Events on Tuesday, January 31

Jessie Baylin w/ the Watson Twins

Music: Indie

Jessie Baylin

Tuesday 1/31 @ The Troubadour

Jessie Baylin recalls the gauzy tones of '70s vocalists such as Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, and Dusty Springfield, only with a... 

Nikhil Korula Band

Music: Rock

Nikhil Korula Band

Tuesday 1/31 @ House of Blues Sunset Strip

Blending the sounds of calypso, rock, raggae, African and Latin, The Nikhhil Korula Band combines the best of what the world... 

Ongoing Events

Veggie Grill

Food/Wine

Veggie Grill

Tuesday 1/31 @ Veggie Grill

Veggie Grill has ably filled a void with their delicious, affordable vegan comfort food that appeals to vegans and meat-eaters alike.... 

The Six

Food/Wine

The Six

Tuesday 1/31 @ The Six

The Six is a new restaurant and bar in Studio City with an emphasis on California-influenced comfort food. Named for the... 

Caña Rum Bar

Food/Wine

Caña Rum Bar

Tuesday 1/31 @ Caña Rum Bar

Caña Rum Bar is a glamorous throwback to 1930s Havana. Secreted within the historic Petroleum Building, with an entrance hidden in... 

Catalina Zip Line Eco Tour

Cultural Hybrid: Day trip

Catalina Zip Line Eco Tour

Tuesday 1/31 @ Catalina Zip Line Eco Tour

Take in the beauty of the Pacific Ocean and Catalina Island’s terrain while hurtling through the air at speeds of up... 

California Design, 1930-1965: <em>Living in a Modern Way</em>

Art: Installation

California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way

Tuesday 1/31 @ LACMA

Five years in the making, Living in a Modern Way vividly illustrates how California designers of the midcentury helped shape the... 

Naya Sunset's New Bar Program

Food/Wine

Naya Sunset

Tuesday 1/31 @ Naya Sunset

"Naya," the Sanskrit word for "new," befits the new incarnation of the Silver Lake Indian restaurant previously known as Tantra. The... 

<em>Static Noise: The Photographs of Rhona Bitner</em>

Art: Photography

Static Noise

Tuesday 1/31 @ University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach

The exhibition features twenty-eight photographs from [Rhona] Bitner's ongoing Listen series, a striking body of work devoted to the continued exploration... 

<em>Deconstructing Perestroika</em>

Art: Group Show

Deconstructing Perestroika

Tuesday 1/31 @ Craft and Folk Art Museum

Deconstructing Perestroika is CAFAM's exploration, in poster form, of the cultural and political events that led to the collapse of the... 

Yujean Kang's

Food/Wine

Yujean Kang's

Tuesday 1/31 @ Yujean Kang

With an elegant, creative take on Chinese cuisine, Yujean Kang's has been a Pasadena institution for 20 years. Kang was born... 

<em>Haywire</em>

Film: Wide Release

Haywire

Tuesday 1/31 @ Various LA Theatres

Haywire is a well-woven extravaganza of ass-kicking. Director Steven Soderbergh made the inspired decision to cast MMA champ Gina Carano as... 

<em>TAG you're it!</em>

Art: Group Show

TAG you're it!

Tuesday 1/31 @ Royal/T

Royal/T in Culver City features an art gallery, Japanese-style cosplay café, and one of LA's best gift shops of pop-culture treasures.... 

Sadie

Food/Wine

Sadie

Tuesday 1/31 @ Sadie

This sophisticated new hot spot in the heart of Hollywood occupies the space that was once Les Deux. The bar and... 

The Bar at Cliff's Edge

Food/Wine

The Bar at Cliff's Edge

Tuesday 1/31 @ Cliff's Edge

While Cliff's Edge in Silver Lake is renowned for the excellent food served on its gorgeous terraced patio, the interior, now... 

Eric Joyner: <em>It's a Jungle Out Ther</em>e

Art: Painting & Drawing

Eric Joyner: It's a Jungle Out There

Tuesday 1/31 @ Corey Helford Gallery

In “It’s a Jungle Out There,” Joyner’s robots trade their domestic lives featured in “Donut Logic”—his 2010 exhibition at Corey Helford... 

