Events on Saturday, February 27
Saturday 2/27 @ Disney Concert Hall
Haters may want to file away Dirty Projectors under "things white people like" along with bands like Grizzly Bear and Animal...
Cocktail Napkin Art Invitational
Saturday 2/27 @ E3rd Steakhouse
In what could be called real kunst (as an art-world equivalent to real politik), Downtown soirée impresario Jerico Woggon is back...
The Face of a Nation: Rembrandt and His Time
Saturday 2/27 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art
Rembrandt’s remarkable innovations in the portrayal of himself and his contemporaries were part of the monumental changes taking place in 17th-century...
Birdemic: Shock and Terror w/ Tim and Eric
Saturday 2/27 @ The Cinefamily
VIEW CLIP The most discussed and anticipated avian-based disaster film since the The Birds, Birdemic: Shock And Terror is equal parts...
African American Filmmakers Short Film Celebration
Saturday 2/27 @ Egyptian Theatre
AFRICAN AMERICAN FILMMAKERS Short Film Celebration, 75 min. This shorts program celebrates the voices that define a new generation of Black...
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Saturday 2/27 @ The Cinefamily
VIEW CLIP "Virtually every shot is a knockout." - Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
As joyful as it...
Astra Heights Record Release w/ the Romany Rye, Lemon Sun, and Jeffertitti's Nile at Bootleg
Saturday 2/27 @ Bootleg Theater
KROQ - Locals Only ASTRA HEIGHTS "The band... an amalgam of hooky rock with references ranging from the Stooges to Queen...
Silent Film Comedies with Live Orchestra CLOWN PRINCES
Saturday 2/27 @ Egyptian Theatre
The Da Camera Society Presents: Los Angeles Debut! Paragon Ragtime Orchestra: CLOWN PRINCES: An irresistible blend of music, architecture and film,...
Ongoing Events
Saturday 2/27 @ Pantages Theatre
The story of Celie, a young black woman growing up in a minefield of abuse, racism, poverty, and deceit, who perseveres...
Saturday 2/27 @ Zephyr Theatre
David L. Ray's new play Caught travels to the controversial crossroads of gay marriage and the bible belt. Although the play...
The Ulysses Guide to the Los Angeles River
Saturday 2/27 @ 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....
Saturday 2/27 @ Sam Lee Gallery
Remote warfare, military drones, and other robotic tools of destruction used to be the stuff of science fiction novels but now...
Migrations of the Mind: Manuscripts from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection
Saturday 2/27 @ The Getty Museum
Through Spring, the Getty gets medieval with an exhibition of illustrated manuscripts culling ancient Christian, Muslim, and Eastern wisdom from past...
Teatro en el Blanco: Diciembre
Saturday 2/27 @ REDCAT
Leap forward to Christmas Eve 2014 and into the mind of Chilean writer-director Guillermo Calderón, who, along with a cast of...
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Saturday 2/27 @ Roberts & Tilton Gallery
Photographer, painter, installation artist, and skate legend Ed Templeton is a natural documentarian, first coming to the art world's attention with...
Saturday 2/27 @ Saban Theatre
If there's one thing that will get Lost fans and Gleeks off the couch, it's PaleyFest. Going on its 27th year,...
Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth
Saturday 2/27 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA
Nick Cave — no, not that Nick Cave — is a Chicago-based artist who crafts wearable sculptures from woven hair, found...
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Saturday 2/27 @ 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,...
Saturday 2/27 @ 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"...
Saturday 2/27 @ LAXART
Kamrooz Aram and Artemio engage in an unhinging of the standard mechanisms of image-making, challenging social norms in the process. Artemio's...
Saturday 2/27 @ Various Hollywood locations
Co-produced by Neil Patrick Harris and Tom Salamon, Accomplice: Hollywood sends teams of intrepid folks along Hollywood Boulevard and its environs...
