Events on Sunday, June 27

Goldfrapp w/ Tom Schnabel, Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club and tUnEyArDs

Music: Global

Goldfrapp

Sunday 6/27 @ Hollywood Bowl

Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory's latest record, Headfirst takes a refreshing 180 from the duo's last mellowed-out affair, Seventh Tree. From... 

Self-Help Graphics Annual Print Fair

Art

Self-Help Graphics Annual Print Fair

Sunday 6/27 @ Self-Help Graphics

Self-Help Graphics & ArtspanGoldfrapp, Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club® featuring Omara Portuondo & tUnE-yArDs

Music: Electronic

Goldfrapp, Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club® featuring Omara Portuondo & tUnE-yArDs

Sunday 6/27 @ Hollywood Bowl

From the dance floor princess of electro-pop to the queen of Cuban music, women are celebrated in this outstanding triple bill.... 

Conversations with Artists: John Baldessari

Special Event

John Baldessari

Sunday 6/27 @ LACMA

John Baldessari, who has said retrospectives of his work are, "Like falling off a 20-story building, watching your whole life... 

Tongue and Groove feat. Rich Ferguson, Chiwan Choi, J. Ryan Stradal, Jillian Lauren, and Holland Greco

Performing Arts: Spoken Word

Tongue and Groove

Sunday 6/27 @ The Hotel Café

LA-based spoken-word artist Rich Ferguson has been diligently chipping away at the wall between poetry and rock 'n roll with his... 

Fallen Fruit Presents EATLACMA

Special Event

Fallen Fruit Presents EATLACMA

Sunday 6/27 @ LACMA

Neil LaBute: <em>Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: And Other Plays</em>

Books: Reading

Neil LaBute: Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: And Other Plays

Sunday 6/27 @ Book Soup

Neil LaBute presents and signs Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: And Other Plays. Publisher Comments:... 

Tribute to Production Designer Eugene Lourie: CRACK IN THE WORLD / THE RIVER

Film: Double Feature

Tribute to Production Designer Eugene Lourie: CRACK IN THE WORLD / THE RIVER

Sunday 6/27 @ Egyptian Theatre

Sunday, June 27 – 5:30 PM Double feature: The Art Directors Guild Film Society Screening - Tribute to Production Designer... 

Tribute to Eugene Lourie: CRACK IN THE WORLD & THE RIVER

Film

Tribute to Eugene Lourie: CRACK IN THE WORLD & THE RIVER

Sunday 6/27 @ Egyptian Theatre

Sunday, June 27 – 5:30 PM Double Feature: The Art Directors Guild Film Society Screening - Tribute to Production Designer... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

The Ulysses Guide to the Los Angeles River

Sunday 6/27 @ 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.... 

<em>Caught</em>

Performing Arts: Theatre

Caught

Sunday 6/27 @ Zephyr Theatre

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

Shizuko Greenblatt: <em>Japanese Character Series</em> and <em>Fusion Ikebana II </em>

Art

Shizuko Greenblatt

Sunday 6/27 @ Pacific Asia Museum-

The Pacific Asia Museum says:   In this exhibition, Shizuko Greenblatt explores a new mode of calligraphy on canvas as... 

COLA Individual Artist Fellowships

Art

COLA Individual Artist Fellowships

Sunday 6/27 @ Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

This year's COLA (City of Los Angeles) Individual Artist Grants cover the visual, literary, and performing arts, carrying on the DCA's... 

<em>It's a Musical World</em>

Performing Arts: Puppetry

It's a Musical World

Sunday 6/27 @ Bob Baker Marionette Theater

In a postmodern society with all its ironic trappings, the wholesome and irony-free Bob Baker Marionette Theater still reigns supreme with children's... 

<em>Recycled, Reclaimed, and Reinvented: The Neon Art of Bill Concannon</em>

Art

The Neon Art of Bill Concannon

Sunday 6/27 @ Museum of Neon Art

Neon signs, once referred to by Tom Wolfe as a 20th-century American folk art, have long been an obsession of Bill... 

Joel Kyack: <em>Superclogger</em>

Art

Joel Kyack: Superclogger

Sunday 6/27 @ Various locations

LAXART says: Launching June 1st, 2010 with a special showing at LAXART from 7-10pm, Superclogger will mark Los Angeles-based artist Joel... 

West of Rome presents Mike Kelley and Michael Smith: <em>A Voyage of Growth and Discovery</em>

Art

Mike Kelley and Michael Smith

Sunday 6/27 @ The Farley Building

Mike Kelley is one of the most influential artists ever to come out of Los Angeles. Though he works across every... 

John Baldessari: <em>Pure Beauty</em>

Art

John Baldessari: Pure Beauty

Sunday 6/27 @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art

John Baldessari is much more than a well-known LA art-world figure. He's one of the most honored and acclaimed visual artists... 

