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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
Sep 30-Oct 6, 2008
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Last Friday night in Mississippi, the presidential candidates went at it, each hoping to court that elusive creature known as the swing voter. This Thursday, the veeps aim for those hearts and minds — and Angelenos can't help but get caught up in the political fervor. Zero One Gallery shows heavy-duty anti-war paintings, MoCA hosts a crowd-pleasing edition of George W. karaoke, and a new 43-vignette play recounts the lives of all 43 presidents through comedy and song. There's even a popular subsidized giveaway, as museums across LA County suspend admission for everyone all weekend. Now, that's my kind of socialism!
- Shana Nys Dambrot, Managing Editor
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Teddy Cruz
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Estudio Teddy Cruz is a forward-thinking architecture firm, more concerned with building communities than simply building. Teddy Cruz's practice is rooted in the social and economic conditions of the trans-border territory between San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico. Artkrush speaks to Cruz about his projects and social concerns.
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FILM: Shorts
Spirit of '68: Protest Films for the Decade of Revolution
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Tuesday Sep 30 (8pm)
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The Silent Movie Theatre (611 N Fairfax Ave, 323.655.2510)
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As we move closer to what may go down in history as one of America's most critical elections, it's important to find inspiration in political history — not just rhetoric. Curated by Jack Stevenson, Spirit of '68 draws a parallel between '60s American politics in the "decade of disillusionment" and today's hot pre-vote climate. Focusing specifically on annus horribilis 1968, the program is divided into a series of short films, including that year's America's in Real Trouble, an electrifying look at the changing face of patriotism, and People's Park (1969), a meditation on revolution and riots.
- Julian Hooper
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Beach House w/ Shugo Tokumaru
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Tuesday Sep 30 (9pm)
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Spaceland (1717 Silver Lake Blvd, 323.661.4380)
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A self-proclaimed master of more than 100 instruments, avant-folkie Shugo Tokumaru fuses traditional Japanese tropes with the more-precious-than-thou twee-isms of Sufjan Stevens and the dissonant orchestrations of Animal Collective. Using a mélange of guitars, mandolins, strings, harmonicas, bike wheels, ambient atmospheres, and found sounds, Tokumaru's complex structures retain a universal appeal. Recent release Exit is a less tentative endeavor than earlier, more minimalist masterworks Night Piece and L.S.T. — it's a confident mash of bizarre instruments and off-kilter harmonies. He plays tonight with Baltimore-bred psychers Beach House.
- Andrew Phillips
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
My Bloody Valentine
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Wednesday Oct 1 (8pm)
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Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (1855 Main St, 310.458.8551)
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Shoegaze progenitors My Bloody Valentine regroup after more than 15 years of Barrett-esque reclusive behavior, all of which followed their mind-altering 1991 album, Loveless. Apparently, they made a snap decision to return, albeit with more wrinkles, and woo us into a nostalgic daze. Kevin Shields' stripped-down guitar churns out waves of jagged reverb, weaving a heady fabric around keyboards and half-muttered vocals. Riding on promises of a new album, you can revel in the prospect of choice new material; just make sure you find, steal, or beg a ticket somehow.
- Oliver Spall
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ART: Festival
Santa Barbara Off-Axis 2008
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Wednesday Oct 1
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Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (653 Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara, 805.966.5373)
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Although our neighbor to the north is typically known for its stellar views and celebrity mansions, Santa Barbara has a stash of hidden artistic gems, many of which are revealed during the second annual Off-Axis festival. This monthlong celebration of contemporary work gives Santa Barbara the opportunity to flex its aesthetic muscles with exhibitions, performances, and lectures by internationally acclaimed artists at several local venues. The impressive roster of events includes an exhibition of Horace Bristol photographs, a walking tour of a sprawling outdoor public-art show, a performance by multimedia artist Sara Wookey, and a satellite exhibition of pieces from the California Biennial. Now you finally have the perfect excuse to plan that weekend getaway.
- Heather Silva
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ART
MoCA presents Engagement Party feat. Executive Order Karaoke
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Thursday Oct 2 (7–10pm)
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Museum of Contemporary Art (250 S Grand Ave, 213.621.1741)
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As an art form, interventions are essentially more confrontational versions of old-school happenings, in which artists (and enthusiastic amateurs) turned ordinary behaviors such as blinking or sitting into events worth watching. This intervention, by contrast, is an action that interrupts and commands participants as well as audiences. MoCA kicks off a series of disruptive pop-up plays with tonight's political-themed karaoke showdown. The glittery, mic-wielding diva Tammy Tomahawk guides would-be crooners through Dubya's flubbed speeches, with performances set to the tunes of popular songs.
