A few top picks to get you started thinking about this week: Thursday's Land Event at John Lautner's Garcia House and a screening at L.A.C.D., Friday John Kilduff and Micol Hebron at LACE, and Saturday Jeff Sonhouse at Martha Otero and and Casting Call perfromance at LAX Arts.

Browse below or make your own picks on our website (clicking print will plot the shows you pick on a map).

Hope to see you out there!

Wednesday:
+ Screening: "Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles 2010" at Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles (Downtown Film Festival Cinema Lounge)

Thursday:
+ Lisa Anne Auerbach and Karl Haendel "Nomadic Nights" at Land
+ Screening: Gaspar Noe, Larry Clark, Marco Brambilla, Marina Abramovic, Matthew Barney, Richard Prince "Destricted" curated by L.A.C.D.A at Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles (Downtown Film Festival Cinema Lounge)
+ "digital art expo international" as part of Downtown art walk at LACDA
+ Performance: Dawn Kasper, Musicians include; Sarah Hamblin, Devin McNulty, E "Music for Hoarders" at Honor Fraser

Friday:
+ John Kilduff, Micol Hebron "PUBLIC INTEREST: The Summer Cycle" HollywoodMerchmART! Jazzle Session at LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
+ Leyden Rodriguez Casanova, David Gilbert, Nick Kra "Last Minute Intervention" curated by Marichris Ty at Shoshana Wayne Gallery (SW2)

Saturday:
+ Jeff Sonhouse "'Better Off Dead,' Said The Landlord" at Martha Otero
+ Lari Pittman "Orangerie and New Paintings" at Regen Projects
+ Lari Pittman "Orangerie and New Paintings" at Regen Projects
+ Nicole Cohen, Jonah Groeneboer, Dinh Q. Lê, Izhar "Material / Immaterial" at Shoshana Wayne Gallery
+ Performance: Charlie White: Casting Call at LaxArt
+ Anna Rodriquez Sweet Toxicity, Eamon Ore-Giron Road To Ruins at Steve Turner Contemporary

Sunday:
+ Performance: Les Figues Press: Insect Orchestra at LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions

Tuesday, September 7

"Institute of Classical Architecture Exhibition: Travel Paintings and Sketches" at Edward Cella Gallery
Miracle Mile / Mid-City: 6018 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90036, 6:30- 8:30 pm

"The Sicilian Girl" curated by followed by Q & A with director Marco Amenta at Nuart Theatre
West LA / Santa Monica East: 11272 Santa Monica BLVD. , CA 90025, rsvp to rsvp.iicla@esteri.it, 9:30pm after party at IIC 1023 Hilgard avenue Westwood

Screening: "The Sicilian Girl" curated by followed by Q & A with director Marco Amenta at Nuart Theatre
West LA / Santa Monica East: 11272 Santa Monica BLVD. , CA 90025, 7:30pm

"Travel Paintings and Sketches" curated by Wim de Witt, Jeff DiCicco and Edward Cella at Edward Cella Art + Architecture
Mid-Wilshire: 6018 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 6:30- 8:30 pm

Performance: "Chinatown Get-Down: a Musical Extravaganza" at Human Resources
Chinatown: 510 Bernard Street, CA 90012, 9-12

Wednesday, September 8

+ Screening: "Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles 2010" at Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles (Downtown Film Festival Cinema Lounge)
Downtown: 541 S. Spring Street loft 214, , various check website

Thursday, September 9

+ Lisa Anne Auerbach and Karl Haendel "Nomadic Nights" at Land
West Hollywood: , John Lautner's Garcia House 7463 Mulholland Drive, CA 11500, 6:30pm - 9pm

+ Screening: Gaspar Noe, Larry Clark, Marco Brambilla, Marina Abramovic, Matthew Barney, Richard Prince "Destricted" curated by L.A.C.D.A at Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles (Downtown Film Festival Cinema Lounge)
Downtown: 541 S. Spring Street loft 214, 3-4:30pm

+ "digital art expo international" as part of Downtown art walk at LACDA
Downtown: 107 West 5th street , CA 90013, 7-9pm

Eugenio Carmi "What Makes Us Human" at Italian Cultural Institute
Westwood / Century City: 1023 Hilgard Avenue, CA 90024, 6pm

+ Performance: Dawn Kasper, Musicians include; Sarah Hamblin, Devin McNulty, E "Music for Hoarders" at Honor Fraser
Culver City: 2622 S. La Cienega Boulevard, CA 90034, 8-10:30pm

Friday, September 10

+ John Kilduff, Micol Hebron "PUBLIC INTEREST: The Summer Cycle" HollywoodMerchmART! Jazzle Session at LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Hollywood: 6522 Hollywood Boulevard, CA 90028, 4:30-7pm

