Thursday, January 17
Openings and Events in Westwood
BREAKING THE RULES, UCLA, 5pm.
Midterms Recap: Beyond the Headlines, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
VIET THANH NGUYEN & LUIS ALBERTO URREA IN CONVERSATION, UCLA, 8pm.
Viet Thanh Nguyen & Luis Alberto Urrea in Conversation, CAP UCLA, 8pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Desire Rebecca Moheb-Zandi, The Newsstand Project, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Film: I Am The Night, LACMA, 7pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
POP UP ED RUSCHA SCREENING, USC, 10am–6pm. Continues January 18.
A Quilt is a Wave: Stitch n Bitch, Textile Factory DTLA, 6–10pm.
Blame the Audience #3: A Film Series Organized by Jason Simon, MOCA Grand Avenue, 7pm.
In Conversation: Vida L. Brown and Donald Grant, California African American Museum, 7–9pm.
The New Internet Commons: READER on Black Twitter, NAVEL, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Dorian Wood: Rhythm Nation 1814, Human Resources, 7–9pm. $15.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Downtown at Sundown, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego), 5–8pm.
In the Sunshine of Neglect: Defining Photographs and Radical Experiments in Inland Southern California, 1950 to the Present, Riverside Art Museum, (Riverside), 6–9pm.
Film Night: The Band's Visit, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 6pm.
Friday, January 18
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Film: Never Look Away, LACMA, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Back-to-Back: Artist-led Tours of Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush at CAAM and ICA LA, California African American Museum and ICA LA, 1–5pm.
RELEASED, Skid Row History Museum and Archive, 7pm.
Openings and Events in Echo Park
Los Angeles Filmforum presents And Magics: The films of Josh B Mabe, and his Chicago favorites, Echo Park Film Center, 8pm. $6–10.
Saturday, January 19
Openings and Events in Westchester
Confess: An Installation by Trina McKillen and Artist Conversation, Laband Art Gallery, 5–8pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
PROCESSING COMMUNITY DAY, UCLA, 10am–9pm.
Hammer Projects: Jamilah Sabur, Hammer Museum, 11am–5pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Artist-at-Work: French Fashion, Getty Center, 1–3pm.
Sounds of L.A.: Los Pleneros de la 21, Getty Center, 7pm. Also January 20.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Opening reception with photograms from Club Shine, Von Lintel, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Talk: Flora: Conversation with Artists and Curators, LACMA, 1pm.
Philippe Decrauzat: Double Exposure, Praz-Delavallade, 5–7pm.
Xavier Robles de Medina: Opportunity Cost, UNIT 5, 5–7pm.
Openings and Events in Koreatown
David Alekhuogie: to live & die in LA and Kenneth Tam: Tamborine, Commonwealth & Council, 4–7pm.
Nikki Darling | John Burltle, Visitor Welcome Center, 5–8pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Petra Cortright: Lucky Duck Lights Out, 1301PE, 11am–1pm.
Jasmine Little: Ink and Pots, The Newsstand Project, 11am–1:30pm.
Helen Lundeberg: Interiors, Louis Stern Fine Arts, 5–7pm.
Heidi Lau: Blood Echos, AA/LA, 6–9pm.
André Butzer, Werner Büttner, and Arnulf Rainer, Nino Mier Gallery, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Gonzalo Lebrija: Veladuras Nocturnas, Kohn Gallery, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Films selected by Morgan Fisher, REDCAT, 3–5pm. $8.
Figurine by Haleh Mashian, Mash Gallery, 6–9pm.
Manuel Compito & Scott Taylor: Bridging the Divide, Skid Row History Museum and Archive, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Elucidating the Spine: Allison Linamen, Pieter, 1–3pm. $25.
Subject/Observer, Keystone Art Space, 7–10pm.
new work by NICK+JAMES, featuring an opening performance by Jessie Young, Pieter, 8:30–10pm.
Openings and Events in Glendale
Open House: Common-Unity, ace/121 Gallery, 1–5pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Family Music Performance: Sounds of The Huntington, The Huntington, 1pm.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Exquisite Rugs, Exceptional Service, 530 N. Lake Avenue, 12–6pm. Through January 21.
Openings and Events in Monterey Park
Wang Xu in Conversation with Simon Leung, Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College, 1–2:30pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Terms of Use and In Search of Baba Singh, Claire Trevor School of the Arts (Irvine), 2–5pm.
The Magic Hour No. 4, The Magic Hour (Twentynine Palms), 4pm–sunset.
In the Sunshine of Neglect Opening Reception, Riverside Art Museum (Riverside), 6–9pm.
Kim Zumpfe: place where, before, In A In, Torrance Art Museum (Torrance), 6–9pm.
Sunday, January 20
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler: Flora, LACMA, 10am–7pm.
Structuring Matter, Matter Studio Gallery, 4–7pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
The Films of Baum & Lo and Orphan Films from the Center Cinema Co-op, Egyptian Theatre, 7:30pm. $6–10.
Openings and Events Downtown
Christian Eckart: White Noise and Lianne Barnes: Nature of Things, Wilding Cran, 3–5pm.
Jordan Casteel on One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art, MOCA Grand Avenue, 3pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Chinese Music Program: An Afternoon of Pingtan, The Huntington, 2pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Public Lecture: Hollis Goodall, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 2:30pm.
Poetry Apocalypse, Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro), 4–6pm.
Monday, January 21
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Music: Target Free Holiday Monday Concert—Dream Phases, LACMA, 12:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, California African American Museum, 10am–5pm.
Tuesday, January 22
Openings and Events in Westwood
UC REGENTS’ LECTURE: LARS MÜLLER, UCLA, 6pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Film: Harold Lloyd Double Feature: Grandma's Boy + Safety Last!, LACMA, 1pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Staged Meaning/Meaning Staged, USC Fisher Museum, 12–5pm.
Openings and Events in Frogtown
Hélène Berr, A Stolen Life, Scripps College (Claremont), 9am–5pm.
Wednesday, January 23
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Daniel Libeskind: Edge of Order, Getty Center, 7pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
LA Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, 7–11pm. Through January 27.
N. Katherine Hayles: Human as Alien: From Frankenstein to Ex Machina and Annihilation, REDCAT, 8:30pm. $10–20.
Openings and Events in Frogtown
Basic Guidelines For Zero Waste, Women’s Center for Creative Work, 7:30–9:30pm. $3.