LAaLALand Events List::::Sugar High Weekend!!!!

Still have candy from Halloween? Well, burn it off at this weekend's events, including an American Indian Market, the AFI Fest, and lots of other great things to get into...
Have a great weekend,
LAaLA

Friday, November 2nd

Free Fridays at the Long Beach Museum of Art
Enjoy world-class exhibitions at a world-class location overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Port of Long Beach. Exhibitions include objects from the Museum's permanent collection of paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, furniture and more as well as temporary exhibitions borrowed from museums and collections around the world.
Free
11am-5pm
Long Beach Museum of Art
2300 E. Ocean Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90803
(562) 439-2119
www.lbma.org


Saturday, November 3rd

BOOMBOX 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Boombox is kickin' it in Chinatown with a giant anniversary blast,
with Ali Shaheed Muhammad from A Tribe Called Quest!
Special guest selector:
ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD (A Tribe Called Quest | NYC)
9pm
$10 b4 10:30 | Ladies FREE b4 10
Grand Star Jazz Club
943 N. Broadway (Chinatown)
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.myspace.com/boomboxlosangeles


Sunday, November 4th

Gallery Talk for Zulu Fire
Join curator Malena Ruth and collector CCH Pounder for a conversation addressing the history of the Ardmore Ceramics Studio and how these unique works are rapidly becoming highly prized collectables.
3pm-4pm
Craft & Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 937-4230
Free with the cost of admission $5 general admission $3 students/seniors, free for CAFAM members
www.cafam.org


Target Sundays @ CAAM
"Tilling the Soil & Giving Thanks"
Celebrate African American traditions born out of respect for the land. We give thanks to a rich heritage of family and home, with a special tribute to our veterans and active members of the Armed Forces, through performances in dance, music and the written word. Young people can gain insight and understanding through a workshop on family heritage. Program begins at 1pm, including workshops, drumming lessons and special live performances.
Free
11am-5pm
California African American Museum
600 State Dr., Exposition Park
Los Angeles, CA 90037
(213) 744-7432
www.caamuseum.org


7th Annual Dia de Los Muertos Festival
This annual street festival is a traditional and cultural event produced by Main Street Canoga Park. Dia de Los Muertos celebrates ancient Mexican and Central American traditions of paying homage to loved ones who have passed on. Festivities are continuous all day in historic Downtown Canoga Park-recipient of the All America City award- and showcases live musical outside and inside entertainment. The family festival has art and craft vendors, international foods, calaveras, artists' exhibits, altar displays, a children's art pavillion, classic car show and a Chalk Festival mural competition.
Free
10am-5pm; Inside and Outside Entertainment begins at 12pm
Main Street Canoga Park
21622 Sherman Way
Canoga Park, CA 91303
mainstreetcanogapark.org/dia2k7
(818) 346-4892


ALL WEEKEND

Friday & Saturday
Día de los Muertos
Colorful ancient Mexican ceremony in remembrance of departed loved ones, with beautifully decorated altars, entertainment, and a procession.
10am-9pm
El Pueblo Monument
Placita Olvera
125 Paseo de la Plaza
Los Angeles, CA
Free
213-485-9769, 213-485-8372
www.calleolvera.com


Saturday & Sunday
Intertribal Arts Marketplace
Head to Griffith Park for Southern California's largest Native American art sale! More than 120 Native artists will display their pottery, jewelry, sculpture, paintings, mixed-media artwork, weavings, beadwork, woodcarvings, and cultural items. See performances by Native dancers and musicians and enjoy a variety of foods. Jewelry by Harvey and Priscilla Abeyta, Santo Domingo Pueblo, weaving by Nanabah Aragon, Diné (Navajo), Soapstone carving by Ted Garcia, Chumash-Tataviam, Gourd art by Nadiya Littlewarrior, Potawatomi, Jewelry with California Materials by Kathy Martinez, Achumawi (Pit River) & Flint knapping by Charlie Acuña, Taos, New Mexico.
Members: Free
Free for members, $12 Adults, $8 seniors, students, and children 10 and over; and free for children under 10.
Autry National Center
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 667-2000


ONGOING

Thru Sunday 1/20/08
Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas
Emory Douglas was the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther party from 1976-1980, creating iconic imagery and documenting a revolution. 'Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas' traces the searing graphic art made by Emory Douglas (b. 1943) while he worked as Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967 until its discontinuation in the early 1980s. The Black Panthers cultivated a strong graphic identity for their group and their politics during this period, bringing their concerns to the public through newspapers, poster and pamphlets that can often be described as angry, militant and incendiary.
MOCA Gallery at Pacific Design Center
8687 Melrose Ave.
West Hollywood, CA
http://www.moca.org/emorydouglas/


BUGU: The Spirit of the Samurai Warrior
Description: The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center is proud to host this exquisite and extensive exhibition of traditional Japanese arms and armor. With this exhibit, gallery goers can travel back into feudal Japan and glance at some of the most dangerous and romanticized professions of all time including Samurai Warrior and Ninja. The exhibition will examine how Bugu is represented and conveyed through manga (Japanese comics), and will include a section for gallery-goers to try on replica armor and include video of kendo, sumo and yabusame bouts.
Free
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center: George J.
Doizaki Gallery
244 S. San Pedro Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 628-2725
jaccc.org


2007 AFI FEST
AFI Fest kicks off, and the whole industry will be there. Chat up the right person and maybe you can slip behind the velvet rope!
AFI FEST ROOFTOP VILLAGE
Visit the AFI FEST Rooftop Village, headquarters of AFI FEST 2007 presented by Audi, on the 7th floor of the ArcLight Cinemas parking structure (6360 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles) and experience the spectacular 360-degree view of Los Angeles.
Box Office walk-up ticket and pass sales, and will-call services:
November 2 -10: 11am-10am
November 11: 11am-7pm
http://www.afi.com/onscreen/AFIFEST/2007/
Arclight Hollywood
6360 Sunset Blvd
Hollywood, CA