Events on Friday, February 12

Control presents The Crystal Method

Music: DJ

The Crystal Method

Friday 2/12 @ Avalon Hollywood

The Crystal Method were among the few big-beat acts able to ride the 1990s wave that saw electronic music take center... 

STS9 w/ Nalepa Dub Orchestra

Music: Electronic

STS9 w/ Nalepa Dub Orchestra

Friday 2/12 @ The Wiltern

In their exuberant live show, STS9 blend their instrumental post-rock virtuosity with tripped-out electronic flourishes equally informed by dub, dance music,... 

The Chicago Underground Duo

Music

The Chicago Underground Duo

Friday 2/12 @ Bootleg Theater

THE CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO Chicago Underground Duo has been part of a new generation of music improvisers that emerged in Chicago... 

Weekend Series: <i>Tightrope</i>

Film

Weekend Series: Tightrope

Friday 2/12 @ LACMA

In this nocturnal thriller, a cop with a taste for S&M pursues a psychopath who
... 

Christian Death w/ Mad Life CANCELLED

Music

Christian Death w/ Mad Life CANCELLED

Friday 2/12 @ El Rey

In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. Then Christian Death turned it upside down.

Crackle.com presents <em>The Bannen Way</em> w/ Cast & Crew In Person

Film

Crackle.com presents The Bannen Way w/ Cast & Crew In Person

Friday 2/12 @ Egyptian Theatre

The American Cinematheque Blows Up the Internet: ORIGINAL WEB CONTENT THAT CRACKLES, 122 min. Crackle, Sony Pictures Entertainment's online video network,... 

Fania Records & Wax Poetics Present: Boogaloo Assassins w/ Chico Mann and Joe Cuba record release and tribute party

Music: Global

Fania Records & Wax Poetics Present: Boogaloo Assassins w/ Chico Mann and Joe Cuba record release and tribute party

Friday 2/12 @ The Mint

8pm DOORS 10pm Chico Mann 11:30pm Boogaloo Assassins   Boogaloo Assassins   Formed in Los Angeles from the ashes of the... 

<em>Fleshpot On 42nd St.</em> and <em>The Body Beneath</em>

Film

Fleshpot On 42nd St. and The Body Beneath

Friday 2/12 @ The Cinefamily

VIEW CLIP Fleshpot On 42nd St. - 8:00pm
Andy Milligan might not be as renowned or respected as Paul Morrissey,... 

Casual Fridays: Schumann – Ravel

Music: Classical

Casual Fridays: Schumann – Ravel

Friday 2/12 @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Weekend Series: <em>Dirty Harry</em>

Film

Weekend Series: Dirty Harry

Friday 2/12 @ LACMA

In the first and best of a cycle of seventies vigilante films that critic Pauline
... 

<em>The New Year Parade</em>

Film

The New Year Parade

Friday 2/12 @ Downtown Independent Theater

THE CINEFIST QUARTERLY SCREENING SERIES With the emergence of new models of production and distribution comes a new breed of interdependent... 

Ongoing Events

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

Theatre

Ray Bradbury's 2116

Friday 2/12 @ 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>The Women of Women: The Female Form</em>

Art

The Women of Women: The Female Form

Friday 2/12 @ Taylor De Cordoba Gallery

Curator Yasmine Mohseni takes advantage of the female form's captive powers in The Women of Women, a group exhibition featuring the... 

<em>Caught</em>

Performing Arts: Theatre

Caught

Friday 2/12 @ Zephyr Theatre

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

Scion Installation 6: Video

Art

Scion Installation 6: Video

Friday 2/12 @ The Scion Installation LA Space

Scion continues its bid to outpace the NEA with its first big traveling show of 2010. They commissioned ten artists to... 

Andres Guerrero and Albert Reyes

Art

Andres Guerrero and Albert Reyes

Friday 2/12 @ Subliminal Projects

From two LA artists comes a dual exhibition about the way individuals perceive themselves and the world around them, when nothing... 

<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 2/12 @ 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>Rauschenberg at Gemini</em>

Art

Rauschenberg at Gemini

Friday 2/12 @ 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... 

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

Art

LUBE and MORPHO

Friday 2/12 @ 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>The Ballad of Emmett Till</em>

Theatre

The Ballad of Emmett Till

Friday 2/12 @ The Fountain Theatre

In a modern-day California gothic tale worthy of something by Raymond Chandler, John Fante, Charles Bukowski, or James Ellroy, the longtime... 

Daniel Dove

Art

Daniel Dove

Friday 2/12 @ Cherry and Martin

Daniel Dove's large-scale oil paintings attempt to reconcile the duality of the world outside of the artist's studio that is in... 

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

Friday 2/12 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Friday 2/12 @ 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... 

Gustavo Godoy: <em>Fast-Formal Object: Big White</em>

Art

Gustavo Godoy

Friday 2/12 @ Honor Fraser

Somewhere on the formal continuum between Gordon Matta-Clark's cut-outs and the Ice Hotel in Sweden lie the architectural sculptures and interventions... 

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

Special Event

An Idea Called Tomorrow 2

Friday 2/12 @ 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... 

Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Valentine Bash: A Benefit for Highways

Theatre

Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Valentine Bash

Friday 2/12 @ Highways Performance Space

Highways Performance Space's latest venture is a tongue-in-cheek Valentine to "America's first gay president," Abraham Lincoln. The two-night event hosted by... 

