Events on Saturday, July 10

<em>All About Evil: The Peaches Christ Experience in 4-D</em>

Film

All About Evil

Saturday 7/10 @ Vista Theatre

Drag queen-turned-movie director Joshua Grannell reverts to his drag persona, Peaches Christ, to present All About Evil, a darkly comic, campy... 

theLIFT presents Family Night feat. Jeremy Sole, Wiseacre, Rick Wren, and Glenn Red

Music: DJ

theLIFT: Family Night

Saturday 7/10 @ Downtown location provided with registration

Back this month from Jeremy Sole and Wiseacre is their lovechild, theLIFT, a monthly after-hours that combines the late-night underground vibe... 

John Einarson: <em>Forever Changes: Arthur Lee and the Book of Love</em>

Books: Reading

John Einarson: Forever Changes: Arthur Lee and the Book of Love

Saturday 7/10 @ Book Soup

John Einarson presents and signs Forever Changes: Arthur Lee and the Book of Love. (Note:... 

Chris Botti plus special guest Katharine McPhee

Music

Chris Botti plus special guest Katharine McPhee

Saturday 7/10 @ Greek Theatre

Jazz/pop trumpeter Chris Botti with special guest Katharine McPhee will perform at The Greek Theatre on July 10 at 7:30 PM.... 

Freddy & Francine and Smoke Wagon

Music

Freddy & Francine and Smoke Wagon

Saturday 7/10 @ Bootleg Theater

FREDDY & FRANCINE "Freddy and Francine could be the new king and queen of an emerging new folksy funky countrified alternative... 

Le Combat Dans L'Ile

Film

Le Combat Dans L'Ile

Saturday 7/10 @ The Cinefamily

A cool romantic noir from the French New Wave, Le Combat Dans L’Ile stars Louis Trintignant and the impossibly gorgeous Romy... 

SWAHILI BLONDE / WE ARE THE WORLD / WEAVE! @ echoplex

Music

SWAHILI BLONDE / WE ARE THE WORLD / WEAVE! @ echoplex

Saturday 7/10 @ The Echo & Echoplex

SWAHILI BLONDE Swahili Blonde began with Nicole Turley (ex-WEAVE! drummer & vocalist) sitting in a little room amidst a bunch of... 

Boys Night Out: Bachelor Party + The Party Animal

Film: Double Feature

Boys Night Out: Bachelor Party + The Party Animal

Saturday 7/10 @ The Cinefamily

VIEW TRAILERS

Bachelor Party - 10:00pm
"While some critics appreciated the humor, others found it to be... 

70mm Print! 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

Film

70mm Print! 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

Saturday 7/10 @ Egyptian Theatre

70mm! 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, 1968, Warner Bros., 139 min. Director Stanley Kubrick’s mind-blowing meditation on the dangers (and wonders) of... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Art from the Ashes</em> to benefit Deukmejian Wilderness Park

Art

Art from the Ashes to benefit Deukmejian Wilderness Park

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Never-Ending Story

Saturday 7/10 @ Royal/T

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

<em>Caught</em>

Performing Arts: Theatre

Caught

Saturday 7/10 @ Zephyr Theatre

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

The Last Chapbook Project

Books: Reading

The Last Chapbook Project

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

Karen Ann Myers: <em>Thinking of You</em>

Art

Karen Ann Myers

Saturday 7/10 @ Luis de Jesus Los Angeles

South Carolina-based artist Karen Ann Myers paints pictures of the beauty women desire, often at the expense of their own sanity.... 

<em>Lost Panorama</em>

Special Event

Lost Panorama

Saturday 7/10 @ The Velaslavasay Panorama

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

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

Art

EATLACMA

Saturday 7/10 @ LACMA

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

<em>All Cake, No File</em>: The Johnny Cash Prison Tribute Comedy Cooking Show/Concert

Theatre

All Cake, No File

Saturday 7/10 @ The Actors' Gang Theatre

Take four musicians clad in black, add one lovably flighty celebu-chef, stir in a surly, line-dancing prison warden, combine all on... 

Lun*na Menoh: <em>A Ring Around the Collar, Musicians</em>

Art

Lun*na Menoh

Saturday 7/10 @ Track 16 Gallery

Lun*na Menoh's comprehensive body of work includes a standing gig with Japanese art-rock band Seksu Roba, a piece in the Victoria... 

