Thursday, August 15
Openings and Events in Culver City
ELLEN BURR & STRINGS, The Industry Cafe, 8–10pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Surface Decorations & Stenciling: Open Clay Workshop with Rudy Falagán, Craft Contemporary, 1am–1pm.
Artist Walkthrough: Kyungwoo Chun on Beyond Line, LACMA, 7pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Marcia Bassett + Samara Lubelski / Kaori Suzuki + John Krausbauer / Rogue Squares, Human Resources, 9pm. $8–15.
Openings and Events in Echo Park
TARANTINA: Hollywood 1969, Club Bahia, 8:15pm–1am.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
LA REVIEW OF BOOKS & N+1 in conversation with A.S. HAMRAH in support of his essay collection THE EARTH DIES STREAMING, Now Instant Image Hall, 8pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Gainsborough in his Painting Room, The Huntington, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
El Segundo Art Walk, various locations (El Segundo), 5–9pm.
Downtown at Sundown, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego), 5–8pm.
Film Night: Buster Keaton's One Week and Sherlock Jr., Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 6pm.
Friday, August 16
Openings and Events in Century City
The Hip-Hop Way of Life: A Discussion with Eli Bonerz, Mister Cartoon, and B-Girl Asia One, Annenberg Space for Photography, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Motown Funk, Grand Park, 7–11pm.
Openings and Events in Frogtown
SÜPRMARKT Ethiopian Dinner Fundraiser, Women’s Center for Creative Work, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
Closing reception for Compass Rose, Oxy Arts on York, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Pop-a-Balloonza, Riverside Art Museum (Riverside), 5–8pm.
Saturday, August 17
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Anne Ward: The Garden Portal, Five Car Garage, 2–4pm.
Eimear Noone, CIACLA, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Venice
The Coming Mental Range: A Writing Workshop with Will Alexander, Beyond Baroque, 11am–3pm.
Larry Bell Artist Talk, The Twentieth Church Christ Scientist, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Garden Concerts for Kids: The Lucky Band, Getty Center, 4–5:30pm. Also August 18.
Openings and Events in Culver City
>BTWN x PERFORMANCE< Kandis Williams Presents Eurydice, Blum & Poe, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Century City
Barron Claiborne and Rob Marriott: In Conversation, Annenberg Space for Photography, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
DIVERTED DESTRUCTION 12, The Loft at Liz’s, 1–4pm.
Branching Out, LA High Memorial Park, 3pm.
THE 2019 YOUNG ESSAY/POETRY AWARDS, William Grant Still Arts Center, 5pm.
Carla Issue 17 launch party, Park View/ Paul Soto, 5–8pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
As the crow flies: KERRY TRIBE and RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA, Unit 5, 11am–6pm.
Artist Walkthrough—Life Model: Charles White and His Students with Suzanne Jackson, LACMA, 2–3pm.
Openings and Events in Inglewood
Margarete Hahner: Test Beyond Good or Evil, Cubist Spinoff, 3–7pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Reception, The Hollywood Sculpture Garden, 3:30–5:30pm.
art + ecology month, Various Small Fires, 4pm.
Openings and Events in Los Feliz
Tête-à-Tête with Alexandre Dorriz and Danial Nord, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 2:30–3:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Days Presents Book Swap with Girls at Library, ICA LA, 3–5:30pm.
DOGS IN THE HOUSE, Skid Row History Museum and Archive, 6–8pm.
HERAKUT: OF WORRIERS AND WARRIORS, Corey Helford Gallery, 7–11pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
ASMA: Blossoming Carcass, Make Room, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Communion / Meg Foley & Alison D'Amato with guests, Pieter, 7pm.
BING BONG, Keystone Art Space, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Fruit Tree Pruning, The Huntington, 9am.
Taste of Art: Becoming America, The Huntington, 9am.
Apariciones/Apparition, The Huntington, 10am–5pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Guided Meditation in Chris Kallmyer: Ensemble, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 10:30–11am.
Plaza for All Artmaking Celebration, Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro), 3–6pm.
Poetry reading: MORGAN RITTER: FREE CHARGER, POTTS, 4–6pm.
Phogust, Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro), 5pm.
LATIN JAZZ NIGHT, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 7–10pm.
Sunday, August 18
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Jazz on the Lawn, Gandara Park, 5–7pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Artist talk, Matter Studio Gallery, 2–4pm.
Openings and Events in Los Feliz
Book launch for Stephen van Dyck's People I've Met from the Internet, in conversation with Matias Viegener, Skylight Books, 5–7:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Figure Sculpture Workshop, California African American Museum, 12–2pm.
Openings and Events in MacArthur Park
Sydney Croskery / Project Space, Salon @ the Granada, 1–4pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Evan Hynes: Rebel Alliance artist walkthrough, Tierra del Sol Gallery, 1–2:30pm.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
From Us to You: Contemporary Mexican Painting in Times of Change: Wendy Cabrera Rubio and Josué Mejía and ROADRUNNER, Queens LA, 5–8pm; performance, 6pm.
Healing Pain Through Energetic Love with Peter Bedard, MA, C.Ht., Pieter, 8–10pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
AUGUSTUS THOMPSON presents per kirkeby: VINTERBILLEDE, Now Instant Image Hall, 8pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Closing reception, The Loft Studios and Galleries (San Pedro), 1–4pm.
Tuesday, August 20
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Gallery Talk: Personal Connections, LACMA, 1–2pm.
Wednesday, August 21
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Legal Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic and opportunity to view On the Inside, Craft Contemporary, 5:30–7:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
In Conversation: Diedrick Brackens and Kohshin Finley, California African American Museum, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
In Conversation | Exhibition Makers Vol. 3, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), 6–7pm.