Thursday, June 9
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
The Influencers and The Gatekeepers, 18th Street Arts Center, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Flux, Summer 2022, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
FELT TIME THE HISTORY OF NOW | Knees, Schools, Urges: Jmy James Kidd & Tara Jane O’Neil, The Box, 6pm.
In Conversation: Saul Williams and Hamza Walker, California African American Museum, 7–8:30pm.
Carl Hancock Rux and Carrie Mae Weems: The Baptism, REDCAT, 8:30pm. $8–25.
Memory–Material, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, through June 12.
Openings and Events in La Cañada Flintridge
Tonalism ( in space: An ambient music exhibit and happening exploring spatial sound), Descanso Gardens, through June 12. Performance June 11.
Openings and Events in Long Beach
Keynote Talk: Doris Sung, Aquarium of the Pacific, 7–9pm. $20.
Openings and Events Online
Arts Communications Essentials | Session 1: Launching Your Content Strategy, 18th Street Arts Center, 12pm.
Friday, June 10
Openings and Events in Westwood
Sugar / En el séptimo día, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Peter Shire: Just Ask Around, AF Projects, through July 10.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Connecting Matter, Matter Studio Gallery, 6–9pm. Through June 17.
Openings and Events in Glendale
Glendale Electric! Festival, Museum of Neon Art, through June 11.
Openings and Events in San Marino
An Evening Among the Roses, The Huntington, 6pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Museum Architecture Tour: Exploring Expansion and Conservation, Kleefeld Contemporary (Long Beach), 10am.
Family Workshop: Found Objects, MOLAA (Long Beach), 5pm. $5.
Saturday, June 11
Openings and Events in the Pacific Palisades
Bacchus Uncorked: Drinking Like a Persian King, Getty Villa, through June 12.
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Melanie Willhide: Elegy of the Garden, Von Lintel Gallery, 4–7pm. Through August 27.
Openings and Events in Venice
The 9th Annual Fine Arts Film Festival (FAFF), Beyond Baroque, through June 11.
Openings and Events in Westwood
WTF NFT?, Hammer Museum, 9:30am–7pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
ARTHUR GRACE: COMMUNISM(S: A COLD WAR ALBUM), Arcana Books on the Arts, 4–6pm.
Vessel, Hashimoto Contemporary, 4–8pm. Through July 2.
Lenz Geerk: Arrival, Roberts Projects, 5–7pm. Through July 30.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Cole Sternberg: departed for the curve, Praz-Delavallade, 6–8pm. Through July 23.
A Trip to the Moon and Other Trips Through Time and Space, Academy Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Autumn Ramsey, PAUL SOTO, 5–7pm. Through July 23.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Dipo Doherty: Finding Home, Rele Gallery, through July 23.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Amir Zaki in conversation with Corrina Peipon & book signing of Building + Becoming, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, 2–4pm.
Adam Parker Smith: Crush, The Hole, 6–8pm. Through August 20.
Closing Reception for House & Garden, Stroll Garden, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events in Los Feliz
mano de dios: the nonsense continues, The Philosophical Research Society, 3–7pm; music performance by Franz Murder, 6pm. Through August 6.
Openings and Events Downtown
Queer Family Day, Natural HIstory Museum, 9:30am–2pm.
Susan Mogul: Sneak Peek, as-is, 2–5pm. Through July 23.
Docent-Led Tour of Body + Text, California African American Museum, 2pm.
Maudelle flew to outer space (uncapturable | Knees, Schools, Urges: taisha paggett), The Box, 5pm.
Reading & Book Signing with Scot Sothern, These Days, 6–9pm.
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things, GAVLAK, 5–7pm. Through July 30.
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Presents CURRENT: HEARTBEAT, Boomtown Brewery, 8pm. $35.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Walter Robinson: Escape to Adventure, Charlie James Gallery, 6–9pm. Through July 16.
Openings and Events in San Pedro
Children’s Art Workshops in the Garden, Angels Gate Cultural Center, 10:30am.
Openings and Events in Glendale
yasmine nasser diaz: the sound of your voice is home, ReflectSpace Gallery, 6:30–8:30pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
F L O W !, OXY ARTS, 11am–2pm.
Openings and Events in Long Beach
DREAM TEAM Exhibition Tour, Museum of Latin American Art, 4pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Creating A New Legacy, Ontario Museum of History & Art (Ontario), 4–7pm.
Russell Crotty: NOCTURNES: Refrains from the Backcountry, Porch Gallery (Ojai), 5–7pm. Through August 1.
Southern California Portraits: Francis De Erdely & John Sonsini, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 6pm.
Sunday, June 12
Openings and Events in Venice
Navigating With(out Instruments: a workshop with traci kato-kiriyama), Beyond Baroque Literary, 12-4pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
A Conversation with Judy Baca, Getty Center, 4pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet—70th Anniversary Celebration, 7pm.
Official Competition, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Artist Talk featuring Molly Surazhsky, Wende Museum, 3–5pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Craft Lab Family Workshop: Quilting with Carlos Spivey, Craft Contemporary, 1:30–3:30pm. $7–10.
Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800, LACMA, through October 30.
Openings and Events in Inglewood
Artist talk for RADICAL DAWN, D2, 5pm.
Openings and Events in Los Feliz
Nothing is to be Done for William T. Wiley, Parker Gallery, through August 6.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Closing reception for Naomi White: EXCAVATIONS, Keystone Art Space, 3–6pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Books & Bubbly: A Workshop with Artist Jean Lowe, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 10am.
Monday, June 13
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
DESERT RESEARCH LIBRARY BOOK CLUB: ONE WITH THE CREOSOTE BY CHRIS TIFFANY, private home (Joshua Tree), 7pm.
Wednesday, June 15
Openings and Events Downtown
The Music Center's 34th Annual Spotlight Grand Finale, The Music Center, 7pm.