Free Fun in LA - March/April 2014

Spring is here and we benefit from programming for Women's History Month, St. Paddy's Day, L.A.'s puppet festival and more.  It's hard to believe that we'll already have access to outdoor films long before the summer heat sets in.  This post will not include Blog Picks because there were too many great events to highlight just a few.  Explore all the offerings and enjoy the new season!

PERFORMING ARTS 

3/4 (Tues):  Unperformable: An Evening with Dance Pioneer Rudy Perez (dance performance), 7pm, Grand Ballroom at Ronald Tutor Campus Center on USC's University Park Campus in Downtown LA, free event but reservations are required, More info

3/5 (Wed):  Los Angeles Sephardic Music Festival: Sarah Aroeste in concert, 7:30 pm, UCLA's Fowler Museum in Westwood, More info

3/6 (Thurs):  Adaawe in concert (international fusion of African music, R&B/pop vocals, jazz-funk, Latin and Reggae), 12pm, Grand Park's Performance Lawn in Downtown LA, More info

Also, The Kitchenette in concert (acoustic reggae/rocksteady/ska), 6pm, UCLA's Fowler Museum in Westwood, More info

3/9 (Sun):  Silver & Gold: A Performance by Nao Bustamante, 7pm, Tommy's Place at Ronald Tutor Campus Center on USC's University Park Campus in Downtown LA, free event but reservations are required, More info  

3/12 (Wed):  Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through M.I.T.’s Male Math Maze performance (one-woman show, winner of  Outstanding Solo Show at the New York International Fringe Festival), 7pm, Grand Ballroom at Ronald Tutor Campus Center on USC's University Park Campus in Downtown LA, free event but reservations are required, More info

3/13 (Thurs):  Ron Athey: Sebastiane performance (one-man show by political performance artist), 7:30pm, Billy Wilder Theater at Hammer Museum in Westwood, More info

3/17 (Mon):  Celtic rock band Young Dubliners in concert  at St. Patrick's Day Celebration (Irish food and beer garden), 11am, Pershing Square in Downtown, More info

3/20 (Thurs):  Jim “Kimo” West in concert (slack key guitar), 12pm, Grand Park's Performance Lawn in Downtown LA, More info

4/3 (Thurs): Blue Morning Quintet in concert (jazz), 12pm, Grand Park's Performance Lawn in Downtown LA, More info

4/6 (Sun):  Afro-American Chamber Music Society Orchestra in concert, 6pm, Bing Theater at LACMA in Mid-Wilshire District, free parking after 7pm, More info

4/16 (Wed): Armenian Music Ensemble performs Honoring the Armenian Masters  (Armenian classical music by Spendiarian, Mirzoyan, and Komitas in commemoration of the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide), 7:30 pm, Hammer Museum in Westwood, free but tickets required, $3 parking after 6pm, More info

4/17 (Thurs):  Multimedia Event and Opening Reception for Wonderland Unbound exhibit (digital animation, light projection and more), 8pm, Doheny Memorial Library on USC's University Park Campus in Downtown LA, More info

Also, Opa Opa in concert (salsa), 12pm, Grand Park's Performance Lawn in Downtown LA, More info

Also, A Capella Night (a capella concert), 6pm, UCLA's Fowler Museum in Westwood, More info 

4/23 (Wed):  Mehfil Massive: South Asian Religions Remixed through Poetry (musical and spoken word performance by internationally renowned South Asian artists), 7:30pm, Bovard Auditorium on USC's University Park Campus in Downtown LA, free event but reservations are required,  More info

4/24 (Thurs):  Concert by UCLA’s Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars (ethnic music and dance performance), 6pm, UCLA's Fowler Museum in Westwood, More info

4/25-4/26 (Fri-Sat):  Single Wing Turquoise Bird performance (live light show), 7:30pm, Stage 4 at School of Cinematic Arts Complex on USC's University Park Campus in Downtown LA, free event but reservations are required, More info

FILM AND CINEMA 

3/1 (Sat):   Gravity film screening (with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney), 3pm, Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium at Main Library in Santa Monica, More info

Also, Princess Kaʻiulani film screening, 2pm, Ascot Library near Huntington Park, More info

3/4 (Tues):   All Is Lost film screening(with Robert Redford), 7pm, Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium at Main Library in Santa Monica, More info

Also, Steven Spielberg's Munich film screening (2005), 6pm, Ocean Park Branch Library in Santa Monica, More info

Also, The Man in the White Suit film screening (with Alec Guinness), 1:30 pm,  Skirball Cultural Center in West LA, More info

3/5 (Wed):  Poetry (2010) outdoor film screening, 2pm, Steinmetz Park in Hacienda Heights, More info

3/6 (Thurs): Crazy Horse (2011) film screening, 7:30 pm, Hammer Museum in Westwood,free but tickets required, $3 parking after 6pm, More info

3/8 (Sat):  The Artist film screening (2011 Academy Award winner for Best Picture, with Jean Dujardin), 1pm, Meeting Room A at Central Library in Downtown LA, More info

Also, Great Women of Mexican Film: Dona Barbara film screening (with Maria Felix), in Spanish without subtitles, 2pm, Echo Park Library in Echo Park, More info

