Monday, January 11, 2010

Weekly Events Calendar: Found in LA (Jan. 11th-17th)

FEATURED IN FOUNDTRACK PODCAST - EPISODE 11
LAST UPDATED - JAN. 13th

Monday / January 11th

MUSIC
- Vampire Weekend @ 89.9fm KCRW (Morning Becomes Eclectic with Jason Bentley - 11:15am)
- KCRW Presents Jesca Hoop, Maria Taylor, more @ Hotel Cafe
- KROQ Locals Only Presents The French Semester, Asbury, The Monolators, Manhattan Murder Mystery @ Echo (FREE)
- The Steelwells, Yellow Red Sparks, The Romany Rye @ Silverlake Lounge (FREE)
- Northstar Session, Clockwork, David George @ Bootleg (FREE)
- Year Long Disaster, Hydrovibe, It's Casual, Fatso Jetson @ Spaceland (FREE)
- Wonder Wheel, Tan Dollar, Weed Diamond @ Synchronicity Space
- Odawas, Dominique Leone, The Vespertines @ Echo Curio
- Sean Carnage Presents Thurston Moore is A Faggot, Tenlons Fort @ Pehrspace
- Reverend Mothers, Torches in Trees @ Tribal Cafe
DJ'S
- Funkmosphere feat. Dam-Funk @ Carbon (Culver City)
FILM
- Reel to Reel: Soundtrack for a Revolution @ Grammy Museum - This exciting, new documentary tells the story of the American civil rights movement through its powerful music
- "Fish Tank" (2009) @ Billy Wilder Theatre (Archive Preview) - Andrea Arnold's second feature has been generating rave reviews since it shared the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2009 for its brutally honest portrayal of a troubled young girl living in a British housing project.
- "White Ribbon" (2009) @ Egyptian Theatre - Golden Globe Foreign-Language Nominee from Germany.
- LA Film School Presents Winter Shorts Night Series @ Space 15 Twenty
- James Benning: Ruhr (U.S. Premiere) @ REDCAT

Tuesday / January 12th
MUSIC
- Cold War Kids @ 89.9fm KCRW (Morning Becomes Eclectic with Jason Bentley - 11:15am)
- Vampire Weekend, Very Be Careful @ Henry Fonda Theatre
- Dim Mak Tuesdays feat. live performance from The Phenomenal Handclap Band, with special guest DJ's from NY Jubilee, Dstar plus resident DJ's Them Jeans, Dan Oh @ Cinespace
- Beth Orton with special guests @ Largo
- Obi Best, The Monthlies, Queen Kwong, Meredith Meyer @ Spaceland
- Olin And The Moon, Eleni Mandell @ Echo (FREE)
- The Parson Red Heads, Seven Saturdays, Go West Young Man @ Bootleg
- Lantvrn, The Secret 6, Lucy Ryder @ Silverlake Lounge
- Cloaked Light, Pale Blue Sky, Josh Burke, Infinite Body, Rale, Mirror To Mirror, Earn, Pedestrian Deposit @ Echo Curio
- Bangarang (az), Great Job (az), Nicole Kidman, BIRTH!, Hot Topic @ Women (Crenshaw)
DJ's/PARTIES
- Mas Exitos feat. selectors Ganas, Enorbito, Lengua, Hoseh, Chico Sonido @ Verdugo Bar (FREE)
Origami Vinyl Presents Record Club @ El Prado (FREE)
FILM
- "Lust for Life" (1956) @ LACMA (Tuesday Matinees - 1pm)
- Enter the Tuesday Presents "Enter the Dragon" (1973) @ Downtown Independent Theatre - 35mm return of the Bruce Lee classic with FREE PBR...10pm
- "A Prophet" (Sneak Preview - 2009) @ Egyptian Theatre - Golden Globe Foreign-Language Nominee from France.

