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference

Sunday 1/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres

Sunday 1/31 @ 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... 

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Art

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Sunday 1/31 @ 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... 

Biltmore Hotel Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Biltmore Hotel Walking Tour

Sunday 1/31 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

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

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Art

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Sunday 1/31 @ The Getty Museum

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

Closer 104.7

Art: Happening

Closer 104.7

Sunday 1/31 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) presents CLOSER 104.7, a radio collaboration with artist Jeff Cain, as part of the Art Los...