Weekly What To Do: Let's Start Doing Things

Animé Los Angeles 16

Jan 9 at 9 AM – Jan 12 at 6 PM

Ontario Convention Center

2000 E Convention Center Way, Ontario, California 91764

$$

The annual anime convention that starts off the otaku year. It's a big fan gathering more than what you get at AX, but you're there to be with other fans of anime. So cosplay and play some smash.

Dance Camera West - Film Fest 2020
Jan 9-12
Multiple Locations
$

Dance Camera West 2020 Dance Media Film Festival will screen 50+ dance films selected from 325 submissions from over 40 countries over four days of screenings, featuring Los Angeles, U.S., North American and World premieres.

The Glen Brogan Pinup Show 2 

Grand Opening Jan 10
Friday, January 10th, 7-9p
ADDITIONAL SIGNING SESSION:
Saturday, January 11th, 1-3p

Hero Complex Gallery
1050 South Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles, CA  90019

Free 

Sexy ladies drawn by artist Glen Brogan is his second big pin-up show. He's one of our favorite artists, so check out the show.

All New Works,
including:

New Prints - Ground Level
Legacy Prints - Mezzanine
Official "The Art of Glen Brogan" Book Release
Original Sketches
2020 Calendar
Pins

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS

Jan 10-12

Egyptian Theatre 6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028

$

Woah, huge selection of films to see on the big screen this weekend. We're most interested in the Airplane screening with both Zucker Bros and Director Jim Abrams.  Oh, and of course the insanity of Roar.

Start off 2020 the right way and make a few New Year’s Resolutions inspired by this series of fitfully inspiring films. This is the year to finally kick your glue sniffing habit (AIRPLANE) and start exercising (STRIPES) and shedding a few pounds (THE INCREDIBLE SHINRKING MAN). Stuck in a rut? Perhaps you should find a new job (SCARFACE), make a few new friends (ROSEMARY’S BABY), or spend more time with family (THE OTHER). Feeling down? Nothing says joy like adopting a new pet (ROAR) or finding new love (THE BLUE ANGEL). Or maybe what you need is a new hobby - none are simpler than picking up a good book to start reading more (NECRONOMICON: BOOK OF DEAD) or spending a little time with nature (DELIVERANCE). You might even just need to get a little more sleep (DREAMS) and relax on a much needed vacation (WAKE IN FRIGHT). Whatever your needs are, these New Year’s Resolutions will have you covered!

Long Beach Comic Expo
Jan 11-12
Long Beach Convention Center
300 E. Ocean Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90802
$$

Long Beach Comic Expo is an annual event held at the Long Beach Convention Center each spring. It's a celebration of comic books and pop culture that showcases the exceptional works of talented writers, artists, illustrators and creators of all types of pop culture. At Long Beach Comic Expo, you'll find exhibitors promoting and selling all types of related products, as well as entertaining and educational programs, guest signings, and meet & greet sessions with celebrities.

Bricks LA 2020 - LEGO Fan Event
Jan 11-12
Pasadena Convention Center
$5 (kids 5 and under free!)

Come share your love of LEGO® and join us for a weekend of brick built family fun with hundreds of unique models, vendors, and our expanded play area and Creativity Zone! Shop for new and vintage LEGO sets, minifigures, jewelry, and gifts! Learn about brick communities and building with panels and presentations! Be inspired and let your imagination run wild in over 19,000 square feet of brick building fun!

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15 Years of Thinkspace
Opening Reception with the Artists:
Saturday, January 11, 2020 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Thinkspace Projects
6009 Washington Blvd. | Culver City, CA 90232
Free

Congrats to Thinkspace, we've posted on them constantly. So many amazing shows over the years. Here's a special show going over 15 years of their work with a wonderful collection of artists and our many wishes of them doing art for movies posters and Blu-ray covers.

Preview
 
15 Year Anniversary Show with 70+ artists creating works on custom 15×15” panels

Cinema Kabuki Screening: Triple Lion Dance & The Courtesan Akoya
Saturday, January 11
@2:00pm (Triple Lion Dance)
@4:00pm (The Courtesan Akoya)
Aratani Theatre
(244 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles, CA 90012)
Admission: FREE
*Registration Required.

Start Your New Year with Kabuki!Come join us for an unforgettable experience of Cinema Kabuki.


Screening of Jackie Chan's Hong Kong action classic POLICE STORY
Sat, Jan 11, 2020, 11:59 PM
Vista Theatre
4473 Sunset Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90027

$11 – $20 

Most importantly, here is what guest programmer Edwin Gomez has to say about the movie he's programmed: "Ok Folks Prepare Yourself For The Biggest... The Greatest.... The Action Packed Thrill Wild You'll Ever See He's The Meanest Motherf****r That Ever Came Out Of Hong Kong And His Name Is JACKIE CHAN THE MOVIE IS POLICE STORY!!!!!!! 

Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe

Black Like Me

Wish You Were Here 

January 11 - March 7, 2020

Opening Reception Saturday January 11th, 6-8pm
Roberts Projects
5801 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, California 90232

Free

Quaicoe’s lush and luminous oil paintings of black men and women, some strangers he streetcasts or encounters on social media, many others who are friends and colleagues, stand as visual testaments to the resilience, power and strength inherent in African culture, as articulated by the artist. His portraits reveal the complexities of human experience with both a boldness of line and a depth of color, allowing the viewer to experience their uniqueness and vitality simultaneously.

Wish You Were Here features contributions by Amoako Boafo, Noah Davis, Lenz Geerk, Wangari Mathenge, Betye Saar, Henry Taylor and Brenna Youngblood, among others. The exhibition brings together a selection of artworks focusing on deconstructing moments of self-reflection by asking pertinent questions about what it means to be alive so as to better comprehend the responsibilities we have to ourselves and to each other.

Smorgasburg LA Grand Re-Opening
Sunday, January 12, 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM
ROW DTLA
777 S. ALAMEDA ST, LOS ANGELES, CA 90021
Free entry

Smorgasburg LA is back with all of your old favorites alongside a slate of brand new vendors that we are proud to announce! Let’s welcome Burmese Please, Los Cochinitos, Paratta, Dante’s Fried Chicken, Mano Po, and Chinese Laundry this Sunday!

It is also Hecho in LA, so expect additional Latinx pop ups in the shopping aisle, DJ crew Noche Romántica spinning from the family friendly I Love Micheladas beer garden and a great start to 2020! What are you gonna eat first?

12th Annual No Pants Metro Ride
Sunday, January 12th, 2020 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm
LA Metro System
BRING: $7 for a Metro Day Pass on your TAP card ($9 if you need to purchase a TAP card and the Day Pass), pants you can easily remove, something in which to keep them.


Taste America: Los Angeles Pop-Up Dinner
Mon, January 13, 2020 7:00 PM DAMA Fashion District

Tickets start at $185 per person 

 Local All-Star, Chef Antonia Lofasoof DAMA, Scopa Italian Roots, and Black Market Liquor Bar in Los Angeles, with Guest All-Star, Chef Melissa Perello of Frances and Octavia, San Francisco, and M. Georgina, Los Angeles, will join to host the female-driven experience that will thrill the taste buds of the Los Angeles culinary community.