Thursday, September 22
Openings and Events in Westwood
Extra Ancestral Demonstration Performance, UCLA, 10:30am.
The New Wight Biennial 2022: Between the Self and its True Home, UCLA, through October 6.
Openings and Events Downtown
KCRW Summer Nights at MOCA Geffen & JANM with DJs Valida and Scott Dallavo, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 6–9pm.
In Conversation: Keith Corbin and Roy Choi, California African American Museum, 7–8:30pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Hairtage Continuum, Cypress College (Cypress), 6–8pm. Through November 17.
Friday, September 23
Openings and Events in Westwood
Fulcrum Festival - [Alien] Star Dust Meets Plankton, UCLA, 12pm.
Exhibition Walk-through: Carlee S. Forbes on Particular Histories: Provenance Research in African Arts, Fowler Museum, 12:30pm.
Openings and Events in Leimert Park
Curatorial Walkthrough: Lay Me Down in Praise, Art + Practice, 2pm.
Openings and Events in Silver Lake
The Falls, Tyler Park Presents, 6–9pm. Through October 29.
Openings and Events in Mount Washington
freq_wave, Mt. Wilson Observatory, through September 25.
Saturday, September 24
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Nightmare Bathroom, Del Vaz Projects, 3–6pm. Through November 19.
Openings and Events in Westchester
Luciana Abait: On The Verge, Laband Art Gallery, 1–3pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Hammer Projects: Janiva Ellis, Hammer Museum, through January 22.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Night Painting, Philip Martin Gallery, through October 22.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Negar Farajiani: Behind the Curtain (Passé-Pardé), Hamnzianpour & Kia, 5–9pm. Through October 15.
Laís Amaral: Cement and Water, The Lurid Season, and Angela Dufresne: Life is very precious, even right now, M+B, 6–8pm. Through October 22.
WOMXN SHOWCASE, Plummer Park, through September 25.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Sharon Ellis: New Works on Paper and Lita Albuquerque, Kohn Gallery, 6–8pm.
Seth Price: I Don't Miss My Mind, Reena Spaulings/House of Gaga, 6–8pm.
Alex Becerra: DESCARGA HEAVY, Various Small Fires, 6–8pm; performance, 7pm. Through October 29.
Annetta Kapon: Thirty Years, Gallery Pado, through October 10.
Openings and Events in Los Feliz
Plein Air Paintout and Lunch, Autry Museum of the American West, 10am–2pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Danny Brown: Live Painting, Artspace Warehouse, 1–6pm.
7th Annual HoldYou Foundation Art Heals Auction and Gala Celebration, TAG Gallery, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events in Koreatown
REMIX: The Art of Music, Gabba Gallery, 6–10pm. Through October 8.
Openings and Events in Inglewood
Bettina Weiß: Cosme, Edward Cella Gallery @ Himalaya Club, through October 1.
Openings and Events in Watts
100 Years of Nuestro Pueblo – The Watts Towers of Simon Rodia, the 40th Annual Watts Towers Day of the Drum Festival, Watts Towers Arts Center, through September 25.
Openings and Events in Echo Park
Reading Room: Publications 1–10, Marta, 12–6pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Rashaun Rucker: Never Free to Rest, Charlie James Gallery, 6–9pm. Through October 29.
Openings and Events Downtown
Mika Rottenberg & Mahyad Tousi, REMOTE, 2022, MOCA Grand Avenue, 4–6pm.
SUPER FUTURE KID: The Sound of My Soul, Over the Influence, 5–8pm. Through November 6.
Finnley J. Kirkman: Living, Assisted, 718 Mateo Street, 5–9pm.
Living, Assisted, Finnley J. Kirkman, 5–9pm. Through October 15.
EVIL VIBE presents SANTO vs JOHNNY, Keystone Art Space, 6–9pm.
Now We're Here: Arooj Aftab + Felukah + Haig Papazian’s Space Time Tuning Machine + Arshia Fatima Haq + Miho Hatori’s Salon Mondialité + Yoko Inoue, The Broad, 8–11pm.
SPELLLING, REDCAT, 8:30pm. $25.
Joan Nelson: Untitled, Cirrus Gallery, through October 29.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
Hallowe'en Spooktacular, Bob Baker Marionette Theater, through November 6.
Openings and Events in San Pedro
San Pedro Festival of the Arts, Peck Park, 1–4:15pm.
Gallery Conversations: Magically Thinking, Angels Gate Cultural Center, 2–3:30pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Space Writing Workshop, ESMoA A (El Segundo), 2pm.
Sunday, September 25
Openings and Events in MacArthur Park
Los Angeles Filmforum presents Tabita Rezaire: Orbit Diapason, 2220 Arts + Archives, 1–3pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Self Care: Yoga, California African American Museum, 11am.
Monday, September 26
Openings and Events Downtown
LECTURE: GALO CANIZARES, USC School of Architecture, 6pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
Performance presentation by Kristina Wong, Oxy Arts, 6pm.
Tuesday, September 27
Openings and Events in Highland Park
Filmmaker Nanfu Wang’s keynote (simulcast from the International Documentary Conference followed by a screening of Hooligan Sparrow), Oxy Arts, 5pm.
Wednesday, September 28
Openings and Events in Westwood
Candidate Forums: Your Vote, Our Future, Hammer Museum, 7pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Gabrielle Anderman: Reparable Arm, TAG Gallery, 4–8pm. Through October 22.
Openings and Events Downtown
Frame Rate: Kaari Upson, MOCA Grand Avenue, 6:30pm.
Openings and Events Online
MOLAA ZOOM PROJECT CHAPTER 25: WITH ESTER HERNANDEZ (USA), Museum of Latin American Art, 11am.