Events on Sunday, April 11

Maja's Magic School: <em>Incantations &mdash; Sound and Music's Ability to Transform Physical Wavelengths</em>

Special Event

Maja's Magic School

Sunday 4/11 @ Annie Besant Lodge

Maja D'Aoust is a librarian at the Philosophical Research Society, with a Master's degree in Transformational Psychology from the University of... 

Film screenings: <em>Panama Deception: Exposing the Cover Up!</em>; <em>Cover Up: Behind the Iran Contra Affair</em>; <em>Destination Nicaragua</em>

Art

Film screenings: Panama Deception: Exposing the Cover Up!; Cover Up: Behind the Iran Contra Affair; Destination Nicaragua

Sunday 4/11 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

Art Against Empire, culled from the archives of The Center for the Study of Political Graphics, showcases over 100 political posters... 

Culprit Sessions feat. Martin Buttrich, Konrad Black, Droog, and Clovis

Music: DJ

Konrad Black

Sunday 4/11 @ The Downtown Standard Hotel

LA's dance music scene continues to expand, and get-togethers like Culprit Sessions, the summer-long jam courtesy of local techno outfit Droog,... 

<em>Artillery</em> presents Round Two Art Debates

Special Event

Artillery Art Debates

Sunday 4/11 @ The Downtown Standard Hotel

A national free art magazine, Artillery prides itself on delivering the latest and most relevant "killer text on art." Now, some... 

Cal Arts Open Studios

Art

Cal Arts Open Studios

Sunday 4/11 @ California Institute of the Arts

"This is a rare opportunity for the greater Los Angeles community to interact with an exciting group of emerging artists and... 

Art + Design Open Market

Art: Happening

Art + Design Open Market

Sunday 4/11 @ Art Center College of Design

Open Market is a rare opportunity to purchase exceptional contemporary art, sculpture, prints and photography by emerging and established artists from... 

Alek Shrader, Tenor

Music: Classical

Alek Shrader, Tenor

Sunday 4/11 @ The Broad Stage

During Alex Shrader's performance of Liszt's William Tell songs and folk songs from the British Isles, you'll have the rare privilege... 

Film Noir Double Feature: DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD & WALK A CROOKED MILE

Film: Double Feature

Film Noir Double Feature: DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD & WALK A CROOKED MILE

Sunday 4/11 @ Egyptian Theatre

Sunday, April 11 – 7:30 PM It’s a Crooked World Double Feature: DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD, 1954, Sony Repertory, 83... 

Grand Ole Echo with I See Hawks in LA / Wheelhouse / Mars Arizona @ the echo

Music

Grand Ole Echo with I See Hawks in LA / Wheelhouse / Mars Arizona @ the echo

Sunday 4/11 @ The Echo & Echoplex

I See Hawks in LA “Southern California is a land of strange, dangerous and beautiful contrasts. A mountain lion prowls outside... 

A History of Israeli Cinema

Film: Documentary

A History of Israeli Cinema

Sunday 4/11 @ Skirball Cultural Center

In recent years, Israeli cinema has risen to prominence through a recent wave of hits such as The Band's Visit, Waltz... 

Meet John Doe

Film: Shorts

Meet John Doe

Sunday 4/11 @ The Cinefamily

When Frank Capra and Robert Riskin (his frequent collaborator) left Columbia to form their own company, their first project was their... 

Ongoing Events

Timothy Nolan, Jaime Scholnick, and Osvaldo Trujillo: <em>Axis Mundi</em>

Art

Axis Mundi

Sunday 4/11 @ CB1 Gallery

The current exhibition — just the second at Downtown's freshly-minted CB1 Gallery — is a three-person show of diverse works in... 

<em>Caught</em>

Performing Arts: Theatre

Caught

Sunday 4/11 @ Zephyr Theatre

David L. Ray's new play Caught travels to the controversial crossroads of gay marriage and the bible belt. Although the play... 

<em>Turkey Day</em>

Theatre

Turkey Day

Sunday 4/11 @ Eclectic Company Theatre

Written by Jeff Folschinsky, Eclectic's original Turkey Day has the pitch-perfect couple, Bruce and Buffy, being forced to survive their imperfect... 

<em>Breach of Peace</em>: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge

Special Event

Breach of Peace: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

Sheila Callaghan's <em>Lascivious Something</em>

Theatre

Lascivious Something

Sunday 4/11 @ The Ford Theater

Lascivious Something is a marked departure from Sheila Callaghan's work as a writer on Showtime's The United States of Tara. Presented... 

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

Art

The Never-Ending Story

Sunday 4/11 @ Royal/T

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

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

Special Event

Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward

Sunday 4/11 @ 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,... 

DreamWorlds

Art

DreamWorlds

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Fool's Journey

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

Anne Martens: <em>Club Med</em>

Art

Anne Martens

Sunday 4/11 @ Underground Gallery

Underground Gallery says: Club Med is a solo exhibition by Anne Martens featuring sewn mixed-media sculpture and installation. In Club Med,... 

<em>Water: Our Thirsty World</em>

Art: Photography

Water: Our Thirsty World

Sunday 4/11 @ Annenberg Space for Photography

National Geographic puts a new spin on a classic subject, using cutting-edge photographic technology to build a sweeping portfolio of the... 

