Events on Wednesday, February 15

Bombay Bicycle Club w/ The Darcys, Lucy Rose

Performing Arts: Benefit

Bombay Bicycle Club w/ The Darcys, Lucy Rose

Wednesday 2/15 @ El Rey

The band members have never wasted much time. Frontman Jack Steadman, guitarist Jamie MacColl (grandson of folk legend Ewan, nephew of... 

Ongoing Events

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

City Gems: Guided Tour

In a Place Called Hollywood

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

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

Art: Group Show

TAG you're it!

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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.... 

The Six

Food/Wine

The Six

Wednesday 2/15 @ The Six

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

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

Art: Group Show

In Wonderland

Wednesday 2/15 @ LACMA

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

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

Art: Happening

Monica Nouwens and Jason Trucco

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

The Bar at Cliff's Edge

Food/Wine

The Bar at Cliff's Edge

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

Lucha is for Lovers

Party: Valentine's Day

Lucha is for Lovers

Wednesday 2/15 @ Mayan Theater

Around Valentine's Day, many expect the typical flowers, candies, and intimate dinner. Why not set the mood by watching a luchador... 

Veggie Grill

Food/Wine

Veggie Grill

Wednesday 2/15 @ Veggie Grill

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

Test Kitchen: Shanghai-S&atilde;o Paulo

Food/Wine: Tasting

Test Kitchen: Shanghai-São Paulo

Wednesday 2/15 @ Zengo

Zengo is Richard Sandoval's Latin-Asian fusion restaurant in Santa Monica. Each season Zengo unveils a few new recipes revealing the influences... 

Mezze

Get Social: Happy Hour

Mezze

Wednesday 2/15 @ Mezze

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

Miss Bala

Film

Miss Bala

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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>Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool in Southern California Photography, 1945-1982</em>

Art: Photography

Backyard Oasis

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

Michael's Restaurant

Food/Wine

Michael's Restaurant

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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.... 

Navitat Canopy Adventures Zipline Tour

Cultural Hybrid: Day trip

Navitat Canopy Adventures Zipline Tour

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

<em>Saudade</em>

Art: Group Show

Saudade

Wednesday 2/15 @ ANN 330 Gallery

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

Drago Centro

Food/Wine

Drago Centro

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

Cliff's Edge

Food/Wine

Cliff's Edge

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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>The Cacophony Society Zone Show</em>

Art: Multimedia

The Cacophony Society Zone Show

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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,... 

Tamale Festival at La Sandia

Food/Wine

Tamale Festival

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

Public School 612

Food/Wine

Public School 612

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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 Focus: Los Angeles</em>

Art: Photography

In Focus: Los Angeles

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

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

Art: Group Show

¡CUBA!

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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>28 at 28</em>

Art: Photography

28 at 28

Wednesday 2/15 @ NextSpace Culver City

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

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

Art: Photography

Static Noise

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

Joseph Lopez: <em>Nightwork</em>

Art: Photography

Joseph Lopez

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

Komida

Cultural Hybrid

Komida

Wednesday 2/15 @ Komida

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

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

Art: Installation

Máximo González: Playful

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

Ca&ntilde;a Rum Bar

Food/Wine

Caña Rum Bar

Wednesday 2/15 @ Caña Rum Bar

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

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

Performing Arts: Circus

Cirque du Soleil: Ovo

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

20th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design

Fashion/Style: Design

Art of Motion Picture Costume Design

Wednesday 2/15 @ FIDM Museum

FIDM Museum and Galleries' yearly salute to the artistry of costume design is back. Over 100 outfits from the films of... 

Shag: <em>Animal Kingdom</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Shag: Animal Kingdom

Wednesday 2/15 @ Corey Helford Gallery

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

Art: Happening

LA Raw

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

Palmilla Cocina y Tequila

Food/Wine

Palmilla Cocina y Tequila

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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>I Love Lucy Live on Stage</em>

Performing Arts: Theatre

I Love Lucy Live on Stage

Wednesday 2/15 @ Greenway Court Theatre

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

Danni Shinya Luo: <em>Soft Candy </em>at La Luz de Jesus<em> </em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Danni Shinya Luo: Soft Candy

Wednesday 2/15 @ La Luz de Jesus

Danni Shinya Luo's sensual sketches and watercolors of the female form are often sweet, but always fraught with tension. A former... 

Urban Masala

Food/Wine

Urban Masala

Wednesday 2/15 @ Urban Masala

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

Sadie

Food/Wine

Sadie

Wednesday 2/15 @ Sadie

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

<em>Haywire</em>

Film: Wide Release

Haywire

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

Catalina Zip Line Eco Tour

Cultural Hybrid: Day trip

Catalina Zip Line Eco Tour

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

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

Art: Painting & Drawing

Zes and Retna: Excavated Revelations

Wednesday 2/15 @ Known Gallery

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

Naya Sunset's New Bar Program

Food/Wine

Naya Sunset

Wednesday 2/15 @ Naya Sunset

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

Yujean Kang's

Food/Wine

Yujean Kang's

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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>Deconstructing Perestroika</em>

Art: Group Show

Deconstructing Perestroika

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

Playa

Food/Wine

Playa

Wednesday 2/15 @ Playa

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

<em>I Am Bruce Lee</em>

Film: Documentary

I Am Bruce Lee

Wednesday 2/15 @ Various Los Angeles theaters

Bruce Lee returns to the big screen in the Year of the Dragon! On Thursday, February 9th and Wednesday, February 15th... 

Metropolis II

Art: Painting & Drawing

Metropolis II

Wednesday 2/15 @ LACMA

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

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

Art

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

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

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

Art: Installation

Women Hold Up Half the Sky

Wednesday 2/15 @ Skirball Cultural Center

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

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

Art

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

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

Obstacleism: Paintings by Farr Ligvani

Art

Obstacleism: Paintings by Farr Ligvani

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

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

Art

Ming Wong: Making Chinatown

Wednesday 2/15 @ REDCAT

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

Meiji: Japan Rediscovered

Art

Meiji: Japan Rediscovered

Wednesday 2/15 @ Pacific Asia Museum

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

Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California

Art

Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California

Wednesday 2/15 @ 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... 

Auspicious Beauty: Korean Folk Painting

Art

Auspicious Beauty: Korean Folk Painting

Wednesday 2/15 @ Pacific Asia Museum

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