Events on Friday, January 8

Natural History Museum's First Fridays: <em>No Place Like Home &mdash; The Science of Southern California</em>

Party

First Fridays

Friday 1/ 8 @ Natural History Museum

No need to click your ruby slippers as some gas money or a bus pass is all you need to get... 

Friday Night Sessions feat. Darlings of the Day

Music

Friday Night Sessions

Friday 1/ 8 @ California Plaza

Only in LA can an outdoor skating rink exist mere blocks from an outdoor amphitheater offering concerts in January. Better known... 

Erik Fischer: <em>LA and What Comes After</em>

Art: Photography

Erik Fischer

Friday 1/ 8 @ The Doheny

From the gnarled nature of canyon living, to the impossible ocean of light that is LA viewed from above, and the... 

Renaissance Double Feature: <em>The Lion in Winter</em> (1968) and <em>Becket</em> (1964)

Film: Double Feature

Renaissance Double Feature: The Lion in Winter (1968) and Becket (1964)

Friday 1/ 8 @ Egyptian Theatre

Friday, January 8 - 7:30 PM
Double Feature: THE
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Casual Friday: Watts Plays Brahms

Music: Classical

Casual Friday: Watts Plays Brahms

Friday 1/ 8 @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Party at the Movies!

Music

Party at the Movies!

Friday 1/ 8 @ Downtown Independent Theater

Baseck and So Simple present: Party at the Movies! A night of experimental audio and visual art.
For... 

Old-World Recipes for Great Radiant Skin

Books: Reading

Old-World Recipes for Great Radiant Skin

Friday 1/ 8 @ Book Soup

  "Narine is in a league of her own as an expert and purveyer of old world European skin care formulations....No... 

Blame Sally

Music

Blame Sally

Friday 1/ 8 @ The Mint

7:30pm Doors 8pm Dave Gleason 9pm Blame Sally 11pm Whiskey Chimp   ... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Everyday Miracles (Extended)

Friday 1/ 8 @ REDCAT

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

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

Art

Giant Robot Biennale

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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>Caught</em>

Performing Arts: Theatre

Caught

Friday 1/ 8 @ Zephyr Theatre

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

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

Art

Mark Tribe: Port Huron Project

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Friday 1/ 8 @ Gallery 1988

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

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

Special Event

Breach of Peace: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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

Friday 1/ 8 @ The Getty Museum

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

Michael Arata: <em>Remember</em>

Art

Michael Arata

Friday 1/ 8 @ Kristi Engle Gallery

Michael Arata is one of LA's best known "artist's artists," a man with serious chops as a curator as well as... 

<em>A Furious Heartbeat</em>: Shepard Fairey and Antonino D'Ambrosio present <em>A Heartbeat and a Guitar</em> and <em>Let Fury Have the Hour</em>

Party

A Furious Heartbeat

Friday 1/ 8 @ Subliminal Projects

This evening celebrates two storytelling achievements centered around music and social justice. Author Antonino D'Ambrosio's book A Heartbeat & A Guitar... 

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

Art

Otto Neurath

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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>Eggshells</em> (1968): A Film by Tobe Hooper

Film

Eggshells

Friday 1/ 8 @ The Steve Allen Theater

The parking lot of the Steve Allen Theater at the Center for Inquiry West turns into a drive-in every Friday night,... 

<em>Collecting California</em>

Art

Collecting California

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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... 

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Special Event

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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>In Bed Together</em>

Art

In Bed Together

Friday 1/ 8 @ Royal/T

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

Alison Foshee and Leslie Kneisel

Art

Alison Foshee

Friday 1/ 8 @ Jancar Gallery

Foshee takes her penchant for transforming mundane materials, that might easily be amassed from Staples, to familiar and differentiated dimensions with... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Ingres' Comtesse d'Haussonville from the Frick Collection

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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>Unusual Behavior</em>

Art

Unusual Behavior

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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>The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus</em>

Film

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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>Human Rights: Student Voices</em>

Art

Human Rights: Student Voices

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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>You Can Heal Your Life</em>

Art

You Can Heal Your Life

Friday 1/ 8 @ Circus Gallery

Curated by Emma Gray and mischievously inspired by an '80s New Age guru's best-selling self-help book, You Can Heal Your Life... 

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

Art

Intelligent Design

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Just 45 Minutes from Broadway

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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 Hammer Museum Presents <em>The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb's Book of Genesis</em>

Art

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

Friday 1/ 8 @ Hammer Museum

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

BPM Festival 2010

Festival: Music

BPM Festival

Friday 1/ 8 @ Playa del Carmen, Mexico

The BPM Festival has club owners, promoters, and other pro nightlifers flocking to the Mexican Caribbean for a well-earned, post-holiday breather.... 

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

Art

Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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... 

<em>Darkwave</em>

Art

Darkwave

Friday 1/ 8 @ Black Cat Gallery

Darkwave is a group exhibition of local painters and sculptors who are more than just friends and neighbors — they are... 

<em>I Feel Different</em>

Art

I Feel Different

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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... 

Best of TAG 2010

Art

Best of TAG 2010

Friday 1/ 8 @ [delete] TAG (The Artists Gallery)

Bergamot Station's newest tenant and a long-standing pillar of the independent art community in Los Angeles, TAG (The Artists Gallery) is... 

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

Special Event

An Idea Called Tomorrow 2

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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... 

<em>90210: Inaugural Exhibition</em>

Art

90210

Friday 1/ 8 @ Garboushian Gallery

Only a truly, madly, deeply passionate lover of art would conceive of opening a contemporary gallery in these uncertain economic times,... 

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

Art

Jeff Gambill

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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>The Best of Loop: Remote Viewing</em>

Art

The Best of Loop: Remote Viewing

Friday 1/ 8 @ Pacific Design Center

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

Ten Days of 2010 feat. Crash Kings, Happy Hollows, and Black Robot

Music

Ten Days of 2010

Friday 1/ 8 @ The Viper Room

Often seen as the epicenter of the Sunset Strip, the Viper Room hits the ground running in the new year with... 

<em>TOOLS</em>

Art

TOOLS

Friday 1/ 8 @ Art Center College of Design

Although some of the objects in TOOLS may seem familiar, they are most definitely far from from ordinary. Jointly organized by... 

Shizu Saldamando: <em>There is a Place...</em>

Art

Shizu Saldamando

Friday 1/ 8 @ Steve Turner Contemporary

Shizu Saldamando takes portraiture personally in her exhibition There is a Place. Using the old adage "draw what you know" as... 

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

Art

The Battle for Good

Friday 1/ 8 @ LACMA

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

Frank W. Ockenfels 3: <em>Without Filter</em>

Art: Photography

Frank W. Ockenfels 3

Friday 1/ 8 @ Clark Oshin Gallery

Clark Oshin Gallery shows off Frank W. Ockenfels 3's astonishing creative range with an exhibition of photographs and drawings at the... 

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

Performing Arts

Absinthe, Opium & Magic

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

SPORT: Iooss & Leifer

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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>Let There Be Light</em>

Art

Let There Be Light

Friday 1/ 8 @ Phantom Galleries LA: Long Beach

In a modern update on the urban tradition of extravagant seasonal shop-window decorations, Phantom Galleries' Long Beach phalanx offers nearly 30... 

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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... 

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Art

Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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... 

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Art

The Chimaera of Arezzo

Friday 1/ 8 @ The Getty Museum

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

<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

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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... 

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Art

Population: Portraits by Ray Turner

Friday 1/ 8 @ 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... 

Art: Photography

Irving Penn: Small Trades

Friday 1/ 8 @ The Getty Museum

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