Hey LAaLALanders,
This weekend’s highlights are: sample sales, a Kids in the Hall midnight movie, dodgeball, an art exhibit on the tarmac and film festivals about women and cars!
No excuse for boredom!
LAaLA
FRIDAY, March 28th
California Market Center Monthly Sample Sale
This fashion industry exclusive center holds its rare monthly sale for the general public. This east coast style sample sale is a steal for frugal shoppers looking for (out of season) designer pieces at bargain basement prices. And it’s definitely cheaper than a trip to Madison Avenue!
Free entry!
9am-3pm (the Friday of every month)
California Market Center
110 East Ninth St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015
213.630.3600
http://www.californiamarketcenter.com
POVEditions launch party
This art exhibition and evening fiesta features an evening of fun and dancing to DJ Jasepi’s turntables amidst the rare art by Mel Kadel, Travis Millard, Alika Cooper, Stephen Rothwell, Alexis Mackenzie and other noted talents.
Free
7-11pm
326 S. Hewitt St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
http://povevolving.com/
jinnie@povevolving.com
"Brain Candy" Midnight Screening
Calling all Kids in the Hall fans! They’re back with this 1996 classic flick following Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald and crew. Don’t you want to experience a futuristic drug marketed to help people recall their happiest memories in a dystopian near-future? Come on – you know you do!
$9.50
Midnight
NuArt Cinema
11272 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025
310.281.8223
http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/LosAngeles/NuartTheatre.htm
SATURDAY, March 29th
A Taste of Dance
Learn different dance styles for only $1 per lesson! This cultural celebration of this fabulous medium takes place on the Music Center Plaza.
Free/$1 per lesson!
10am-4pm
Music Center Plaza
135 N Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213.972.3660
http://musiccenter.org/
15th Annual BET J See Their Images Festival
Check out short films by emerging African American female filmmakers with a subsequent discussion moderated by New Jack City & Soul Food actress Vanessa Williams. Also, enjoy the reception after the screening and discussion.
$10
2pm
Raleigh Studios - Chaplin Screening Room
5300 Melrose Avenue
Hollywood, CA
RSVP @ 310.284.3179
Santa Monica Airport Artwalk
Cruise the tarmac as you view available works by the Ruskin Group Theatre, Ellwood T. Risk, Sherry Frum, Arena One and Santa Monica College Ceramic Studios in numerous private studios.
Free
1-5pm
Santa Monica Airport
3223 Donald Douglas Loop
Santa Monica, CA 90405
http://arts.santa-monica.org/Airportartwalk
LACMA Muse - Young Directors Night
Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents this showcase of films by young and first-time directors, competing for the "Young Director" trophy. Judges and attendees vote on the winner
$9
5pm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323.857.6000
http://lacma.org
“The Art of Cars” Exhibit @ the Petersen Automotive Museum
Learn about the artistic process behind the creation of the Pixar's animated feature film "Cars." With a guided tour recorded by Pixar and Disney's Chief Creative Officer, John Lasseter, learn about the creative process from a rarely heard behind the scenes perspective. Check out character sketches, art from the movie, digital artwork, and life-sized replicas of the movie’s main characters: Lightning McQueen and his tow-truck buddy, Mater.
3/29-11/2/08
$10 adults, $5 seniors, students with ID, $3 kids, members free
Petersen Automotive Musuem
6060 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles 90036
323.930.CARS
SUNDAY, March 30th
The Brown Paper Pete Film Festival With Chuck McCann
Great American Cinema, Filmmakers Alliance and Studio Screening Services present a series of short films from some of Los Angeles' most talented (and talent-less) filmmakers. They showcase flicks with a specific theme that the filmmakers have 6 weeks to create a 5 minute film based on. This week’s is all about cars. The film with the most audience votes wins!
$6
1pm
Beverly Hills Fine Arts Theater
8556 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Giant Book Sale
The SoCal Library offers tons of books only $2 and $3. They’ll also raffle off a new $250 Zune digital player that allows the ability to play and share hours of your favorite music, videos, movies, pictures, games, podcasts, etc.
Free
10:30am-4pm
Southern California Library
6120 S. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90044
323.759.6063
www.socallib.org
South Park Flea Market
This rain or shine flea market features vendors selling everything from fine art to knit caps to used records to funky jewelry, there's no reason not to go.
9am-4pm
$2, Kids, students, and seniors admitted free of charge
8th St. and Grand Ave. Parking Lot
Los Angeles, CA 90014
866.966.9495
http://www.southparkfleamarket.com/
info@southparkfleamarket.com
LA PALABRA POETRY featuring Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
Since moving to Los Angeles in 2000, Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has staged, along with Willie Herron and Jesus Velo, the Spine of Califas poetry performances at Tropico de Nopal Art Gallery and other venues. Adolfo Guzman-Lopez co-founded the poetry-performance group: The Taco Shop Poets, who, over the years, read at taco shops in San Diego, Tijuana, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Antonio and New York City's Spanish Harlem. The group published an anthology, Chorizo Tonguefire and produced two CDs. He was also published in Geography of Rage: Remembering the Los Angeles Riots of 1992 and Beyond Baroque Magazine. Currently Adolfo is a reporter at KPCC 89.3 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate in Pasadena/Los Angeles.
Also, community poets can bring their work for open mike readings before and after the featured poet…
Free
2-4pm every 4th Sunday monthly
Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.
131 No. Avenue 50
Highland Park, CA 90042
Los Angeles Dodgeball Society Open Gym
Every Sunday at the Hollywood Rec Center, you can dodge balls, with novices, an easier co-ed league or the tougher "stinger ball" league! $5 suggested donation or enter for free if you come with 2 newbies
1:30-4:30pm
Hollywood Rec Center
1122 Cole Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
323.467.6847
http://www.dodgeball4ever.com
American Cinemateque& the Art Director's Guild Monthly Screening Series featuring Sydney Pollack's "The Yakuza" (1975)
President Tom Walsh leads a discussion with Production Designer Terence Marsh reflects on his colleague/friend Stephen Grimes' contribution to Production Design.
5:30pm
The Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
213.480.7088
ALL WEEKEND
Alternative Art Market
Enjoy patronizing local artisans and designers as they vend stenciled t-shirts, political posters, illustrations, jewelry, arts and crafts, bags and animal clothes as you jam to a live DJ. Very unique one-of-a-kind pieces!
