Events on Tuesday, February 16

Reel to Reel: <em>Louis Armstrong: Good Evening Ev&rsquo;rybody</em>

Film: Documentary

Reel to Reel: Louis Armstrong: Good Evening Ev’rybody

Tuesday 2/16 @ The GRAMMY Museum

He was the man with the recognizable deep and throaty voice, a constant smile, and a trumpet by his side. First... 

Spaceland Productions & LA Weekly present An Evening with Rickie Lee Jones @ Vista Theatre

Music

Spaceland Productions & LA Weekly present An Evening with Rickie Lee Jones @ Vista Theatre

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Echo & Echoplex

Music legend and former LA resident (she lived on Westminster Ave in Venice during a pivotal time in her early career),... 

Tuesday Matinees: <em>A Perfect World</em>

Film

Tuesday Matinees: A Perfect World

Tuesday 2/16 @ LACMA

Set in the 1960s, a story about the relationship that develops on the road between an escaped convict and the young... 

Chamber Music

Music: Classical

Chamber Music

Tuesday 2/16 @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

As a memorial to his closest friend, Shostakovich turned to the... 

Los Lonely Boys

Music

Los Lonely Boys

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Wiltern

California's Los Lobos are the reigning kings of Tex-Mex/Rock Espanol. But this debut CD by the San Angelo, Texas band Los... 

Sascha Rothchild: <em>How to Get Divorced by 30: My Misguided Attempt at a Starter Marriage</em>

Books: Reading

Sascha Rothchild: How to Get Divorced by 30: My Misguided Attempt at a Starter Marriage

Tuesday 2/16 @ Book Soup

"When Sascha realized that the one person she didn't want at her thirtieth birthday party was her husband, she knew that... 

<em>One Too Many Mornings</em> w/ cast & crew Q&A!

Film

One Too Many Mornings w/ cast & crew Q&A!

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Cinefamily

VIEW CLIP In a unique hybrid of fratboy-esque raunch and Cassavetes-style naturalism, One Too Many Mornings, fresh from its premiere at... 

Ongoing Events

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

Special Event

An Idea Called Tomorrow 2

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Art

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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 Women of Women: The Female Form</em>

Art

The Women of Women: The Female Form

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

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

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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>The Color Purple</em>

Theatre

The Color Purple

Tuesday 2/16 @ Pantages Theatre

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

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

Art

Gustavo Godoy

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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>Human Rights: Student Voices</em>

Art

Human Rights: Student Voices

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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>Rauschenberg at Gemini</em>

Art

Rauschenberg at Gemini

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

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

Art

J. David Carlson and Michael Dotson

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

Andres Guerrero and Albert Reyes

Art

Andres Guerrero and Albert Reyes

Tuesday 2/16 @ Subliminal Projects

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

<em>The Never-Ending Story: Fairytale, Fantasy, Obsession</em>

Art

The Never-Ending Story

Tuesday 2/16 @ Royal/T

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

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

Special Event

Breach of Peace: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

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

Art

LUBE and MORPHO

Tuesday 2/16 @ JAUS

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

Josh Azzarella: <em>Untitled #100 (Fantasia)</em>

Art

Josh Azzarella: Untitled #100 (Fantasia)

Tuesday 2/16 @ Mark Moore Gallery

Known for his video and photography manipulations of monumental news imagery, including the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center,... 

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

Art

The Fool's Journey

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

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

Art

Kenny Harris

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Special Event

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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>Projections: A Festival of Rare and Hard-to-See Films</em>

Film: Shorts

Projections

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

Takeover Tuesdays

Music: DJ

Takeover Tuesdays

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Garter Lounge

A sure shot for anyone and a low-key place to let loose on a school night, Takeover Tuesdays attracts a friendly... 

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

Special Event

Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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,... 

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

Art

Mark Jenkins

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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>Body and Soul</em>

Art

Body and Soul

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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>Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy</em>

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

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

Art

Kamrooz Aram

Tuesday 2/16 @ LAXART

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

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

Theatre

The Wooster Group

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

<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

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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>Iconoclassic</em>

Art

Iconoclassic

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

Sour Harvest presents <em>Give Me Space to Think</em>

Art

Give Me Space to Think

Tuesday 2/16 @ Sherman Gallery

Cannibal Flower and Thinkspace are staples of the East Side/Downtown independent art scene, favoring a certain kind of edgy, urban romanticism... 

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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 Wooster Group

Theatre

The Wooster Group

Tuesday 2/16 @ REDCAT

The Wooster Group: North Atlantic
... 

Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference

Art

Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

Ferraby Lionheart February Residency at Bootleg

Music

Ferraby Lionheart February Residency at Bootleg

Tuesday 2/16 @ Bootleg Theater

FERRABY LIONHEART Los Angeles folk-pop singer/songwriter Ferraby Lionheart was born in Nashville, TN, and his musical influences range from Shel Silverstein... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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>Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres</em>

Art

Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

<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

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

Kim Rugg: <em>Please Remain Calm</em>and Josh Azzarella: <em>Untitled #100 (Fantasia)</em>

Art

Kim Rugg: Please Remain Calmand Josh Azzarella: Untitled #100 (Fantasia)

Tuesday 2/16 @ Mark Moore Gallery

  Opening Reception: Saturday, February 13, 5-7p On View February 13 – March 13, 2010   Featuring DJ MoreDillon...