Thursday, August 2
Openings and Events in Beverly Hills
BOLD Summer Nights, Golden Triangle, 6–8pm. Through August 25.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
YAYOI KUSAMA: With All My Love For The Tulips, I Pray Forever, 2011, Marciano Art Foundation, 11am–5pm.
CraftNight: Weaving Nature: A Basket Weaving Workshop with Lisa Young of LKLY Designs, Craft & Folk Art Museum, 7–9pm.
Free Screening—Searching, LACMA, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Amityville 3D, Egyptian Theater, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
In Conversation: Shinique Smith and Hamza Walker, California African American Museum, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Frogtown
Quarter Theme: Control, Women’s Center for Creative Work, 7:30–10pm.
Friday, August 3
Openings and Events in Westwood
Yappy Hour, Hammer Museum, 6pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Drinking in the Past: Rediscovering and Recreating Ancient Egyptian Brews, Getty Center, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Love Potion Cocktails, Big Picture L.A., 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Double Feature: Friday the 13th Part III / Frankenstein's Bloody Terror, Egyptian Theatre, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
ANNUAL PRINT FAIR EXHIBITION, Self Help Graphics, 9am–5pm.
Passing Through, Skid Row History Museum and Archive, 7pm.
Papercuts, G1988, 7–9pm.
DJ Nights: Curated by Samantha Blake Goodman (MAPS/Rail Up), Grand Park, 9pm–12am.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Summer Book Sale, Pasadena Museum of California Art, 12–5pm. Through August 5.
Jackalope Summer Nights, Central Park, 5–10pm. Through August 4.
Saturday, August 4
Openings and Events in Venice
Eric Andrews-Katz in conversation with Alison Arngrim, Beyond Baroque, 4pm.
Kim Nicolini: Facing Work, Beyond Baroque, 8pm.
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Artist Talk: Phranc & Connie Jenkins, Craig Krull Gallery, 11am.
44 Space Inaugural, bG Gallery, 6–8pm.
Chaz Guest: Buffalo Soldiers, Patrick Painter Inc., 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Sawtelle
GR2 @ 15 and Plants Show, Giant Robot Gallery, 6:30–10pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Gelare Khoshgozaran on Daniel Joseph Martinez, Hammer Museum, 3pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
DANICA PHELPS: MANY DROPS FILL A BUCKET, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, 5–8pm.
YOSUKE UENO: BUT BEAUTIFUL, TIKTOY: TIMEWARP, ALEX GARANT: VOYAGE OF THE INSOMNIAC, Thinkspace Projects, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Inglewood
Vibrant Matter: Artworks Refiguring Form, Beacon Arts Building, 2–6pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Blake Jacobsen: If eyes are a window to the soul then mine are stained glass, coming out iconoclasm(s), ltd los angeles, 9pm.
Openings and Events in Koreatown
Remix: The Art of Music, Gabba Gallery, 7–11pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
69: Déjà Vu, MOCA Pacific Design Center, 11am–6pm.
We Stole the Fire, RCNSTRCT Studio, 11am–5pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin, Egyptian Theatre, 3pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
OPEN STUDIOS: Jovi Schnell & Megan Reed, 12–3pm.
ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY: ABRAHAM CRUZVILLEGAS IN LEGACY, Mixografia, 3pm.
S.O.Y. Artista Youth Exhibition, Self Help Graphics, 6–9pm.
Andres Payan-Estrada: BLUE APOLLO, Monte Vista Projects, 7–10pm.
Mnēmonikos, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles, 7–10pm.
Absolute Contingency, Jamie Hamilton Studio, 1206 Maple Avenue, #850, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events in Frogtown
Exit Strategies Closing Party, Women’s Center for Creative Work, 4–7pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
PRIVACY performance art dinner party, Collective Arts Incubator, 7pm–12am.
Openings and Events in Eagle Rock
The Raptor Drawing Hour, Purple Twig Art Studio, 4–5pm. $30.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
CatCon, Pasadena Convention Center, 9am–5pm. Continues August 5.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
The 11th Annual Surf Guitar 101 Convention, The Alpine Village Steinhause (Torrance), 12pm–12am.
A Stone’s Throw from Water: Explorations from Angels Gate Cultural Center’s Community Classes, Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro), 1–4pm.
Sunday, August 5
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Jazz on the Lawn 2018, Gandara Park, 4–7pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Outdoor Art Moves, Summer 2018, Hammer Museum, 11am and 12pm.
Openings and Event in Beverly Hills
LAZAROS: Astral Oracles @ The Newsstand Project, Michael Thibault Gallery, 10am–2pm.
Openings and Events on West Adams
SASSAS Listening Party 28, private home, 4–8pm. $100–175.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, Egyptian Theatre, 5:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Refuge: Collected with Care Donation Drive, California African American Museum, 11am–5pm.
Sunday Studio: Adee Roberson, MOCA Grand Avenue, 1–4pm.
2018 Summer Culmination Concert, Walt Disney Concert Hall, 1:30–5:30pm.
Monday, August 6
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Double Feature: Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn / Rottweiler, Egyptian Theatre, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Kip's Desert Book Club: Relicts of a Beautiful Sea by Christopher Norment, private residence, 7pm.
Tuesday, August 7
Openings and Events in Westwood
Sounder, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Film: The Call of the Cumberlands, LACMA, 1pm.
Cur-ATE: Exploring Nature, LACMA, 6pm.
Wednesday, August 8
Openings and Events in Venice
Summer Screening: Short Films: Rogue Wave Projects, L.A. Louver, 7pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
KCON West: Ailee, Roy Kim, and Echae Kang, Hammer Museum, 8pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Did Women Ever Rule the World?, Getty Center, 7pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Taps & Tails Long Beach, Berlin Bistro (Long Beach), 4–8pm.