Events on Saturday, July 31

Vlatka Horvat: <em>This Here and That There</em>

Art

Vlatka Horvat: This Here and That There

Saturday 7/31 @ Fletcher Bridge on the LA River

Outpost for Contemporary Art says: The performance's venue is the Los Angeles River below the Fletcher Bridge in Elysian Valley ... 

Green is Glamorous Benefit Concert & Fashion Show

Special Event: Benefit

Green is Glamorous

Saturday 7/31 @ Libertine on Sunset

Green is Glamorous says: Green Is Glamorous is a comprehensive event to help various charities around the world and while doing... 

TNParty: Annual Benefit for the Tuesday Night Project

Special Event: Benefit

TNParty

Saturday 7/31 @ Aratani/Japan America Theatre

Little Tokyo's ongoing weekly performance series Tuesday Night Party celebrates the live communal experience with words, images, sound, and movement. The... 

Inner-City Arts benefit: Summer on 7th

Special Event: Benefit

Summer on 7th

Saturday 7/31 @ Inner-City Arts

Inner-City Arts says: Come drink, eat, and dance for a good cause!

Special guest celebrity DJs will... 

The Boogie Den

Fashion/Style: Shopping

The Boogie Den

Saturday 7/31 @ A&D Vintage Clothing Warehouse

Vintage fashions sold cheap by the pound, taco truck, open bar, killer indie rock bands. Last Saturday of the month. Any... 

Sea No Evil Art Show 2010

Special Event: Benefit

Sea No Evil

Saturday 7/31 @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium

Long before Animal Planet hooked audiences on the reality series Whale Wars, Captain Paul Watson had been battling illegal whale hunters... 

Pat Benatar w / REO Speedwagon and Edwin McCain

Music

Pat Benatar w / REO Speedwagon and Edwin McCain

Saturday 7/31 @ Greek Theatre

Tonight, the Greek hits us with its best shots: '80s rocker Pat Benatar and '70s American powerband REO Speedwagon team up... 

<em>The Last Movie</em> + Dennis Hopper Retrospective Closing Reception

Film

The Last Movie + Dennis Hopper Retrospective Closing Reception

Saturday 7/31 @ The Cinefamily

Co-presented by MOCA

Following the massive reverberations of Easy Rider, Dennis Hopper had carte blanche and a $1... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Signs of the Forest</em>

Art

Signs of the Forest

Saturday 7/31 @ Arena 1

By turns whimsical and ominous, the work of the 16 artists curated into Signs of the Forest share little in the... 

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

Art

Linda Vallejo

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

<em>Caught</em>

Performing Arts: Theatre

Caught

Saturday 7/31 @ Zephyr Theatre

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

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

Art

Total Eclipse

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

Home Lands

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

Kori Newkirk

Art

Kori Newkirk

Saturday 7/31 @ Country Club LA

Country Club says: Country Club Los Angeles is pleased to announce that Kori Newkirk will be the next artist in the... 

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

Art

The Fantastical Worlds of Ray Harryhausen

Saturday 7/31 @ 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>Women of an Uncertain Age</em>

Art

Women of an Uncertain Age

Saturday 7/31 @ Samuel Freeman

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

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

Art

The Alchemy of Things Unknown

Saturday 7/31 @ Khastoo Gallery

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

Joel Kyack: <em>Superclogger</em>

Art

Joel Kyack: Superclogger

Saturday 7/31 @ 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>Hurricane Season</em>

Theatre

Hurrican Season

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Invention of Animals

Saturday 7/31 @ 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 7/31 @ Skirball Cultural Center

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

Summer X-Games 16

Sports

Summer X-Games 16

Saturday 7/31 @ Staples Center

X-Games 16 says: X GAMES 16 starts this Thursday, July 29 - August 1, Live in Los Angeles! You don't want... 

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

Art

31 Kamikaze Shows

Saturday 7/31 @ PØST

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

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

Art

The Monster Within

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

Todd Schorr

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

EATLACMA

Saturday 7/31 @ LACMA

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

<em>Common Ground</em>

Art: Photography

Common Ground

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

<em>Lost Panorama</em>

Special Event

Lost Panorama

Saturday 7/31 @ The Velaslavasay Panorama

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

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

Art

John Baldessari: Pure Beauty

Saturday 7/31 @ 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>Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy</em>

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

Sergio Mendes & Friends w/ Morcheeba

Music: Global

Sergio Mendes & Friends w/ Morcheeba

Saturday 7/31 @ Hollywood Bowl

Brazilian Bossa Nova icon Sergio Mendes throws a party at the Bowl tonight (and tomorrow) and expect some famous friends to... 

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

Art

Sweet Things

Saturday 7/31 @ Crewest Gallery

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

Old Pasadena Film Festival

Festival: Film

Old Pasadena Film Festival

Saturday 7/31 @ 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 Grand Moving Mirror of California</em>

Theatre

The Grand Moving Mirror of California

Saturday 7/31 @ The Velaslavasay Panorama

Located at the prewar Union Theater in historic West Adams, the Velaslavasay Panorama reinvigorates the lost tradition of panoramic painting —... 

<em>Lazy Hazy</em>

Art

Lazy Hazy

Saturday 7/31 @ 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>The Never-Ending Story: Fairytale, Fantasy, Obsession</em>

Art

The Never-Ending Story

Saturday 7/31 @ Royal/T

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

<em>Plant Vacation</em>

Art

Plant Vacation

Saturday 7/31 @ Hammer Museum

It's already too late to drop your plants off at the Hammer Museum for Machine Project and artist Lisa Anne Auerbach's... 

