Thursday, June 7
Openings and Events in Venice
Ryan Buynak: Writer, Bartender, Skateboarder, Beyond Baroque (Venice), 8pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Are You Ready to Rock, UCLA, 5–8pm.
Andrea Fraser Lecture, UCLA (Westwood), 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Esther Pearl Watson: Tire Universe, Caitlin Lonegan: Points of View, and Mark Todd Solo: Two-Hit Wonder (and a Half), Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, 5–7pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
CraftNight: Embroidery and Mending with Mimi Haddon, Craft & Folk Art Museum, 7–9pm.
Talk: Curator Walkthrough of City and Cosmos: The Arts of Teotihuacan, LACMA, 7pm.
Downtown Openings and Events
Aperture Presents: A Book Launch and Signing with Charlotte Cotton, MOCA Grand Avenue, 6–8pm.
In Performance: Sichong Xie, Hauser & Wirth, 6:30pm.
Artists on Artists: Dianna Molzan, MOCA Grand Avenue, 7pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Frau Fiber Vs. the Machines, Human Resources, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
Worm Brains, AWHRHWAR, 10pm.
Openings and Events Across Los Angeles
LA Design Festival, various locations (across Los Angeles).
Friday, June 8
Openings and Events in Beverlywood
Blacklight 2, Hero Complex Gallery, 7pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Rashaad Newsome and Christine Kim in Conversation, The Andaz, 6pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
MexiCali Biennial Launch, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), 7–10pm. Continues June 9.
Downtown Openings and Events
Late Night Fridays, Natural History Museum, 5–8pm.
Movie Nights at the Museum: The Last of His Tribe, Los Angeles Poverty Department, 7pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
AUTODUPLICITY, Automata, 8pm.
Openings and Events in Frogtown
Yasmine Diaz: Exit Strategies, Women’s Center for Creative Work, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events in Glendale
QUEER, ace/121, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
An Evening Among the Roses in Wonderland, The Huntington, 7–9:30pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Flow I Obstruction: process.dialogue.inquiry, The Collaborative (Long Beach), 6–8pm.
Saturday, June 9
Openings and Events in Malibu
Radiance: The Art of Color, Getty Villa, 3pm.
Openings and Events in Venice
SCHUBERTIANA, an homage to Swedish Nobel Prize-winning poet Tomas Tranströmer, Beyond Baroque, 4pm.
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Paul Pescador: Going West, or 15 Years in Los Angeles, 18th Street Arts Center, 5:30–8pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Art Without Walls: Gardening a Better Future, Hammer Museum, 2–4pm. Continues June 10.
Made in L.A. 2018 Curator Walk-throughs, Hammer Museum, 2pm.
Openings and Events in Century City
The Art of Your Story: Finding Legacy Through the Lens, Annenberg Space for Photography, 10am–1pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Shaniqwa Jarvis West Coast Book Launch + Signing, Arcana: Books on the Arts, 4–6pm.
Vernacular Environments, Part 2, Edward Cella Art+Architecture, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Beverly Grove
Arline Fisch: Aquatic Bloom, Craft in America Center, 4–6pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Mark Leonard: Myths and Old Masters, Louis Stern Fine Arts, 5–7pm.
It's Snowing in LA, AA|LA, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
I Heart Poetry and Day Drinking: Amy Gerstler and Ariana Reines, LAXART, 12–3pm.
All Ages Workshop by Slanguage, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, 12–2pm.
Liesl Bradner Book Signing Snapdragon, Fahey/Klein Gallery, 2–4pm.
Openings and Events in Koreatown
Special: DAPPER DAY + LACMA Celebrate David Hockney, LACMA, 10am–9pm.
Film: Mondo Hollywood, LACMA, 3pm.
Downtown Openings and Events
Summer on 7th, Inner City Arts, 6pm–12am. $50.
Nettie Wakefield: Brandy, Jason Vass, 6–9pm.
Las Lenguas and Gas Gallery: take care, BBQLA, 8pm-12am.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Pure Not Proper, Coagula Curatorial, 5–9pm.
Mirame Bien and Shizu Saldamando - To Return, Charlie James Gallery, 6–9pm.
Karrie Ross and Sabine Meyer zu Reckendorf, Tieken Gallery, 6–10pm.
Elijah Pierce and Leroy Almon, The Good Luck Gallery, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events in Frogtown
COLLECTING STORIES: A Social-Cultural History of the River, Lewis MacAdams Riverfront Park, 12–2pm.
Empathy/a, The Diogenes Club LA, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Workshop: Borderline Flamenco, an experience for all with Paola Escobar, Pieter, 12–3pm. $20.
Open Studios, Keystone Art Space, 6–10pm.
Stuff I’m doing: Carmela Hermann Dietrich, Pieter, 8:30–10pm.
Openings and Events in Glassell Park
Jane O'Neill: Eyeyouwe, Elephant, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
Alika Cooper - Exhibition walk-through and casual conversation, ODD ARK • LA, 2pm.
Meagan Boyd & DeeDee Cheriel, Namaste, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Pasadena Playhouse Block Party, Pasadena Playhouse, 12–10pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
MATISSE DRAWINGS, Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach), 11am–5pm.
Sunday, June 10
Openings and Events in Venice
Laureates Reading: Kim Dower and Mila Cuda, Beyond Baroque, 4pm.
Openings and Events in Bel-Air
Soraya Sarah Nazarian Program in the Fine Arts Presents: Bookmaking Workshop, American Jewish University, 11am–3pm.
Conversations in Sculpture, American Jewish University, 3pm.
Openings and Events in Koreatown
MacArthur Park Celebration with Social Justice Theatre, Music, Meditations & Play, Visitor Welcome Center, 2–5pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Slamdance Cinema Club: Mr. Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End, ArcLight Cinemas, 8–10pm.
Openings and Events in Los Feliz
Akina Cox: The Ruthless Sister, Old Zoo in Griffith Park, 12–4pm.
The Candy Store, Parker Gallery, 2–4pm.
Downtown Openings and Events
Makers Fest, California African American Museum, 1–4pm.
Linda Taalman, MOCA Grand Avenue, 3pm.
107th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Natural History Museum.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Summer Nocturne: Works on Paper from the 1970s, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 11am–5pm.
Scott Froschauer: Echo Enigma closing, Ark Gallery and Studios (Altadena), 2–5pm.
Tuesday, June 12
Openings and Events in Westwood
A. M. Homes, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Film: City Lights, LACMA, 1pm.
Talk: Annette Insdorf’s “Cinematic Overtures: How to Read Opening Scenes”, LACMA, 7:30pm.
Downtown Openings and Events
Screening of Artist + Mother and panel with Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Tanya Aguiñiga, California African Museum, 7–9pm.
Los Angeles Filmforum presents In the Intense Now, by João Moreira Salles, Downtown Independent, 8pm. $6–12.
Openings and Events in Frogtown
Screening: Perween Rahman: The Rebel Optimist, Women’s Center for Creative Work, 6:30–10pm.
Songs Like Stars, Women’s Center for Creative Work, 8–10pm. $20–25.
Wednesday, June 13
Openings and Events in Westwood
https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2018/06/patrick-staff-on-candice-lin Patrick Staff on Candice Lin, Hammer Museum, 6pm.
L. COHEN, a film by James Benning, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.