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Chicago - "Gorillas Ate My Eggs" (08/04/06 - 09/03/06)

LA - Best of Readers Choice: Project (08/05/06)

LA - "Follow Your Heart" (08/04/06 - 08/25/06)

Brooklyn - Kaiju Big Battel: All Out War (08/04/06)

Dear Kaiju Fans,

Kaiju Big Battel: All Out War
is almost upon us! Last minute preparations are being made, Kaiju combatants are preparing to take a bite out of the Big Battel, and a limited number of tickets are still available.

This Battel is going to be momentous - Hell Monkey and The Grudyin will be fighting for the right to name their tagteam (Apes of Wraths or Primate is Enough); Powa Ranjuru will be taking on Shrooma Tango in a Pixie Dust vs Fungi fued; Super Wrong and Call-Me-Kevin will be Batteling for the title of Kaiju's biggest loser; and in a main event, almost to big for Brooklyn, Dr. Cube and the Hero-turned-traitor Silver Potato will be facing off against Pedro Plantain and Kaiju Champ Kung-Fu Chicken Noodle.

Ticket info, plus last minute Big Battel updates are available right now at kaiju.com.

See you in Brooklyn,
Kaiju Commissioner

LA - Francisco Aguabella Concert (08/05/06)

Saturdays at 4:30pm
Latin Sounds

Launched in conjunction with LACMA`s Latin American Art Initiative, Latin Sounds offers free eclectic music from various regions throughout Latin America. The venue is the LACMA park amphitheater. LACMA`s Latin American Art Initiative was established, in collaboration with the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC), to create a greater understanding of Chicano and Latino arts and cultures for the wider public through varied programs at the museum.

Call For Submissions: King of the Beats

LA - Dance Right (08/03/06)

LA - Jason Hackenwerth New Works (08/05/06 - 08/26/06)

Jason Hackenwerth
Featuring the first solo artist show at Raid Projects
Artist In Residence Aili Schmeltz (USA)in the North Gallery
Opening: Saturday, August 5th, 7 - 10
Exhibition Runs: August 5 - August 26, 2006

SF - Pop (08/05/06)

Dreamchimney presents
Pop
Rx: 132 Eddy Street
9:00pm - 2:00am

Dream Chimney presents...POP w/ special guests... the Court & Spark (DJs)

Join us for a welcome home party for the Court & Spark after returning from quick tour across the USA. Celebrating with their own special mix of cosmic-country-kraut like you've never heard before.

w/ Resident DJs Broker/Dealer returning the dancefloor to its usual Saturday night frenzy.

FREE / 21 +

LA - Hurley/Surgury (08/05/06)

Sf - The 125th Anniversary of the Internet (08/03/06)

Play Me.

Complimenting and suggestive. Our remote control is enameled in the true colors of black, gray, white and red and invites you to "PLAY ME."

White Trash Charms, the fashionable outlet for ironic jewelry sells cute little NES controllers for gamers tired of rocking the old NES belt. Psst! Someone please tell WTC that they're selling a joystick and not a remote control! These charms will set you back $37.50 to $87.50. But who cares when you can say you wear the same trinkets as uber-winner, Lindsay Lohan.

Brooklyn - Free Arthur Event! (07/29/06)

LA - "Preparatory Drawings From Vortigern's Machine" (07/28/06 - 08/28/06)

LA - "History of Los Angeles Graffiti Art" Book Signing (07/29/06)

SF - "2006 Altered Barbie Show" (07/27/06 - 08/27/06)

2006 Altered Barbie Show

EXHIBITION: July 27th - August 27th
GALA ARTISTS RECEPTION:
Thursday, August 3rd
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM

LA - Festival of the Chariots (07/30/06)

The 30th Annual Festival of the Chariots will roll into Venice Beach on Sunday, July 30, 2006. The festival commences at 10:00 a.m. at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and proceeds south on Main St., with three fully decorated, four-story chariots leading a colorful parade toward the Ocean Front Walk Plaza.

The Festival of the Chariots includes a free feast for thousands, free entertainment and exhibits and booths all bringing together the finest in Indian culture. The festival celebrates Lord Jagannatha, the Lord of the Universe, and is put on by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). The Festival of the Chariots is now performed in every country across the world and dates back thousands of years to Jagannatha Puri, India.

LA - "LA Suite" Film Premiere (07/26/06)

This invite is non-transferable, however, the promoters have allowed me to invite my five readers. RSVP required (323-667-0626 or events@emgpr.com).

NYC - One Size Fits All T-Shirt Blow Out! (07/29/06)

One Size Fits All: Artists T-Shirt Summer Blow Out!

Featuring Maya Hayuk, Kayrock and Wolfy, Ryan McGinness,

j.morrison, and Adam Shecter.

Saturday, July 29th from 12:00 to 7:00 PM

Printed Matter, Inc. is pleased to announce our first annual T-Shirt Summer Blow Out! which will take place on Saturday, July 29th from 12:00 - 7:00 PM—with a party featuring a raffle and house DJs beginning at 4:00 PM. Printed Matter is located at 195 Tenth Avenue at 22nd Street.

LA - "If You Lived Here You'd Be Home by Now" (07/29/06 - 08/19/06)

"If you lived here you'd be home by now"
curated by Eve Fowler

July 29th-August 19th
Opening Reception July 29th, 7-10pm

compact/space Gallery
1307 South Union
Los Angeles, CA 90015
lax@compactspace.com

compact/space is pleased to announce If you lived here, you’d be home by now, an exhibition of photographs, paintings, video and live installation by Ian James, Cathy Kim, Glenna Jennings, Meghann McCrory and Chelsea Molnar and Charchi Stinson curated by Eve Fowler.

Collapsed homes, scary bushes, rock-throwing sessions, ESL lessons and ex-lover baseball cards abound in this group show about how humans try to leave evidence of their respective passages through space and time. The artists observe and/or create their own architectural realities, which are ultimately rendered uninhabitable for public, personal or physical reasons.

LA - "Sneaker Pimps" (07/28/06)

Please support my friends over at the Sneaker Pimps blow out! And I'll be there, so please tug on my shirt and say hello!

LA - "Independence: Art in the Public Eye" (06/04/06 - 08/05/06)

"Independence: Art in the Public Eye"
Brett Goldstone, a 25-year survey

at Dangerous Curve

an Experimental Exhibition and
Live Art/Visual Art Performance Space

Exhibit Dates
July 4--August 5, 2006

Wednesday through Saturday
1:00 to 6:00 p.m.

LA - "The Paper Pushers" (07/25/06 - 08/10/06)

More Info: Gallery 1988

SF - Receiver Guest Artists Show (08/05/06 -

Opening Reception, Saturday August 5th at Receiver Gallery!

Dear friends, please consider yourself formally invited to witness the traveling spectacle of the renown Receiver Guest Artists Show!

Hot on the heels of our Guest Artists Show Seattle opening, we continue our West Coast tour at our homebase in San Francisco, with artworks by:

Nathan Fox, James Gibson, Maya Hayuk, Ogi, Henry Lewis, Chris Pew, Kelly Tunstall, Paul Urich, and Marci Washington.

Antwerp - "ART TREK - The 3rd Generation" (08/05/06 - 08/18/06)

The Lady is a Traveler.

July 21, 2006 - 9:13 p.m. PDT - Hollywood, CA

Yo. Steph's in town! This Fall, the Lady Bogin will have a place to call home for more than a couple of months. She's going to chill in London while she works on her PhD in "Artsy Fartsy". We've rendezvous'd in Los Angeles, New York City and Paris. Come September, we're going to add London to the list. How many of you have vagabond friends that can clean up this good? Kind of crazy considering she spends most of her days working in dark caves or ruins. Meow!

SF - Jack Hirschman Reading (07/25/06)

Tuesday, July 25th, 7 pm

Jack Hirschman reads from The Arcanes, published by Multimedia Edizioni

The Arcanes represent, in Jack Hirschman’s vast poetic production, a fundamental and extraordinary element, the most advanced point of his questing. It comprises 126 long and orchestrated compositions, collected from more than thirty years of a particular poetic inquiry, which ground the political engagement and social themes, ever present in his poetry, with stormy leaps of mind, heart and soul, and personal events and references.

The volume is presented in its chronological development from 1972 to 2006, encompassing its entire output. In these works, fragments of poetic insight explode, from which the themes and images engaged by the poet emerge, which knowingly fuse reality with metaphysics, actuality with the memory of the past.

LA - "Mannion: Ten Years of Hip-Hop Photography" Reception (07/22/06)

MANNION: Ten Years of Hip-Hop Photography
an exhibition of work from Jonathan Mannion.

June 26th - August 18, 2006

Reception: July 22nd, 7 - 10 pm
222galleryLA, 7922 W. 3rd Street Los Angeles

Los Angeles
222gallery is pleased to host renowned photographer Jonathan Mannion in his first solo exhibition of selected works from his extensive archive of Hip Hop photography. As one of the most published and respected photographers in the urban music world for the past 10 years, Mannion's lens has recorded hip hop's legends as the culture has evolved from an underground to a mainstream movement. His images have impacted generations and helped define an important era of popular culture.

PLEASE JOIN US!

Costa Mesa - "GrassRoots Growing In Concrete" (07/29/06 - 08/29/06)

Yo Gabba Gabba!

Yo Gabba Gabba is my favorite television show not on television. It's a crime these cool folks haven't found a production deal yet. They've got Biz Markie, beatboxer extraordinaire teaching beats-of-the-day to your babes! They've got awesomely hyped up tots yelling out their names and demonstrating a boogie down production I often do myself. And they've got ridiculously catchy songs about parties in your tummy! Please! The world needs more Yo Gabba Gabba. Finally, something for you and your spawn to love equally!

To all my network television peeps, sign them now.

Best Casting Call Ever.

Spike Jonze is looking for a kid to cast as the lead in his new film. The film is the live screen adaptation of the classic children's book "Where the Wild Things Are" and he is hoping to find a young boy to play Max. Below are the specifics.

Max, and this boy, should be:
- 7-9 years old. Ideally, 8 years old. A 7-year-old would need to be pretty precocious. A 9-year-old couldn't be too tall/mature-looking.
- Sensitive, loving, lovable, smart, with a sense of humor.
- Playful, rambunctious, mischievous.
- He needs to be the sort of kid who's very creative but also very active -- the sort who might create an elaborate sand castle but also relish destroying it.
- Basically, he needs to be "all boy," just as Max is in the book.
- Dark hair is a plus.
- He should be natural -- unself-conscious, not too actorly

SF - "Uplifting Vengeance World Tour 2006 (07/27/06)

Uplifting Vengeance World Tour 2006
Art Opening
Rx: 132 Eddy Street
6:00pm - late

This stunning new show offers tales from the warped minds of John Stuart Berger, Robert Bowen, Ashley Harris, Dan Herrera, Mike Rodriguez, Kim Scott, Skinner, Aaron Winters. An All out Battle of Visions collected from the artists' own unique and eerie narratives of the human condition. A lasting impression of their experiences in, and among the creates of the earth. This show will feature some of the most colorful and vivid paintings, photographs and installations by some of the darkest cats you'll ever meet.

Musical guests Iguanadon, The Rock and Roll Kid: OX and special guest DJ Big Foot.

Aaron Winters
AVMJ (The Abide Visuals Multimedia Juggernaut)

Exit Strategy magazine
FREE / 21 +

Rx Gallery
132 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA
94102

LA - "Somewhere Between Sincerity and Sarcasm" (07/22/06 - 08/12/06)

LA - Pete Fowler Signing (07/25/06)

Stop Motion Space Invaders.

Not So Noisy, a French/Swiss company, created the most original Space Invader art piece I've recently seen (forget the projected rug). The French just love space invader-inspired art! Brilliant! Don't miss the creative Pong piece too. Thanks Wayne!

NYC - RES Issue Release Party & Screening (07/20/06)

London - Gimpel Fils 60th Anniversary Exhibition (07/28/06 - 09/02/06)

Gimpel Fils

60th Anniversary Exhibition

28 July- 2 September 2006

Champagne reception: Thursday 27th July, 6-10pm

Fresh URL. Sort of.

To all the nice people who link to Hustler of Culture, please update my URL to http://www.hustlerofculture.com. And dump the old hustlerofculture.typepad.com addy. Thank you for your continued support and for helping me out with this OCD issue. Peace out.

NYC - "Three Way Tie for Last" (07/22/06 - 08/23/06)

Stockholm - Vice Photo Exhibition (07/20/06)

LA - "Subjective News: Art as History" Talk (07/22/06)

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Artist's Talk 2 pm

Wayne Coe
"Subjective News: Art as History"

Free admission

This talk is in association with Wayne Coe's solo show "Pop Terror" at the gallery through August 26, 2006.

All gallery events are free and open to the public. You are encouraged to forward this information to any and all interested parties.

Bert Green Fine Art
102 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
213-624-6212

LA - "Collections" (07/22/06 - 08/10/06)

Brooklyn - Puppets in the Park (07/20/06 & 07/21/06)

Puppets in the Park!

The music of The Beatles comes to life with White Bird Productions' Creative Theatrics. A much-loved family event for five years, White Bird Productions brings its enchanting giant-sized puppets to the Park for an original production inspired The Beatles - "Picture yourself on a boat by a river" because "all you need is love."

Thursday, July 20, and
Friday, July 21
11 am

Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park

NYC - Pees on Earth Book Signing (07/19/06)

LA - Dirty Heads Live Outdoor Concert (07/20/06)

NYC - Jazz Recital (07/18/06)

Tuesday, July 18, 7pm, FREE: A Mixed Recital by the Rutkowski Trio & Friends

Daniel Rutkowski (trumpet), Ben Rutkowski (trombone), Joe Rutkowski (piano), Mike Curley (guitar), Matthew Trinkwald (bass), Abe Halpert (percussion) and Jerome Neuhoff (drums) in a program of jazz--Memorable jazz tunes by Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard and Josef Zawinul.

All events held at Solar 1 in Stuyvesant Cove Park
East 23rd and the East River (6 Train to 23rd St, or L Train to 1st Ave.)
Map and Directions: http://www.solar1.org/about/map/index.html
For more information, visit www.solar1.org or call (212) 505-6050

Estevan and Cartoon.

July 15, 2006 - 9:39 p.m. PDT - Culver City, CA

Estevan Oriol and Mister Cartoon making an appearance at their art opening, "LA Women" at Lab 101 Gallery in Culver City. The gallery was packed wall-to-wall and the street was overflowing with friends and fans. The fire department turned up to shut the party down. Saw a few friends. And got a chance to catch up with Rob for a minute. Go see the show.