<em>Eyes Wide Open (Eynayim Pekuhot)</em>

Film

Eyes Wide Open

Sunday 6/27 @ Laemmle's Sunset 5

One of the documentary highlights of last year's Los Angeles Film Festival was City of Borders, Yun Suh's portrait of a... 

<em>The Curious World of Patent Models</em> and <em>The Future of Objects</em>

Special Event

The Curious World of Patent Models and The Future of Objects

Sunday 6/27 @ Art Center College of Design

As testament of the ceaselessly inventive American mind and geared towards lifestyle improvement, The Curious World of Patent Models produces myriad... 

Pavilion of Wings

Special Event

Pavilion of Wings

Sunday 6/27 @ 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>The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia</em>

Film: Documentary

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia

Sunday 6/27 @ Laemmle's Sunset 5

Julien Nitzberg's documentary The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia is something like an amusing, feature-length episode of A&E's Intervention.... 

Yukinori Dehara: <em>The Jizo</em>

Art

Yukinori Dehara

Sunday 6/27 @ GR2

Giant Robot is proud to host The Jizo, an art show featuring new work by Yukinori Dehara. Dehara's hand-painted clay depictions... 

<em>Accomplice: Hollywood</em>

Get Social

Accomplice: Hollywood

Sunday 6/27 @ 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... 

The Do-Over

Music: DJ

The Do-Over

Sunday 6/27 @ Crane's Hollywood Tavern

The Do-Over returns for another caliente season of beats, BBQ, and signature sangria courtesy of Stones Throw Records and Crane's Hollywood... 

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

Art

Home Lands

Sunday 6/27 @ 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... 

2010 Los Angeles Film Festival

Festival: Film

Los Angeles Film Festival

Sunday 6/27 @ Various Downtown locations

The qualifying festival for Film Independent's Spirit Awards, Los Angeles Film Festival screens hundreds of feature-length narratives, documentaries, music videos, and... 

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

Special Event

Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

Sunday 6/27 @ 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... 

The Art Squared Gallery Art Show

Festival: Art

Art Squared Gallery

Sunday 6/27 @ Pershing Square

Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles is meant to be the literal and symbolic center of the city; and while that's... 

Hiroshige: Visions of Japan

Art

Hiroshige: Visions of Japan

Sunday 6/27 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

Think of iconic Japanese print-maker Hiroshige as a kind of Andy Warhol of his day, crossed with a staff photographer for... 

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

Art

The Never-Ending Story

Sunday 6/27 @ Royal/T

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

<em>Lost Panorama</em>

Special Event

Lost Panorama

Sunday 6/27 @ The Velaslavasay Panorama

The Velaslavasay Panorama says: The Lost Panorama project was never about locating something. It was more about the phenomenon of disappearances... 

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

Theatre

Just 45 Minutes from Broadway

Sunday 6/27 @ 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"... 

Fang Ling-An: <em>Everything is Stitching Together Simultaneously </em>

Art

Fang Ling-An

Sunday 6/27 @ CB1 Gallery

Chicago-based mixed media sculptor and installation artist Fang Ling-An remixes elements of the traditional and the contemporary, the spiritual and the... 

Hacienda Hot Springs

Getaways

Hacienda Hot Springs

Sunday 6/27 @ Hacienda Hot Springs

A mission-style oasis in the Coachella Valley, Hacienda Hot Springs isn't your ordinary spa destination. Between the homemade granola and the... 

The Last Chapbook Project

Books: Reading

The Last Chapbook Project

Sunday 6/27 @ 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... 

Fallen Fruit presents <em>EATLACMA: Let Them Eat LACMA
</em>

Art

EATLACMA

Sunday 6/27 @ LACMA

What began as the mapping of fruit trees in LA neighborhoods grew into Fallen Fruit, a full-fledged activist art project and... 

Tribeca Film Festival

Festival: Film

Tribeca Film Festival

Sunday 6/27 @ Laemmle's Sunset 5

Co-founded by Robert De Niro, Tribeca Film Festival has served as New York's equivalent of our own Los Angeles Film Festival.... 

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

Art

Sumi Ink Club: Sumi Room

Sunday 6/27 @ 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... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Special Event

Jews on Vinyl

Sunday 6/27 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Jews on Vinyl is an auditory history of the influence of Jewish traditions on American pop culture from 1948, the year... 

<em>The Fantastical Worlds of Ray Harryhausen</em>

Art

The Fantastical Worlds of Ray Harryhausen

Sunday 6/27 @ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Long before the recent quasi-blockbuster version, there was the original Clash of the Titans, a 1981 tour de force starring Laurence... 

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

Art

James Turrell

Sunday 6/27 @ 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... 

