Events on Wednesday, February 17

Friends of Friends presents Ernest Gonzales: <em>Been Meaning to Tell You</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Music: DJ
Been Meaning to Tell You
@ The Airliner
Music marketing guru and impresario Leeor Brown founded the Friends of Friends record label in March of 2009, releasing fashion and...  View details »
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<em>Getting Gertie's Garter</em> (1927) and <em>Up In Mabel's Room</em> (1926)
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Film
Getting Gertie's Garter (1927) and Up In Mabel's Room (1926)
@ The Cinefamily
VIEW CLIP Tonight's double feature takes a look at one of the Silent era's most prolific and adorable flappers: cutie-pie Marie...  View details »
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Film Independent's 10th Annual Directors Close-Up: <em>Writing and Directing Comedy</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Film
Directors Close-Up: Writing and Directing Comedy
@ The Landmark
What's so funny? Tonight's Directors Close-Up panel attempts to answer this question — at least when it comes to making indie...  View details »
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<em>It's a Numbers Game</em>: Artists in Conversation
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
It's a Numbers Game
@ The Loft at Liz's
In a simple but salient and infinitely expandable curatorial gesture, the Loft at Liz's examines the ubiquity of numbers in modern...  View details »
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Under the Asbury w/ Joshua Norton, Mason Reed and Diving Bells
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Music: Rock/Pop
Under the Asbury w/ Joshua Norton, Mason Reed and Diving Bells
@ Silverlake Lounge
UNDER THE ASBURY "The music of Asbury plays like a soundtrack to a haunted circus. It jangles and rattles with dirge-like...  View details »
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The Watson Twins w/ Deep Sea Diver and Daisy McCrackin at Bootleg
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Music: Folk/Country
The Watson Twins w/ Deep Sea Diver and Daisy McCrackin at Bootleg
@ Bootleg Theater
THE WATSON TWINS "Their soulful harmonies are at the center of a sparkling pop sound that has a Memphis-meets-L.A. texture and...  View details »
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Strictly Social w/ N'Dambi
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Music: Soul/R&B
Strictly Social w/ N'Dambi
@ Little Temple
Nu-Soul Magazine & Soul Union present STRICTLY SOCIAL - An Evening of Eclectic Soul Fusion - Wednesday February 17, 2010
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Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Music: Classical
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
@ Walt Disney Concert Hall
The world-renowned Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra – an ensemble that dates back to 1743 and boasts Mendelssohn as...  View details »
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Sonja Lyubomirsky: <i>The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want</i>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Reading
Sonja Lyubomirsky: The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want
@ Book Soup
Sonja Lyubomirsky presents and signs The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want.   (Note: This...  View details »
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Ann Mah: <em>Kitchen Chinese: A Novel about Food, Family, and Finding Yourself</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Reading
Ann Mah: Kitchen Chinese: A Novel about Food, Family, and Finding Yourself
@ Book Soup
"[A] refreshing and fun narrative, helped along by a fantastic heroine whose insights into modern China and the expatriate experience will...  View details »
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<em>The Reflected Gaze: Self Portraiture Today</em>, curated by Max Presneill
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
The Reflected Gaze: Self Portraiture Today, curated by Max Presneill
@ Torrance Art Museum
Featuring: Justin Bower, Chuck Close, Emily Counts, Ariel Erestingcol, Mark Greenwold, Julie Heffernan, Damien Hirst, Per Huttner, KAWS, Tom LaDuke, Hung...  View details »
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Open House feat. Mr. Caparro and Wiseacre
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Music: DJ
Open House
@ Bar Copa
You know and love him as part of the erstwhile west-side club night Funky in the Middle, as well as the...  View details »
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IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
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IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices
@ Skirball Cultural Center
View twenty provocative, large-scale graphic-art posters by students from the Art Center College of Design, created in 2008 to commemorate the...  View details »
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<em>Projections: A Festival of Rare and Hard-to-See Films</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Film: Shorts
Projections
@ 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...  View details »
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<em>Puppetry of the Penis</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Performing Arts: Puppetry
Puppetry of the Penis
@ Coast Playhouse
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<em>Rauschenberg at Gemini</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
Rauschenberg at Gemini
@ 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...  View details »
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CityCenter, Las Vegas
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Getaway
CityCenter
@ CityCenter, Las Vegas
As if Angelenos needed another reason to visit Las Vegas, now there's CityCenter, a dazzling, 67-acre, mixed-use development smack in the...  View details »
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<em>Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
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Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward
@ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
This touring exhibition highlights the life and career of Noël Coward, the multitalented playwright, composer, director, actor, cabaret artist, wartime patriot...  View details »
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Lobby Tastings
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
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Lobby Tastings
@ The Downtown Standard Hotel
Swirl, sniff, sip, swish, and spit (or swallow) with Silver Lake Wine's Wednesday-evening Lobby Tastings at the Downtown Standard. Aficionados educate...  View details »
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<em>SPORT: Iooss & Leifer</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art: Photography
SPORT: Iooss & Leifer
@ Annenberg Space for Photography
 
