Thursday, December 15, 2011

LARB Recommends


Los Angeles International Airport by Garry Winogrand featured at In Focus event on 12/20.

Some recommended happenings in the Los Angeles area this week, for your potential enjoyment.
Thursday, December 15th: Carson Mell will be reading from his new novel The Blue Bourbon Orchestra and signing copies at Family beginning at 7:30 pm.
Slake at Chevalier’s Books featuring poet Luke Davies, Sam Slovick, Melissa Chadburn, and Brendan Schallert beginning at 7:00 pm.
Saturday, December 17th: Insert Blanc Press Benefit and Holiday Party featuring performances by Harold Abramowitz, Amanda Ackerman, Brain Ang, Allison Carter, and many more at Weekend Gallery beginning at 6:00 pm.
Cinefamily’s Fantastic, Elastic 24-Hour Fundraiser Telethon with 24 hours of awesome events. LARB contributing editor Jonathan Gold gives a lecture on “Food and Film” beginning at 4:15 pm.
Neil Hamburger presents a book release party/screening/variety show for Flying Saucers Rock n Roll by Jake Austen at Cinefamily beginning at 2:30.
Sunday, December 18th: Tongue and Groove: a monthly offering of short fiction, personal essays, poetry , spoken word, and music featuring LARB Senior Editor Matthew Specktor, LARB Editor-at-Large Lisa Jane Persky, Anna David, and Jillian Lauren at The Hotel Café beginning at 6:00 pm.
Boundary Pageant #1 presents designer, developer, and professor Liz Falletta performing “How I Spent Two-and-a-half Years Drawing Three Lines” at Machine Project beginning at 2:00 pm.
Tuesday, December 20th: In Focus: Los Angeles, 1945-1980 exhibit opens today at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Center for Photographs

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