There has never been more worldwide attention on the creative culture of Los Angeles.
Each week, ForYourArt highlights select cultural offerings throughout the week ahead to help you PLAN ForYourArt.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Eternity Forever
Mountain View Cemetery & Mausoleum (Altadena)
6:30-10pm
A walk-through of the historic Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, featuring a live score performed by Marnie Weber and The Spirit Girls along with the premiere of Weber's new film The Eternal Heart, a special viewing of Weber's latest collages, monsters, spirits and surprises. This event is sold out.
House
Regen Projects (West Hollywood)
6-8pm
The opening reception for an exhibition of new works by artist Doug Aitken. Aitken's most recent film, House, is exhibited as an installation, shown on double monitors amidst rubble and detritus, as the house onscreen crumbles.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13
East of Borneo Launch Party
Buck House (West Hollywood)
5-8pm
The launch of online magazine East of Borneo at Rudolph M. Schindler's Buck House, with video screenings, drinks and a special musical performance by Partch.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14
The Beautiful and the Damned Signing
Skylight Books (Los Feliz)
5pm
A slideshow presentation and signing of a new book of L.A. punk photographs, The Beautiful and the Damned, by Anna Summa and Kristine McKenna.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
Jonathan Gold and Bret Easton Ellis
Hammer Museum (Westwood)
7pm
Jonathan Gold, restaurant critic and author of Counter Intelligence: Eating the Real Los Angeles, joins Bret Easton Ellis, author of six novels, including his latest Imperial Bedrooms, in a conversation on Los Angeles, pop culture, and eating.