Events on Saturday, February 11

MOJAMOJA 4th Annual Awards Brunch and Benefit Concert

Special Event: Benefit

MOJAMOJA Awards Brunch and Benefit

Saturday 2/11 @ Mr. C Hotel

Presented by 89.9 KCRW, the fourth-annual MOJAMOJA Awards Brunch and Benefit Concert features another historic lineup, with 2012 Grammy nominees Los... 

Create:Fixate: <em>I Art You</em>

Party: Valentine's Day

Create:Fixate

Saturday 2/11 @ Premiere Events Center

Dozens of visual artists, musicians, performers, and DJs come together at a massive indoor/outdoor gallery and dance party for a special... 

Louis Cannizzaro

Art

Louis Cannizzaro

Saturday 2/11 @ LAB ART

Louis Cannizzaro's new book 'To My Sweetheart' tackles a subject close to the L.A. artist's heart: love. It's also the definitive... 

<em>Om Yoga</em> CD Release feat. Marques Wyatt and J-Boogie w/ Elise Lorimer

Special Event

Om Yoga CD Release

Saturday 2/11 @ Exhale Center for Sacred Movement

Join us in celebrating the power of yoga, music and dance with the release of Om Records' first album compilation dedicated... 

A Valentine's Benefit Auction and Party

Party: Valentine's Day

A Valentine's Benefit Auction and Party

Saturday 2/11 @ Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum

This year CAF’s ultra-cool benefit party turns it up a notch! Introducing New York City’s Pop-up Shop featuring a highly curated... 

<em>Gone With The Wind</em> (1939)

Film

Gone With The Wind (1939)

Saturday 2/11 @ Egyptian Theatre

Gone With The Wind,  1939, Warner Bros., 222 min. Dir. Victor Fleming. Southern vixen Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) has eyes only... 

Groundation Presents: The Bob Marley Tribute Tour

Music

Groundation Presents: The Bob Marley Tribute Tour

Saturday 2/11 @ El Rey

Bursting forth from their underground status, Groundation is set to take the music industry by storm. While capturing the essence and... 

Dissent: Teen Night 2012

Art: Happening

Dissent: Teen Night 2012

Saturday 2/11 @ The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Each year, teens take over the museum for an evening extravaganza of art, music, and more. Inspired by MOCA’s exhibition Under... 

5th Annual African American Shortsfest, Program 2

Film: Festival

5th Annual African American Shortsfest, Program 2

Saturday 2/11 @ Egyptian Theatre

5th Annual African American Shortsfest, Program #2. This first of two shorts programs features recent works by African-American directors and animators who... 

Contentious Gesture: Abstract Expressionism Comes to LA Printshops

Art: Lecture

Contentious Gesture: Abstract Expressionism Comes to LA Printshops

Saturday 2/11 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

In the late 1940s, as the upheavals of World War II transformed the fine arts of Europe and the United States,... 

The Roots Pre-Grammy Jam

Music: Hip-Hop

The Roots Pre-Grammy Jam

Saturday 2/11 @ House of Blues Sunset Strip

Though popular success has largely eluded the Roots, the Philadelphia group showed the way for live rap, building on Stetsasonic's "hip-hop... 

Felonious Flappers: Bad Girls Of The Art Deco Era / <em>Ladies They Talk About</em> (1933)

Film: Lecture

Felonious Flappers: Bad Girls Of The Art Deco Era / Ladies They Talk About (1933)

Saturday 2/11 @ Egyptian Theatre

"Felonious Flappers: Bad Girls Of The Art Deco Era." Wether it's the climate, their greed, or that they're just plain evil,... 

5Th Annual African American Shortsfest, Program 1

Film: Festival

5Th Annual African American Shortsfest, Program 1

Saturday 2/11 @ Egyptian Theatre

5Th Annual African American Shortsfest Program #1. This first of two shorts programs features recent works by African American directors and animators... 

Ongoing Events

<em>LA Raw: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles 1945-1980, From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy </em>

Art: Happening

LA Raw

Saturday 2/11 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

The figurative artists from the 1940s and ‘50s who dominated the Los Angeles art scene of that time have largely been... 

Watts Towers Art Center: <em>Civic Virtue: The Impact of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and the Watts Towers Art Center</em>

Art: Group Show

Civic Virtue: the Watts Towers Art Center

Saturday 2/11 @ Watts Towers Art Center

Instead of artwork being isolated within a vacuum of the creative minds being represented, the paintings, sculpture, photography, film and other... 

The Six

Food/Wine

The Six

Saturday 2/11 @ The Six

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

Ca&ntilde;a Rum Bar

Food/Wine

Caña Rum Bar

Saturday 2/11 @ Caña Rum Bar

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

<em>The Cacophony Society Zone Show</em>

Art: Multimedia

The Cacophony Society Zone Show

Saturday 2/11 @ CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana

The Cacophony Society Zone Show is a retrospective look at the Cacophony Society, a national collective of guerrilla artists, dada pranksters,... 

