Thursday, October 3
Openings and Events in Venice
Hiram Larek & Rick Lupert, Beyond Baroque, 8pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
HANNAH BLACK, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
CHICK COREA TRILOGY, UCLA, 8pm. $36–96.
David Haig: Pressure, UCLA James Bridges Theatre, 8pm. Through October 6.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
1519, the Arrival of Strangers: Indigenous Art and Voices following the Spanish Conquest of Mesoamerica, Getty Center, 10am–5:30pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Fallen Fruit: SUPERSHOW, PDC Design Gallery, 5–10pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Fritz Chestnut: Test Patterns, there-there, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
CraftNight: Black Light – Black Velvet Painting Workshop with Velveteria, Craft Contemporary, 7–9pm. $12.
Openings and Events Downtown
Return From Exile III, Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 7pm.
Angel City Jazz Festival, REDCAT. Through October 5.
Openings and Events in Silver Lake
Willful Waters: A Conversation About the L.A. River, Bestor Architecture, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Caltech-Huntington Lecture: With a sincere hand and a faithful eye: The Visual Culture of Early Modern Science, The Huntington, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Sam Falls, CalArts (Valencia), 5–7pm.
Curated Cocktails | Val-Mar Records, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), 7pm.
Performative Reading and Book Signing, Jacki Apple, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), 7:30pm.
Friday, October 4
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Darning and Patching without a Nail, Annenberg Community Beach House, 5:30–6:30pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Ernie Kovacs: Tele-visionary at 100, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Century City
Going Behind W|ALLS: An Evening with Dr. Jen Sudul Edwards, Carol Guzy, and Katie Hollander, Annenberg Space for Photography, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Los Feliz
Deirdre Sullivan-Beeman: Heavy Water, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, 8–11pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Catherine Czacki reading from Creosote accompanied by green sounds, JOAN, 6:30pm.
Stroszek, Skid Row History Museum and Archive, 7pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
Sean Vegezzi’s DMYCC, Now Instant Image Hall, 8pm. $10.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
By Day & by Night: Paris in the Belle Époque, Norton Simon Museum, 11am–8pm; screening, 5:30pm.
The Foto Awards, Los Fotos Projects, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
The Artful Book and Thread., Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach), 11am–5pm.
Artist’s Talk and Cyanotype Workshop: Christine Nguyen, Kleefeld Contemporary, Cal State Long Beach (Long Beach), 12–1:30pm.
Saturday, October 5
Openings and Events in the Pacific Palisades
Decoding Ancient Bronze Masterpieces: Lessons Learned from Experimental Reconstructions, Getty Villa, 3pm.
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Artist Talk with Laura Forman & Greg Colson, Craig Krull Gallery, 11am.
2019 Air New Zealand Kiwis in LA Art Show and Wine Tasting, 18th Street Arts Center, 6–10pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Something Special (Willy/Milly), Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Through Positive Eyes Opening Party, Fowler Museum, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Artist talk: Ruth Pastine, Edward Cella Art + Architecture, 4pm.
WHO IS MICHAEL JANG?, Arcana: Books on the Arts, 4–6pm.
Todd Gray and Geoffrey Gersten, Bruce Lurie Gallery, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Century City
W|ALLS: DEFEND, DIVIDE, AND THE DIVINE: Exploring Barriers, Real and Perceived, Annenberg Space for Photography, An Evening with Moises Saman and Pauline Vermare, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Performance, Embodiment, Spirituality and Sexuality with Barbara T. Smith, Marciano Art Foundation, 2pm.
Consume: Handcrafting L.A. Restaurant Design, Craft in America Center, 3–5pm.
Craft Contemporary Gala, Craft Contemporary, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Rodney McMillian: Brown: Videos from the Black Show, Underground Museum, 6–11pm.
Buckley: Buckley: MACRO DYNAMICS, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Koreatown
Joey Feldman: GALLIMAUFRY, Emek: PICTURE DAY, Luke Martin: 22, and Zeb Love: THE DRIFT OF THINGS, Gabba Gallery, 7–11pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Laurie Shapiro: Alchemy Tunnel, Radiant Space, 8–10pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
CURRENT:LA FOOD Artist Announcement Public Art Triennial. Through November 3.
Openings and Events in MacArthur Park
Art Division Community Bus Stop Project, Art Division Library, 9am.
Openings and Events Downtown
The Haunted 2: Welcome Foolish Mortals, The Hive Gallery and Studios, 1–6pm.
