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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Weekly What To Do: It's Friday The, You Know

LA ART SHOW 2017
Jan 11-15

LA Convention Center, Downtown
W 7th St, Los Angeles, California 90017
$tarts at $25 

The LA Art Show embraces its role as the regions preeminent art fair and emerges as the annual civic celebration of the visual arts. The largest, longest running, most comprehensive art experience on the West Coast will be returning this week.

The Red Turtle Screening
Wednesday, January 11th,7pm
The Ray Stark Family Theatre, SCA 108, George Lucas Building, USC School of Cinematic Arts Complex, 900 W. 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Free, Must RSVP

If you missed all the other screenings another chance before Sony tries to get some sort of award
from it.







photo l.a.
January 12-15, 2017
The Reef/ LA Mart
$tarts 21.99

photo l.a. has a long and rich history of bringing the photographic and arts community together. For one night and three days the community celebrates photography in its many forms.

Ocean Waves
One night only
Thu, Jan 12, 7:30pm
Egyptian Theatre 6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028
$12

Sailor Moon R: The Movie Premiere
Friday Jan 13, 6pm

The Theatre at Ace Hotel
929 South Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90015
$29.99

Attendees will receive an exclusive free gift of a SAILOR MOON Character Board and have the opportunity to purchase SAILOR MOON merchandise at the show, including official apparel and animation products. A variety of SAILOR MOON-themed cocktails will be served at the beautiful Spanish Gothic-styled Theatre at Ace Hotel Bar. The audience will also be treated to a live Q&A with members of the renowned English language cast as well as the staff behind the feature film.  


January 13January 15
Starts at 7pm each night

The Smell
247 S Main St, Los Angeles, California 90012
$10 per night at the door! 
Chiptune festival to the max! Three days of chiptune music to chill out too.
Rick & Morty Art Show
Opening Reception
January 13th, from 7-9 at G1988 (West)



Happening this Friday is the first ever Rick & Morty Art Show, yup, Gallery 1988 is making it happen before Season 3 drops. The fan base for the cable cartoon show is huge that I wouldn't even call it niche, not when it sells products at Hot Topic.

Friday the 13th
The Cinefamily
611 N Fairfax Avenue 
$12
How could you not go a Friday the 13th without one of the movies from the franchise? While the first two entries of the Friday the 13th film series solidified the slasher sub genre as a horror staple, it wasn’t until Friday the 13th Part III that the iconic element of the franchise itself was cemented. It is here that iconic slasher Jason Voorhees acquires his trademark hockey mask, an image that ranks among horror’s most memorable, and an unmatched staple of Halloween costumes from 1982 to the end of time.

Friday, January 13, 9pm-11pm
TCL Chinese Theatres
6925 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90028
$13
Join Mad Monster for the 30th anniversary screening of THE MONSTER SQUAD featuring a special Q&A with Andre Gower & Ryan Lambert!


We Are The Flesh Premieres
Friday, January 13
Ahrya Fine Arts

Our review, it's messed up.
Synopsis: A young brother and sister, roaming an apocalyptic city, take refuge in the dilapidated lair of a strange hermit. He puts them to work building a bizarre cavernous structure, where he acts out his insane and depraved fantasies. Trapped in this maddening womb-like world under his malign influence, they find themselves sinking into the realms of dark and forbidden behavior.





THE GREATEST GENERATION OF VILLAINY: THE MOVIES VS. THE NAZIS
Fri, Jan 13, 2017 - Fri, Jan 27, 2017
Egyptian and Aero Theatres
Hollywood & Santa Monica 
It's time to fight Nazis again, we hate them and we continue to kill them in video games and of course on the big screen. A selection of Nazi beat-em-ups over the next two weeks.







The Jerry Maguire Video Store
Jan 13-29
iam8bit
Free, with priced ticketed events

It would open this Friday, as it seems so bad an idea.

Well...guess I'm not getting any cool video game themed shows as iam8bit "finds itself" in the next year. Everything is Terrible and iam8bit are teaming up for a Jerry Maguire Video Store this January. Even after going to public school in the 90's and early 2000's I was never forced to watch it and so it bares no meaning to me whatsoever.

The concept is an old fashioned video store will pop-up at iam8bit, only have the film Jerry Maguire and sometimes have some fun events throughout its run. Get tickets for those events and scope them out here.

dineL.A.
Friday, January 13 - Friday, January 27
Multiple places to get grub in or around LA
Lunch (2+ Courses): $15, $20, $25
Dinner (3+ Courses): $29, $39, $49, $95+ (dineL.A. Exclusive Series)

dineL.A. is a 15-day dining event that takes place twice a year and showcases Los Angeles as a premier dining destination while highlighting the diversity of culinary experiences L.A. has to offer.
Enjoy special lunch and dinner menus at more than 300 restaurants.There are no tickets or passes required for dineL.A. Simply dine out at a participating restaurant, try a new dish or enjoy an old favorite. Advance reservations are strongly recommended.

Rosé Porn
Friday, January 13 & Saturday, January 14, 8pm nightly
Night Gallery (2276 East 16th Street, Downtown, Los Angeles)

Art intersecting with dance? It's not straight up porn pervs.







Gremlins/The Howling Signing
Saturday, January 14th at 4:00 PM.
Dark Delicacies
3512 W. Magnolia, Burbank, CA 91505

Director Joe Dante signs the vinyl releases of Gremlins and The Howling




36th Annual Asian American Expo
January 14-15, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
2118 N. White Avenue
Pomona, California 91768
$tarts at $11

They must be doing something right to be going for this many years. The 36th Asian American Expo is happening this weekend in the outskirts of LA proper. Plenty of food and shopping for attendees to get lost in. They also have one of our favs of any event, except when feeding them homeless, an eating competition
 
Anime Impulse
January 14-15, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
2118 N. White Avenue
Pomona, California 91768
$tarts at $11

Somehow there's an anime convention within the Asian American Expo.

"The event will highlight appearances from celebrities, special guests, eSports, panels, cosplay, VIP parties, vendors, artist alleys, delicious food, treats, and the cutest (kawaii) fashion from our runway stage! The goal for this event is to provide casual fans and otakus to have a venue to gather and indulge in fandom. To meet like-minded people and motivate creativity within the community."

Comic Excitement Convention
Jan 14-15
Los Angeles Convention Center
$tarts at $25

A new convention tries to take shape in downtown LA. We're guessing it going to start off small and mainly be for the cosplayers this year. Not a top notch guest list or any special events they can brag about.



HUEMAN
Opening Reception
Saturday, January 14, 2017 7-10pm
Exhibition
January 14 - February 4, 2017
KP PROJECTS (Merry Karnowsky Gallery)

170 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
  
The first LA solo show in two years by international muralist and painter Hueman.
 
PORTALS
Opening reception with the Artists: 
Saturday, January 14th, 6:30-10:00 PM
GR2
2062 Sawtelle Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90025
Features: Aaron Brown, Cassia Lupo, Lisa Kogawa, Sally Deng, Yusei Abe, and Candie Bolton.




Sunday, Jan 15, 7pm-9pm 

Geeky Teas & Games
2120 w magnolia blvd, Burbank, California 91506
$10 door fee for the event 
 *Cosplay contest*
Raffle prizes




Sunday, Jan 15, 9:45 AM - 3 PM
2800 Skypark Dr, Torrance, CA 90505
$11
Our own Henshin hero has another event and movie out in Torrance for the kids.  Live stage show too.