Palmilla Cocina y Tequila

Food/Wine

Palmilla Cocina y Tequila

Saturday 2/11 @ 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... 

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

City Gems: Guided Tour

In a Place Called Hollywood

Saturday 2/11 @ 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... 

Tamale Festival at La Sandia

Food/Wine

Tamale Festival

Saturday 2/11 @ La Sandia

La Sandia, Richard Sandoval's elegant Mexican restaurant at Santa Monica Place, offers four special month-long festivals a  year, each celebrating a... 

Shag: <em>Animal Kingdom</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Shag: Animal Kingdom

Saturday 2/11 @ Corey Helford Gallery

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Playa

Food/Wine

Playa

Saturday 2/11 @ Playa

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

<em>Saudade</em>

Art: Group Show

Saudade

Saturday 2/11 @ ANN 330 Gallery

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

Yujean Kang's

Food/Wine

Yujean Kang's

Saturday 2/11 @ Yujean Kang

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

Catalina Zip Line Eco Tour

Cultural Hybrid: Day trip

Catalina Zip Line Eco Tour

Saturday 2/11 @ 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... 

Chalk Rep presents <em>Slither</em>

Theatre: Drama

Slither

Saturday 2/11 @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Slither is Chalk Rep's third play at the majestic Masonic Lodge inside Hollywood Forever Cemetery, and the company makes use of... 

Veggie Grill

Food/Wine

Veggie Grill

Saturday 2/11 @ Veggie Grill

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

Naya Sunset's New Bar Program

Food/Wine

Naya Sunset

Saturday 2/11 @ Naya Sunset

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

Mezze

Get Social: Happy Hour

Mezze

Saturday 2/11 @ Mezze

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

<em>Deconstructing Perestroika</em>

Art: Group Show

Deconstructing Perestroika

Saturday 2/11 @ 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... 

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

Performing Arts: Circus

Cirque du Soleil: Ovo

Saturday 2/11 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Static Noise

Saturday 2/11 @ 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>Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool in Southern California Photography, 1945-1982</em>

Art: Photography

Backyard Oasis

Saturday 2/11 @ 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... 

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

Art: Group Show

¡CUBA!

Saturday 2/11 @ Salt Fine Art

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

<em>I Love Lucy Live on Stage</em>

Performing Arts: Theatre

I Love Lucy Live on Stage

Saturday 2/11 @ Greenway Court Theatre

I Love Lucy Live on Stage, a tribute to the most popular sitcom of all time, is back for a second... 

California International Antiquarian Book Fair

Books

California International Antiquarian Book Fair

Saturday 2/11 @ Pasadena Convention Center

Bibliophiles, academics, and literary tenderfoots pore over collections from dozens of rare-book institutions at the California International Antiquarian Book Fair. Vintage... 

The Bar at Cliff's Edge

Food/Wine

The Bar at Cliff's Edge

Saturday 2/11 @ 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... 

Public School 612

Food/Wine

Public School 612

Saturday 2/11 @ 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... 

Urban Masala

Food/Wine

Urban Masala

Saturday 2/11 @ Urban Masala

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

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

Art: Group Show

In Wonderland

Saturday 2/11 @ LACMA

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

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

Art: Group Show

TAG you're it!

Saturday 2/11 @ 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.... 

<em>Haywire</em>

Film: Wide Release

Haywire

Saturday 2/11 @ 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... 

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery: <em>Civic Virtue: The Impact of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and the Watts Towers Art Center</em>

Art: Group Show

Civic Virtue: Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

Saturday 2/11 @ Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

The paintings, sculpture, photography, film, and other works at this dual-venue exhibition have been chosen to represent the history of two... 

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

Art

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

Saturday 2/11 @ 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>Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles</em>

Art: Installation

Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles

Saturday 2/11 @ The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Seminal photographer Weegee did the same thing in mid-20th century Los Angeles that paparazzi do today: he documented the shocking and... 

Navitat Canopy Adventures Zipline Tour

Cultural Hybrid: Day trip

Navitat Canopy Adventures Zipline Tour

Saturday 2/11 @ 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

Saturday 2/11 @ 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.... 

<em>Kenneth Anger: Icons
</em>

Art: Installation

Kenneth Anger: Icons

Saturday 2/11 @ Museum of Contemporary Art

Kenneth Anger is usually associated with his scandalous Hollywood Babylon oeuvre, but while the books are legendary, his filmic eye is... 