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

Art

The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

Hacienda Hot Springs

Getaways

Hacienda Hot Springs

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

Overtones Industries: <em>Songs & Dances of Imaginary Lands</em>

Theatre

Songs & Dances of Imaginary Lands

Saturday 7/10 @ The Songs & Dances Warehouse

Overtones Industries says: The show follows Tom and Sue as they search for their lost identities by visiting imaginary places that... 

Jim Houser: <em>The Homebody</em>

Art

Jim Houser

Saturday 7/10 @ Subliminal Projects

Subliminal Projects says: Subliminal Projects is pleased to present The Homebody, a solo exhibition of new original works by Jim Houser.... 

<em>Grease</em> Sing-A-Long

Film

Grease Sing-A-Long

Saturday 7/10 @ AMC Century City 15

The campy, giddy delights of the 1978 musical Grease can be seen again on the big screen, this time with the... 

<em>Out of the Closet and Into the Street: Posters of LGBTQ Struggles & Celebrations</em>

Art

Out of the Closet and Into the Street

Saturday 7/10 @ ONE Archives Gallery and Museum

Center for the Study of Political Graphics says: Despite decades of affirmation and positive role models engendered by the LGBTQ liberation... 

<em>The Monster Within Custom-Painted Toy Show</em> curated by Buff Monster

Art

The Monster Within

Saturday 7/10 @ GR2

Buff Monster's candy-coated, anime-inspired world riffing on the "Superflat" style is populated by kaiju-esque characters occupying quasi-geometric environments rendered in a... 

Patrick Graham: <em>fact of the matter</em> and Arshile Gorky: <em>sketchbook drawings</em>

Art

Patrick Graham and Arshile Gorky

Saturday 7/10 @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

Continuing its tradition of illuminating scholarship on modern and contemporary painting, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts presents one of its most ambitious... 

Serban Savu: <em>Unimportant Stories</em>

Art

Serban Savu

Saturday 7/10 @ Mihai Nicodim Gallery

Mihai Nicodim Gallery is pleased to present Unimportant Stories, the second solo show in the gallery of the Romanian artist Serban Savu.... 

<em>Common Ground</em>

Art: Photography

Common Ground

Saturday 7/10 @ A&I Hollywood

Digital photography is one of the most small-D democratic art forms in the world, providing access to a truly universal means... 

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

Art

Mike Kelley and Michael Smith

Saturday 7/10 @ The Farley Building

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

Doug Edge: Then and Now

Art

Doug Edge

Saturday 7/10 @ Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art

Cardwell Jimmerson says: Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art will be presenting an exhibition of work by Doug Edge, featuring pieces in a... 

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

Theatre

Just 45 Minutes from Broadway

Saturday 7/10 @ 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"... 

Yoskay Yamamoto: <em>Familiar Strangers</em>

Art

Yoskay Yamamoto

Saturday 7/10 @ LeBasse Projects

With stylistic influences that range from the sublime, dreamy, and sometimes violent imagery of Ukiyo-e (literally, "the floating world") to the... 

<em>The Girl Who Played with Fire</em>

Film

The Girl Who Played with Fire

Saturday 7/10 @ Various Los Angeles theaters

Lisbeth Salander is the antisocial genius hacker of Swedish thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the first in a popular... 

Devil's Night Drive-In

Film

Devil's Night Drive-In

Saturday 7/10 @ Devil's Night Drive-In

To the car-centric city of LA comes a classic idea experiencing a revival — a drive-in movie theatre that welcomes bicyclists... 

<em>Alternative Press</em>: 25th Anniversary Show

Art

Alternative Press: 25th Anniversary Show

Saturday 7/10 @ Merry Karnowsky Gallery

Art by and about rock stars is nothing new. Rock and roll has always had its share of musicians who have... 

Theatre Asylum's Best of the Fringe

Theatre

Best of the Fringe

Saturday 7/10 @ Theatre Asylum

Theatre Asylum says: The 1st annual Hollywood Fringe Festival has ended, but we at Theatre Asylum are not willing to let... 

Albert Reyes, Kelsey Brooks, and Kime Buzzelli: <em>Total Eclipse</em>

Art

Total Eclipse

Saturday 7/10 @ New Image Art

Ohio-born Kime Buzzelli is the woman behind Echo Park's art boutique and vintage couturier Show Pony, but not only does the... 

Jim McHugh: <em>Let's Get Lost</em>

Art: Photography

Jim McHugh

Saturday 7/10 @ Timothy Yarger Fine Art

As the grandson of a golden-era Hollywood songwriter, acclaimed photographer Jim McHugh is heir to a particular experience and vision of... 

