The Troubadour – West Hollywood, CA
Live Review: 4/30/10

If you’re somewhere along Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood on a Friday night, chances are you’re going to have a night to remember (or at least try to over a few Saturday morning hangover mimosas). Watching The Antlers play a sold-out show was no different, but not for the reasons I expected. →

Adventurist Cartoonists

When I heard about this showing, I almost peed my pants. Family Books brings to Cinefamily a full afternoon of savory comic book history and action-packed adventure, YES! In celebration of Dan Nadel’s new comic anthology Art in Time: Unknown Comic Books Adventures, 1940-1980, Nadel will be there for full-fledged conversations with other notable cartoonists about the impact of →

The Hammer Museum is proud to present a new sculptural work by Greg Lynn, a Los Angeles-based architect. Catering to visitors of all ages and in perfect timing for the warm summer months, Fountain will be located in the museum’s outdoor courtyard. Lynn’s masterpiece is a functioning fountain made out of large plastic children’s toys. Yes, they can come →

Interview with Tom Bissell, author of Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
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Tom Bissell’s spare, modern apartment in Portland, Oregon, bows to the needs of avid gamers (his girlfriend joneses on them, too): a widescreen TV, a comfortable couch, and minimal furnishings beside alphabetized bookshelves of every book you meant to read if you weren’t slacking off playing video games. But you can be sure Bissell has read them all. Bissell, my former writing teacher at Portland State, offered to show me some of his favorite games. →

On July 1, 2010, classes will commence at the Funk University, the online bass guitar school created and curated by Bootsy Collins, the iconic bassist whose otherworldly work with James Brown and Parliament/Funkadelic cemented him as one of the greatest bass players to walk this or any other planet. →

Futbol Day
Vista Hermosa Park- Los Angeles, CA
06/06/10

Outpost for Contemporary Art is putting a call out for artists, musicians, performers, and performance acts to participate in the first annual Outpost Cup. The Outpost Cup is a soccer tournament for various age and skill levels and a performance art and music happening to be held at Los Angeles’ scenic Vista Hermosa Park. →

Richard Colman
New Image Art Gallery- W Hollywood, CA
5/21/10

“Keep Out the Light” is a solo exhibition that features new paintings, sculptures and site-specific installations by Richard Colman. In this most recent body of work, Colman shows the struggles of the architect working “behind the scenes” of the elaborate; both beautiful and claustrophobic among landscapes and artifacts.

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Jews on Vinyl
Skirball Cultural Center – Los Angeles, CA
5/11/10 to 9/5/10

To create this multisensory exhibition, guest curators Roger Bennett and Josh Kun embarked on a far-reaching journey, scouring the country to collect thousands of vinyl LPs from attics, garage sales, and dusty archives. Pieced together, these scratched, once loved, and now forgotten audio gems tell a vibrant tale: the story of Jews in America. →

Saturdays Off the 405
The Getty Center – Los Angeles, CA
6/12/10 to 10/9/10

Saturdays Off the 405 is back again next month with a new lively mix of free outdoor performances by up-and-coming bands, along with DJ sets to open and close the night. And starting this spring, there will be free spotlight talks that offer mini-tours of the galleries throughout the evening. →

T4T Art Opening
Trash for Teaching – Los Angeles, CA
5/21/10

Trash for Teaching (T4T) is a Los Angeles non-profit organization that instructs children in the creative reuse of materials. The group seeks to address the lack of materials in public education and the excess waste produced during manufacturing processes. Working with artists, manufacturers and environmentalists, T4T helps challenge students and teachers in the creative application of non-traditional materials. →