LA Film Festival is back next week! Gear up for awesome indie flicks all next week cause we are going to bring you the reviews and all you need to know about the hottest films. WE ARE GIVING AWAY TICKETS!
Jun 08, 2011 | Categories: RADAR | Tags: art culture downtown la, art party, Best of Downtown LA, Culture DTLA, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, Events in Downtown LA, film independent, free tickets, indie flicks, june 16-26, LA Film Festival, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles Times, movies, show, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la, what's hot in Downtown | Leave A Comment »
If you were worried that the Last Book Store on 4th and Main went out of business because of the recent boarded up windows, have no worry. They’ve actually grown in business and they made a big move into a larger space in the Spring Arts Building on Spring and 5th. The Last Book [...]
Jun 08, 2011 | Categories: LIFESTYLE | Tags: 4th and main, acoustic band, art culture downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, book community, book store, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, Events in Downtown LA, internet cafe, live event, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles live music, Music, reasonable prices, spencer, spring and 5th, Spring Arts Building, the last book store moves, things to do DTLA, unique books, used record store, what's hot in Downtown | Leave A Comment »
FIRST FRIDAYS, the provocative series in which live music, discussion and curatorial tours converge in an after-hours event, concludes its 8th season on Friday, June 3. This final evening will center on Dr. Luis Chiappe’s talk “The Dinosaur in Your Backyard.” Dr. Chiappe is head of NHM’s Dinosaur Institute and curator of the upcoming Dinosaur [...]
Jun 01, 2011 | Categories: RADAR | Tags: art culture downtown la, art party, Best of Downtown LA, concert, Culture, Culture DTLA, dirty beaches, Downtown LA, dr.luis chiappe, first fridays, gayngs, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles events, Music, natural history museum, things to do DTLA, what's hot in Downtown | Leave A Comment »
The annual series of FREE Friday night dance events is back at the Music Center Plaza. Starting this Friday, June 3rd with the Line Dance/Two Step, you can shake and groove to live music and amazing DJs. At least two Fridays a month this summer, you and your family can enjoy an active night out. [...]
Jun 01, 2011 | Categories: CULTURE | Tags: art culture downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, dancing, Downtown LA, Free dance lessons, live music, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles concerts, Los Angeles events, Music Center Plaza, things to do DTLA | Leave A Comment »
• Chalkboard Wall by Angie Dominquez – Film Editor • The wording is the opening scene from her favorite movie. The drawing is of Billie Holiday. And Sailor, a work of art in and of herself. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ So you’ve joined the community of “Loft Dwellers.” But not just any Loft Dwellers, you’re in Downtown [...]
May 27, 2011 | Categories: LIFESTYLE | Tags: Alexandra Breckingridge, Angie Dominquez, Art, art culture downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, billie holiday, chalkboard wall, creative expression, creative spacing, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, floating furniture, loft dwellers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art scene, photography wall, things to do in downtown la, what's hot in Downtown | Leave A Comment »
The Salastina Music Society will present a concert at The Colburn School’s Thayer Hall on June 18th, 2011 at 3 pm. The program features Artistic Directors/violinists Kevin Kumar & Maia Jasper, along with a stellar cast of instrumentalists, and offers a diverse range of music from classical, folk, and dance to a world premiere. The [...]
May 23, 2011 | Categories: CULTURE, LAbuzz | Tags: Antonin Dvořák, Art, art culture downtown la, art party, Arturo Márquez, Béla Bartók, Best of Downtown LA, Catherine Ransom Karoly, classical, colburn school, complimentary ice cream, concert, Culture, Culture DTLA, David Parmeter, Downtown LA, Elizabeth Futral, folk, Gregory Cohen, Håkan Rosengren, Jeremy Cavaterra, Julie Ann Smith, june 18th, kevin kumar, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles live music, maia jasper, Mark O’Connor, Maurice Ravel, Music, Robert Brophy, Rod Gilfry, salastina music society, scoops gelato, thayer hall, things to do DTLA, Three Neruda Arias, Timothy Landauer, what's hot in Downtown | Leave A Comment »
On May 21 Active Arts at the Music Center will be displaying over a 1,000 photographs featuring A Day in the Life LA, submitted by amateur photographers across LA. Viewers can cast their vote for the best photo essay submission via text. As an amateur photographer myself, I decided to submit two photo essays for [...]