Wednesday / January 13th
MUSIC
- LA Weekly Presents The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Jogger, White Arrows @ Echo
- Michael Runion with friends @ The Standard Hollywood (Cactus Lounge)
- The Meeting Places, Wrong Way Driver, Robotanists, Ovideo @ Spaceland (Club NME)
- Le Switch, New World Record @ Pershing Square (FREE)
- The Passports, Oh Darling, Mia Maestro, Nadine & Terence @ Bootleg
- Half Hearted, Molino, Space Waves @ Silverlake Lounge
- Boats, Batwings Catwings, Rough Kids @ Echo Curio
- David Garza and Carla Morrison @ La Cita
- Flesh Unitard, Nikos Eliot, TBA @ Three of Clubs (Marathon Live)
- Little Red Radio, On Blast, Apes of Wrath, That Noise plus guest Dj's Jordan Masterson, Ishowmyself and resident dj's Raulie, Keith 2.0, DJ N @ Boardner's (Club Moscow)
- Alex B, Dibiase, Devonwho @ Airliner Club (Low End Theory)
DJ'S/PARTIES
- Your "Lucky Break" Event/Fundraiser hosted by Director, Gil Cates Jr. @ Bardot (Hollywood) - Several raffles for casting workshops, Talent Mgr & Dir mtgs, headshots. Open bar from 8-9pm. Proceeds support the nonprofit documentary called "Defining Beauty".
- J Dub Records Presents Milk & Honey Party feat. DJ Boro Boro @ Bar Lubitsch (Open Vodka Bar while it lasts)
- Om feat. DJ Itai, Aaron Byrd (KCRW) with house band L'Espirit D'Afrique @ Zanzibar
- Soul in the Park Presents The Listen Recovery Takeover feat. Fresko, Rich Spirit, Renz, Buyepongo and resident DJ Rani D @ Footsie's (FREE)
MFG and Otis Workshop Party @ Mandrake
FILM
- Steven Severin's Music to Silents @ Silent Movie Theatre (Cinefamily) - In his Los Angeles live solo debut, Steven Severin (founding member and longtime bassist for Siouxsie And The Banshees) comes to the Cinefamily for two successive nights of intense, compelling, moody and sensuous live scores to rare silent and experimental films!
- "Girls on the Wall" (2009) @ Egyptian Theatre (Los Angeles Premiere) - Discussion following with director Heather Ross, plus starting at 7pm, a live hip hop session in the courtyard featuring the breakdance stylings of the "Antics" b-girl crew, plus some of the city's fines teen emcee's.

Thursday / January 14th
MUSIC
- I Am A Lazer feat. Daedelus, Gaslamp Killer, Strangeloop, Timeboy @ Club Nokia - A monthly Post Downtown LA Art Walk Night of Future Culture
- Alberta Cross, Hacienda, The Jakes @ Troubadour
- The Builders and the Butchers, Blue Giant, Mia Riddle @ Spaceland
- Performer Magazine Presents Julia Nunes (early set time), Danny Tieger, Make Moon @ Echo
- Creedle, Upsilon Acrux @ Bootleg
- The Arms, Red Tide, Twilight Sleep, A Decent Animal @ Silverlake Lounge
- Man/Miracle @ Origami Vinyl (7pm- FREE)
- The Finches, Red Pony Clock, The Paddle Boat @ Synchronicity Space
- Robert James, Cigarette Burns, Manhattan Murder Mystery @ L'Keg Gallery
- Gestapo Khazi, Stab City @ Alex's Bar
- Spring Standards (formerly Old Springs Pike), The Daylights, Golden State, Apollo Run @ Hotel Cafe
- Kimya Dawson, Your Heart Breaks, Angelo Spencer @ The Smell
DJ's/PARTIES
- Dance Right feat. special guests Kingdom, Taliesin, Chico Sonido, plus special live performance from Moneypenny @ La Cita (FREE w/RSVP)
- Afro Funke Presents DJ Concise (Rhythm Section) plus resident DJ's Jeremy Sole (KCRW), Glenn Red @ Zanzibar
- Afex Thursdays feat. DJ Adam 12 and special guests @ Temporary Spaces II
MISC.
- Downtown Art Walk
- Mindful Awareness @ Hammer Museum (Hammer Lectures)
ART
- James K. Colton - Sport Photography: The Ooh Factors @ The Annenberg Space for Photography - Fully booked but limited seats will be available for early arrivers ; Colton is currently the photography editor for Sports Illustrated .
FILM
- "Baader-Meinhof Complex" (2008) @ Egyptian Theatre
- "Broken Embraces" (2009) @ Aero Theatre - Golden Globe Foreign-Language Nominee from Spain
- "Blood of a Poet" (1930) with live score from Steven Severin's @ Silent Movie Theatre (Cinefamily)

