Events on Tuesday, March 23

Spotlight: Rodrigo y Gabriela

Music: Global

Spotlight: Rodrigo y Gabriela

Tuesday 3/23 @ The GRAMMY Museum

Rodrigo y Gabriela began playing thrash metal together over 15 years ago as teens in Mexico City. Weary of the scene's... 

Moby presents and signs <em>Gristle: From Factory Farms to Food Safety (Thinking Twice About the Meat We Eat)</em>

Books: Reading

Moby presents and signs Gristle: From Factory Farms to Food Safety (Thinking Twice About the Meat We Eat)

Tuesday 3/23 @ Book Soup

Vegan rocker Moby's literary foray Gristle: From Factory Farms to Food Safety (Thinking Twice About the Meat We Eat) gnaws convincingly... 

Frontier Ruckus

Music

Frontier Ruckus

Tuesday 3/23 @ The Mint

Frontier Ruckus, 8pm   Frontier Ruckus is an indy-folk-rock band that sounds... 

Emanuel Ax and Dawn Upshaw in Recital

Music: Classical

Emanuel Ax and Dawn Upshaw in Recital

Tuesday 3/23 @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

  Emanuel Ax, piano Dawn Upshaw, soprano Michael Ward-Bergeman,... 

Titus Andronicus w/ Let's Wrestle, and Slang Chickens at Bootleg

Music

Titus Andronicus w/ Let's Wrestle, and Slang Chickens at Bootleg

Tuesday 3/23 @ Bootleg Theater

TITUS ANDRONICUS Titus Andronicus is a rock and roll band from Glen Rock. There are four people in the band. Titus... 

Holy F*ck

Comedy

Holy F*ck

Tuesday 3/23 @ Downtown Independent Theater

Come. Drink beer. Laugh.
The Talent for this week:
Kyle Kinane
Renee Gauthier
Rory Scovel
Joselyn Hughes
Elisa
... 

Harmony & Me

Film

Harmony & Me

Tuesday 3/23 @ The Cinefamily

The most creative works of art often come from heartache. In a way, that’s all we can hope for and from... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Revolutions

Tuesday 3/23 @ 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... 

<em>How Many Billboards? Art in Stead</em>

Art

How Many Billboards? Art in Stead

Tuesday 3/23 @ 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

Tuesday 3/23 @ Affinity Galleries

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

<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 3/23 @ The Getty Museum

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

Miller Updegraff

Art

Miller Updegraff

Tuesday 3/23 @ 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,... 

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

Art: Photography

Victor Friedman

Tuesday 3/23 @ 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... 

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Art

Hollywood Bowl Poster Artshow

Tuesday 3/23 @ Arclight Sherman Oaks

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

The Last Chapbook Project

Books: Reading

The Last Chapbook Project

Tuesday 3/23 @ The Last Bookstore

While we certainly wish them all the luck in the world, we hope that the Last Bookstore's name proves un-prophetic. A... 

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

Art

The Never-Ending Story

Tuesday 3/23 @ Royal/T

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

DreamWorlds

Art

DreamWorlds

Tuesday 3/23 @ 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... 

<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 3/23 @ 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>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</em>

Film

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Tuesday 3/23 @ Various LA Theatres

In the Scandivanian cinema storytelling tradition of greats such as Ingmar Bergman and Lars von Trier, The Girl With the Dragon... 

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

Art

Ed Templeton

Tuesday 3/23 @ 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>Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward</em>

Special Event

Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward

Tuesday 3/23 @ 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>London Eight</em>

Art

London Eight

Tuesday 3/23 @ SCI-Arc

After studying architecture in the '50s, Sir Peter Cook exhibited at ICA (where he later served as director), and co-founded Archigram,... 

Janelle Mon&aacute;e w/ Bruno Mars

Music

Janelle Monáe

Tuesday 3/23 @ The Viper Room

The Viper Room Says Monáe's Broadway beginnings are evident in her theatrical performances and her one-of-a-kind monochromatic power suits, but that's... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Tuesday 3/23 @ 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... 

Michael Salerno: <em>Selected Works 1992-2009</em>

Art

Michael Salerno

Tuesday 3/23 @ Downtown Center East/West Gallery

Michael Salerno has been a pillar of the artistic community of writers and painters that has made Downtown LA the epicenter... 

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

Art

Mary Heebner

Tuesday 3/23 @ 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... 

<em>Body and Soul</em>

Art

Body and Soul

Tuesday 3/23 @ 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>Focus Daily</em>

Art

Focus Daily

Tuesday 3/23 @ 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>The Fool's Journey: The History and Symbolism of the Tarot</em>

Art

The Fool's Journey

Tuesday 3/23 @ 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... 

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 3/23 @ 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>Night Lights</em>

Art: Photography

Night Lights

Tuesday 3/23 @ DNJ Gallery

The often-haunting nightscapes of Night Lights reveal how city environments can become both isolating and poetic with the absence of daylight.... 

Takeover Tuesdays

Music: DJ

Takeover Tuesdays

Tuesday 3/23 @ 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... 

Kim Dorland: <em>1991</em>

Art

Kim Dorland: 1991

Tuesday 3/23 @ Mark Moore Gallery

On the heels of his solo booth at PULSE Contemporary Art Fair (New York), Kim Dorland returns to LA with nearly... 

<em>Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres</em>

Art

Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres

Tuesday 3/23 @ 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... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Tuesday 3/23 @ 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>45365</em>

Film

45365

Tuesday 3/23 @ Downtown Independent Theater

digital, 90 min, 2009
dir. Bill Ross, IV

45365 explores the congruities of daily life in an...