11am-5pm Saturday & Sunday
The Majestical Roof in courtyard between Union and Holly Streets
88 North Fair Oaks
Pasadena, CA
626.844.8886
majesticalroof@sbcglobal.net
www.hairycarrionarts.com
www.myspace.com/majesticalroof
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008
LAaLALand List:::What More Could You Ask For?!
LAaLALanders,
This weekend you can pet bunnies, party in the metro station, bike ride in Hermosa as your favorite superhero, tour Hollywierd, go to samples sales, flea markets, and join in on the world’s largest pillow fight!
What more could you ask for?!
LAaLA
ALL WEEKEND - March 21-23
Big Bunny Spring Fling
Pet fuzzy bunnies and plant carrots! Kids can also take pics with a giant bunny while their faces are painted.
10am-4pm
Adults $10, Seniors 62+ $7, Kids 2-12 $5, under 2 free
Los Angeles Zoo
5333 Zoo Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323.644.4200
FRIDAY, March 21st
Mobile Clubbing!
Go underground at the Hollywood and Highland Metro train station with tons of other jamming commuters. Bring your iPod and dancing kicks. Everyone gathers upstairs, then in unison joining the new underground world with headphones on blast, dancing from station to station! You never thought this kind of fun would come to LAme?! Well, now it has!
FREE or your Metro fare
10pm
Hollywood and Highland Metro train station
http://bored-la.blogspot.com/2008/03/keep-it-coming.html
Superhero Bike Ride
Be your dream superhero while riding around Hermosa Beach on a bike. Risk your life being dressed up like Flash Gordon is risqué enough but doing it with the Southbay Cruisers for 3 hours sounds totally worthwhile!
Rain or shine.
Free
8:15-11:15pm
Lighthouse Cafe
30 Pier Ave.
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
http://www.cicle.org/cicle_content/pivot/entry.php?id=549
www.southbaycruisers.com
Evening with the Stars
These 60-minute shows explore the stars, constellations and planets visible in the night sky. The doors must remain closed during the planetarium shows so no late seating will be accommodated. Reservations may be made in advance at www.glendale.edu/planetarium. The reservations will hold seats for up to 15 minutes prior to the show. For more details call 818-240-1000, ext. 5275.
$10 general admission, $5 for children 12 and under.
7 & 8:30 p.m.
Glendale Community College Planetarium
1500 N. Verdugo Rd.
Glendale , 91208
818.240.1000
www.glendale.edu/planetarium
SATURDAY, March 22nd
World Pillow Fight Day
Find your inner foolish child and an old pillow and bring them down to Pershing Square for this extravaganza of folly. Be ready for a fully feathered whack attack! Remember: only bring soft pillows; swing lightly cos lots of people will be swinging simultaneously!; take off your glasses (duh); fairplay – only aim for people with pillows and not the unarmed with cameras, etc.; there’ll be a signal alerting you to begin! Enjoy! Feathers are more fun than water guns this time of year!
2:30pm
Free with pillow
Pershing Square
530 South Olive Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
http://www.pillowfightday.com/index.php
MacDayLA™
Preview software & hardware presentations by the people behind the products with interactive demonstrations. There will be breakfast-time expert-moderated discussions. Bring/buy breakfast, then bring it over to the table of your choice and join a discussion. There will be several table clusters set up with an expert to play host/moderator at each. The discussions can go in any direction. Have an issue? Bring it up. Inquiry? Ask it.
$15 cash at door or $12 Paypal cash or credit card paid online in advance.
Schedule of events: http://macdayla.com/agenda/index.html
Resettlement to Redress: Rebirth of the Japanese-American Community
REDRESS REMEMBERED is a documentary revealing the varied experiences of Japanese Americans whose lives were disrupted by their forced removal and the fight for redress. There’s also a special tour of Common Ground with Professor Art Hansen at 1pm & 3:30pm.
2pm
$8 Adults; $5 Seniors (62+); $4 Students with ID and Youth (6-17); and FREE for children 5 and under.
Japanese American National Museum
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213.625.0414
www.janm.org
Hollywood Heritage Walking Tour
Learn about Hollywood from a historic preservationist’s point of view through our weekly walking tours. The 3+ hour tour starts the museum and ends at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Blvd. Taking the train/Metro is best to beat the hassle of parking as you’ll only be 1 stop away by the end of the tour.
9am-12:30pm
Hollywood Heritage members: $5. Non-members: $10. Advance reservations are a must, and the tour is limited to 10 people.
Hollywood Heritage Museum
2100 N. Highland Avenue
Hollywood, CA 90068
www.hollywoodheritage.org/walkingtour.html
SUNDAY, March 23rd
Santa Monica Outdoor Antique & Collectible Market
Stock up on elegant antiques, furniture and furnishings. Early birds can pay an extra $2 to shop and catch the best deals for an extra 2 hours before the regular crowd arrives at 8am.
6am-3pm
Early bird $7, general admission $5, seniors $3, kids free.
Bundy Dr.
Santa Monica, CA 90036
323.933.2511
Santa Clarita Open Air Market (Saugus SwapMeet)
This marketplace features over 600 vendors with fresh produce, retail items, home furnishings, clothing, tools, toys, fresh plants and flowers, gift items, automotive gear – you name it! It’s a treasure hunter’s paradise! Saugus Swapmeet is also a popular shopping site for TV shows that educate the public on how to furnish and design on a limited budget! There’s also live music to make the shopping deals even more enticing while you try the food booths, bbq, snacks, beverages, ice cream, Italian ice, kettle corn, and beer.
7am-3pm
$1.50 for adults, children 11 and under are FREE.
Free parking
22500 Soledad Cyn Rd
Santa Clarita, CA 91350
www.saugusspeedway.com
Las Palmas Flea Market
Check out old and new vintage and contemporary antiques, art, and designer goods.
11am-6pm
N. Las Palmas Ave.
Los Angleles, CA 90065
323-280-2293
Explore LA: Watts Towers
Check out one of only nine works of folk art listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of only four US National Historic Landmarks in the city of Los Angeles. Using simple hand tools and cast off materials (broken glass, sea shells, generic pottery and ceramic tile) Italian immigrant, Simon Rodia spent 30 years (1921 to 1955) building a tribute to the United States. They are a complex set of 17 separate sculptural pieces built on a residential lot in the community of Watts. Two of the towers rise to a height of nearly 100 feet. The sculptures are constructed from steel pipes and rods, wrapped with wire mesh, coated with mortar, and embedded with pieces of porcelain, tile and glass. Truly a sight to see.
