Events on Sunday, February 19

Party: Valentine's Day

Romance Ride 2012

Sunday 2/19 @ The Pleasure Chest

Take a fun, free trivia-filled tour into the tortured heart of the Hollywood dream factory! From the tragic to the tawdry,... 

Hollywood Rush

Theatre: Benefit

Hollywood Rush

Sunday 2/19 @ Wilshire Ebell Theatre

After last year's smash hit debut, Hollywood Rush is back for its second annual fundraiser (benefiting the L.A. Gay & Lesbian... 

<em>Eames: The Architect and the Painter</em>

Getaways: Documentary

Eames: The Architect and the Painter

Sunday 2/19 @ Hilton Palm Springs Resort

Charles and Ray Eames formed the most prolific collaboration in the history of American design. The husband-and-wife duo built an empire... 

The Edwardian Ball

Party

The Edwardian Ball

Sunday 2/19 @ The Belasco Theater

The annual Edwardian Ball continues to be a cavalcade of exuberant cirque, burlesque, dance, and music, tailored to evoke a steampunked... 

The Darkness

Music: Rock

The Darkness

Sunday 2/19 @ House of Blues Sunset Strip

England's the Darkness centered around irrepressible frontman Justin Hawkins (vocals/guitars/keyboards), who, along with his guitar-playing baby brother Dan, bassist Frankie Poullain,... 

Ozokidz

Music

Ozokidz

Sunday 2/19 @ House of Blues Anaheim

Ozomatli is a seven to ten piece band playing primarily Latin, hip hop, and rock music, formed in 1995 in Los... 

KPCC 89.3 FM’S "FilmWeek" Oscar Preview

Film: Discussion

KPCC 89.3 FM’S "FilmWeek" Oscar Preview

Sunday 2/19 @ Egyptian Theatre

KPCC 89.3 FM Presents: KPCC 89.3 FM'S  "Filmweek" Oscar Preview, 120 min. “FilmWeek” on AirTalk records its annual Oscar Preview in front... 

Ozomatli

Music: Rock

Ozomatli

Sunday 2/19 @ House of Blues Anaheim

Brewing a vital concoction of Latin salsa, urban hip-hop, and jazz-funk, Ozomatli formed in Los Angeles in the mid-'90s, eventually settling... 

“La Jetee” (1964)  / Twelve Monkeys (1995)

Film: Double Feature

“La Jetee” (1964) / Twelve Monkeys (1995)

Sunday 2/19 @ Egyptian Theatre

La Jetee,” 1964, 30 min. In Chris Marker’s agonizing cry of love to a world gone by, a man is drawn... 

The Lady in Gold: Special Lecture and Book Signing

Books: Discussion

The Lady in Gold: Special Lecture and Book Signing

Sunday 2/19 @ LACMA

The Tale of a Masterpiece: Gustav Klimt, Adele Bloch-Bauer & the Stolen Portrait That Shook The Art World Author Anne-Marie O’Connor... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art: Group Show

TAG you're it!

Sunday 2/19 @ 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.... 

Palm Springs Modernism Week

Getaways

Palm Springs Modernism Week

Sunday 2/19 @ Palm Springs, CA

The seventh-annual Palm Springs Modernism Week is an extended celebration of mid-century American style. With clean lines and a distinctive form,... 

Strength in Numbers

Art

Strength in Numbers

Sunday 2/19 @ ZLA Pop-Up Shop

ZLA's "human bean" is an urban creation drawn from the streets, destined to survive the city's tough times. The anonymous designer's... 

Catalina Zip Line Eco Tour

Cultural Hybrid: Day trip

Catalina Zip Line Eco Tour

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

Joseph Lopez: <em>Nightwork</em>

Art: Photography

Joseph Lopez

Sunday 2/19 @ 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>The Cacophony Society Zone Show</em>

Art: Multimedia

The Cacophony Society Zone Show

Sunday 2/19 @ 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,... 

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

Art: Installation

Máximo González: Playful

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

Public School 612

Food/Wine

Public School 612

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

Miss Bala

Film

Miss Bala

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

Playa

Food/Wine

Playa

Sunday 2/19 @ Playa

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

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

Art: Happening

LA Raw

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

Veggie Grill

Food/Wine

Veggie Grill

Sunday 2/19 @ Veggie Grill

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

Palmilla Cocina y Tequila

Food/Wine

Palmilla Cocina y Tequila

Sunday 2/19 @ 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

Sunday 2/19 @ Greenway Court Theatre

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

Urban Masala

Food/Wine

Urban Masala

Sunday 2/19 @ Urban Masala

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

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

City Gems: Guided Tour

In a Place Called Hollywood

Sunday 2/19 @ 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>In Focus: Los Angeles</em>

Art: Photography

In Focus: Los Angeles

Sunday 2/19 @ 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!

