Thursday, October 18
Openings and Events in Westwood
Judy Baca & Anna Indych-López, UCLA, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Eyes of Laura Mars and Fashion Shorts, Getty Center, 7pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
UGO RONDINONE: SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION, Marciano Art Foundation, 11am–5pm.
A New Home, The Effects of Migration, La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, 7pm.
Film: Galveston, LACMA, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Deana Lawson: Planes, Underground Museum, 12–7pm.
Haiti is more than a headline, William Grant Still Arts Center, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Music Research Strategies: Warrior Ecologies LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), 7–10pm.
Dexter Wimberly, LAXART, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Los Feliz
Secret Gay Box, Tom of Finland Foundation, 11am–6pm; by appointment only.
Openings and Events Downtown
Telling Our Stories, The Reef, 6pm.
Helen Molesworth in Conversation with Jonathan Lethem, MOCA Grand Avenue, 7pm.
Amiri Baraka's Revolutionary Theater: The New-Ark, NAVEL, 7:30pm.
Gob Squad: Creation (Pictures For Dorian), 8:30pm. $20–30.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
YIN & YANG: A 2 Part Qi Gong Series: Laurel Atwell, Pieter, 10am–12pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
Steve Rogers: Spectator Sport, AWHRHWAR, 8–10pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
EXPERIENCE 37: MATRIARCHS, ESMoA (El Segundo), 1pm.
Wishtoyo: The Rainbow, the Chumash, and the Dolphin by Jane Chang Mi, Napa Hall, CSUCI (Camarillo), 3–5pm.
Downtown at Sundown, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego), 5–8pm.
Film Night: The Blue Angel, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 7pm.
Parker Quartet, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 7:30–9:30pm.
Friday, October 19
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Zoe Crosher: Sunlight as Spotlight, Patrick Painter, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Curator’s Talk: Culture and Power, Wende Museum, 7pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Greg Mike: Inside Voices, pop-up gallery, 631 N. Robertson Blvd., 6–11pm.
Pippa Garner: A Brief Survey, The Newsstand Project, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
C3LA presents The Fall of the House of Usher, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), 7–10pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Matthew Craven - PRIMER, Big Pictures Los Angeles, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Jocko Goes to L.A., USC School of Architecture, 8am–8pm.
Curatorial Walkthrough: California Bound: Slavery on the New Frontier, 1848-1865, California African American Museum, 1–2pm.
Art Buzz: Adrian Piper, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 5:30–7pm.
Movie Nights at the Museum screening: Game Girls, Los Angeles Poverty Department, 7pm.
Openings and Events in Echo Park
Los Angeles Filmforum presents Karen Yasinsky: Perpetual Motion, Echo Park Film Center, 8pm.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Peter Makela: Ah La La Ho Recent Painting, LAST Projects, 7–11pm.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
The Browning Version (1951, NR), Norton Simon Museum, 5:30–7pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Fortnight Concert Series, Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro), 7pm. $30.
Saturday, October 20
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Woods Davy & Holly Roberts, Craig Krull Gallery, 5–7pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Craft in America: VISIONARIES, Getty Center, 2pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
World on the Horizon Opening Party, Fowler Museum, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Meleko Mokgosi: Objects of Desire: Reflections on the African Still Life, Honor Fraser, 2–4pm.
Alex Roulette: Memory Moving Sideways, George Billis Gallery, 5–8pm.
PETER WILLIAMS: RIVER OF STYX, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Century City
Wildlife Family Fun Day, Annenberg Space for Photography, 11am–4pm.
Openings and Events in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills Art Show, Beverly Gardens, 10am–5pm. Continues October 21.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Craft Affair 2018, Craft & Folk Art Museum, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events on Mid-Wilshire
Sexy Beast Gala 2018, Marciano Art Foundation, 8:30–11pm. Sold out.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
INCENSE AS A TIMEKEEPER: Persephenie Lea, Big Picture Los Angeles, 1pm.
IN CONVERSATION: GATO NEGRO EDICIONES & AEROMOTO from Mexico City, Big Picture Los Angeles, 6pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
DABSMYLA | THINGS THAT CAN’T BE SEEN, 8070 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, 12–7pm.
Michael Childers: Distortions, ONE Gallery, 2–4pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Seeing the w(hole: Corazón Del Sol & Ciriza), The Box, 12:30–2pm.
