The monthly Downtown Art Walk is going on hiatus until January 2011, at which point it will be reborn as a quarterly, weekend, daytime, gallery-focused event.

This Thursday go to Nomadic Nights sponsored by LAND Thursday night at Country Club with Justin Lowe and Jonah Freeman 7pm and at 8pm special performance by neo-psychedelic band Dead Meadow with video accompaniment by Justin Lowe. Jonah Freeman will lecture about the history of The San San International, the mega-convention that overtakes the southern province of The San San metroplex every May, and his experience as a two-year attendee rsvp@nomadicdivision.org, space is limited.

Saturday night check out the opening of "The Road to Hell is Paved..." at Las Cienagas Projects, as well as Liz Glynn's performance curated by Erica Redling Gallery -- sounds intriquing and enticing. You must bring a guest and are encouraged to bring an object for offering and personal exorcism, to be destroyed during the performance.

See you out there!

Tuesday:
+ Lecture: Henry Jenkins "24/7 2010: The State of the Art in DIY Video" 24/7 2010 brings together a feature-length program of the best from the world of do-it-yourself video. Come find the latest in online, geek, remix, and fan culture, curated to highlight the most recent trends and techniques emerging from anime music video at Hammer Museum

Wednesday:
+ Lecture: Hito Steyerl & George Baker at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
+ Lecture: "Haute Zone" California Design Biennial, Action/Reaction curator Rose Apodaca leads a tour of the exhibition with a conversation with fashion designers Michael Schmidt and Raven Kauffman to follow. at Pasadena Museum of California Art

Thursday:
+ Performance: Dirty Baby "music art and poetry" DIRTY BABY is best described as a gloriously unruly mutt born of a synaesthetic mating of pictures, music, and poetry. The work includes musician Nels Cline (Wilco) and poet David Breskin's visionary recontextualization of artist Ed Ruscha's "censor strip at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
+ Performance: Justin Lowe, Jonah Freeman "Bright White Underground" Nomadic Nights curated by LAND Shamim Momin at Country Club
+ Justin Lowe, Jonah Freeman "Bright White Underground" Nomadic Nights curated by LAND Shamim Momin at Country Club
+ Lecture: Justin Lowe, Jonah Freeman "Bright White Underground" Nomadic Nights curated by LAND Shamim Momin at Country Club

Friday:
+ a 16mm installation by Mariah Garnett "Encounters I May or May Not Have Had With Peter Berlin at Human Resources" at Human Resources

Saturday:
+ Performance: final performance of liz glynn III "4:00pm Installation opens to the public | Offering begins 6:15pm Final Offering | Last Words 6:27pm Sundown | the beginning of the end with sound by Disensemble Decline" at Erica Redling

Sunday:
+ Tour: "MAK Architecture Tour 2010" n celebration of Julius Schulman's 100th Birthday, the MAK Center presents its 2010 Architecture Tour featuring modern homes photographed by Schulman. The tour includes Lovell Health House (R. J. Neutra, 1929), the Gold House (R. M. Schindler, 1945), the at MAK Center for Art and Architecture

Tuesday, October 5

+ Lecture: Henry Jenkins "24/7 2010: The State of the Art in DIY Video" 24/7 2010 brings together a feature-length program of the best from the world of do-it-yourself video. Come find the latest in online, geek, remix, and fan culture, curated to highlight the most recent trends and techniques emerging from anime music video at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 7pm

Wednesday, October 6

+ Lecture: Hito Steyerl & George Baker at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 7pm

+ Lecture: "Haute Zone" California Design Biennial, Action/Reaction curator Rose Apodaca leads a tour of the exhibition with a conversation with fashion designers Michael Schmidt and Raven Kauffman to follow. at Pasadena Museum of California Art
Pasadena: 490 East Union Street, CA 91101, 5-7pm

Thursday, October 7

+ Performance: Dirty Baby "music art and poetry" DIRTY BABY is best described as a gloriously unruly mutt born of a synaesthetic mating of pictures, music, and poetry. The work includes musician Nels Cline (Wilco) and poet David Breskin's visionary recontextualization of artist Ed Ruscha's "censor strip at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, free, 7:30pm

+ Performance: Justin Lowe, Jonah Freeman "Bright White Underground" Nomadic Nights curated by LAND Shamim Momin at Country Club
Miracle Mile / Mid-City: 805 South Genesee, The Buck House [1934, CA 90036, rsvp@nomadicdivision.org, 8pm

+ Justin Lowe, Jonah Freeman "Bright White Underground" Nomadic Nights curated by LAND Shamim Momin at Country Club
Miracle Mile / Mid-City: 805 South Genesee, The Buck House [1934, CA 90036, rsvp@nomadicdivision.org, 6:30pm - 9pm

+ Lecture: Justin Lowe, Jonah Freeman "Bright White Underground" Nomadic Nights curated by LAND Shamim Momin at Country Club
Miracle Mile / Mid-City: 805 South Genesee, The Buck House [1934, CA 90036, rsvp@nomadicdivision.org, 7pm