Drago Centro

Food/Wine

Drago Centro

Saturday 2/11 @ 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>28 at 28</em>

Art: Photography

28 at 28

Saturday 2/11 @ NextSpace Culver City

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

Zes and Retna: <em>Excavated Revelations</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Zes and Retna: Excavated Revelations

Saturday 2/11 @ Known Gallery

LA graffiti artists Zes and Retna are longtime friends and linchpins of the renowned MSK graffiti crew. Highly influential on both... 

Silver Lake Art, Craft & Vintage Flea Market

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Art, Craft & Vintage Flea Market

Saturday 2/11 @ Micheltorena Elementary School

Shoppers seeking the offbeat have cause to celebrate, as last year's most wild and eclectic weekly outdoor shopping adventure returns. With... 

<em>Pina</em>

Film

Pina

Saturday 2/11 @ 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;... 

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

Art: Installation

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

Saturday 2/11 @ LACMA

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

Casebolt and Smith: <em>O(h)</em>

Performing Arts: Dance

Casebolt and Smith: O(h)

Saturday 2/11 @ The Actors Company Theatre

Casebolt and Smith is a multidisciplinary performance duo combining physical and musical theatre, fused together with rare humor and intelligence. The... 

Cliff's Edge

Food/Wine

Cliff's Edge

Saturday 2/11 @ 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... 

Joseph Lopez: <em>Nightwork</em>

Art: Photography

Joseph Lopez

Saturday 2/11 @ 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... 

Sadie

Food/Wine

Sadie

Saturday 2/11 @ Sadie

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

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

Art: Installation

Máximo González: Playful

Saturday 2/11 @ 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>In Focus: Los Angeles</em>

Art: Photography

In Focus: Los Angeles

Saturday 2/11 @ 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... 

Miss Bala

Film

Miss Bala

Saturday 2/11 @ 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... 

Under the Big Black Sun

Art: Installation

Under the Big Black Sun

Saturday 2/11 @ The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

The first large-scale survey of California art from this period, Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981 features artists working... 

Our Town

Theatre

Our Town

Saturday 2/11 @ 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... 

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

Art: Installation

Women Hold Up Half the Sky

Saturday 2/11 @ Skirball Cultural Center

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

Downtown Renaissance: Spring & Main Walking Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Downtown Renaissance: Spring & Main Walking Tour

Saturday 2/11 @ Los Angeles Conservancy

The Spring & Main tour explores an area of the city that has a rich past and a vibrant future. Main... 

Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California

Art

Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California

Saturday 2/11 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

The Norton Simon Museum presents Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California, an exhibition that explores the significance of printmaking... 

Meiji: Japan Rediscovered

Art

Meiji: Japan Rediscovered

Saturday 2/11 @ Pacific Asia Museum

 Meiji: Japan Rediscovered explores the connection of Japan and the West in the mid to late 19th century through the early... 

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

Art: Painting & Drawing

Ellsworth Kelly: Prints and Paintings

Saturday 2/11 @ LACMA

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

Ming Wong: <em>Making Chinatown</em>

Art

Ming Wong: Making Chinatown

Saturday 2/11 @ REDCAT

Opening reception: Saturday, February 4 | 6-9pm For his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, Ming Wong creates a series of... 

Obstacleism: Paintings by Farr Ligvani

Art

Obstacleism: Paintings by Farr Ligvani

Saturday 2/11 @ Pacific Asia Museum

Born in Tehran and educated in California, Ligvani focuses his art on  ideas of life and evolution. As the artist wrestled... 

Hans Memling's <em>Portrait of a Man</em>, on Loan from The Frick Collection, New York

Art: Painting & Drawing

Hans Memling's Portrait of a Man, on Loan from The Frick Collection, New York

Saturday 2/11 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

The Norton Simon Museum presents a special installation of Hans Memling's Portrait of a Man, c. 1470–75, on loan from The... 

46 N. Los Robles: A History of the Pasadena Art Museum

Art

46 N. Los Robles: A History of the Pasadena Art Museum

Saturday 2/11 @ Pacific Asia Museum

Since 1924, the Chinese-inspiried building at 46 N. Los Robles Avenue in Pasadena has been a Southern California landmark and a... 

Metropolis II

Art: Painting & Drawing

Metropolis II

Saturday 2/11 @ LACMA

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

Auspicious Beauty: Korean Folk Painting

Art

Auspicious Beauty: Korean Folk Painting

Saturday 2/11 @ Pacific Asia Museum

Pacific Asia Museum is pleased to present the special exhibition Auspicious Beauty: Korean Folk Painting. Korean folk painting during the Joseon... 

The Original Print: An Introduction to Printmaking in the Postwar Period

Art

The Original Print: An Introduction to Printmaking in the Postwar Period

Saturday 2/11 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

The Norton Simon Museum presents The Original Print: An Introduction to Printmaking in the Postwar Period, an exhibition that looks at...