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Portraiture for the Silicon Enlightenment
Saturday 2/27 @ Kinkead Contemporary
Curated by Angela Dufresne, the Fuckheads group show features artists who challenge traditional ways of seeing, moving away from portraiture aligned...
How Many Billboards? Art in Stead
Saturday 2/27 @ MAK Center for Art and Architecture
In New York, street art is tagged on the sides of buildings and pasted on empty storefronts. In Los Angeles, a...
Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward
Saturday 2/27 @ 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,...
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Saturday 2/27 @ Dragonfly
Point Break LIVE! turns cinematic lemons into lemonade, raucously skewering the cult-classic film by casting an unrehearsed audience volunteer to fill...
Saturday 2/27 @ Sherman Gallery
Cannibal Flower and Thinkspace are staples of the East Side/Downtown independent art scene, favoring a certain kind of edgy, urban romanticism...
Saturday 2/27 @ Arclight Sherman Oaks
Known primarily for its iconic outdoor amphitheatre and legendary musical acts, the Hollywood Bowl is offering fans a glimpse into the...
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Breach of Peace: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Andres Guerrero and Albert Reyes
Saturday 2/27 @ Subliminal Projects
From two LA artists comes a dual exhibition about the way individuals perceive themselves and the world around them, when nothing...
Saturday 2/27 @ Royal/T
It might be tempting to envision a romper room when you hear a maid café is hosting an exhibit with the...
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Josh Azzarella: Untitled #100 (Fantasia)
Saturday 2/27 @ 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,...
Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Saturday 2/27 @ LeBasse Projects
Yoshitaka Amano is something of a living legend in his native Japan, being one of the most influential and prolific artists,...
Saturday 2/27 @ Laemmle's Sunset 5
To the Hollywood films that portray women as ball-busters, constantly demanding commitment from aloof men, director Kyle Patrick Alvarez's first feature...
The More the Merrier: Posters from the Ten Best Picture Nominees, 1936–1943
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Saturday 2/27 @ Charlie James Gallery
Travis Somerville is one of the west coast's fastest-rising art stars, first coming to national attention as the winner of the...
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Saturday 2/27 @ 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,...
Saturday 2/27 @ JAUS
Mexico City-based Anibal Catalan transforms the exterior of the Jaus house with a complex gray-scale mural referencing the incandescent wings of...
Historic Downtown Walking Tour
Saturday 2/27 @ Los Angeles Conservancy
The Historic Downtown tour provides an overview of the historical and cultural landmarks of downtown Los Angeles. Covering a wide range...
ROAD TO FREEDOM: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956–1968
Saturday 2/27 @ 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: Please Remain Calmand Josh Azzarella: Untitled #100 (Fantasia)
Saturday 2/27 @ Mark Moore Gallery
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 13, 5-7p On View February 13 – March 13, 2010 Featuring DJ MoreDillon...
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Broadway: Historic Theatre and Commercial District Walking Tour
Saturday 2/27 @ Los Angeles Conservancy
The tour explores the social, cinematic, and architectural history of the largest National Register Historic Theatre Districts in the country. The...
Saturday 2/27 @ Cinespace
Saturday nights at Cinespace is the place to be for dancing and drinks on Hollywood Boulevard. Join us for the city's...
Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Saturday 2/27 @ Downtown Independent Theater
Special introduction by the director via Skype
Do you know what happens when you drink the water?
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Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Saturday 2/27 @ Downtown Independent Theater
Showing March 26th - April 1st
Fri 26th: 4:40, 6:30, 8:20*, 10:10
Sat 27th: 1:00, 2:50, 4:40,...
Saturday 2/27 @ Los Angeles Conservancy
The Art Deco tour is an in-depth look at the history, materials, and style of Art Deco architecture popular in Los...
Saturday 2/27 @ Downtown Independent Theater
ZOMBIE GIRL: THE MOVIE chronicles the creative passion of Emily Hagins, an extraordinary pre-teen girl following her filmmaking dreams.
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Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
Saturday 2/27 @ 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...
