“The U. N. Plan” is the 3rd official music video from Shafiq Husayn’s recently released album, “Shafiq En’ A-Free-Ka.” In this video, director Joslyn Rose Lyons explores the universal language (the human language) by visiting local community streets and those across the globe. →

The Levi’s brand continues in its tradition of bringing great jeans and great music together with their recent launch of “Levi’s Pioneer Sessions: The Revival Recordings” – a new and innovative campaign that champions musical artists who embody the pioneering spirit of the Levi’s brand. →

Hammer Projects: Stephen G. Rhodes
Hammer Museum – Los Angeles, CA
6/19/10 to 9/26/10

Los Angeles–based artist Stephen G. Rhodes’s multimedia installations darkly theatricalize the historical unconscious, borrowing strategies of pedagogical entertainment found in theme parks, period cinema, and museum displays. When Rhodes takes on a topic, he literally tackles it, ungluing the various parts (overt or subliminal) to reveal the underbelly of his subject. →

YouTube Play: A Biennial of Creative Video
Guggenheim Museums – Worldwide
10/21/10

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and YouTube present the launch of YouTube Play, a “Biennial of Creative Video” conceived to discover and showcase the most exceptional talent working in the ever-expanding realm of online video. Open to the global online community, YouTube Play is the most inclusive international search for new creative video. →

Chicago-based On Again // Off Again is a new arts and culture publication that will debut its work at Los Angeles’ Show Cave this weekend. There will be lots of cool art and music, including a pop-up shop with artist books, records, T-shirts and other ephemera. The concept for On Again // Off Again combines the gallery space and artist book. It merges the tactility and portability of a bound publication with the interactivity of an art gallery. →

Photo by Ho Chang

States of Flux
Aperture Gallery – New York, NY
6/24/10 to 8/12/10

Aperture Foundation and the Center for Photographic Media and Culture at Parsons The New School for Design are pleased to announce States of Flux, a group exhibition of works by Parsons’ students, will be on view at the Aperture Gallery. The twelve artists in States of Flux, selected from the Parsons BFA and MFA photography programs, consider the need to produce and consume images while simultaneously addressing the changing nature of the medium itself. →

Up In Smoke, Next Movie & Nice Dreams
The Cinefamily – LA, CA
06/26/10

Up In Smoke – 7:30pm. The defining comedy duo of the 1970s made their big screen debut with this, the Mount Everest of stoner comedies. Capturing the grimy, scuzzy side of SoCal culture in heavenly Panavision, this ambitious comedy is the official “origin story” of Cheech and Chong’s meet-cute,

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The video for “The Best Of Times” from Sage Francis’ latest album Li(f)e. The song is a collaboration between Francis and the French composer and multi-instrumentalist Yann Tiersen. →

Celebrating the release of the Timeless DVD collection, VTech and Mochilla have come together to bring Arthur Verocai live on stage with an all-star 12-piece band at the historic Los Angeles Theatre Center. And, it’s free. All you have to do is go to Mochilla.com and follow some instructions.

The sign-up page will go live on Thursday night (the 10th) at midnight and will come down on Friday night at the same time. There are only 200 pairs of tickets available by lottery. So sign up with a valid email address (one per person) and you could be one of the lucky 200. →

My Heart Shall Not Fear
Corey Helford Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
6/26/10

This summer, Southern California artist Brandi Milne joins Corey Helford Gallery for a special engagement entitled “My Heart Shall Not Fear.” Milne’s second solo exhibition with the gallery reveals a more personal side to her paintings than before, and explores narratives about life, death and new awakenings. →