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

Art: Photography

SPORT: Iooss & Leifer

Friday 2/12 @ 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... 

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Art

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Friday 2/12 @ 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>The Color Purple</em>

Theatre

The Color Purple

Friday 2/12 @ Pantages Theatre

The story of Celie, a young black woman growing up in a minefield of abuse, racism, poverty, and deceit, who perseveres... 

Kamrooz Aram: <em>Generation After Generation, Revolution After Revolution</em> and Artemio: <em>ChakrAK-47</em>

Art

Kamrooz Aram

Friday 2/12 @ LAXART

Kamrooz Aram and Artemio engage in an unhinging of the standard mechanisms of image-making, challenging social norms in the process. Artemio's... 

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

Art

Mark Jenkins

Friday 2/12 @ 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... 

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

Art

Human Rights: Student Voices

Friday 2/12 @ 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>The Never-Ending Story: Fairytale, Fantasy, Obsession</em>

Art

The Never-Ending Story

Friday 2/12 @ Royal/T

It might be tempting to envision a romper room when you hear a maid café is hosting an exhibit with the... 

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

Art

Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth

Friday 2/12 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

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

<em>Eggshells</em> (1968): A Film by Tobe Hooper

Film

Eggshells

Friday 2/12 @ 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,... 

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

Theatre

Just 45 Minutes from Broadway

Friday 2/12 @ 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>Projections: A Festival of Rare and Hard-to-See Films</em>

Film: Shorts

Projections

Friday 2/12 @ Roberts & Tilton Gallery

Organized by co-curator of 2008's Beautiful Losers, Aaron Rose, Projections: A Festival of Rare and Hard-to-See Films is just what it... 

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

Art

The Fool's Journey

Friday 2/12 @ 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... 

<em>Iconoclassic</em>

Art

Iconoclassic

Friday 2/12 @ Bleicher/Golightly

The current group show at Santa Monica's Bleicher/Golightly Gallery is a celebration of misuse. Nine artists manipulate, rehabilitate, disguise, and deprive... 

Kenny Harris: <em>A Month in Istanbul</em>

Art

Kenny Harris

Friday 2/12 @ Koplin del Rio Gallery

LA painter Kenny Harris is a modern update on the archetype of the peripatetic plein air school, an artist whose frequent... 

<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 2/12 @ 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... 

The Wooster Group: <em>North Atlantic</em>

Theatre

The Wooster Group

Friday 2/12 @ REDCAT

REDCAT's four-year artist-in-residence project with the Wooster Group is one of those gifts that just keeps on giving. Not content with... 

Chris Barnard: <em>Full Spectrum Dominance</em>

Art

Chris Barnard

Friday 2/12 @ Sam Lee Gallery

Remote warfare, military drones, and other robotic tools of destruction used to be the stuff of science fiction novels but now... 

International Yoga Asana Championships

Sports

International Yoga Asana Championships

Friday 2/12 @ Westin Los Angeles Airport 5400 W. Century Blvd., LA, CA 90045

Some will seek their lovers on Valentine's Day and others will seek to find the love in themselves through the ancient... 

Chalk Repertory Theatre presents <em>Twelfth Night</em>

Theatre

Twelfth Night

Friday 2/12 @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Known for putting theatre up in unique locations, Ovation Award-winning Chalk Repertory Theatre is set to bring cross-dressing, mistaken identity, general... 

J. David Carlson: <em>Playscapes</em> and Michael Dotson: <em>Architectonic Dreams</em>

Art

J. David Carlson and Michael Dotson

Friday 2/12 @ Lawrence Asher Gallery

The dialogue in Playscapes and Architectonic Dreams riffs off paintings inspired by a 1980s video-game aesthetic and intricate diorama sculptures (think... 

Heard of Elephants and Synchronicity Space present <em>C'est l'amour</em>

Art

Heard of Elephants

Friday 2/12 @ Synchronicity Space

Just in time for Valentine's Day, LA-based art and music collective Heard of Elephants participates in a two-week residency at Synchronicity... 

<em>Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward</em>

Special Event

Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward

Friday 2/12 @ 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

Friday 2/12 @ 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... 

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Special Event

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Friday 2/12 @ 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>Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy</em>

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Friday 2/12 @ 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... 

Oscar Nominee IN THE LOOP Limited Engagement

Film

Oscar Nominee IN THE LOOP Limited Engagement

Friday 2/12 @ Egyptian Theatre

IN THE LOOP, 2008, IFC Films, 106 min. Dir. Armando Iannucci.     ... 

<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 2/12 @ 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... 

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

Art

Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres

Friday 2/12 @ 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... 

The Wooster Group

Theatre

The Wooster Group

Friday 2/12 @ REDCAT

The Wooster Group: North Atlantic
... 

<em>Waiting for Armageddon</em>

Film: Documentary

Waiting for Armageddon

Friday 2/12 @ Downtown Independent Theater

WAITING FOR ARMAGEDDON
2009, 35mm, color, 74min


"Evangelicals need to see this movie to understand the... 

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Art

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Friday 2/12 @ 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... 

Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference

Art

Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference

Friday 2/12 @ 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>In the Loop</em>

Film

In the Loop

Friday 2/12 @ Egyptian Theatre

IN THE LOOP, 2008, IFC Films, 106 min. Director/writer Armando Iannucci and writer Tony Roche will appear in person at the... 

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Friday 2/12 @ 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 2/12 @ 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...