All events on Sunday October 26

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Film: Documentary
Pretty Things
Sunday Oct 26 (1pm) @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Free
Before Dita Von Teese was wearing diapers — let alone garter belts — Betty Rowland, Sherry Britton, Zorita, and other starlets of the golden era... View details »
Pretty Things
Film: Shorts
No Dancing at the Mandrake: Round 2
Sunday Oct 26 (5:30pm) @ The Mandrake
Free
Dance Camera West takes its hands off the wheel and lets the fates curate this refreshingly low-maintenance collection of dance films. Continuing the open-projector policy... View details »
No Dancing at the Mandrake: Round 2
Music: Rock/Pop
The Death Set
Sunday Oct 26 (8pm) @ The Echo
Giveaway
Tempering a synth-laden swagger with heavy beats and thrashing guitar, the Death Set's electro ditties are as anthemic as they are aggressive. Emerging from the... View details »
The Death Set
Performing Arts: Comedy
Neil Hamburger
Sunday Oct 26 (9pm) @ Spaceland
Giveaway
When Neil Hamburger bills himself as "America's $1 Funnyman," he's inviting audiences to stay away, knowing that they'll come back for more. Gregg Turkington's self-consciously... View details »
Neil Hamburger
Art
2008 California Biennial
Sunday Oct 26 (11am–5pm) @ Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach More times »
The 2008 installment of the California Biennial should come with an anxiety-attack warning label. In a way, it does, with Patrick Hebert's sprawling outdoor installation... View details »
2008 California Biennial
Art
Louise Bourgeois
Sunday Oct 26 (11am–6pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art More times »
Louise Bourgeois' deeply personal art combines an in-your-face sexuality with disturbing, even terrifying, imagery of trespassed flesh and violated privacy. Yet her work, including her... View details »
Louise Bourgeois

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Art
James Turrell
Sunday Oct 26 (10am–8pm) @ Draper Courtyard, Pomona College More times »
Free
It's up for debate whether James Turrell is a sculptor, an architect, a light-and-space artist, or an earth-works artist. Whichever he is, the transcendent, full-body... View details »
James Turrell
More Flavor: City Gem
Ugo Wine Bar
Sunday Oct 26 (5:30pm–12:30am) @ Vinum Populi More times »
Free
Culver City's latest spot of interest is Ugo Wine Bar, a cozy wine bar with the usual bistro couches and charcuterie selection — with one... View details »
Ugo Wine Bar
Art
Marcel Duchamp Redux
Sunday Oct 26 (noon–6pm) @ Norton Simon More times »
This year marks the 45th anniversary of By or of Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy, the famous Marcel Duchamp retrospective at the Pasadena Art Museum... View details »
Marcel Duchamp Redux
Art
Mexican Calendar Girls
Sunday Oct 26 (11am–4pm) @ California Heritage Museum More times »
Glamor gets deep and classic at the California Heritage Museum's Mexican Calendar Girls, opening with a Cinco de Mayo reception. The color-soaked exhibition comprises a... View details »
Mexican Calendar Girls
Art
Mark Bradford
Sunday Oct 26 @ Steve Turner Contemporary Gallery More times »
Free
Los Angeles painter, installation artist, and (most recently) video artist Mark Bradford has exhibited in some of the world's most prestigious galleries and museums, but... View details »
Mark Bradford
Art: Photography
In Focus: The Landscape
Sunday Oct 26 (10am–6pm) @ The Getty Center More times »
Free
Art's love affair with landscapes was captured with brush strokes until technology gave way to the click of the shutter. In Focus: The Landscape explores... View details »
In Focus: The Landscape
More Flavor: City Gem
Scribble Press
Sunday Oct 26 (11am–6pm) @ Scribble Press More times »
Technically, Scribble Press is for children, but if you behave yourself, you can use the impressive bookmaking emporium — complete with markers, stickers, paints, wide... View details »
Art
Katie Grinnan
Sunday Oct 26 (11am–6pm) @ MAK Center for Art and Architecture More times »
Katie Grinnan has made a career out of walking the fine line between the second and third dimensions. Grinnan takes architectural structures — as well... View details »
Katie Grinnan
Art
All of This is Melting Away
Sunday Oct 26 (10am–6pm) @ Royal/T More times »
Free
Director of New York's Greene Naftali Gallery, Jay Sanders steps into cafe/shop/gallery Royal/T to curate this group show of works from prominent collector Susan Hancock's... View details »
All of This is Melting Away
Art
Josh Dorman
Sunday Oct 26 (noon–6pm) @ Craft and Folk Art Museum More times »
Traditional paper and canvas simply won't do for New York artist Josh Dorman, who employs vintage maps and textbook diagrams as foundations for his fantastical... View details »
Josh Dorman
Art
The Art of War
Sunday Oct 26 (noon–6pm) @ Norton Simon Museum More times »
When searching for a means of drumming up support for World War I, officials in Washington didn't have to look much further than two-dimensional art.... View details »
The Art of War
More Flavor: Fashion
Antonio Pineda
Sunday Oct 26 (noon–5pm) @ Fowler Museum, UCLA More times »
Free
World-renowned Mexican silversmith Antonio Pineda brings more than 200 of his masterpieces up the coast to UCLA's Fowler Museum, to show what an especially talented... View details »
Antonio Pineda
Art
John Bock
Sunday Oct 26 (noon–6pm) @ REDCAT More times »
Free
John Bock's unpredictable performances may seem like exercises in artistic capriciousness, but his loud costumes and absurd statements conceal his skill as a social and... View details »
John Bock
Art: Photography
Robert Glenn Ketchum
Sunday Oct 26 (11am–7pm) @ G2 Gallery More times »