<em>Some Assembly Required: race, gender, and globalization</em>

Art

Some Assembly Required: race, gender, and globalization

Sunday 6/27 @ Craft and Folk Art Museum

A series of events is presented in conjunction with Some Assembly Required, the unique, exuberant, and powerful current exhibition of assemblage... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Sunday 6/27 @ 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>Art from the Ashes</em> to benefit Deukmejian Wilderness Park

Art

Art from the Ashes to benefit Deukmejian Wilderness Park

Sunday 6/27 @ Art from the Ashes Gallery

Art from the Ashes says: ART from the ashes is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization of independent artists and volunteers who contribute... 

Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company presents the Wicked Wilde Shakespeare Festival

Theatre

The Wicked Wilde Shakespeare Festival

Sunday 6/27 @ Miles Memorial Playhouse

Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company is renowned for their all-female versions of classic plays, a variation on the Shakespearean practice of... 

<em>Pot! The Musical</em>

Theatre

Pot! The Musical

Sunday 6/27 @ The ComedySportz Theatre

Forget Amsterdam, Oaksterdam, and the Rastafarians. Following the smash success of its world premiere in Venice Beach — and just in... 

<em>The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs</em>

Art

The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs

Sunday 6/27 @ Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

American furniture designer Charles Rohlfs (1853–1936) found inspiration in Art Nouveau, Asian, English, German, and Moorish designs, yet his own style... 

<em>Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll</em>

Film

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Sunday 6/27 @ Laemmle's Sunset 5

Ian Dury and the Blockheads were uniquely responsible for the carnivalesque, gender-bending side of the British punk rock family tree, scrambling... 

House of Blues Gospel Brunch

Music

Gospel Brunch

Sunday 6/27 @ 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... 

Dwell on Design

Art

Dwell on Design

Sunday 6/27 @ Los Angeles Convention Center

Billed as the West Coast's largest design event, Dwell on Design is a three-day Downtown festival spotlighting inspirational design trends, featuring... 

Alan Shaffer

Art: Photography

Alan Shaffer

Sunday 6/27 @ Capri Restaurant

Venice Beach is legendary for being home to generations of the most important and/or intriguing artists LA has ever produced, among... 

<em>EuroTrash</em>: JR, Vhils, Conor Harrington, and Antony Micallef

Art

EuroTrash

Sunday 6/27 @ Lazarides Gallery Beverly Hills

Lazarides is something of an organized art ring that stretches from London to New York, and lately LA, known for bringing... 

<em>Ring Festival LA</em>

Festival

Ring Festival LA

Sunday 6/27 @ 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... 

<em>Behind the Gates</em>

Theatre

Behind the Gates

Sunday 6/27 @ Marilyn Monroe Theater at the Lee Strasberg Creative Center

Rebellious Los Angeles teenager Bethany, misunderstood by her parents and frustrated with the superficiality of life in Los Angeles, goes to... 

Hurley presents: <em>Art Shack</em>

Art

Art Shack

Sunday 6/27 @ Laguna Art Museum

There will be a curator's walk-through with Greg Escalante (Juxtapoz) on Sunday, June 13 (1pm), and a shack-making workshop on July... 

Hollywood Fringe Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Hollywood Fringe Festival

Sunday 6/27 @ Various Hollywood theaters

A festival as ambitious and eclectic as this can be hard to get your arms around. The website is actually very... 

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

Special Event

Monsters and Miracles: A Journey through Jewish Picture Books

Sunday 6/27 @ 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>Chuck Jones: An Animator's Life From A to Z-Z-Z-Z</em>

Art

Chuck Jones: An Animator's Life From A to Z-Z-Z-Z

Sunday 6/27 @ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

An exhibition of the work of Oscar winner and master humorist Chuck Jones, representing his short animated films, features and TV... 

<em>Strange Kozmic Experience</em>

Special Event

Strange Kozmic Experience

Sunday 6/27 @ 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... 

<em>Never Very Far Apart</em>

Art

Never Very Far Apart

Sunday 6/27 @ REDCAT

Never Very Far Apart

Curated by Ryan Inouye
... 

George Segal: <em>The Expulsion</em>, feat. photographs of the artist at work by Donald Lokuta

Art

George Segal: The Expulsion, feat. photographs of the artist at work by Donald Lokuta

Sunday 6/27 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Experience George Segal's life-sized sculptural work The Expulsion, the generous gift of the George and Helen Segal Foundation, showcased in its... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Sunday 6/27 @ 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 6/27 @ 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... 

Biltmore Hotel Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Biltmore Hotel Walking Tour

Sunday 6/27 @ 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>Plants, Flowers and Fruits</em>: Ellsworth Kelly Lithographs

Special Event

Plants, Flowers and Fruits: Ellsworth Kelly Lithographs

Sunday 6/27 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

The Norton Simon Museum presents an exhibition of twenty lithographs of botanical subjects by American artist Ellsworth Kelly (b. 1923). Though... 

Film Series: The Ornament and the Enchantress

Festival: Film

Film Series: The Ornament and the Enchantress

Sunday 6/27 @ The Getty Museum

Surrender to the charms of Hollywood's most glamorous femmes fatales in this film series inspired by the sensuous paintings in the...