1pm
Between $7 and $10
1765 East 107th Street
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=613
Native American Focus Tour
Docents from the Southwest Museum of the American Indian bring unique insights to this fascinating tour of Native American artifacts presented in the galleries of the Museum of the American West.
Free with museum admission.
1:30-2:30pm
Autry National Center’s Museum of the American West: Wells Fargo Theatre
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323.667.2000
The Melrose Co-op Designer's Market & Sample Sale
This event hosts designers who offer their sample pieces at 30-70% off retail prices. The roster of ten to fifteen emerging designers rotates each week, featuring everyone from Kudra to Aftershock.
Noon-5pm
The Melrose Lightspace
7600 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
213.622.1115
Lazy Sunday Tasting
Spend your final day of rest by wetting your palate with a few glasses of wine and scrumptious cheeses. This steal includes pours of two reds and two whites and Auntie Em’s Marketplace gourmet cheeses in a luxurious lounge. Start the next week off right!
1-4pm
$12
Colorado Wine Co.
2114 Colorado Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90041
http://www.cowineco.com/calendar/
South Park Flea Market
Vendors sell everything from fine art to knit caps to used records to funky jewelry, exercise while walking the lot and find picks for everyone in your crew.
$2, Kids, students, and seniors admitted free of charge
8th St. and Grand Ave. Parking Lot
Los Angeles, CA 90014
866.966.9495
http://www.southparkfleamarket.com/
Filmforum presents You Pick ’Em 2! A selection of experimental films from Canyon Cinema
Support Echo Park Film Center while viewing rarely screened classics, curiosities, forgotten wonders including Hand Eye Coordination, by Naomi Uman, 2002; Womancock, by Carl Linder, 1965; Notebook, by Marie Menken; Hold Me While I’m Naked, by George Kuchar, 1966; Some Manipulations by Jud Yalkut, 1967; Bottle Can, by Luther Price, 1993; and more!
7- 9:20pm
$9 general, $6 students/seniors
Echo Park Film Center
1200 N. Alvarado Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026
213.484.8846
www.lafilmforum.org
This weekend you can pet bunnies, party in the metro station, bike ride in Hermosa as your favorite superhero, tour Hollywierd, go to samples sales, flea markets, and join in on the world’s largest pillow fight!
What more could you ask for?!
LAaLA
ALL WEEKEND - March 21-23
Big Bunny Spring Fling
Pet fuzzy bunnies and plant carrots! Kids can also take pics with a giant bunny while their faces are painted.
10am-4pm
Adults $10, Seniors 62+ $7, Kids 2-12 $5, under 2 free
Los Angeles Zoo
5333 Zoo Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323.644.4200
FRIDAY, March 21st
Mobile Clubbing!
Go underground at the Hollywood and Highland Metro train station with tons of other jamming commuters. Bring your iPod and dancing kicks. Everyone gathers upstairs, then in unison joining the new underground world with headphones on blast, dancing from station to station! You never thought this kind of fun would come to LAme?! Well, now it has!
FREE or your Metro fare
10pm
Hollywood and Highland Metro train station
http://bored-la.blogspot.com/2008/03/keep-it-coming.html
Superhero Bike Ride
Be your dream superhero while riding around Hermosa Beach on a bike. Risk your life being dressed up like Flash Gordon is risqué enough but doing it with the Southbay Cruisers for 3 hours sounds totally worthwhile!
Rain or shine.
Free
8:15-11:15pm
Lighthouse Cafe
30 Pier Ave.
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
http://www.cicle.org/cicle_content/pivot/entry.php?id=549
www.southbaycruisers.com
Evening with the Stars
These 60-minute shows explore the stars, constellations and planets visible in the night sky. The doors must remain closed during the planetarium shows so no late seating will be accommodated. Reservations may be made in advance at www.glendale.edu/planetarium. The reservations will hold seats for up to 15 minutes prior to the show. For more details call 818-240-1000, ext. 5275.
$10 general admission, $5 for children 12 and under.
7 & 8:30 p.m.
Glendale Community College Planetarium
1500 N. Verdugo Rd.
Glendale , 91208
818.240.1000
www.glendale.edu/planetarium
SATURDAY, March 22nd
World Pillow Fight Day
Find your inner foolish child and an old pillow and bring them down to Pershing Square for this extravaganza of folly. Be ready for a fully feathered whack attack! Remember: only bring soft pillows; swing lightly cos lots of people will be swinging simultaneously!; take off your glasses (duh); fairplay – only aim for people with pillows and not the unarmed with cameras, etc.; there’ll be a signal alerting you to begin! Enjoy! Feathers are more fun than water guns this time of year!
2:30pm
Free with pillow
Pershing Square
530 South Olive Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
http://www.pillowfightday.com/index.php
MacDayLA™
Preview software & hardware presentations by the people behind the products with interactive demonstrations. There will be breakfast-time expert-moderated discussions. Bring/buy breakfast, then bring it over to the table of your choice and join a discussion. There will be several table clusters set up with an expert to play host/moderator at each. The discussions can go in any direction. Have an issue? Bring it up. Inquiry? Ask it.
$15 cash at door or $12 Paypal cash or credit card paid online in advance.
Schedule of events: http://macdayla.com/agenda/index.html
Resettlement to Redress: Rebirth of the Japanese-American Community
REDRESS REMEMBERED is a documentary revealing the varied experiences of Japanese Americans whose lives were disrupted by their forced removal and the fight for redress. There’s also a special tour of Common Ground with Professor Art Hansen at 1pm & 3:30pm.
2pm
$8 Adults; $5 Seniors (62+); $4 Students with ID and Youth (6-17); and FREE for children 5 and under.
Japanese American National Museum
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213.625.0414
www.janm.org
Hollywood Heritage Walking Tour
Learn about Hollywood from a historic preservationist’s point of view through our weekly walking tours. The 3+ hour tour starts the museum and ends at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Blvd. Taking the train/Metro is best to beat the hassle of parking as you’ll only be 1 stop away by the end of the tour.
