All events on Tuesday September 30

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Film: Shorts
Protest Films
Tuesday Sep 30 (8pm) @ The Silent Movie Theatre
As we move closer to what may go down in history as one of America's most critical elections, it's important to find inspiration in political... View details »
Protest Films
Music: Rock/Pop
Little Fish
Tuesday Sep 30 (9pm) @ The Viper Room
Linda Perry wrote songs for Pink and Christina Aguilera, and released James Blunt's mammoth debut, Back to Bedlam. These days, the former 4 Non Blondes... View details »
Little Fish
Music: Rock/Pop
Beach House w/ Shugo Tokumaru
Tuesday Sep 30 (9pm) @ Spaceland
Giveaway
A self-proclaimed master of more than 100 instruments, avant-folkie Shugo Tokumaru fuses traditional Japanese tropes with the more-precious-than-thou twee-isms of Sufjan Stevens and the dissonant... View details »
Beach House w/ Shugo Tokumaru
Music: Hip-Hop
Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip w/ B Dolan
Tuesday Sep 30 (9pm) @ The Echo
Giveaway
Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip return to LA after a spring supporting Mark Ronson on the road — and managing to shoehorn in a... View details »
Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip w/ B Dolan

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Ugo Wine Bar
Tuesday Sep 30 (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
Mark Bradford
Tuesday Sep 30 @ 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
The Juxtapoz Factor
Tuesday Sep 30 (11am–5pm) @ Laguna Art Museum More times »
To those who have been reading the contemporary-art magazine Juxtapoz since it was founded in the mid-'90s, it may come as little surprise that some... View details »
The Juxtapoz Factor
Art: Architecture/Design
John Lautner
Tuesday Sep 30 (11am–7pm) @ Hammer Museum More times »
The risk-taking John Lautner is often described as an architect's architect, even though some of his designs brought him both criticism and disdain. One of... View details »
John Lautner
Art
Truthiness and Absurd Recreation
Tuesday Sep 30 (noon–5pm) @ California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside More times »
Borrowing a recently coined neologism from Stephen Colbert's faux-conservative lexicon, Truthiness questions the reliability of the visual by featuring artists who transform photography (decidedly two-dimensional)... View details »
Truthiness and Absurd Recreation
Art
Ultrasonic International III
Tuesday Sep 30 (10am–6pm) @ Mark Moore Gallery More times »
Free
Elementary, My Dear Watson is the Mark Moore Gallery's third installment of its annual Ultrasonic International series. The group show features 16 local, national, and... View details »
Ultrasonic International III
Art
Macrocosm
Tuesday Sep 30 (11am–6pm) @ Roberts & Tilton Gallery More times »
Free
Roberts + Tilton becomes the latest A-list LA gallery to take up residence in Culver City, throwing a mammoth group show and housewarming party on... View details »
Macrocosm
Art: Photography
In Focus: The Landscape
Tuesday Sep 30 (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
Art
Martin Kersels
Tuesday Sep 30 (11am–6pm) @ Santa Monica Museum of Art More times »
The Santa Monica Museum of Art hosts LA artist Martin Kersels' first retrospective, Heavyweight Champion, drawing from 13 years of his multimedia work. Informed by... View details »
Martin Kersels
Art
Hans Burkhardt
Tuesday Sep 30 (noon–4pm) @ Cal State University Northridge Art Gallery More times »
Free
Comprising selections from the nearly 1,000 works that European-native-turned California-great Hans Burkhardt personally donated to Cal State Northridge (where he taught before his death), this... View details »
Hans Burkhardt
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Scribble Press
Tuesday Sep 30 (10am–9pm) @ 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: Photography
Melanie Pullen
Tuesday Sep 30 (10am–6pm) @ ACE Gallery More times »
Free
Melanie Pullen extends her macabre view of the world in her latest series, Violent Times, which explores the aesthetics of war and takes her elaborately... View details »
Melanie Pullen
Art
All of This is Melting Away
Tuesday Sep 30 (8am–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
Yin Zhaoyang
Tuesday Sep 30 (10am–5:30pm) @ DF2 More times »
Free
Chinese-born Yin Zhaoyang didn't have to look too far for inspiration when creating the work in his latest show at DF2 Gallery. After viewing the... View details »
