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Watch Films by Local Black, Queer Artists at the Brooklyn Museum
A monthlong series of screenings, beginning Thursday, June 8, features short films by young, black, queer, female-identified, and gender-nonconforming artists based in Brooklyn.
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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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A Weeklong Performance Festival Devoted to Surprise
From dance and stand-up comedy to rap and performance art, Movement Research's spring festival — titled "surprise! surprise(!) surprise/! surprise" — offers a bit of everything from an impressive range of performers.
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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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Artists, Aerialists, a Meteorologist, and More Collaborate on a Performance Mash-up
Happening on June 3, Norte Maar's Brooklyn Performance Combine will bring together an array of artists and participants for a two-hour collaborative marathon.
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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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Witness the Third Golden Age of Philippine Cinema at the Museum of Modern Art
Throughout the month of June, the museum will 18 screen movies made from 2000 to the present.
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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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Fighting Colonialism with Feminist Fabulation at Eyebeam
Artist Morehshin Allahyari has invited four artists, activists, and scientists to join her on May 27 to explore myths, colonialism, and storytelling.
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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.
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Collaborate with an Artist in a Xerox Performance
On May 24, the public is invited to make unusual xeroxes with the Brazilian artist Paulo Bruscky at the Americas Society.