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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Free Fun in LA - April/May 2013

Spring is in full swing and events are moving out of doors throughout the Los Angeles area. Of note are Friday Flicks "under the smog, er, stars" movie screenings at Pershing Square and various multimedia performances that integrate visual projections with music and other performance media. To make sure you don't miss these particularly exciting events, I am initiating a Blog Pick system to highlight those that deserve your special attention. Get out and get some fresh--(cough)--air!

FILM AND CINEMA


4/2 (Tue):  "Casablanca" film screening, 1:30pm, Skirball Cultural Center in West LA, More info

4/3 (Wed):  "The Lorax" film screening, 2pm, Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium at the Main Library in Santa Monica, More info 

4/4 (Thurs):  Open Projector Night (indie short film festival), 7:30-9:30pm., Hammer Museum in Westwood, $3 parking after 6pm, More info
 
Also, "Argo" film screening, 6:30pm, Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium at the Main Library in Santa Monica, More info
 
4/5-4/7 (Fri-Sun): Contemporary South American Cinema Film Festival, The Ray Stark Family Theatre on USC University Park Campus in Downtown LA,  More info

4/14 (Sun): "The Kid" film screening (with Charlie Chaplin), 11am, Hammer Museum in Westwood, $3 parking, More info

4/18 (Thurs): "Moonrise Kingdom" film screening, 2pm, Montana Avenue Branch Library in Santa Monica, More info
 
4/20 (Sat): "Mr. Thank You" film screening, 4pm, Harold M. Williams Auditorium at The Getty Center in West LA, free but reservations required, More info
 
Also"Drunken Angel" film screening (directed by Akira Kurosawa), 7pm, Harold M. Williams Auditorium at The Getty Center in West LA, free but reservations required, More info
 
4/21 (Sun): "Tokyo Story" film screening, 3pm, Harold M. Williams Auditorium at The Getty Center in West LA, free but reservations required, More info
 
4/23 (Tues): "The Lightning Thief" film screening, 6:30pm, Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium at the Main Library in Santa Monica, More info

4/27 (Sat): "Street of Sham" film screening (directed by Kenji Mizoguchi), 7pm, Harold M. Williams Auditorium at The Getty Center in West LA, free but reservations required, More info

Also, "Tokyo Drifter" film screening, 4pm, Harold M. Williams Auditorium at The Getty Center in West LA, free but reservations required, More info
 
4/28 (Sun): "She and He" film screening, 3pm, Harold M. Williams Auditorium at The Getty Center in West LA, free but reservations required, More info
 
5/1 (Wed): "Not Fade Away" film screening, 7pm, Fairview Branch Library in Santa Monica, More info

5/3 (Fri): "The Breakfast Club" outdoor film screening, 8pm, Pershing Square in Downtown LA, More info
 
5/7 (Tue): "The New World" film screening (with Colin Farrell and Christian Bale) and discussion with filmmaker Elaina Archer, 6pm, Ocean Park Branch Library in Santa Monica, More info
 
5/10 (Fri): "Risky Business" outdoor film screening, 8pm, Pershing Square in Downtown LA, More info
 
5/17 (Fri): "Desperately Seeking Susan" outdoor film screening, 8pm, Pershing Square in Downtown LA, More info
 
5/23 (Thurs): An Introduction to Bollywood film screening and musical performance by Tablapusher, 8pm, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, More info

5/24 (Fri): "Pretty in Pink" outdoor film screening, 8pm, Pershing Square in Downtown LA, More info

5/30 (Thurs): "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" film screening, 3:45pm, Sorensen Library in Whittier, More info

**BLOG PICK!  5/31 (Fri): "Back to the Future" outdoor film screening, 8pm, Pershing Square in Downtown LA, More info

 

VISUAL ARTS

thru 4/7 (Sun): 69th Scripps Ceramic Annual: Denatured Nature Exhibit, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College in Claremont, More info

4/7 (Sun): Free Day at Bowers Museum and “Maurice Sendak 50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons” Exhibit (author/illustrator of “Where the Wild Things Are”; runs through 4/28), Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, More info
Scripps: "Denatured Nature"
 
4/8 (Mon):  Opening Reception for "Imaging Genocide: Artistic Responses to Mass Violence" Poster Exhibition, 5:30-7:30pm, USC Fisher Museum of Art in Downtown LA, More info
 
4/16 (Tue):  Performance and Form: A Net Zero House (showing and reception), 6:30pm, School of Architecture’s Watt Courtyard, at USC University Park Campus, in Downtown LA,  More info


Dancing with the Art World
4/27 (Sat):  Dancing with the Art World: Day 2, 10am, Hammer Museum in Westwood, free event but tickets required, More info

4/27-4/28 (Sat-Sun): Brewery Art Walk, 11am -6pm, The Brewery Complex in  Downtown LA, More info

5/5 (Sun): Free Day @ MOLAA, Musueum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, More info

 
5/19 (Sun): Pershing Square Art Show and Festival, Pershing Square in Downtown LA,  More info

 
5/26 (Sun): Leimert Park Artwalk, 1-8pm, Leimert Park in South Central Los Angeles, More info

 


PERFORMING ARTS


4/6 (Sat): West African Music & Dance, 8pm, Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College in Pomona, More info
 
4/9 (Tue): INCA Peruvian Ensemble (music and dance performance), 6pm, East Los Angeles Library in East LA, More info
 
AlsoGlass Harp Music with Brien Engel, 3:30pm, Bell Library in City of Bell, More info
 
INCA Peruvian Ensemble
4/13 (Sat): Polynesian Paradise Dancers performance, 1pm, Lomita Library in Lomita, More info
 
Also, Swingin with Dean (musical performance), 2pm, West Covina Library Lawn in West Covina, More info

**BLOG PICK!  Also, Mural under the Stars: An Evening with Gregorio Luke (outdoor projections of Diego Rivera’s artwork and Afro-Latin American Jazz musical and dance performance), 7pm, International Plaza at USC University Park Campus in Downtown LA, More info

4/23 (Tue): Tsigan: A Gypsy Poem (multimedia performance), 7pm, Bovard Auditorium at USC University Park Campus in Downtown LA, More info

4/26 (Fri):  Pomona College Choir and Orchestra in Concert, 8pm, Bridges Hall of Music in Claremont, also 4/28 at 3pm, More info
Polynesian Paradise Dancers
 
**BLOG PICK!  Also, Rhythms + Visions / Expanded + Live 2: Visions and Voices (animated sonic performances and large exterior projections), 8pm-12am, University Park Campus, USC School of Cinematic Arts in Downtown LA, More info
 
4/28 (Sun):  Dance Among the Trees, 3pm, McGroarty Arts Center in Tujunga, More info
 
AlsoBenita Bike’s DanceArt Company Interactive Dance Performance, 4pm, McGroarty Arts Center   in Tujunga, More info
 
4/29 (Mon):  Afro Cuban Drumming Ensemble, 8pm, Lyman Hall, Pomona College in Pomona, More info

5/2 (Thurs): ODC/Dance Concert, 7pm, USC Bovard Auditorium in Downtown LA, free event but reservations required, More info
 

  OTHER EVENTS


4/18-4/21 (Thurs-Sun): La Habra Spring Citrus Fair, La Habra Chamber of Commerce in La Habra, citrusfair.com/
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