July 2009 Archives

Celebrate "Latin Music USA" at the Grammy Museum

Event Date: July 31, 2009 11:30 AM

Grammy Museum
Olympic Blvd and Figueroa Street,
Los Angeles, CA

*This is a KCET Member event; click here to become a member.

To celebrate KCET's upcoming broadcast of PBS's new documentary series, "Latin Music USA," KCET has partnered with the Grammy Museum to bring you a day full of music, fun, and spicy Latin culture.

Deerhoof at the Echoplex

Event Date: July 31, 2009 8:00 PM

The Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

This Friday at the Echoplex, San Francisco-based group Deerhoof hit the stage performing their weird and playful brand of rock. Also on the bill, the unusual vocal stylings of hip-hop artist Busdriver.

An Evening with Justice Carlos Moreno

Event Date: July 29, 2009 7:30 PM

The California Endowment

1000 N. Alameda Street

Los Angeles, CA 90012

The Zocalo Public Square invites you to a lecture by California Supreme Court Justice Carlos R. Moreno--the court's sole dissenting voice against last year's Proposition 8 Campaign. Moderated by UCI Law Professor Henry Weinstein, this event will surely offer fascinating insight into a man that has risen up from the streets of Los Angeles onto the stairs of the state capital.

Music at the Zoo: Classic Rock Night

Event Date: July 24, 2009 6:00 AM

Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens
5333 Zoo Dr.
L.A., CA
(323) 644-4200

The Zoo will stay open till 9PM as live cover bands play the music of the Beatles, The Doors and Grateful Dead in various locations around the park.

Latin Sounds: Gregg Young and the 2nd Street Band

Event Date: July 25, 2009 5:00 AM

LACMA
Dorothy Collins Brown Amphitheater in Hancock Park
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA. 90036

Award-winning guitarist and bandleader Gregg Young brings his eclectic band of Latin jazz greats to LACMA.

Philip Glass & Film with the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Event Date: July 23, 2009 8:00 PM

Hollywood Bowl
2301 North Highland Avenue
Hollywood, CA 90068

The music of Philip Glass is both otherworldly and familiar; the notes bring us to some distant place that we are sure we've been before. This Thursday, Glass and his ensemble perform at the Hollywood Bowl, backed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Computer Interface: A Video History

Event Date: July 24, 2009 8:00 PM

Machine Project
1200 N Alvarado St
Los Angeles, CA 90026-3127

What do computer interfaces say about us? About how we process information, make sense of space, and represent the digital functions happening behind the screen? Friday night, Machine Project in Echo Park hosts a talk by Jamie Zigelbaum, a Ph.D. student at the MIT Media Lab, on the history of the computer interface, how it evolved, and where it might be going.

Depression-Era Cartoons at the Hammer

Event Date: July 25, 2009 7:30 PM

Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum

10899 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90025

Once again, the Hammer has come through with a fascinating and fun way to spend your Saturday night! The best museum in Los Angeles is featuring nine of the oddest animated shorts of the depression-era, a collection that will surely make contemporary cartoons appear tame in comparison.

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