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Your cultural event guide
Here's a snapshot of our favorite things to do in Los Angeles this week. |
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Los Angeles
Feb 12-18, 2008
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Like it or lump it, advertisers are making it hard to ignore Valentine's Day. Luckily, this week's slew of progressive offerings from intrepid artists, performers, and musicians will make your heart pound for entirely different reasons. A symposium held on the 105th anniversary of Anaïs Nin's birth examines the feminist icon's steamy literary legacy, Dublab throws a pity party for lonely hearts, the Pimps of Joytime make love to their turntables, and dozens of galleries all over town show pictures of love, loss, and sweet, sweet revenge.
- Shana Nys Dambrot, Managing Editor
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MORE FLAVOR: Tribute
Anaïs Nin at 105
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Tuesday Feb 12 (7pm)
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Hammer Museum (10899 Wilshire Blvd, 310.443.7000)
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Anaïs Nin's diaries depicted a woman delighting in self-discovery, full of poignant, writerly nuggets like, "We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection." Nin was a pragmatic-but-passionate feminist; her writing embraced lovers like author Henry Miller (and his wife), art, and everyday comings and goings in a graceful, matter-of-fact manner. Tonight, the Hammer honors Nin with a set of recollections from electronic-music pioneer Bebe Barron, writer Deena Metzger, architect Eric Lloyd Wright, and Center of Autobiographic Studies founder Tristine Rainer.
- Jason Jude Chan
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
RoMak & the Space Pirates w/ Fuxedos and the Abe Lincoln Story
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Tuesday Feb 12 (8pm)
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Safari Sam's (5214 W Sunset Blvd, 323.666.7267)
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RoMak & the Space Pirates may seem like a fanciful moniker, but in truth, it's a pretty straight-up description of the band that bears it. Playing glitchy, kitschy, robo-pop ditties for the sweaty, coiffed masses, the OC-based, electro-punk crew looks and sounds like it just gave Flock of Seagulls a wicked parking-lot smackdown. The Fuxedos, meanwhile, kidnap rock music and kick it all over the stage with clownish, costumed speed-punk shows that are part MDC, part performance art. Aptly named for President's Day, local boys the Abe Lincoln Story bring a lighter, high-stepping sound best characterized by the title of their recent release, Kings of the Soul Punk Swing.
- Shana Nys Dambrot
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MORE FLAVOR: Discussion
Elizabeth LeCompte and Casey Spooner
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Wednesday Feb 13 (7pm)
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Hammer Museum (10899 Wilshire Blvd, 310.443.7000)
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Directed by Elizabeth LeCompte and scored by Casey Spooner, the Wooster Group's sold-out multimedia production of Hamlet has taken REDCAT audiences by storm. The production represents a fascinating pairing of minds: Spooner is a flamboyant half of neon-colored electro duo Fischerspooner, while LeCompte is the engine behind Wooster, one of New York's legendary experimental theatre companies. Tonight, the two discuss the challenges and liberties of multimedia technology, and its impact on the performing arts.
- Ashley Tibbits
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
The Weather Underground w/ From Leaf to Feather, Free Moral Agents, and A for Attack
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Wednesday Feb 13 (9pm)
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Silverlake Lounge (2906 Sunset Blvd, 323.663.9636)
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The Weather Underground headline a four-top bill tonight, hitting the Silverlake Lounge with folky smarts and a bit of Americana-tinged indie rock. Opener From Leaf to Feather's largely instrumental experiments in chipper dissonance feature Melessa Jean Bratten's ethereal vocals over staccato keyboards and triangles. Long Beach's Free Moral Agents sound like someone made a scratchy dance remix out of Zappa's noise jams, while A for Attack channel Led Zeppelin with hints of Gorillaz-style production and a flair for drama.
