Events on Wednesday, March 3
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Art Center College of Design
TODAY! In conjunction with the current exhibition of Art Center student work at the Skirball Cultural Center, the College is hosting...
Midlake with Matthew and the Arrogant Sea
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ El Rey
Every once in a while, a band comes along that undoubtedly evokes something special. You don't know what the elusive ingredient...
50 Ways You Can Help Obama Change America
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Book Soup
Michael Huttner and Rick Jacobs present and sign 50 Ways You Can Help Obama Change America. “In 50...
Antonio Damasio: Art and the Conscious Brain
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ REDCAT
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ The Cinefamily
Gypsies, scams, carnivals and magic -- all with the signature flair that director Tod Browning brought to classics like The Unholy...
Ongoing Events
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
How Many Billboards? Art in Stead
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ The Hotel Café
The ethereal Chapin Sisters continue their once-a-month residency at the Hotel Café. With a background as compelling as its sound, the...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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,...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Arclight Sherman Oaks
Known primarily for its iconic outdoor amphitheatre and legendary musical acts, the Hollywood Bowl is offering fans a glimpse into the...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Little Temple
Disco is the thing, Los Angeles, and The Feel Up, the monthly offering from LA imprint Headinghome Recordings and darling newcomer...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ LeBasse Projects
Yoshitaka Amano is something of a living legend in his native Japan, being one of the most influential and prolific artists,...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
The Ulysses Guide to the Los Angeles River
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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....
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ LAXART
Kamrooz Aram and Artemio engage in an unhinging of the standard mechanisms of image-making, challenging social norms in the process. Artemio's...
Andres Guerrero and Albert Reyes
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Subliminal Projects
From two LA artists comes a dual exhibition about the way individuals perceive themselves and the world around them, when nothing...
The More the Merrier: Posters from the Ten Best Picture Nominees, 1936–1943
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Breach of Peace: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Manifest Equality
Brought to you by the team responsible for the Manifest Hope art shows during the '08 campaign, and the follow-up book...
Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA
Nick Cave — no, not that Nick Cave — is a Chicago-based artist who crafts wearable sculptures from woven hair, found...
Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Bar Copa
You know and love him as part of the erstwhile west-side club night Funky in the Middle, as well as the...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Migrations of the Mind: Manuscripts from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Sam Lee Gallery
Remote warfare, military drones, and other robotic tools of destruction used to be the stuff of science fiction novels but now...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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,...
Josh Azzarella: Untitled #100 (Fantasia)
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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,...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Portraiture for the Silicon Enlightenment
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Kinkead Contemporary
Curated by Angela Dufresne, the Fuckheads group show features artists who challenge traditional ways of seeing, moving away from portraiture aligned...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Royal/T
It might be tempting to envision a romper room when you hear a maid café is hosting an exhibit with the...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Kim Rugg: Please Remain Calmand Josh Azzarella: Untitled #100 (Fantasia)
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Mark Moore Gallery
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 13, 5-7p On View February 13 – March 13, 2010 Featuring DJ MoreDillon...
Shrinebuilder (members of Melvins, Neurosis & Om) & Storm of Light @ Echo
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ The Echo & Echoplex
Shrinebuilder When this collaboration between Neurosis’ Scott Kelly, Melvins’ Dale Crover, Om’s Al Cisneros and Scott ‘Wino’ Weinrich was announced,...
Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ The Echo & Echoplex
Resident DJs Tom Chasteen, Roy Corderoy, the Dungeonmaster, and Boss Harmony spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall.
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
ROAD TO FREEDOM: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956–1968
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...
