Wednesday through Sunday is the performance "Looking for Paul" with Dutch Theater Ensemble Wunderbaum at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater. There is no way to know exactly what will happen when the daring Dutch theater ensemble Wunderbaum premieres a new work developed during a three-week REDCAT residency. Joining forces with Los Angeles performer, writer and activist John Malpede, the inventive artists are weaving many stories and themes together: The tale of their friend Inez, who lives next to Rotterdam's controversial "Santa" sculpture by LA Artist Paul McCarthy, which includes a 5 ft. butt plug; the adventures encountered during their LA trip (staged in a replica of a room at The Standard Hotel); and the breaking news from the Hate Crimes trial of a leading Dutch Politician who also seeks to slash funding for public art in The Netherlands. Expect an evening that is provocative, wildly funny, and perhaps a bit unsettling.

Thursday many openings at the Pacific Design Center including the inaugaural exhibtion of Annie Wharton Los Angeles.

Friday one of my most favorite galleries in Chinatown Jancar Gallery is exhibiting Maya Lujan, Alice Clements and Tyler Stallings.

Saturday do not miss this screening: "BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer) LA" at USC Gayle and Ed Roski MFA Gallery. The 4th iteration of Bring Your Own Beamer (BYOB) comes to Los Angeles for a night of projections and performances. 30 Artists. 30+ projectors. One night only.

(On a side note: Bergamot galleries are now open on Sundays 12-4 with food trucks, live music and performance art.) Hope to see you at the shows!

New on Artcards Review:
- "Conceptualizing the Scent: in Six Visions" by Helen Homan Wu
- "Abstract Expressionist New York at MoMA" by Howard Hurst

Tuesday:
+ "SANRIO Small Gift 10 day carnival-style event " Sanrio’s 50th Anniversary Celebratory Tour at Barker Hanger
+ Screening: london filmmaker paul kelly's documentary focuses "Take Three Girls: The Dolly Mixture Story" Director Paul Kelly will be in attendance at Cottage Home

Wednesday:
+ Lecture: Barry Schwabsky at USC Gayle and Ed Roski MFA Gallery
+ Performance: Dutch Theater Ensemble Wunderbaum "Looking for Paul" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
+ "SANRIO Small Gift 10 day carnival-style event " Sanrio’s 50th Anniversary Celebratory Tour at Barker Hanger

Thursday:
+ "The way the morning broke was quite unusual" at Annie Wharton Los Angeles
+ Performance: Dutch Theater Ensemble Wunderbaum "Looking for Paul" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
+ "SANRIO Small Gift 10 day carnival-style event " Sanrio’s 50th Anniversary Celebratory Tour at Barker Hanger
+ Auction: "Angel Art Auction" 7:00PM Cocktails & Viewing, 8pm live auction at Creative Artist Agency

Friday:
+ "Play It As It Lays" An Exhibition Tribute to Joan Didion at Gallery Space
+ Screening: "BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer) LA" at USC Gayle and Ed Roski MFA Gallery
+ Performance: Dutch Theater Ensemble Wunderbaum "Looking for Paul" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
+ "SANRIO Small Gift 10 day carnival-style event " Sanrio’s 50th Anniversary Celebratory Tour at Barker Hanger
+ Closing reception: Samara Golden "Busts: My Personal Winter" at Workspace
+ Performance: "Los Angeles Poverty Department's" State of Incarceration at The Box

Saturday:

+ "Legal Tender" at Martha Otero

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+ Performance: Dutch Theater Ensemble Wunderbaum "Looking for Paul" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
+ "SANRIO Small Gift 10 day carnival-style event" Sanrio's "Kitty in Pink" Retro '80s Prom Party! at Barker Hanger
+ "SANRIO Small Gift 10 day carnival-style event " Sanrio’s 50th Anniversary Celebratory Tour at Barker Hanger
+ "The Big Four" at Steve Turner Contemporary
+ at Jancar Gallery
+ Performance: "Los Angeles Poverty Department's" State of Incarceration at The Box
+ Book launch: Marc Hundley "Weaver Bird And Other Words" the artist (from nyc) and publishers (from australia) will be in attendance at Ooga Booga

