Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Weekly What To Do: Get Your Culture On & Beyond Fest


Wednesday, Sep 20, 8:00 pm
Genghis Cohen
740 N Fairfax Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90046
$10.00 - $12.00

 
Kvetch /kveCH,kveCH/ (verb) To complain.
Kvetch is a monthly comedy show at the legendary Genghis Cohen on Fairfax Ave in Fairfax. This monthly show features a gorgeous mix of LA's best stand-up, character, sketch, music, and more. It's controlled chaos, organized shenanigans, orderly madness, and other contradictory two-word phrases like that.
 
 
 
 
September 22-24 Paramount Pictures Studios Backlot
5555 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90038
$50 – $600

The most delicious weekend in L.A. happens at Night Market. Enjoy a one-of-a-kind opportunity to experience the hundreds of different flavors and cultures that make L.A. such a culinary melting pot — all on a historic Hollywood backlot. Visit all weekend for a new experience every day, or, choose your favorite from the themes below. 
 
 
A two-day celebration of Nollywood Cinema
hosted by the USC School of Cinematic Arts,
the American Cinematheque, and O2A Media Inc.

Friday, September 22nd &
Saturday, September 23rd, 2023

The American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90403
&
USC's Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre at the Frank Sinatra Hall
3507 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90007

NOLLYWOOD IN HOLLYWOOD is a celebration of Nigeria’s growing cinema. From very inauspicious beginnings about thirty years ago, the industry grew to be the second largest in the world in terms of output. It is estimated that over 1,000 films are produced in Nollywood every year, most of them direct to video.
 
Sept 22
The Mayan Theatre (1038 S Hill St.)
$45.00‒$90.00
21+  
 
 Los Angeles’ longest-running, most celebrated variety show(featuring world-class lucha libre-style wrestling, burlesque, aerialists, comedy, and more. Show will also spotlight the critically acclaimed new feature film Cassandro, based on the true life story of the legendary wrestler and premiering globally on Prime Video this Sept. 22nd.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Saturday & Sunday, September 23 - 24, 2023
Torrance Cultural Arts Center; 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA 90503
$$

A full day of nonstop ukulele music performances by today's best and brightest ukulele talent, unlimited workshop access, play-along's, open mic & more. FREE for kids 12 & under!
 

Jorge R. Gutiérrez & Sandra Equihua Mexican Independence Day Signing
Opening Reception / Sep 23, 3:00PM - 5:00PM
NUCLEUS FLAGSHIP
210 East Main St
Alhambra CA 91801


Gallery Nucleus is proud to welcome back artists Jorge R. Gutiérrez and Sandra Equihua for a special Mexican Independence Day signing. Jorge and Sandra will be in the gallery from 3-5 PM, signing limited edition black and white Muerto Mouse figurines, as well as books and prints.
 
 
 
SAT SEP 23, 2023 7:00 PM
Los Feliz Theatre
1822 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027
$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) 

A plague is spreading through 16th century Mexico, and the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church is rooting out Jews, for they are believed to be its cause. At his father’s funeral, a monk observes his family practicing Jewish burial rite, and he reports them, leading to devastating consequences for the whole family.
 
Michael Roemer’s THE PLOT AGAINST HARRY Limited Engagement 
September 24 – September 27, 2023
Los Feliz Theatre
1822 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027
$

Deadpan, small-time Kosher Nostra member and ex-con Harry Plotnick (Martin Priest) is just released from prison and trying to regain his lost turf in a neighborhood turned topsy-turvy. After a chance reunion with his ex-wife and grown children, Harry is suddenly immersed in middle-class normality and goes meshugga when he gets into the catering biz with his ex-brother-in-law (Ben Lang). What follows is a world of call girls, bar mitzvahs, lingerie fashion shows, Cuban-Chinese mobsters, subway parties, Mafia barbecues, dog training classes, Congressional hearings, and hotel pajama parties.