Berlin - XLR8R's Issue 98 Release Party (07/22/06)

XLR8R's Issue 98 Release Party: Berlin

Berlin

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Get Physical and XLR8R Present
XLR8R's Issue 98 Release Party

XLR8R crosses the Atlantic for our first ever issue release party in Berlin. Join us as we celebrate our June/July issue, featuring the artists of Get Physical the rise of Breakcore, Black Dice, Herbert, Seba & Paradox, and more.

NYC - Amadou & Mariam, Daby Toure, Birdy Nam Nam Performance (07/16/06)

Amadou & Mariam, Daby Toure, Birdy Nam Nam

Sunday, July 16, 2006
From 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Central Park SummerStage

This is a Free Music Event. Doors at 1:30pm. Door times are subject to change without notice.

Coney Island - Siren Music Festival (07/15/06)

More information: Siren Music Festival.

Flash Back with a Flashback.

If Santa Monica had a theme song it would be The Orb's, "Little Fluffy Clouds". What a magnificent song to usher back in the 90s! Can you believe this gem is 15 years old?! Now I have to go dig up Banco de Gaia's "Last Train to Lhasa"! I hope your weekend's going to be as beautiful as ours.

LA - "Yep" & "The Promise of the North" (07/15/06 - 08/12/06)

Thomas Campbell
Yep

July 15 - August 12, 2006
Opening reception Saturday, July 15, 6 - 8 pm

Roberts & Tilton is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by California artist, Thomas Campbell. Encompassing a broad range of artistic media, Campbell perpetually introduces his audience to new stages of his own artistic evolution. The works, unmistakably executed with evidence of the human hand are painted, drawn, cut, sewn or modeled with intricate renderings of characters and text. The end result is a sophisticated dichotomy that is part concept, part handcraft, which together offer an insightful look at contemporary life. In his first solo show with the gallery, Campbell infuses his distinctly unique style into the paintings, drawings and sculptures that comprise his fantastical world. The images that hold figuratively abstract freeness are a deliberately simple affirmation of Campbell’s self-titled “stuff making,” as well as his own daily life.

LA - "POP CULTURAL ARTIFACTS" (07/14/06 - 08/14/06)

XLARGE BRINGs YOU POP CULTURAL ARTIFACTS

Opening July 14, POP CULTURAL ARTIFACTS by XLARGE
Opening reception July 14, from 7p-11p
Show remains up until August 14, 2006.

LA - Freight Train Graffiti Book Signing (07/15/06)

Freight Train Graffiti (Book Signing) & Live MC's
This Saturday! July 15, 2006, 5-8pm

Join us at Crewest for the book signing of 'Freight Train Graffiti' Meet author Roger Gastman & artists included in the book.

Hangout for live performance by MC's:
POETIK PROPHETS
VOCIFEROUS FEW
RYME FYTAHS

110 Winston St. (at Main St., between 4th & 5th)
Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90013

LA - BIZZURKE ARMY PREMIERE & STEPHEN HAUPTFHUR'S CANCER BIRTHDAY BASH (07/15/06)

LA - "Da Benshi Code" (07/15/06)

DA BENSHI CODE
take back cinema!
Saturday, July 15th @ 8pm
FREE

Episode 1: My Dog Benshi

Performances by

Oliver Hall- "Jury Duty"
Jason Brown- "Monster!"
d.g. eng- "Bubonic Phonics"
Mathew Timmons & Stan Apps- "Goooaaalll!!!"

Writing their own scripts, Benshi often interpreted silent era films to fulfill their own desires. Film was found footage; narration was subversive; the movie an elaborate backdrop. Every other month, Da Benshi Code will bring together writers, musicians, artists, and actors who, like their 20’s counterparts, will take back cinema!

-Amar Ravva & Harold Abramowitz

SM - "Bergamot Invasion Part 2 - 1 Year aniversary" (07/15/06 - 8/12/06)

London - Serpentine Pavilion 2006 (07/13/06 - 10/15/06)

* Admission free
* Every day
* 10am - 6pm
* Kensington Gardens, London

The Serpentine Pavilion 2006 is co-designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Rem Koolhaas and innovative structural designer Cecil Balmond.

The centrepiece of the design is a spectacular ovoid-shaped inflatable canopy that floats above the Gallery's lawn. Made from translucent material, the structure will be illuminated from within at night. The canopy will be raised into the air or lowered to cover the amphitheatre below according to the weather.

NYC - "Partial Recall" (07/20/06 - 08/25/06)

CHRISTIAN CURIEL, Untitled (Struggle), 2006, oil on canvas

Partial Recall

Kutlug Ataman, Christian Curiel, Emma Kay, Mike Kelley, Dash Snow, Juergen Teller, Jeffrey Vallance, Michael Vasquez
20 July – 25 August 2006

Opening Reception
20 July, 6-8 PM

LEHMANN MAUPIN
540 WEST 26TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10001
T.212.255.2923
F.212.255.2924
info@lehmannmaupin.com

SF - "Sampling Oakland" (07/15/06 - 10/08/06)

Sampling Oakland

Some say Oakland today, is what San Francisco was in the 70s: a place where younger artists can afford to spread out, hang out, work hard, and create a thriving arts scene, one that's now garnering national attention. For years, Oakland has been sprouting performance spaces, galleries and collective live work/environments where musicians, writers, filmmakers and visual artists of every discipline influence each other's work. It's a vibrant artistic community fueled by vision and self-determination. YBCA brings a piece of the excitement surrounding the First Friday art crawl across the bridge with a life-amplified exhibition organized by a group of Oakland curators. Reflecting the collaborative spirit of artist-run venues such as Mama Buzz, Ego Park, Lobot Gallery, Oaklandish, 21 Grand and Black Dot Collective, YBCA presents a broad sampling of Oakland's best.

SF - "Cosmic Wonder" (07/14/06 - 11/05/06)

Cosmic Wonder Opening Night Party
Friday, July 14, 8-11PM

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St @ 3rd, San Francisco

Live Performances by:
Feathers (Gnomensong – Devendra Banhart’s label)
Soft Circle (Ecstatic Peace – Thurston Moore’s label)
Jacob from Paperrad

Cosmic Wonder runs from July 14 – November 5, 2006

Chicago - Heaven Concert & Film Screenings (07/14/06 + 07/15/06)

Friday July 14th 9pm
PROTEST
set 1
Tim Daisy - percussion
Todd Carter - computer
Toby Summerfield - guitar
Jason Ajemian - bass

LOBISOMEM
set 2
Brad Loving - computer
Jason Ajemian - bass
Garen Gaston - coronet

Saturday July 15th 8pm
(doors at 7:30)
Tarzan, Scott Sidney 1918
Heaven Gallery presents David Drazin an accomplished local silent film piano accompanist. David will accompany Tarzan and a few film shorts on Heaven's piano.

LA - "LA Women" (07/15/06 - 08/14/06)

The Lab 101 Gallery and GEN ART present

"LA WOMEN"

featuring work by: ESTEVAN ORIOL . MR. CARTOON . GREGORY BOJORQUEZ . PATRICK HOELCK . TONY WARD

JULY 15- AUGUST 14, 2006
Opening Reception: SATURDAY . JULY 15 . 7-10pm

THE LAB101 GALLERY
8530-B Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
310 558 0911 / http://www.thelab101.com

SM - "Omage" (07/15/06 - 08/31/06)

LA - Casey O'Connell & Robert Hardgrave: New Paintings (07/15/06 - 08/19/06)

CASEY O'CONNELL and ROBERT HARDGRAVE: NEW PAINTINGS

JULY 15th - AUGUST 19th, 2006

OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday July 15th 7-11pm

BLK/MRKT Gallery presents a two-person show featuring stunning new work by San Fransisco's Casey O'Connell and Seattle's Robert Hardgrave (aka FarmerBob). In addition to non-collaborative paintings, they are creating a site-specific mural installation not to be missed.

Both O'Connell and Hardgrave's processes are in a sense completely opposite, yet they share a fascination with symbolism and ritual; each of them deliberately encodes their private experiences into their painting. Following different paths and speaking in different tongues, they have each found a way to express and transcend private terrors through the creation of art whose dark, edgy beauty represents a reconciliation with the past and faith in the future. And that is certainly lucky for us...

For more info, please visit us online at BMG.

Fakefunk-jojo!

Last year, I snapped about 15,000 digital photographs with my Canon S70. A little more than half are posted on my Flickr acccount. I have always wanted to learn how to really use my camera and in good faith on every long distance trip, I pack the manual. Yet...something about the manual really turns me off. I'm more of an experiemental hands-on kind of learner. I need to poke and prod. And yet, a year and a half into clicking away, I'm still not very S70-educated.

Not too long ago, I stumbled across the awesome photo know-how site, Photojojo. I signed up for their self-proclaimed "damn fine photo newsletter" and they delivered as promised. Photojojo writes with a very simple to comprehend and can-do attitude. I am actually learning from their newsletter and feel less intimidated by my camera. I totally heart them.

Call For Submissions: MT&R Seventh Annual Documentary Festival

The Museum of Television & Radio
Announces Dates for the Seventh Annual Documentary Festival

October 12 to 22, 2006, in New York

Call for Entries

The Museum of Television & Radio will present its seventh annual Documentary Festival in New York beginning on October 12 and running through October 22, 2006. This year’s Festival will premiere approximately twenty of the season’s most noteworthy documentaries. Each screening will be introduced by the filmmaker and followed by the lively Q&A sessions that have become a hallmark of the Festival. In addition, there is once again a call for submissions for both Festival premieres and workshops.

Oakland - Halau 'O Keikiali'i Performance (07/15/06)

Halau 'O Keikiali'i at Oakland Asian Cultural Center

Don't miss Halau 'O Keikiali'i in a FREE Musical Conversation at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center on Saturday, July 15 at 1:00 p.m. Dancers from the hula troupe will offer an informative and entertaining presentation on traditional Hawaiian music and dance.

This event is free and open to the public.

Stern Grove Festival's 69th Season is made possible with support from Major Sponsor Wells Fargo, Grants for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Hotel Sponsor the San Francisco Marriott, and media sponsors SF Weekly/East Bay Express, KPIX Channel 5, and 7x7 Magazine.

Stern Grove Festival Association
44 Page Street, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 252-6252
info@sterngrove.org

NYC - NY Press Music Issue Launch Party (07/12/06)

LA - "Marvelous Sea" (07/15/06 - 08/16/06)

A Common Thread.

July 8, 2006 - 6:40 p.m. PDT - Santa Monica, CA

Art by Camella Ehlke from the group show, A Common Thread.

LA - "The New 22" (07/08/06 - 08/05/06)

LA - Fiebre! (07/09/06)

Fiebre! ~ Sunday, July 9th ~

Okay, so what if all the teams we were excited about didn't make it to the finals... and only a bunch of euros are left. So what if this can no longer be the brazilian samba madness party we were hoping for (damn that Nike curse). So what? A good futbol game is STILL a GOOD FUTBOL GAME... The WORLD CUP is still the COPA MUNDIAL... And a party @ the "Chaplin House" (notoriously coined by Mr. Druhaha) is STILL a PARTY @ the Chaplin House. So, in honor of this truly international affair that occurs only once every 4 years & for anyone who has caught or been touched by the World Cup fever, we bring to you...

LA - "Surfing's Golden Age" (07/08/06 - 09/09/06)

LA - "Beefcake Babylon" (07/14/06 - 09/23/06)

“It's not easy being a God”…. Steve Reeves (1926-2000)

Beefcake Babylon
The Iconography of Sword and Sandal Epics from DeMille to Fellini

July 14th - September 23rd, 2006

Opening Reception Friday, July 14th 7-10pm

Free Valet Parking

During the late fifties and early sixties a cinematic genre was established through the genius of casting real life bodybuilders in the roles of figures from Greco Roman mythology. The most famous of all these bodybuilders was Steve Reeves. His first excursion into the realm of Zeus made him an an international star. The film was Le Fatiche di Ercole (1958). When it was released stateside as Hercules in 1960, the film caused a sensation at the box-office and the "peplum" or sword and sandal films became vogue. From this point on nearly two hundred films would follow the formula established in Hercules.

Glendale - "Open Theme" (07/09/06)

Ontario - The Summer Group Show (07/07/06 - 08/03/06)

More information: Galerie La Petite Mort

LA - "Build What You Will" (07/08/06 - 07/31/06)

More info: Erik Lang

LA - Fourstar 10th Anniversary Event (07/08/06)

LA - Zine Show (07/15/06 - ?)

Main Street and Rose.

July 5, 2006 - 8:12 p.m. PDT - Venice, CA

Silvio took this photo of a mural of a famous street corner in our neighborhood.

LA - "LA Reprazent" (07/08/06 - 08/06/06)

L.A. Reprazent!
July 8th - Aug. 6th

Opening Reception - Sat. July 8, 2006, 5-9pm

A group show that screams "What-up LA!"

Original paintings, photography, and clothing depicting the great city we live in and the artists that call her home.

Downtown Address:
110 Winston St. (at Main St., between 4th & 5th)
Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90013

NYC - "After the Reality" (07/06/06 - 08/12/06)

Philly - "Hang 'Em High" (07/07/06 - 07/30/06)

HANG ‘EM HIGH
A Caffeinated Exercise in Woodcutology

July 7th –July 30th, 2006

Reception with the artists: Friday, July 7th, 7-11pm

Free-for-all T-shirt printin' action: Saturday, July 8th, 1-3pm

SPACE 1026
1026 Arch Street
2nd Floor
Philadelphia
215.574.7630

NYC - "Celebrity" (07/06/06 - 08/12/06)

CELEBRITY
July 6 - August 12, 2006
Reception: Thursday, July 6, 6-8

Sixtyseven is pleased to announce the opening of CELEBRITY.

Starring: Paris Hilton, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Barbara Streisand, Martha Stewart, Tupac Shakur, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Johnny Depp, Keanu Reeves, and many more... With work by: Scott Hug, Jillian Mcdonald, Dawn Mellor, Rob Pruitt, Tom Sanford, and Federico Solmi.

CELEBRITY opens on July 6TH and will run through August 12th. Gallery summer hours are Tuesday through Friday, from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Sixtyseven
547 West 27 Street. #309
(bet. 10th and 11th avenues)
New York, NY 10001
212.967.2260

LA - "Consumerism & Product #2" (07/15/06 - 08/19/06)

“Consumerism & Product” #2

A Commercial Gallery hosts a Non-profit Gallery

Gallery Revisited curates show of LA Art Association Artists

Reception: Saturday July 15 6-10pm
Show continues until August 19

This is the first cross-publicity venture of its kind that bridges the business gap between commercial art galleries and non-profit art galleries.