9am-12:30pm
Hollywood Heritage members: $5. Non-members: $10. Advance reservations are a must, and the tour is limited to 10 people.
Hollywood Heritage Museum
2100 N. Highland Avenue
Hollywood, CA 90068
www.hollywoodheritage.org/walkingtour.html
SUNDAY, March 23rd
Santa Monica Outdoor Antique & Collectible Market
Stock up on elegant antiques, furniture and furnishings. Early birds can pay an extra $2 to shop and catch the best deals for an extra 2 hours before the regular crowd arrives at 8am.
6am-3pm
Early bird $7, general admission $5, seniors $3, kids free.
Bundy Dr.
Santa Monica, CA 90036
323.933.2511
Santa Clarita Open Air Market (Saugus SwapMeet)
This marketplace features over 600 vendors with fresh produce, retail items, home furnishings, clothing, tools, toys, fresh plants and flowers, gift items, automotive gear – you name it! It’s a treasure hunter’s paradise! Saugus Swapmeet is also a popular shopping site for TV shows that educate the public on how to furnish and design on a limited budget! There’s also live music to make the shopping deals even more enticing while you try the food booths, bbq, snacks, beverages, ice cream, Italian ice, kettle corn, and beer.
7am-3pm
$1.50 for adults, children 11 and under are FREE.
Free parking
22500 Soledad Cyn Rd
Santa Clarita, CA 91350
www.saugusspeedway.com
Las Palmas Flea Market
Check out old and new vintage and contemporary antiques, art, and designer goods.
11am-6pm
N. Las Palmas Ave.
Los Angleles, CA 90065
323-280-2293
Explore LA: Watts Towers
Check out one of only nine works of folk art listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of only four US National Historic Landmarks in the city of Los Angeles. Using simple hand tools and cast off materials (broken glass, sea shells, generic pottery and ceramic tile) Italian immigrant, Simon Rodia spent 30 years (1921 to 1955) building a tribute to the United States. They are a complex set of 17 separate sculptural pieces built on a residential lot in the community of Watts. Two of the towers rise to a height of nearly 100 feet. The sculptures are constructed from steel pipes and rods, wrapped with wire mesh, coated with mortar, and embedded with pieces of porcelain, tile and glass. Truly a sight to see.
1pm
Between $7 and $10
1765 East 107th Street
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=613
Native American Focus Tour
Docents from the Southwest Museum of the American Indian bring unique insights to this fascinating tour of Native American artifacts presented in the galleries of the Museum of the American West.
Free with museum admission.
1:30-2:30pm
Autry National Center’s Museum of the American West: Wells Fargo Theatre
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323.667.2000
The Melrose Co-op Designer's Market & Sample Sale
This event hosts designers who offer their sample pieces at 30-70% off retail prices. The roster of ten to fifteen emerging designers rotates each week, featuring everyone from Kudra to Aftershock.
Noon-5pm
The Melrose Lightspace
7600 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
213.622.1115
Lazy Sunday Tasting
Spend your final day of rest by wetting your palate with a few glasses of wine and scrumptious cheeses. This steal includes pours of two reds and two whites and Auntie Em’s Marketplace gourmet cheeses in a luxurious lounge. Start the next week off right!
1-4pm
$12
Colorado Wine Co.
2114 Colorado Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90041
http://www.cowineco.com/calendar/
South Park Flea Market
Vendors sell everything from fine art to knit caps to used records to funky jewelry, exercise while walking the lot and find picks for everyone in your crew.
$2, Kids, students, and seniors admitted free of charge
8th St. and Grand Ave. Parking Lot
Los Angeles, CA 90014
866.966.9495
http://www.southparkfleamarket.com/
Filmforum presents You Pick ’Em 2! A selection of experimental films from Canyon Cinema
Support Echo Park Film Center while viewing rarely screened classics, curiosities, forgotten wonders including Hand Eye Coordination, by Naomi Uman, 2002; Womancock, by Carl Linder, 1965; Notebook, by Marie Menken; Hold Me While I’m Naked, by George Kuchar, 1966; Some Manipulations by Jud Yalkut, 1967; Bottle Can, by Luther Price, 1993; and more!
7- 9:20pm
$9 general, $6 students/seniors
Echo Park Film Center
1200 N. Alvarado Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026
213.484.8846
www.lafilmforum.org
Friday, March 14, 2008
LA
One of my favorite cities, Pasadena, is having its famed Art Weekend! Enjoy the many wonderful options this weekend.
Ciao,
LAaLA
ALL WEEKEND:::MARCH 14-16
PASADENA ART WEEKEND
Enjoy this semi-annual event with more than 20 free cultural activities over 3 days. Next time you can catch this event is in October.
FREE!
http://www.pasadenaartweekend.com
Friday, March 14th
ArtNight Pasadena
Experience art, artifacts and music with free shuttle service from institution to institution, including the Armory Center for the Arts, Art Center College of Design -- Hillside, Boston Court Performing Arts Center, Norton Simon Museum, One Colorado, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena City College, Pasadena Jazz Institute, Pasadena Public Library -- Central Library, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena Symphony.
6pm-10pm
@ Civic Auditorium and the Shumei Arts Council
Urban Expeditions Pasadena ARTRide
Join the C.I.C.L.E. organization for a guided bicycle tour of Pasadena and its fantastic cultural institutions. Peruse Pasadena's large collection of art galleries and museums while absorbing live performances by local musicians and musical groups. This event is in conjunction with ARTNight Pasadena.
It’s a unique way to view exhibits and listen to music at each stop. The pace of the ride is relaxed and easy, and beginning cyclists are welcome. The ride is lead by experienced cyclists, and includes a sweep rider to ensure the group stays together.
Urban Expeditions is a monthly ride series of community-focused bicycle rides aimed at getting people out of their cars and onto their bikes for a cleaner, greener city and is sponsored in part by REI.
Meet at 6pm as the ride departs at 6:30pm Sharp.
FREE!
One Colorado
48 Hugus Alley
Pasadena, CA
http://www.BikeNow.org
Saturday, March 15th
ArtTalk
Observe a cross-section of artists in the spoken disciplines featuring cutting-edge word, performance and theater artists in this first-ever presentation of the living word in the Playhouse District. Genres include hip hop poetry, storytelling, recitations, poetry readings, theatre, and film.