Urban Masala

Food/Wine

Urban Masala

Tuesday 1/31 @ Urban Masala

Urban Masala is a new casual Indian restaurant in the heart of Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Opened by three gents from... 

Komida

Cultural Hybrid

Komida

Tuesday 1/31 @ Komida

Komida, the new, casual fusion-taco restaurant at Hollywood and Highland, is led by Brock Kleweno, the executive chef who recently updated... 

<em>&iexcl;CUBA!</em>

Art: Group Show

¡CUBA!

Tuesday 1/31 @ Salt Fine Art

Saltfineart is proud to present its most daring and intense show to date ¡CUBA! featuring 11 artists living and working within... 

Playa

Food/Wine

Playa

Tuesday 1/31 @ Playa

Playa is the newest restaurant opened by John Rivera Sedlar, whose downtown restaurant, Rivera, earned great acclaim after its 2009 opening.... 

<em>Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool in Southern California Photography, 1945-1982</em>

Art: Photography

Backyard Oasis

Tuesday 1/31 @ Palm Springs Art Museum

In conjunction with the Getty's Pacific Standard Time initiative, the Palm Springs Art Museum presents a comprehensive visual survey of swimming-pool... 

In a Place Called Hollywood: A Stroll Through the First 100 Years of Tinseltown

City Gems: Guided Tour

In a Place Called Hollywood

Tuesday 1/31 @ Various LA locations

Take a trip into Hollywood's Golden Age with a tour celebrating 100 years of Tinseltown. The Felix in Hollywood Tour Company... 

Navitat Canopy Adventures Zipline Tour

Cultural Hybrid: Day trip

Navitat Canopy Adventures Zipline Tour

Tuesday 1/31 @ Nativat Canopy Adventures

SoCal adrenaline junkies celebrate a new source of thrills: Wrightwood's Navitat Canopy Tour. Zipline in a harness along ten aerial lines... 

Michael's Restaurant

Food/Wine

Michael's Restaurant

Tuesday 1/31 @ Michael's Restaurant

Michael's Restaurant in Santa Monica, a much-lauded pioneer of California cuisine, has a new executive chef at the helm, John-Carlos Kuramoto.... 

Drago Centro

Food/Wine

Drago Centro

Tuesday 1/31 @ Drago Centro

Downtown's Drago Centro has a sleek décor, featuring floor-to-ceiling windows, stone walls, and a glass wine cellar in the center of... 

<em>Rodarte: Fra Angelico Collection</em>

Art: Installation

Rodarte: Fra Angelico Collection

Tuesday 1/31 @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Kate and Laura Mulleavy are a pair of 21st-century alchemists working with textiles instead of base metals. The Rodarte founders are... 

Miss Bala

Film

Miss Bala

Tuesday 1/31 @ Playing at selected theaters.

Director Gerardo Naranjo's film opens with a bang: aspiring beauty queen Laura Guerrero (Stephanie Sigman) falls innocently into a violent Mexican... 

<em>In Focus: Los Angeles</em>

Art: Photography

In Focus: Los Angeles

Tuesday 1/31 @ The Getty Museum

Part of the Getty's ongoing series that highlights photographs from the museum's permanent collection, In Focus: Los Angeles, 1945–1980 is the last... 

Mezze

Get Social: Happy Hour

Mezze

Tuesday 1/31 @ Mezze

Mezze, a Mediterranean-influenced restaurant and bar in West Hollywood, is a great place to begin an evening or indulge in a... 

<em>28 at 28</em>

Art: Photography

28 at 28

Tuesday 1/31 @ NextSpace Culver City

After photographing celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Michael Cera, Paris Hilton, Joe Jonas, and Giada De Laurentiis, photojournalist and editorial photographer... 

Joseph Lopez: <em>Nightwork</em>

Art: Photography

Joseph Lopez

Tuesday 1/31 @ Il Tramezzino

Joseph Lopez's photo series, Nightwork, embodies the under-appreciated elements of our (and possibly any) city and presents it to us in... 

