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| Calendar of All Events |
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| Now through September 22, see website for hours |
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Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave, Exhibition
The first mid-career survey of the work of Marlene Dumas (b. 1953, Cape Town, lives in Amsterdam) to be organized by an American institution. Dumas’s rigorous investigation of the human condition is manifested through portraiture, figuration, and her ongoing, painterly exploration of the body. The exhibition includes over 100 paintings and drawings and is organized according to specific subjects Dumas has examined throughout her 30-year career, including children, pregnant women, the dead, and the female nude.
MoCA, 250 S. Grand Ave., LA
Phone: (213) 621-2766
Visit the website: http://www.moca.org/
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| Every Wednesday from August 6 - October 1, 7 pm |
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Organizing Events for Radical Woman, Meetings
Volunteers are invited to attend weekly meetings to plan Radical Women's 41st Anniversary Conference, to be held October 3-6 in San Francisco. Discuss current campaigns, outreach and other ideas.
Solidarity Hall, 2170 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City
Phone: (323) 732-6416
Visit the website: http://www.radicalwomen.org/
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| Ongoing daily, Aquarium hours (see website) |
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Whales: A Journey with Giants, Exhibit
A multimedia presentation of light, sound, and imagery centered on a life-sized model of the blue whale - the earth's largest living animal.
Aquarium of the Pacific, 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach
Phone: (562) 590-3109
Visit the website: http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/
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| Daily, 10 am |
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Sleeping Beauty, Screening & Performance
Disney's classic animated feature Sleeping Beauty (G), digitally restored and enhanced, plays at El Capitan, along with a live stage show featuring scenes and characters from several Disney / Pixar films. Parents' Picks winning Disney's Soda Fountain offers character breakfasts with Sleeping beauty before some 10am shows.
El Capitan Theatre, 6838 Hollywood Blvd., LA
Phone: 800.347.6396
Visit the website: http://disney.go.com/
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| Now through October 16, Thurs. - Fri., 10 am - 3 pm, Sat. - Sun., 10 am - 4 pm |
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Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor, Exhibition
Considered one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century, the tomb complex of China’s First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang, features thousands of terra cotta warriors that were tended to protect him throughout eternity. Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor is the largest loan of terra cotta figures and significant artifacts to ever travel to the U.S. from the First Emperor’s enormous mausoleum. The exhibition provides a deeper knowledge of this historical site and showcases 100 sets of objects, which includes approximately 20 life-size figures.
Bowers Museum, 2002 North Main St., Santa Ana
Phone: (714) 567-3600
Visit the website: http://www.bowers.org
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| September 3 - November 8, check website for hours |
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Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence, Exhibition
The shadow — literally, the absence of light — represents something that is beyond the object yet inseparable from it. In many of the works in Phantasmagoria, shadows are used to allude to death, the obscure and the unnamable, and to construct allegories of loss and disappearance. The artists evoke the history of the shadow theater in several of these pieces, including a video animation by South African artist William Kentridge; and the shapeshifting shadow cast by French artist Christian Boltanski's revolving doll, which recalls imagery from the carnival as well as figurines used to celebrate the Mexican Day of the Dead. Mist, breath and fog are often associated with mystery as in works by Rosângela Renno and Jeppe Hein's work.
USC Fisher Museum of Art, 823 Exposition Blvd., USC, LA
Phone: (213) 740-4561
Visit the website: http://www.uscfishermuseumofart.org
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| Thurs., Fri., Sat., September 4 - 27, 8 pm, Sundays at 4 pm |
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AGAMEMNON directed by Stephen Wadsworth, starring Tyne Daley and Delroy Lindo, Performance
This open-air staging by acclaimed director Stephen Wadsworth resurrects Aeschylus's unsettling domestic drama of The House of Atreus, heard in a riveting translation by the late Robert Fagles. The victorious Agamemnon arrives home with his surviving troops after the bloody battle for Troy. As the drama unfolds, a returning soldier bears witness to unthinkable carnage, a city questions the wisdom of the decade-long war, and a family turns the violence of war in on itself.
The Getty Villa, 19085 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu
Phone: (310) 440-7300
Visit the website: www.getty.edu
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| Sundays, 9:30 am - 1 pm |
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Santa Monica Main Street Farmer's Market, Outdoor Retail
Farmers' markets offer a chance to support local farmers while picking up something new and fresh for dinner. Kids enjoy the vibrant colors, smells, and tastes of the farm fresh produce, honey, nuts, and flowers, and there's always something new to try.
2640 Main St., Santa Monica
Phone: (310) 458-8712
Visit the website: http://www.smgov.net/
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| September 9, 8 pm |
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Brian Greene: Icaraus at the Edge of Time, Reading and Book Signing
The last hundred years have witnessed a panorama of stunning scientific discoveries, and among the most mind-blowing of all are black holes: regions of space threaded by such powerful gravity that anything venturing too close is unable to escape. Time itself is so thoroughly warped by black holes that it appears to stop at a black hole's edge. In his new book, Icarus at the Edge of Time, Brian Greene has woven these scientific insights into a futuristic re-imagining of the traditional Icarus myth, a fable about fathers and sons, curiosity and wisdom, and the complexity of the universe as only a physicist of his range and lucidity could. Designed by Chip Kidd–with full-color images from the Hubble Space Telescope–it is destined to be a classic for all ages.
CalTech, Beckman Auditorium, 332 S. Michigan Ave., Pasadena
Phone: (626) 395-4652
Visit the website: http://events.caltech.edu
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| September 12 - 14, 10 am - 10 pm |
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Mexican Independence Day, Outdoors Festival
Mexican Independence Day gets celebrated in style at El Pueblo of Los Angeles Historical Monument (home of Olvera Street). Throughout the day families can enjoy live music, dancing, and entertainment, as well as carnival rides and other fun.
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument, 125 El Paseo de La Plaza, LA
Phone: (213) 485-8372
Visit the website: http://www.olvera-street.com/
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