May 18, 2011 | Categories: CULTURE | Tags: 000 photographs, 1, A Day in the Life LA, active arts, Angelinos, Art, art culture downtown la, art party, Best of Downtown LA, Brand X, Culture DTLA, dance party, DJ Garth Trinidad, Downtown LA, Downtown LA pug, Events in Downtown LA, free beginner lessons, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles Times, may 21st, music center, Music Center Hosts Photo Essay Contest Under the Stars, Pulse of LA, Tenba Vector camera bag, things to do DTLA, what's hot in Downtown | Leave A Comment »
The Monthlies. bake tasty upbeat pop confections with dark chewy centers
Sep 17, 2010 | Categories: Music | Tags: concert, Downtown LA, indie, indie music, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles live music, Music, pop, rock, underground | Leave A Comment »
Ahh, the Art of Bleeding. What a crazy, chaotic vaguely hospital-themed, vaguely mad scientist-themed hot mess of a show. They’ve incorporated nearly everything under the sun into their show, most notably Abram the Safety Ape – always looking out for your safety! But now, the Art of Bleeding show goes without that insolent robot, silly [...]
Mar 02, 2010 | Categories: Parties | Tags: Abram the Safety Ape, art party, circus, Circus club, Fetish Nation, Hollywood, Hollywood nightlife, indie, installation art, interactive art, Los Angeles art, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles event, The Art of Bleeding, underground | Leave A Comment »
After a long, long, long, wait, you can wait for the long-awaited SOUP Kitchen 7 no more! SOUP Kitchen 7 features, once again, the absolute best in LA’s emerging art, music, and film, performed live right before your very eyeballs! SOUP Kitchen 7 @ Neon Venus Theater 7023 Melrose Ave @ La Brea (by Pink’s!) [...]
Jan 20, 2010 | Categories: Art, Culture, Music, Parties | Tags: Art, Brooke Trout, Bumtech, festival, film, free, indie, jam, Jeff Klarin, live music, Liz Brizzi, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles concerts, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles music, Los Angeles Soup Kitchen, Music, Neon Venus, party, Pink's Hot Dogs, pop, Push to Transmit, Rebecca Johnson, rock, S.O.U.P Kitchen, Saturday, Shakey Graves, show, SOUP Kitchen 7, Stoned Koalas, techno, The Anchormen, The Big Bad, Totally Serious, underground | Leave A Comment »
…Just like every other Downtown LA Art Walk. But the art walk last week was the first I’d actually “art-walked” as a spectator. First off, even though LA is a driving town, there was a distinct lack of wine present. I’m comparing, naturally, to the artwalks of Chelsea and the Meatpacking Districts of Manhattan, where [...]
Jan 18, 2010 | Categories: Art | Tags: Antonina Gribnikova, Ben Pranger, Blends, Continental gallery, Downtown LA art, Downtown LA Artwalk, Downtown Train, H. Shinno, Hive Gallery, indie, Los Angeles art, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles artists, Los Angeles emerging artists, Los Angeles underground art, Lot 44 Gallery, Luminosity, Main Street galleries, Payola Reserve, Phloe, Sean Sobczak, underground | Leave A Comment »
“It started out simple enough: a couple glasses of wine, several shots of bourbon, and pondering what would happen if Dr. Seuss, Richard Scarry, and a stable of My Little Ponies each downed a bucket of liquid acid and proceeded to engage in an orgy that spawned a hundred love-children.” The Lot 44 Gallery invites [...]
Jan 14, 2010 | Categories: Art | Tags: Art, Downtown LA, Downtown LA art gallery, Downtown LA art party, Downtown LA art scene, Downtown LA Art Walk, Dr. Seuss, indie, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art, Los Angeles art scene, Lot 44, Lui Sanchez, Phloe, Pontaoe, underground | Leave A Comment »
It’s what Baccanalia is all about – a swirling festival of art, live music, live painting, art installations, with cheese and wine flowing all around. The Daydream Republic has started off 2010 with a bang, moving into a bigger space at 4500 West Jefferson – remember the tiny gallery space they had in 2009 on [...]
