Weekly What To Do: Beaches Back Open and a lot more stuff online

On 5/13, LA Co. beaches reopen w/ the following rules:
• Individual/family activities & exercise ONLY
• No lying or sitting on sand, canopies, coolers or picnicking
• 6+ ft. physical distancing & masks REQUIRED
• Parking lots, bike path, piers & boardwalks remain CLOSED pic.twitter.com/SkGYuf51fM

— LA Beaches & Harbors (@lacdbh) May 11, 2020

Cuddly Rigor Mortis & Ed Mironiuk
Friday, May 15, noon

Cuddly Rigor Mortis has a brand new exhibit, New Friends, that we can't wait for you to see. Consisting of new paintings and prints, this collection might just be her most adorable work yet.

And, THIS FRIDAY, we'll also be celebrating the release of Ed Mironiuk's new work, Felt Cute. His felt sculptures have become a massive hit at G1988 and we expect his new pieces to sell quickly.

Freeform Fridays

Fridays, Starting May 15

8pm Aaron Byrd

9pm Cut Chemist

10pm Garth Trinidad

can be heard live on-air, at KCRW 89.9, online at KCRW.com, and via the KCRW app.

 

KCRW has announced a new limited on-air series, “Freeform Fridays” featuring KCRW DJs and special guests Cut Chemist, Reggie Watts, TOKiMONSTA, Ceci Bastida, and a surprise guest TBA, starting on May 15, from 8PM – 11PM PDT, and continuing for five consecutive Fridays. Each evening opens with a set by one of the KCRW DJs - Aaron Byrd, Dan Wilcox, Novena Carmel, Mathieu Schreyer, or Jeremy Sole - back on-air for the first time since the safer-at-home order was implemented. Then, our special guest DJ takes over the airwaves with an hour of freeform radio, combining music, personal anecdotes, reflections on the current times, and plenty of surprises. 

The Wolf House
Starts, Thursday, May14
*Pure nightmare fuel 
This could be part of Silent Hill



Based loosely on the grim case of Colonia Dignidad, a German émigré-run colony in post-WWII Chile that was revealed to have been used to imprison, torture, and murder dissidents during the Pinochet regime, The Wolf House is an animated feature film with a much darker foundation than most. As deeply disturbing as its inspiration would suggest, it is also a truly inspired feat of animation, its extraordinary craft and artistic vision fusing with its profoundly sinister themes to create an experience of exceptional power.

Catalina Island Museum's 33rd Annual Silent Film Showcase
Friday, May 15 at 1 p.m. - Mud and Sand
Saturday, May 16 at 1 p.m. - Seaside Simps
Sunday, May 17 at 1 p.m. - “The Curse of Valentino’s Ring”

The showcase will feature a screening of Mud and Sand and Seaside Simps on Facebook Live with musical accompaniment by composer and pianist Michael Mortilla. Mud and Sand is Stan Laurel’s comedic spoof on Blood and Sand, which would have been the feature film to be played during this year’s showcase. Seaside Simps was filmed on Catalina Island in 1923 and was recently restored by the Library of Congress. The museum will be the first on Catalina Island to screen it since it was originally filmed there.

THE CINEMADNESS MOVIE

FRIDAY, MAY 15 @ 8:30 PM PST

 

Some oddball genre movie to sit back and get lost in with weird commercial to ponder.

 
MerMay
May 16, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Opening Reception / May 16, 6:00PM - 9:00PM

Gallery Nucleus and MerMay creator Tom Bancroft are excited to announce the first ever official MerMay art show! Featuring more artists than you can shake your tailfins at, this show is sure to be a bubbly delight for all ages.
Opening : May 16th

• Introducing the first Mermaid of the Year enamel MerMay pin, desinged by artist Pernille Orum!
• Exclusive art prints as well as other exclusive items will be released!

The Hollywood Critics Association Film and Television Triviathon
Saturday, May 16, 5pm

 You can go to the Hollywood Critics Association YouTube channel or the Hollywood Critics Twitch Page to view the live stream of the Triviathon. The game itself will begin promptly at 5:00 p.m. PST/8:00 p.m. EST. We will also post the link on our Twitter page at @hcacritics and the official Hollywood Critics Association Facebook page. 

The Hollywood Critics Association Triviathon will consist of seven rounds of film and television trivia that will feature questions created by members of the Hollywood Critics Association, as well as some special appearances by surprise guests. Each round will highlight a different organization that is doing its part to help out those who have been impacted by COVID-19.

Secret Movie Club Netflix Party Alfonso Cuaron's ROMA
Sat, May 16, 2020
7:00 PM – 9:15 PM

$1 – $5 

 

"For the first time since Y Tu Mama Tambien, Cuaron returns to his native Mexico and Spanish. He provides an incredibly detailed and atmospheric view of his Roma neighborhood yet at the same time he gives the whole movie a wonderful “world cinema” feel and approach that is often reminiscent of Fellini. In fact, while Roma is a neighborhood in Mexico City, it is also the title of a wonderful Fellini movie in the early 70’s. One wonders if Cuaron isn’t slyly shouting out the master."

 

Secret Movie Club Netflix Party Coen Brothers' THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
Sat, May 16, 2020
9:30 PM – 11:45 PM

$1 – $5 

 

"Thus, we open with the hilarious titular short in which a singing outlaw known as Buster Scruggs talks to us the audience about his day to day existence as both a balladeer and a murderer. We also get stories about nervous pioneers on a wagon train, cutthroat showman, gold prospectors, criminals who find themselves at the end of the hangman’s rope, and a stagecoach of wildly disparate passengers."