Yin Zhaoyang
Art
Kerry James Marshall
Tuesday Sep 30 (10am–5:30pm) @ Koplin del Rio Gallery More times »
Free
Chicago artist Kerry James Marshall has shown internationally to great acclaim, and now will show for the sixth time with Koplin del Rio in LA.... View details »
Kerry James Marshall
Art
Kyle Field
Tuesday Sep 30 (11am–5:30pm) @ Taylor De Cordoba Gallery More times »
Free
For his second go-round at Taylor De Cordoba, San Franciscan artist/musican Kyle Field (he's a member of the band Little Wings), plucks whimsical imagery for... View details »
Kyle Field
Art
Hope Gangloff and Jason Jägel
Tuesday Sep 30 @ Richard Heller Gallery More times »
Free
In tandem with the release of his book, 73 Funshine, San Francisco-based artist Jason Jägel exhibits a collection of music-inspired work. Part of the exhibition... View details »
Hope Gangloff and Jason Jägel
Art
Josh Dorman
Tuesday Sep 30 (11am–5pm) @ 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: Photography
War as a Way of Life
Tuesday Sep 30 (11am–5:30pm) @ 18th Street Arts Center More times »
Free
18th Street wraps up its yearlong, four-part examination of sociopolitical issues with War as a Way of Life. The exhibit includes the work of 16... View details »
War as a Way of Life
Art
Cycling Apparati
Tuesday Sep 30 (11am–6pm) @ High Energy Constructs More times »
Free
For many contemporary artists, Warhol is the North Star by which they guide their own emerging views of culture. But for a segment of more... View details »
Cycling Apparati
Art
Aspects of Mel's Hole
Tuesday Sep 30 (11am–4pm) @ CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana More times »
Free
Beloved radio host Art Bell is a cross between Jean Shepherd and Fox Mulder, and a man whose paranormality-themed broadcasts were among the most misunderstood... View details »
Aspects of Mel's Hole
Art
Kristi Lippire
Tuesday Sep 30 (11am–5:30pm) @ d.e.n. contemporary art More times »
Free
Kristi Lippire cobbles together images from a mind-boggling array of sources, then fashions them into large-scale works. Using plywood and other construction materials to reinforce... View details »
Kristi Lippire
Art: Photography
Dennis Hopper and Wendy Burton
Tuesday Sep 30 (10am–5:30pm) @ Craig Krull Gallery More times »
Free
Craig Krull Gallery pulls out the big guns for its season opener, with concurrent solo exhibitions from two of its most accomplished artists. Wendy Burton's... View details »
Dennis Hopper and Wendy Burton
Art
Alexander Melamid
Tuesday Sep 30 (10am–5:30pm) @ Forum Gallery More times »
Free
Russian artist Alexander Melamid is a master at finding humor in serious situations, from totalitarian regimes to the plight of endangered elephants. In his first... View details »
Alexander Melamid
Art
Nancy Reddin Kienholz
Tuesday Sep 30 (10am–6pm) @ LA Louver Gallery More times »
Free
Nancy Reddin Kienholz may be familiar to some because of her lifelong collaboration with late husband Ed Kienholz, one of the world's most famous assemblage... View details »
Nancy Reddin Kienholz
Art
Ian Francis
Tuesday Sep 30 (11am–6pm) @ Kinsey/DesForges Gallery More times »
Free
The brilliantly brash British phenom Ian Francis returns to Kinsey/DesForges for his second solo show. Once again, the artist presents visceral, even garish, large-scale works... View details »
Ian Francis
Art
Bob Biggs, Doug Edge, and Kate Harding
Tuesday Sep 30 (11am–6pm) @ Track 16 Gallery More times »
Free
Track 16 opens the fall season with three concurrent solo exhibitions. Venice stalwart Doug Edge is known for the fluidity and materials-driven caprice of his... View details »
Bob Biggs, Doug Edge, and Kate Harding
Art
Sarah Cromarty
Tuesday Sep 30 (11am–5pm) @ Circus Gallery More times »
Free
LA painter Sarah Cromarty has had a big year already; she gained recognition through several group shows and a bit of favorable press. She continues... View details »
Sarah Cromarty
Art
Elizabeth Turk
Tuesday Sep 30 (11am–5pm) @ Bandini Art More times »
Free
From the Department of How Did She Do That? comes a new exhibition of drawings and delicate marble sculptures from chisel-wielding enchantress Elizabeth Turk. Her... View details »
Elizabeth Turk
Art
CUT: Makings of Removal
Tuesday Sep 30 (noon–4pm) @ Vincent Price Art Museum More times »
Free
The 17 young and emerging artists included in this ambitious group show follow diverse strategies in making work, but the organizing principle is one of... View details »
CUT: Makings of Removal
Art
Sandrine Pelletier