+ Leyden Rodriguez Casanova, David Gilbert, Nick Kra "Last Minute Intervention" curated by Marichris Ty at Shoshana Wayne Gallery (SW2)
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Ave, J1 , CA 90404, 6-8pm

Ewerdt Hilgemann "Panta Rhei" at Samuel Freeman
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, suite B7, CA 90404, 5-8pm

Yunhee Min "Attraction" at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Culver City: 6006 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 6-8pm

Ruben Ochoa "grounded" at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Culver City: 6006 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 6-8pm

Katie Ryan "Tasteful Improvements" at Workspace
Highland Park: 2601 Pasadena Ave, Unit C, CA 90031, 7-10pm

Saturday, September 11

+ Jeff Sonhouse "'Better Off Dead,' Said The Landlord" at Martha Otero
West Hollywood: 820 N Fairfax Avenue, CA 90046, 6-9pm

David Trautrimas & Dylan Vitone at DNJ Gallery
West Hollywood: 154 N La Brea Avenue, CA 90036, 6-8pm

Artist Talk: David Trautrimas at DNJ Gallery
West Hollywood: 154 N La Brea Avenue, CA 90036, 5pm

David Trautrimas at DNJ Gallery
West Hollywood: 154 N La Brea Avenue, CA 90036, 6-8pm

David Trautrimas & Dylan Vitone at DNJ Gallery
West Hollywood: 154 N La Brea Avenue, CA 90036, 6-8pm

+ Lari Pittman "Orangerie and New Paintings" at Regen Projects
West Hollywood: 633 North Almont Drive, CA 90069, 6-8pm

+ Lari Pittman "Orangerie and New Paintings" at Regen Projects
West Hollywood: 9016 Santa Monica Boulevard, Almont Drive, CA 90038, 6-8pm

Deborah Aschheim "Nostalgia for the Future" at Edward Cella Gallery
Miracle Mile / Mid-City: 6018 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90036, 6-8pm

Panel Discussion: John U. Abrahamson, Clive Barker, Jen Heaslip, Rob "Rapture of the Tiny Small Artworks at Affordable Prices" at Bert Green Fine Art
Downtown: 102 W 5th Street, CA 90013, Betty Brown hosts Art Conversations #5 (Panel Discussion), 3pm

Bob Moskowitz "Myth And Legend" at Bleicher/Golightly
Santa Monica: 1431 Ocean Avenue, CA 90401, 6-9pm

Cindy Kane, Ron Rizk at Lora Schlesinger Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, #T3, CA 90404, 5-7pm

+ Nicole Cohen, Jonah Groeneboer, Dinh Q. Lê, Izhar "Material / Immaterial" at Shoshana Wayne Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, B1, CA 90404, 5-7pm

Alberto Burri & Italian Artists' Books at Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Monica: 2525 Bergamot Station G1 Michigan Avenue , 6-7 members preview, 7-9 general public

Christina Fernandez "Residue/Residuo." at Galery Luisotti/Ram Publications
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue , building A 2, CA 90404, 5-7pm

+ Performance: Charlie White: Casting Call at LaxArt
Culver City: 2460 S. La Cienaga , CA 90034, 9am - 5pm

Margaret Garcia, Sonya Fe "Brushes of Fire" at Avenue 50 Studio
Highland Park: 131 North Avenue 50, CA 90042, 7-10pm

+ Anna Rodriquez Sweet Toxicity, Eamon Ore-Giron Road To Ruins at Steve Turner Contemporary
Mid-Wilshire: 6026 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90036, 6-9pm

Carlee Fernandez World According to Xavier, SASHA PIERCE Shades of Time at Acme Gallery
Mid-Wilshire: 6150 Wilshire Blvd., CA 90048, 6-8pm

Robert Fry "RED" at Kunsthalle L.A.
Chinatown: 932 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 6-8pm

Dan Goldman "done, finished, here" at L2kontemporary
Chinatown: 990 N. Hill Street , suite 205, CA 90012, 7-10pm

Sunday, September 12

+ Performance: Les Figues Press: Insect Orchestra at LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Hollywood: 6522 Hollywood Boulevard, CA 90028, 2-4:30pm

Benefit: background visuals created by Michael Pinkney., Billy Kheel, Jack Nadelle, Jason House, Larry Brownstein, Melanie Maton, Molly Millar, Sam Hart, Sarah Stockstill, Sohrab Nafici, William Pickles "Midnight Spirographs" Downtown Arts Event Benefits Local Shelter curated by Christine Meinders at Hi-Lite
Downtown: 533 South Los Angeles Street, 6th , CA 90013, $5.00, 6-10pm

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