Christine N. Ziemba

A still from Chaplin's 'Shoulder Arms' (Photo: © Roy Export S.A.S) Some people think of silent film screenings as novelties, but when you add live music to the mix—like the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) will do tomorrow—the passive screenings turn into performance. LACO's 22nd Annual Silent Film Gala will feature two 1918 Charlie Chaplin films, with the original Chaplin scores, restored, adapted and conducted by Timothy Brock and performed by the orchestra. A...

'Breach of Privacy' exhibition opens at Carmichael Gallery tomorrow. (Image: Adam Krueger) ART* Enjoy a free evening of art, music, food and entertainment at ArtNight Pasadena tonight from 6-10 pm. The city’s arts and cultural institutions open their doors to the public, including the Armory Center, Side Street Projects, One Colorado, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pacific Asia Museum and more. Free shuttles, a bike tour, food trucks also abound. JAPAN BENEFIT EM &...

The science of laughter and humor is on the Mindshare agenda tonight. (Photo by KPE via LAist's flickr pool.) MINDSHARE* Mindshare—the monthly meeting where brain power meets beer—takes over the Los Angeles Theatre Center tonight. There are a number of talks, installations, games and music planned, including TV producer Dan O'Shannon (Cheers, Frasier, Modern Family) speaking on Just What the Hell Are You All Laughing At? The Science of Comedy; and porn journo Marty...

View of Havana (Plaza del Vapor, Market Area, Havana) by Walker Evans,1933. © Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Image courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum) GREEN TALK Culture in the Canyon at the Chautauqua Series presents the program A Sustainable Future for Los Angeles tonight at 7:30 pm. Jessica Hall, landscape planner and co-author of Seeking Streams: A landscape framework for the upper Ballona Creek Watershed, discusses the relationship between...

The art film, The Clock by Christian Marclay, runs at LACMA through 11 am tomorrow morning. (Film still courtesy of Paula Cooper Gallery, New York) MUSIC It’s a School Night at Bardot in Hollywood features live sets by Obi Best (9:45 pm), Gardens & Villa at 11 pm, Hands at midnight. DJ sets by Chris Douridas and Hot Sugar (12:30 am). Free with RSVP. Over at the Hotel Cafe, check out Yael Naim with...

The Dirty Fabulous's 'Horseman of the Apocalypse' at New Puppy Gallery (Photo: Ad Hoc Art. PARTY Fusion Fridays at the Pacific Asia Museum is a great way to start the weekend, mixing art, DJs, dance and food trucks. Tonight's series premiere, Friday Night Fever, celebrates the museum's 40th birthday and includes Belly Dancing and Bollywood performances and lessons, the Visions of the Orient special exhibit, cupcakes from Auntie Em's, drinks and goods from Frysmith...

Artists like Yuri Suzuki are part of the show 'Pacific' at Scion's LA Gallery. On view through May 28. (Photo: Yoriko Yamamura) WEIRD SCIENCE Remember when we had to do our crappy little science projects for school? Having our parents help us paint Styrofoam planet balls the night before it was due? This week, the Los Angeles Convention Center has been playing host to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair with projects from...

Amy Stewart discusses her book about harmful bugs at Vroman's tonight. (Photo: Suzanne Danziger via LAist's flickr pool.) LIT* Tonight at 7 pm, Book Soup hosts Comedy Central’s Demetri Martin who’ll discuss his new book: This Is a Book. The collection of essays, poetry, musings, miscellany and drawings gently skewers contemporary society and life in general. We heard gems from the book during an NPR interview with Martin: "The bird, the bee, the running...

Bones cast, including David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel at the Paley Center. (Photo: FOX TV) MUSIC It’s a School Night at Bardot in Hollywood features DJ sets by Dirty Vegas, Isobel Campbell and Frankie Banks with live performances by Brian Wright and Warhorse. 9 pm to 2 am and free with RSVP. The sets stream live, too, if you don’t feel like heading out on a Monday night. TV* The Paley Center hosts An...

It's a little quieter on the event front in LA tonight. People must still be recovering from Cinco de Mayo. But if you do venture out, there's free cumbia dance lessons at the Music Center, La Luz de Jesus gallery opens 'Pop-Sequentialism: Comic Art of the Modern Age' and its First Friday on Abbot Kinney.

Here's a non-Cinco de Mayo edition of Pencil This In for ya, LA: Gallery 1988 opens The 3B Show, Standard Hollywood celebrates Brit lit, and an art happening in a parking lot near MOCA.

The Hollywood Roosevelt hosts a food fest/benefit tonight for Japan. (Photo by Clint McMahon via LAist's flickr pool.) FILM* There’s a free, outdoor screening of Pretty in Pink tonight in honor of the film’s 25th Anniversary tonight with director Howard Deutch and Jon Cryer in person. They will do a intro and Q & A before the film starts. The free flick also celebrates the just-announced line-up of the upcoming LA Film Festival (June...