Free Fun in LA - November 2013

Halloween may be over but this month is chock full of Dia de Los Muertos celebrations and fall gallery openings, so put the candy away and and hit the town!

FILM AND CINEMA

11/3 (Sun):  Warm Bodies film screening, 2pm, Laguna Niguel Library in Laguna Niguel, More info

Also, Hyde Park on Hudson (2013) film screening, 2pm, Aliso Viejo Library Community Room in Aliso Viejo, More info

11/5 (Tues):  The Fountainhead (with Gary Cooper), 1:30pm, Skirball Cultural Center in West LA,  More info

11/6 (Wed):  Deanna Durbin: First Love (1939) film screening, 1pm, Pasadena Central Library Story Room in Pasadena, More info


11/7 (Thurs):  The Descendants film screening, 2pm, Tustin Library Computer Lab in Tustin, More info

11/8 (Fri): Live In Maid film screening (Argentinian/Spanish film), 7pm, Rancho Santa Margarita Library, More info

 

 **BLOG PICK!!  11/8-11/10 (Fri-Sun):  Comedy@SCA: Volume 2 festival of comedy in film/TV, Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall on USC's University Park Campus in South Central LA, event is free but reservations required, More info

11/9 (Sat): Herblock – The Black & The White film screening, 2pm, Meeting Room A at Central Library in Downtown LA, More info

Also, Spy Kids film screening, 2pm, AV Library Community Room at Aliso Viejo Library, More info

Thelma and Louise

11/12 (Tues):  Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House film screening (with Cary Grant and Myrna Loy), 1:30pm, Skirball Cultural Center in West LA,  More info

11/13 (Wed):  Neptune’s Daughter (1949) film screening, 1pm, Pasadena Central Library Story Room in Pasadena, More info

**BLOG PICK!!  11/13-11/17 (Wed-Sun):  L.A. Skins Fest (Native American film festival), L.A. Live Regal Cinema in Hollywood, free screenings but reservations required, More info

11/16 (Sat): Thelma and Louise film screening (with Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon), 1pm, Meeting Room A at Central Library in Downtown LA, More info

11/17 (Sun):  Shun Li and the Poet (award-winning film from Italy - 2011), 2pm, Aliso Viejo Library in Aliso Viejo, More info

11/19 (Tues):  Hollywood Canteen film screening (with Bette Davis), 3pm, Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium of Main Library in Santa Monica, More info

**BLOG PICK!!  11/20 (Wed):   Medora (new 2013 documentary) film screening + post-screening discussion with director and film subjects, 7:30pm, Hammer Museum in Westwood, cash bar reception after screening, free event but tickets required, $3 parking after 6pm, More info

Also, Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982) film screening, 1pm, Pasadena Central Library Story Room in Pasadena, More info

11/26 (Tues):  Disney's Alice in Wonderland (1951) film screening, 7pm, Laguna Niguel Library in Laguna Niguel,  More info
 
11/27 (Wed):  Clash of the Titans (1981) film screening, 1pm,  Pasadena Central Library Story Room in Pasadena, More info

Also, Plymouth Adventure film screening (with Spencer Tracy), 3:30pm, Aliso Viejo Library Community Room n Aliso Viejo, More info

PERFORMING ARTS

11/1 (Fri):   Greg Poree Band in concert (Brazilian Jazz), 6pm, LACMA in Mid-Wilshire district,  More info

Also, L.A. Youth Guitar Orchestra and Guitarreando (21 music students from Stuttgart, Germany) play original works by L.A.-based composer Andrew York, 7:30pm, Dabney Hall at Caltech in Pasadena, More info

**BLOG PICK!!  11/2 (Sat): Music & Dance of the Middle East, 8pm, Bridges Hall of Music at Pomona College in Claremont,  More info

Mx America

11/7 (Thurs): Día de los Muertos with award-winning Mariachi de UCLAtlán, 6pm, UCLA’s Fowler Museum in Westwood, More info

Also, Mx America (performance by World-renowned writer, singer, painter and performance artist Justin Vivian Bond), 7pm, USC's University Park Campus Town and Gown (TGF) in South Central LA, refreshments will be provided, free event but reservations required, More info

**BLOG PICK!! Also, Dreams of Grandeur by Invertigo Dance Theatre (outdoor dance performance experience), 12pm, Grand Park in Downtown LA, More info

