Thursday, August 9
Openings and Events in Westwood
KCON West: The Fortress, with director Hwang Dong-hyuk, Hammer Museum, 6pm.
Lauren Elizabeth Baba: theBABAorchestra, Hammer Museum, 8pm.
Openings and Events in Century City
Iris Nights:Tracking Time in America’s Inner Cities: A Conversation with Camilo José Vergara and Christopher Hawthorne, Annenberg Space for Photography, 7pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Double Feature: The Maze/Cease Fire, Aero Theatre, 7:30pm.
Film: Save the Green Planet!... Guest Curated by Ari Aster, LACMA, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Pope.L / Reading, The Underground Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Hacer, Deshacer, y Rehacer and Reclaim! Remain! Rebuild! Posters on Affordable Housing, Gentrification & Resistance, Self Help Graphics, 6–9pm.
ARC I, Navel, 7–10pm.
Gary Leonard + Josh Kun In Conversation, il caffè, 7pm.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Song A Day for the Month: The Concert Rufus Dumont and Participants from Song A Day's July Session, Pieter, 8:30–10pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Plant Nursery Open House, The Huntington, 2:30pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
IndieFest International, Rosenthal Wine Bar and Patio (Malibu), 6–10pm.
Friday, August 10
Openings and Events in Venice
An Evening of Words and Music, Beyond Baroque, 8pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Double Feature: House of Wax / The Mad Magician, Aero Theatre, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Dance Downtown: Disco, Grand Park, 7–11pm.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Separation, Tin Flats, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
LAMAGPlay: What’s in your Bug Out Bag? with Allison Stewart, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 4:30–6:30pm.
Openings and Events in Atwater Village
CALLING ALL DIVAS, OOF Books, 8–10pm.
Saturday, August 11
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Nicole Finger: Temptation and David Ashwell: Why Landscape?, Skidmore Contemporary Art, 4–6pm.
Openings and Events in Venice
Dotan Saguy: Venice Beach, The Last Days of a Bohemian Paradise, Venice Arts, 5–8pm.
Daughters of Babalon, Beyond Baroque, 8pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Beatriz Cortez on EJ Hill, Hammer Museum, 3pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Hecho a Mano, Gallery 825, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Double Feature: Man in the Dark / Inferno, Aero Theatre, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Rauschenberg: In and About L.A., LACMA, 10am–7pm.
Maceo Paisley with Andrea Felyer Present Line Steppers, Marciano Art Foundation, 1 and 3pm. Also August 12.
The 2018 California Open Exhibition, TAG Gallery, 5–8pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Unbecoming: Yale MFA Photography 2018 Thesis Show, ltd los angeles, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Koreatown
Closing Event for Hildegarde Duane: Storied, as-is.la, 2–5pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Black TED organized by Mutant Salon members Sarah Gail Armstrong and Dove Ayinde and Performances by Adee Roberson and Anna Luisa Petrisko, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, 7pm.
Clark Orr: Baggage, G1988, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Salvadoran Art & Activism in LA: 1980s-Present, The Mistake Room, 11:30am–1pm.
Barbara T. Smith, Nancy Buchanan + Paul McCarthy, The Box, 3pm.
Art Buzz: This Brush for Hire with Norm Laich, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 5:30–7pm.
The Barricade Reading Group, Ronald Reagan State Bldg, 1–3pm.
Summer Screenings: John Baldessari, Ed Ruscha, Alex Israel, and Analia Saban, Mixografia, 3pm.
Summer Garden Party, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, 5–7pm. $20.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
Chase Roselli and Lisa Ostapinski, Namaste, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Poets and Poems, Michillinda Park, 4–5:15pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Long Beach Avenue Open Studios, LONG BEACH AVENUE LOFT/STUDIOS (Long Beach), 1–9pm.
The Incongruous Body, American Museum of Ceramic Art (Pomona) 7–9pm.
Sunday, August 12
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Film: Creature from the Black Lagoon, Aero Theatre, 3pm.
Jazz on the Lawn 2018, Gandara Park, 4–7pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Family Flicks Film Series: Old Yeller, Hammer Museum, 11am.
African Marketplace Pop-Up, Fowler Museum, 12–5pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Bamboo Wind Chimes and Hanging Sculptures: CraftLab Family Workshop, 1:30–3:30pm.
Dial M for Murder, LACMA, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
CAAM Reads! After/Image, California African American Museum, 3–4:30pm.
Archaeology of the present: Artists Addressing Climate Change, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 3–5pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
How They Ran, Over the Influence, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Your Body, Your Self: Techniques for Anxiety and Depression: Nicholas Duran, Pieter, 1–4pm. $30-50.
Orgasmic Yoga: Dr. Victoria Reuveni, Pieter, 7–10pm. $20.
Tuesday, August 14
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Film: The Circus of Life, LACMA, 1pm.
Space Is the Place: Lauren Halsey and Patrisse Cullors, Hammer Museum, 6–7pm.
Touki Bouki, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Wednesday, August 15
Isle of Dogs, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.