- Shana Nys Dambrot
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ART
Louise Lawler: A Movie Will Be Shown Without the Picture
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Thursday Feb 14 (7:30pm)
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Aero Theatre (1328 Montana Ave, 323.466.3456)
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Louise Lawler's influential work in the '80s excoriated the shallow and oppressive depictions of feminine icons in film and other media. Her strategies included photographing and appropriating the works of others — tonight's performance, for example, plays a film's audio without visual elements to poke holes in the unthinking pleasure principle driving the entertainment industry. A Movie was originally staged at the Aero in 1979, and its revival is just one part of a monthlong special project from West of Rome. Women in the City presents performances, posted work, and other spontaneous and random happenings by Lawler, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, and Cindy Sherman at various spots around LA.
- Shana Nys Dambrot
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This performance takes place as part of West of Rome's month-long, multi-venue art project Women in the City.
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Black Lips w/ Pierced Arrows and Terrible Twos
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Thursday Feb 14 (8pm)
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El Rey (5515 Wilshire Blvd, 323.936.6400)
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In 1971 Lester Bangs published an essay called James Taylor Marked for Death, in which he heralded the Troggs as the raw libido of rock 'n roll. "Wild Thing" was the perfect, artless, raucous rock song. It was pure id. Cue the Black Lips — seemingly ignorant of 40 years of musical evolution, they rip through song after song of merciless, riotous rock. You won't hear anything especially new in it, but you won't be complaining either. The band has built a reputation for putting on wildly debauched live shows, and tonight they play with fellow garage rockers Pierced Arrows and Terrible Twos.
- Joe Blankholm
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FILM
Gypsy (1962) and the Bonnie Delight Burlesque Revue
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Friday Feb 15 (7:30pm)
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Egyptian Theatre (6712 Hollywood Blvd, 323.466.3456)
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At the Bonnie Delight Burlesque Revue, 45 minutes of risqué business begins with a warm-up from emcee Shecky Greenblatt, followed by a colorful slate of songs from Charlie Singer, slinky moves from Miss Lola Lee, and the evening's versatile keystone, the titular Miss Bonnie Delight. Rounding out the sensual retrospective is a screening of Stephen Sondheim's mothers-and-daughters musical Gypsy. In the film, Rosalind Russell ruthlessly (and self-servingly) pushes her two daughters toward vaudeville fame, until the elder elopes. With her older sister out of the picture, the younger sis (Natalie Wood) becomes the unforgettable, self-mocking stripper Gypsy Rose Lee.
- Jason Jude Chan
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
St. Vincent w/ Foreign Born
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Friday Feb 15 (8pm)
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Echoplex (1154 Glendale Blvd, 213.413.8200)
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Multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) kicks off her new tour at Echoplex, having recently returned from Australia and Japan as a member of Sufjan Stevens' backing band. The former Polyphonic Spree member's debut album, Marry Me, is a Kate Bush-esque collection of lovely, skewed pop songs that range from simple piano ballads to quirkily arranged mini-epics. Ms. Clark plays tonight's show with a full backing band, allowing her to reproduce some of her more ornate album cuts. Opening the show are LA-based indie rockers Foreign Born.
- Joe Blankholm
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ART
Adam Janes: Don't Sweat the Small Stuff at 50%
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Saturday Feb 16 (11am–6pm)
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Roberts & Tilton Gallery (5801 Washington Blvd, 323.549.0223)
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With the creative ingenuity of a mad doctor and the unwieldy imagination of a five-year old, installation artist Adam Janes unveils Don't Sweat the Small Stuff at 50%, his latest site-specific work. Janes' style capitalizes on a sort of "funhouse effect": his multimedia installation — built at 50% of its functional size — uses sound, light, and scale to create a total sensory experience that is both disorienting and disconcerting. It's all accompanied by eccentric carpenter's notes — a chaotic mapping of Janes' creative process.
- Heather Silva
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There is an opening reception on Sat Feb 16 (6-8pm).
