Events on Thursday, February 25

Andrew Lynch w/ Eagle and Talon and the Section Quartet

Music

Andrew Lynch

Thursday 2/25 @ The Echo & Echoplex

Radio Free Silverlake calls it "sentimental, comical, and relatable," and tonight, Andrew Lynch releases Sun Incisions, his sophomore solo studio effort... 

Trailer Park Boys - The Ricky, Julian and Bubbles' Community Service Variety Show

Comedy

Trailer Park Boys - The Ricky, Julian and Bubbles' Community Service Variety Show

Thursday 2/25 @ The Wiltern

We've Got Gremlins & Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Film: Double Feature

We've Got Gremlins & Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Thursday 2/25 @ Egyptian Theatre

GREMLINS, 1984, Warner Bros., 106 min. Dir. Joe Dante. When Billy (Zach Galligan) breaks the cardinal rules for the keeping of... 

Spring Summer w/ Audra Mae, and Senator and the New Republic at Bootleg

Music

Spring Summer w/ Audra Mae, and Senator and the New Republic at Bootleg

Thursday 2/25 @ Bootleg Theater

SPRING SUMMER Jennifer Furches has played and recorded with many a band between North Carolina and California, including LA favorites Seawolf,... 

<em>Liquid Sky</em> w/ director Slava Tsukerman in person

Film

Liquid Sky w/ director Slava Tsukerman in person

Thursday 2/25 @ The Cinefamily

VIEW CLIP One of the coolest, funniest and freakiest distillations of the '80s post-punk underground, Liquid Sky is pure madness, blending... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Chris Barnard

Thursday 2/25 @ Sam Lee Gallery

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

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Art

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Thursday 2/25 @ Arclight Sherman Oaks

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

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

Art

Kamrooz Aram

Thursday 2/25 @ 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 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

Thursday 2/25 @ 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 Never-Ending Story: Fairytale, Fantasy, Obsession</em>

Art

The Never-Ending Story

Thursday 2/25 @ Royal/T

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

Sumi Ink Club: <em>Sumi Room</em>

Art

Sumi Ink Club: Sumi Room

Thursday 2/25 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

Sumi Ink Club represents a new ethos in the art world, one that builds on the playful spirit of artists like... 

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

Art: Photography

SPORT: Iooss & Leifer

Thursday 2/25 @ 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>The Ballad of Emmett Till</em>

Theatre

The Ballad of Emmett Till

Thursday 2/25 @ 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... 

Ruby Ray: <em>First Wave Punk Photography</em>

Art: Photography

Ruby Ray

Thursday 2/25 @ La Luz de Jesus

Multimedia artist, photographer, and journalist Ruby Ray may not be a household name, but with a body of work like hers,... 

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

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Thursday 2/25 @ 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

Thursday 2/25 @ 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>Rauschenberg at Gemini</em>

Art

Rauschenberg at Gemini

Thursday 2/25 @ 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

Thursday 2/25 @ 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>Blood Into Wine</em>

Film: Documentary

Blood into Wine

Thursday 2/25 @ Laemmle's Sunset 5

It's no mystery that enigmatic mega-rocker Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer) has proven his talents in a number... 

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

Art

Josh Azzarella: Untitled #100 (Fantasia)

Thursday 2/25 @ 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>Puppetry of the Penis</em>

Performing Arts: Puppetry

Puppetry of the Penis

Thursday 2/25 @ Coast Playhouse

A "bone"-ified smash. With "organ" accompaniment. Now that that's out of the way, yes, Puppetry of the Penis is exactly what... 

<em>Portraiture for the Silicon Enlightenment</em>

Art

Portraiture for the Silicon Enlightenment

Thursday 2/25 @ Kinkead Contemporary

Curated by Angela Dufresne, the Fuckheads group show features artists who challenge traditional ways of seeing, moving away from portraiture aligned... 

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

Art

Human Rights: Student Voices

Thursday 2/25 @ 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>Body and Soul</em>

Art

Body and Soul

Thursday 2/25 @ 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>The Ulysses Guide to the Los Angeles River</em>

Art

The Ulysses Guide to the Los Angeles River

Thursday 2/25 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

The Los Angeles River has been having a comeback, if you can argue that it was ever popular to begin with.... 

Victor Gastelum: <em>Selected Works</em>

Art

Victor Gastelum

Thursday 2/25 @ Track 16 Gallery

Courtesy of the freshly re-opened Track 16 Gallery and curated by Elizabeta Betinski of the recently closed and much-missed Overtones Gallery,... 

Teatro en el Blanco: <em>Diciembre</em>

Theatre

Teatro en el Blanco: Diciembre

Thursday 2/25 @ REDCAT

Leap forward to Christmas Eve 2014 and into the mind of Chilean writer-director Guillermo Calderón, who, along with a cast of... 

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

Art

The Fool's Journey

Thursday 2/25 @ 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... 

Andres Guerrero and Albert Reyes

Art

Andres Guerrero and Albert Reyes

Thursday 2/25 @ Subliminal Projects

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

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

Special Event

Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward

Thursday 2/25 @ 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>Breach of Peace</em>: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge

Special Event

Breach of Peace: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge

Thursday 2/25 @ 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... 

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

Art

Give Me Space to Think

Thursday 2/25 @ Sherman Gallery

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

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

Art

Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth

Thursday 2/25 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

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

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Thursday 2/25 @ 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... 

<em>The Color Purple</em>

Theatre

The Color Purple

Thursday 2/25 @ Pantages Theatre

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

Yoshitaka Amano: <em>Deva Loka: Los Angeles</em>

Art

Yoshitaka Amano

Thursday 2/25 @ LeBasse Projects

Yoshitaka Amano is something of a living legend in his native Japan, being one of the most influential and prolific artists,... 

<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

Thursday 2/25 @ The Getty Museum

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

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Special Event

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Thursday 2/25 @ 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... 

Reload Thursdays

Music

Reload Thursdays

Thursday 2/25 @ Cinespace

The party Thursday evening is at Cinespace. See why everyone in Hollywood is talking about our new Thursdays. Ladies free before... 

Gravity Works

Theatre

Gravity Works

Thursday 2/25 @ Cinespace

Gravity Works is a professional caberet/vaudeville/comedy troupe created by producer/director Russell Boast out of a desire to create a unique performance... 

<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

Thursday 2/25 @ 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>Bulletproof Salesman</em>

Film

Bulletproof Salesman

Thursday 2/25 @ Downtown Independent Theater

A self-confessed war profiteer, Fidelis Cloer always had an on eye on growth opportunities and found the perfect war when the... 

Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference

Art

Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference

Thursday 2/25 @ 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

Thursday 2/25 @ 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

Thursday 2/25 @ 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... 

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)

Thursday 2/25 @ Mark Moore Gallery

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

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Thursday 2/25 @ 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>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Thursday 2/25 @ 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...