- Shana Nys Dambrot
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
McCabe's 50th Anniversary: Living History of Music
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Thursday Oct 2 (7:30pm)
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UCLA Live at Royce Hall (752 Charles E. Young Dr, 310.825.4401)
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The legendary McCabe's Guitar Shop celebrates a half century of hosting some of rock history's biggest names — from John Lee Hooker to Jeff Buckley, Arlo Guthrie to Beck. Through the years, McCabe's has served Santa Monica and West LA as an intimate intersection where music education, wonderful performances, and a small, first-rate guitar shop meet. Artists such as Townes Van Zandt, Freedy Johnston, and Henry Rollins have even recorded live albums there. Tonight's celebration takes place at UCLA's Royce Hall and features the Ditty Bops, Peter Case, and Jackson Browne.
- Jorge Barriere
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MORE FLAVOR: Festival
TarFest 2008
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Friday Oct 3 (6–10pm)
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Miracle Mile (5800 Wilshire Blvd)
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Not since the landmark Flintstones road-trip episode have the La Brea Tar Pits seen so much action. Occupying several venues along the Wilshire Blvd corridor between La Brea and Fairfax, this year's TarFest features new visual art at the Korean Cultural Center on Friday (curated by Howard Fox of LACMA) and film on Saturday afternoon. Indie-pop and rock bands hit the El Rey on Saturday night, and there is a Sunday-morning road race for anyone still standing. Now in its sixth year, TarFest remains a free, fresh, and eclectic love letter to Los Angeles.
- Shana Nys Dambrot
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
David Byrne: The Songs of David Byrne & Brian Eno
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Friday Oct 3 (8pm)
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Greek Theatre (2700 N Vermont Ave, 323.665.5857)
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Released nearly three decades ago, Brian Eno and David Byrne's first collaboration, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, went out of its way to accentuate the rogue duo's experimental inclinations. The pair's recent, high-profile follow-up, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, offers a stark counterpoint to that earlier record's impenetrability, embracing long-held pop archetypes. More evocative of Byrne's recent solo work than Talking Heads-style experimentalism, songs like "Home," "The River," and "One Fine Day" are awash in resonant, airy atmospheres, winding synths, and pillowy harmonies. Tonight, Byrne plays from the record, proving that, while he's no longer at the forefront of the modern age, he has aged better than pretty much anyone else.
- Andrew Phillips
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MUSIC: Festival
LA Weekly Detour Festival feat. the Mars Volta, Gogol Bordello, Hercules & Love Affair, Cut Copy, and Black Lips
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Saturday Oct 4 (noon)
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City Hall (200 N Spring St, 213.473.3231)
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LA Weekly brings the action off the coast and into downtown for the third annual Detour Festival. The Mars Volta headline with their polyrhythmic, guitar-thrashing experimental rock that twists and turns in surprising ways. Energetic melodies are a staple for the hometown sextet, but the group's music is more than just speedy, flashy riffs. While "Asilos Magdalena" seems to start out as a psychedelic ode to the Doors' "The End," the track quickly turns into a haunting Spanish ballad featuring delicately picked guitar lines. With a supporting cast that includes heavy names such as Black Lips, Cut Copy, and Hercules & Love Affair, there's no reason to arrive late.
- Phil Kropoth
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MUSIC: Festival
Eagle Rock Music Festival
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Saturday Oct 4 (5pm–midnight)
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Eagle Rock Center for the Arts (2225 Colorado Blvd, 323.226.1617)
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The 10th annual Eagle Rock Music Festival puts the east side neighborhood's ever-burgeoning arts scene on display. Live outdoor sets along Colorado Blvd by local favorites Earlimart, Light FM, Stab City, Pierre De Reeder (of Rilo Kiley), and Abe Vigoda (the band) give Detour, the festival's more chaotic, pricier competition, a run for its money. In between sets, give your ears a time out and give your eyes a treat as the nearby Center's gallery hosts Ebbs & Flows: Sea Change and the Family Gathering, a group show of Latino artists curated by Steve Irvin. The exhibition subverts the idea of ethnicity as a prism through which to view art; instead, it privileges more universal themes of community life.
- Jorge Barriere
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The exhibition Ebbs & Flows continues through Saturday, October 11th; check the website for gallery hours.
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MORE FLAVOR: Workshop
Blue Rooster presents Van Arno
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Sunday Oct 5 (9am–4pm)
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BOXeight (1446 E Washington Blvd)
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Van Arno is Los Angeles' quintessential post-classicist illustrator; tonight, he shares his best tricks in a Blue Rooster Art Supplies-sponsored workshop class. Hosted at fashion/art space BOXeight, the seven-hour crash course includes a live professional model, one-on-one instruction from Arno, and a catered lunch. Even if you're no Picasso (yet), Arno's promiscuous love of art-historical styles (from Caravaggio to Crumb), abidingly perverse sense of humor, and taste for political satire always make for an entertaining, enlightening experience.
