Events on Tuesday, August 3

<em>I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!</em>

Film

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Whether as Chief Inspector Clouseau in Pink Panther (1963) or as a nightmare guest in The Party (1968), actor Peter Sellers... 

Jerry Beck's Animation Tuesdays: Turned-On Toons feat. <em>Down and Dirty Duck</em>

Film: Animation

Jerry Beck's Animation Tuesdays: Turned-On Toons feat. Down and Dirty Duck

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ The Cinefamily

You may have heard of Ralph Bakshi's X-rated animated film, Fritz the Cat (1972), but have you heard of Charles Swenson's... 

Howard Altmann: <em>In This House</em>

Books: Poetry

Howard Altmann: In This House

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ Book Soup

Howard Altmann crafts poems of extraordinary grace, charm, and elegant melancholy. His work has one foot in the powerful, almost existential... 

Circa Survive w/ O' Brother

Music

Circa Survive w/ O' Brother

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ Bootleg Theater

CIRCA SURVIVE The Doylestown, PA-based band’s multi-faceted sound has always allowed infinite space for interpretation, melding intricate prog and mind-bending psychedelia... 

Great Guitars: Lee Ritenour

Music

Great Guitars: Lee Ritenour

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ The GRAMMY Museum

Join as The GRAMMY Museum welcomes prolific jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour to the Clive Davis Theater. Before an intimate audience of... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Home Lands

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

<em>Plant Vacation</em>

Art

Plant Vacation

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

Kori Newkirk

Art

Kori Newkirk

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ Country Club LA

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

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

Art

John Baldessari: Pure Beauty

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

Pavilion of Wings

Special Event

Pavilion of Wings

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Reuben Cox: River Pictures

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Music

Club Ding-a-Ling

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ Hyperion Tavern

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

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

Art

Todd Schorr

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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 Story Foreshadows...</em>

Art

The Story Foreshadows...

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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 Monster Within Custom-Painted Toy Show</em> curated by Buff Monster

Art

The Monster Within

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

<em>Common Ground</em>

Art: Photography

Common Ground

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

Doug Edge: Then and Now

Art

Doug Edge

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

Hacienda Hot Springs

Getaways

Hacienda Hot Springs

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Never-Ending Story

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ Royal/T

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

US Open of Surfing

Sports

US Open of Surfing

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Jim Houser

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ Subliminal Projects

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

Tony Berlant

Art

Tony Berlant

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ LA Louver Gallery

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

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

Art

EATLACMA

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ LACMA

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

<em>Vicious Circle</em>&nbsp;and <em>Surface Tension</em>

Art: Photography

Vicious Circle and Surface Tension

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ Young Projects at the Pacific Design Center

Young Projects at the Pacific Design Center presents a pair of divergent exhibits that both challenge the boundaries of video art... 

The Last Chapbook Project

Books: Reading

The Last Chapbook Project

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Invention of Animals

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ Gallery Brown

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

The Art Squared Gallery Art Show

Festival: Art

Art Squared Gallery

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ Pershing Square

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

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

Art

Patrick Graham and Arshile Gorky

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Special Event

Jews on Vinyl

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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>Hangin' Together</em> curated by Kerry James Marshall

Art

Hangin' Together

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

Tad Beck: <em>Palimpsest</em>

Art

Tad Beck

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

Pacific Design Center's <em>Design Loves Art</em> Gallery Night

Art

Design Loves Art

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ Pacific Design Center

The miniature, indoor gallery district on the Blue Whale's second, and now third, floors welcomes new shows from original residents and... 

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

Art

Art Shack

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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>Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy</em>

Art: Installation

Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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 Fantastical Worlds of Ray Harryhausen</em>

Art

The Fantastical Worlds of Ray Harryhausen

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

Theatre Asylum's Best of the Fringe

Theatre

Best of the Fringe

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ Theatre Asylum

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

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

Art: Photography

The Uncovering

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ Carmichael Gallery

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

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

Art

Karen Ann Myers

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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>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

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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>Lazy Hazy</em>

Art

Lazy Hazy

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ JF Chen

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

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

Art

Chad Person: Surviving the End of Your World

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

<em>Women of an Uncertain Age</em>

Art

Women of an Uncertain Age

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ Samuel Freeman

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

Joel Kyack: <em>Superclogger</em>

Art

Joel Kyack: Superclogger

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Special Event

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

Not Content: Unnatural Acts

Art

Not Content: Unnatural Acts

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

Not Content: Unnatural Acts Taking its name from the historic collaborative writing marathons led by Bernadette Mayer... 

<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

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

Saturday High and Art Center for Kids Weeklong Summer Workshops

Art

Saturday High and Art Center for Kids Weeklong Summer Workshops

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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... 

<em>Strange Kozmic Experience</em>

Special Event

Strange Kozmic Experience

Tuesday 8/ 3 @ 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...