Thursday, December 6
Openings and Events in Venice
Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyoncé, Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl, Beyond Baroque, 8pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Adrian Piper Artist Dialogues: Uri McMillan, Hammer Museum, 6pm.
Free Solo, and Q&A with Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, CAP UCLA, 8pm.
Openings and Events in Beverly Grove
Rooted: Craft Origins from California, Craft in America Center, 12–6pm.
Grand opening, Artplex Gallery, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
CraftNight: On the Streets-On the Wall Street Art and Poster Workshop with Boyd Hale, CAFAM, 7–9pm. $10.
Openings and Events Downtown
Bennett Simpson: Zoe Leonard: Survey Walkthrough, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 6pm.
Architecture 101: Drawing, Ace Hotel, 7–9pm.
Queercore, Cyberpunk and Networked Communities, NAVEL, 7pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
RAY TURNER: Half Naked II, JoAnne Artman Gallery (Laguna Beach), 6–8pm.
Screening | Chapter Release: Ask the Dust, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), 6–8pm.
Curated Cocktails | A Holiday Affair, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), 6–8pm.
Friday, December 7
Openings and Events in Westwood
A Thousand Thoughts A Live Documentary with the Kronos Quartet, CAP UCLA, 8pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Music at the Wende: DELIRIUM MUSICUM Presents "Humor through Turmoil", Wende Museum, 7pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Film: ROMA, LACMA, 7pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
The Art of the Jewel: Paula Crevoshay, Natural History Museum of L.A. County, 930am–5pm.
Art With A Heart, Los Angeles Child Guidance Center, 6–10pm.
Presenting Princess Shaw, Los Angeles Poverty Department, 7pm.
CalArts Winter Dance, REDCAT, 8:30pm. $16–20.
Openings and Events in Silver Lake
Echo Park Craft Fair, Mack Sennett Studios, 6–9pm. Through December 9.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Conference: Moving Landscapes: Gardens and Gardening in the Transatlantic World, 16701830, The Huntington, 8:15am.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Once Upon a Tapestry: Woven Tales of Helen and Dido, Norton Simon Museum, 11am–8pm.
Saturday, December 8
Openings and Events in Venice
Shepherd Songs and Native Origins: a Poetry Workshop with F. Douglas Brown, Beyond Baroque, 11am–3pm.
REMEMBRANCE, ROSEGALLERY, 2–7pm.
David P Taberna, Beyond Baroque, 4pm.
Harryette Mullen & J. Ryan Stradal, Beyond Baroque, 8pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Artist at Work: French Fashion, Getty Center, 1–3pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Gallery Conversation: Collectors, Dealers, and Designers, Edward Cella Art & Architecture, 1pm.
MONA KUHN: BUSHES & SUCCULENTS MONA KUHN IN CONVERSATION WITH DEANNA TEMPLETON, Arcana: Books on the Arts, 4–6pm.
Openings and Events in West Adams
The 38th Annual Black Doll Show: Double Dutch: A Celebration of Black Girlhood, William Grant Still Arts Center, 3–6pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Talk: Artists on Art—Paul Mpagi Sepuya, LACMA, 2pm.
Printmaking and Political Poster Workshop with Sherin Guirguis and Andi Xoch, CAFAM, 2–4:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Closing soirée for Robbie Conal, Track 16, 4–6pm.
Artist Talk l Karen Lofgren, Royale Projects, 6–8pm.
the assembly, A+D Museum, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Holiday Marketplace, Self Help Graphics, 12–5pm.
Robot : Love Art Show Opening, The Hive Gallery and Studios, 8pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Kimberly Varella and Robby Herbst: MODEL CITIES / CITIZEN CONTROL: A Collaborative Installation and Happening, Automata, 7pm.
Leroy's Holiday Extravaganza!, Leroy’s, 9pm.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Hi, Solo #7, Pieter, 8:30–11pm.
Openings and Events in Glassell Park
Sonja Schenk: All Things (Being Equal), Elephant, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Shoulder to Shoulder: Depicting the Figure, Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Desert), 10am–5pm.
EMERGE: Art Fair, Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach), 11am–4pm. Continues December 9.
INK – Live Tattoo Performance, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 11am–4pm.
PAPABLE OBJECTS, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 11am–5pm.
Girls Troop Lecture, Pitzer College (Claremont), 1:30–2:30pm.
Desert Palisades Guardhouse, Private Home (Palm Springs), 3–5pm.
Wang Xu: Garden of Seasons, Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College (Monterey Park), 5–7pm.
EGGIWEGS, H Gallery (Ventura), 6–8pm.
Sunday, December 9
Openings and Events in the Pacific Palisades
Women’s Fault? Family Dysfunction from Classical Greece to Suburban America, Getty Villa, 1–4pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
826LA@Hammer: Myths & Monsters: Create Your Own Modern Myths, Hammer Museum, 11am.
Hammer Study Hall, Fall 2018, Hammer Museum, 11am–5pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
ANTHONY WILSON: SONGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, Arcana: Books on the Arts, 4–6pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka, LACMA, 10am–7pm.
The Gift of Pattern: Printing Giftwrapping Paper CraftLab Family Workshop with Rachel Curry, CAFAM, 1:30–3:30pm.
Talk: The Thirty-first Annual Michele and Peter Berton Memorial Lecture on Japanese Art, LACMA, 3:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Paul Pescador: The Founding of Los Angeles, The Main Museum, 1–7pm.
CAAM Makers Fest, California African American Museum, 1–4pm.
The Second Annual TSA/MVP Holiday Art Raffle and Party, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles and Monte Vista Projects, 6pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
JORGE-FEST, Coagula Curatorial, 2–5pm.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Workshop: Orgasmic Yoga with Dr. Victoria Reuveni, Pieter, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Free Second Sunday in December: Clothing, USC Pacific Asia Museum, 11am–5pm.
The Universe is in Us, sp[a]ce, 12–6pm.
Monday, December 10
Openings and Events in Westwood
Bisbee '17, and Q&A with Robert Greene, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
LACE 40th Celebration, LACE, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Jumana Manna: Wild Relatives, REDCAT, 8:30pm. $9–12.
Tuesday, December 11
Openings and Events in Westwood
The Front Runner, and Q&A with Jason Reitman, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Spectacular Mysteries: Renaissance Drawings Revealed, Getty Center, 10am–5:30pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Film: Psycho, LACMA, 1pm.
Film: Struggle, LACMA, 6:30pm.
Wednesday, December 12
Openings and Events in Westwood
Roma, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Jeffrey Alan Scudder: Radical Digital Painting: Los Angeles, The Newsstand Project, 6–9pm; performance, 8pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Meret Oppenheim and Friends: Cadavre Exquis and Martin Soto Climent: Into the Other Room, Karma International, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
GardenLust: A Botanical Tour of the World’s Best New Gardens, The Huntington, 2:30–3:30pm.
The Lady and George Washington, The Huntington, 7:30–8:30pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Artist Talk | Beatriz Olabarrieta, Community Arts Workshop (Santa Barbara), 6–7pm.