This week in Hollywood
Mar.12 - 18, 2021





Arts happening virtually in Hollywood & around L.A.


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SPECIAL
LOS ANGELES HISTORIC THEATRE FOUNDATION
COFFEE & CONVERSATION: L.A.'S THEATRES AT RISK
Mar 13


Artist/photographer Janna Ireland will showcase her black-and-white photographs on the grandeur of architect Paul R. Williams as part of the Los Feliz Library’s Architecture & Beyond Virtual Lecture Series.

HOLLYWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
2021 BOARD INSTALLATION & AWARDS GALA
Mar 18

Actress Rita Wilson will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award, as the Chamber celebrates its 100th Anniversary, and the 60th anniversary of the Walk of Fame.








FAMILY
BARNSDALL ART SUNDAYS
IRELAND/CELTIC: MEDIEVAL COMPOSITE ANIMAL SCULPTURE
Mar 14
An interactive classroom environment with a teaching artist. Supplies needed for this week are clay or salt dough, paint, pencil, & sticks for adding details.
FILM
ARENA CINELOUNGE DRIVE-IN
  • Mar 12 - The Five Rules of Success/Cosmic Sin/Eraserhead
  • Mar 13 - Abandoned: Angelique's Isle/Nomadland
  • Mar 14 - Dear Comrades!/Eraserhead
  • Mar 15 - Dear Comrades!/Nomadland
  • Mar 16 - 18 - Minari
HOLLY SHORTS
IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU
Mar 17

Watch conversations with directors Will McCormack & Michael Govier moderated by Laura Dern, Courtney Cox, and Rashida Jones.

WE DRIVE-IN
RAYA AND THE DRAGON
Through Mar 18


CINESPIA

  • Mar 12 - Speed
  • Mar 13 - The Little Rascals/ Romy + Michele's High School Reunion
HOLLYWOOD LEGION THEATRE
  • Mar 12 - The Maltese Falcon/ The African Queen
  • Mar 13 - Frozen II/Dazed and Confused
  • Mar 14 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
HOLLYWOOD ROOSEVELT DRIVE-IN

NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VAN WILDER/NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE
Mar 14

FILM.DANCE
ANOTHER SERIOUS DANCE FILM
Mar 15

New York City Ballet principal dancer Sara Mearns performs tongue-in-cheek choreography by Andrea Miller, founder of GALLIM, at the East River Park Amphitheater in a witty short film directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost.
AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE

LAPSIS Q&A
Mar 17

Conversation with director Noah Hutton.



LIVE THEATRE
COMPANY OF ANGELS
SANDI KOTO OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY
Now Playing

Sandi Koto pitches for her high school baseball team to the dismay of her mother and the jeers of opposing teams. With the help of her teammate Davy, her ancestors, and a legendary lefty, she hopes to learn to throw the outlawed screwball pitch to honor her great-grandfather before the final game of the year.

ECHO THEATRE COMPANY
BOLD FACED SECRET
Mar 12

This month's theme is The Skin of Your Teeth. Share your story about near misses, close calls, narrow escapes, hanging on by a thread, barely getting by, being perilously close to the edge, falling off, clawing your way back to the top.



THE BRAID
SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE BRAID
Mar 14

Author & producer Sharleen Cooper Cohen has been called a true Renaissance Woman. Join in as she shares the stories of her inspirational life.




MOVING ARTS
ISOLATION INN
Mar 14

It's the third week of Safer At Home quarantine and nine strangers find themselves "alone together" in a TV star's bed and breakfast. With flights in flux and lives upended, will these essential workers be driven apart, or will the uncertainty bring them closer together as they realize they might be together INN-definitely at the Isolation Inn.
THE BLANK THEATRE
LIVING ROOM SERIES:
MEMORY OF ICE
Mar 15

Zoe and Nate, climate scientists conducting research on an Alaskan glacier, find their relationship and research in crisis when Zoe discovers she is pregnant and wants to go home in order to figure out how to be a scientist and a mother when the data is against her.
OPHELIA'S JUMP
A WILDERNESS OF MONKEYS
Mar 17 - 21

The Sting meets The Merchant of Venice in this revenge-comedy reversal and sequel to Shakespeare's play.