Todd Schorr: <em>Designed for Extinction</em> and Malcom McLaren: <em>Shallow 1-21: A Series of Musical Paintings</em>

Art

Todd Schorr

Saturday 7/10 @ Otis College of Art and Design

From the Otis College of Art and Design comes the summer's first blockbuster art show — actually, an inspired pairing of... 

<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

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

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

Art

Art Shack

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

<em>The Alchemy of Things Unknown: a visual meditation on transformation</em>

Art

The Alchemy of Things Unknown

Saturday 7/10 @ Khastoo Gallery

Khastoo Gallery says: "After the cursing comes laughter, so that the soul is saved from the dead. " -Carl Gustav Jung,... 

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

Art

John Baldessari: Pure Beauty

Saturday 7/10 @ 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>Mary Lynn Spreads Her Legs</em>

Theatre

Mary Lynn Spreads Her Legs

Saturday 7/10 @ The Steve Allen Theater

Mary Lynn Rajskub (24, Julie & Julia) takes on her most challenging role to date, as her one-woman show jabs at... 

<em>Accomplice: Hollywood</em>

Get Social

Accomplice: Hollywood

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

David Hollen and Jen Heaslip

Art

David Hollen and Jen Heaslip

Saturday 7/10 @ Bert Green Fine Art

Bert Green Fine Art says: David Hollen constructs sculpture from industrial materials such as metal, wood, wire, rubber, and synthetic materials.... 

Outfest 2010

Festival: Film

Outfest 2010

Saturday 7/10 @ Various Los Angeles theaters

The 28th Annual Outfest gets a big Absolut-sponsored kickoff with Howl, the much-anticipated beat/gen-indie set in San Francisco circa 1955, with... 

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

Performing Arts: Puppetry

It's a Musical World

Saturday 7/10 @ 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>Lazy Hazy</em>

Art

Lazy Hazy

Saturday 7/10 @ JF Chen

Staple of the La Brea Boulevard design district, exotic and modern furniture gallery JF Chen continues to expand its well-deserved reputation... 

<em>Fierce Beauty: The Art Work of Linda Vallejo</em>

Art

Linda Vallejo

Saturday 7/10 @ Plaza de la Raza

Plaza de la Raza says:   Plaza de la Raza is pleased to announce a major retrospective of Linda Vallejo's wide-ranging... 

Hiroshige: Visions of Japan

Art

Hiroshige: Visions of Japan

Saturday 7/10 @ 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>Home Lands: How Women Made the West</em>

Art

Home Lands

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

Tony Berlant

Art

Tony Berlant

Saturday 7/10 @ LA Louver Gallery

Perhaps the easiest way to think of the work of iconic LA artist Tony Berlant, is to imagine a painter of... 

COLA Individual Artist Fellowships

Art

COLA Individual Artist Fellowships

Saturday 7/10 @ 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>Eight Person Show</em>

Art

Eight Person Show

Saturday 7/10 @ La Luz de Jesus

The go-to store for modern-day kitsch, offbeat literature, and other forms of esoterica, Wacko also harbors a pair of healthy-sized art... 

Rachel Rosenthal: TOHUBOHU! Extreme Theater Ensemble

Theatre

Rachel Rosenthal

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Neon Art of Bill Concannon

Saturday 7/10 @ 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

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

<em>Point Break LIVE!</em>

Theatre

Point Break LIVE!

Saturday 7/10 @ Dragonfly

Point Break LIVE! turns cinematic lemons into lemonade, raucously skewering the cult-classic film by casting an unrehearsed audience volunteer to fill... 

John Lurie: <em>The Invention of Animals</em>

Art

The Invention of Animals

Saturday 7/10 @ Gallery Brown

Not only has John Lurie starred in a string of Jim Jarmusch films in the '80s, he's written and directed the... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Special Event

Jews on Vinyl

Saturday 7/10 @ Skirball Cultural Center

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

Old Pasadena Film Festival

Festival: Film

Old Pasadena Film Festival

Saturday 7/10 @ Various Pasadena locations

Old Pasadena Film Festival says:
Old Pasadena Management presents the Old Pasadena Film Festival, a free three-week movie series that... 

<em>The Uncovering: New Photography by Boogie</em>

Art: Photography

The Uncovering

Saturday 7/10 @ Carmichael Gallery

Carmichael Gallery says: Carmichael Gallery is pleased to present THE UNCOVERING, a powerful cross section of new photography by Serbian native... 