The goal of this exhibit is to showcase compelling work and raise awareness about the two types of art-selling venues and to enlighten audiences about the benefits of supporting artists. By abandoning the distinction between commercial & non-profit gallery tax status, one core purpose remains – to facilitate the careers of artists by not only providing a venue in which their work can be displayed & to generate a collector base that furthers the artists’ careers through acquisition and exposure.

Costa Mesa - "La Batalla" (07/01/06 - 07/23/06)

Subject Matter Gallery
Presents
"La Batalla"

Featuring Artwork From
Danny Gonzalez / Johnny Quintana / Marquis Lewis / Midztoro /
Patrick Martinez / Antonio Pelayo / Sonia Romero / Melissa Trochez / Jaime "GERMS" Zacarias

Opening Reception
Saturday, July 1st 7pm-11pm w/ DJ's
Subject Matter @ The LAB
We know parking is difficult. Spaces are available at The Camp, Randolph Street & the Business Complex next To Memphis

Show Runs
July 1st, 2006 - July 23rd, 2006

LA - "projected and selected images" (07/01/06 - 07/30/06)

Jump Cabo San Lucas!

June 30, 2006 - 6:16 p.m. PDT - Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Believe it or not, I'm walking on air. I never thought I would feel so freeeeee. Give it up for my friends for being such good sports!

Seattle - Receiver Guest Artist Show (07/01/06 - 07/21/06)

Your favorite homegrown San Francisco gallery has put together a traveling exhibition with 9 of our favorite emerging artists.

Opening our west coast tour at the Burton Showroom in Seattle we proudly present art and apparel designs from: Nathan Fox, James Gibson, Maya Hayuk, Ogi, Henry Lewis, Chris Pew, Kelly Tunstall, Paul Urich, and Marci Washington.

NYC - "Flight Plan" (06/29/06 - 07/28/06)

Morgan Lehman Gallery Presents: Flight Plan
June 29- July 28, 2006
Opening reception: Thursday, June 29 2006, 6-8pm

Morgan Lehman is pleased to present our first summer group show titled “Flight Plan”, featuring Brook Caballero, Dana Carlson, Orly Cogan, Sean Cavanaugh, Kirsten Deirup, Franklin Evans, Philip Knoll, Jenny Laden, Dona Lief, Jeffrey Milstein, Amy Ross, and Paul Villinski.

Technically speaking, flight plans are filed by pilots with the local Aviation Authority prior to flying an aircraft to a destination. The flight plans include basic anticipated information such as departure and arrival points, estimated time of arrival, alternate airports in case of bad weather, the pilot's name, and number of passengers. These plans additionally provide a way of alerting rescuers if the scheduled flight is overdue.

LA - "Kindertotenlieder" (07/01/06 - 08/12/06)

Donovan Crosby - Kindertotenlieder
Project room: Matt Haber – Storm Withstanders
July 1 – August 12, 2006
Reception: Saturday, July 1 from 6-9pm
@ sixspace :: 5803 Washington Blvd., Culver City ***entrance in back

Summer at sixspace is sizzling! Our last exhibition of the season features the premiere solo exhibition Kindertotenlieder by gallery artist Donovan Crosby with our project room showing Los Angeles-based
artist Matt Haber's Storm Withstanders. The reception for both shows is Saturday, July 1 from 6-9pm. Both artists will be in attendance and there is talk of some planned summer/bbq-style festivities too.

SM - "A Common Thread" (07/08/06 - 08/12/06)

NYC - "Collage Party" (06/29/06 - 07/28/06)

COLLAGE PARTY!
June 29 - July 28, 2006
Reception for the Artists: Thursday, June 29, 6-8 pm

ZieherSmith, in collaboration with Winnipeg’s othergallery, presents Collage Party. Participating artists include: Brian Belott, Paul Butler, Daniel Dueck, dearraindrop, Michael Dumontier, Simon Hughes, Josh Jefferson, Jeff Ladouceur, Misaki Kawai, Timothy Marvel Hull, Taylor McKimens, Jason McLean, Shawna McLeod, Daniel O’Connor, Rachel Owens, Javier Piñón, Maeghan Reid, Karin Weiner, & Adrian Williams.

LA - Rubens' Retouched Drawings and Oil Sketches Lecture (07/06/06)

Rubens' Retouched Drawings and Oil Sketches (lecture)
July 6, 7:00 p.m.
The Getty Center

Drunken Silenus / Suyderhoef after Rubens
Top: Drunken Silenus (detail), Jonas Suyderhoef after Peter Paul Rubens, after 1640

An expressive and masterful painter, Peter Paul Rubens was also a savvy businessman who promoted his fame by making prints of his most successful paintings. In this free lecture by art historian Michiel Plomp, "From Drawings and Oil into Print: Rubens' Retouched Drawings and Oil Sketches Preparatory for Prints," learn how Rubens collaborated with a small army of artists to rework his complex compositions into prints.

SF - "5ives" (07/08/06 - 07/29/06)

5ives — A Group Exhibition. July 8th — July 29th.

In the eerie elusiveness of sublime inspirations comes “FIVES” - a new art show featuring five emerging artists showcasing their new work in Receiver Gallery’s new Valencia Street location.

FIVES brings together five emerging artists including:
Deedee Cheriel, (LA) Jeff Eisenberg (SF), Amanda Lynch (SF), Keli Reule (SF), and Casey Jex Smith (SF).

LA - Rubens and His Printmakers (07/05/06 - 09/24/06)

Rubens and His Printmakers
Date: Daily, July 5 - September 24, 2006
Location: East Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
Admission: Free

Peter Paul Rubens employed a small army of artists to make prints after his most successful paintings, drawings, and tapestry designs, thus increasing his fame throughout Europe. This exhibition explores the close working relationship between Rubens and his printmakers, elucidating a fascinating aspect of artistic collaboration. Not satisfied with making mere reproductions of his pictures, Rubens encouraged his artists to modify his compositions, which he also often reworked. In attempting to meet Rubens' strict demands, his printmakers contributed significantly to the development of Western printmaking techniques. The display's key theme of collaboration offers a supporting dialogue to the exhibition Rubens and Brueghel: A Working Friendship.

The Getty Center is located at 1200 Getty Center Drive in Los Angeles, California.

NYC - Fine Print: Bidoun (06/29/06)

Fine Print: Alternative Media at P.S.1

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents Fine Print: Alternative Media at P.S.1, a series of public programs co-organized with innovative publications from New York and nationwide. Participating publications include The Believer, Bidoun, Cabinet, Clear Cut Press, Esopus, Influence, The Journal of Aesthetics & Protest, Mass Appeal, n+1, The Relay Project, and Topic.

Fine Print: Bidoun
Thursday, June 29, 6:30 pm

NYC - EAI Summer Screening (06/28/06)

MUSIC VIDEO ART
on the river & under the stars

Celebrate summer with EAI at a special open-air video screening on the Hudson River at Pier 63 Maritime.

Wednesday, June 28th
9:00 pm
Pier 63 Maritime
23rd Street and the Hudson River (directions below)
New York City
Admission free

Please join EAI for an outdoor program of alternative music videos and music-based video by artists. The screening will include works by Cory Arcangel, Charles Atlas, Michael Bell-Smith, Johanna Billing, Dara Birnbaum, Meredith Danluck, Devin Flynn, Shana Moulton, Tony Oursler with Sonic Youth, Ara Peterson, Seth Price, and William Wegman.

The videos will be screened on the tented stage at Pier 63 Maritime, the public access pier on the Hudson River. Food and drinks will be available for purchase at the pier.

SF - "Well Hung" (07/06/06 - 08/05/06)

"Well Hung"

featuring the new works by our favorite ladies: Sylvia Ji, Monica Canilao, Andrea Wicklund, Jenny Bird, Hanna Stouffer, Amanda Lopez, Laura Brink, Jennifer Poon, Siloette, Diana Thorneycroft, and Jill Simonsen.

Reception Date: July 6th, 2006
7pm to 11pm
Runs through: August 5th, 2006

White Walls
835 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
415.931.1500

LA - Swap Meet (06/24/06)

SWAP MEET
Piracy - Karaoke - Conviviality
SATURDAY, June 24
9pm till Late
Free

http://betalevel.com/2006/06/24/swap-meet-13/

Lately we've been wondering why Swap Meet hasn't been raided in a joint RIAA/NSA skull-crushing magneto-sweep. We think it's because they've seen Big Trouble in Little China. The lawyers are all like "Hey, go to Chinatown and find out what this 'swapy karaoke' business is all about." And the skull-crushers are all like "Pfft! I'm not messing with that frickin' lightning guy!"

Come to Swap Meet. Where it's safe.

Coney Island - Mermaid Parade (06/24/06)

Philly - Just For Kicks Screening (06/23/06)

The Sultan's Elephant.

This past May, Royal de Luxe performed a spectacular puppet show for the people of London. Below is just one example of what amazed and captured the hearts of all who were lucky enough to witness the public spectacle:

More videos. More pictures. More information. Meet The Sultan's Elephant.

The show will next appear in Antwerp (Belgium) 6 – 9 July and then in Calais at the end of September and Le Havre at the end of October. Please come to America!

LA - "Secrets of Society" (06/24/06 - 07/22/06)

Berlin - "You Have More Freedom Than You Are Using" (06/23/06 - 07/22/06)

Summer Threads.

Art + Fashion, Street + Beach = Sensational threads. Hello, summer!

Flip-flops by Futura Laboratories. Available through Sold Out.

Bikini by Kaws / Married to the Mob. 100 pieces. That's right, a limited edition bikini! Available through Alife, Colette and OriginalFake.

Cheep Cheap!

This plastic cuckoo clock has got to be the greatest housewarming gift find of the season! For $16.95, you can annoy the f*ck out of your friends every hour on the hour with 12 different songs! Force them to think about you all day long but don't blame them when they throw this lovely gift out the window.

7" x 12". Available at Koo de Kir.

LA - "Vermin on the Mount" (06/25/06)

More: Vermin on the Mount

NYC - "Upstairs at the Square" (06/21/06)

LA - LA-Lit interviews Will Alexander (06/25/06)

LA-Lit interviews Will Alexander
Sunday, June 25 at 2pm
At Betalevel

We’d like to invite you to a live radio recording, poetry reading & conversation this coming Sunday June 25 at 2 p.m. at Betalevel in Chinatown. Will Alexander will be the featured writer on LA-lit, a radio show co-curated by Mathew Timmons & Stephanie Rioux. The show (& hence the recording) lasts a little over an hour and will be about 30 minutes of reading & about 30 minutes of questions & answers/further questions – alternating between the two modes in hopes of creating a space for dynamic conversation.

Will Alexander is a poet and visual artist. Working from Los Angeles, he has updated the alchemy of surrealist vision (found in such poets as Aimé Césaire and Raymond Roussel) to write his own cosmic parables, in his own electric incandescent language. His poetic works include Exobiology as Goddess, Asia & Haiti, Above the Human Nerve Domain, Towards the Primeval Lightning Field, and The Stratospheric Canticles. He has two works forthcoming: a novella, Alien Weaving, from Green Integer; and a book of poems, Sri Lankan Loxodrome, from Canopic Press. His most recent book, a trilogy of novels, Sunrise and Armageddon, is out from from Spuyten Duyvil. The International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England named Will Outstanding Scholar of the 20th Century and he was also recognized by the Whiting Foundation for exceptional literary achievement in New York. In 2002 Will received a fellowship for poetry from the California Arts Council.

NYC - "Meditations in an Emergency" (06/20/06 - 08/04/06)

Video Still from Sunday in the Country with Larry Rivers by John Glassie

Meditations in an Emergency
Opening Reception Tomorrow: Tuesday June 20 | 6pm-8pm

Please join Jen Bekman this Tuesday evening (tomorrow!) at a reception for Meditations in an Emergency, a group show featuring jen bekman artists' responses to Frank O'Hara's poem by the same name.

NYC - Slave Magazine Launch Party (06/24/06)

ESTER PARTEGĄS

SLAVE MAGAZINE

CALORIES: UNITS OF ENERGY 1998-2005

LAUNCH PARTY

SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2006, FROM 5-7PM

Printed Matter, Inc. is pleased to presents a launch party for Ester Partegąs' artist project, Calories: Units of Energy 1998-2005, produced as a special issue of Slave Magazine on Saturday, June 24, 2006, from 5-7pm. Published in Australia, Slave Magazine takes a different format for each issue. Printed Matter is located at 195 Tenth Avenue between 21st and 22nd streets.

Heavy Metal.

June 18, 2006 - 3:12 p.m. PST - Studio City, CA

Where do you find an office desk when your home's decor is best described as a hodgepodge of mid-century modern, Ikea, Modernica and vintage medical pieces?

Steel Casey! Look no further for refurbished and refinished salvaged vintage Steelcase office furniture. Located in hot-as-hell-Studio City, their bright yellow showroom is hard to miss. There is a generous selection of desks and a copious color palette that will work for any room in your home. The courteous and patient staff (especially Egan) is worth a visit alone, if not just for a chat. If you’re going to buy, remember to bring your checkbook; they’re vintage in the sales department too.

LA - Live Art and Experimental Music Night (06/23/06)

Local Hustlers, a lucky winner and a guest are invited to attend this spectacular event. Please leave a comment and we'll hook it up! Good luck and enjoy!

Live Art and Experimental Music Night

Bob Bellerue/halfnormal and Wanda Gala
Jocelyn Schneider Foye
The Swinging Chandeliers

at Dangerous Curve

an Experimental Exhibition
and Performance/Live Art Space

Friday, June 23, 2006
8:00 p.m.

$10.00

1020 East Fourth Place
(500 Molino Street #102)
Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

NYC - "Ends and Odds" (06/24/06 - 07/19/06)

NYC - "Green by Design" (06/28/06)

New York Hustlers! The kind folks behind "Green by Design" have a pair of tickets to giveaway so you can come hang out. The first person to leave a comment, goes (with a friend). Good luck and have fun!

"Green by Design," the next event in Bryan Keefer's series of discussions on next-wave culture at Makor, the Upper West Side branch of the 92nd Street Y for New Yorkers in their 20s and 30s. "Green by Design" takes place on Wednesday, June 28th, at 7:00pm.

Featured panelists include Dominic Muren, an engineer, toy designer and contributor to Treehugger.com; Yael Alkalay, founder and CEO of red flower , a line of beauty products made with organic and sustainable botanicals; and Robert Frenay, author of Pulse: The Coming Age of Systems and Machines Inspired by Living Things.

London - "Suite" (06/21/06 - 07/22/06)

Carolina Raquel Antich

Suite

21 June - 22 July 2006

private view: Wednesday 21 June, 6-8pm

Gimpel Fils is pleased to present Caroline Raquel Antich’s first solo exhibition in London. Based in Italy, Antich has received international acclaim for her unsettling paintings of children at play.