THEATRE 40

VACUUM
Mar 18

A modern re-telling of Oedipus the King if Odeipus was a white supremacist who worked in a vacuum repair shop.












VISUAL ART
LOUIS STERN FINE ART
RON COOPER: IN A NEW LIGHT
thru May 15

This exhibition surveys the artist’s inventive use of unconventional materials throughout his career, deployed in novel ways that defy expectation, to investigate the interplay of light, surface, and perspective.  

THE BROAD



SILENT TOURS: BARBARA KRUGER & CADY NOLAND
Mar 12 & 17

Streamed live to Facebook and Instagram, take a brief tour of the galleries with moderator from The Broad who will join you to answer your questions.




MAK CENTER


Reopening Mar 12

The MAK Center at the Schindler House is reopening on a limited basis beginning March 12. Visitation is by reservation only.












LOS ANGELES CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY
THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY: STILL LIFE
Mar 12

The Los Angeles Center of Photography is thrilled to produce an ongoing series on the history of photography.  Still Life is presented by Ann Elliott Cutting.















GALLERY1988


NICOLE PECSON/
ONE SHEET
Opens Mar 12

A sculpture solo exhibit from Nicole Pecson and a group show, oNE Sheet, a one sheet celebration of old school video games. 

















GAVLAK
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez
BACK ON THE INSIDE / TRACES ON THE SURFACE OF THE WORLD

Back on the Inside, the gallery’s first solo presentation of Brooklyn-based artist José de Jesus Rodriguez, whose four new paintings demonstrate facility in styles ranging from abbreviated line drawing to mimetic realism. 

Traces on the Surfaces of the World brings together six international artists whose works stage the anxious encounters between human bodies and inanimate objects.


MUSIC
LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
CLOSE QUARTERS: THE SOLDIER'S TALE
Mar 12

Music Director Jaime Martín returns with LACO musicians for a cinematic take on Stravinsky’s iconic work The Soldier’s Tale.
THE MINT



KIMBERLY DAWN
Mar 12

Country artist Kimberly Dawn will be performing her newest single live from The Mint's outdoor patio.


LISA SMITH ENGLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS
WE BANJO 3: LIVE FROM IRELAND
Mar 13

Renowned for their unique blend of traditional Irish and authentic Americana genres as well as their beautiful harmonies, We Banjo 3 perform live on stage for the first time since the pandemic shut down concerts exactly one year ago


RUBICON THEATRE
HERSHEY FELDER'S PUCCINI
Mar 14

The story of a young musician in love with the world of opera, and in particular with Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly.
VIRTUAL



TODD RUNDGREN
Mar 18

Performing his "Nearly Human" LP in its entirety, plus a selection of Todd classics.










DANCE
THE FORD
INVERTIGO DANCE THEATRE PRESENTS: AFTER IT HAPPENED
Set in the aftermath of a natural disaster, After It Happened, is a story of human resilience, desperation, and regrowth, as a community rebuilds itself and searches for hope among the refuse. Created in 2014, After it Happened was performed at The Ford in 2016.
LITERARY
BOOK SOUP
  • Mar 16 - Dr. Yaba Blay, in conversation with Jamilah Lemieux, discuss One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race
  • Mar 18 - Amy Solomon discusses Notes from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-Grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy





LOS FELIZ LIBRARY
AN ARTIST VIEW OF PAUL WILLIAMS' STELLAR DESIGNS
Mar 18

Artist/photographer Janna Ireland will showcase her black-and-white photographs on the grandeur of architect Paul R. Williams as part of the Los Feliz Library’s Architecture & Beyond Virtual Lecture Series.

DINING
THE CAT AND FIDDLE
Hollywood institution The Cat and Fiddle is open and celebrating their 4th St. Patrick's Day at their Highland Avenue location with homemade Corned Beef & Cabbage along with their complete menu.
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