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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.
Matt Stromberg
Matt Stromberg is a freelance visual arts writer based in Los Angeles. He is a frequent contributor to Hyperallergic and is also an associate instructor in Art at Mt. San Jacinto College.
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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.
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Artists Serve Up a Book of Recipes and Conversations at Night Gallery
Salad for President, launching June 3 at Night Gallery, draws connections between the worlds of art and food.
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An Artists’ Conversation on Immigration at the Museum of Latin American Art
On June 2, the museum in Long Beach is hosting a conversation focused specifically on artistic responses to immigration from Mexico and Latin America.
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Art and Astronomy Star in a Festival at Mount Wilson Observatory
On June 3 and 4, the Knowledges art and music festival will take over the observatory, pairing exhibitions and performances with stargazing through its 100-inch telescope.
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Portrayals of an Ever-changing LA at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater
Los Angeles on Shifting Ground, taking place on May 26, looks at LA as a city in constant flux, featuring a film by Thom Andersen, a performance about urban trauma, a puppet show, and more.
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Moving Like Microbes on Santa Monica Beach
In a performance and workshop on May 28, the Laboratory for Embodied Intelligences will channel microbial intelligence through human movement.