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

Art: Photography

The Uncovering

Saturday 7/31 @ Carmichael Gallery

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

The Last Chapbook Project

Books: Reading

The Last Chapbook Project

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

Tony Berlant

Art

Tony Berlant

Saturday 7/31 @ LA Louver Gallery

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

Doug Edge: Then and Now

Art

Doug Edge

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

Some Assembly Required: race, gender, and globalization

Saturday 7/31 @ 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>The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs</em>

Art

The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Just 45 Minutes from Broadway

Saturday 7/31 @ 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"... 

Hacienda Hot Springs

Getaways

Hacienda Hot Springs

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

Jim Houser

Saturday 7/31 @ Subliminal Projects

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

Theatre Asylum's Best of the Fringe

Theatre

Best of the Fringe

Saturday 7/31 @ Theatre Asylum

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

<em>Point Break LIVE!</em>

Theatre

Point Break LIVE!

Saturday 7/31 @ Dragonfly

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

Megan Geckler: <em>Every Move You Make, Every Step You Take</em>

Art

Megan Geckler

Saturday 7/31 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

Sting's slow-dance staple "Every Breath You Take" has inspired Kenneth Anger's surveillance-themed homo-erotic 2007 flick I'll Be Watching You and now,... 

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

Art

Patrick Graham and Arshile Gorky

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

Bill McMullen: <em>Checks Cashed</em>

Art

Bill McMullen: Checks Cashed

Saturday 7/31 @ HVW8 Art + Design Gallery

Bill McMullen's new exhibition, Checks Cashed, relates to his previous LA show Hype, Hustle, Rip-Off, but then takes things to a... 

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

Art

Art Shack

Saturday 7/31 @ 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 Story Foreshadows...</em>

Art

The Story Foreshadows...

Saturday 7/31 @ Hold Up Art

The premise of Hold Up Art's next group show is both powerful and a little bit wistful, as the curators 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 7/31 @ 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... 

<em>Hangin' Together</em> curated by Kerry James Marshall

Art

Hangin' Together

Saturday 7/31 @ Koplin del Rio Gallery

Hangin' Together assembles a divergent group of new-kids-on-the-block and art-world veterans for a cool summer show at Koplin del Rio. Curated... 

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

Theatre

All Cake, No File

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Neon Art of Bill Concannon

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

The Art Squared Gallery Art Show

Festival: Art

Art Squared Gallery

Saturday 7/31 @ Pershing Square

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

<em>Mary Lynn Spreads Her Legs</em>

Theatre

Mary Lynn Spreads Her Legs

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

California Design Biennial: <em>Action/Reaction
</em>

Art

California Design Biennial

Saturday 7/31 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

The Pasadena Museum of California Art has been a longtime supporter of our state's bountiful design legacy, and its biennial recognizes... 

US Open of Surfing

Sports

US Open of Surfing

Saturday 7/31 @ Huntington Beach Surf Stadium

US Open of Surfing says: 2010 U.S. OPEN OF SURFING is ramping up to a new level this year delivering NINE... 

<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 7/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

Chad Person: Surviving the End of Your World

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

Karen Ann Myers

Saturday 7/31 @ 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.... 

Hiroshige: Visions of Japan

Art

Hiroshige: Visions of Japan

Saturday 7/31 @ 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>Eight Person Show</em>

Art

Eight Person Show

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

Pavilion of Wings

Special Event

Pavilion of Wings

Saturday 7/31 @ Natural History Museum

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

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

Art

Mike Kelley and Michael Smith

Saturday 7/31 @ The Farley Building

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

Tad Beck: <em>Palimpsest</em>

Art

Tad Beck

Saturday 7/31 @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art

In honor of acquiring the presciently — and probably unintentionally — homoerotic 1899 masterpiece Wrestlers by Victorian painter Thomas Eakins, LACMA... 

<em>Accomplice: Hollywood</em>

Get Social

Accomplice: Hollywood

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

New Original Works Festival 2010: Program Two

Festival: Performing Arts

New Original Works Festival 2010: Program Two

Saturday 7/31 @ REDCAT

Following the explosive, standing-room only success of Program One, the New Original Works Festival changes the mood a bit; the second... 

David Hollen and Jen Heaslip

Art

David Hollen and Jen Heaslip

Saturday 7/31 @ 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.... 

Reuben Cox: <em>River Pictures</em>

Art: Photography

Reuben Cox: River Pictures

Saturday 7/31 @ The Hi-Lite

Multi-talent Reuben Cox is truly old school: he recently opened a Silverlake guitar store called Old Style, and when not making... 

<em>[title of show]</em>

Theatre

[title of show]

Saturday 7/31 @ Celebration Theatre

Part Glee, part A Star Is Born, [title of show] tells the story of two unemployed New Yorkers writing and directing... 

<em>Strange Kozmic Experience</em>

Special Event

Strange Kozmic Experience

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

Cinespace Saturdays

Music

Cinespace Saturdays

Saturday 7/31 @ Cinespace

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

Historic Downtown Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Historic Downtown Walking Tour

Saturday 7/31 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

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

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

Special Event

Plants, Flowers and Fruits: Ellsworth Kelly Lithographs

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

Broadway: Historic Theatre and Commercial District Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Broadway: Historic Theatre and Commercial District Walking Tour

Saturday 7/31 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

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

<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 7/31 @ 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... 

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Art

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Monsters and Miracles: A Journey through Jewish Picture Books

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

Saturday High and Art Center for Kids Weeklong Summer Workshops

Art

Saturday High and Art Center for Kids Weeklong Summer Workshops

Saturday 7/31 @ 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... 

Art Deco Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Art Deco Walking Tour

Saturday 7/31 @ 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 7/31 @ 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

Saturday 7/31 @ 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...