Friday / January 15th
MUSIC
- Music Go Music @ 89.9fm KCRW (Morning Becomes Eclectic with Jason Bentley - 11:15am)
- GZA, Curtains, DJ Dark Alley @ Echoplex
- Psychic Powers, Evan Voytas @ Echo (Club Underground)
- Night Horse, Dusted Angel, Normandie @ Spaceland
- Mount Righteous, Seasons @ Bootleg
- Abe Vigoda, Alps of New South Wales, Dunes @ Echo Curio
- New Planets, Tigers Can Bite You, Luke Janela, Modern Time Machines @ Pehrspace
- Jesca Hoop, Andy Clockwise @ Hotel Cafe
- Richard Shindell with special guest Antje Duvekot @ McCabe's Guitar Shop (SOLD OUT)
- Dios, Forcefield On, Bella Novella, Pterodactyl @ Alex's Bar
DJ'S/PARTIES
- Control Presents Zodiac Cartel Will Bailey, Circuit Freq @ Avalon
-
Dan Wilcox (KCRW) @ The Doheny (Free w/Facebook RSVP) - or email dohenyrsvp at att dot net
- Purple Lounge Fridays feat. Ben Oprtsu, Doc P and Josh Garcia @ The Standard Hotel Hollywood (Purple Lounge) - FREE w/RSVP
FILM
- "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (2001) feat. Rainbow Carnage Live @ Nuart Theatre
- "Mississippi Mermaid" (1969) @ LACMA (Spotlight on Jean-Paul Belmondo)
- "Baader-Meinhof Complex" (2008) @ Egyptian Theatre
- "The Maid" (2009) @ Aero Theatre - Golden Globe Foreign-Language Nominee from Chile
- "Cliffhanger" (1993) @ Fairfax Regency Theatres (Midnight Screening)
MISC.
- Wild Wild West Side @ Esotouric Bus Tours

