So it’s time for Thursday, Friday, May 2, 3, 2024 Art Parties and Events, and we have some wonderful happenings for you. This includes, screenings, as well as live performances.
May 2-3 2024 Art Parties and Events
Thursday, May 2, 2024
The Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles (KCCLA), in partnership with LAUNCH LA debut Divergent Synthesis. Juried by Virginia Moon, in addition to Peter Frank, the reception takes place at the Korean Cultural Center Art Gallery. Art Party: 6:30-8:30pm; Korean Cultural Center Art Gallery, 5505 Wilshire Blvd. LA 90036; https://www.kccla.org; https://launchla.org
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Netflix is a Joke presents Big Mouth Live at the Greek. If you love comedy…you will love this. Enjoy Nick Kroll and also the Emmy Award winning cast of Big Mouth with hilarious comics including Maya Rudolph, John Mulaney, Jessi Klein, Fred Armisen, and many, many more. CLICK HERE to find out additional info as well as purchasing tickets to this festival; Doors open 6:30pm; Show starts 8pm; Admission $40-$145 (plus fees); The Greek, 2700 North Vermont Avenue, LA, 90027; https://www.lagreektheatre.com
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Chinatown
BLUM and Now Instant Image Hall will screen John Walter and Andrew Moore’s critically acclaimed film, How to Draw a Bunny. This event takes place in conjunction with Blum’s current exhibition. However, the event does not take place at BLUM, but rather at Now Instant Image Hall downtown. Screening: 7pm; Now Instant Image Hall, 939 Chung King Rd, LA, 90012; https://now-instant.la/
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Westchester
Sam First Bar presents Sam Hirsh Quartet with Devin Daniels, Luca Alemanno, & Mark Ferber. Hirsh is a talented pianist, composer and educator. He is an active member of the Los Angeles jazz community. Two shows 7:30 & 10:30; Admission runs $25 (in-person) $10 (streaming); Sam First Bar, 6171 W Century Blvd, #180 Los Angeles CA 90045; (424) 800-2006; https://www.samfirstbar.com/
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Geffen Playhouse presents The Hope Theory. The show officially opens tonight. CLICK HERE to find out more. Runs: April 25, 2024 – June 30, 2024; Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater, at Geffen Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Ave., LA, 90024; https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/
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Friday, May 3, 2024
Wönzimer Gallery hosts a closing art party for its current exhibition. CLICK HERE to read our original feature about the group exhibition. Art Party: 5-10pm; Wönzimer Gallery, 341-B S. Avenue 17, LA, 90031; https://www.wonzimer.com
Palos Verdes
Fields of Lavender by Madison D., 5th Grade, Mira Catalina Elementary
Palos Verdes Art Center/Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Education celebrates its Annual Student Art Exhibition. The group show features Palos Verdes Peninsula student artwork. Participating Palos Verdes Peninsula schools include: Cornerstone, Dapplegray, Lunada Bay, Mira Catalina, Montemalaga, Peninsula Montessori, Point Vicente, Rancho Vista, Rolling Hills Country Day, Silver Spur, St. John Fisher, Soleado, and Vista Grande. Also on view, selected work from the John Wessel Photography Program, presented in partnership with the Ann & Steven Hinchliffe San Pedro & Peninsula YMCA summer teen program. Art Party: 3-6pm; Palos Verdes Art Center, 5504 Crestridge Road, Rancho Palos Verdes, 90275; https://pvartcenter.org
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Chinatown
Charlie James Gallery hosts an opening art party for Jackie Amézquita: Nuestro Norte siempre a sido el Sur (Our North Has Always Been The South). This is the artist’s first exhibition with the gallery and also an expansion of Amézquita’s award-winning work featured in the Hammer Museum’s 2023 Made in LA biennial. Moreover Amézquita utilizes soil, fruit, masa, rainwater, copper, as well as other natural materials in works that speak to the complex histories of migration, the multivalent meanings of borders, and the many stories the land carries. Art Party: 6-9pm; Charlie James Gallery, 969 Chung King Road, LA 90012; https://www.cjamesgallery.com
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Hollywood
What Was, What Is, What Could Be” an exhibition by Gustavo Zermeño Jr. opens at Beyond the Streets. The artist takes us on a dreamlike journey through Los Angeles spotlighting local landscapes. Art Party: 6-9pm; Beyond the Streets, 434 N La Brea Ave, LA, 90036; https://beyondthestreets.com
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Miracle Mile Area
1301PE presents a one-night-only screening of DONT LOOK BACK. The collaborative video by Diana Thater as well as Kevin Bouton-Scott’s pays homage to D. A. Pennebaker’s 1967 documentary of the same name.
This 10-minute film features Bob Dylan’s controversial 1965 tour in England after his radical shift to electric music. Screening runs continuously from 6-9pm; 1301PE, 6150 Wilshire Blvd., LA, 90048; https://www.1301pe.com
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Los Feliz/Silverlake Area
Upon Yonder opens at La Luz de Jesus Gallery tonight at 7pm. The group exhibition features unusual mystical sculptures and also paintings. See website for artist list; Art Party: 7-10pm; La Luz de Jesus Gallery, 4633 Hollywood Blvd., LA, 90027; https://laluzdejesus.com/
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