Openings and Events in Leimert Park
Found L.A., L.A. Commons, 9am–5:30pm. Continues October 21.
Openings and Events in South L.A.
Bold Visual Language: Emory Douglas, Southern California Library, 12–1pm.
LAND Wild Art Party, Blue Roof Studios, 7–11pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Jorge Gutierrez: Border Bang 2, Coagula Curatorial, 5–9pm.
Sadie Barnette: BLACK SKY, Charlie James Gallery, 6–9pm.
Fearless Paint: The Art of Bibi Davidson and Fred Tieken, 6–10pm.
Materials & Applications: Fête at Fifteen, Mandarin Plaza Courtyard, 7–10pm.
Issue 3: A Group Show with Creative Growth, The Good Luck Gallery, 7–10pm.
Screening, Basma Alsharif: Ouroboros, Human Resources. Continues October 22.
Openings and Events Downtown
Categorically Not!, USC, 1–2:30pm.
Susu Attar: Isthmus and Islote, The Mistake Room, 6–8pm.
Nigel Cox: Solitude & the Road to Extinction, Chie Yoshii: Dreams, Martin Wittforth, Corey Helford Gallery, 7–11pm.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Pieter's 2nd Annual Gala, Pieter, 7pm. $100.
Openings and Event in Frogtown
Basic Auto Care Clinic, Women’s Center for Creative Work, 10am–1pm. $15-25.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Author Fair, El Segundo Public Library (El Segundo), 10am–5pm.
Murky Realms, The Collaborative (South Bay), 6–9pm.
Sunday, October 21
Openings and Events in the Pacific Palisades
Cicero on Friendship: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times, Getty Villa, 3pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Joan Wulf, Jose' Drudis Biada Art Gallery, 3–5pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Lecture: Karen Petrone, Wende Museum, 3pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
CRYSTALLINE SOUND BATH: Sherise Lee | The Radder, Big Picture Los Angeles, 5pm.
Openings and Events on West Adams
Out In The Street, MuzeuMM, 3–7pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Here, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 2–5pm.
Rattlesnake Bells in the Desert: Amongst & Between LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), 4–6pm.
ALEKSANDER HARDASHNAKOV, FROM THE DESK OF LUCY BULL, 3–5pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Sunday Studio: David Eskenazi, MOCA Grand Avenue, 1–4pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
A.G. Geiger Fine Art Books 3rd Annual Art Book Fair, CHUNG KING PLAZA, 1–7pm.
Openings and Events in Frogtown
Seed-Wanding Paradise Hill, Women’s Center for Creative Work, 2–5pm.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Fall Family Festival: Music and Movement, Norton Simon Museum, 1–3pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
THE NEW VANGUARD II, Museum of Art & History (Lancaster), 2–6pm.
Monday, October 22
Openings and Events in Westwood
Ceiling of Shadows (La voûte des ombres: A Night of Victor Hugo), Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
OJOBOCA: Extinction Burst Rehearsal, REDCAT, 8:30pm. $9–12.
Tuesday, October 23
Openings and Events in Westwood
10 QUESTIONS: WHAT IS FREEDOM?, Marymount High School, 6:30pm.
Some Favorite Writers: Emily Wilson, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Film: The Crucible, LACMA, 1pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID ARTIST TALK, The Loft at Liz’s, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Ei Arakawa and Sarah Chow: VERTEX af (how to puncture?), Overduin & Co., 6:05–8pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
IndigNATION: Political Cartoons by Jim Carrey, 2016-2018, Maccarone, 11am–6pm.
In Conversation: Bridget R. Cooks and jill moniz, California African American Museum, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
The Colorful Women of Walt Disney’s Animation, Pasadena Museum of History, 6:30–8:30pm.
Wednesday, October 24
Openings and Events in Mid-City
JULIANA HUXTABLE: GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN GENE, Mother Culture, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
The Business of the Artist’s Studio, The Reef, 6pm.
B. Wurtz: Super 8 with Echo Park Film Center, The Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, 7–9pm.
Amanda Williams, Amanda Williams Studio, Chicago, USC School of Architecture, 7pm.
Machines and Strings, REDCAT, 8:30pm. $16–20.
Openings and Events in MacArthur Park
35x35: Dual Vision, CCCM, Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles, 6–9pm.