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Get Out: Genre-Bending Orchestra, Cowboy Music & Installation Art
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ART: INSTALL: WeHo is hosting the “1st Annual Queer Pop-Up Art Village”, a temporary exhibition featuring live music performances and juried art by LGBTQ artists. The event is free and open to the public with a suggested donation of $20. Exhibits are open from 12PM-5PM. For more information, visit INSTALL:WeHo's website.
MUSIC: The new, genre-bending Venice Symphony Orchestra performs a program of music “From Beethoven to Beck” at 7:30PM at the Electric Lodge Performing Arts Center (1416 Electric Avenue) in Venice. Admission is free. For more information on the VSO, visit their Facebook page.
CULTURE: The Western Music Association is hosting their Monthly Jam today from noon to 3PM at the Autry in Griffith Park. Visitors can enjoy live cowboy music and other arts and poetry of the American West. This event is free with the cost of museum admission. Visit the program website for more information.
SCULPTURE: A retrospective of the work of Ken Price, whose sculptures look molten and ovoid, will be opening up at LACMA today. Price gained a following in the 1960s, but the first-ever museum exhibit dedicated to him will feature 5 decades of his work. For more information, visit LACMA's website.
LAist writer Sarah Chamberlain contributed to this post.
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