NYC - "Montezuma’s Revenge" (06/22/06 - 08/18/06)

Nicole Klagsbrun is pleased to present Montezuma’s Revenge, a group exhibition gathering artists from diverse backgrounds. The exhibition will be on view from June 22nd until August 18th, 2006, with an opening reception on Thursday, June 22 from 6 to 8 pm.

NYC - "Delight" (06/22/06 - 08/18/06)

Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery is pleased to present Delight, an exhibition of paintings by Alona Harpaz. This is Ms. Harpaz’s solo debut in the United States. The exhibition is on view from June 22nd to August 18th, 2006 with an opening reception on June 22nd from 6 to 8 pm. The artist will be in attendance.

Tagging the Sky.

June 17, 2006 - 2:53 p.m. PST - Venice, CA

NYC - "Endless Summer" (06/30/06 - 07/29/06)

Matt Lucas

"Endless Summer"

Invisible NYC is pleased to host Endless Summer, a solo-exhibit by photographer, Matt Lucas (www.ishotmattlucas.com).

Mr. Lucas has exhibited his photographs throughout the U.S., his work gracing the covers and pages of numerous publications, such as Heeb and NY Arts Magazine. For his exhibition at Invisible NYC, Mr. Lucas combines redefined and manipulated images from pop culture and art history, his own photographs, and reappropriated personal photographs taken by others to create a meticulous and ambitious installation that consumes the gallery space.

LA - "And the Damage Done" (06/17/06 - 08/15/06)

SF - Receiver Gallery Grand Opening (06/17/06)

You are invited to the Grand Opening Party for our new space in the sunny Mission district in SF! Come celebrate with us this Saturday!

Receiver
1415 Valencia St. (@ 25th)
San Francisco, Ca
94110

6 - 10 pm, Saturday, June 17th, 2006

* Live music @ 8:30 by The Doppler Trio! with DJ selections by Jaxxxon and friends!

* Art generously displayed by friends, 100% of the proceeds go to the artists! Get some!

* Delicious beer courtesy of Anchor Steam, and Mexico (and us)!

LA - Wassup Rockers Free-For-All Block Party (06/25/06)

First Look Studios and American Apparel

In Association with SkatePark Association USA

Presents the

“Wassup Rockers Free-For-All Block Party”

Featuring Games of Skate, Live Bands, Sneak Preview Screening of Larry Clark’s Wassup Rockers

With Larry Clark, the Cast of the Film, Skater Chad Muska & Other Special Guests In Person

Downtown LA – Sunday, June 25, 2006

SJ - "Come To Me" (07/07/06 - 08/19/06)

LA - RES Screening (06/20/06)

The first person to answer the following question wins a pair of tickets to attend the screening:

Name four creative projects other than Sonic Youth that Kim Gordon has worked on.

Art Work.

June 13, 2006 - 11:32 p.m. PST - Los Angeles, CA

Happy Birthday to Jose and Darren. Big ups to Young and Davi. It was no surprise that the global network was out in full force to celebrate a gathering of creativity now.

SF - "Eating Grass" (06/24/06 - 07/26/06)

Stockholm - "I HIDE IN SNAKES" (06/16/06 - 07/09/06)

"I HIDE IN SNAKES"
STEFAN DANIELSSON
JUNE 16 - JULY 9, 2006
OPENING RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST: FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 6-9 pm

This is the first solo exhibition by Swedish artist Stefan Danielsson

NYC - "100 New York Mysteries" (06/23/06 - 08/04/06)

Aaron Krach
100 New York Mysteries
23 June — 4 August 2006
Reception: Thursday, 22 June 2006, 6 — 8 pm

For his first exhibition at DCKT Contemporary, Aaron Krach stakes a claim to a piece of the rich and varied history of artists inspired by New York City. “My new work fits somewhere between late, jazzy Piet Mondrian and early, East Village Madonna,” says Krach. “It’s a genuine but perhaps futile attempt to capture the beauty of Manhattan streets and the sex appeal of pure, unadulterated pop culture.”

LA - "MILITANT GUILD OF RURAL TAILORS RESEARCH GROUP RECRUITMENT DRIVE" (06/13/06 - 07/05/06)

LA - "June Thirteenth" (06/13/06)

181 Martel Presents: June Thirteenth

181 Martel is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by June 13th. A collaboration fueled by the energy and creativity of Dr. Romanelli and José Parlá.

The show is comprised of a unique collection that defines the vision
and flow of June 13th. This compilation introduces a number of unique collaborations with Visvim, Anachronorm, and Dita; some of the world’s freshest and most innovative brands.

June13th creates original artwork on leather patchwork by Dr. Romanelli with meticulous designs by José Parla’s calligraphy and painting techniques packed and jumbled with layers of written stories, poems, names and motifs.

LA - Hollywood & Highland "Live Large" (06/15/06)

Dynamic Duo.

June 9, 2006 - 10:36 p.m. PST - Venice, CA

There's a lot to say about creatives Diana Hong and Peter Sutherland. Until I can get a proper interview done, I'm just going to leave you with a couple of words about the two: playground love.

SF - "Conflated" (06/09/06 - ?)

LA - "Dots & Plates" (06/17/06 - 07/22/06)

Paris - ES Footwork Party (06/10/06)

Extreme Sweetness.

Diet Coke, Mentos and a lot of ingenuity will get you noticed. Maybe backyard scientists, Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz can coordinate the water show for the next hot Vegas property. Bellagio, watch your back!

LA- "Cast" (06/17/06 - 07/10/06)

Cast
A sculpture show featuring: Evah Fan, Gary Garay, Jungmin Koh, Albert Reyes, Florencio Zavala, Rachell Sumpter, Luke Ramsey, Patrick Roberts, Esther Watson, Mark Todd, Jess Hutch, Mari Araki

June 17 - July 10, 2006
Reception: Saturday June 17, 7-10 p.m.

SF - Kami and Susu Art Opening (06/08/06 - ?)

KAMI AND SASU

Upper Playground in association with FIFTY24SF Gallery is pleased to present installations and illustrations by Japanese husband and wife artists , Kami and Sasu. The Tokyo-based artists have shown their work worldwide, from Milan, Italy to Manchester, UK to Mito, Japan. As members of “The Barnstormers”, they have left their mark through out the South East of the United States painting barns, trucks and farm equipment.

Known for their large murals and installations that draw upon their personal inspirations, Kami and Sasu collaborate to build stunning iconographies. Drawing from traditional Japanese Calligraphy and sprawling patterns, they create new sensual forms in bold colors that represent their signature style. As a duo, their work is recognized by Kami’s strong line work and Sasu’s distinctive patterns.

OPENING RECEPTION
June 8, 2006: 7-9:30PM

FIFTY24SF Gallery
248 Fillmore St.
SF CA 94117
(415)252-0144 ext.4

LA - "INFORMATICS and THE STYROBOT FACE-OFF" (06/10/06 - 07/01/06)

MICHAEL SALTER

INFORMATICS and THE STYROBOT FACE-OFF

JUNE 1Oth - JULY 1st, 2006

OPENING RECEPTION June 10th 7-10pm

BLK/MRKT Gallery is happy to present Michael Salter with a site-specific installation, Informatics and The Styrobot Face-Off, that includes sculpture, logotypes, animation, drawings, styrobots and other works creating an atmosphere that explores their tenuous relationships. The installation is the result of Salter's continued research into contemporary visual culture and its potential effects on the cognitive process.

LA - "Club27" (06/10/06 - 07/01/06)

LA - "RATTLE THE CHANDELIER" (06/10/06 - 07/10/06)

The Lab 101 Gallery presents;

'RATTLE THE CHANDELIER'

featuring art work by;

MICHELLE BLADE . KEREN RICHTER . KEITH ANDREW SHORE . CHRISTOPHER SILAS NEAL . JOSH COCHRAN . KEITH WARREN GREIMAN . MATT FURIE . KELSEY BROOKES

JUNE 10 - JULY10, 2006
Opening Reception: SATURDAY . JUNE 10 . 2006 7-10PM

THE LAB101 GALLERY
8530-B Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232

Ojai - "More Playgrounds" (06/10/06 - 07/30/06)

More Playgrounds June 10th – July 30th, 2006 The Nathan Larramendy Gallery is please to announce, More Playgrounds, photographs by Aaron Plant. More Playgrounds is Plant’s first solo exhibition at the Nathan Larramendy Gallery. The gallery will host an afternoon opening reception on Saturday, June 10th from 3 – 5 pm. The artist will be present at the opening reception. The exhibition dates are June 10th – July 30th, 2006. The exhibition is accompanied with a catalog of Plant’s work with essays by Lisa Le Feuvre and Laura Richard Janku.

Doing the Backstroke in the Lake of Fire.

June 3, 2006 - 8:18 p.m. PST - San Pedro, CA

This is an example of Porous Walker's wonderful work currently up at the Walled City gallery in San Pedro, CA. "Doing the Backstroke in the Lake of Fire" is a collaborative installation by Edith Abeyta, Rheim Alkadhi and Porous Walker

LA - "And The Damage is Done" (06/17/060 - 07/15/06)

Sat. June 17

Corey Helford Gallery presents
Sage Vaughn's “and the damage done”

Corey Helford Gallery
8522 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
310-287-2340

Exhibition: June 17 - July 15
Opening Artist Reception: Sat. June 17, 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Regular gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 12:00pm to 6:00pm

LA - "Mirror City" (06/17/06 - 07/12/06)

Brooklyn - "Slidepool" (06/16/06 - 07/16/06)

LA - Playboy Jazz on Film (06/15/06)

Thursday, June 15, 7:30 pm

Playboy Jazz on Film

The Playboy Jazz Festival evening of jazz on film returns to the Bing Theater! Once again, jazz film archivist Mark Cantor presents an eclectic mix of big band, small combo, bop, and modern jazz on film. The program includes many well-known and respected jazz artists, including Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton, Dizzy Gillespie, and Louis Armstrong. In addition, there will be a large number of world-premiere clips featuring performances never before seen in public, including the earliest film appearances by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers and Thelonious Monk.

Admission is free but tickets are required and may be picked up at the museum box office from noon on the day of the event. Tickets must be presented at the door of the Bing Theater by 7:20 p.m. After this time, entrance to the theater is on a first come, first served basis.

SF - Carter Opening (06/02/06 - 06/30/06)

CARTER
June 2 - 30, 2006
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, 6-9pm

The Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco is pleased to present a solo exhibition of the works of New York-based artist Carter, which will include his characteristic collaged drawings on hand marbleized paper, as well as photographs.

As Matthew Higgs notes, Carter’s works are “…a form of deflected (or defective) self-portraiture...assembled - in a manner akin to a police "Identikit" image, or a "Mr. Potato Head" figure - from pre- drawn fragments that depict bodily parts and facial characteristics (profiles, hair styles, moustaches, beards, noses, ears, mouths, eyes, etc.), and invariably make reference to the artist's own physiognomy.”

SM - adicup 2006 Tournament (06/10/06)

adicup 2006 Tournament
Los Angeles, California

Hosted by adidas, ARKITIP & Undefeated

Food, Drinks, Music, Prizes
June 10th 2006, 11am - 6pm

Crossroads Soccer Field
1715 Olympic Blvd.
Santa Monica, California

SM - ARKITIP Issue Release Event (06/09/06)

ARKITIP Issue Release Event
Featuring Photographer Peter Sutherland

Food, Drinks, Music
June 9th 2006, 7pm - 10pm

Undefeated
2654 - D Main Street
Santa Monica, California

San Pedro - "Doing the Backstroke in the Lake of Fire" (06/03/06 - 07/15/06)

Doing the Backstroke in the Lake of Fire

A collaborative installation by
Edith Abeyta, Rheim Alkadhi and Porous Walker

An examination of the feverish Christian fundamentalism that has taken over the political and personal landscape in the U.S. and a conceptual celebration of hedonism and sin (if you believe in that sort of thing).

June 3 - July 15, 2006
Opening Reception Saturday June 3, 7-10 PM
Booze & Fun will be served - see you there

LA - A Conversation with Danger Mouse (06/12/06)

Danger Mouse (photo: Matthew Donaldson).

Monday, June 12, 2006
7pm

Los Angeles Film Festival
A Conversation with Danger Mouse
DJ, producer, and 2006 L.A. Film Festival Artist in Residence Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) garnered attention for his 2004 underground The Grey Album, a mash-up of Jay-Z’s The Black Album and The Beatles’s The White Album. In 2005, he was recognized with a Grammy nomination for his production of The Gorillaz's Demon Days. Most recently, Danger Mouse collaborated with Cee-Lo to release the album St. Elsewhere under the name Gnarls Barkley.

Magic Music.

Excuse me. But where are the Frank Sinatras and Antonio Carlos Jobims of today? If this music doesn't put you at ease you probably have coal for a heart.

Philly - "Clodhopper" (06/02/06 - 07/24/06)

Philly - "Superman vs. Darth Vader" (06/02/06)

NYC - Freight Train Graffiti Book Launch (06/01/06)

LA - Free Summer at the Hammer Museum (05/30/06 - 09/03/06)

Free Summer at the Hammer Museum

The Museum offers free admission to all exhibitions, collections, and public programs from Memorial Day to Labor Day

From Memorial Day to Labor Day (May 30 through September 3, 2006), the Hammer Museum offers free admission to its exhibitions, collections, and public programs as part of Free Summer. Due to the wildly popular response to 2005's Free Summer, the Museum has again waived admission during the summer months to give Los Angeles residents even greater access to the Hammer's outstanding exhibitions, resourceful collections, and full slate of engaging public programs.

Free Summer at the Hammer also marks the beginning of new collaborations with Indie 103.1FM and Los Angeles Film Festival, which add more variety to an already enriching summer schedule. Programs featured during Free Summer include outdoor concerts and film screenings, readings for children, and lectures, conversations, and discussions on popular culture, politics, and the arts.

Temporary exhibitions on view during Free Summer include The Societe Anonyme: Modernism for America (through August 20), the acclaimed exhibition that charts the development of one of the greatest collections of modern art in America with 240 works by over 100 artists; Hammer Projects by artists Jesper Just (through July 2); Walead Beshty (through July 23); Monique van Genderen (through July 30); Elliott Hundley (through August 27); Animations: Nathalie Djurberg, Brent Green, and David Shrigley & Chris Shepherd (opening July 8); Angela Dufresne (opening July 29); and Christine Nguyen (opening August 17). In addition, the Armand Hammer Collection, which is always on view at the Museum, is free of charge.

