MISS READ – Berlin
E-readers, Steve Jobs, and Google’s stamina to conquer E-books will never defeat the independent publisher. The physicality of turning a page and seeing something on paper is just too damn sensuous to be made extinct. If you love your publications, you simply must try to get along to MISS READ in Berlin this weekend.
MISS READ [...]
Get Your 15 Euro Worth at the Lange Nacht der Museen
On one of the two nights a year that most of Berlin’s museums are open all night, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the choices. And if you’re going with a pack of friends, it’s easy to get misled and squander your time and ticket price at the Pergammon. But if you’re a vicious bargain-hunter [...]
OBD-X LA block party
Downtown LA, it’s time to party. OBD-X is a huge block party happening in the Old Bank District on 4th Street between Spring and Main Streets and Main between 3rd and 5th Streets this Saturday, August 21st from 4PM to 1AM. Admission is free! Think Art Walk. The street celebration will include food and drinks, art [...]
Miss UBahn – Berlin
Things moved in anything but a stylish direction in Berlin yesterday with the help of its beloved subway system giving birth to a pageant and fashion show by the name of Miss UBahn. Although an amusing concept with potential, a lack of organisation led the whole event to be more farcical than when the underground [...]
Nisei Week is GO! – Los Angeles
Ladies and Gentlemen, Nisei Week is go! If you haven’t been to Little Tokyo yet to check out all the Japanese goodness, strap on your jetpack and go!
Saturday boasts such OMG fanfare as the Queen’s Coronation Dinner, a car show (not just any car show, a Show Off Car Show – if you ain’t got [...]
Silent Film Piano Play-Along at Froschkonig – Berlin
On Wednesday nights at the Froschkonig bar in Neukolln, they take their silent films seriously. So seriously that if you arrive late, you might think they’re closed, with their metal roll-gate down and the door closed. And if you’re late, the only sign of life from the outside is a handwritten sign that says they’re [...]
Bloomfest 2010 – Los Angeles
Bloomfest 2010 is a celebration of all things Downtown Arts District, and features open studios, live bands, food trucks, vendors, and all the famous and infamous art that Downtown LA is known for. A little like the Downtown LA Artwalk, but this one strikes us as awesome.
Happening on August 14th, downtown LA will fling open [...]
Michael Pukac: A Dreampunk Review – Los Angeles
Now’s about high time you go check out fast-emerging LA artist Michael Pukac. Relevant, timely and timeless, and beautifully executed, Pukac is well-situated in the current steampunk art movement, while distancing his work through content and tone. This Friday the 13th, the Imaginary Light Bulb Factory proudly presents Pukac’s solo show, “A Dreampunk Review”, at [...]
Porn in the USA meets Beverly Hills
Looks can be deceiving, which seems to be the central theme for Jonathan Yeo’s “Porn in the USA” collage exhibition in Beverly Hills.
Our chance encounter with the work began with three little words: Viewer Discretion Advised. Seeing that statement on the doors of what appeared to be an enormous flash gallery space on Beverly Drive, [...]
Circassians, Curiosities, & Conspiracies – Los Angeles
Thought you could just sit at home and watch reality shows on this random Tuesday evening? You thought wrong! Enrich your life with art from young local emerging artists at the Circassians, Curiosities, and Conspiracies show at the Daydream Republic tomorrow night. Circassians, by the way, are the original inhabitants of Caucasus. You life is [...]
Das Prinzessin Projekt, A Must-See – Berlin
Emerging Berlin artist and graphic designer Dorit Bialer has one heck of a start in the thriving Berlin art scene. If her first solo exhibition, Das Prinzessin Projekt is any indication, write down her name on the back of your hand so you don’t forget – this artist is one to watch!
In her solo exhibit [...]
Dorit Bialer: Das Prinzessin Projekt – Berlin
Hold on to your hats and get ready for a trip to Prenzlauer Berg this Friday to catch up-and-coming indie artist Dorit Bialer’s first solo exhibition in Berlin. If you don’t know emerging artist Bialer by now – get on the stick! Playing with themes of traditional gender roles, activism, and the turbulent world of [...]
Visit an Imaginary Land
Visit an imaginary land during a performance of this contemporary opera. Overtone Industries presents Songs & Dances of Imaginary Lands a site-specific opera that follows the journey of two people searching for what they have lost. The show follows Tom and Sue as they search for their lost identities by visiting imaginary places that hold the [...]