– Program notes by Film Forum 

 
Join us this Sunday, September 24 for a Closing Celebration of Anzen Hardware at 309 1st Street on the historic First Street North block of Little Tokyo from 5pm-8pm.

Come to celebrate Nori’s retirement, share memories of the shop and help us clear out our inventory! The more we can sell, the less we will have to carry =)

Sun, September 24
Natural History Museum
900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007
$

Join us on September 24, 2023 for a festival celebrating dinosaurs, their prehistoric past, and the science that brings their world back to life. Meet world-renowned paleontologists from the Museum's Dinosaur Institute and beyond as they discuss the dawn of the dinosaurs. What made Triassic dinosaurs so unique and what was the world around them like? We’re RAWR-ing to give you the inside scoop during this event that is millions of years in the making!

PARAMOUNT PICTURES PRESENTS PAW PATROL: THE MIGHTY MOVIE - GUINNESS WORLD RECORD BREAKING EARLY SCREENING

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023 3:30 PM
Autry Museum at Griffith Park
OUTDOOR EVENT
DOORS OPEN: 1:30 pm
SCREENING: 3:30 pm

Paramount Pictures Presents Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie Guinness World Record Breaking Screening, a special free screening for the whole family - including fido! Grab your pup and join us for photo ops and giveaways as we attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most dogs attending a film screening!



Beyond Fest 2023
Tue. Sep 26 - Tue. Oct 10, 2023

Beyond Fest, the highest-attended genre film festival in the US, returns for its 11th outing with a 55-feature slate spanning 15 days of cinematic excess, including 5 world premieres, 3 North American Premieres, 7 US premieres, and 18 West Coast Premieres.

It's another insane amount of movies for this Beyond Fest. Plenty of horror films to scare you during early October and plenty of cult classics and restorations to be in awe of. And quite a lot of free screenings to drool over.
 
 
Extra:
 
 
The world has been reduced to rubble by a massive earthquake. While no one knows for sure how far the ruins stretch, or what the cause of the earthquake may be, in the heart of Seoul there is only one apartment building left standing. It is called Hwang Gung Apartments.
 










GKIDS Presents Studio Ghibli Fest 2023
Howl’s Moving Castle
    Saturday, September 23 at 3:00 PM (Japanese with Subtitles)
    Sunday, September 24 at 4:00 PM (Japanese with Subtitles) and 7:00 PM (Japanese with Subtitles)
    Monday, September 25 at 7:00 PM (English Dubbed)
    Tuesday, September 26 at 7:00 PM (Japanese with Subtitles)
    Wednesday, September 27 at 7:00 PM (English Dubbed)

Saturday, September 23rd from 1-3pm 
12101 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Sep 21-24

Date/Time: 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, September 20th, 2023
Location: The Ray Stark Family Theatre, SCA 108, George Lucas Building, USC School of Cinematic Arts Complex, 900 W. 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
 

UCB, a cheapo comedy show almost every night, see comedians before they make podcasts and have
stories about the UCB and before they hit the big time.
 

Cinespia -Just came back this week for a new season.
This hosts screenings outside at iconic venues including The Hollywood Forever Cemetery, The Greek Theatre, and Los Angeles Historic Park.
 
Check out classics and cult movies just a few stories above street level. Rooftop Movies at The Montalbán. Added Thursday nights to the line-up and themed nights in August and September.


 
American Cinematheque-A celebrated independent theater group that brings both the talent and catalog of films to make for some of LA's best movie nights.
Secret Movie Club-Special edition posters and a large swatch of films to see.

Street Food Cinema-Outdoor cult or recent hits you'll love.

 New Bev-Tarantino owned independent theater with old school style

Cinelounge - Hollywood based tiny theater, showing off indies you've never heard of
 
Brain Dead Studios-Newcomer that manages to fill its schedule almost every night
Electric Dusk Drive-In-A drive-in, haven't you missed them?
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