3/11 (Tues):  The Detective aka Father Brown film screening (with Alec Guinness), 1:30 pm, Skirball Cultural Center in West LA, More info 

3/13 (Thurs):  The Book Thief film screening, 6:30pm,  Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium at Main Library in Santa Monica, More info

3/14 (Fri):  The Tree of Life (2011) outdoor film screening, 7pm, Multipurpose Room of the Steinmetz Senior Center at Steinmetz Park in Hacienda Heights, More info

3/15 (Sat):  Be Cool (2005) film screening, 1pm, Mark Twain Public Library in South Central LA, More info

3/18 (Tues): La Danse (2009) film screening, 7:30 pm, Hammer Museum in Westwood, free but tickets required, $3 parking after 6pm, More info

Also, Roman Polanski's Cul-de-Sac (1966) film screening, 6:30 pm, Montana Avenue Branch Library in Santa Monica, More info  

3/20 (Thurs):  John Ford's The Informer (1935) film screening, 2pm, Montana Avenue Branch Library in Santa Monica, More info  

3/21 (Fri): Even the Rain (También la Lluvia) film screening, 7pm, Multipurpose Room of the Steinmetz Senior Center at Steinmetz Park in Hacienda Heights, More info 

3/22 (Sat): Gravity film screening (with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney), 2pm, Sherman Oaks Martin Pollard Branch Library in Sherman Oaks,  More info

3/24 (Mon): Fair Game film screening (with Naomi Watts),  2pm, Sherman Oaks Martin Pollard Branch Library in Sherman Oaks, More info

3/25 (Tues):  The Spy Next Door film screening (with Jackie Chan), 6:30 pm, Montana Avenue Branch Library in Santa Monica, More info

3/29 (Sat):  Great Women of Mexican Film: Maria Candelaria film screening (with Dolores del Rio), in Spanish without subtitles, 2pm, Echo Park Library in Echo Park, More info

4/1 (Tues):  Murder by Death film screening (with Truman Capote and Alec Guinness), 1:30 pm, Skirball Cultural Center in West LA, More info 

4/4 (Fri):  La Bamba (1987) outdoor film screening, 8pm, Montebello City Park in Montebello, More info

4/8 (Tues): Our Man in Havana film screening (with Alec Guinness),  1:30 pm, Skirball Cultural Center in West LA, More info

4/11 (Fri):  Clara and the Secret of the Bears (2012) outdoor film screening, 8pm, Montebello City Park in Montebello, More info

4/18 (Fri):  LACMA9 Shorts Program, 7pm, Montebello City Park in Montebello, More info

4/19 (Sat):  East L.A. Film Shorts (emerging Latino filmmakers), 8pm, Montebello City Park in Montebello,  More info

4/25 (Fri):  Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) outdoor film screening, 8pm, Montebello City Park in Montebello, More info

Wonderland Unbound

VISUAL AND GRAPHIC ARTS 

3/1 (Sat):  Premiere of Jacob Hashimoto's Gas Giant installation, MOCA Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, installation is on view through June 8th, More info


3/5 (Wed): Shirley Familian: 19.275 Stamps exhibit (free day at CAFAM), CAFAM in Miracle Mile dstrict, also free day on 4/2, exhibit closes on 3/27,  More info

3/29 (Sat):  Opening Party for Sinful Saints and Saintly Sinners at the Margins of the Americas
 Exhibition (live music and libations + pre-party talk with curator at 5pm), 6pm, UCLA's Fowler Museum in Westwood, RSVP to the party by March 7, More info

3/30 (Sun):  Opening Reception for Open Call L.A. 2014 exhibit, 2-5pm, LA Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park in Little Armenia, More info

4/17 (Thurs):  Multimedia Event and Opening Reception for Wonderland Unbound exhibit (digital animation, light projection and more), 8pm, Doheny Memorial Library on USC's University Park Campus in Downtown LA, More info

Thru 4/26:  22nd Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design exhibit, FIDM Galleries in Downtown, More info

Thru 4/27: The Power of Photography: National Geographic 125 Years exhibit, Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City, More info

OTHER EVENTS 

3/2 (Sun):  Norouz - Persian New Year & Free Day, 10am-4pm, Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, More info

3/16 (Sun):  Fridamania/Women's Day Festival & Free Day, 11am-5pm, MOLAA in Long Beach, More info

3/17 (Mon):  St. Patricks Day Celebration with Young Dubliners in concert, Irish food and beer garden), 11am, Pershing Square in Downtown, More info

3/29 (Sat):  Grand Park Downtown Bookfest, 12-5pm, Grand Park in Downtown LA, More info

3/30 (Sun): Open House Festivities at newly renovated and reopened Brand Library and Park (music, food trucks, games/prizes, demonstrations and art show), 12-4pm, Brand Library and Park in Glendale, More info

4/5 (Sat):  Taco Madness (live music, art, bar and city's favorite taco vendors), 12-7:30 pm, Grand Park in Downtowon LA, More info

4/6 (Sun):  LA Puppetfest: Million Puppet Parade, 10:30am-1pm, 3rd and Wilshire in Santa Monica, More info