Jan 12, 2010 | Categories: LAbuzz | Tags: art party, Bacchanal, Cannibal Flower, concert, Crystal Sylver, Culver City, Culver City art, Culver City art opening, Culver City nightlife, Daydream Republic, indie, John Culqui, Lane Shih, Laura Diamond, LC, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art party, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles concerts, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles music, Los Angeles nightlife, Mason Quality, Meterhead, Mr. Numberonderful, Music, NS David, Prince Parise, Projections/Orgone, Saturday, Shady Hasty, show, techno, Thinkspace, underground, Uri Averbuch, Vladimir Zimakov | Leave A Comment »
Interdisciplinary artist Rachel Rosenthal will appear at Samuel French’s Hollywood location on Saturday, January 23, from 2:00 to 4:00pm to sign copies of her new book. Her long awaited book, The DbD Experience: Chance Knows What It’s Doing!, just came out last month through Routledge. Samuel French is Los Angeles’ largest theater and film bookstore. [...]
Jan 07, 2010 | Categories: Art, Culture | Tags: book signing, Burning Man, DbD Experience, experimental art, Extreme Theater Ensemble, Hollywood, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles artist, Los Angeles book signing, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles performance artist, performance art, performance artist, Rachel, Rosenthal, Samuel French, show, TOHUBOHU, underground | Leave A Comment »
In my estimation, Area 33 was the place to be for NYE in LA. At any point in the night. This new venue in Culver City seems like it could very well be the replacement Space Island, or at least that’s what I hoped. Space Island was such a cool venue, with 3 separate DJ [...]
Jan 02, 2010 | Categories: Culture, Music | Tags: Area 33, art party, burners, Burning Man, Culver City, dance party, DJ, DJ Imagika, live DJs, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles burners, Los Angeles Burning Man, Los Angeles concerts, Los Angeles dance party, Los Angeles music, Los Angeles parties, New Year's Eve, Space Island, underground, underground parties | Leave A Comment »
SantaCon 2009 is here people! Dec. 12, 2009 is your one and only chance to rally around town with a bunch of other people dressed up like Santa, or their own interpretation thereof. Did I mention that it’s a massive bar crawl? So, make that hundreds of DRUNK Santas gallivanting around LA all day long. [...]
Dec 11, 2009 | Categories: Culture, Parties, Play | Tags: burner community, Burning Man, cacaphony, Cacaphony Society, Downtown LA, drunk Santas, holiday events, holiday parties, holiday party, LA Santas, LA State Historic Park, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles burners, Los Angeles Santa Con, party, Santa Con, Santa Con Los Angeles, Santacon, Santacon 2009, underground | Leave A Comment »
See what downtown LA is talking about: A one-of -a kind Sculpture Show – LUMINOSITY – featuring the illuminated works of Sean Sobczak! It was born at Burning Man – and evolved into a spectacular art form! This show features new sophisticated and delicate works, and also the amazing fantastical creatures that have made this [...]
Dec 05, 2009 | Categories: Art | Tags: 3-D art, Burning Man, Coachella, Continental gallery, Convergence Series, Dark Skies, David Weidman, Downtown LA, Electric Daisy Carnival, LA art scene, LA art show, LA Underground, Lightning in a Bottle, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art scene, Luminosity, sculpture show, Sean Sobczak | Leave A Comment »
Indie Collective Gallery is presenting “Everyday Plagues,” an exhibition of new works on paper and objects by artist Susan Arena. Arena’s latest work reveals the underlying anxiety present in everyday life and relationships. Influenced by an obsession with folk art, Arena uses non “monumental” materials such as handmade paper, bits of cast-off clothing, wallpaper and [...]
Nov 18, 2009 | Categories: LAbuzz | Tags: Art, art party, Collective, Culver City, Culver City art, Culver City art opening, Culver City art show, December art opening, drawing, Everyday Plagues, Gulbin Yavuz, indie, Indie Collective Gallery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art opening, Los Angeles art scene, painting, show, Susan Arena | Leave A Comment »
Create:Fixate will host Infinity, its eight-year anniversary celebration, on Saturday, December 5, 2009 from 7:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. Featuring over forty top local artists, DJs, and musicians, the night will offer work in a plethora of media including painting, photography, sculpture, multimedia, installation, fashion, jewelry, and video projection. Infinity will feature the work of approximately 30 [...]
