Events on Wednesday, February 29

Reception for <em>Ansel Adams Los Angeles</em>

Art: Photography

Reception for Ansel Adams Los Angeles

Wednesday 2/29 @ Drkrm

Photo Friends presents a reception for Drkrm Gallery's show Ansel Adams Los Angeles. A document of Adams' 1940 trip to LA... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Haywire</em>

Film: Wide Release

Haywire

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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... 

Shag: <em>Animal Kingdom</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Shag: Animal Kingdom

Wednesday 2/29 @ Corey Helford Gallery

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20th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design

Fashion/Style: Design

Art of Motion Picture Costume Design

Wednesday 2/29 @ FIDM Museum

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

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

Art: Happening

LA Raw

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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... 

Public School 612

Food/Wine

Public School 612

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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... 

Os Gemeos: <em>Miss You</em>

Art: Multimedia

Os Gemeos: Miss You

Wednesday 2/29 @ Prism

Perhaps best known as a pair of street artists, Os Gemeos continue to prove they're actually internationally renowned painters and installation... 

Corey Arnold: <em>Wolf Tide</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Corey Arnold: Wolf Tide

Wednesday 2/29 @ Richard Heller Gallery

Wolf Tide is an exploration into Arnold’s unique lifestyle, which captures multiple expressions from the serene tranquility when tides are calm,... 

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

Art: Photography

In Focus: Los Angeles

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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>Split Moment</em>

Art: Group Show

Split Moment

Wednesday 2/29 @ University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach

The Judson Dance Theatre introduces its latest project, Split Moment — an exhibition/performance that features artists working to expand definitions of... 

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

Art: Photography

Backyard Oasis

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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

Wednesday 2/29 @ Yujean Kang

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

Naya Sunset's New Bar Program

Food/Wine

Naya Sunset

Wednesday 2/29 @ Naya Sunset

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

Playa

Food/Wine

Playa

Wednesday 2/29 @ Playa

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

Laura Krifka: <em>First Blush</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Laura Krifka

Wednesday 2/29 @ CB1 Gallery

CB1 Gallery is pleased to present the LA solo exhibition debut of the work of artist Laura Krifka. Laura Krifka makes... 

<em>Deconstructing Perestroika</em>

Art: Group Show

Deconstructing Perestroika

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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... 

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

Art: Multimedia

The Cacophony Society Zone Show

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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 2/29 @ 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... 

<em>Ansel Adams Los Angeles</em>

Art: Photography

Ansel Adams Los Angeles

Wednesday 2/29 @ Drkrm

Ansel Adams was famous for his signature series of landscapes, spindling trees, ominous clouds and cliffs, but he also had bills... 

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

Art: Group Show

TAG you're it!

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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>Monica Nouwens: Martin Luther King Bullet Wound Boulevard</em> / <em>Jason Trucco: Exhibit A</em> &nbsp;

Art: Happening

Monica Nouwens and Jason Trucco

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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... 

Komida

Cultural Hybrid

Komida

Wednesday 2/29 @ Komida

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

The Bar at Cliff's Edge

Food/Wine

The Bar at Cliff's Edge

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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... 

Sadie

Food/Wine

Sadie

Wednesday 2/29 @ Sadie

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

John Fitts: <em>8 Dead Palm Trees</em>

Art: Photography

John Fitts: 8 Dead Palm Trees

Wednesday 2/29 @ Kopeikin Gallery

Kopeikin Gallery is pleased to announce our fourth exhibition with Los Angeles based artist John Fitts, whose previous three exhibitions, "Golf,"... 

Test Kitchen: Shanghai-S&atilde;o Paulo

Food/Wine: Tasting

Test Kitchen: Shanghai-São Paulo

Wednesday 2/29 @ Zengo

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

Michael's Restaurant

Food/Wine

Michael's Restaurant

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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.... 

Sandow Birk: <em>American Qur'an</em>

Art: Multimedia

Sandow Birk: American Qur'an

Wednesday 2/29 @ Koplin del Rio Gallery

Unlike the Gospels of the New Testament – which relate narratives of Jesus’ ministry on earth – the Holy Qur’an is... 

<em>Saudade</em>

Art: Group Show

Saudade

Wednesday 2/29 @ ANN 330 Gallery

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

Navitat Canopy Adventures Zipline Tour

Cultural Hybrid: Day trip

Navitat Canopy Adventures Zipline Tour

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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... 

Sai Sai Noodle Bar

Food/Wine

Sai Sai Noodle Bar

Wednesday 2/29 @ Sai Sai Noodle Bar

Sai Sai Noodle House in downtown's historic Biltmore Hotel has been given a makeover. Now presided over by Chef Jonathan Shin,... 

Drago Centro

Food/Wine

Drago Centro

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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... 

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

City Gems: Guided Tour

In a Place Called Hollywood

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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>Critters & People: and Things of That Sort</em>

Art: Multimedia

Critters & People: and Things of That Sort

Wednesday 2/29 @ WWA Gallery

WWA gallery is giving everyone a great reason to come out of hibernation this February with the breakout show Critters &... 

Urban Masala

Food/Wine

Urban Masala

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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

Wednesday 2/29 @ LACMA

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

<em>Ruth Weisberg: Now and Then</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Ruth Weisberg: Now and Then

Wednesday 2/29 @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

Ruth Weisberg: Now and Then presents paintings and works on paper by one of Los Angeles' most celebrated figurative artists since... 

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

Art: Photography

Static Noise

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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... 

Catalina Zip Line Eco Tour

Cultural Hybrid: Day trip

Catalina Zip Line Eco Tour

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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... 

<em>The Total Look: The Creative Collaboration Between Rudi Gernreich, Peggy Moffitt, and William Claxton</em>

Art: Photography

The Total Look

Wednesday 2/29 @ MOCA at the Pacific Design Center

Peggy Moffitt was the definitive mod model, with a short mass of brunette hair carefully coiffed into a slick bowl cut... 

Joseph Lopez: <em>Nightwork</em>

Art: Photography

Joseph Lopez

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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... 

Ca&ntilde;a Rum Bar

Food/Wine

Caña Rum Bar

Wednesday 2/29 @ Caña Rum Bar

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

Terry Richardson: <em>Terrywood</em>

Art: Photography

Terry Richardson

Wednesday 2/29 @ OHWOW Los Angeles

Terry Richardson’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, titled TERRYWOOD, presents over 25 of his latest photographs. Inspired by the multiple... 

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

Art: Installation

Máximo González: Playful

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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>Women Hold Up Half the Sky</em>

Art: Installation

Women Hold Up Half the Sky

Wednesday 2/29 @ Skirball Cultural Center

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

Auspicious Beauty: Korean Folk Painting

Art

Auspicious Beauty: Korean Folk Painting

Wednesday 2/29 @ Pacific Asia Museum

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

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

Art

Ming Wong: Making Chinatown

Wednesday 2/29 @ REDCAT

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

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

Art

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

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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... 

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 2/29 @ 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... 

Metropolis II

Art: Painting & Drawing

Metropolis II

Wednesday 2/29 @ LACMA

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

Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California

Art

Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Wednesday 2/29 @ 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...