Tuesday night I am throwing an event at the Mandrake from 8-midnight with Brian Getnick and Elijah Crampton collaborating, Fort King and a screening of my video shot in Goldsmiths College, Raw Rough and Ready.

Thursday, MOCA Grand and MOCA Geffen offer free admission for the monthly "downtown art walk."

Friday night the summer exhibitions open at Santa Monica Museum of Art from 7-10pm with Andrew Lord, Arik Levy and park studio. Also Friday night, I am very much looking forward to the performance of Susan Silton & the Crowing Hens at LaxArt.

See you at the openings!
 
Best Wishes,

Alex Staiger

Tuesday:
+ Lecture: Bill Viola & Beverley Zabriskie at Hammer Museum
+ Performance: "Its my Birthday! Lets Eat Cupcakes" A night of music and art curated by Alex Staiger Productions presents at Mandrake

Friday:
+ Performance: Susan Silton & the Crowing Hens at LaxArt

Monday:
+ Lecture: "Fact, Fiction And The Role Of The Critic Today" curated by Theater Critic For The New Yorker Hilton Als at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)

Tuesday, May 11

Artist Talk: "curators talk" Jews on Vinyl curated by Josh Kun And Courtney Holt at Skirball Cultural Center
Beverly Hills: 2701 N Sepulveda Boulevard, CA 90064, $10., 8pm

+ Lecture: Bill Viola & Beverley Zabriskie at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, free, 7pm

+ Performance: "Its my Birthday! Lets Eat Cupcakes" A night of music and art curated by Alex Staiger Productions presents at Mandrake
Culver City: 2692 S La Cienega Blvd, CA 90034, 8pm- 12 am

Wednesday, May 12

? George Segal "The Expulsion" With Photographs of the Artist at Work by Donald Lokuta at Skirball Cultural Center
Beverly Hills: 2701 N Sepulveda Boulevard, CA 90064, $10 General; $7 Seniors and Full-Time Students; $5 Children 2-12; FREE to Skirball Members and Children under 2; FREE to all visitors on Thursdays, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

? "Jews on Vinyl" thousands of vinyl LPs that trace the vibrant pop music history of Jews in America. This multisensory exhibition features music by Neil Diamond, Barbra Streisand, Irving "Fabulous Fingers" Fields, and more. curated by Josh Kun and Roger Bennett at Skirball Cultural Center
Beverly Hills: 2701 N Sepulveda Boulevard, CA 90064, 10 General; $7 Seniors and Full-Time Students; $5 Children 2-12; FREE to Skirball Members and Children under 2; FREE to all visitors on Thursdays, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Christian Rex Van Minnen, Ronald Rupert Santos at Bert Green Fine Art
Downtown: 102 W 5th Street, CA 90013, 6-8pm

at Bert Green Fine Art
Downtown: 102 W 5th Street, CA 90013, 6-8pm

Thursday, May 13

Performance: "Electro night" music, lights, sound performance, and video art. Experience a sensory paradise, including interactive LED installations, a sound art performance by Gil Kuno, open galleries, Firehook and Yum Yum food trucks, a black light cash bar, live DJ sets by DJ Loui at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, free, 7pm

Friday, May 14

"Park Studio" Ring at Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Monica: 2525 Bergamot Station G1 Michigan Avenue , 7-10pm

Arik Levy "Luminescence" at Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Monica: 2525 Bergamot Station G1 Michigan Avenue , 7-10pm

Andrew Lord "Between my hands to water falling selected works 1990 - 2010" at Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Monica: 2525 Bergamot Station G1 Michigan Avenue , 7-10pm

+ Performance: Susan Silton & the Crowing Hens at LaxArt
Culver City: 2460 S. La Cienaga , CA 90034, 8:30pm

Saturday, May 15

William Haugse And j.Reto "A Quiet Mind" at Affinity Galleries
West Hollywood: 7065 Lexington avenue, CA 90028, 1-3pm

Amar, Bendow, Francesca Fornasari, Mary Larsen, "Insecticide" at The Loft at Liz's
Miracle Mile / Mid-City: 453 South La Brea, 7-10pm

"Eve in the Garden of Lost Angels" Los Angeles Fine Artists Network (LAFAN) curated by Milla Zeltzer at Optical Allusion Gallery
Miracle Mile / Mid-City: 2414 W 7th Street, CA 90057, 6-10pm

Julia Schwartz "Flesh and Bones" at Bleicher/Golightly
Santa Monica: 1431 Ocean Avenue, CA 90401, 6-9pm

Chad Attie "Snow White and Friends" at Frank Pictures
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue , A-5, CA 90404, 6:30-9:30

Cecil Beaton Anthony Friedkin Joanna Garland Nevil "The Art of Music Photography" Inaugaral exhibition on the Westside at DRKRM
Santa Monica: 729 Montana avenue suite 2, CA 90403, 7-10pm

Chris Natrop "myopic spring tangle" at Taylor De Cordoba
Culver City: 2660 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 6-8pm

"Chair project" Our chair is your chair at Actual Size Los Angeles
Chinatown: 741 New High Street , CA 90012, check with gallery

Roni Feldman "Black Flash" at L2kontemporary
Chinatown: 990 N. Hill Street , suite 205, CA 90012, 7-10pm

Cherie Benner Davis, Christian Tedeschi, Danny Shain, Eraldo Mauro, Jeff Cain, Rebeca Mendez, Robbert Flick, Ruth Weisberg "Over There" at Muzeumm
west adams: 4811 West Adams Blvd, CA 90016, 7-10pm

Sunday, May 16

David Florimbi "The Sky's the Limit" at Frank Pictures
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue , A-5, CA 90404, 6:30-9:30pm

Monday, May 17

"2009 Cola" at Municipal Art Gallery (Barnsdall Park)
Los Feliz: 4800 Hollywood Boulevard, CA 90027, 2-5pm, 6-8pm

+ Lecture: "Fact, Fiction And The Role Of The Critic Today" curated by Theater Critic For The New Yorker Hilton Als at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, Tickets: $10 [Students $5], 8:30pm

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