11am-5pm
@ The Boston Court Performing Arts Center.
Sunday, March 16th
Pasadena Art + Design Open Market
Walk Old Pasadena's most popular fine arts market while finding innovative pieces by emerging artists, illustrators, ceramicists, and the next generation of environmental and industrial designers experimenting with different media. The work is by students, faculty and alumni from Art Center College of Design and Pasadena City College and all proceeds benefit 100% the artists and students directly.
10am-5pm
@ the alleys and Courtyard at One Colorado.
SATURDAY, March 15th
Toastmasters @ Agape
Learn how to listen effectively, think on your feet and speak confidently while acquiring invaluable leadership skills.
8:30am-10am
Agape Spiritual Center
5700 Buckingham Parkway
Culver City, CA 90230
http://agape.freetoasthost.info
Conversations@CAAM with Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, most notably known as the NBA’s all-time leading scorer will explore the many aspects of his life, including his illustrious second career as a best-selling author, scholar and documentary filmmaker during this live interview.A scholar and historian, Abdul-Jabbar has combined his passions—basketball, history and jazz—in a book and multimedia project entitled “On the Shoulders of Giants: An Audio & Musical Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance.” Signed copies will be available for purchase after the public forum.
FREE
1pm
California African American Museum
600 State Dr.
Exposition Park
Los Angeles, CA 90037
French Wine & Cheese At Cultural Interiors
Learn "un peu" French and preview our selection of wine and cheese accessories for your next fabulous soiree.
FREE
4-7pm
Cultural Interiors
4444 West Slauson Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90043
Artist's Meeting Place @ jFERRARI Gallery
Check out the opening of over 37 visual & performing artists exhibiting in this provocative art show featuring the body. Live music, wine, cheese, pancake juggling & new people!
6-10pm
FREE
jFERRARI Gallery
3015 Glendale Blvd
Atwater Village, CA 90039
MENUDO Cook-Off Street Fair
Expand your palate with the traditional Mexican aromatic blend soup made of beef tripe, hominy and chili that is stewed for hours with garlic and other spices. It is typically eaten after a night out and widely proclaimed to cure hangovers.
35,000 annual attendees enjoy different type of foods and taste a bowls of Hot & Spicy Menudo or buy a canned Menudo, have free health screenings, get free gifts, enjoy carnival rides & games, etc.
12:05pm-10pm
Wilshire Blvd. & Alvarado St.
Los Angeles, CA 90057
http://www.hispaniceventsmarketing.com
SUNDAY, March 16
Women's Family Festival
Celebrate International Women's Month with a day filled with art workshops for all ages, poetry, music and dance performances!1-5pm
Free with museum admission
Museum admission prices: $7.50 General; $5.00 Students (w/ID) and Seniors (65+); Free children under 12
Museum of Latin America
628 Alamitos Ave., Long Beach, CA 90802
Ciao,
LAaLA
ALL WEEKEND:::MARCH 14-16
PASADENA ART WEEKEND
Enjoy this semi-annual event with more than 20 free cultural activities over 3 days. Next time you can catch this event is in October.
FREE!
http://www.pasadenaartweekend.com
Friday, March 14th
ArtNight Pasadena
Experience art, artifacts and music with free shuttle service from institution to institution, including the Armory Center for the Arts, Art Center College of Design -- Hillside, Boston Court Performing Arts Center, Norton Simon Museum, One Colorado, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena City College, Pasadena Jazz Institute, Pasadena Public Library -- Central Library, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena Symphony.
6pm-10pm
@ Civic Auditorium and the Shumei Arts Council
Urban Expeditions Pasadena ARTRide
Join the C.I.C.L.E. organization for a guided bicycle tour of Pasadena and its fantastic cultural institutions. Peruse Pasadena's large collection of art galleries and museums while absorbing live performances by local musicians and musical groups. This event is in conjunction with ARTNight Pasadena.
It’s a unique way to view exhibits and listen to music at each stop. The pace of the ride is relaxed and easy, and beginning cyclists are welcome. The ride is lead by experienced cyclists, and includes a sweep rider to ensure the group stays together.
Urban Expeditions is a monthly ride series of community-focused bicycle rides aimed at getting people out of their cars and onto their bikes for a cleaner, greener city and is sponsored in part by REI.
Meet at 6pm as the ride departs at 6:30pm Sharp.
FREE!
One Colorado
48 Hugus Alley
Pasadena, CA
http://www.BikeNow.org
Saturday, March 15th
ArtTalk
Observe a cross-section of artists in the spoken disciplines featuring cutting-edge word, performance and theater artists in this first-ever presentation of the living word in the Playhouse District. Genres include hip hop poetry, storytelling, recitations, poetry readings, theatre, and film.
11am-5pm
@ The Boston Court Performing Arts Center.
Sunday, March 16th
Pasadena Art + Design Open Market
Walk Old Pasadena's most popular fine arts market while finding innovative pieces by emerging artists, illustrators, ceramicists, and the next generation of environmental and industrial designers experimenting with different media. The work is by students, faculty and alumni from Art Center College of Design and Pasadena City College and all proceeds benefit 100% the artists and students directly.
10am-5pm
@ the alleys and Courtyard at One Colorado.
SATURDAY, March 15th
Toastmasters @ Agape
Learn how to listen effectively, think on your feet and speak confidently while acquiring invaluable leadership skills.
8:30am-10am
Agape Spiritual Center
5700 Buckingham Parkway
Culver City, CA 90230
http://agape.freetoasthost.info
Conversations@CAAM with Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, most notably known as the NBA’s all-time leading scorer will explore the many aspects of his life, including his illustrious second career as a best-selling author, scholar and documentary filmmaker during this live interview.A scholar and historian, Abdul-Jabbar has combined his passions—basketball, history and jazz—in a book and multimedia project entitled “On the Shoulders of Giants: An Audio & Musical Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance.” Signed copies will be available for purchase after the public forum.
FREE
1pm
California African American Museum
600 State Dr.
Exposition Park
Los Angeles, CA 90037
French Wine & Cheese At Cultural Interiors
Learn "un peu" French and preview our selection of wine and cheese accessories for your next fabulous soiree.