Free
Photographer and environmentalist Robert Glenn Ketchum makes landscape images, but this isn't Ansel Adams we're talking about here. The 38-year-old UCLA graduate eschews the somber... View details »
Robert Glenn Ketchum
Performing Arts: Festival
FOTW 08
Sunday Oct 26 @ Los Angeles Theatre Center More times »
For the second year in a row, the New LATC concocts an enthralling admixture of theatre, dance, and performance that brings together new work and... View details »
FOTW 08
Art: Festival
Off-Axis
Sunday Oct 26 @ Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum More times »
Free
Although our neighbor to the north is typically known for its stellar views and celebrity mansions, Santa Barbara has a stash of hidden artistic gems,... View details »
Off-Axis
Art
LA25 Half-Life
Sunday Oct 26 (noon–6pm) @ Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions More times »
Free
Rising stars Annie Lapin, Jeff Sheng, Cal Crawford, and Brenna Youngblood are among the 25 juror-selected artists that make up LA25 Half-Life, a group show... View details »
LA25 Half-Life
Art: Architecture/Design
Eddy Sykes
Sunday Oct 26 @ Materials & Applications More times »
Free
First, there were robot maids, robot pets, and robot vacuums. Now, there are robot gardens. The technical specifications for Materials & Applications' latest installation are... View details »
Eddy Sykes
Art
Gordy Grundy
Sunday Oct 26 @ Western Project More times »
Free
The Fellowship of Fortuna (and its "messenger," LA painter and media artist Gordy Grundy) takes up residence on Western Project's website for a 21-week series... View details »
Gordy Grundy
Art
Red Forest
Sunday Oct 26 (1–6pm) @ Thinkspace Gallery More times »
Free
Hot off the success of their individual Thinkspace exhibitions, Ekundayo and Johnny "KMNDZ" Rodriguez join forces for their first-ever collaborative collection at their favorite Silverlake... View details »
Red Forest
More Flavor: City Gem
Venice Beach Wines
Sunday Oct 26 (8am–10pm) @ Venice Beach Wines More times »
Venice's transformation from the sister nabe of Loisaida into Williamsburg West continues with the re-opening of Venice Beach Wines on the increasingly de-sketchified Rose Ave... View details »
Venice Beach Wines
Art
Daniel DeSure
Sunday Oct 26 (1–5pm) @ Found Gallery More times »
Free
Los Angeles-based artist/art producer Daniel DeSure not only creates photography, film, and new media, but he also founded the art production/design house Commonwealth last year... View details »
Daniel DeSure
More Flavor: Conference
Resolution 3
Sunday Oct 26 @ Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions More times »
Free
LACE and the Pitzer College Media Studies Program host Resolution 3: Video Praxis in Global Spaces, comprising this weekend's multi-venue symposium, the traveling exhibition Narrowcast:... View details »
Resolution 3
Art
Raw Skies
Sunday Oct 26 (2–7pm) @ Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art More times »
Free
Seven is a lucky number at Carmichael Gallery this month, as the curators carry out another dazzling, high-octane international group exhibition. Raw Skies presents a... View details »
Raw Skies
Art: Photography
Ghost Polaroids
Sunday Oct 26 (1–4pm) @ Drkrm More times »
Free
For 15 years, in an old house on a sleepy hillside outside LA, a phalanx of residents, researchers, and TV producers have documented a recurring... View details »
Ghost Polaroids
Art: Photography
Grace Oh
Sunday Oct 26 @ Edgar Varela Fine Arts More times »
Free
Los Angeles photographer Grace Oh first grew passionate about capturing nudes when she began actively pursuing photography in her early twenties. After broadening her scope... View details »
Grace Oh
Performing Arts: Dance
José Limón Dance Company
Sunday Oct 26 (3pm) @ Los Angeles Theatre Center More times »
LATC's Face of the World Festival presents a rarefied dance experience as it celebrates the 100th birthday of icon José Limón. Disenchanted with what he... View details »
José Limón Dance Company
Music: Rock/Pop
Mountain Goats
Sunday Oct 26 (8pm) @ The Troubadour More times »
The Mountain Goats come to San Francisco this week as part of their US tour, entitled The Last Happy Night of Your Life. With over... View details »
Mountain Goats
Film: Festival
Jules Verne Film Festival
Sunday Oct 26 (11am–11pm) @ The Edison More times »
Architect Andrew Meieran's redesign of the Edison, a lounge built in what was Downtown LA's first private power plant, is a spectacular testament to adaptive... View details »
Jules Verne Film Festival
Art
Yoko Ono
Sunday Oct 26 @ One Colorado More times »
Free
It has been nearly 28 years since John Lennon's passing, but his quest for world peace lives on. Lennon's widow, noted artist Yoko Ono, continues... View details »
Yoko Ono
Performing Arts: Dance
Nightspot
Sunday Oct 26 (2pm) @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion More times »
The trend of traditional arts being reimagined by contemporary genre-benders continues with this ballet from post-punk icon Elvis Costello. Making its West Coast debut, Miami... View details »
Nightspot
Performing Arts: Theatre
I'm not a racist but...
Sunday Oct 26 (3pm) @ The Actors' Gang Theatre More times »
Cynthia Ettinger acts as more of an editor/troupe leader than a writer/director in the Actors Gang's ongoing workshop production of its new work in progress.... View details »
Art: Discussion
Earworms
Sunday Oct 26 (noon–5pm) @ Pasadena Museum of California Art More times »
PMCA's Project Room is transformed into a beguiling labyrinth, addressing the elusiveness of memory and the neurobiological basis of thought, via Deborah Aschheim's installation Earworms.... View details »
Earworms