Events on Friday, March 5
The Bird and the Bee w/ Juliette Commagere
Friday 3/ 5 @ El Rey
Although a tribute to Hall & Oates could come off as tongue-in-cheek, The Bird And The Bee insist that their latest,...
NHM First Fridays feat. Deer Tick
Friday 3/ 5 @ The Echo & Echoplex
Rhode Island outfit Deer Tick, indie rockers with a none-too-subtle country twang, are back with a forthcoming album, The Black Dirt...
Mike Watt + the missingmen w/ Lite (Tokyo) and the Mormons at Bootleg
Friday 3/ 5 @ Bootleg Theater
Over the past 30 years, Mike Watt has laid down enough bass licks for multiple lifetimes, whether as a member of...
Friday 3/ 5 @ Downtown Independent Theater
5 - 11 March
showtimes TBD
dir. Lisandro Alonso
2008, 35mm, color, 84 min
...
Stuart Y. Silverstein: Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker
Friday 3/ 5 @ Book Soup
Stuart Y. Silverstain presents and signs Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker.
Damnation Alley shown with The Road Warrior
Friday 3/ 5 @ The Cinefamily
Damnation Alley is the adventure of American military survivors in the aftermath of a nuclear winter, blazing across the countryside to hunt for...
Musicals on the Big Screen: WEST SIDE STORY
Friday 3/ 5 @ Egyptian Theatre
70mm! WEST SIDE STORY, 1961, MGM Repertory, 151 min. On the eve of the Oscars, revisit past winners. The Robert Wise...
Friday 3/ 5 @ Egyptian Theatre
OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORTS Program. Oscar season is upon us, and a new crop of excellent short films are in the running for...
Friday 3/ 5 @ The Wiltern
Three charming artists with three unique colors will create a love story on stage this March using their captivating voices. This...
Ongoing Events
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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"...
Josh Azzarella: Untitled #100 (Fantasia)
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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,...
Friday 3/ 5 @ Zephyr Theatre
David L. Ray's new play Caught travels to the controversial crossroads of gay marriage and the bible belt. Although the play...
Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 5 @ Affinity Galleries
Affinity Galleries, previously known as the Circus Gallery, presents an innovative group show that effectively redefines the term "multimedia." Exhibiting photography,...
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth
Friday 3/ 5 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA
Nick Cave — no, not that Nick Cave — is a Chicago-based artist who crafts wearable sculptures from woven hair, found...
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 5 @ Arclight Sherman Oaks
Known primarily for its iconic outdoor amphitheatre and legendary musical acts, the Hollywood Bowl is offering fans a glimpse into the...
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 5 @ LeBasse Projects
Yoshitaka Amano is something of a living legend in his native Japan, being one of the most influential and prolific artists,...
The Ulysses Guide to the Los Angeles River
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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....
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 5 @ Sam Lee Gallery
Remote warfare, military drones, and other robotic tools of destruction used to be the stuff of science fiction novels but now...
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
How Many Billboards? Art in Stead
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Andres Guerrero and Albert Reyes
Friday 3/ 5 @ Subliminal Projects
From two LA artists comes a dual exhibition about the way individuals perceive themselves and the world around them, when nothing...
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Breach of Peace: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
The More the Merrier: Posters from the Ten Best Picture Nominees, 1936–1943
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 5 @ LAXART
Kamrooz Aram and Artemio engage in an unhinging of the standard mechanisms of image-making, challenging social norms in the process. Artemio's...
Friday 3/ 5 @ Manifest Equality
Brought to you by the team responsible for the Manifest Hope art shows during the '08 campaign, and the follow-up book...
IMAGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: Student Voices
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Migrations of the Mind: Manuscripts from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection
Friday 3/ 5 @ The Getty Museum
Through Spring, the Getty gets medieval with an exhibition of illustrated manuscripts culling ancient Christian, Muslim, and Eastern wisdom from past...
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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,...
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Portraiture for the Silicon Enlightenment
Friday 3/ 5 @ Kinkead Contemporary
Curated by Angela Dufresne, the Fuckheads group show features artists who challenge traditional ways of seeing, moving away from portraiture aligned...
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 5 @ Royal/T
It might be tempting to envision a romper room when you hear a maid café is hosting an exhibit with the...
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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,...
Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Kim Rugg: Please Remain Calmand Josh Azzarella: Untitled #100 (Fantasia)
Friday 3/ 5 @ Mark Moore Gallery
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 13, 5-7p On View February 13 – March 13, 2010 Featuring DJ MoreDillon...
Sumi Ink Club Drawing Event Series
Friday 3/ 5 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art
For the first phase of their residence at PMCA, Sumi Ink Club will hold drawing events to gradually cover the walls...
Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 5 @ Downtown Independent Theater
5 - 11 March
Fri.: 3/5: 6.15, 8.00*, 9.45
Sat.: 2.45, 4.30, 6.15, 8.00*, 9.45
Sun.: 2.45,...
ROAD TO FREEDOM: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956–1968
Friday 3/ 5 @ 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...