- Ashley Tibbits
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FILM: Festival
Elevate Film Festival
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Sunday Oct 5
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Nokia Theatre LA Live (777 Chick Hearn Ct, 213.763.6030)
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As Amy Sedaris once eloquently explained, the term "artist" is too often employed as a vague self descriptor. The Elevate Film Festival is a commerce-free event geared toward artists with one common and very tangible goal: the marriage between philanthropy and film. Emerging artists from around the world are commissioned to make twenty short films with a unifying theme, with the works divided into five categories: drama, music video, documentaries, commercials, and comedy. Tonight's "All Tribes Unite!" theme promises a screening of all twenty films, interactive elements, and a "futuristic feast for the senses" that includes a rare performance from electronica outfit Medicine Drum.
- Julian Hooper
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Free general admission tickets are available at the venue starting at noon on the day of the show.
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READING
Arthur Nersesian and Joseph Mattson
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Monday Oct 6 (7pm)
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Vroman's Bookstore (695 E Colorado Blvd, 626.449.5320)
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In their own peculiar ways, both of tonight's authors — Joseph Mattson and Arthur Nersesian — examine personal and civic entropy. Mattson's Empty the Sun comes packaged with an original soundtrack by progressive indie outfit Six Organs of Admittance and features a star-crossed, lead-footed narrator who's milked LA for all it's worth to him. Arthur Nersesian offers The Sacrificial Circumcision of the Bronx, the second volume of his incendiary page-turner series of historical novels deconstructing the problematic legacy and turbulent personal life of Manhattan's most enshrined and reviled city planner, Robert Moses.
- Shana Nys Dambrot
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MUSIC: Hip-Hop
Kenan Bell w/ Noah and the Whale
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Monday Oct 6 (9pm)
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Spaceland (1717 Silver Lake Blvd, 323.661.4380)
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LA hip-hop has always been a little different — even gangsta rap had a funky-free feel that New York couldn't touch. These days, the West Coast has successfully found the intersection between indie punks and hip-hop heads: MC Kenan Bell. The young'un in the Chucks and plaid lays down a clever emo-flow over tracks by the Smiths and MGMT, and spends his daylight hours teaching grammar at a private Montessori middle school. Tonight, Bell begins a month-long Spaceland residency, sharing the stage with UK folk-rockers Noah and the Whale while simultaneously ringing in a new era of hip-hop.
- Chloe Leichman
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ART
Michael Knowlton: Blackwater Babylon
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Tuesday Sep 30 (noon–6pm)
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01 Gallery (530 S Hewitt St #141, 213.689.0101)
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Painter Michael Knowlton doesn't feel the need to choose between beauty and terror. His passionately wrought, deftly composed scenes of the ruin and savagery of the Iraq War pit Western military might against indigenous culture. The infinite melancholy of the melee is underscored by the eerie stillness of the tableaux and the rich, almost classically styled movement of the paint itself. Knowlton's range is enormous; he deploys nuanced color fields, exuberant brushwork, and gestural depth in order to capture the near-abstractions of desert expanse and smoke billowing off oil rigs as well as the specific hues visible in an engine fire.
- Shana Nys Dambrot
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PERFORMING ARTS: Theatre
43 Plays for 43 Presidents
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Friday Oct 3 (8pm)
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Sacred Fools Theater (660 N Heliotrope Dr, 310.281.8337)
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Using comedy, drama, dance, and music, the half dozen actors in this crash course in presidential history conjure a theatrical experience that's part SAT prep, part Schoolhouse Rock! and which recounts, in chronological order, the entire story of the US presidency "from George W. to George Dubya." A timely primer on the context and significance of the impending vote, 43 Plays for 43 Presidents entertains as it educates, but don't worry — there's no final exam at the end. Unless you count the election, that is.
- Shana Nys Dambrot
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There is an additional performance Sunday, October 26th at 7pm.
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Cultural Partner
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Editors
MANAGING EDITOR
Shana Nys Dambrot
PRODUCTION EDITOR
Nick Earhart
SENIOR EDITORS
Jake Lancaster
Doug Levy
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Allen Moon
Jorge Barriere
Julian Hooper
Steve Nalepa
Andrew Phillips
Lisa Rosman
Ashley Tibbits
Phil Kropoth
IMAGE EDITORS
Adda Birnir
Tom Starkweather
PUBLISHERS
Sascha Lewis
Mark Mangan
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