Chad Person: <em>Surviving the End of Your World</em>

Art

Chad Person: Surviving the End of Your World

Saturday 7/10 @ Mark Moore Gallery

New Mexico-based multimedia artist Chad Person creates beautifully crafted, ironic indictments of society's most dangerous flaws. In TaxCut, Person shreds US... 

Monika Rittershaus: <em>LA Ring in Photographs</em>

Art: Photography

LA Ring in Photographs

Saturday 7/10 @ Ruth Bachofner Gallery

Ruth Bachofner Gallery says: Monika's Rittershaus' photographs of LA Opera's first presentation of Richard Wagner's epic masterwork Der Ring Des Nibelungen... 

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

Art

The Fantastical Worlds of Ray Harryhausen

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

<em>Kink: The Seduction of Art</em>

Art

Kink: The Seduction of Art

Saturday 7/10 @ Koplin del Rio Gallery

Aside perhaps from bowls of fruit, no subject matter is more prevalent in fine art than the human body — usually... 

Pavilion of Wings

Special Event

Pavilion of Wings

Saturday 7/10 @ 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>Some Assembly Required: race, gender, and globalization</em>

Art

Some Assembly Required: race, gender, and globalization

Saturday 7/10 @ 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>Women of an Uncertain Age</em>

Art

Women of an Uncertain Age

Saturday 7/10 @ Samuel Freeman

Samuel Freeman Gallery says: A group show featuring works by Cassandra Glessner, Maggie Mull, Hedi Sorger, Michelle Wiener, and Jennifer Wolf,... 

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

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Saturday 7/10 @ 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>Hurricane Season</em>

Theatre

Hurrican Season

Saturday 7/10 @ Eclectic Company Theatre

Hurricane Season is Eclectic Company's 7th annual new-plays festival and playwrights competition in original one-acts. They have begun to gain a... 

<em>Sweet Things: A Group Show </em>

Art

Sweet Things

Saturday 7/10 @ Crewest Gallery

Are your lady friends always saying that you need more culture? Well, prepare to get in touch with your inner female... 

The Art Squared Gallery Art Show

Festival: Art

Art Squared Gallery

Saturday 7/10 @ Pershing Square

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

P&Oslash;ST presents <em>31 Kamikaze Shows</em> in July

Art

31 Kamikaze Shows

Saturday 7/10 @ PØST

The plan for July at beloved experimental art space PØST is as simple as the results are mercurial and eclectic. Thirty-one... 

<em>Plants, Flowers and Fruits</em>: Ellsworth Kelly Lithographs

Special Event

Plants, Flowers and Fruits: Ellsworth Kelly Lithographs

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

<em>Strange Kozmic Experience</em>

Special Event

Strange Kozmic Experience

Saturday 7/10 @ 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>Monsters and Miracles: A Journey through Jewish Picture Books</em>

Special Event

Monsters and Miracles: A Journey through Jewish Picture Books

Saturday 7/10 @ 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

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

Imaging DNA

Art: Photography

Imaging DNA

Saturday 7/10 @ Art Center College of Design

Art Center College of Design, in association with NMC Partners, will host a gathering of leaders and innovators in imaging, technology,... 

Art Deco Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Art Deco Walking Tour

Saturday 7/10 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The Art Deco tour is an in-depth look at the history, materials, and style of Art Deco architecture popular in Los... 

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

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Art

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

Cinespace Saturdays

Music

Cinespace Saturdays

Saturday 7/10 @ Cinespace

Saturday nights at Cinespace is the place to be for dancing and drinks on Hollywood Boulevard. Join us for the city's... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

Saturday High and Art Center for Kids Weeklong Summer Workshops

Art

Saturday High and Art Center for Kids Weeklong Summer Workshops

Saturday 7/10 @ Art Center College of Design

Saturday High and Art Center for Kids offer an expanded series of five-day classes in the summer, designed to give young... 

Historic Downtown Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Historic Downtown Walking Tour

Saturday 7/10 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The Historic Downtown tour provides an overview of the historical and cultural landmarks of downtown Los Angeles. Covering a wide range... 

Broadway: Historic Theatre and Commercial District Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Broadway: Historic Theatre and Commercial District Walking Tour

Saturday 7/10 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The tour explores the social, cinematic, and architectural history of the largest National Register Historic Theatre Districts in the country. The...