THE ANNENBERG SPACE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY PRESENTS
PHOTOGRAPHS BY WALTER IOOSS
... 
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Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow
Month_02 Thursday Day_18
Art
Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow
@ Arclight Sherman Oaks
Known primarily for its iconic outdoor amphitheatre and legendary musical acts, the Hollywood Bowl is offering fans a glimpse into the...  View details »
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Mark Jenkins: <em>Meaning is Overrated</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
Mark Jenkins
@ 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...  View details »
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Kenny Harris: <em>A Month in Istanbul</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
Kenny Harris
@ 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...  View details »
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David Hochbaum: <em>You Are Not Falling, You Are Floating</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
David Hochbaum: You Are Not Falling, You Are Floating
@ Corey Helford Gallery
Corey Helford Gallery is pleased to present You Are Not Falling, You Are Floating featuring new works by New York artist...  View details »
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Wednesdays at Little Temple
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Music: DJ
Wednesdays at Little Temple
@ Little Temple
Starting this month, if it's Wednesday, it's time to hit the dance floor at the Little Temple, where they've scored some...  View details »
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Gustavo Godoy: <em>Fast-Formal Object: Big White</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
Gustavo Godoy
@ 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...  View details »
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<em>The Ulysses Guide to the Los Angeles River</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
The Ulysses Guide to the Los Angeles River
@ Pasadena Museum of California Art
Showcasing new "currents" in art inspired by the Los Angeles River’s strange yet invigorating presence in the City of Angels, the...  View details »
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Diana Thater: <em>Between Science and Magic</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art: Exhibition
Diana Thater: Between Science and Magic
@ Santa Monica Museum of Art
The Santa Monica Museum of Art presents:

Diana Thater: Between Science and Magic
January 16 - April... 
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Kamrooz Aram: <em>Generation After Generation, Revolution After Revolution</em> and Artemio: <em>ChakrAK-47</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
Kamrooz Aram
@ LAXART
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The Wooster Group: <em>North Atlantic</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Performing Arts: Theatre
The Wooster Group
@ 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...  View details »
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<em>Breach of Peace</em>: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
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Breach of Peace: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge
@ Skirball Cultural Center
In the spring and summer of 1961, several hundred Americans—blacks and whites, men and women—converged on Jackson, Mississippi, to challenge state...  View details »
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Nick Cave: <em>Meet Me at the Center of the Earth</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
Nick Cave
@ Fowler Museum, UCLA
Nick Cave — no, not that Nick Cave — is a Chicago-based artist who crafts wearable sculptures from woven hair, found...  View details »
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<em>The Women of Women: The Female Form</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
The Women of Women: The Female Form
@ 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...  View details »
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Venice Beach Wines
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
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Venice Beach Wines
@ Venice Beach Wines
Venice's transformation from the sister nabe of Loisaida into Williamsburg West continues as posh locals-heavy favorite Venice Beach Wines lights up...  View details »
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<em>Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy</em>
Month_02 Thursday Day_18
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Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy
@ 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...  View details »
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Andres Guerrero and Albert Reyes
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
Andres Guerrero and Albert Reyes
@ Subliminal Projects
From two LA artists comes a dual exhibition about the way individuals perceive themselves and the world around them, when nothing...  View details »
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<em>Body and Soul</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
Body and Soul
@ 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...  View details »
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<em>An Idea Called Tomorrow 2 </em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
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An Idea Called Tomorrow 2
@ Skirball Cultural Center
Experience contemporary art that gives expression to what a more civil future might look like. Inviting visitors to contemplate the active...  View details »
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Nira Pereg: <em>Sabbath 2008</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art: Exhibition
Nira Pereg: Sabbath 2008
@ Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Monica Museum of Art presents:

Project Room 2:
Nira Pereg: Sabbath 2008

 
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Rush Street
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
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Rush Street
@ Rush Street
Rush Street may be the loudest bar/restaurant in Culver City, but that's just part of its authentic Chicago style. The creative,...  View details »
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<em>Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
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Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art
@ Norton Simon Museum of Art
Visitors to the Norton Simon Museum are accustomed to viewing peaceful, benevolent Buddhist deities, such as smiling Buddhas deep in meditation...  View details »
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J. David Carlson: <em>Playscapes</em> and Michael Dotson: <em>Architectonic Dreams</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
J. David Carlson and Michael Dotson
@ 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...  View details »
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<em>The Color Purple</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Performing Arts: Theatre
The Color Purple
@ Pantages Theatre
The story of Celie, a young black woman growing up in a minefield of abuse, racism, poverty, and deceit, who perseveres...  View details »
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Chris Barnard: <em>Full Spectrum Dominance</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
Chris Barnard
@ Sam Lee Gallery
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Susan Feniger's Street
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
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Susan Feniger's Street
@ Street
Celebu-chef Susan Feniger of Too Hot Tamales serves up everything from Malaysian Kaya Toast to Moldavian Meatballs at her latest, most...  View details »
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Yogaglo
Month_02 Thursday Day_18
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Yogaglo
@ Yogaglo
Yoga lovers will be jumping for joy (or rather, doing the Downward Dog) thanks to Yogaglo, a new online interactive site that...  View details »
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The More the Merrier: Posters from the Ten Best Picture Nominees, 1936–1943
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
The More the Merrier: Posters from the Ten Best Picture Nominees, 1936–1943
@ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
This new Academy exhibition features poster art and other advertising materials representing the 80 films nominated for Best Picture between 1936...  View details »
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<em>Iconoclassic</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
Iconoclassic
@ 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...  View details »
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Josh Azzarella: <em>Untitled #100 (Fantasia)</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
Josh Azzarella: Untitled #100 (Fantasia)
@ Mark Moore Gallery
Opening the same night as Kim Rugg's latest exhibition, Please Remain Calm, Mark Moore Gallery is also pleased to present a...  View details »
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Samantha Magowan, Tameka Norris, Kiki Seror: <em>LUBE</em> and Anibal Catalan: <em>MORPHO</em>
Month_02 Thursday Day_18
Art
LUBE and MORPHO
@ JAUS
Mexico City-based Anibal Catalan transforms the exterior of the Jaus house with a complex gray-scale mural referencing the incandescent wings of...  View details »
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Sour Harvest presents <em>Give Me Space to Think</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
Give Me Space to Think
@ Sherman Gallery
Cannibal Flower and Thinkspace are staples of the East Side/Downtown independent art scene, favoring a certain kind of edgy, urban romanticism...  View details »
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<em>Human Rights: Student Voices</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
Human Rights: Student Voices
@ Skirball Cultural Center
View more than a dozen large-scale, provocative graphic-arts posters by students from Art Center College of Design, created in celebration of...  View details »
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Jeffrey Wells: <em>Seeing While Seeing</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art: Exhibition
Jeffrey Wells: Seeing While Seeing
@ Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Monica Museum of Art presents:

Project Room 1:

Jeffrey Wells: Seeing While... 
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<em>ROAD TO FREEDOM: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956&ndash;1968</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
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ROAD TO FREEDOM: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956–1968
@ 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...  View details »
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<em>Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres</em>
Month_02 Thursday Day_18
Art: Exhibition
Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres
@ 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...  View details »
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<em>Lake of Fire</em>: Paintings by Doro Hofmann
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
Lake of Fire: Paintings by Doro Hofmann
@ Ghettogloss
Ghettogloss Gallery is pleased to present Lake of Fire, a solo exhibition featuring the work of Los Angeles-based German artist Doro...  View details »
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<em>FAX</em>: Curated by Joao Ribas (The Drawing Center) and Independent Curators International, NYC
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
FAX: Curated by Joao Ribas (The Drawing Center) and Independent Curators International, NYC
@ Torrance Art Museum
FAX invites a multigenerational group of artists, as well as architects, designers, scientists and filmmakers, to conceive of the fax machine...  View details »
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R&B Live
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Music: Soul/R&B
R&B Live
@ Cinespace
Wednesday's R&B Nights feature a dynamic blend of new and established acts in an exciting showcase format. Join us to celebrate...  View details »
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Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
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Art
Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
@ The Getty Museum
Over 180 ancient glass objects from the collection of Erwin Oppenländer are featured in this exhibition. The Oppenländer collection, which the...  View details »
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<em>Waiting for Armageddon</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Film: Documentary
Waiting for Armageddon
@ Downtown Independent Theater
WAITING FOR ARMAGEDDON
2009, 35mm, color, 74min


"Evangelicals need to see this movie to understand the... 
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<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>
Month_02 Thursday Day_18
Art
Inspired by the Ocean
@ 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...  View details »
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Migrations of the Mind: Manuscripts from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
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Migrations of the Mind: Manuscripts from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection
@ The Getty Museum
Medieval Muslim and Christian medicine, Chinese acupuncture, secret experiments in alchemical laboratories, codebooks for keeping secrets secret, and French and Persian...  View details »
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Kim Rugg: <em>Please Remain Calm</em>and Josh Azzarella: <em>Untitled #100 (Fantasia)</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Art
Kim Rugg: Please Remain Calmand Josh Azzarella: Untitled #100 (Fantasia)
@ Mark Moore Gallery
  Opening Reception: Saturday, February 13, 5-7p On View February 13 – March 13, 2010   Featuring DJ MoreDillon...  View details »
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<em>A Boy and His Dog</em>
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Film
A Boy and His Dog
@ Downtown Independent Theater
A BOY AND HIS DOG
35mm, 88 min, 1975, R
dir. L.Q. Jones

Wed Feb. 10th... 
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Dub Club @ Echoplex
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Music
Dub Club @ Echoplex
@ The Echo
Resident DJs:
Tom Chasteen
Roy Corderoy
The Dungeonmaster
Boss Harmony

Spinning the best in... 
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The Wooster Group
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Performing Arts: Theatre
The Wooster Group
@ REDCAT
The Wooster Group: North Atlantic
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Mi casa es tu casa, A LAND Project
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Mi casa es tu casa, A LAND Project
@ The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Mexico City–based artist Moris's (a.k.a. Israel Meza Moreno) site-specific installation on the exterior of The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA presents a...  View details »
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Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
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Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference
@ 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...  View details »
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Noah's Ark at the Skirball
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Noah's Ark at the Skirball
@ 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...  View details »
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WEDNESDAYS: METAL BEACH! Live Bands, Go-Go Dancers, Metal DJ's, Drink Specials, Raffles & More!!
Month_02 Wednesday Day_17
Music: Punk/Metal
WEDNESDAYS: METAL BEACH! Live Bands, Go-Go Dancers, Metal DJ's, Drink Specials, Raffles & More!!
@ Air Conditioned Supper Club
 METAL BEACH TONIGHT!  Every Wednesday - Live Metal Bands, Go-Go Dancers, Metal DJ, Drink Specials, Raffles, Free Professional band photos (for...  View details »
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