Old Pasadenda Film Festival: Free Flicks Al Fresco
Seen Annie Hall Lately? Beginning July 8 the Old Pasadena Film Festival kicks off with the classic Woody Allen epic flick, screened outdoors under the summer sky. Check out the whole series at the bargain price of FREE.
Old Pasadena Management presents the Old Pasadena Film Festival, a free four-week movie series that unites film with [...]
J’Adore Bastille Day – Los Angeles
Who doesn’t love Bastille Day? No one doesn’t love Bastille Day, that’s who. Not only is Bastille Day an excuse to wear your most questionable of fashions and get chocolate wasted on a vat of red wine, you, but you can enjoy a day of all that is wonderful about France.
Spend a languid summer’s day [...]
Art Barter – Berlin 2010
The .HBC Space at Alexanderplatz in Berlin has just finished hosting the first Berlin Art Barter art show, where you can literally barter for art, exchanging anything except money. Seems like an intriguing concept, so I went to check it out, fully prepared to haggle my way into art ownership by grossly exaggerating my palm-reading [...]
Professor Bad Trip Tribute – Berlin
Kreuzberg is pretty trippy as it, but until June 30, you can catch the trippiest show ever down on Skalitzerstr. at X-Lab Corrosive Art Farm. The all-screenprint exhibition featuring the works of the late psycho-genius artist Professor Bad Trip (aka Gianluca Lerici) is an exercise in eye-vibrating information overload. Professor Bad Trip’s name says it [...]
Hallo, Berlin!
The LA Buzz Blog would like to take the longest day of the year to welcome Berlin into the our periscope’s view of all things cool. Look forward to posts on the hippest underground parties, music, art, and cultural happenings on both cities (and possibly more…hint hint!). Read up, study up, and thank us when [...]
Dzi Croquettes Will Leave You Dizzy
Dance Camera West (DCW) presents an outdoor screening of Dzi Croquettes, a lively Brazilian documentary exploring the outrageous all-male cabaret group, Dzi Croquettes, who used an empowering sexuality to counter Brazil’s military dictatorship and revolutionize the gay movement worldwide during the 1970’s.
Directed by Tatiana Issa and Raphael Alvarez, this revealing [...]
Grease Sing-Along! Free at Arclight June 16 only!
This just in from our friends at Paramount Pictures:
Free screening of a new digitally restored, all-new, sing along version of Grease (the musicial). If you still got the hots for Travolta or Olivia, then this actually sounds like a pretty cool night out at the Arclight Theater to see this new print for free.
A special [...]
Hori Smoku is Sailor Jerry: A Film Screening
Would you let that guy tattoo you? All unsanitary with his tobacco pipe, pronounced lack of sanitary gloves, and insistent use of a rotary phone?
Yes, you would in a heartbeat. He’s Norman K. Collins, king of tattoo art, and man behind the infamous Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum art. Ed Hardy is remedial compared to this [...]
Environmentally friendly digital art show at the A&I Gallery
A&I Gallery in Hollywood HostsCommon Ground 2010An International Touring Digital Art ExhibitionAt the Intersection of Art + Technology + Environmental Stewardship
Presented by Hewlett-Packard & FujiFilm
Exhibition Runs from July 8 through August 13, 2010
Eco-Friendly Opening Reception – Thursday, July 8, 2010
Mark your calendar for Common Ground 2010 — an environmentally-friendly digital art exhibition hosted by A&I [...]
Nick Cave | Meet Me at the Center of The Earth NOW.
THIS IS IMPORTRANT. Really Important. Like, it’s really really important that you make plans RIGHT NOW to get to UCLA’s Fowler Musuem to see the Nick Cave exhibit: Soundsuits. Consider this a best visual experience, not to be missed if that’s at all possible.
Textile arts are not nearly as well represented as they should be, [...]
Dance Camera West’s Weekend of Films
Dance Camera West (DCW), presents “Weekend at the Hammer” during the second weekend in June – Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, June 13, 2010 – during its month-long Dance Media Film Festival. The Hammer Museum will host Dance Camera West’s weekend presentation – three programs over two days; curated by Lynette [...]