LA - "Guitar Eros" (06/02/06 - 07/08/06)

NYC - "I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art" (06/03/06 - 09/23/06)

I WILL NOT MAKE ANY MORE BORING ART

Lithographs, Publications & Ephemera

from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design

Exhibition on display from June 3 - September 23, 2006

Opening reception on Saturday, June 3rd, 5-8 pm

LA - Glenn Campbell & Justin Winokur (06/03/06 - 07/15/06)

GLENN CAMPBELL and JUSTIN WINOKUR
an exhibition of photography

reception:
Saturday, June 3 2006 from 6:30pm to 10:30pm
Exhibition continues through July 15, 2006

Transport Gallery
1308 Factory Place
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Culture Queen.

Why Not Studios up to his usual antics. First the hubby Napoleon and now this. Ha!

I Love Kristin Smith.

May 28, 2006 - 2:34 p.m. PST - Malibu, CA

This Memorial Day weekend someone wanted to tell Kristin Smith that she was loved.

LA - Culver City Artwalk (06/03/06)

For details, maps and all other ARTWALK related info go to http://www.culvercity.org

LA - "You & Me" (05/27/06 - ?)

UNITARD GALLERY present "YOU & ME"
Works of KATSUO DESIGN & FROHAWK TWO-FEATHERS

Opening Reception
Saturday, May 27th, 8:00 pm - 0:00 am

Music by
DJ Frosty / Hoseh / Nico

Gallery Location
706 East First St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Katsuo

LA - "Multicultural Self Taught Artists" (06/01/06 - 06/29/06)

Carol Es, Rudiment, 2005

LA Artcore Brewery Annex Presents:
Multicultural Self Taught Artists:

Donabella Baluyut, Carol Es, John Gibbon, Tom Hollenstein, Lou Kalogerakos, George Two Horses, Ginette Mizraki, and David Walker

June 1 - 29, 2006
Reception & Conversations with the Artists:
Sunday, June 4, 1:00 - 3:00 PM

LA - "Nowhere Anywhere" (06/02/06 - 07/08/06)

PETER KLASEN: NOWHERE ANYWHERE

June 2- July 8, 2006
Artist’s Opening Reception: Friday, June 2, 7 – 9 pm

M+B is pleased to present Nowhere Anywhere, an exhibition of photography by Paris-based artist Peter Klasen. Coming to Los Angeles after it’s inaugural exhibition at the Maison Européene de la Photographie in Paris in the Fall of 2006, this exhibition takes us—for the first time—into the fascinating world of the photos Klasen has taken over the past 30 years, which have served as the basis for the concretization of his paintings.

NYC - Halsey Rodman & Robert de Saint Phalle Openings (06/01/06 - 07/01/06)

Please join us next week at the opening reception for:

Gallery 1: Halsey Rodman “The Navigator’s Quarters Must Not Be Disturbed”

Gallery 2: Robert de Saint Phalle “Flotsam”

Opening reception:
Thursday, June 1st
6pm – 8pm

The exhibition runs from June 1st – July 1st, 2006.

Guild & Greyshkul
28 Wooster St. Ground Fl.
New York, NY 10013
Tel: (212) 625-9224
Fax: (212) 625-0151

Tues – Sat, 11am – 6pm

NYC - "You Have to be Almost Gifted to do What I do" (05/27/06 - 07/28/06)

EXHIBITION: "You have to be almost gifted to do what I do"

DATES: May 27 – July 28, 2006

LOCATION: Alexander and Bonin Gallery, 132 Tenth Avenue between 18th and 19th Streets

HOURS: Tuesday – Saturday, 10am to 6pm

An exhibition of work by twelve new artists, curatedby Oliver Newton and Steven Stewart, will be shown on the 3rd floor of Alexander and Bonin beginning May 27th.

Fridays Off the 405.

May 26, 2006 - 8:08 p.m. PST - Los Angeles, CA

John Tejada playing a set at the Getty Center's "Fridays Off the 405" event.

Ball Art.

May 25, 2006 - 7:35 p.m. PST - Los Angeles, CA

Soccer ball art by Jose Parla. Drawn on the spot. As seen at Nike's Los Angeles Jogo Bonito tournament.

Call For Submissions: Share The Air Video Contest

PANASONIC INTRODUCES “SHARE THE AIR” VIDEO CONTEST IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPONSORSHIP OF DEW ACTION SPORTS TOUR

Panasonic announces the "Share the Air" Video Contest, with an open call for action sports film submissions.

In the spirit of self-expression, creativity and sharing, the Panasonic "Share the Air" Video Contest welcomes participation from amateur filmmakers on the up and up and industry professionals alike.

Panasonic understands that action sports are much more than tricks and thrills. They're about creativity, self-expression, pushing yourself and having the time of your life. That's Panasonic’s definition of "Share the Air." What's yours?

On May 17th, Panasonic challenged filmmakers to show what “Share the Air” means to them in the form of a 24-second action sports film. Submitted videos will be reviewed and evaluated by Panasonic and renowned action sports filmmakers Ty Evans and Aaron Meza. Two Grand Prize Winners will each win a Panasonic HD video package worth over $16,000, including the new state-of-the-art AG-HVX200 High Definition camcorder, and $5,000 cash. Winning submissions will also be considered for national broadcast as Panasonic television commercials. In addition, four First Prize Winners will each win a video prize package worth over $1,000.

NYC - "Arrangement" (06/01/06 - 07/14/06)

Schänke, 2005, oil on canvas

Christian Hellmich

Arrangement
1 June - 14 July 2006

Opening Reception
Thursday, 1 June, 6-8 PM

LEHMANN MAUPIN
540 WEST 26TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10001
T.212.255.2923
F.212.255.2924
info@lehmannmaupin.com

Napoleon Dynamite!

Et voila. Silvio's 2006 portrait. As illustrated and tweaked by artist, Stanley of Why Not Studios. Absolutely brill! Now if one of you can paint the accompanying Marie Antoinette portrait of moi, we'd be quite the love-to-hate couple.

Copenhagen - "Highmath" (05/26/06 - 06/24/06)

NYC - Augusten Burroughs Reading (05/24/06)

Word for Word Series
Augusten Burroughs, Possible Side Effects: True Stories

* Wednesday, May 24
* 12:30pm – 1:45pm
* Bryant Park Reading Room

The theme is himself as Augusten Burroughs takes a personal look at everything from Junior Mints to the Tooth Fairy in Possible Side Effects: True Stories.

LA - Fridays Off the 405 (05/26/06)

John Tejada (top) combines Detroit techno, hip-hop, and classical influences into richly layered techno (top); Jimmy Tamborello, aka Dntel (below), uses electonic artistry to create a novel blend of techno, pop, guitar, vocals, and found sound

Fridays Off the 405

Date: Friday, May 26, 2006, 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Location: Getty Center, Museum Courtyard
Admission: Free

NYC - "I Want to Live Forever" (05/25/06)

NYC - "A.R.T. Press' Between Artists Series" Book Launch (05/27/06)

A.R.T. Press' Between Artists Series

Liam Gillick / Lawrence Weiner

Paul Chan / Martha Rosler

Book Launch

Saturday, May 27, 2006, from 5-7 PM

Call For Submissions: I Love A Parade!

I LOVE A PARADE!
The 2nd Annual Art Parade
Call to Artists

If you missed the Art Parade last year, we'll assume you learned your lesson and you'll mark September 9 in your calendar now. If you want to be the one waving to the crowd - artists, performers and designers are cordially invited to create floats, placards, portable sculptures, kites, performances and street spectacles. Submit your proposal to artparade@deitch.com. Only really fabulous ideas entertained.

THE 2nd ANNUAL ART PARADE presented by Deitch Projects, Creative Time and Paper Magazine, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2006, 4PM, WEST BROADWAY

Copenhagen - CPH DISTORTION Opening Party (05/31/06)

LA - Keith Tamashiro Fundraisers (05/24/06 - 05/26/06)

Call For Submissions: A Scanner Darkly Trailer

A SCANNER DARKLY TRAILER CONTEST

A Scanner Darkly
Keanu Reeves in A Scanner Darkly, directed by Richard Linklater (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment)

RES wants you to recut, remix or remake the film trailer for Richard Linklater's upcoming animated adaptation of Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly. Visit scanner.res.com to download trailer elements and remix using the program of your choice. Then go to www.jumpcut.com (you can also use their free online editor) to submit your remix and then later vote for your film online. Your trailer can be one to three minutes long and you can use the supplied footage and audio, or your own, but please refrain from using other copyrighted material. The contest is open to residents of the US ages 18 or over, and grand prize winners will receive two tickets to the US premiere of A Scanner Darkly, plus roundtrip airfare, hotel and limo to and from the airport and premiere, along with a Microsoft Windows 64-bit powered Professional Video Editing Workstation including Adobe Production Studio Premium. The deadline is June 7. Visit the Web site for entry procedures, official rules and prizes for the Runner-up and Audience Choice Award winner.

LA - Quality of Life Premiere Ticket Giveaway (05/26/06 - 05/28/06)

To my five regular readers,

The generous "Quality of Life" crew would like to invite one of you (and your lucky guest) to attend one of the premier screenings of this highly anticipated film about urban life and culture. The first person to leave a comment gets to go (please make sure to leave a valid email address).

Stockholm - Vice Comics Issue Release Party (05/26/06)

LA - "Rise" (05/27/06 - 06/24/06)

Image: Chad Robertson - Untitled, 2006, Oil on canvas, 72 x 36 in.

Chad Robertson - Rise
May 27 - June 24, 2006
Reception: Saturday, May 27 from 6-9pm
@ sixspace :: 5803 Washington Blvd. in Culver City (entrance in back)

LIC - "Fine Print: Mass Appel" (05/25/06)

Brussels - Akroe & Krsn (05/26/06 - 07/02/06)

AKROE & KRSN

Reception: friday May 26, 18h00-22h00
Exhibition: May 27, 2006 - July 2, 2006

Stockholm - Beneath Exhibition 03 & 1 Year Anniversary (06/01/06 - 06/17/06)

BENEATH Exhibition 03 & 1 Year anniversay

BENEATH’s third exhibition of 2006 see’s Danish illustrator, artist and fashion designer Kathrine de Place Bjorn exhibit a series of specially commisioned portraits and clothes at BENEATH from June 1st – 17th June. 1st of June also marks BENEATH’s first year at its new location

LA - “End of Hunger” Benefit Show (05/21/06)

89.9 KCRW Presents

“End of Hunger” Benefit Show

With Quincy Coleman, Shane Alexander and AM

At Cinespace in Hollywood, CA

Sunday, May 21, 2006

The End of Hunger Fund (EHF) is a non-profit organization committed to inspiring people around the world to join the revolution to end hunger. On Sunday, May 21, 2006, 89.9 KCRW (www.kcrw.com) will host the “End of Hunger” benefit show as part of their concert series at Cinespace in Hollywood featuring performances by three of Los Angeles’ most talented, up-and-coming artists: Quincy Coleman (www.quincysongs.com), Shane Alexander (www.shanealexandermusic.com), and AM (www.AMSounds.com), all of whom are releasing new albums in May. Proceeds will benefit EHF. Cinespace is located at 6356 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028. Tickets are $10.00 for general entry and may be reserved in advance by calling the EHF Ticket Hotline at 310-696-9360 or emailing Events@EndofHunger.org. Ages 21+ are welcome. For more information on the venue please call 323-817-3456 (FILM) or visit www.cine-space.com. For information about this event and EHF please visit www.endofhunger.org.

LA - "Quality of Life" Opening & After Party (05/26/06)

Hello Graffiti Art & Film Lovers (go see this movie, I will),

The indie film Quality of Life comes to LA for its theatrical debut hot after a successful run (multiple sold-out nights) in NYC. It opens Memorial Day Weekend on Friday, May 26th at Laemmle's Fairfax 3 (on Beverly Blvd.).

Shot on location in San Francisco's Mission District, Quality of Life is not a documentary, but a narrative drama. It sheds light on a clandestine graffiti subculture, with an authentic and riveting story of two young taggers who struggle to maintain their friendship as their lives unravel and the cops close in.

A former at-risk kid himself, director Benjamin Morgan's connection to the underground youth of today accentuates the film’s Cinéma Vérité style. Says Morgan, “I set out to make this film to expose the absurdity of so-called ‘quality of life’ laws. The tough-on-crime political climate has become endemic in the United States. After working in the juvenile justice and mental health fields for over a decade, I became frustrated with the systemic flaws inherent in youth programs...”

LA - Dance Camera West (06/10/06 & 06/15/06)

Dance Camera West, LA's Dance Film Festival

Sat. 6/10 & Thu. 6/15:
UCLA Hammer Museum – Courtyard
10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024 (310-443-7000; www.hammer.ucla.edu)
- Hammer events are free

MORE INFORMATION: 213-480-8633

NYC - "We Were Young and It Was Summer" (05/20/06 - 06/21/06)

LA - "NeoPlural" (05/20/06 - 06/10/06)

Scion presents: NeoPlural
Contemporary Bay Area Art

Featuring work from:

Eneri Abillar, Francis Baker, Alec Bennett, Francis Berry, Vanessa Blaikie, Krescent Carasso, Dan Grayber, Robert Larson, Charles Linder, Joey Piziali, Yuri Psinakis, Ronaldo Sandoval, Andrew Schoultz, Justin Young

Curated by Yuri Psinakis

OPENING : Saturday, May 20th, 2006 7-10PM
(most of the artists will be in attendance)
Show from May 20th - June 10th, 2006

Scion Installation L.A.
8553 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, California 90232
310.841.0478

NYC - "Overthrows" (05/18/06 - 06/24/06)

Rachel Owens: Overthrows
May 18 - June 24, 2006
Reception for the Artist: Thursday, May 18, 6-8 pm

"These counties are almost entirely green land with small coverts; there is almost complete absence of wire… so that anyone mounted on a clean-jumping horse with plenty of pace and stamina may, if so inclined, follow wherever a fox may lead hounds…. In fact, there is nothing whatever to prevent him from following and seeing the whole of any hunt from a find to the kill (once he is clear of the stampede from covertside), except his own limitations or those of his horse." Thomas Forman, 1953.

Boston - The Anime Boston Big Battel (05/26/06)

Dear HOC Readers,

The following is a paid event. I'm telling you about it because I think that you might enjoy what the Kaiju folks have to offer. If you haven't been. Go! Before it becomes Coachella or Burning Man and it's too late to enjoy the true essence of Big Battels:

The Anime Boston Big Battel is less than two weeks away, and Dr. Cube's promise that "Someone Must Die!" has the Kaiju universe whipped into a frenzy. While everyone speculates just who will meet his demise, kaiju.com has released a new video - Midori No Kaiju vs Kung-Fu Chicken Noodle, that captures the final Battel of one of Kaiju's greatest champions.

