Events on Thursday, March 11

We Live in Public: Hi-Tech Hook Up Event

Film

We Live in Public: Hi-Tech Hook Up Event

Thursday 3/11 @ Egyptian Theatre

Over ten years in the making, We Live in Public documents the life of Internet visionary and "Warhol of the Web"... 

Salon Panel Discussion: <em>Art in the Domestic Setting</em>

Special Event

Art in the Domestic Setting

Thursday 3/11 @ Marine

Marine's series of themed group exhibits are designed to be absorbed as a personal collection, and the art salon's latest, Salon... 

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

Film

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

Thursday 3/11 @ The Cinefamily

A spellbinding documetary, Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo by Director Jessica Oreck, (2009, 90 min) explores the mystery of the development of... 

Criminally Unknown Films: FOUR FRIENDS & EYEWITNESS

Film: Double Feature

Criminally Unknown Films: FOUR FRIENDS & EYEWITNESS

Thursday 3/11 @ Egyptian Theatre

FOUR FRIENDS, 1981, MGM Repertory, 114 min. Dir. Arthur Penn. Steve Tesich's largely autobiographical tale of Yugoslavian immigrant (Craig Wasson) and... 

Bushwalla + Gravity

Music

Bushwalla + Gravity

Thursday 3/11 @ The Mint

Gravity, 9:30 Bushwalla, 10:30   Billy “Bushwalla” Galewood is... 

Cave Singers with The Dutchess & The Duke and The Moondoggies @ echo

Music

Cave Singers with The Dutchess & The Duke and The Moondoggies @ echo

Thursday 3/11 @ The Echo & Echoplex

True to their acoustic mantra, they maintain an earthy, naturistic, rootsy feel. Not as in a “twangy country,” but as in,... 

Navigating the Film Festival World Seminar for Filmmakers

Workshop/Class

Navigating the Film Festival World Seminar for Filmmakers

Thursday 3/11 @ Egyptian Theatre

Back By Popular Demand! NAVIGATING THE FILM FESTIVAL WORLD - Spring 2010 Edition. What lies beyond Sundance for you and... 

The New Mastersounds with special guest Salvador Santana / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

Music

The New Mastersounds with special guest Salvador Santana / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

Thursday 3/11 @ El Rey

The New Mastersounds are a four-piece band based in Leeds, England, whose modern take on vintage soul-jazz, funk and rock draws... 

Kelli Stanley: <i>City of Dragons</i>

Books: Reading

Kelli Stanley: City of Dragons

Thursday 3/11 @ Book Soup

Kelli Stanley presents and signs City of Dragons.   "A powerful crime novel that perfectly captures the noir mood of San... 

Enter the (Thursday)! presents: LADY VENGEANCE

Film

Enter the (Thursday)! presents: LADY VENGEANCE

Thursday 3/11 @ Downtown Independent Theater

LADY VENGENACE
dir. Park Chan-wook
S. Korea, 2005, 35mm, 112 min

10.30pm I $10
   ... 

HANOCH PIVEN—I MAKE FACES

Special Event

HANOCH PIVEN—I MAKE FACES

Thursday 3/11 @ Skirball Cultural Center

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Ongoing Events

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

Art

Josh Azzarella: Untitled #100 (Fantasia)

Thursday 3/11 @ 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>How Many Billboards? Art in Stead</em>

Art

How Many Billboards? Art in Stead

Thursday 3/11 @ 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... 

<em>Fractured Perspectives</em>

Art

Fractured Perspectives

Thursday 3/11 @ Affinity Galleries

Affinity Galleries, previously known as the Circus Gallery, presents an innovative group show that effectively redefines the term "multimedia." Exhibiting photography,... 

<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 3/11 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward

Thursday 3/11 @ 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,... 

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

Art

Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth

Thursday 3/11 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

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

<em>Revolutions</em> feat. TC-5

Art

Revolutions

Thursday 3/11 @ Crewest Gallery

The Cool 5, better known as TC-5, were responsible for the graffiti, fashion, and all-around scene-making that made the NYC outdoor... 

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Art

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Thursday 3/11 @ Arclight Sherman Oaks

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

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club w/ the Whigs

Music

BRMC w/ the Whigs

Thursday 3/11 @ Echoplex

Following "Dylan-esque acoustic stuff" on Howl (2005), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club veered off in a heavy direction with Baby 81 (2007),... 

