Free Fun in L.A. - June 2013

Outdoor film screenings continue in June with the addition of some great free music events (ain't summer grand?)  Of particular note this month are a free preview screening of a film BEFORE it opens in theatres, a Q-and-A with an Academy Award winning filmmaker, a citywide music festival with several stages, and a Helmut Newton exhibit
(see the **BLOG PICKS!** for highlighted events).  Keep an eye out for some Grammy Award winners' and nominees' concerts under the Performing Arts section.

FILM AND CINEMA

6/4 (Tues):  Wizards animated film screening, 1:30pm, Skirball Cultural Center in West LA, More info

6/5 (Wed):  "Intouchables" film screening, 7pm, Fairview Branch Library in Santa Monica, More info

6/7 (Fri):  "Hairspray" outdoor film screening, 8pm, Pershing Square in Downtown LA, More info

**BLOG PICK!**  6/12 (Wed):  "G-Dog the Movie" film screening and Q and A with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Freida Lee Mock, 7:15pm, Mark Taper Auditorium at the Central Library in Downtown LA, free but reservations recommended, More info

6/14 (Fri): "The Adventures of Priscilla – Queen of the Desert" outdoor film screening, 8pm,Pershing Square in Downtown LA,  More info

Also, "Stand and Deliver" outdoor screening with Edward James Olmos, 8pm, University of Redlands in Redlands, More info

**BLOG PICK!**  6/20 (Thurs):  Preview screening of new film A Hijacking, 7pm, The Ray Stark Family Theatre at USC School of Cinematic Arts in Downtown LA, free but reservations required, More info

6/21 (Fri): "Grease" outdoor film screening, 8pm, Pershing Square in Downtown LA, More info

6/22 (Sat): "The Misfits" outdoor screening with Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable, 8pm, University of Redlands in Redlands, More info

6/28 (Fri): "Steamboat Bill Jr." outdoor screening with Buster Keaton, 8pm, The University of Redlands in Redlands, More info

Also, "The Bird Cage" outdoor film screening, 8pm, Pershing Square in Downtown LA, More info

6/29 (Sat): "El Norte" outdoor screening, 8pm, University of Redlands in Redlands, More info

GRAPHIC AND VISUAL ARTS

6/1 (Sat):  Opening Reception for 10th Annual Ceramics Show: All Cups 2, 5pm - 9pm, exhibit continues through June 15th, McGroarty Arts Center in Tujunga, More info

**BLOG PICK!**  6/6 (Thurs): Faux Real and Sea Change: Tanya Aguiniga's Bluebelt Forest exhibits (free day at museum), 5-9pm, Laguna Art Museum, Faux Real info
Sea Change info

Speedy Graphito NewWorlds Exhibit

thru 6/8:  NewWorlds solo exhibition by urban artist Speedy Graphito, Castanier Gallery in Studio City, More info


6/8 (Sat): Pomona Art Walk, 3-9pm, Pomona Arts Colony in Pomona, More info

6/10 (Mon):  Opening of Rumble (10K sq. ft. architecture and urban design exposition), 6-9pm, Perloff Hall Courtyard at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, runs through June 17th, More info

6/11 (Tues): Free Day at LACMA, 11am-7pm, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, More info

Helmut Newton Exhibit

6/20 (Thurs): Venice Art Crawl, 6-10pm, Various locations in Venice, More info

**BLOG PICK!**  6/29 (Sat): Opening of Helmut Newton: White Women/Sleepless Nights/Big Nudes exhibit, Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City, More info

thru July 7th:  Ernest Cole Photographer exhibit (photos from apartheid era by one of first black South African photojournalists), Fowler Museum at UCLA in Westwood, More info

 

PERFORMING ARTS

**BLOG PICK!**  6/1 (Sat):  Make Music Pasadena (free music festival), 11am-11pm, Various locations in Pasadena,  More info


Also, Los Angeles New Music Ensemble performance, 2-3pm, Edendale Library in Echo Park, More info

Music of Korea Ensemble

Also, Music of Korea Ensemble concert (folk dance and music), 7pm, Schoenberg Hall at UCLA in Westwood, More info

**BLOG PICK!**  6/2 (Sun): 1+One and Patrice Rushen (free community concert), 5pm, Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in South Central LA, More info

Also, Music and Dance of West Africa Ensemble plus Bluegrass and Old-Time String Ensemble in concert, Schoeberg Hall at UCLA in Westwood, More info

Also, Jazz in June & Free Target Sunday, 1-5pm, California African American Museum, parking is $10 per vehicle so carpooling is recommended, More info

Also, Family Jam: Twirl and Swirl, Southeastern European Folk Dancing, 2-4pm, Fowler Museum at UCLA in Westwood, More info
 

Twirl and Swirl: Southeastern European Folk Dancing

6/3 (Mon):  UCLA Jazz Combos in concert, 7pm, Schoenberg Hall at UCLA in Westwood, More info

6/4 (Tues): UCLA Big Bands in concert (Jazz Orchestra, LatinJazz Big Band, and Ellingtonia Orchestra), Schoenberg Hall at UCLA in Westwood, More info

6/8 (Sat): Aguabella Band in concert, 5pm, Hancock Park, More info

6/12 (Wed):  Summer Concert Series, 7-9pm, Boisseranc Park in City of Buena Park, More info

6/14 (Fri): Multiple Grammy Award winning Billy Childs’ Quartet concert, 6pm, BP Grand Entrance at LACMA in the Wilshire District, More info

6/15 (Sat):  Grammy-nominated Imaginacion in concert, 5pm, Hancock Park in Central LA, More info

Imaginacion

6/19 (Wed):  Summer Concert Series, 7-9pm, Boisseranc Park in City of Buena Park, More info

6/20 (Thurs): Golden Age of Radio with SAF-AFTRA (performing radio dramas "Flash Gordon," "Easy Aces" and "It Pays to Be Ignorant"), The Autry in Griffith Park, free but reservations required, 

More info

6/21 (Fri):  Pop Divas and Divos:  Friday Night Singalong, 6:30-8pm, W. M. Keck Amphitheatre at Disney Concert Hall in Downtown LA, More info

6/22 (Sat):  Bobby Matos & Afro Cuban Latin Jazz Band in concert, 5pm, Hancock Park in Central LA, More info

Bobby Matos

6/28 (Fri):  Friday Flights (food, fun, screenings and performances), 6-9pm, Museum Courtyard at Getty Center in West LA, More info

 6/26 (Wed):  Summer Concert Series, 7-9pm, Boisseranc Park in City of Buena Park, More info

6/30 (Sun):  Free Concert and Fireworks, Time TBA (not yet available at publication), Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in South Central LA, More info

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