Thursday, August 1
Openings and Events in Westwood
JazzPOP: Hitomi Oba Group, Hammer Museum, 8pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
CraftNight Alternative Embroidery Workshop with NO SESSO, Craft Contemporary, 7–9pm. $12.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Alake & Peggy’s Mall, The Gallery @, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Silver Lake
Absolutely Wright, Dulce Stein Presents at The Neutra, 6–10pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Maternity: Mothers and Children in the Arts of Africa, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 5:30pm.
Bloom Projects: Brian Rochefort, Absorption by the Sun, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), 7–9pm.
Friday, August 2
Openings and Events in Venice
Why Not Choose Love, Beyond Baroque, 8pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
House of Bamboo / Anatahan, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Queens of the New Age: Festival of Extraordinary Women, California African American Museum, 3–11pm.
Art Buzz: Social Signs, ICA LA, 5:30–7pm.
The Wicker Man & Closing Receptions, Ghebaly Gallery, 6pm.
Leigh Ledare: The Task (2017), The Box, 6:30pm.
K-pop, Grand Park, 7–11pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
My So Called Variety Hour, LEIMINSPACE, 7pm.
TRANZA: THANK YOU JUAN GA FOR THE MUSIC, Human Resources, 9pm. $5–20.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Jackalope Summer Nights, Central Park, 5–10pm. Continues August 3.
Vagabond (1985, NR), Norton Simon Museum, 5:50–7:45pm.
Saturday, August 3
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Garden Concerts for Kids: Elena Moon Park and Friends, Getty Center, 4pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Pet Sematary / Pet Sematary II, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
GARY CANNONE: ALBUMS BY CONCEPTUAL ARTISTS, Arcana: Books on the Arts, 4–6pm.
The Passenger, Klowden Mann, 6–8pm.
MICHAEL REEDER: The OtherRealm, KYLE BRYANT: On Broken Wings, and MATTHEW GRABELSKY: Jungle Train, Thinkspace Projects, 6–9pm.
>BTWN x COMEDY< No Drama! With Casey Jane Ellison, Blum & Poe, 9pm.
Openings and Events in Beverly Hills
Kour Pour: Cut and Paste, Christie’s, 11am–2pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Crafting Histories in Clay: Exhibition and Culminating Event, Craft Contemporary, 2–5pm.
Manfred Menz: Heaven on Earth, CMay Gallery, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Economies, ltd los angeles, 6–8pm.
I Wake Up and Write Down My Dreams, NO Gallery, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Koreatown
Pippa Garner: A SHADOW OF MY FUTURE SELF, O-Town House, 4–8pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Ian Trout, There-There, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Heritage Day, California African American Museum, 10am–4:30pm.
Boosting your Neighborhood, California African American Museum, 10:30am–4:30pm.
Element of Play® Open Workshop, ICA LA, 11am–6pm.
Sir Oliver's 4th Annual Jamaican Independence Day Festival, Gladys Park, 1–5pm.
Leigh Ledare: The Task (2017), The Box, 2pm.
Two First Names and Shifts in Time, Over the Influence, 5–8pm.
Color is an Act of Reason, Baert Gallery, 6–9pm.
POWER DRESSING: Appearance as Performance, Murmurs, 6:30pm–2am.
EYE-CON | The Artwork of Gusmano Cesaretti, THESE DAYS, 7–9pm.
HOLLA, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles, 7–10pm.
Can We Live?, Monte Vista Projects, 7–10pm.
Room with Three Views, 515, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
15 year anniversary party, Ooga Booga,
The Props assist the House, Bel Ami, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
ART: BLOCK PARTY 2019, Avenue 50 Studio, 5–9pm.
OFFGRID, Keystone Art Space, 7–11pm.
Openings and Events in South L.A.
Peace, Love, & Family Health Festival & Bike Tour, South Vermont Avenue between Gage Avenue and Florence Avenue, 9am–5pm.
Openings and Events in Glassell Park
Kari Reardon: Reproductions, elephant, 1–5pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
Dorothy Dubrule: Mermaid Room, Mast on Fig, 4 and 6pm.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
A Look to the Past: Jazz and the Norton Simon Museum’s Modern Collection, Norton Simon Museum, 6pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Printmaking workshop with Olga Koumoundouros, Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro), 12–4pm.
Branching Out, Amelia Earhart Regional Library (North Hollywood), 3pm.
THREE COURSES: CULINARY TRIP THROUGH THE AMERICAS, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 6–9pm.
Paintings by Diego, Nick Kochornswasdi Gallery (Rosemead), 7–10pm.
Federico Medina: Starving, Grand Central Art Center, 7–10pm; panel discussion, 6pm.
Sunday, August 4
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Jazz on the Lawn, Gandara Park, 5–7pm.
Opening and Events in Westwood
Pop-up Studio: Dance Your Story, Hammer Museum, 11am–1pm.
Siesta / Rapid Eye Movements, Hammer Museum, 7pm.
Openings and Events in Bel-Air
Conversations in Sculpture, American Jewish University, 11am.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Artist Talk: The RIDDLE Effect with Mark Steven Greenfield and Dale Brockman Davis, Craft Contemporary, 1pm.
Steam Egg – Steam Party presented with Materials & Applications, Craft Contemporary, 12–3pm.
David Lynch & Hans Ulrich Obrist: In Conversation, Second Home Serpentine Pavilion at La Brea Tar Pits, 4:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
ICA x Days Summer Cool Down Party, ICA LA, 2–6pm.
Susan Mogul: Less is Never More, haphazard/ as-is.la, 2–5pm.
CAAM Reads! The Heritage, California African American Museum, 3–4:30pm.
Openings and Events in Glendale
The Flat Files, The Pit, 4–7pm.
Monday, August 5
Openings and Events in San Marino
California Ranches: Lands in Transition, The Huntington, 7pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Kip's Desert Book Club: LOVE CRADLE BY LESLIE MARIAH ANDREWS, private home (Joshua Tree), 7pm.
Tuesday, August 6
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Port Authority, CIACLA, 7:30–9:30pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Blurring the Line: Manuscripts in the Age of Print, Getty Center, 10am–5:30pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Boyz n the Hood, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Wednesday, August 7
Openings and Events in Westwood
Terry Allen & Jo Harvey Allen, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Automatic Door, PARK VIEW / PAUL SOTO, 6–8pm.
DIVERTED DESTRUCTION 12 ARTIST TALK & PANEL DISCUSSION, The Loft at Liz’s, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Poncili Creación: Beautiful Nothingness, ICA LA, 7:30–9pm.