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PERFORMING ARTS: Spoken Word
Neon Cruise feat. Mike the PoeT
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Saturday Feb 16 (8pm)
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Broadway Bar (830 S Broadway, 213.614.9909)
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Author and performer Mike the PoeT hosts another edition of his Neon Cruise bus tour of the watering holes and neon signs illuminating Bukowski's LA. Though it's sponsored, as always, by the Museum of Neon Art, the venue is in mid-renovation, so tonight's route begins instead at the Broadway Bar, before wending its way through the glittery, tawdry back streets of Downtown and Koreatown. Along the way, tour guide Mike's jazzy spoken-word narration gently blows away the dust of history to reveal LA's real-life noir heart.
- Shana Nys Dambrot
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Seats must be reserved ahead of time by calling the Museum of Neon Art at 213.489.9918.
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FILM
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) with Live Commentary
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Sunday Feb 17 (5pm)
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Aero Theatre (1328 Montana Ave, 323.466.3456)
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Nathan Juran's classic fantasy The 7th Voyage of Sinbad screens tonight, along with live commentary from an impressive cast of experts. The plot finds the seafaring, hirsute Sinbad (Kerwin Mathews) bound for Baghdad with his lady (Kathryn Grant) at his arm. All's well until a barrage of stop-motion monsters — a claymation Cyclops, two-headed birds, and sword-wielding skeletons, all designed by visual-effects genius Ray Harryhausen — rudely intrudes. Tonight's commentators include Dennis Muren, Oscar-winning effects experts Randy Cook and Phil Tippett, biographer Steven C. Smith, film historian Arnold Kunert, and Harryhausen himself.
- Jason Jude Chan
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MUSIC: DJ
DEEP Nine-Year Anniversary Party
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Sunday Feb 17 (9pm–2am)
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Vanguard (6021 Hollywood Blvd, 323.463.3331)
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An LA institution, Marques Wyatt has been bringing the world's finest house DJs to his Sunday-night DEEP soiree for nine years now. In the process, he's created the ultimate in good-natured dance-party environments, drawing a notoriously friendly crowd united in the name of soulful house music. Tonight, Wyatt celebrates almost a decade of DEEP with an appearance by the Martinez Brothers. Boasting a pair of Bronx-born brothers aged 15 and 18, the duo tears it up live, channeling the transcendent spirit of Larry Levan and New York's legendary Paradise Garage parities.
- Steve Nalepa
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FILM
Paper Tiger Reads Paper Tiger Television: PTTV 25-Year Anniversary
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Monday Feb 18 (8pm)
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REDCAT (631 W 2nd St, 213.237.2800)
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Public-access programs can be quite boring, save for the occasional crank caller. But Paper Tiger Television isn't your average Q&A about local interests. Standing apart from its safe, "next caller please," mainstream counterparts, PTTV has provided an alternative platform for the big issues — all based on the creators' lofty mission to "smash the myths of the information industry." Tonight's documentary weaves together talking heads and a sterling sampling of PTTV's handcrafted animations, avant-garde video effects, and makeshift formats. A few definitive excerpts complete a fascinating think-for-yourself program.
- Jason Jude Chan
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PERFORMING ARTS: Theatre
The Last Days of Desmond Nani Reese
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Saturday Feb 16 (8pm)
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Bang Improv Studio (457 N Fairfax Ave, 323.653.6886)
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It's Los Angeles circa 2014, and a 108-year-old Echo Park stripper has a lot to get off her chest. Heather Woodbury's latest one-woman show, The Last Days of Desmond Nani Reese, is set in a futuristic, environmentally decimated LA — but don't expect any Terminator-like sequences. The play is mostly about two Woodbury-played characters: the aforementioned centenarian stripper, Desmond Nani Reese (inspired by Echo Park's legendary Lemoyne Redmond), and the mouthy Harvard feminist interviewing her for a dissertation entitled "The History of the World, as Told by Loose Women."
- Julian Hooper
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