Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Weekly What To Do: Howdy, Will You Have A Made In LA Japanese Breakfast With Your Filipino Art Show?


Beyond Fest 2023
Tue. Sep 26 - Tue. Oct 10, 2023

Beyond Fest, the highest-attended genre film festival in the US, returns for its 11th outing with a 55-feature slate spanning 15 days of cinematic excess, including 5 world premieres, 3 North American Premieres, 7 US premieres, and 18 West Coast Premieres.

It's another insane amount of movies for this Beyond Fest. Plenty of horror films to scare you during early October and plenty of cult classics and restorations to be in awe of. And quite a lot of free screenings to drool over.

Sept 27-28
Walt Disney Concert Hall
$
 
 Japanese singer, songwriter, and classical guitarist Ichiko Aoba creates a world of fantasy where the heart warmly beats.
 
September 28 @ 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre 5919 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
$15.00 

The WGA and SAG-AFTRA are on strike is on strike! But a strike is more than just a cause. Sometimes, it’s a place where dreams are made, love thrives, and actors get their 15 minutes of fame. Come see a series of stories behind the scenes of the picket line. Everyone wants something in a strike. We hope they get it!

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29th @ 5 - 9pm QPOP SHOP
319 E. 2nd St. #121, Los Angeles, CA

art party celebrating Filipino-American creativity and heritage is right around the corner!






Friday, September 29 · 8 - 10pm 
SIZED STUDIO, North Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, USA
526 North Western Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90004
RSVP
Saturday & Sunday
Noon - 8PM
FREE | NO RSVP REQUIRED


One Weekend Only: Dead Press print shop pop-up with artist Tristan Eaton featuring iconic UPRISE series, exclusive releases and surprises!

Fri Sep 29, 6PM -
Sat Sep 30, 6PM
Jerry Moss Plaza
135 North Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012

A vital part of Los Angeles' music landscape, dublab is celebrating its 24 year anniversary by hosting a 24 hour party! It kicks-off @ 6:00pm in DTLA on Fri. Sept. 29, at The Music Center's beautiful Jerry Moss Plaza.

Optometry is on the bill w/ an 8pm set. The full 24 hours will be broadcast live via dublab radio. This event is free (but donation is appreciated), and open to all ages.


SEP 29-30
REDCAT 631 W 2ND ST,
LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
$25

Anna Luisa Petrisko’s experimental opera, All Time Stop Now, is a contemplation on listening, impermanence, and kinship. A chosen family invokes a spell to stop time. In this suspended reality, they grapple with their existence in a time-based world as they search for ways to rest, heal, and feel joy.
 
Hola Mexico Film Festival presented by Toyota.
The screenings will be held at:
September 29, 2023 Opening Night at Montalbán Theater located at 1615 Vine St, Hollywood, CA 90028
Regal Cinemas LA LIVE 1000 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Regular Screenings and 8th & 9th Rooftop Screenings at The Montalbán Theater.
October 7th  Closing Night Screening + Concert at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes located at 501 N Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
 
 2023 marks the 15th edition of the Hola Mexico Film Festival, founded by Samuel Douek with the mission to bring the best of Mexican cinema. The festival showcases a wide range of films, from independent productions to documentaries and dramas, resulting in a carefully curated selection of the finest stories emerging from Mexico.
 
 
41st Annual Watts Towers Day of the Drum Festival
Saturday, September 30, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
46th Annual Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival
Sunday, October 1, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Watts Towers Arts Center Campus
1727 East 107th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90002
Free

Spaces in Between 2023 is a group exhibition featuring artists Chellioh, Kelly Sux, Po Yan Leung, and Sean Chao at GR2 Gallery running from September 30, 2023 to October 17th, 2023.
 
Autry 35th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, September 30, 2023
The Autry in Griffith Park
Ticket prices are the same amount as they were when we first opened in 1988!!
$4.75 Adult
$2.00 Child 
 
Join us for a day full of fun celebrating the Autry's 35th anniversary, with family-friendly activities museum-wide!
 
Saturday, September 30 · 8 - 11pm
Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90024
Free
 
Celebrate the opening of Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living, the Hammer’s biennial exhibition showcasing artists from across Los Angeles.Be among the first to see the exhibition, and dance in the courtyard to music from Made in L.A. artist collective Mas Exitos. Galleries open late. Cash bar.This event is free and open to the public.

Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2023
Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90024
Free

Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living is the sixth iteration of the Hammer’s biennial exhibition highlighting the practices of artists working throughout the greater Los Angeles area. These practices embrace the value of craft, materiality, performance, and collectivity. The biennial situates art as an expanded field of culture that is entangled with everyday life; community networks; queer affect; and indigenous and diasporic histories.

Paramount+ Presents Transformers: Rise of The Beasts
Special Event - Complimentary Admission
September 30, 2023 7:30 PM
Exposition Park
Free
 
Paramount+ Presents Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, a special free screening in English with Spanish subtitles. Join us for games and giveaways as we celebrate the Hispanic community and stream the One Mountain Una Familia collection on Paramount+ today.

Further Out: Palm Springs
 

RAIZ II’
Group Show + a solo exhibition and installation from Carlos Ramirez
Curated by Thinkspace Projects | Tlaloc Studios | The Perez Brothers
with installations and mini-artist mart from the Bloody Gums Collective + live screen printing from Blue Hill Studios

Opening Reception:
Thursday, September 28 from 4-7 pm

Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts
College of the Desert
43-500 Monterey Avenue
Palm Desert, CA 92260
Free


Extra:
 
 
Man on the Run director Cassius Michael Kim will participate in a Q&A at the Monica Film Center following the evening screening on Friday, September 29. Film critic Wade Major will moderate.
 
Man on the Run uncovers the shocking true story of a corrupt group of co-conspirators who jeopardized a country's hope for financial stability. Their influence extended from the highest levels of the Malaysian government to the glamorous enclaves of Hollywood.
 
THINK I'M GOIN' CRAZY
September 28, 2023, 7:30 P.M.
TOYS ARE NOT FOR CHILDREN (1972)
October 3, 2023, 3:00 P.M.
The Michelle and Kevin Douglas IMAX Theatre, RZC 119, Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts, 3131 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Free, RSVP
 

UCB, a cheapo comedy show almost every night, see comedians before they make podcasts and have
stories about the UCB and before they hit the big time.
 

Cinespia -Just came back this week for a new season.
This hosts screenings outside at iconic venues including The Hollywood Forever Cemetery, The Greek Theatre, and Los Angeles Historic Park.
 
Check out classics and cult movies just a few stories above street level. Rooftop Movies at The Montalbán. Added Thursday nights to the line-up and themed nights in August and September.


 
American Cinematheque-A celebrated independent theater group that brings both the talent and catalog of films to make for some of LA's best movie nights.
Secret Movie Club-Special edition posters and a large swatch of films to see.

Street Food Cinema-Outdoor cult or recent hits you'll love.

 New Bev-Tarantino owned independent theater with old school style

Cinelounge - Hollywood based tiny theater, showing off indies you've never heard of
 
Brain Dead Studios-Newcomer that manages to fill its schedule almost every night
Electric Dusk Drive-In-A drive-in, haven't you missed them?