Events on Thursday, September 9
Soid Pastrana: The Zapotec Bukowski
Thursday 9/ 9 @ La Calaca Gallery
Celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of Mexico's Independence, the centenary of their Revolution, and the 90th birthday of one of Los Angeles'...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Honor Fraser
Music for Hoarders is a visual poem performance action in which I collaborate with a group of musicians to create a...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Vroman's Bookstore
There are writers whose book signing demeanor is demure, and then there is James Ellroy. Though he's a self-described hermetic and...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ The Troubadour
Contributor to This American Life and a panelist on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, Luke Burbank also hosts a daily podcast,...
Tunnelmental Experimental Assembly
Thursday 9/ 9 @ LaBrie's Lounge
Old-school London punks don't die, they just move to Los Angeles. Formerly of a progression of gritty, dancey underground bands (Tunnelmen,...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Egyptian Theatre
Upon its release, Stanley Kubrick's boffo black comedy about Cold War politics, atomic annihilation, and American madmen, Dr. Strangelove, assured that...
Camper van Beethoven w/ Cracker
Thursday 9/ 9 @ The Echo & Echoplex
Of all the conceptual pranks Camper Van Beethoven have pulled off over their 25 years, nothing tops the band's inexplicable fling...
Justin Nozuka Band w/ Alex Cuba and Ry Cuming
Thursday 9/ 9 @ El Rey
Blending elements of neo-soul, folk, old-time blues and pop, Justin has the guts of Ray LaMontagne and the soul of Lauryn...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ The Cinefamily
Fresh from a legendary gig scripting Dr. Strangelove, writer Terry Southern took novelist Eveyln Waugh’s black comedy aimed at both the funeral...
Ongoing Events
Thursday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Various Downtown locations
Centrally situated to celebrate Downtown LA's resurgence, the Downtown Film Festival injects a welcome dose of cinematic fun into venues throughout...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ La Luz de Jesus
Nathan Ota's art is both highly refined and hyper-realistic, with imaginary, hybrid creatures blending into vignettes that are part landscape, part...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ The Downtown Standard Hotel
In recent years, the Standard, Downtown LA has fashioned itself as a bit of an adult playground. Well, if you've gotten your...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Crewest Gallery
Paredes is an artist who combines the exhilarating sense of New York City's graffiti art with skill and perceptiveness. Growing up...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Various Los Angeles theaters
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 is the follow-up film to Mesrine: Killer Instinct, and the winner of three Césars (the French Academy...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Elephant Space
Parasite Drag is a powerful, lacerating drama with dark humor and storm warnings — both meteorological and emotional. Repressed Gene, about to...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ The Factory, Downtown Arts District
A traveling exhibition of 6 multidisciplinary artists from Switzerland: Regina Beith, Mauren Brodbeck, Stephane Ducret, Regis Golay, Hervé Graumann, and Oliver...
How the West Was Worn by... Michael Jackson
Thursday 9/ 9 @ The Autry National Center of the American West
Since much of Michael Jackson's enduring legacy and pop-culture influence is based on a "wild west" aesthetic, it should come as...
The Neon Art of Bill Concannon
Thursday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ LAUNCH_LA
Miracle Mile's newest art space hosts a solo show from Los Angeles artist Lola del Fresno, whose haunting, modern figurative paintings...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Pershing Square
Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles is meant to be the literal and symbolic center of the city; and while that's...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ 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,...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Joshua Tree Retreat Center
Bhakti yoga, also known as "heart-centered yoga," comes from a Sanskrit term which defines the practice of developing loving devotion to...
The 3G Show: Ghostbusters, Goonies, and Gremlins
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Gallery 1988
There's not a child of the '80s who didn't grow up loving the Ghostbusters, Goonies, and Gremlins movies. Now these classics...
The Art of Ancient Greek Theater
Thursday 9/ 9 @ The Getty Villa
This exhibition explores the many ways Greek drama was interpreted by ancient Greek artists, whose works are frequently the only surviving...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy
Thursday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Arena 1
One of the most consistently ambitious of LA's independent galleries, the Arena 1 space at the Santa Monica Airport never shies...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ 323 Projects
Mathew Timmons is a hard-core collaborator with no regard for traditional boundaries when it comes to mixing media and even entire...
Some Assembly Required: race, gender, and globalization
Thursday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Neighbors: A Play with Cartoons
Thursday 9/ 9 @ The Matrix Theatre Company
Have you seen the new neighbors? Richard Patterson is an upwardly mobile African-American academic. The family of black actors who has...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Rio Hondo College Art Gallery
In her latest series of photographic and video projections, Nicole Cohen expands upon previous subject matter and technological complexity, constructing layered,...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Edgar Varela Fine Arts
A simple idea combines beauty with a hint of social commentary, as Edgar Varela Fine Arts hosts a twist on the...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Merry Karnowsky Gallery
Part of one of California's most illustrious art-making families, Lezley Saar (daughter of Bettye and sister of Alison — currently enjoying...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ CB1 Gallery
Daniel Aksten's images, despite their intense visual crispness, blur the lines between several kinds of modern and contemporary painting conventions. He...
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Thursday 9/ 9 @ Celebration Theatre
Part Glee, part A Star Is Born, [title of show] tells the story of two unemployed New Yorkers writing and directing...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Hammer Museum
If you haven't gotten your invitation, the bad news is, you aren't likely to; but just so you know, conceptual art...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Fahey/Klein Gallery
Widely known for his black-and-white portraits of celebrities, which have graced the pages of Interview, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair,...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach
The California State University Long Beach Fine Arts Round Table (FARt) begins this academic year with a group exhibition featuring work...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Royal/T
Royal/T is going from Japanese-inspired gallery, store, and café to sushi bar — at least temporarily. Its Sushi Pop Art dinner...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Cinespace
The party Thursday evening is at Cinespace. See why everyone in Hollywood is talking about our new Thursdays. Ladies free before...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ Cinespace
Gravity Works is a professional caberet/vaudeville/comedy troupe created by producer/director Russell Boast out of a desire to create a unique performance...
Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
Thursday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ The Groundlings Theatre
Since 1992 The Groundlings Main Company, Alumni and Sunday Companies have played together every Thursday night in the all-improv explosion that...
Thursday 9/ 9 @ 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...