<em>Monica Nouwens: Martin Luther King Bullet Wound Boulevard</em> / <em>Jason Trucco: Exhibit A</em> &nbsp;

Art: Happening

Monica Nouwens and Jason Trucco

Tuesday 1/31 @ Annie Wharton Los Angeles

LA-Based Dutch photographer Monica Nouwens’ work examines the noir starkness of Los Angeles’ utopian dreams on the verge of collapse or... 

<em>M&aacute;ximo Gonz&aacute;lez: </em><em>Playful</em>

Art: Installation

Máximo González: Playful

Tuesday 1/31 @ Craft and Folk Art Museum

Maximo González recycles materials such as devalued currency, vintage aluminum household items, and plastic kitchen items to create new modes of... 

<em>George Harrison: Living in the Material World</em>

Art

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

Tuesday 1/31 @ GRAMMY Museum at LA Live

During a career spanning four decades, George Harrison earned a reputation as one of rock's most talented and innovative musicians and... 

<em>Pina</em>

Film

Pina

Tuesday 1/31 @ Various Los Angeles theaters

An art documentary that's compellingly filmed with a 3D camera, Pina is a film of big ideas: dance as inner discovery;... 

Cliff's Edge

Food/Wine

Cliff's Edge

Tuesday 1/31 @ Cliff's Edge

Silver Lake's gorgeous Cliff's Edge has been enlivened with the recent addition of a new chef, Frenchman Benjamin Bailly. 29-year-old Bailly... 

<em>Damien Hirst: The Complete Spot Paintings, 1986&ndash;2011</em>

Art

Damien Hirst

Tuesday 1/31 @ Gagosian Gallery

Art lovers around the world rejoice as Gagosian Gallery presents Damien Hirst: The Complete Spot Paintings, 1986-2011, across eleven international locations... 

Public School 612

Food/Wine

Public School 612

Tuesday 1/31 @ Public School 612

The latest addition to Downtown's burgeoning bar scene is Public School 612, a traditional-meets-contemporary gastropub soft opening March 8 in the... 

<em>In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States</em>

Art: Group Show

In Wonderland

Tuesday 1/31 @ LACMA

While their male counterparts' focus was diverted with masturbatory hallucinations of women as objects, the female Surrealists delved freely into the... 

Palmilla Cocina y Tequila

Food/Wine

Palmilla Cocina y Tequila

Tuesday 1/31 @ Palmilla Cocina y Tequila

Palmilla Cocina y Tequila is a sophisticated departure for Hermosa Beach. Featuring a glamorous décor designed by Gulla Jonsdottir, famed for... 

<em>Saudade</em>

Art: Group Show

Saudade

Tuesday 1/31 @ ANN 330 Gallery

ANN 330 Gallery showcases this group photography show delving into the theme of saudade, a deep, melancholic sense of loss or... 

Cirque du Soleil presents <em>Ovo</em>

Performing Arts: Circus

Cirque du Soleil: Ovo

Tuesday 1/31 @ Santa Monica Pier

Every step of Cirque d Soleil's new "Grand Chapiteau" is designed to enthrall L.A. From the star-laced walk (both figuratively and... 

Metropolis II

Art: Painting & Drawing

Metropolis II

Tuesday 1/31 @ LACMA

Metropolis II is an intense and a complex kinetic sculpture, modeled after a fast paced, frenetic modern city. Steel beams form... 

<em>Women Hold Up Half the Sky</em>

Art: Installation

Women Hold Up Half the Sky

Tuesday 1/31 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Experience a groundbreaking new exhibition inspired by the critically acclaimed book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,... 

<em>Ellsworth Kelly: Prints and Paintings</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Ellsworth Kelly: Prints and Paintings

Tuesday 1/31 @ LACMA

American artist Ellsworth Kelly is universally recognized as one of the most important purveyors of American abstraction. Born in Newburgh, New... 

Our Town

Theatre

Our Town

Tuesday 1/31 @ The Broad Stage

Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe-winner Helen Hunt stars in this groundbreaking new version of Wilder’s iconic American play. Our Town tells...