Lecture: Mark Manders "Exhibition Walkthrough: Mark Manders" With artist Elliott Hundley. at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 8pm

Friday, October 8

Coy Howard "From Hand to Mouse, From Furniture to Architecture" at Sci -Arc
Downtown: 960 E 3rd Street, CA 90013, 7-9pm

Screening: Psycho "(FREE OUTDOOR MOVIES) Friday Night Fright Flicks!" Shows begin at 8:00pm Free popcorn Pack a picnic basket, lawn seating at Pershing Square
Downtown: 532 South Olive Street, CA 90013, free, 8pm

+ a 16mm installation by Mariah Garnett "Encounters I May or May Not Have Had With Peter Berlin at Human Resources" at Human Resources
Chinatown: 510 Bernard Street, CA 90012, 7pm-12am

Saturday, October 9

Deedee Cheriel Abracadabra , Mark Whalen (kill Pixie) Paralleled Opposites at Merry Karnowsky Gallery
West Hollywood: 170 S La Brea Avenue, CA 90036, 8-11pm

Jerome Prieur and Marie Josee Roy "Meninges" Featuring a live DJ, interactive webcast, video installation & free libations! at Cella Gallery
Hollywood: 5229 Lankershim Boulevard, CA 91601, 7-11pm

Lecture: "Visual Thinking Strategies: Talking about Burri with Philip Yenawine" Join in a conversation about Alberto Burri's complex and highly evocative paintings. Discuss a selection of works mining materials, colors, shapes, and relationships for the meanings they convey. at Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Monica: 2525 Bergamot Station G1 Michigan Avenue , 2pm

Screening: Michael C. McMillen "lighthouse" at L.A. Louver
Venice: 45 North Venice Boulevard, CA 90291, rsvp to info@lalouver.com, 11-2pm

James Benning Isabell Heimerdinger "The Road To Hell Is Paved... (group Show)" curated by Biddy Tran at Las Cienegas Projects
Culver City: 2045 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 7-10pm

Sandy de Lissovoy "We are caught falling" at Monte Vista
Highland Park: 5442 Monte Vista Street, CA 90042, 7-10pm

"Fig Knit-On" curated by Heather Hoggan at Future Studio
Highland Park: 5558 N Figueroa St, CA 90042, 7-10pm

Preview: "50th Auction" We are very proud to be offering some of the best material LAMA has ever offered, most of which has never traded hands until now. Fresh, first-time offerings include a large Ida Kohlmeyer painting, an early Bernard Buffet oil on canvas, a David Hockney "S at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA)
Misc., East of LA: 16145 Hart Street , Van Nuys California, CA 91406, 10 am - 6pm

Krysten Cunningham "3 to 4" at Thomas Solomon Gallery
Chinatown: 427 Bernard Street, CA 90012, also at Cottage Home, 6-8pm

"The Brewery Art Walk" at Brewery Arts Complex
Chinatown: 2100 N Main Street, CA 90031, 11am - 6pm

+ Performance: final performance of liz glynn III "4:00pm Installation opens to the public | Offering begins 6:15pm Final Offering | Last Words 6:27pm Sundown | the beginning of the end with sound by Disensemble Decline" at Erica Redling
Chinatown: 990 North Hill Street , 210, CA 90012, You must bring a guest. You are encouraged to bring an object for offering and personal exorcism, to be destroyed during the performance. Deconstruction of the monument will begin at 6:27pm. You are invited to take part in the deconstruction, which like

Sunday, October 10

+ Tour: "MAK Architecture Tour 2010" n celebration of Julius Schulman's 100th Birthday, the MAK Center presents its 2010 Architecture Tour featuring modern homes photographed by Schulman. The tour includes Lovell Health House (R. J. Neutra, 1929), the Gold House (R. M. Schindler, 1945), the at MAK Center for Art and Architecture
West Hollywood: 835 N. Kings Road, CA 90069, For a chance to win a pair of tickets, email celebrate@foryourart.com by October 5., 11am - 6pm

Closing reception: Quinton Bemiller "Kusama Trees" at Offramp Gallery
Pasadena: 1702 Lincoln Avenue, CA 91103, 2-5pm

Artist Talk: Quinton Bemiller "Kusama Trees" at Offramp Gallery
Pasadena: 1702 Lincoln Avenue, CA 91103, 3pm

Preview: "50th Auction" We are very proud to be offering some of the best material LAMA has ever offered, most of which has never traded hands until now. Fresh, first-time offerings include a large Ida Kohlmeyer painting, an early Bernard Buffet oil on canvas, a David Hockney "S at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA)
Misc., East of LA: 16145 Hart Street , Van Nuys California, CA 91406, 10 am - 6pm

Monday, October 11

Preview: "50th Auction" We are very proud to be offering some of the best material LAMA has ever offered, most of which has never traded hands until now. Fresh, first-time offerings include a large Ida Kohlmeyer painting, an early Bernard Buffet oil on canvas, a David Hockney "S at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA)
Misc., East of LA: 16145 Hart Street , Van Nuys California, CA 91406, 10 am - 6pm

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