FREE
4-7pm
Cultural Interiors
4444 West Slauson Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90043
Artist's Meeting Place @ jFERRARI Gallery
Check out the opening of over 37 visual & performing artists exhibiting in this provocative art show featuring the body. Live music, wine, cheese, pancake juggling & new people!
6-10pm
FREE
jFERRARI Gallery
3015 Glendale Blvd
Atwater Village, CA 90039
MENUDO Cook-Off Street Fair
Expand your palate with the traditional Mexican aromatic blend soup made of beef tripe, hominy and chili that is stewed for hours with garlic and other spices. It is typically eaten after a night out and widely proclaimed to cure hangovers.
35,000 annual attendees enjoy different type of foods and taste a bowls of Hot & Spicy Menudo or buy a canned Menudo, have free health screenings, get free gifts, enjoy carnival rides & games, etc.
12:05pm-10pm
Wilshire Blvd. & Alvarado St.
Los Angeles, CA 90057
http://www.hispaniceventsmarketing.com
SUNDAY, March 16
Women's Family Festival
Celebrate International Women's Month with a day filled with art workshops for all ages, poetry, music and dance performances!1-5pm
Free with museum admission
Museum admission prices: $7.50 General; $5.00 Students (w/ID) and Seniors (65+); Free children under 12
Museum of Latin America
628 Alamitos Ave., Long Beach, CA 90802
Thursday, March 6, 2008
LAaLALand List:::Happy International Women's Month!
Dear LAaLALanders,
Happy International Women’s Month! Enjoy the Reel Women International Film Festival, Chicago Stepping lessons, the Great Purse Swap & many other fabulous events this weekend.
Have a great time!
Audacious LAaLA
FRIDAY
FLICKS::::
Reel Women International Film Festival
This fourth annual festival commemorates International Women’s Month with spectacular films by diverse women.
Call for prices
Various times for screenings Until March 13
Laemmle Music Hall
9036 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
310.274.6869
"Our Land, Our Life: The Struggle for Western Shoshone Land Rights"
This 2007 multi award-winning documentary directed by George and Beth Gage, details Western Shoshone Elders Carrie and Mary Dann's 30-year struggle to protect their traditional ways of life and ancestral homelands from mining degradation in a battle that went to the United States Supreme Court and beyond to the United Nations. View the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ2N9-n-ka0
8pm
FREE
California State University, Long Beach
University Theater
Parking Lot 7 - South end of campus off 7th St.
SOCIALIZE:::
First Friday: Pineapple Hill
This place is a 1960's interpretation of a Gold-Rush saloon. There's free popcorn and a full bar.
8pm
Pineapple Hill Saloon
4454 Van Nuys Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Friday Nights With Steppin B's Workshop
Experience & learn the "Chicago Style Step" technique from one of the premier instructors in the United States. It’s one of the most popular African American dance forms in Chicago and the Midwest that originated in Chicago as a dance formerly referred to as the BOP.
7-9pm
$10
Club Hall of Fame
5th-floor
Hollywood Park Casino 3883 West Century Boulevard Inglewood, CA 90303
http://www.steppinb.com/
HAPPY HOUR REMIXED
Happy International Women’s Month! Enjoy the Reel Women International Film Festival, Chicago Stepping lessons, the Great Purse Swap & many other fabulous events this weekend.
Have a great time!
Audacious LAaLA
FRIDAY
FLICKS::::
Reel Women International Film Festival
This fourth annual festival commemorates International Women’s Month with spectacular films by diverse women.
Call for prices
Various times for screenings Until March 13
Laemmle Music Hall
9036 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
310.274.6869
"Our Land, Our Life: The Struggle for Western Shoshone Land Rights"
This 2007 multi award-winning documentary directed by George and Beth Gage, details Western Shoshone Elders Carrie and Mary Dann's 30-year struggle to protect their traditional ways of life and ancestral homelands from mining degradation in a battle that went to the United States Supreme Court and beyond to the United Nations. View the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ2N9-n-ka0
8pm
FREE
California State University, Long Beach
University Theater
Parking Lot 7 - South end of campus off 7th St.
SOCIALIZE:::
First Friday: Pineapple Hill
This place is a 1960's interpretation of a Gold-Rush saloon. There's free popcorn and a full bar.
8pm
Pineapple Hill Saloon
4454 Van Nuys Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Friday Nights With Steppin B's Workshop
Experience & learn the "Chicago Style Step" technique from one of the premier instructors in the United States. It’s one of the most popular African American dance forms in Chicago and the Midwest that originated in Chicago as a dance formerly referred to as the BOP.
7-9pm
$10
Club Hall of Fame
5th-floor
Hollywood Park Casino 3883 West Century Boulevard Inglewood, CA 90303
http://www.steppinb.com/
HAPPY HOUR REMIXED
REMIXED takes place at the cozy Wilshire Royale Hotel and is aiming to be an alternative cure for the typical happy hour. Enjoy the chic 2-story cocktail lounge with discounted appetizers, drink specials, pool table, intimate conversation and outdoor patio lounges, along with fine dining options while jamming to a live DJ.
5:30pm to 8:30pm
FREE Entry
The Wilshire Royale
2619 Wilshire Blvd. @ Rampart
Los Angeles, CA
2619 Wilshire Blvd. @ Rampart
Los Angeles, CA
213.388.8488
SATURDAY
BE ENVIRONMENTAL:::
Urban Garden Talks A California native plant expert teaches about native plants, which are best for personal gardens and how to make them thrive. Tour the Urban Garden right after follows each event exploring the nearly 1-acre community garden, its 45 blooming trees, and 15-ton Delftware, rose-shaped fountain. This tour is almost entirely outdoors.
12pm – Talk & tour are 60 minutes
FREE
W.M. Keck Children's Amphitheater
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 S. Grand Avenue
SATURDAY
BE ENVIRONMENTAL:::
Urban Garden Talks A California native plant expert teaches about native plants, which are best for personal gardens and how to make them thrive. Tour the Urban Garden right after follows each event exploring the nearly 1-acre community garden, its 45 blooming trees, and 15-ton Delftware, rose-shaped fountain. This tour is almost entirely outdoors.