Tuesday Sep 30 @ Fette's Gallery More times »
Free
International-artist-friendly Fette's Gallery rings in its fall season with Insekts, an installation of new works by Swiss mixed-media artist/embroiderer Sandrine Pelletier. The Laussane/Paris-based artist creates... View details »
Sandrine Pelletier
Art
Chris Mars
Tuesday Sep 30 (noon–6pm) @ Billy Shire Fine Arts More times »
Free
From Brandon Boyd's paintings to Scion and ill-Studios' curatorial collaboration and Alexander Melamid's hip-hop portraits, music-related art has been blanketing LA's gallery walls this month.... View details »
Chris Mars
Art
Raymond Pettibon
Tuesday Sep 30 (10am–6pm) @ Regen Projects II More times »
Free
Seminal Work features a selection of pieces from the much-lauded Raymond Pettibon, all completed between 1978 and 1988. Keeping true to the chameleon-like artist, the... View details »
Raymond Pettibon
Art: Photography
Jehad Nga
Tuesday Sep 30 (10am–6pm) @ M+B Gallery Los Angeles More times »
Free
Daring photographer Jehad Nga has previously documented poverty and violence from Darfur to Iraq — now, he takes his camera into the world of boxing.... View details »
Jehad Nga
Art
John Bock
Tuesday Sep 30 (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
Tuesday Sep 30 (11am–9pm) @ 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
Art
Mr. Funky
Tuesday Sep 30 (9am–6pm) @ Ghettogloss More times »
Free
At most galleries and museums, squeezing the art is most definitely at the top of the list of "don'ts" — but then, Ghettogloss has always... View details »
Mr. Funky
Art
No Brow
Tuesday Sep 30 (noon–6pm) @ Black Maria Gallery More times »
Free
Not unlike impressionism, "low brow" was a label with initially negative connotations affixed to a group of artists reacting against then-mainstream art. Merging their vision... View details »
No Brow
Art
Dennis Oppenheim
Tuesday Sep 30 (10am–6pm) @ ACE Gallery More times »
Free
Dennis Oppenheim first hit the art-world radar in the late 1960s with his Land and Body Art projects, which combined film and video with performance,... View details »
Dennis Oppenheim
Art
OFF-REGISTER
Tuesday Sep 30 (noon–5pm) @ Little Bird Gallery More times »
Free
For the past year, this traveling exhibition has showcased artists and graphic designers who were asked to apply their experience with commercial printmaking processes to... View details »
OFF-REGISTER
Art
Michael Knowlton
Tuesday Sep 30 (noon–6pm) @ 01 Gallery More times »
Free
Painter Michael Knowlton doesn't feel the need to choose between beauty and terror. His passionately wrought, deftly composed scenes of the ruin and savagery of... View details »
Michael Knowlton
Art
The Maize Project
Tuesday Sep 30 (11am–5pm) @ Torrance Art Museum More times »
Free
The small but influential Torrance Art Museum simultaneously mounts three new solo exhibitions, united by highly stylized explorations of abstraction and color. The Maize Project,... View details »
Art
Katina and Christa Zinner
Tuesday Sep 30 @ James Coleman Gallery More times »
Free
The mother-daughter relationship is fraught with emotion and drama, and what better venue for exploring that tension than a two-woman exhibition of sculpture and painting?... View details »
Katina and Christa Zinner
Art
Gordy Grundy
Tuesday Sep 30 @ 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
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Venice Beach Wines
Tuesday Sep 30 (7am–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
Film
Choke
Tuesday Sep 30 @ Landmark Westside Pavilion More times »
Colonial theme-park worker Victor Mancini (an especially disheveled Sam Rockwell) barely survived childhood with his erratic mother (Anjelica Huston, bearing all her wonderful fangs), and... View details »
Choke
Film
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela
Tuesday Sep 30 (7:30 & 9:15pm) @ Regent Showcase More times »
Lured by the lucrative business of Internet pornography, "ladyboy" Raquela longs to escape her native Philippines for a new life in Paris. Queen Raquela has... View details »
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela
Art
Yoko Ono
Tuesday Sep 30 @ 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
Art
Hans Burkhardt
Tuesday Sep 30 (10am–6pm) @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts More times »
Free
In the years bracketing WWII, a great many artists were among those fleeing to US shores from the specter of Nazi Germany. In fine-art terms... View details »
Hans Burkhardt