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A Dancer Moves and Morphs the Art at the Main Museum
On July 16, choreographer and dancer Mecca Vazie Andrews will reconfigure and respond to Alice Könitz's chair sculptures and Star Montana's photographs from East and South LA.
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Artists Comb Through the Getty Center, Making Music with Hairbrushes and More
The Friday Flights performance series invites artists to engage with the less-explored corners of the Getty's sprawling campus and use it as an unconventional stage.
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From Cybernetics to Museology, a Series of Talks and Performances Links Art and Science
The Pasadena Arts Council has organized a free two-day symposium on July 8–9 where artists will present and perform on topics ranging from astronomy to museum studies.
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A Cowboy from the Future Lifts Weights in an LA Elevator Gallery
New York-based artists Matt Taber and Scott Nadeau bring their futuristic Western "My Name is Everybody" to Elevator Mondays for a one-night performance and monthlong exhibition.
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A Discussion of the Cuban Avant-Garde and Revolution
In light of the Long Beach Museum of Art's exhibition, Rafael Soriano: The Artist as Mystic, the museum is hosting a panel discussion on July 2 that will focus on the Cuban avant-garde.
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Highlights from Five Decades of Bay Area Queer Cinema
Bay Area filmmaker and lecturer Irwin Swirnoff will host a program on June 30 at the Echo Park Film Center showcasing five decades of queer films from northern California.
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At the Broad, an Evening of Performances Inspired by Nico
On June 24, Warhol Icon kicks off the museum's Summer Happenings series with multimedia performances evoking the Velvet Underground singer and artist.
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Watch a Modern Opera About a Witch Hunt at the Day of Music Festival
Vireo: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch’s Accuser, an opera made specifically for TV and online, features over 350 musicians, including the opera star Deborah Voigt.
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Rediscover Desolation Center, a Series of ’80s Punk Happenings in the Mojave Desert
From the Desert to the Sea, opening on June 17 at Cornelius Projects, illuminates this overlooked but fertile period in LA's musical and artistic history.
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In Downtown LA, a Dance Set to the World War Two-Era “Quartet for the End of Time”
On June 16 and 17, Susan Silton is restaging the quartet Olivier Messiaen wrote while imprisoned in a camp, accompanied by a minimal score choreographed by Flora Wiegmann.
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Exploring the Evolution of Diagrams at El Segundo Museum of Art
On June 11, Matthew Ritchie, an artist in residence at the Getty Research Institute, will unveil his 27-foot-long work exploring diagrams throughout history.
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Maya Deren’s Short Films from the 1940s and ’50s Screen at the Norton Simon Museum
On June 9, the museum will host a screening of six of Maya Deren's short films that were milestones in the history of avant-garde cinema.