12pm – Talk & tour are 60 minutes
FREE
W.M. Keck Children's Amphitheater
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 S. Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
http://www.musiccenter.org/
Evening Birds and other Creatures of the Night & Messages from the Animals
Learn about this hidden nocturnal world on a casual sunset stroll around Franklin Canyon Lake. Bring binoculars. The animals in our lives bring us messages, guidance and healing gifts. Learn what they are telling you on this fun meditative hiking journey. Enjoy this exciting hike!! This is a family event.
http://www.musiccenter.org/
Evening Birds and other Creatures of the Night & Messages from the Animals
Learn about this hidden nocturnal world on a casual sunset stroll around Franklin Canyon Lake. Bring binoculars. The animals in our lives bring us messages, guidance and healing gifts. Learn what they are telling you on this fun meditative hiking journey. Enjoy this exciting hike!! This is a family event.
5pm-7pm
Sooky Goldman Nature Center @ Franklin Canyon Park
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
2600 Franklin Canyon Drive
Beverly Hills CA 90210
Sooky Goldman Nature Center @ Franklin Canyon Park
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
2600 Franklin Canyon Drive
Beverly Hills CA 90210
Free yoga lessons in Runyon Canyon Park every week!
Instructors are subject to change and don't expect your fellow yoga practitioners to always adhere to the rules. Maybe a bit different, but so is the concept of free yoga! Other classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4:30 p.m.
FREE
9:30am
Runyon Canyon Park
2000 Fuller Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Located near the Fuller entrance
323.666.5046
WALK WITH INTENTION
WALK WITH INTENTION
Local hypnotherapist Rosalba Fontanez is hosting a “walk with intention” through Griffith Park. The walk will begin at the Merry Go-Round and continue through footpaths, for 45 minutes. Fontanez thinks that stagnation and a sedentary lifestyle will slowly degrade one‘s quality of life, but movement--such as walking--creates a shift in that energy. Come relieve stress, increase brain power, and improve overall health. Every Saturday.
10am
Meet @ the Griffith Park Merry Go-round
Rosalba Fontanez
818.823.8261
http://www.freewebs.com/walk-with-intention/
BE PROGRESSIVE:::
Celebrate Our Fighting Unity on International Women's Day
BE PROGRESSIVE:::
Celebrate Our Fighting Unity on International Women's Day
Join women of Iran & Afghanistan in their struggle against the misogynist Islamic Republic of Iran and the imperialist U.S. empire. Women from those and other countries will take to the streets in an international march in Brussels. March in solidarity with them in the streets of L.A.!Free 12pm - Assemble at the Federal Bldg. in Westwood (Wilshire and Veteran)
March through Westwood
This Premier Toastmaster Club in Los Angeles meets every Saturday for a light breakfast while learning the best way to improve communication and leadership skills.
FREE with a light breakfast included
8-10am
The Girls Club of Los Angeles
9004 S Normandie Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90044
http://www.d90s.org/
DANCE::::Intimate Connection with DJs Al Jackson & Rome
Impeccable DJ Al Jackson of the awesome JuJu parties throws the jams doooooooooooowwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnn at this new Saturday party in the Valley. The crowd’s chill and the drinks are strong and cheap! Such a good vibe, I feel like I’m back in nYc.
9pm-2am
Free
Bar One
12518 Burbank Blvd @ Whitsett
North Hollywood, CA 91607
Myspace.com/djaljackson
http://www.thesoulchildren.com/
DANCE::::Intimate Connection with DJs Al Jackson & Rome
Impeccable DJ Al Jackson of the awesome JuJu parties throws the jams doooooooooooowwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnn at this new Saturday party in the Valley. The crowd’s chill and the drinks are strong and cheap! Such a good vibe, I feel like I’m back in nYc.
9pm-2am
Free
Bar One
12518 Burbank Blvd @ Whitsett
North Hollywood, CA 91607
Myspace.com/djaljackson
http://www.thesoulchildren.com/
Inspiration with Capoeira Batuque
The Afro-Brazilian martial arts troupe Capoeira Batuque of the Brasil Brasil Cultual Center leads this full night of live bangin' percussive Samba, Batucada & Capoeira. Resident DJ Jose Marquez will be on the decks offering a blend of Afro-Latin/Brazilian house rhythms and sounds from elsewhere aroundthe globe. House, Deep House, Neo Soul, Afro Latin vibes
Every 2nd & 4th Saturday of the month
10pm-3am
21+
$5
The Palmer Room
3387 Motor Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90034
rsvp@inspiration-la.com
http://www.thepalmerroom.com/
http://www.inspiration-la.com/
SUNDAY
MOVE:::
Fitness Hike
Exercise enthusiast MRCA volunteer Zahava leads this moderate hike while you measure your progress by gradually moving at more vigorous paces. Novices and dogs are welcome. Just don’t forget the water and sneakers/hiking shoes. Rain cancels.
9-11am
Sooky Goldman Nature Center
Franklin Canyon Park
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
2600 Franklin Canyon Drive
Beverly Hills CA 90210
Franklin Canyon Park
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
2600 Franklin Canyon Drive
Beverly Hills CA 90210
310.858.7272 ext 131
http://www.lamountains.com/
Moring Birds of King Gillette Ranch
Enjoy the habitats of King Gillette Ranch’s expansive series birdlife for a Morning Bird Hike! Have a casual 1 mile walk with beginning birders!!
8-10am
http://www.lamountains.com/
Moring Birds of King Gillette Ranch
Enjoy the habitats of King Gillette Ranch’s expansive series birdlife for a Morning Bird Hike! Have a casual 1 mile walk with beginning birders!!
8-10am
Meet at the Botanic Center
26800 Mulholland Hwy
Calabasas 91302
http://www.lamountains.com/
310.454.1395 ext 106
BE ON DISPLAY IN THE EXHIBIT:::
The Great Purse Swap @ Pasadena
Trade purses as local purse experts will judge your incoming bag for the "A," B," or "C" table so that all guests exchange items of similar quality/value. The "swap room" is just part of the fun. There are information stations will help you learn how to tell a genuine purse from a knock-off; get advice on how to fend off purse thieves; see treasured finds from local purse collectors; hear purse prose and poetry; and learn the effects of heavy satchel toting on your back. Enjoy light refreshments as you view the 100+ purses in the Museum's exhibition The Purse and the Person round out a complete afternoon of purse fun, facts, and trading.
