In 1969, The Velvet Underground embarked on a 70-day tour of the United States and Canada, occasionally allowing fans to record their performances using lo-fi hand recorders. Most of the recordings on that tour didn’t surface until September 1974, after the band won a lawsuit against former manager Steve Sesnick over the rights to the tapes. Two nights on that tour ultimately comprised the 17 tracks of 1969: The Velvet Underground Live, the band’s first major recording released to a wide audience.

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A Tribute to Hopper Co-presented by The Cinefamily, MOCA & Cinespia
Various Venues – LA, CA
7/25/10

Blue Velvet – 6:00pm
“I am Frank Booth.” – Dennis Hopper, to David Lynch, 1986 →

Sweet Treats to Stave off the Summer Heat
Miauhaus Studios – LA, CA
7/30/10

Savor Los Angeles, presented by PARALLEL LINES, will host its kick-off premiere event showcasing an exclusive set of best-of-best Los Angeles purveyors of sweet treats on Friday, July 30th, 2010. The event will take place at the eminent Miauhaus Studios in the historic Miracle Mile area of Los Angeles. A 10,000+ sq. ft. playground featuring multiple rooms, elegant high ceilings and a charming open-air patio. →

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RH Gallery, founded by Rebecca Heidenberg and Adam Taki, is a new venue for contemporary art and design opening on September 25th. The inaugural exhibition, The Third Meaning, which will be on view until November 10th reveals layers of meaning through process and form. The exhibition will feature artists Paul Edmunds, Wolfgang Ellenrieder, Daniel Escobar, Fredrik Farg, Micah Ganske and more. The name of the exhibition, coined by Roland Barthes in a discussion about Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein, implies a “signifier without a signified”. Breaking outside of →

INTERWOVEN will host two evenings of performance, film, and conversation in the beautiful and historic setting of The Textile Museum.  A diverse group of leading international artists will be brought together to engage attendees with textile focused performance art and film screenings.

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With its inherent ability to give vibrant life to the inner imaginings of the artist, animation has always been the perfect art form for the doodling of dirty daydreams. With ink and juices flowing, the animator can indulge their salacious inner fantasies frame by frame. Join us as we explore titillating toons from across the ages, from the secret “smutty symphonies” of ’20s studio animators to the raunchy X-rated revelries of the ’60s and ’70s, up through to the naughties of now, climaxing with an ultra-rare 35mm screening of the 1974 feature Down And Dirty Duck! Produced →

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is proud to present Intervals: Ryan Gander, the third installment of its contemporary art series designed to reflect the spirit of today’s most innovative practices. Gander has created a site-specific installation for the museum’s Aye Simon Reading Room. →

Boogie’s Eye-opening Exhibition On Display Now
Carmichael Gallery- Culver City, CA
7/10 – 8/7/10

For four weeks (from July 10th till August 7th), the Carmichael Gallery is hosting an exhibition of of photography by the renown Serbian native Boogie.

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MC Pinky Carnage
The Cinefamily – Los Angeles, CA
07/20/10

Calling all TV addicts: crappy television at its best. Let’s Work it Out is the newest and most ambitious feature length video by TV Carnage. Featuring everything from Scientologists, doctors, to porn stars, this megamix of exercise video footage will surely blow your mind… or confuse the hell out of you. Either way it really does keep its promise of being “psyche-shattering”.

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