Saturday / January 16th
MUSIC
- Hockey, Asa Ransom, Eastern Conference Champions @ Spaceland
- FYF Fest Presents AA Bondy, Nik Freitas, Willy Mason @ Echo (Early Show)
- KCRW Presents Asobi Seksu (Acoustic Set), Coby Brown, Yellow Red Sparks, more @ Hotel Cafe
- George Glass, Radars to the Sky, The Voyeurs, Tigers Can Bite You @ Dakota Lounge
- Foot Foot, The Finches, Ash Reiter, Loyal Sons & Daughters, Heather Woodbury @ Echo Curio
- Orphan Fairytale, Dolphins Into The Future, Monopoly Child Star Searchers, Eekhoorn X Helmutmut @ Synchronicity Space
- Meho Plaza, SISU, boxViolet, Soccoro @ Pehrspace
- Merry Christmas, Les Blanks, Roman Candle @ L'Keg Gallery
- Wonder Wheel, Professor Calculus, Tan Dollar, Weed Diamond, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jules Verne @ FMLY Wherehouse (5011 W. Adams Blvd)
- Mike Watt and his Secondmen @ Redwood Bar & Grill
- Mose Allison @ Largo
- Leo Nocentelli (Meters), w/Stanton Moore (Galactic) & Bill "Budda" Dickens (Stevie Wonder) @ The Mint
- Jesse Sykes with Phil Wandscher @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
- Mamak Khadem @ Getty Center (Sounds of LA) - 7:30pm
DJ'S/PARTIES
- Flow 1 Year Anniversary feat. Raul Campos (KCRW) and Steve Beltran @ The King King
MISC.
- Edan The Deejay's Echo Party and Ricky Powell Slideshow (West Coast Premiere) @ Silent Movie Theatre - To celebrate the release of his latest album, "Echo Party", the MC/DJ known as Edan will appear in-person for an epic DJ set, as well as to present the L.A. premiere of the film Echo Party, the half-hour found footage mashup companion piece to the album (directed by Cinefamily's own Mondo maharajah Tom Fitzgerald!)
- Avaland Presents Laidback Luke, Radio Slave, Gina Turner @ Avalon - Palenke Soultribe DJ Set with Pablokey, Erphun, more in the Honey lounge from 10pm-4am.
FILM
- "Pierrot Le Fou" (1965) / "Stavisky" (1974) @ LACMA (Spotlight on Jean-Paul Belmondo)
- "Baader-Meinhof Complex" (2008) @ Egyptian Theatre
- "Crazy Heart" (2009) / "The Big Lebowski" (1998) @ Aero Theater (SOLD OUT) - Jeff Bridges in Person! Double Feature
- "Marked For Death" (1990) @ New Beverly Cinema (Midnight Screening)
- "Donnie Darko" (2001) @ Angel City Drive In
ART
- Youth Parade feat. the work of Michael Mararian @ Corey Helford Gallery

Sunday / January 17th
MUSIC
- Miracle: An Afternoon Acoustic Celebration curated by Becky Stark feat. Becky Stark, ASKA, Ariana Delawari, Paige Stark, Jennifer Furches , Chapin Sisters, Devon Williams , Carolyn Pennypacker , Riggs , George Ellias , Marissa Nadler , Heather Porcaro , Alex & Sam, Josh Fadem @ Space 15 Twenty
- The Yummy Fur (Franz Ferdinand, The 1990's), Never Ever (Formerly Champagne Socialists), Guest DJ Kevin Pedersen (What's Your Rupture?) @ Echo (Part-Time Punks)
- Hell Ya! Presents Adam Franklin (Swervedriver) & Bolts of Melody, Rabbits, The Arms @ Spaceland
- Castanets, Tiger Saw, Alps of New South Wales @ Bootleg
- Andrew Jackson Jihad, Kepi Ghoulie, Partners in 818 @ Echo Curio
- Orphan Fairytale, Dolphins Into The Future, Eekhoorn X Helmutmut, James Ferraro @ L'Keg Gallery
- Butterfly Bones @ New Space (5011 W. Adams Blvd)
- Peppino D'Agostino @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
- Mamak Khadem @ Getty Center (Sounds of LA) - 3pm

Long - Running Events
- Dec. 5th - Jan. 13th - Post-It Show 4 @ GR2 - Dec. 12th - Jan. 17th - Mountains & Flowers @ Space 15 Twenty
- Dec. 12th - Jan. 23rd - High Lonesome @ M+B Gallery
- Oct. 20th - Jan. 24th - "I Feel Different" @ LACE
- Jan. 23rd- Feb. 5th - The Apocalyptic Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky @ LACMA
- Jan. 12th - Feb. 7th - The Pee-Wee Herman Show @ Club Nokia
- Nov. 14th - March 7th - "Sport: Iooss & Leifer @ Annenburg Space for Photography
- Nov. 19th - March 7th - "Road To Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-68 @ Skirball Cultural Center
- Nov. 15th - May 03rd - Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years @ MOCA

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