Between $8 and $23 - Admission fee; $8 allows you to swap 1 purse & $5 each for up to 3 more purses See exhibit description below under “exhibits”
Pasadena Museum of History
26800 Mulholland Hwy
Calabasas 91302
http://www.lamountains.com/
310.454.1395 ext 106
BE ON DISPLAY IN THE EXHIBIT:::
The Great Purse Swap @ Pasadena
Trade purses as local purse experts will judge your incoming bag for the "A," B," or "C" table so that all guests exchange items of similar quality/value. The "swap room" is just part of the fun. There are information stations will help you learn how to tell a genuine purse from a knock-off; get advice on how to fend off purse thieves; see treasured finds from local purse collectors; hear purse prose and poetry; and learn the effects of heavy satchel toting on your back. Enjoy light refreshments as you view the 100+ purses in the Museum's exhibition The Purse and the Person round out a complete afternoon of purse fun, facts, and trading.
Between $8 and $23 - Admission fee; $8 allows you to swap 1 purse & $5 each for up to 3 more purses See exhibit description below under “exhibits”
Pasadena Museum of History
470 W. Walnut St.
Pasadena, CA 91103
626.577.1660
Classes Learn the art of Stepping and pull out your smooth leather sole shoes ‘cos you don’t need a partner!
$10
$10
3pm-12am
Beginners 4-5:30pm; Intermediate and men's lead focus 5:30-7:30pm; After Set: 7:30pm-until closing
Great Western Caterer Hall II
5760 Rodeo Rd
Beginners 4-5:30pm; Intermediate and men's lead focus 5:30-7:30pm; After Set: 7:30pm-until closing
Great Western Caterer Hall II
5760 Rodeo Rd
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.mylasc.com/
310.895.5712
Sunday School with DJ Al Jackson & other resident DJs
http://www.mylasc.com/
310.895.5712
Sunday School with DJ Al Jackson & other resident DJs
Jam to Maestro DJ Al Jackson on the wheels of steel again. You won't be able to sit down!
$5
9:30pm-2am
Zanzibar
1301 5th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Free parking
ONGOING EXHIBITS:::
Until March 15th
Alpha Kappa Alpha Story - Centennial Traveling Exhibit
ONGOING EXHIBITS:::
Until March 15th
Alpha Kappa Alpha Story - Centennial Traveling Exhibit
View the oldest African American sorority’s centennial traveling exhibits only west coast appearance as it's a 3-dimensional, interactive experience for all ages. It includes computer modules, artifacts and replica displays. The exhibit shows the story of AKA's scholastic, health, cultural, historical, political, and global contributions that have catalyzed, influenced and transformed innumerable institutions, organizations, communities and families throughout the 20th century.
Free
12-5pm
William Grant Still
2520 S. Westview St.
Los Angeles, CA 90016
323.734.1165
Until March 30th
323.734.1165
Until March 30th
The Purse and The Person: A Century of Women’s Purses
Developed from a private collection of over 3,000 purses and accessories, this exhibition looks at purses from the inside out, examining day-to-day life reflected in a very personal, very female artifact cache -- a woman’s handbag. Eight exhibition vignettes examine iconic women of the 20th century, from the Edwardian matron to the Superwoman of recent decades. Every woman loves a hot handbag!
12-5pm $5 general; $4 students, seniors; children (under 12) free
470 W. Walnut St.
Pasadena, CA 91103
626.577.1660
The African Presence in Mexico: From Yanga to the Present
Explore the historical and contemporary artworks in celebration of the 500 years of African descendants in Mexico.
California African American Museum
600 State Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
213 744 7432
Until June 8th
Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956-1966
This acclaimed exhibition follows Bob Dylan from his beginnings in Hibbing, Minnesota to his debut on the Greenwich Village folk scene and his rise to fame as one of the first true rock stars and the artist who “electrified” contemporary songwriting. There’s an unprecedented collection of films, artifacts, and listening stations, following Dylan’s story intersecting with folk music, rock ‘n’ roll, and a nation in the throes of social change.
The Skirball Cultural Center Getty Gallery
2701 North Sepulveda Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90049
310.827.0889
Tradition as Innovation in African Art
Including the work of over 30 artists, this exhibition covers a late 19th to early 20th Century's worth of African groundbreakers who paved the way for such better-known European movements of art like cubism, Dada and surrealism.
Mon.,Tues.,Thurs. 12–8pm, Fri. 12–9pm, Sat.-Sun. 11am-8pm
$9; after 5, FREE!
Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323.857.6000
Until December 31st
Until December 31st
FINDING OUR FAMILIES, FINDING OURSELVES EXHIBIT
Explore America’s multicultural legacy through our inspirational multimedia exhibit at the Museum of Tolerance. Take a virtual journey to American shores and imagine the experience and challenges of our ancestors. Then step into the recreated childhood homes of Dr. Maya Angelou, Billy Crystal, Carlos Santana, and Joe Torre as they share a treasure trove of family stories memories and dreams. Begin to discover your own family history, in the Family Activity Lab, and appreciate the diversity that makes our society great. Appropriate for all ages. Please allow 1.5 hours for your visit.
Adults $8; Seniors $7; Students $6
9786 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035-4709
310.553.9036
Park in Lot 4; Enter from Sunset Blvd.
308 Charles E. Young Drive North
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549
All are FREE
Ongoing::
Intersections: World Arts, Local Lives
Enjoy one of our nation’s most important collections of art from Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas in Intersections: World Arts, Local Lives, which features approximately 250 of the finest objects from the Fowler’s collections in a long-term exhibition that celebrates the richness of world arts and considers the roles these works of art play in peoples’ lives. The gallery within the gallery, called Fowler in Focus, is dedicated to a rotating installation of new acquisitions, special collections, and particular artistic genres. The opening Fowler in Focus exhibition, Flames of Devotion: Oil Lamps from South and Southeast Asia, is a selection of approximately fifty remarkable metal lamps and incense burners.
On Permanent Display:
Reflecting Culture: The Francis E. Fowler, Jr. Collection of Silver
Comprising 251 objects representing 16th through 19th century Europe, Great Britain and the United States, this exhibition interprets silver in its social contexts. Gleaming vessels from renowned workshops—such as those of British silversmith Paul de Lamerie (c.1800), Russian jeweler Karl Fabergé (c.1900), and American patriot silversmith Paul Revere (c.1760)—highlight important styles and techniques.
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