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

Art

The Fool's Journey

Thursday 3/11 @ 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>Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art</em>

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Thursday 3/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

Yoshitaka Amano

Thursday 3/11 @ LeBasse Projects

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

<em>The Ulysses Guide to the Los Angeles River</em>

Art

The Ulysses Guide to the Los Angeles River

Thursday 3/11 @ 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.... 

<em>Body and Soul</em>

Art

Body and Soul

Thursday 3/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

Chris Barnard

Thursday 3/11 @ Sam Lee Gallery

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

<em>Focus Daily</em>

Art

Focus Daily

Thursday 3/11 @ The Continental Gallery

Between their individual projects and their extensive collaborative undertakings, the six artists in Focus Daily operate in photography, painting, fashion, video,... 

<em>Puppetry of the Penis</em>

Performing Arts: Puppetry

Puppetry of the Penis

Thursday 3/11 @ 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>Traveling On a High Frequency: The Photography of Jay Blakesberg</em>

Art: Photography

Jay Blakesberg

Thursday 3/11 @ Mr. Musichead Gallery

For over 30 years, music-industry photography vet Jay Blakesberg has made a career of shooting tripped-out rock icons such as Jerry... 

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

Art

Human Rights: Student Voices

Thursday 3/11 @ 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... 

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 3/11 @ 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>Art Against Empire: Graphic Responses to U.S. Interventions Since W.W.II</em>

Art

Art Against Empire: Graphic Responses to U.S. Interventions Since W.W.II

Thursday 3/11 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

Art Against Empire, culled from the extensive holdings of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, offers over 100 selected... 

Miller Updegraff

Art

Miller Updegraff

Thursday 3/11 @ Michael Benevento Los Angeles

Updegraff's debut exhibition with Michael Benevento is an elegant evolution of the artist's exploration of the power-play between subject and author,... 

Travis Somerville: <em>...A Portion of that Field</em>

Art

Travis Somerville

Thursday 3/11 @ 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... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Thursday 3/11 @ 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

Thursday 3/11 @ LAXART

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

Victor Friedman: <em>Captured and Constructed</em>

Art: Photography

Victor Friedman

Thursday 3/11 @ Jeanie Madsen Gallery

A 79-year old society hairdresser, New York photographer Victor Friedman has been moonlighting as a photojournalist for 45 years. Now, he... 

Mary Heebner: <em>Intimacies/Intimisimos</em>

Art

Mary Heebner

Thursday 3/11 @ Edward Cella Art + Architecture

At a time when the country of Chile is foremost in the world's thoughts for tragic reasons, Mary Heebner's long-planned exhibition... 

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Special Event

IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices

Thursday 3/11 @ 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>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 3/11 @ 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

Thursday 3/11 @ 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... 

SMITHSHOP + STOR: A Pop-up Retail Installation at Khastoo

Special Event

SMITHSHOP + STOR @ Khastoo

Thursday 3/11 @ Khastoo Gallery

Khastoo goes from art gallery to temporary pop-up shop, teaming up with Stor and Quentin Smith's Smithshop to sell not just... 

PaleyFest 2010

Festival

PaleyFest 2010

Thursday 3/11 @ 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,... 

<em>The Ballad of Emmett Till</em>

Theatre

The Ballad of Emmett Till

Thursday 3/11 @ 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... 

Ed Templeton: <em>The Seconds Pass</em>

Art

Ed Templeton

Thursday 3/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

Portraiture for the Silicon Enlightenment

Thursday 3/11 @ Kinkead Contemporary

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

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

Art

Sumi Ink Club: Sumi Room

Thursday 3/11 @ 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>The Never-Ending Story: Fairytale, Fantasy, Obsession</em>

Art

The Never-Ending Story

Thursday 3/11 @ Royal/T

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

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

Art

Victor Gastelum

Thursday 3/11 @ 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,... 

DreamWorlds

Art

DreamWorlds

Thursday 3/11 @ Art Center College of Design

Rightfully entitled DreamWorlds, this short exhibition at the Williamson Gallery features the work of the Dreamworks animation artists that help bring... 

Gravity Works

Theatre

Gravity Works

Thursday 3/11 @ 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>Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres</em>

Art

Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres

Thursday 3/11 @ 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 3/11 @ 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 3/11 @ Mark Moore Gallery

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

Reload Thursdays

Music

Reload Thursdays

Thursday 3/11 @ Cinespace

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

<em>Inspired by the Ocean</em>

Art

Inspired by the Ocean

Thursday 3/11 @ 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

Thursday 3/11 @ 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...