Sunday 2/19 @ Salt Fine Art

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

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

Art: Painting & Drawing

Zes and Retna: Excavated Revelations

Sunday 2/19 @ Known Gallery

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

Common Grains Rice and Soba Workshops

Food/Wine

Common Grains

Sunday 2/19 @ Tortoise General Store

Curated by Sonoko Sakai, Common Grains will come to Tortoise with four Japanese grain themed cooking workshops in January and February... 

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

Art: Installation

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

Sunday 2/19 @ 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

Sunday 2/19 @ Naya Sunset

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

<em>Unscreened 2012</em>

Performing Arts: Theatre

Unscreened

Sunday 2/19 @ The Elephant Lab - Lillian Theatre

Spending an evening at the theater can be a gamble, but with a show like Unscreened, the odds are in your... 

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

Art: Painting & Drawing

Danni Shinya Luo: Soft Candy

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

<em>Deconstructing Perestroika</em>

Art: Group Show

Deconstructing Perestroika

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

Michael's Restaurant

Food/Wine

Michael's Restaurant

Sunday 2/19 @ 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.... 

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

Performing Arts: Circus

Cirque du Soleil: Ovo

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

Tokyo Nouveau at Royal/T

Food/Wine

Tokyo Nouveau at Royal/T

Sunday 2/19 @ Royal/T

Royal/T is the ideal environment for listening to live DJs while peeping at the ever-revolving art on display, along with the... 

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

Art: Photography

Static Noise

Sunday 2/19 @ 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>Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles</em>

Art: Installation

Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

The Bar at Cliff's Edge

Food/Wine

The Bar at Cliff's Edge

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

Chalk Rep presents <em>Slither</em>

Theatre: Drama

Slither

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

<em>Kenneth Anger: Icons
</em>

Art: Installation

Kenneth Anger: Icons

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

Test Kitchen: Shanghai-S&atilde;o Paulo

Food/Wine: Tasting

Test Kitchen: Shanghai-São Paulo

Sunday 2/19 @ Zengo

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

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

Performing Arts: Dance

Casebolt and Smith: O(h)

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

<em>Haywire</em>

Film: Wide Release

Haywire

Sunday 2/19 @ 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>In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States</em>

Art: Group Show

In Wonderland

Sunday 2/19 @ LACMA

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

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

Art: Photography

Backyard Oasis

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

Yujean Kang's

Food/Wine

Yujean Kang's

Sunday 2/19 @ Yujean Kang

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

Navitat Canopy Adventures Zipline Tour

Cultural Hybrid: Day trip

Navitat Canopy Adventures Zipline Tour

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

Cliff's Edge

Food/Wine

Cliff's Edge

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

Drago Centro

Food/Wine

Drago Centro

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

Tamale Festival at La Sandia

Food/Wine

Tamale Festival

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

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

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

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

Art: Painting & Drawing

Ellsworth Kelly: Prints and Paintings

Sunday 2/19 @ LACMA

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

Mx Justin Vivian Bond: Low Double Standards: An Entitlement Program

Performing Arts: Cabaret

Mx Justin Vivian Bond: Low Double Standards: An Entitlement Program

Sunday 2/19 @ REDCAT

 “Artful, gender-bending, truth-telling illusionist...The greatest cabaret artist of [this] generation.” Hilton Als, The New Yorker The ragingly multitalented Mx Justin Vivian Bond... 

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

Art

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

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

Ming Wong: Making Chinatown

Sunday 2/19 @ REDCAT

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

Auspicious Beauty: Korean Folk Painting

Art

Auspicious Beauty: Korean Folk Painting

Sunday 2/19 @ Pacific Asia Museum

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

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

Art: Installation

Women Hold Up Half the Sky

Sunday 2/19 @ Skirball Cultural Center

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

Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California

Art

Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California

Sunday 2/19 @ 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... 

Metropolis II

Art: Painting & Drawing

Metropolis II

Sunday 2/19 @ LACMA

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

Meiji: Japan Rediscovered

Art

Meiji: Japan Rediscovered

Sunday 2/19 @ Pacific Asia Museum

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

Cubensis - Grateful Dead Tribute Band

Music: Rock

Cubensis - Grateful Dead Tribute Band

Sunday 2/19 @ CENTRAL S.A.P.C

Cubensis celebrates the Grateful Dead concert experience. Like the Dead, the band plays a wondrous amalgam of blues, country, jazz, electronic... 

Obstacleism: Paintings by Farr Ligvani

Art

Obstacleism: Paintings by Farr Ligvani

Sunday 2/19 @ Pacific Asia Museum

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