Nov 18, 2009 | Categories: LAbuzz | Tags: Art, art party, Audio Lab, Create: Fixate, Dave Hughes, Dave Lovejoy, Downtown art show, Downtown LA, festival, Gavin Hardkiss, Hawke, Healamonster, Infinity, Jeremy Sole, justin Paul, Kerianne Connor, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles art shows, Los Angeles events, Musaics, party, show, Sun Valley, Tarsier, underground | Leave A Comment »
Spilt Society’s first multimedia art show last night was easily one of the most conceptually fulfilling shows I’ve seen in a long, long time. The idea behind the show was to track the creative process from the point of conception to the finished work. Causecast donated the space – an interesting multi-room affair built to [...]
Nov 15, 2009 | Categories: Art | Tags: Art, art openings, art party, art shows, Causecast, Hansomei, Jen Jansen, Los Angeles art, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles art show, Los Angeles emerging art, Matt Devine, Rxmance, Saturday, Spilt Society, underground | Leave A Comment »
For all you Facebookers (Facebookians? Facebookites?) the LA Buzz Blog is now on Facebook! Become a fan today and get to-the-minute updates of all our awesome posts. By becoming a fan of Facebook, you’ll finally be “that kid”, the one on the block who always knows of the newest and most cutting-edge music, arts & [...]
Nov 15, 2009 | Categories: LAbuzz | Tags: art party, Beverly Hills, Culver City, dance clubs, Downtown LA, downtown Los Angeles, Echo Park, Facebook, Fashion, food, Highland Park, hip-hop, Inglewood, LA State Historic Park, live music, Los Angeles art, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles bars, Los Angeles clubs, Los Angeles concerts, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles music, Los Angeles nightlife, Los Angeles Restaurants, Museum Mile, Music, nightlife, S.O.U.P Kitchen, Santa Monica, silverlake, social network, southern California, venice, Viper Room, West Hollywood | Leave A Comment »
Spilt is essentially a live art event in which the artists choose how they present the process and product of their work. A crushingly simple, direct, and unique concept, Split asks the artists, “Do your thing.” Nothing more, nothing less, no molding their works into the confines of a prescribed exhibition format. The artists, expressing [...]
Nov 13, 2009 | Categories: Art | Tags: artists, Causecast Gallery, dance, live event, live music, Los Angeles art opening, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles performance, musicians, Santa Monica, Santa Monica art, Santa Monica art gallery, Santa Monica DJs, Santa Monica performance, Spilt Society | Leave A Comment »
In the late ’60s, R. Crumb’s psychedelic comics—including the characters Fritz the Cat, Mr. Natural, Devil Girl and the popular Keep on Truckin’ cartoon— propelled him overnight to celebrity status in San Francisco’s burgeoning underground scene. His charming “bigfoot” style fused with overt sexual images were very well received in the free-love capital—but also led [...]
Oct 29, 2009 | Categories: Art | Tags: Art, art exhibition, art shows, bigfoot, Fritz the Cat, Hammer Museum, Keep on Truckin', Los Angeles, Los Angeles art scene, psychedelia, psychedelic, R. Crumb, The New Yorker, UCLA, UCLA Live, Westwood | Leave A Comment »
It’s ON, people! Rachel Rosenthal’s 83rd Birthday Bash at Track 16 Gallery in Bergamot Station is quite possibly the biggest event at Bergamot Station this year. Rachel Rosenthal is a legendary interdisciplinary artist, merging performance art, dance, theatre, and visual art effortlessly in provokingly. And she’s having a party! Eighty-three artist works are being donated [...]
Oct 26, 2009 | Categories: Art, Culture | Tags: Art, art openings, Bergamot Station, gallery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art scene, Rachel Rosenthal, Santa Monica art, Santa Monica art gallery, Santa Monica galleries, Track 16 | 1 Comment »
