Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Weekly What To Do: WonderCon Takes Downtown

As you guessed the weekly what to do is gonna mostly remind you to go for WonderCon, the fan convention downtown which is suppose to have a huge number of fans in attendance. Considered a really easy going convention you can enjoy hours of panels, booths of fan goodies to gets and cosplayers.

Thursday, March 24, 7pm-10pm
Iam8bit
2147 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90026
  
Buy 50 unique flavors from around the world, including chips from Japan, England, Canada, Ireland, Korea, India, France and exotic regional offerings from all over the United States.

Ongoing until April 3
 
Cat Art Show 2: The Sequel
March 24-27
Thursday 8-10PM
Fri/Sat/Sun 11AM-5PM
Think Tank Gallery
939 Maple Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90015
 
It's art show devoted to our feline friends.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


WonderCon
March 25-27
LA Convention Center
$18-$65
Saturday is sold out, unless you get the three day badge

Time to be blown away by three days of fandom! Downtown is going to be filled with cosplayers from your favorite TV shows and films in celebration of WonderCon. A convention filled with premieres, panels, swag and booths both strange and wonderful. Hell, there's even a chunk that'll have comics. Nintendo, Capcom, DC Comics and way to many shirts companies will be int attendance.



Friday and Saturday, March 25 - 26

8:00 pm (doors open at 7:30)

The BOB BAKER MARIONETTE THEATER
1345 W. 1st St.
Los Angeles, CA 90026 Tickets: $20 in advance at weird3D.bpt.me or $25 at the door

The Captured Aural Phantasy Theater is back with a brand new show, just in time for WonderCon! Get your 3D glasses ready, because things are going to get weird.



LA Premier! Captured Aural Phantasy Theater, the only group authorized by the legendary 50’s publisher EC to perform their comics, will present their new show WEIRD SCI-FI 3D, a performance of the lost 1954 EC 3D sci-fi comic for the first time ever in Los Angeles –2 Nights Only, Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26! We debuted the newly discovered comic at San Diego Comic-con International last summer and now bring it to our hometown audiences in conjunction with WonderCon in downtown LA.


Opening:Friday, March 25, 7pm-10pm
Gallery1988 (West)
7308 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Free

Featuring artwork that pays tribute from movies from 1986. Films like Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Pretty in Pink, Stand By Me, Top Gun, Little Shop of Horrors, Labyrinth, Three Amigos and other classics will all be represented in paintings, prints and sculptures.


Friday, March 25, 10pm
Das Bunker
4067 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90042
 
After a successful test run, Das Bunker returns to UNION (The former Catch One) with a jam packed DJ line up and a special live performance!
 
"Beauties of Nature" by Hirano and "Savage Garden" by Leveille
Opening: Saturday, March 26, 7:00-11:00pm
COREY HELFORD GALLERY
571 South Anderson Street(Enter on Willow St.)
Los Angeles, CA 90033


Leading German graffiti artists and storytellers HERAKUT--HERA (Jasmin Siddiqui) and AKUT (Falk Lehmann)--will debut their latest exhibition.

New works by Japanese artist, Miho Hirano and American artist, R. Leveille in Gallery 3.

 

The Rock N Roll Wrestling Bash: Exotrash
Sunday Mar 27, 7pm
The Regent
$21.50 - $35.50
21+

This outstanding rock'n roll musical is a symbiosis of Mexican Wrestling, Trash and hard boiled Rock’n’Roll sound.