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Made for Walkin'

Tonight at the Knitting Factory, see Morrissey's new chum Nancy Sinatra performing with special guest Tina Dico at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $25.00.
At Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, you can see former Presidential hopeful Howard Dean signing his new book, You Have the Power: How to Take Back Our Country and Restore Democracy in America at 1:00 PM. Check the website for further details.
At LACMA, this evening brings your chance to see two classic films: Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot, starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curites, and A Shot in the Dark, directed by Black Edwards and starring Peter Sellars. The double feature starts at 7:30 PM.
If Coppola is more your taste, head for the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College, where his 1974 film The Conversation will screen at 8:00 PM. Admission is free.
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But Yeoh is the first to publicly identify as Asian. We take a look at Oberon's complicated path in Hollywood.
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His latest solo exhibition is titled “Flutterluster,” showing at Los Angeles gallery Matter Studio. It features large works that incorporate what Huss describes as a “fluttering line” that he’s been playing with ever since he was a child — going on 50 years.
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It's set to open by mid-to-late February.
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The new Orange County Museum of Art opens its doors to the public on Oct. 8.
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Cosplayers will be holding court once again and taking photos with onlookers at the con.
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Littlefeather recalls an “incensed” John Wayne having to be restrained from assaulting her and being threatened with arrest if she read the long speech Brando sent with her.