Garden Party, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, 5:30–7:30pm.
Anonymous Productions Presents: “FUCT UP” One Night Pop Up Showcase/ Estate Sale, Arabella’s, 6–10pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
HRLA Symposium I: Think Local, Human Resources, 10am–5pm.
Johanna Drucker & Anna Wolfe-Pauly, Poetic Research Bureau,
Openings and Events in Echo Park
HELLO HIFI!, Amanda Theater @ ARRAY, 12pm.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
/ˈkwirē/: Jessica Emmanuel, Pieter, 8:30pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
The Posters Came From the Walls: The Films of Jeremy Deller, Now Instant Image Hall, 8pm. $10.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Calafia: Manifesting the Terrestrial Paradise and Berman Board, Armory Center for the Arts, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Glendale
Crosscurrents: Tracing Cultural Identity, The Art Gallery @ GCC, 4–6pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Walkthrough and tour of the exhibition with Shaye Remba, Bowers Museum (Santa Ana), in English at 1:30pm and Spanish at 2:30pm.
lauren woods: American Monument, Beall Center for Art and Technology (Irvine), 2–5pm.
You are here and you have me and we are daring and desperate and dangerous operatives saving the world and planning the destruction of evil, Beirut Lab 1975(2020, and B L U E W A V E: L u t z B a c h e r), University Art Gallery & Contemporary Arts Center Gallery (Irvine), 2–5pm.
Ann Weber: PEEDROW BOOGIE WOOGIE, Los Angeles Harbor College, Fine Arts Gallery (Wilmington), 4–7pm.
OCMA Affair 2019, OCMA, 6:30pm.
Martin Durazo: Monolith (ic and Chris Kallmyer: Sundown Shelter), Grand Central Art Center (Santa Ana), 7–10pm.
Sunday, October 6
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
BRING YOUR REBOZO!, 18th Street Arts Center, 2–4pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
PAPERMAKING WORKSHOP: Recycled Aromatic Time Capsule Paper with Embossing, Hiromi Paper, 1–4pm. $75.
Openings and Events in Beverly Hills
SPILL THE TEA WITH LYNN GOLDSMITH, Mouche Gallery, 4–5pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Cur-ATE—Betye Saar: Eclectic American Art and Cuisine, LACMA, 5:30pm.
Openings and Events in MacArthur Park
Jason Roberts Dobrin, Salon @ the Granada, 1–4pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
CicLAvia—Heart of LA Celebrating UCLA100, various locations, 9am–4pm.
Artist talk: Analia Saban and Cesar Garcia, Mixografia, 2pm.
Creative Spaces Book Launch and Panel Discussion, Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 3pm.
LAYERS: The Art of Hadi Salehi’s Photography, ADVOCARTSY, 4–7pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Bitch Slap!, Human Resources, 7pm. $10.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Golden Hour, Keystone Art Space, 1–4pm.
Art Under Cover, Shoebox Projects @ The Brewery, 2–4pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
4th Artists Swap Meet, ODD ARK • LA, 11am–4pm.
Hayley Barker: LATE BLOOMER, BOZO MAG, 2–5pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Going Bananas! with gloria galvez for Current LA: Food, Women’s Center for Creative Work, 5–8pm.
Latvian Voices, CalArts (Valencia), 6:30pm.
Monday, October 7
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Niki Nakayama, Zen Sekizawa, and Mario Correa of MANO YA, Craft in America Center, 7pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Open House: Gala Porras-Kim, MOCA Grand Avenue, 10:30am–6:30pm.
Lana Lin: The Cancer Journals Revisited, REDCAT, 8:30pm. $6–12.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
KIP'S DESERT BOOK CLUB: RUNNING BAREFOOT BY SUSAN LANG, Palms (Wonder Valley), 7pm.
Tuesday, October 8
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Manet and Modern Beauty, Getty Center, 10am–5:30pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE?, UCLA, 7pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
A RUSH OF STORIES Screening, Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival by Fabrizio Terranova (2016), LACE, 7:30pm.
Wednesday, October 9
Openings and Events Downtown
Timothy Morton: Synthesizers, SCI-Arc, 7pm.
Entrepreneurship for Artists: Artist, Kent Yoshimura, JACCC, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Billington Lecture: Locked in his Private Room: A Teenager's View of the Last Days of George Armstrong Custer, The Huntington, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
In Conversation | Exhibition Makers Vol. 4, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), 6pm.