In addition to the video, I have ordered the unveiling of the brand new Kaiju podcast - The Kaiju Podfighto! Download the Podfighto today at kaiju.com to hear Louden Noxious' coverage of the Road to Ambition tournament to determine Dr. Cube's championship opponent for the Anime Boston Battel. Then check back on Wednesday for the second episode which covers the conclusion of the tournament.

NYC - Dr. Benstock at 112 (05/22/06 - 05/26/06)

Dr. Benstock at 112
112 W 44th Street between 6th Ave. & Broadway
Monday - Friday May 22 - 26, 2006
6:00PM

After scouring the thrift stores of Middletown, NY for the past year, Dr. Benstock has returned for a week of gigs at chashama's window on 44th Street.

WATCH from the street as we destroy outdated vinyl!
MARVEL at the confused looks of people heading towards Tarzan!
ENJOY our reenactments of scenes from Mannequin!

Dr. Benstock is: John McDonough & Paul Spencer - Turnable surgeons
Live at Chashama's 44th St. Window
Free!

SM - "Von Dutch Tribute II" (05/20/06 - 06/20/06)

NYC - Lovett/Codagnone Book Launch (05/18/06)

Printed Matter Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of Lovett/Codagnone's new publication Lovett/Codagnone on May 18th from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. For the occasion, Printed Matter is pleased to present a display of related works by the artists, curated by Lia Gangitano, which will be on view through Saturday, May 27th. Printed Matter is located at 195 Tenth Avenue at 22nd Street.

Published by Charta, Lovett/Codagnone documents the history of the artists' creative partnership, from their earliest works addressing the assimilation of gay culture by mass aesthetic consumption—fashion, music, entertainment—to their later performances reflecting on identity and the inadequacy of language with respect to the complexity of relationships.

LA - DinnerNet Dinner (05/16/06)

DinnerNet Dinner Access GRANTED!
Tuesday, May 16th at 8pm

Hello. What does that mean??

DinnerNet is a laboratory concerned primarily with the proliferation of highly multifarious combinatoric mutations of dinner and fine literature.

With dinner sometimes comes anxiety. This can be a problem because we all eat dinner. We all eat dinner a lot. The Internet makes it possible for all of us dinner eating people to be together. We can be in a place where we can truly let our selves drift away from the brutal physicality of dinner.

Together together together.

NYC - Oliver Boberg Series (05/13/06 - 06/17/06)

Oliver Boberg

May 13 – June 17, 2006

DCKT Contemporary is pleased to announce representation of Oliver BOBERG and his first exhibition with the gallery. Works from the Seiten / Pages series will be debuted as well as films from the Nacht-Orte / Night Sites series.

LA - "Afloat" (05/13/06 - 06/25/06)

Costa Mesa - "Collabro" (05/20/06 - 06/18/06)

NYC - "Secrets and Cymbals, Smoke and Scissors" (05/11/06 - 06/03/06)

adicolor Video: Black

Media maker Saiman Chow created "A Psychedelic, Cartoon-Noir" for the adicolor black campaign. What you see is a freakish Tim Burton'esque Panda and Fish short film; what you feel is a bit of nausea and admiration for such an imagination. Although the content might be infantile, puerile it's not.

NYC - Scion Installation Art Tour (05/11/06 - 05/18/06)

LA - "Into the Pixel" (05/10/06)

2006 "Into the Pixel'' Art Collection to Be Unveiled May 10th During Gallery Opening at E3Expo

Third Annual Game Art Exhibition a Unique Collaboration of Electronic Entertainment Expo, Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Presented by GameTap

WHAT: Sixteen pieces of video game art selected from a field of more than 150 submissions to be in the 2006 "Into the Pixel" (ITP) juried art exhibition will be unveiled at a special ITP Gallery Opening event, sponsored by GameTap.

ITP jurors representing both the traditional and digital art worlds and selected artists will be available for interviews.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 10, 2006
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: E3Expo 2006
Concourse Foyer at the Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC)
(Off the West Hall Lobby)
1201 S. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015

NYC - "The Great View" (05/09/06 - 05/21/06)

Karin Weiner: The Great View
Art Rock 2006

From May 9-21, 2006, ZieherSmith will present a new project by Karin Weiner, entitled The Great View, at the second annual Art Rock on the plaza of Rockefeller Center. The artist has constructed a miniature community of homes suspended in a small forest of trees. Four to five large collage works line the wall opposite the suspended subdivision.

SF - "BrainTree and the Theory of Everything" (05/13/06 - 05/20/06)

BrainTree and the Theory of Everything
An exhibition in the Front Gallery
Featuring the work of Anli Liu

Exhibition runs: May 13, 2006 - May 20, 2006
Opening reception: Saturday, May 13, 5-7 PM
Gallery hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 3-6 PM
This event takes place at The LAB, 2948 16th Street @ Capp, San Francisco
Free admission

BrainTree and the Theory of Everything is Anli Liu's visual reflection on the myriad of images, information, and experiences that she has accumulated through her study of neurology. Here she appropriates the visual imagery of modern medicine--including biochemical maps, diagrams, and flowcharts--to create a series of landscape drawings and installations. Incorporating patient detail and working with the handicrafts of drawing and stitching, she subverts the detached and reductionist nature of scientific knowledge and transforms its symbol systems into a kind of personal landscape. Stylistically, Braintree hovers somewhere between the internal and external, masculine and feminine, reductionist and metaphysical, scientific and personal.

Paris - Mekanism/Zevs Deck Release Party (05/06/06)

SF - Scion Dashboard Gallery (05/06/06 - 05/12/06)

LA - Open Studios (05/06/06)

OPEN STUDIOS
at Angels Gate Cultural Center
Saturday, May 6, 2006 10 AM - 4 PM

Carol Es: Studio H3

Don't miss this intimate opportunity to see more than 30 artists open their studio doors to the public. This is a free all-day event with gallery shows, food, free art classes for kids and families, music, and astonishing views of ocean and the Port of LA. There will also be performances, printmaking and Raku demonstrations.

SF - Herbert Baglione New Works (05/04/06 - 06/04/06)

LA - Tara McPherson Retrospective (05/06/06 - 06/01/06)

NYC - "The Night Time is the Right Time" (05/17/06 - 06/24/06)

"The Night Time is the Right Time"

Recent works by Luke Barber-Smith and Patrick Rocha

Curated by Andreis Costa

May 17 – June 24, 2006

Reception: May 17th, 7 – 10pm

Invisible NYC is pleased to present "The Night Time is the Right Time", a unique exhibition featuring photography and drawings by Luke Barber-Smith and Patrick Rocha as curated by Andreis Costa. This exhibition combines eerie photographs of New York’s empty nightscapes as discovered through the artists trespass with beautifully rendered line drawings of adipose tissue, skin, and hair in a rough yet sensuous inspection of the illicit.

NYC - "E.V. Day: Bride Fight" (05/05/06 - 08/26/06)

LIC - "Grey Flags" (05/07/06 - 07/30/06)

LA - "F*ck Art" (05/05/06 - 06/15/06)

F*ck Art
Lisa Boyle & Steve Olson
May 5th - June 15th 2006

Opening Reception: May 5th, 7PM - till

222gallery.com, 7922 w. 3rd. st. Los Angeles CA.

PLEASE JOIN US!

LOS ANGELES - 222gallery is proud to present Lisa Boyle and Steve Olson in their second joint exhibition entitled "F*ck" Art. On view will be new mixed media work inspired by Punk-Fashion-Sex and an all-around F*ck you attitude.

NYC - Jay Kelly "First Words" (05/05/06 - 06/16/06)

adicolor Video: Yellow

The adicolor yellow video, "Even Artificial Life Finds a Way" by Neill Blomkamp is a creative example of techno media. In other words, he rocks the CG without the cheesy. And he apparently knows how to make a small budget go a long way.

LA - Kymaerica Opening Party (04/30/06)

Dear Friend of Kymaerica,

Today (Sunday April 30) from 6-8 PM we'll have a party at Meltdown Comics for an exhibit of Kymaerican images and stories in preparation for a second event: A Plaque Dedication on May 19th (but that will be
in a separate newsletter!).

Meltdown is at 7522 Sunset in LA (on the south side, between Fairfax and La Brea). It's a great store and I'll be featuring panels about Kymaerican gwomes as well as Texture Flags and images from the new
installation in Paris, Illinois.

LA - The Haunted Hacienda Screening (05/05/06 - 06/10/06)

The Haunted Hacienda: the art of the Mexican horror film
May 5th - June 10th, 2006

Opening Reception Friday, May 5th, 7-10pm
FREE VALET PARKING

Mexican horror films have been hidden from American Cinema long enough. These films are, without a doubt, the closest thing to a cinematic acid trip you are ever going to encounter. Although influenced by the American gothic tradition, these films possess quite an antique soul that is uniquely Mexican. They reflect the Mexican heritage of pagan ritual against the dynamic of Catholic theology.

LA - "This Place is Ours Now" (05/06/06 - 06/03/06)

This Place is Ours Now New Works by Jim Houser, May 6th-June 3rd, 2006
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 6th, 8-11 PM

Opening Saturday May 6, 2006, Merry Karnowsky, in sponsorship with Motorola and Swindle Magazine, is pleased to present This Place is Ours Now, an exhibition of paintings and wall installations by artist Jim Houser. This will be the artist’s first solo show at the gallery, and is the culmination of several years of focused studio work. Known for his work in diverse media—drawing, painting and installations—Houser’s exhibition will include entirely new works, along with a few site-specific large-scale wall and sculptural installations.

Woodland Hills - "Double Entendre" (05/13/06 - 07/29/06)

Double Entendre, Large Works on Paper Paintings and collages by Cecily Barth Firestein

May 13 to July 29 2006
Reception – Saturday May 13 2006 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Joseph Wahl Arts Gallery
5305 Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Woodland Hills, CA 91364

NYC - Brothers of the Head Party (05/02/06) & Wolfmother Record Release Party (05/03/06)

LA - An Evening With Will Wright (05/10/06)

LA - "Beat 13" (05/06/06 - 06/06/06)

BEAT 13
featuring artworks and installation by:
Glenn Anderson (Ouch) . Richard Coldicutt
Matt Watkins . Lucy Mclauchlan

MAY 6 - JUNE 6, 2006
Opening Reception: SATURDAY . MAY 6 . 2006 7-10PM

THE LAB101 GALLERY
8530-B Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
310 558 0911

SF - "Still City" (05/04/06 - 06/03/06)

Tarzana - "Afterlife" (05/01/06 - 05/27/06)

AFTERLIFE
Recent paintings by Jack Chipman

May 1 2006 to May 27 2006
Reception Saturday May 6 2006
6:00pm to 9:00pm

Orlando Gallery
18376 Ventura Blvd
Tarzana CA 91376

adicolor Video: Red

"A Brief History of the Color Red". By Roman Coppola and Andy Bruntel. Think of it as a trippy history lesson by insanely talented fourth graders.

Wassup Rockers!

April 24, 2006 - 7:19 p.m. PST - Santa Monica, CA

Unlike surf movies, I never tire of watching skaters do their thing. So it was with great pleasure that I was able to attend the screening for Wassup Rockers, Larry Clark's new film about teenage skaters in Los Angeles. It was impossible not to know that we had arrived at the right spot as a lot of the skate community, people who had little reason to be on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica waited excitedly. Separating the actors from the locals was near impossible in a crowd of the usual suspects.

The quick description for Wassup Rockers would be “It’s Kids (Larry’s film from 10 years ago) but in South Central, Los Angeles.” But that description doesn’t do the film enough justice. Clearly, Larry Clark still has something to say about America’s youth (especially young male culture) -- a subject he seems to know and capture well.

Wassup Rockers is the story about Latino skateboarders living in tough South Central who do not conform to the hip-hop lifestyle. It’s tough in the hood but ironically enough when the boys venture to the Westside that’s when all hell breaks loose. Navigating the Los Angeles landscape is an adrenalin rush since the film is shot nearly all documentary style. Was it a fictional film or a documentary? Narrative social commentary? Maybe a combination of all of the above.

The best part of the whole screening? Lil Jon sat behind me and his opening movie comments were kind of hilarious. For a good time, check out Wassup Rockers, coming to a theatre near you.

Brooklyn - "Original Products Have Lapsed" (05/06/06 - 06/11/06)

Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery is pleased to present the first New York solo show by Long Island City based artist Ian Pedigo. The show, titled "Original Products Have Lapsed" will include sculptures and flat works made from found detritus and salvaged debris. The show will run from May 6 through June 11, 2006. There will be a reception for the artist on Friday May 4, 7 to 9 PM.

There is an archaeological quality to Pedigo's work, carrying anthropological implications about both the materials used and the recontextualization of those materials into sculptural elements. The discarded objects reflect cultural attitudes about the immediately inhabited urban environment. As the natural forces of degradation begin to claim the objects for the indifferent city streets, Pedigo reclaims them for the cultural discourse, imbuing them with new form and meaning.

NYC - Fuseday Tuesday (04/25/06)

NYC - "In My Own Backyard" (04/27/06 - 05/27/06)

BEN GRASSO
In My Own Backyard

APRIL 27 - MAY 27, 2006
Reception: Thursday, April 27, 6-8

Sixtyseven is pleased to announce the opening of In My Own Backyard, the first solo exhibition of Ben Grasso.

LA - "Thinking of Conceptual Art" Discussion (04/29/06)

Free Artist Panel....NEXT WEEK!

"Thinking of Conceptual Art", panel discussion featuring Stephen J. Kaltenbach, David E. Stone and Richard M. Haley

Saturday, April 29, 2pm...there are a few seats still available...sign up below today!

This panel features three generations of conceptual artists and all three artists have shown in this gallery space over a three year period.

Stephen J. Kaltenbach, a pioneer conceptual artist having worked in New York in the 60's, is best known for his Artforum advertisements, bronze sidewalk plaques, room environments constructed at the Whitney Museum & San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. His work was seen last year at ANOTHER YEAR IN LA and the Konrad Fischer Gallery in Duessldorf, both galleries, concurrently, showing 40 year surveys of his conceptual art.

SM - "HandMade II" & "ArtArmy" (04/22/06 - 05/06/06

Call For Submissions: Stranger Than Fiction

STRANGER THAN FICTION
a video screening curated by Nomi Talisman

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: June 25, 2006
Screening will take place at The LAB on July 19, 2006, 7-9 PM

Stranger Than Fiction will include short video pieces (up to 12 minutes long) that combine real life with performative acts. This event will showcase works that manipulate the sense of what is real, by highlighting, subverting, or acting upon it-- documents which capture mundane, extraordinary, or surreal events occurring in the everyday.

