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LAist Agenda: January Events
Photo of iPhone calendar and other apps by re-ality via flickr.
Photo of iPhone calendar and other apps by re-ality via flickr.
Here’s just a sampling of what's up in January…we’ll add interesting events as we get them so keep checking back. You want your event considered? Drop us a line with the details.Wednesday, Jan. 7
Focus on Female Directors @ the Egyptian Theatre
Art Professor Denis Dutton @ ALOUD at Central Library
Thursday, Jan. 8
The Art of Looking Discussion (Rococo paintings) @ LACMA
Monthly Downtown Artwalk @ various venues
Friday, Jan. 9
photo l.a. 2009 @ Santa Monica Airport’s Barker Hanger
SFV’s old “space race” test sites discussion @ Farmlab Salon
First Fridays (Focus on Charles Darwin) @ Natural History Museum
Photo used on the sidebar January Agenda by MikeFinkelstein via Flickr
Saturday, Jan. 10
Charles Perry on “The Great American Soda Fountain” @ Central Library
Golden Globe Foreign-Language Nominees Seminar @ Egyptian Theatre
L.A. Opera “The Magic Flute” @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
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Sunday, Jan. 11
Film Screening: Grey Gardens @ LACMA
Monday, Jan. 12
Monday Evening Concerts features “American Originals” @ Colburn School’s Zipper Hall
Ideablob's live biz brainstorm session @ Westwood Brewing Company
Tuesday, Jan. 13
The Magic Flute @ Aero Theatre
Wednesday, Jan. 14
Town Hall - LA: Debate on Proposition 8 - "Defining Marriage in California" @ National Center for the Preservation of Democracy
Thursday, Jan. 15
Allen Edwards discusses and signs Shear Force: An Image-Maker's Memoir @ Diesel Bookstore in Brentwood
Waiting for Godot @ A Noise Within
Friday, Jan. 16
World premiere of the play “Modern Love” @ The Sidewalk Studio Theatre
Wordplay @ Fake Gallery (sold out)
Saturday, Jan. 17
Aaron Rose's first solo exhibition @ Hope Gallery
There's No People Like Snow People: Kid's Art Show @ Monkeyhouse Toys & Art Gallery
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Sunday, Jan. 18
Doo Dah Parade @ Old Town Pasadena
There's No People Like Snow People: Kid's Art Show @ Monkeyhouse Toys & Art Gallery
Monday, Jan. 19
Tuesday, Jan. 20
"Art of Change Inaugural Ball - Los Angeles" @ Mayan Theatre
Wednesday, Jan. 21
Weird On Top - Improvisational comedy troupe @ The Eclectic Company Theatre
Danny Hoch's Taking Over @ Kirk Douglas Theatre
Thursday, Jan. 22
Blue Note 70th Anniversary--On Tour @ UCLA Royce Hall
Friday, Jan. 23
Still Point: Harmony, Justin and Hana (dance) @ Five Thirty Three
Art L.A. @ Barker Hangar
Saturday, Jan. 24
Affliction’s “Day of Reckoning” (MMA) @ Honda Center
Art L.A. @ Barker Hangar
Sunday, Jan. 25
Go Green Expo @ Los Angeles Convention Center
Vibe 14 Hip Hop Dance Competition @ UCI Bren Events Center
Art L.A. @ Barker Hangar
Love LA Show @ The Music Box @ Henry Fonda Theater
Craft Night with music and bowling and drinking @ All Star Lanes
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Monday, Jan. 26
“The Strange Genius of Sir John Soane” lecture @ LACMA
Tuesday, Jan. 27
“In Focus: The Portrait” exhibit opens @ Getty Center
Discussion with "Eye of the Needle, Eye of the Heart" curators Meskerem Assegued and Peter Sellars and artist Elias Simé @ Santa Monica Museum of Art
Wednesday, Jan. 28
“Monsters and Prodigies: The History of the Castrati” (theatre) @ REDCAT
The Surface of Space opens @ Phantom Galleries - Long Beach
Modern Art in LA: Gallery 32 @ Getty Center's Harold M. Williams Auditorium
Thursday, Jan. 29
Thieves of Baghdad: The Journey to Recover the World's Greatest Stolen Treasures lecture @ CalTech’s Beckman Auditorium
Heard of Elephants Art/Music Collective @ The Unknown Theater
A Love Affair With The East: Orientalist Photography in the Middle East and North Africa, 1839-1925 @ Getty Center Museum Lecture Hall
Friday, Jan. 30
The Murderers are Among Us and In Those Days @ LACMA
Once Upon a Time in the West @ Getty Center
The Life and Times of A. Einstein @ Theatre West
Saturday, Jan. 31
Harold Lloyd’s Speedy with live organ accompaniment @ Royce Hall
A Year With Frog & Toad @ MainStreet Theatre Company
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