Events on Sunday, August 1
Sunday 8/ 1 @ The Steve Allen Theater
Mel Gordon, author of Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin and co-editor of the new Feral House book, Siegel...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ LACMA
LA-based art and action collective Fallen Fruit never strays far from its core mission — agitating for just and responsible public...
Dudamel Conducts Bizet's Carmen
Sunday 8/ 1 @ Hollywood Bowl
At a Hollywood Bowl press luncheon earlier this summer, Gustavo the Great announced his plans for his second season in the...
Ongoing Events
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ Zephyr Theatre
David L. Ray's new play Caught travels to the controversial crossroads of gay marriage and the bible belt. Although the play...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ Royal/T
It might be tempting to envision a romper room when you hear a maid café is hosting an exhibit with the...
Some Assembly Required: race, gender, and globalization
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ Staples Center
X-Games 16 says: X GAMES 16 starts this Thursday, July 29 - August 1, Live in Los Angeles! You don't want...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ The Farley Building
Mike Kelley is one of the most influential artists ever to come out of Los Angeles. Though he works across every...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ Skirball Cultural Center
Jews on Vinyl is an auditory history of the influence of Jewish traditions on American pop culture from 1948, the year...
The Fantastical Worlds of Ray Harryhausen
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
The Neon Art of Bill Concannon
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ Vinotèque
Hyper-stylish wine bar and small plates emporium Vinotèque is certainly part of a larger trend, but its unique and expertly selected...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ Pershing Square
Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles is meant to be the literal and symbolic center of the city; and while that's...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ The Velaslavasay Panorama
The Velaslavasay Panorama says: The Lost Panorama project was never about locating something. It was more about the phenomenon of disappearances...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
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Sunday 8/ 1 @ Celebration Theatre
Part Glee, part A Star Is Born, [title of show] tells the story of two unemployed New Yorkers writing and directing...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ Theatre Asylum
Theatre Asylum says: The 1st annual Hollywood Fringe Festival has ended, but we at Theatre Asylum are not willing to let...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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,...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Out of the Closet and Into the Street
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
The Curious World of Patent Models and The Future of Objects
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ Natural History Museum
One of the Natural History Museum's most eagerly anticipated annual events is its Pavilion of Wings — the installation of living,...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ Crewest Gallery
Are your lady friends always saying that you need more culture? Well, prepare to get in touch with your inner female...
Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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"...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ Los Angeles Conservancy
The Biltmore Hotel tour explores the architecture and rich history of this magnificent hotel, known in its early days as “The...
Sunday 8/ 1 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)
Not Content: Unnatural Acts Taking its name from the historic collaborative writing marathons led by Bernadette Mayer...
Plants, Flowers and Fruits: Ellsworth Kelly Lithographs
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Monsters and Miracles: A Journey through Jewish Picture Books
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Chuck Jones: An Animator's Life From A to Z-Z-Z-Z
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
Saturday High and Art Center for Kids Weeklong Summer Workshops
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
George Segal: The Expulsion, feat. photographs of the artist at work by Donald Lokuta
Sunday 8/ 1 @ 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...