SEND: one DVD per entry (exhibition quality, no complicated menus please). Label DVDs with artist name, contact information, title of piece, year, and running time. Include a short description and short artist bio no longer than one page total. Include SASE for returned materials.

Send submissions to:
Stranger than Fiction
The LAB
2948 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

LA - "Upset" (05/04/06 - 05/06/06 & 05/12/06 - 05/13/06)

In a hard-hitting new play, Los Angeles teenagers offer contemporary perspectives on the 1992 Los Angeles riots and the civil rights movement.

CalArts Community Arts Partnership /Plaza de la Raza Theater Program Presents the Premiere Production of UPSET!

"They're dreams, but we feel, to rehearse will make them real."
--Rodney King and Claudette Colvin in UPSET!

In May, the CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP)/Plaza de la Raza Theater Program will present the premiere of UPSET!. Centering on the dual narratives of police brutality victim Rodney King, whose case was a catalyst for the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and forgotten civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin, UPSET! will open on May 5, 2006 at Plaza de la Raza in Los Angeles.

The play previews on May 4 for a two weekend run at Plaza de la Raza and will also be presented at REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater) in downtown Los Angeles on May 26 - 27. A complete performance schedule appears at the end of this release.

SF - No Format — A Group Photo Show (04/29/06 - 05/28/06)

No Format — A Group Photo Show

Receiver Gallery brings together a diverse group of national and local photographers for its first ever photo show, in which the artists are free to focus glass on their choice of subjects.

Receiver will be filled with prints by eight photographers of varied backgrounds and styles, ranging from fine art to street scenes, landscape to architectural abstraction, and portraiture to editorial.

Costa Mesa - "Sixteen Days" (04/29/06 - 05/14/06)

LA - RES 10 Issue Release Party (04/22/06)

SJ - Trinity Sessions (04/21/06)

Trinity Sessions returns this Friday, April 21st at AD.

hosted by Patricia Black

Patula Lee is a poet whose honesty is an art unto itself. Somtimes her poetry is simply frank and in other moments it's flowery, but firm. It's hard to walk away from Patula's poetry and not understand love and life from an imbedded perspective.

Mark Silverman will make you laugh about things in public that you h! ad only laughed about behind closed doors. With his tragicly funny and infectious toons you'll wonder if he is a songwriter or a comedian and you'll definately wonder if he is for real?

Kaila D'Sa is a voice of many souls. Kaila's passion is heard in every note. This singer/songwriter is connected to his roots and channels them in the songs he sings. Kaila will take you to many places with his melodies, his guitar playing and his overall vibe.

Doors: 7:30 p.m. (performance begins at 8 p.m. - sets run 20-30 minutes each)
Admission: Free and open to the public

LA - Mathieu Brand "A Mental Odyssey" (04/20/06 - 06/18/06)

Ubiq: A Mental Odyssey
Mathieu Briand
April 20 - June 18, 2006
Opening reception: Wednesday April 19, 7-10 pm
Opening performance: 8pm

The Gallery at REDCAT presents the work of Marseilles-based artist Mathieu Briand in his first solo exhibition in the United States. Briand works in various installation forms with computers, electronic music, robots, video and technology to explore systems of stimulation, play and perception. For his exhibition at REDCAT, the artist will create a new video installation that allows viewers to observe the rotation of the earth--part of a new body of work that investigates the fantastical future promised by Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Adicolor Video: Blue

I spy something blue by Psyop. Hipster blues.

Living Homes.

April 18, 2006 - 8:39 a.m. PST - Santa Monica, CA

Pre-fab homes have really hit this country by storm (thanks to dwell magazine). So it’s been really interesting watching this prototype Living Homes pre-fab building go up 1.5 blocks from my own home. I’ve been watching contractors pour/build the foundation for the past six months and a few days ago, nearly the whole unit was plopped into place. I have to say, I think architect Ray Kappe did a fine job. The unit itself is lovely, but the concept is striking as stated in their tagline, “Good homes that are good for you.” It’s only appropriate that this showroom house is in Santa Monica; my only wish is that they keep the pre-fab pricing affordable. It’s going to be exciting to follow the progress in the next months to come.

LA - Matthew Weidmann New Works (04/21/06 - ?)

EQUATOR BOOKS
1103 ABBOT KINNEY BLVD
VENICE, CA 90291

310.399.5544 phone
310.399.5510 fax
mail@equatorbooks.com

More: Matthew Weidmann

LA "I AM 8-BIT: version 2.006" (04/18/06)

Nearly 120 artists reinterpreting their '80s gaming memories, from Mario to Pac-Man to Burger Time to Q*bert. The walls are going to be decorated with the likes of huge names in the art world, along with pieces from up-and-coming talent that'll surely make an impact. Basically, there's something for everyone - the gallery scene, comic books, animation, illustration, scupltures, plush! A list of artists is available here for your consumption:

http://www.nineteeneightyeight.com/8bit2evite.jpg

NYC - "I Walk and Rivers Run" (04/22/06 - 05/17/06)

Giant Robot New York is proud to announce I Walk and Rivers Run – a solo show by Saelee Oh opening Saturday, April 22nd from 6:30 - 10PM. The exhibition, Oh’s first solo show in New York, features a new body of illustrative paintings and graphite drawings, intricate paper cut-outs, and more. Saelee Oh will be in attendance for the opening reception.

LA - Fundraiser for Margi Scharff (04/23/06)

(l.) Margi Scharff, “Rupee Lion” (made in India), 2001-2004, raw materials: lions off old rupee pieces, matchbox purple paper linings, gold flake, cigarette packs; 4-1/2" x 4-1/2". (r.) Vietnam: Her 'Road Collage' series has taken Margi Scharff throughout Asia. Photo: Jane Marshall. Courtesy Margi Scharff.

FUNDRAISER PARTY FOR MARGI SCHARFF @ OVERTONES
SUNDAY, APRIL 23rd, 2006 7 – 11pm

Margi Scharff has traveled the world creating her road collages, visiting places like China, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma and Malaysia...making her art and bringing the cultures she visited closer to us. Her work was exhibited at OVERTONES in May 2005 and is a part of our growing flat file collection of contemporary art. On her most recent journey through Asia, Margi was diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer. She has chosen to remain in India where she is receiving treatment and continuing to work on her art—including putting together a book of her road collages.

LA - Elizabeth Colomba New Works (04/29/06 - 06/10/06)

More information at SeeLine Gallery.

adicolor Video: Green

adicolor green as interpreted by Happy. This beautiful video installation reminded me of director Stanley Kubrick's work. Calm and freakish.

NYC - RES 10 Party (04/18/06)

LA - RES Screening (04/18/06)

Please come support our friends! We'll be there!

NYC - "Breathe Deep NYC No Charge" (04/15/06 - 05/27/06)

"BREATHE DEEP NYC NO CHARGE"
A VIDEO BY RICHARD P. RUBINSTEIN
FEATURING GORDON MATTA-CLARK'S CLEAN AIR MACHINE

Dates:
April 15th-May 27th, 2006

Reception: Saturday, April 15th, 2006, 5 to 9pm

Sara Tecchia Roma New York is proud to present the world premiere of "BREATHE DEEP NYC NO CHARGE," a video by RICHARD P. RUBINSTEIN.

Pharrell can't skate. Word?!

My pal Tofer at Plain Gravy calling out Pharrell:

Available at Krudmart. $32.

From Tofer: Now I don't have any personal beef w/ Pharrell. In fact, he's one of the only people I can think of that I'd even consider trading places with but the Skateboard P thing bothers me to no end.

Aside from a streetplant in a Zoo York ad, has there ever been any proof to the contrary? It's like when the Alterna-Kids started wearing Airwalk Ones in middle school. We get it, you broke the mold. Grow the mustache back pussy.

LA - "Hopscotch" (04/22/06 - 05/17/06)

HOPSCOTCH at GR2, April 22 - May 17, 2006
Reception: Saturday, April 22, 6:30 pm –10:00 pm

GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
gr2.net (310) 445 - 9276

Giant Robot is proud to present hopscotch, a group show serving you at GR2. Artists will include Susie Ghahremani, Kelly Tunstall, Keith Jones, Jack Long, David Magdaleno, and Matt Moroz.

It Doesn't Pay to Make Play.

The majority of game developers do not enter the interactive entertainment industry to make bank. Most do it for the love of "play". Considering how big the games industry is today (three commas worth), isn't it odd that not one developer is making a $20,000,000 paycheck per game? Where are the Johnny Depp / Julia Robert equivalents of the games world? If the industry's going Hollywood, then why not really go Hollywood? Did I just say that aloud? Apologies.

Game Developer released its 5th Annual Salary Survey. Following are salaries of game industry personnel with between three to six years of employment:

PROGRAMMING

Technical Director: $104,738
Lead Programmer: $81,591
Programmer / Engineer: $73, 618

ART and ANIMATION

Art Director: $65,313
Lead Artist: $68,112
Artist: $61,065

GAME DESIGN

Creative Director: $72,125
Writer: $61,000
Game Designer: $54,777

A Letter from Eric Regarding Ray Fong.

Dear Readers of Hustler of Culture,

I don't know if you're following the current controversy involving Ray Fong aka artist Barry McGee in the news, but Eric from Giant Robot wants to share his sentiments with you. Here you go:

Fight for Ray Fong

I know Asian Americans rally through emails. It seems like any worthwhile independent project or controversial topic spreads quickly this way. This is one of them, and honestly, it's not the most important topic, but it is something that I think you should know.

Yesterday, I received a pair of Ray Fong Adidas. They are truly beautiful shoes. The box, laces, and details are amazing. I doubt a sneaker can get much better. I put up some photos at:

http://www.giantrobot.com/blogs/eric

I realize there's a lot of controversy over the Ray Fong image that appears on this shoe. It's been on CNN and BBC in addition to the viral emails I mentioned. As a friend of the artist Barry McGee, I feel the need to come forward and address the topic.

Books: PostSecret.

Surely if you are reading this blog you probably read others. And according to Technorati, lots of you read PostSecret, the "ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard".

Frank Warren, accidental artist and curator recently published the most requested secrets in his new book, Post Secret: Extraordinary Confessions From Ordinary Lives. I dig PostSecret for its old-schoolness. Snail mail. Handwrittten cards. Stamps! It's like finding someone's diary but every page is filled with the "good stuff". The blog makes perfect sense as a book. Maybe you can be a part of the sequel. Mail in your own secret today!

Brooklyn - Barry Stone Book Launch (04/14/06)

Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery is pleased to celebrate a year's worth of Barry Stone's weekly pictures, Friday, April 14 from 7 to 9 PM.

For one year Barry Stone has been publishing a photograph a week on his website www.barrystone.com. On the occasion of the 52nd picture he has created a 28 page, full color, limited edition book illustrating the project. All 52 weekly pictures are included. Books will be available at the gallery for $25.

Barry Stone lives and works in Brooklyn. His one person show exhibited last January at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery.

KLAUS VON NICHTSSAGEND GALLERY
Gallery Hours: Saturday & Sunday 12-6PM , or by appointment
438 Union Ave. at Metropolitan; Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L to Lorimer or G to Metropolitan

adicolor Video: Pink

Charlie White, artist who makes awesome surburban portraits with aliens, directed this "Sparkle Pink Teenage Magic" video. I seriously wish Charlie would consider directing feature length films. I could sit through hours of his work sober and happy.

NYC - Nathalie Djurberg New Works (04/14/06 - 05/27/06)

NATHALIE DJURBERG
Exhibition dates: April 14 - May 27, 2006
Opening Reception: April 14, 2006 from 6-8pm
Tuesday to Saturday 10 to 6.

project room: Scott Grodesky

For more information please visit
http://zachfeuer.com/nathaliedjurberg.html

Zach Feuer
Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL)
530 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
t. 212 989 7700
f. 212 989 7720
www.zachfeuer.com
zach@zachfeuer.com

Blonde Icon.

Hello, fans of Blondie! To commemorate Blondie's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Marc Jacobs has created this limited edition Blondie t-shirt in aptly punk-titled colors "die young stay pink" and "atomic green". Deborah Harry has requested that all proceeds from the $20 t-shirts benefit the Riverkeeper organization to protect New York's Hudson River and New York City's water supply. How incredibly...politically correct?! Grab yours while you can. And then grab me one too please. XS. Thanks. Available now at Marc by Marc Jacobs.

Chicago - "Stalker" Screening (04/11/06)

Above: David Bate, Stalker, 2001, c-print

Film Screening: Stalker
April 11, 2006

When: Tuesday, 6pm
Where: Room 921, 600 S. Michigan

Free and open to the public

See the science fiction milestone and cult classic in which the main character of the film, the Stalker, has the power to lead others into a mysterious realm in which it is believed that the secret dreams of those who enter come true, though they must confront foreboding and unexpected challenges along the way. Based on the Russian novel Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979, 163 minutes)

NYC - BLK/MRKT ONE Book Launch (04/13/06)

BLK/MRKT ONE at DIESEL DENIM GALLERY, NY

book launch party and exhibition: April 13th through May 13th, 2006

You are invited to the opening reception Thursday, April 13th, 7-9pm

Diesel Denim Gallery - 68 Greene Street (btw Spring & Broome)

BLK/MRKT is proud to announce the launch of BLK/MRKT ONE hosted by Diesel Denim Gallery, with an installation conceived by curator Sebastien Agneesens that includes select original works featured in the book as well as new commissions.

BLK/MRKT ONE: 208 pages, $55, published by Die Gestalten - A limited number of pre-release copies will be available exclusively at DDG the night of the opening.It will be released in Europe and Asia in May and in the US in June.

London - The Invited Cinema (04/17/06)

@ jamm 261 brixton rd

bank holiday monday/april/17th

(please calendar this event as ...every 3rd monday)

adm: free

http://ticfilm.net
info@ticfilm.net
http://www.myspace.com/theinvitedcinema (watch films from past events)

OPEN INVITATION JAMM, CALLING FOR FILM-MAKERS, MUSICIANS, ART, INSTALLATION, PERFORMANCE, DANCE, SCULPTURE, AND ANY EXPRESSIVE CREATIVE MEDIUM OF YOUR CHOICE... AND ALSO NATURALLY ANYONE WHO JUST WANTS TO COME ALONG AND HAVE A NICE EVENING! performance not obligatory ;)

rm 1 : The Invited Cinema ... screening room

from 7/11pm...

"Whether you are new to film making or an old hand; simply turn up on the night clutching your wares on your preferred format (from digital to super8), form an orderly cue and wait your turn..."

We'd like to see your short animations, comedies, documentaries, music videos, video art, etc.
Length anything up to 15 minutes.

from 11/1am ...

