Events on Friday, March 2

<em>Dead Alive</em>

Film

Dead Alive

Friday 3/ 2 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre

The poisonous bite of a Sumatran rat monkey leads to an out-of-control zombie epidemic in Peter Jackson’s deliriously entertaining gross-out fest.... 

Busdriver w/ Immortal Tech

Music: Hip-Hop

Busdriver

Friday 3/ 2 @ Constellation Room

With a father who wrote the script for the '80s film, Krush Groove, it's safe to say that Busdriver has grown... 

Mickey Hart Band

Music

Mickey Hart Band

Friday 3/ 2 @ El Rey

Mickey Hart is best known for his nearly three decades as an integral part of an extraordinary expedition into the soul... 

Andy Grammer

Music

Andy Grammer

Friday 3/ 2 @ House of Blues Sunset Strip

A singer/songwriter with a bent toward contemporary soul and pop, Andy Grammer is the son of children's music artist Red Grammer.... 

<em>Proof</em> Night: Exploring the Rise of Printmaking in Southern California

Art: Discussion

Proof Night: Exploring the Rise of Printmaking in Southern California

Friday 3/ 2 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art

Join us for a final look at the exhibition Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California. The evening begins with... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art: Photography

In Focus: Los Angeles

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

Urban Masala

Food/Wine

Urban Masala

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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>Split Moment</em>

Art: Group Show

Split Moment

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art: Multimedia

Sandow Birk: American Qur'an

Friday 3/ 2 @ Koplin del Rio Gallery

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

Chalk Rep presents <em>Slither</em>

Theatre: Drama

Slither

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

Yujean Kang's

Food/Wine

Yujean Kang's

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

Public School 612

Food/Wine

Public School 612

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art: Painting & Drawing

Laura Krifka

Friday 3/ 2 @ CB1 Gallery

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

Palmilla Cocina y Tequila

Food/Wine

Palmilla Cocina y Tequila

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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>The Cacophony Society Zone Show</em>

Art: Multimedia

The Cacophony Society Zone Show

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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,... 

MusInk 2012

Music: Festival

MusInk

Friday 3/ 2 @ OC Fair and Event Center

The MUSINK Tattoo Convention and Music Festival sold out its debut in Orange County in February of 2008 with over 13,000... 

<em>Ansel Adams Los Angeles</em>

Art: Photography

Ansel Adams Los Angeles

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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!

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

Catalina Zip Line Eco Tour

Cultural Hybrid: Day trip

Catalina Zip Line Eco Tour

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

Playa

Food/Wine

Playa

Friday 3/ 2 @ Playa

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

Komida

Cultural Hybrid

Komida

Friday 3/ 2 @ Komida

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

Joseph Lopez: <em>Nightwork</em>

Art: Photography

Joseph Lopez

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

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

City Gems: Guided Tour

In a Place Called Hollywood

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

John Fitts: 8 Dead Palm Trees

Friday 3/ 2 @ Kopeikin Gallery

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

<em>Deconstructing Perestroika</em>

Art: Group Show

Deconstructing Perestroika

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art: Painting & Drawing

Corey Arnold: Wolf Tide

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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,... 

Michael's Restaurant

Food/Wine

Michael's Restaurant

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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.... 

Health Freedom Expo

Workshop/Class

Health Freedom Expo

Friday 3/ 2 @ Long Beach Convention Center

The Health Freedom Expo features speakers, seminars, workshops, and other events designed to broaden the scope of the health care industry in... 

<em>Saudade</em>

Art: Group Show

Saudade

Friday 3/ 2 @ ANN 330 Gallery

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

Sadie

Food/Wine

Sadie

Friday 3/ 2 @ Sadie

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

Sai Sai Noodle Bar

Food/Wine

Sai Sai Noodle Bar

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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,... 

The Bar at Cliff's Edge

Food/Wine

The Bar at Cliff's Edge

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

<em>Critters & People: and Things of That Sort</em>

Art: Multimedia

Critters & People: and Things of That Sort

Friday 3/ 2 @ WWA Gallery

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

Test Kitchen: Shanghai-S&atilde;o Paulo

Food/Wine: Tasting

Test Kitchen: Shanghai-São Paulo

Friday 3/ 2 @ Zengo

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

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

Art: Group Show

In Wonderland

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

Cliff's Edge

Food/Wine

Cliff's Edge

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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 Total Look: The Creative Collaboration Between Rudi Gernreich, Peggy Moffitt, and William Claxton</em>

Art: Photography

The Total Look

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

Naya Sunset's New Bar Program

Food/Wine

Naya Sunset

Friday 3/ 2 @ Naya Sunset

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

Scott Belcastro: <em>Brighter Doom</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Scott Belcastro: Brighter Doom

Friday 3/ 2 @ iam8bit

Iam8bit Gallery is proud to present Brighter Doom, a solo exhibition of new works by Los Angeles artist Scott Belcastro. Brighter... 

Terry Richardson: <em>Terrywood</em>

Art: Photography

Terry Richardson

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

Drago Centro

Food/Wine

Drago Centro

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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>Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie</em>

Film: Independent

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

Friday 3/ 2 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre

Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim have a f*cked-up sense of humor. Their 11-minute episodes of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great... 

Shag: <em>Animal Kingdom</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Shag: Animal Kingdom

Friday 3/ 2 @ Corey Helford Gallery

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20th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design

Fashion/Style: Design

Art of Motion Picture Costume Design

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

Ca&ntilde;a Rum Bar

Food/Wine

Caña Rum Bar

Friday 3/ 2 @ Caña Rum Bar

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

Veggie Grill

Food/Wine

Veggie Grill

Friday 3/ 2 @ Veggie Grill

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

<em>Laluzapalooza: </em>The Greatest Group Show on Earth

Art: Group Show

Laluzapalooza

Friday 3/ 2 @ La Luz de Jesus

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, long at the vanguard for their early exposure of art focusing on Día de los Muertos... 

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

Art: Installation

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

Friday 3/ 2 @ LACMA

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

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

Art: Multimedia

Os Gemeos: Miss You

Friday 3/ 2 @ Prism

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

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

Art: Installation

Máximo González: Playful

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California

Art

Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

Mart&iacute;n Acosta: Timboctou

Theatre

Martín Acosta: Timboctou

Friday 3/ 2 @ REDCAT

 “[Acosta is] one of the most important creators of theater in Mexico.” El Informador   “A dialogue of gazes between artists from... 

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

Art

Ming Wong: Making Chinatown

Friday 3/ 2 @ REDCAT

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

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

Art: Painting & Drawing

Ellsworth Kelly: Prints and Paintings

Friday 3/ 2 @ LACMA

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

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

Art: Installation

Women Hold Up Half the Sky

Friday 3/ 2 @ 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

Friday 3/ 2 @ Pacific Asia Museum

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

Metropolis II

Art: Painting & Drawing

Metropolis II

Friday 3/ 2 @ LACMA

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