Events on Tuesday, April 6

RJD2 w/ Busdriver and Happy Chichester

Music: Hip-Hop

RJD2 w/ Busdriver and Happy Chichester

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ El Rey

You had to respect his restlessness, but when the great hip-hop collagist RJD2 made a bid for pop songwriting with 2007's... 

ST. LOUIS BLUES

Film

ST. LOUIS BLUES

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Nat “King” Cole stars as W.C. Handy, with Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, Ruby Dee, and Mahalia Jackson... 

Five for Fighting

Music

Five for Fighting

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ The Wiltern

Christopher Rice: <i>The Moonlit Earth</i>

Books: Reading

Christopher Rice: The Moonlit Earth

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ Book Soup

Christopher Rice presents and signs The Moonlit Earth.   "Christopher Rice shows his guns by weaving family secrets, breakneck plotting... 

Jerry Beck's Animation Tuesdays: Cartoon Fight Club

Film: Animation

Jerry Beck's Animation Tuesdays: Cartoon Fight Club

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ The Cinefamily

WATCH BUGS BUNNY IN "RABBIT PUNCH"!

We’re going twelve rounds with an all-star championship card that pits against... 

Chamber Music

Music: Classical

Chamber Music

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Silvestre Revueltas, the "great free spirit of Mexican music," was born on December 31, 1899. After early... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Anne Martens

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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>The Fool's Journey: The History and Symbolism of the Tarot</em>

Art

The Fool's Journey

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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>In the Presence of Paul Caponigro</em>

Art: Photography

Paul Caponigro

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ Peter Fetterman Gallery

A survey spanning several decades of Caponigro's innovative classicism in still life and landscape, this is quite simply one of the... 

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

Art

The Never-Ending Story

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ Royal/T

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

Lola: <em>Ipsum Factum</em>

Art

Lola

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ Corey Helford Gallery

Taking its name from a Latin axiom that means "truth itself is constructed," Ipsum Factum is Lola's second solo exhibition at... 

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

Art

Mary Heebner

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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>Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward</em>

Special Event

Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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 4/ 6 @ SCI-Arc

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

Don Bolles and Nora Keyes present Club Ding-a-Ling

Music

Club Ding-a-Ling

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ Hyperion Tavern

Behind the red door lies the mysterious Hyperion Tavern, once the leather bar "Cuffs". Now under new ownership, it has undergone... 

<em>Chloe</em>

Film

Chloe

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ Arclight Hollywood

Atom Egoyan's new thriller explores themes of consuming jealousy and passion with a smart European sensibility that puts an exciting spin... 

Britton Tolliver: <em>A Search for the Sky Underneath the Dirt</em>

Art

Britton Tolliver: A Search for the Sky Underneath the Dirt

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ Kinkead Contemporary

Tolliver's vivid paintings engage a successful and intense marriage of abstraction and geometric rendering, and at times his forms seem to... 

<em>Body and Soul</em>

Art

Body and Soul

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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... 

DreamWorlds

Art

DreamWorlds

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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 4/ 6 @ 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>Fractured Perspectives</em>

Art

Fractured Perspectives

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ Affinity Galleries

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

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 4/ 6 @ 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 4/ 6 @ 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 4/ 6 @ 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... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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 4/ 6 @ 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... 

The Last Chapbook Project

Books: Reading

The Last Chapbook Project

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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>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 4/ 6 @ 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 4/ 6 @ 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,... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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>Strange Kozmic Experience</em>

Special Event

Strange Kozmic Experience

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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... 

Kim Dorland: <em>1991</em>

Art

Kim Dorland: 1991

Tuesday 4/ 6 @ Mark Moore Gallery

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