Friday is Liz Glynn: The Myth of Getting it Right the First Time at LACMA at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday is Kaz Oshiro from 6-8 p.m.

Today is the Art and Queer Culture Book Launch. It starts at 6 p.m.

Sunday is the Ed Ruscha: Reception and Book Signing, Art Catalogues at LACMA from 4-6 p.m.

TEDxCalArts: Performance, Body & Presence is the first TEDxCalArts conference by the CalArts Center for New Performance.

In the Good Name of the Company is the opening reception for an exhibition of works from Colby Poster Printing Company curated by Jan Tumlir, with Christopher Michlig and Brian Roettinger.

Saturday is opening day of an exhibition presenting Vermeer's 1663-64 painting Women in Blue Reading a Letter.

Presented by performance-art journal Native Strategies, the two-night Rituals and Congregations event features artist Amanda Yates channeling the spirit of Los Angeles.

Tonight is opening night of Art Los Angeles Contemporary. Now in its fourth year, the fair presents 70 international and emerging galleries with a focus on Los Angeles.

Friday is the opening reception for an exhibition of Frank Gehry's Fish Lamps. Gehry produced the new lamps in 2012 and they will be divided between Gagosian Beverly Hills and Gagosian Paris at concurrent exhibitions.

Los Angeles Ballet returns to Valley Performing Arts Center with its production of The Nutcracker. Follow Clara and her Nutcracker to the magical Land of Snow, and to the enchanted Palace of the Dolls.

This Bergamot Station Holiday Open House features holiday food and drinks, performances by Pop Wagon, and affordable art for gifting throughout the Bergamot's various galleries. The free open house also includes a variety of family friendly events.

Thursday, Los Angeles-based contemporary artist Sterling Ruby, known for his biomorphic ceramic sculptures, nail polish drawings, and different forms of collage, leads a walkthrough of LACMA's current exhibition Drawing Surrealism.

Saturday is the opening reception for a collection of 11 new prints by artist Shepard Fairey created in collaboration with Neil Young. The works are based on Americana, Young's most recent album with Crazy Horse.

I stopped by Rosson Crow's studio a few weeks ago when she put the finishing touches on a new series of paintings for her upcoming solo show at Honor Fraser. Minimalist she is definitely not.