The Last Chapbook Project

Books: Reading

The Last Chapbook Project

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

James Turrell: <em>Dividing the Light</em>

Art

James Turrell

Sunday 4/11 @ Draper Courtyard, Pomona College

It's up for debate whether James Turrell is a sculptor, an architect, a light-and-space artist, or an earth-works artist. Whichever he... 

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

Art

Sumi Ink Club: Sumi Room

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

Channa Horwitz: <em>Sequences and Systems</em>

Art

Channa Horwitz

Sunday 4/11 @ SolwayJones Gallery

In this dual-venue mini-retrospective of works mainly from the mid-'70s and early '80s, SolwayJones and Kunsthalle L.A. set up an intriguing... 

Shirin Neshat: <em>Women Without Men</em>

Film

Women Without Men

Sunday 4/11 @ Laemmle's Music Hall 3

Laemmle's says: In her feature-film debut, renowned visual artist Shirin Neshat offers an exquisitely crafted view of Iran in 1953, when... 

Rachel Rosenthal: TOHUBOHU! Extreme Theater Ensemble

Theatre

Rachel Rosenthal

Sunday 4/11 @ Espace DbD / Rachel Rosenthal Co.

Having recently celebrated her 83rd birthday with an all-out party, art show, and silent auction, LA-based performance artist Rachel Rosenthal shows... 

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Dance

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Sunday 4/11 @ Ahmanson Theatre

One of Hubbard Street's greatest strengths is their versatility in style, allowing them to explore myriad choreographic voices from the contemporary... 

<em>Body and Soul</em>

Art

Body and Soul

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

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

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth

Sunday 4/11 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

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

<em>Accomplice: Hollywood</em>

Get Social

Accomplice: Hollywood

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

4th International Exhibition with Thailand

Art

4th International Exhibition with Thailand

Sunday 4/11 @ LA Artcore Union Center Gallery

LA Artcore hosts a dual-venue exhibition co-produced by the Thai Art Council and the Office of National Culture Commission of Thailand.... 

Henry Jaglom's <em>Just 45 Minutes from Broadway</em>

Theatre

Just 45 Minutes from Broadway

Sunday 4/11 @ 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"... 

<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

Sunday 4/11 @ 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>Pot! The Musical</em>

Theatre

Pot! The Musical

Sunday 4/11 @ Electric Lodge

Forget Amsterdam, Oaksterdam, and the Rastafarians. Where else could you catch the world premiere of a musical about pot than in... 

<em>London Eight</em>

Art

London Eight

Sunday 4/11 @ SCI-Arc

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

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

Art

The Ulysses Guide to the Los Angeles River

Sunday 4/11 @ 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.... 

David Levine: <em>Hopeful</em>

Art: Photography

David Levine

Sunday 4/11 @ François Ghebaly Gallery

Although he was born in New York and lives and works in Berlin, there is something about David Levine's long-term found-photo... 

<em>When You're Strange: A Film About the Doors</em>

Film: Documentary

When You're Strange

Sunday 4/11 @ Laemmle's Sunset 5

Circa 1963, Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek met at UCLA's film school, and the rest is, well, it's kind of a... 

<em>Extropia</em>

Theatre

Extropia

Sunday 4/11 @ King King

An original show about a retro-Utopian world without music, Extropia tells the story of one industrial denizen's ability to bring together... 

<em>The Red Book of C. G. Jung: Creation of a New Cosmology</em>

Art

The Red Book of C. G. Jung

Sunday 4/11 @ Hammer Museum

The Hammer Museum says: This spring the Hammer Museum presents The Red Book of C. G. Jung: Creation of a New... 

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

Theatre

The Ballad of Emmett Till

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

House of Blues Gospel Brunch

Music

Gospel Brunch

Sunday 4/11 @ House of Blues Sunset Strip

Those who summon spirituality from live music and Southern-style cuisine will enjoy the House of Blues' Gospel Brunch, a longtime local... 

<em>Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art</em>

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

Pavilion of Wings

Special Event

Pavilion of Wings

Sunday 4/11 @ Natural History Museum

One of the Natural History Museum's most eagerly anticipated annual events is its Pavilion of Wings — the installation of living,... 

<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

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

Dance

Studio: Spring 2010

Sunday 4/11 @ REDCAT

Studio: Spring 2010
... 

Biltmore Hotel Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Biltmore Hotel Walking Tour

Sunday 4/11 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The Biltmore Hotel tour explores the architecture and rich history of this magnificent hotel, known in its early days as “The... 

<em>Monsters and Miracles: A Journey through Jewish Picture Books</em>

Special Event

Monsters and Miracles: A Journey through Jewish Picture Books

Sunday 4/11 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Showcasing more than 100 illustrations and texts from time-honored classics and popular favorites, this new exhibition guides audiences through the colorful... 

<em>Strange Kozmic Experience</em>

Special Event

Strange Kozmic Experience

Sunday 4/11 @ The GRAMMY Museum

The GRAMMY Museum's third major special exhibit, Strange Kozmic Experience explores the innovations, legacies, and continual impact of the artists who... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Art

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

TERRIBLY HAPPY

Film

TERRIBLY HAPPY

Sunday 4/11 @ Downtown Independent Theater

9 - 14 April:
showtimes TBD
  dir. Henrik Ruben Genz
2008, 35mm, 90 min


Robert...