"open invite music jam , bring your instrument of choice , we have a full backline & drum kit and play as you wish with other friendly and creative of the like mind"

LA - " A BUTTERFLY FLUTTERED BY: PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WEST" (04/22/06 - 05/24/06)

LISA EISNER

A BUTTERFLY FLUTTERED BY: PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WEST

April 22- May 24, 2006

Artist’s Reception: Saturday, April 22, 7 – 9 pm

M+B
612 NORTH ALMONT DRIVE
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90069
TEL 310 550 0050
FAX 310 500 0605
WWW.MBFALA.COM
GALLERY HOURS: TUES-SAT 9-5

M+B Fine Art Los Angeles is pleased to present A Butterfly Fluttered By: Photographs of the West, an exhibition of color photographs by photographer Lisa Eisner. For her latest body of work, Eisner traveled the West—from California to Wyoming—exploring the spirit of a land that has captivated the imaginations of people since our country’s inception. Her sensual renderings of America’s settled frontier effectively captures the sense of spirituality in a region saturated with color, history and folklore, presenting an alluring portrait of the West.

As a Wyoming native, Eisner has been documenting the world of the West since the early Nineties. Her fascination and interest in the subcultures, ceremonies and rituals of the West has contributed to two previous bodies of work: Shriners and Rodeo Girl, both of which were published by Greybull Press. This is Eisner’s third manifestation in her continued documentation of the subject.

LA - Artwalk 2006 (04/22/06)

LA - "C_Series:Transfer" (04/15/06 - 05/03/06)

Drkrm. Gallery presents

Christopher Rainone C_Series:Transfer
alternative process photography

april 15 - may 3, 2006
reception for the artist Saturday April 15, 7-10pm

Christopher Rainone is a Los Angeles based photographer and visual artist with strong roots in the experimental performance art scene in Portland Oregon. He has exhibited in a variety of northwest regional juried shows as well as solo shows in and around Portland. His work can also regularly be seen at group shows at The Hive Gallery in downtown LA. He has been published nationally in Venus, Women Who Rock, Gobshite Quarterly and locally in LA Alternative and Pasadena Weekly.

LA - "Deviate" (04/15/06 - 05/07/06)

Deviate April 15 - May 7
Allison Cole and Genevieve Castree

Reception Saturday April 15 Reception 7-10 p.m.

Like the best mythological stories Genevieve Castree has an uncanny ability to manifest universal sentiments and truths yet in an accessible updated adaptation that balances comics with her own personal and abstract internal language. The results are careful and delicate drawings of characteristically dark and sparsely populated universes that are poetic, surprising and lonely "the secrets of which one yearns, as always, to be a bit more privy to." For this show Castree uses that same sensitivity for an amazing new series of drawings many of which revolve around the theme of war.

LA - "BARFLIES BODYPARTS BEDLAM BUMDOGS" (04/08/06 - ?)

BARFLIES BODYPARTS BEDLAM BUMDOGS

a photographic journey through the downtown artist district

Opening Reception
Saturday April 8th, 2006
6pm to 10:30pm

featuring works from RAYMOND NEWTON SHAWNE THYNE ERNIE VARELA JESSICA SHOKRIAN and others

curated by BUMDOG

Transport Gallery
1308 Factory Place
Los Angeles, CA 90013

SF - "My Mistake" (04/08/06 - (04/29/06)

Adam McEwen
My Mistake
April 8 – 29, 2006
Opening reception: Saturday, April 8th, 6-9 pm

The Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco is pleased to present the first West Coast solo exhibition of the work of New York-based artist Adam McEwen, which will include paintings, photographs and installation.

Adam McEwen is known for his work in which he references and subverts the often overlooked or tuned-out symbols and icons of everyday and pop culture. As described in the Whitney Biennial 2006 catalogue, he utilizes “a series of interventions that jolt us temporarily out of our indifference, owing to over-exposure, toward the signs that dominate our daily lives…McEwen excavates our obsession, in a tabloid-dominated culture.” He often plays with the recognizable graphic styles of “Sorry We Are Closed” window signs or the large-scale “sale” type banners found at car dealerships, subtly changing the message or wording which may go unnoticed, due to their visual familiarity. With a similar approach, McEwen exploits the form of the obituary by inserting and essentially killing living celebrities through the act of printing their obituary (as a continuation of or reference to the typical newspaper practice of writing and updating obituaries for celebrities prior to their deaths.)

SJ - "Problems, Power and Solutions. City." (04/07/06 - 05/20/06)

Problems, Power and Solutions. City. - Opens APRIL 7th, 2006
an art show by Sara Thustra

Sara Thustra and friends come to you with examples of life desperately loved and passionately concerned. Labored over is a beautiful cityscape telling you their stories! .Thustra accompanies this scape with intricate paintings discussing the push and pull of what he sees as our complicated emotional spheres, connecting us to the bigger picture.

LA - "Attack" (04/08/06 - 05/13/06)

ATTACK
an exhibit of new works by
Jordi Molla

April 8 2006 through May 13 2006

Opening Reception: April 8 2006 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm

Glu Gallery
7424 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323-857-0510

NYC - "The Drop" (04/08/06 - 06/10/06)

Ojai - "Three Decades" (04/08/06 - 05/31/06)

Gary Lang
April 08 – May 31, 2006

The Nathan Larramendy Gallery is proud to announce, Three Decades, a solo exhibition of paintings by Gary Lang. The gallery will host an opening reception on Saturday, April 8th, 5 -7 pm. The exhibition dates are April 8th – May 31, 2006. The artist will be present at the opening reception.

Nathan Larramendy Gallery
107 S. Signal St.
Ojai, CA 93023
805-646-2750-phone
www.larramendygallery.com
nathan@larramendygallery.com

NYC - "Coming Home" (04/07/06 - 04/27/06)

LA - "Reckless Behavior" (04/19/06)

Reckless Behavior (video)
April 19, 7:30 p.m.
The Getty Center

Artists have been bad—and they've captured it on film. Experience the full range of recklessness-as-art in this program of videos featuring staged irresponsibility, risky public interventions, and dangerous stunts in the tradition of Chris Burden and Marina Abramovic.

The program features work by 14 artists, including newly commissioned works by Ryan Trecartin and Juneau/Projects and Joanne Jones.

Free; reservations required.

Please note that no one under the age of 18 will be admitted.

Philadelphia - "Themescapes" (04/07/06 - 05/22/06)

222gallery Philadelphia proudly presents:

THEMESCAPES
Paul Coors, Jamie Dillon and Nick Paparone.

April 7TH - May 22nd, 2006

Opening Reception: April 7th, 6:00PM - 9:00PM

222gallery, 222 Vine st. Philadelphia PA. 222gallery.com

Philadelphia
222 Gallery is proud to announce Themescapes, a new exhibition of collaborative artwork by Paul Coors, Jamie Dillon and Nick Paparone. Themescapes presents a series of artifacts set within a full gallery installation where the spaces of common domestic environments become the backdrop for moments of reflection, stimulation and motivation. A multitude of various media, styles, and ideas found within this one exhibition echo the density of human experience and certain cultural dilemmas. Thus, many objects within Themescapes have been editioned to consciously make them more attainable for the average person and to allow a simple functional place in any home. Objects like wallpaper, curtains, rugs and vases, reinvented as art objects, transform household standards to encourage daily re-evaluation.

LA - Scion xPress Fest (04/06/06)

Scion xPress Fest

LA - I Am 8Bit (03/18/06 - 04/19/06)

Mario Block by Gabe Swarr (acrylic on illustration board, 5x7)

April 18 - May 19
Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight
7020 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA

I Am 8-Bit, the second installment of a group art show dedicated to the videogame classics of the 1980s, opens April 18th at Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight in Los Angeles. The exhibit showcases more than one hundred artists' efforts to recapture their childhood gaming obsessions with painted and sculpted re-imaginings of their favorite console and coin-op heroes. Artists include Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, Dalek, Ashley Wood, the late Seth Fisher and many more. Also, look for Gibson's I Am 8-Bit book, newly published by Chronicle Books. Both the exhibit and book are sure to delight those nostalgic for a time before cartridges became obsolete.

NYC - Quality of Life Premiere (04/06/06 - 04/12/06)

Dear Loyal Readers of Hustler of Culture, Please read to the end for your sweet surprise.

QUALITY OF LIFE *** NEW YORK AND EAST COAST PREMIERE ***

"Extraordinary"
- Berlin International Film Festival Jury (WINNER - Special Mention)

"A powerful and emotionally satisfying film"
- Jane Ganahl, San Francisco Chronicle

"Supreme acting and great music...captivating"
- Stockholm International Film Festival Jr. Jury (WINNER - Best Youth Film)

"Streetwise honesty...powerful"
-Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"Respect and love to Quality of Life. Finally there is a film that honors the writing culture… smart and beautiful enough to be a great film, not just 'a graffiti movie.'"
- ZEPHYR… New York City (www.zephyrgraffiti.com)

Advance tickets, the film's official trailer, afterparty info and more are available online at http://www.qualityoflife-themovie.com/presales.html

NYC - "Damage" (04/01/06 - 05/06/06)

Christina Ray
DAMAGE
April 1 – May 6, 2006

Christina RAY invites you to damage DCKT Contemporary by proxy through her enactment of collected requests. Prior to the opening of the show, the DAMAGE interactive website (http://damageproject.christinaray.com) will allow visitors to mark a spot to be damaged on a virtual map of the gallery and to submit a message, poem, story or other text relating to the concept of damage. Based on the submissions, RAY will inflict physical damage points on the actual wall space which will generate the pattern for a large-scale wall drawing. RAY will execute the wall drawing April 1 – 7 and the gallery will be open to the public while she works.

London - "Sell Out" (04/01/06 - 04/15/06)

SF - "The Man Box and Beyond" (04/07/06 - 05/06/06)

The LAB presents

The Man Box and Beyond: An exhibit about masculinity and male identity

Curated by Allegra Fortunati

Featuring Daniel Anderson, Victor Barbieri, Bill Berry, Jaime Cortez, Richard Godinez, Clinton Hensley, Jonn Herschend, John Jenkins, Scott Kildall, Shaun Leonardo, Scott Newell, Emet Sosna, Marq Sutherland, Ehren Tool, and Scott Tsuchitani

April 7-May 6, 2006
Opening Reception: Friday, April 7, 6-9 PM, performance by Shaun Leonardo at 7 PM
Closing Reception, Artists Talk, and distribution of Ehren Tool's work: Saturday, May 6, 5-7 PM
Gallery Hours: Wednesdays-Saturdays, 1-6 PM
Free admission
At The LAB, 2948 16th Street @ Capp, San Francisco

LA - "The Whistle Test" (04/01/06)

LA - Laura Ball + Andrew Schoultz New Works (04/06/06 - 05/13/06)

Laura Ball + Andrew Schoultz
April 6 - May 13, 2006

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 6, 6-8pm

Morgan Lehman is pleased to present the work of Laura Ball and Andrew Schoultz in both artists’ first New York debut. Hailing from San Francisco, the artists create fantastical narratives with underlying elements of political awareness. The works on view confront issues including femininity, community, domination, and war. These topics are represented in each artist’s own artistic style: Laura Ball guides us through an exploration of her dream-like, beautifully crafted watercolors; and Andrew Schoultz expresses his ideals with his explosive, obsessive mark-making techniques.

adicolor Video: White.

“For those colours which you wish to be beautiful, always first prepare a pure white ground.” - Leonardo da Vinci

Tits selling trainers is kind of the last campaign concept I would conceive for king of kicks, adidas. But I shouldn't be so shocked. I know that sex sells and I live in Los Angeles and there are billboards for jeans with nothing but bare bottoms. Creative studio Tronic teamed up with porn queen Jenna Jameson for the hot new adicolor video, "White Out with Jenna Jameson and 'Bad Ass'"

LA - LACMA 40th Anniversary (03/30/06 - 04/02/06)

LACMA Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary...

...with free admission to the community who supported us along the way!

Brooklyn - "America Smells" & "In Transit" (04/01/06 - 04/30/06)

VertexList has the pleasure to present recent works by Lee Arnold and Mike Houston.

The opening reception will take place on Saturday, April 1st, 2006, from 7pm - 10pm.

A live 8 bit musicperformance by Receptors will begin at 9 pm. The exhibition will be on display until Sunday, April 30th, 2006.

Mike Houston: "American Smells"

Mike Houston is a Brooklyn based artist, long-time instrumental member of the Barnstormers painting crew and co-founder of the legendary Cannonball Press.

Mike Houston's new collection of work, entitled American Smells, consists of new silkscreen and letterpress prints, paintings on the wall and vinyl floor tiles, directly and indirectly relating to the quirky specifics of consumerism, sloth, determination and collective thought that are part and parcel of the American Circus.

Drawing from television, advertisements, observation and the general American subconscious, Mike's work relies on a simple illustrative aesthetic whose influences are underground comics, populist printmaking, signage, and pure absurdist silliness.

LA - “Sheep of Fools” (04/01/06 - 05/07/06)

“Sheep of Fools”

Sue Coe & Amy Ross

EXHIBITION DATES: April 1 – May 7, 2006
OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, April 1, 2006 7—11pm
*both artists will be in attendance for the reception!

OVERTONES is pleased to present "Sheep of Fools", a two-person exhibition featuring recent work by artists SUE COE and AMY ROSS. “Sheep of Fools” is titled after Sue Coe’s most recent book, published in 2005.

NYC - Telepresence & Bio Art Book Launch (04/01/06)

Printed Matter, Inc. presents a book launch for Telepresence & Bio Art: Networking Humans, Rabbits, and Robots by the artist Eduardo Kac on Saturday, April 1, 2006 from 5-7 PM. This book presents a compendium of writings spanning 12 years by Kac that explore the multiple implications of his own art. Crisscrossing the boundaries of inventor/artist and questioning basic notions of creation, Kac writes to investigate internet art, robotics, and bio art. The author will be on hand to sign books as well as discuss his writings and projects. Printed Matter is located at 195 Tenth Avenue at 22nd Street.

Brooklyn - "Sticks" (04/01/06 - 04/30/06)

Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery is pleased to present the first New York solo show by San Francisco-based artist Samuel Lopes. The show, titled STICKS will include 20 acrylic paintings on wood hung in tight formation on the walls of the gallery.

The STICKS paintings represent an extensive body of work centered on scenes of communal living, self-sustainability, groupthink and stories of queer radical transformation. The characters Lopes employs shift from fox to boy to girl to cat to country house through their group activities far from the mainland of society. The isolation of this self-made family brings them together in ways that are as often entertaining as they are unsettling. The narrative that runs through the STICKS paintings frequently mirrors Lopes's own life story, at least in its attempt to articulate ambiguity, placelessness, and redefinition.

Samuel Lopes lives and paints in San Francisco.