11/9 (Sat): The Statmen in concert (gypsy swing, bluegrass, Latin influenced music), 2pm, Ocean Park Branch Library in Santa Monica, More info

 

11/9-11/10 (Sat-Sun):  PLAY/ground New Play Festival, 10am-4pm, Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena, free event but reservations recommended, More info

Tecza Puppet Theatre

**BLOG PICK!!  11/14 (Thurs):  "Sheila" by Ate9 dANCEcOMPANY (outdoor dance performance experience), 12pm, Grand Park in Downtown LA, More info

11/16 (Sat):  Tecza Puppet Theatre & Warsaw Village Band, 11am and 12:30pm, W.M. Keck Children’s Ampitheatre in Downtown LA, More info

11/17 (Sun): The Roots of Latin Music, 4pm, Pasadena Conservatory of Music in Pasadena, More info

11/21 (Thurs): Scott Linford and Friends in concert (West African akonting and the American banjo), 6pm, UCLA’s Fowler Museum in Westwood, More info

Also, "Action-scape" by Wookey and Tang (outdoor dance performance experience), 12pm, Grand Park in Downtown LA, More info

11/24 (Sun):  Peruvian Dance and Music, 2pm, UCLA’s Fowler Museum in Westwood, More info

VISUAL AND GRAPHIC ARTS

11/1:  1st Opening Reception for 8th Annual Dia de Los Muertos Art Exhibition and Celebration, 5pm-9pm, dance performance by Life's Grand Jr. Dance Co. at 7pm,Gallery Azul in San Pedro, More info

8th Annual Dia de Los Muertos

11/2 (Sat): : Opening Reception for Metallic Tissue exhibit (graffiti art), 7pm, Fabien Castanier Gallery in Studio City, More info

Also, 2nd Opening Reception for 8th Annual Dia de Los Muertos Art Exhibition and Celebration, 5pm-9pm, dance performance by Life's Grand Jr. Dance Co. at 7pm, Warehouse 1333 in Long Beach, More info

Also, Opening Reception for Skin/Deep: Materiality, Sensuality and Paint group exhibition, 6pm-9pm, William Turner Gallery at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, More info

Also, Opening Reception for 3 exhibits: Carol Kleinman: Paris Windows (photography), Linda Sue Price: Spiraling (neon art), and Kamil Vojnar: Life is a Journey, 5-8pm, TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, More info

Also, Opening Reception for Alain Laboile: La Famille (avant garde photography) and Dale Johnson: Paris Portfolio, 6-8pm, dnj Gallery at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, More info

Alain Laboile: La Famille

Also, Opening of 2 exhibits: The Venus Paintings by Mary Heebner and William Dole: Selected Collages, Edward Cella Art+Architecture in the Mid-Wilshire District, both exhibits run through Dec. 28, More info

**BLOG PICK!!  11/7 (Thurs): Opening Reception for exhibit of legendary L.A. artist Frank Romero's 50-year career, 6:30pm, Muckenthaler Gallery in Fullerton, exhibit runs through Dec. 31, More info

Also, Free Night to see retrospective art exhibit of Bob Mizer and Tom of Finland (legendary erotic artists in media of illustration, photography, film and more), 5-8pm, Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, free nights repeat every Thursday night and exhibit runs through Jan. 26, 2014, More info

 

11/16 (Sat):  Opening Reception for Machine Muse exhibit (kinetic sculpture group exhibit), 6-9pm, Lois Lambert Gallery at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, exhibit runs through Jan. 5, 2014, More info

Also, Opening Reception for 4 new exhibits including Charles De Mar and Vintage Americana, 6-9pm, JNA Gallery at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, exhibits run through Dec. 15, More info

thru 11/17: Story Time Group Show (40 local and international artists create characters they would have loved as children), Monkeyhouse Toys and Gallery in Silverlake, More info

 

Frank Romero

OTHER EVENTS

**BLOG PICK!!  11/2 (Sat):  Grand Park's Dia de Los Muertos (altars, food trucks, free face-painting, live bands, and full bar), 3pm-11pm, Grand Park in Downtown LA, More info

Also, Day of the Dead Celebration, 3pm-9pm, San Fernando Pioneer Memorial Cemetery in Sylmar, More info

11/3 (Sun):  L.A. SALT (craft fair), 12pm-5pm, Pehrspace in Echo Park, More info