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| Now through May 16, call for times |
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A Hundred Years of Courtroom Drama: Great American Trials of the 20th Century, Exhibition
Tennessee v. John Scopes. California v. O.J. Simpson. New York v. Lenny Bruce. A new exhibition recapitulates the great legal battles of the 20th century. Created by law students, “100 Years of Courtroom Drama: Great American Trials of the 20th Century” looks at 18 cases representing some of the most widely covered and influential litigation of the past century.
USC's University Park Campus, Musick Law Building, East Lobby Foyer, Exposition Park, LA
Phone: (213) 740-2629
Visit the website: http://web-app.usc.edu/
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| Opens March 23 through June 30, see website for hours |
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Allan Kaprow: Art as Life, Exhibition
The late artist, best known for organizing "happenings," will receive a large-scale exhibition devoted to his performance artworks, collages and sculptures. Many of Kaprow's "happenings" will be re-staged as a special feature of "Art as Life."
MoCA at the Geffen Contemporary, 150 Central Ave., LA
Phone: (213) 621-2766
Visit the website: http://www.moca.org/index.php
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| Now through June 1, see website for hours |
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Disorderly Conduct: Recent Art in Tumultuous Times, Exhibition
The exhibition features painting, video, and installation projects by local and international artists whose works reveals the political turbulence, cultural malaise and general instability of our tumultuous times. Including Pilar Albarracin, Karen Finley, Pearl C. Hsiung, Glenn Kaino, Mike Kelley, Martin Kersels, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Rodney McMillian, and Robin Rhode. sing striking images and imposing structures, often imbued with surrealist absurdity and irony, they represent and perform this pervasive sense of global chaos and disorder.
Orange County Museum of Art, 850 San Clemente Dr., Newport
Phone: (949) 759-1122
Visit the website: http://www.ocma.net/
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| Now through September 1, see website for times |
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Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement, Exhibition
This exhibition explores the more experimental tendencies within the Chicano art movement—ones oriented less toward painting and declarative polemical assertion than toward conceptual art, performance, film, photo- and media-based art, and "stealthy" artistic interventions in urban spaces. The exhibition includes approximately 125 works in all media, including painting and sculpture as well as installation, conceptual, video, performance art, and intermedia works that incorporate film, digital, and sound art.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., LA
Phone: (323) 857-6000
Visit the website: http://www.lacma.org/art/
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| Now through September 7, see website for hours |
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Cowboys and Presidents, Exhibition
This national traveling show explores the intersection of cowboy culture and presidential politics from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Bush.
The exhibit explains how the presidency became intertwined with the emerging image of a heroic American cowboy at the turn of the twentieth century and will explore the ways that U.S. Presidents have used this powerful iconographic symbol to define themselves and their administrations to the nation and the world.
Autry National Center, 4700 Western Heritage Way, LA
Phone: (323) 667-2000
Visit the website: http://www.autrynationalcenter.org/
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| May 18, 1 pm |
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Spring Into Summer Vegetable Garden, Outdoor Event
Descanso’s Edible Estate will be ready for summer planting. Horticultural staff offers the public a lab experience where participants can see first-hand the actual plants to be installed and listen to experts discuss the techniques used for planting a summer vegetable garden. Meet at the Center Circle.
Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Dr., La Cañada
Phone: (818) 949-4200
Visit the website: http://www.descansogardens.org
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| May 19, 3 - 5 pm |
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Married to Another Man: Israel's Dilemma in Palestine, Reading
Ghada Karmi is a research fellow and lecturer at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. Born in Jerusalem, she was forced to leave as a child in 1948 and grew up in Britain where she became a physician, academic and writer. She will be discussing her new book Married To Another Man: Israel's Dilemma in Palestine.
UCLA, Bunch Hall 10383, Westwood
Phone: (310) 825-1455
Visit the website: http://www.international.ucla.edu
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| May 24, 1 - 3:30 pm |
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Marine Wildlife, Outdoor Event
Journey to sea with Ocean Institute scientists as they introduce you to local marine wildlife, including an astounding variety of fish, microscopic plankton, and the animals that live in sediment retrieved from the ocean floor. Encounter a pod of playful dolphin or witness the majesty of a traveling whale.
Ocean Institute, 24200 Dana Point Harbor Dr., Dana Point
Phone: (949) 496-2274
Visit the website: http://tallshipsfestival.com
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| June 25, 7:30 pm |
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The Oracle in the Gut: E. coli and the Meaning of Life, Talk
Hear New York Times science writer Carl Zimmer discuss the ordinary microbe, Escherichia coli. Drawing from his new book, Zimmer will explain how E. coli, known to most of us for its deadly outbreaks, is actually leading scientists to a new understanding of what it means to be alive.
Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Brentwood
Phone: (877) 722-4849
Visit the website: http://www.skirball.org/index.php
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