Events on Tuesday, May 4

Jerry Beck's Animation Tuesdays: Toons In Drag

Film: Animation

Jerry Beck's Animation Tuesdays: Toons In Drag

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ The Cinefamily

Male cartoon characters garbed in women's attire has long been a popular trope in animated films. Donald Duck was tempted by... 

Shannan Rouss: <i>Easy for You: Stories</i>

Books: Reading

Shannan Rouss: Easy for You: Stories

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Book Soup

Shannan Rouss presents and signs Easy for You: Stories. Publisher Comments: ... 

Greg Tate: The Spiritual Crisis in Contemporary Black Art, Politics and PsychoAnalysis

Special Event

Greg Tate: The Spiritual Crisis in Contemporary Black Art, Politics and PsychoAnalysis

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ REDCAT

Greg Tate: The Spiritual Crisis in Contemporary Black Art, Politics and PsychoAnalysis Co-presented with the CalArts graduate Aesthetics and Politics Program... 

Americas and Americans: Green Umbrella

Music: Classical

Americas and Americans: Green Umbrella

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Celebrated as both a guitarist and a composer Andrew McKenna Lee appears in both guises at this... 

Ongoing Events

David Choe: <em>Nothing to Declare</em>

Art

David Choe

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Lazarides Gallery Beverly Hills

On the eve of the release of the new biographical documentary on his life so far, David Choe takes on the... 

<em>Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes of David Choe</em>

Film: Documentary

Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes of David Choe

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Laemmle's Sunset 5

Watching Harry Kim's documentary on puckish artist David Choe is a lot like being trapped with Choe in an elevator for... 

Chris Natrop: <em>myopic spring tangle</em>

Art

Chris Natrop

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Taylor De Cordoba Gallery

Chris Natrop is an installation artist by nature, known for his labor-intensive, room-engulfing sculptural environments constructed of cut and painted elements.... 

<em>London Eight</em>

Art

London Eight

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ SCI-Arc

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

Pavilion of Wings

Special Event

Pavilion of Wings

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ 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>Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy</em>

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Fool's Journey

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ 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... 

Frederick Fisher: <em>Thinking by Hand</em>

Art

Frederick Fisher

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Edward Cella Art + Architecture

Edward Cella Gallery wears its worldview on its sleeve, or at least its nameplate, being dedicated to investigating the myriad ways... 

<em>The Story of O: Graduate Fine Arts 1989-2009</em>

Art

The Story of O

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Otis College of Art and Design

Otis College continues to churn out the serious artists and designers, with an eclectic alumni list whose influences have been felt... 

Joe Sib: <em>California Calling</em>

Performing Arts: Spoken Word

California Calling

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Largo at the Coronet Theater

Joe Sib, a California local, skateboarder, punk rocker, frontman for Wax, founder of SideOneDummy record label, and radio host shares his... 

<em>Darkwave: Eight Artist-Surfers Explore Surfing and the Violence of the City </em> <em> </em>

Art

Darkwave: Surfing and the Violence of the City

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ USC Institute for Genetic Medicine Art Gallery

This expanded and recontextualized exhibition builds on last year's installation at Black Cat Gallery, to now involve the experiences of the... 

Jeff Koegel: <em>Carbon Rainbow</em> and Gregory Euclide: <em>What Was Still in the Pause of My Advance</em>

Art

Jeff Koegel and Gregory Euclide

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Merry Karnowsky Gallery

Jeff Koegel and Gregory Euclide each examine the complexities of humanity's interactions with nature. Koegel's paintings, while not immediately seeming to... 

Hola Mexico Film Festival

Festival: Film

Hola Mexico Film Festival

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Arclight Hollywood

To the common channel-flipper, Mexico onscreen is either some "aye-dios-mio" melodrama or an epic starring a few trim Zapata moustaches. Founded... 

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

Art

The Red Book of C. G. Jung

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ 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 Never-Ending Story: Fairytale, Fantasy, Obsession</em>

Art

The Never-Ending Story

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Royal/T

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

Liz Larner, and Catherine Opie: <em>Twelve Miles to the Horizon</em>

Art

Catherine Opie and Liz Larner

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Regen Projects

Photographer and UCLA faculty member Catherine Opie displays her new series of time-sensitive images taken from the deck of a container... 

<em>4 x 4: Four Figurative Photographers</em>

Art: Photography

4 x 4: Four Figurative Photographers

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Kopeikin Gallery

Kopeikin Gallery says: Four photographers present four images each.

Alison Brady: This body of work uses staged imagery... 

<em>Home Lands: How Women Made the West</em>

Art

Home Lands

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ The Autry National Center of the American West

The terminus of Manifest Destiny has produced an unparalleled convergence of cultures, and by using methodologies such as cultural, social, and... 

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

Music

Club Ding-a-Ling

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Hyperion Tavern

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

Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts

Art

Pasadena Showcase House

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ The Cravens Estate

The artistry and innovation of the designers, landscapers, and artisans involved in this year's Pasadena Showcase House is as inspirational and... 

<em>Ring Festival LA</em>

Festival

Ring Festival LA

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Various LA locations

"More than a century ago, composer Richard Wagner conceived his epic four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen as a festival event... 

The Last Chapbook Project

Books: Reading

The Last Chapbook Project

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ 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>In the Presence of Paul Caponigro</em>

Art: Photography

Paul Caponigro

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ 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>Construction Zone</em>: Jason Adkins&nbsp;  / Kris Chatterson / Joshua Dildine / David Hendren / Dion  Johnson / Joyce Lightbody / Judy Pfaff / Brian Porray

Art

Construction Zone

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Western Project

Being just the second exhibition at its freshly-opened (aka expensively renovated) Culver City location (new from a previous CC place a... 

<em>Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo</em>

Theatre

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Mark Taper Forum

It's always refreshing to see a work that speaks with such striking originality; it reaffirms the value in taking risks. Playwright... 

DreamWorlds

Art

DreamWorlds

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ 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>Never Very Far Apart</em>

Art

Never Very Far Apart

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ REDCAT

Never Very Far Apart

Curated by Ryan Inouye
... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ 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 5/ 4 @ 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... 

Tim Bavington: <em>Decade</em>

Art

Tim Bavington: Decade

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ Mark Moore Gallery

Utilizing pop and rock music as his source material, Bavington acts as a translator between the aural and visual. Guitar solos... 

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

Special Event

Monsters and Miracles: A Journey through Jewish Picture Books

Tuesday 5/ 4 @ 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...