Los Angeles Events

A Raisin in the Sun
Jan. 19, 2012 - Feb. 19, 2012
Phylicia Rashad makes her L.A. directorial debut with this 50-year-old classic about an African American family’s dream of a better life amid racial tension and betrayal.

Cirque du Soleil: Iris
Mar. 25, 2012 - Aug. 18, 2020
Watch out, Vegas! L.A. has finally earned its own Cirque du Soleil spectacle, fittingly themed around the history of film. The long-anticipated Iris: A Journey Through the World of Cinema, written and directed by director-choreographer Philippe Decouflé, runs at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre; it will be the exclusive host to this production. Described as a “lyrical, fanciful, kinetic foray into the seventh art,” Iris uses dance, acrobatics, live video, filmed sequences and animation to tell the history of cinema and its genres. More than 70 performers don 200 costumes for the show, which is scored by Grammy and Emmy Award winner and L.A. native Danny Elfman.

Cirque du Soleil’s Ovo
Jan. 20, 2012 - Mar. 11, 2012
A blue-and-yellow “grand chapiteau” adjacent to Santa Monica Pier hosts Ovo. Meaning “egg” in Portuguese, Ovo delves into the insect ecosystem with 55 performers and a riot of colorful, evocative costumes. The main act, a trapeze stunt, features six “flyers,” and the finale features “20 artists running, jumping and leaping up against a 24-foot vertical wall.”

Clybourne Park
Jan. 11, 2012 - Feb. 26, 2012
In this play inspired by A Raisin in the Sun, jokes fly and hidden agendas unfold as two vastly different generations of characters tip-toe the delicate dance of social politics, pitting race against real estate at the crux of two seminal events — 50 years apart — in the same north Chicago house.

Dine LA: Los Angeles Restaurant Week
Jan. 22, 2012 - Feb. 3, 2012
Enjoy gastronomic delicacies from more than 300 of LA’s top restaurants—Bouchon, Boxwood Cafe by Gordon Ramsay, Napa Valley Grill, Fig & Olive, Petrossian, The Bazaar by José Andrés and many more–for a fraction of the price. Restaurants offer specially priced three-course tasting menus, many for both lunch and dinner.

Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles
Nov. 12, 2011 - Feb. 27, 2012
Cracking open an issue Us Weekly isn’t exactly considered a cultural experience, but in the mid-20th century, Weegee made tabloid photography an art form. Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles at the Museum of Contemporary Art downtown documents the period after Weegee relocated from New York to L.A. and trained his lens on Hollywood stars, strip-tease artists. and L.A.’s mean streets.

Our Town
Jan. 13, 2012 - Feb. 20, 2012
Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe-winner Helen Hunt stars in this groundbreaking new version of Thornton Wilder’s iconic American play. Our Town tells the story of young lovers George and Emily, whose life in a small New England town becomes a microcosm of every day life. The wisdom of the play, rendered through a deceptively simple story, makes Our Town an enduring treasure of the American theater. This electrifying new production is directed by Broadway director and MacArthur Fellow David Cromer in his LA debut.

Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins
Jan. 3, 2012 - Feb. 12, 2012
Two-time Tony and Oscar nominee Kathleen Turner sizzles as Molly Ivins, the brassy Texan reporter whose liberal journalism skyrocketed her to the national stage. This acclaimed show captures the redheaded reporter’s indomitable character by weaving personal anecdotes with her colorful take on national politics.

Rodarte: Fra Angelico Collection
Dec. 17, 2011 - Feb. 5, 2012
With a couture label that’s only seven years old, Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte can hardly be expected to have their designs shown in museums. Yet the Pasadena-based sisters are already subject of a second exhibition from a major U.S. museum. Rodarte: Fra Angelico Collection, on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Italian Renaissance gallery through Feb. 5, features 10 gowns inspired by Italian art, including the frescoes of Fra Angelico and Bernini’s Ecstasy of Saint Teresa.

Tag You’re It
Jan. 14, 2012 - Mar. 25, 2012
Curator Amber Noland transforms Royal/T Cafe into a playground of contemporary art and imagination to inspire the next generation of artists and collectors. The playful exhibition focuses on several themes, including emerging art, conceptual works, and unexpected materials. Everything is installed at kid level, encouraging younger audiences to literally see eye-to-eye with art. After examining the works, kids can play a game of “art tag,” a conceptual game of “hide and seek” between the viewer and ideas hidden within the pieces.

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
Feb. 14, 2012
Brandishing a signature sound that infuses pop with psychedelia, funk, soul, and jazz, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour never fails to produce addictive tunes full of imagination. The band is now getting ready to release its second album, Out Of Frequency, Jan. 31; on it, they deliver memorable melodies and a caffeinated sbeat guaranteed to invade dance floors.