Sunday:
+ "SANRIO Small Gift 10 day carnival-style event " Sanrio’s 50th Anniversary Celebratory Tour at Barker Hanger
+ Ali Liebegott Catherine Taft Michelle Tea David Ul "5 Points Readings: Word for Word" curated by Nikki Darling and Kate Wolf at Workspace

Tuesday, November 16

Artist Talk: Wayne White "You're Supposed To Act All Impressed" at Cinefamily
Miracle Mile / Mid-City: 611 N. Fairfax Avenue, CA 90048, $12.00 entrance, 8pm

+ "SANRIO Small Gift 10 day carnival-style event " Sanrio’s 50th Anniversary Celebratory Tour at Barker Hanger
Santa Monica: 3021 Airport Avenue, CA 90405, , various check website

Panel Discussion: Jonathan Gold & Bret Easton Ellis at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 7pm

+ Screening: london filmmaker paul kelly's documentary focuses "Take Three Girls: The Dolly Mixture Story" Director Paul Kelly will be in attendance at Cottage Home
Chinatown: 410 Cottage Home Road, CA 90012, $3 admission, please rsvp to info@oogaboogastore.com to reserve a seat,, 8pm

Wednesday, November 17

+ Lecture: Barry Schwabsky at USC Gayle and Ed Roski MFA Gallery
Downtown: 3001 S. Flower St., (Entrance on 30th St, CA 90007, 12pm - 2pm

+ Performance: Dutch Theater Ensemble Wunderbaum "Looking for Paul" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, Tickets: $25-30 [Students $20-25], 8:30pm

+ "SANRIO Small Gift 10 day carnival-style event " Sanrio’s 50th Anniversary Celebratory Tour at Barker Hanger
Santa Monica: 3021 Airport Avenue, CA 90405, , various check website

William Brice "Drawings 1960-1985" at L.A. Louver
Venice: 45 North Venice Boulevard, CA 90291, 6-8pm

Thursday, November 18

Alex Artigas, Brooks Salzwedel, Christopher Haun, Jen DeNike, Karen Lofgren, Lesley Moon, Natascha Snellman, Patrick Holeck, Rachael Neubauer , Reggie Casagrande, Sam Combellick, Sean Brian McDonald, Sean Daly, Seth Kaufman, Taska Cleveland, Zoe Crosher "Standard Deviation" curated by Janet Levy, Jenny Le at See Line Gallery at the Pacific Design Center (Pacific Design Center)
West Hollywood: 8687 Melrose Avenue , Suite B274, CA 90069, 5-8pm

"39NOW" featuring thirty-nine women artists, from the emerging to the established, living in the Los Angeles area. at Den Contemporary Art
West Hollywood: 8687 Melrose Avenue, Pacific Design Cente, CA 90069, 5:30-8pm

+ "The way the morning broke was quite unusual" at Annie Wharton Los Angeles
West Hollywood: 8687 Melrose Avenue, b257, CA 90069, 6-8pm

Lecture: "Contemporary Design Today??"Hands On: A Conversation about Architecture and Design" Adam Silverman, Artist and Studio Director of Heath Ceramics, and artist Alison Berger will discuss current trends in contemporary design. The discussion will be moderated by Frances Anderton of radio station KCRW. at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, $20 To purchase tickets, email decartscouncil@lacma.org., 7pm-

+ Performance: Dutch Theater Ensemble Wunderbaum "Looking for Paul" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, Tickets: $25-30 [Students $20-25], 8:30pm

+ "SANRIO Small Gift 10 day carnival-style event " Sanrio’s 50th Anniversary Celebratory Tour at Barker Hanger
Santa Monica: 3021 Airport Avenue, CA 90405, , various check website

Artist Talk: Alex Israel at Orange County Museum of Art
Orange County: 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660, 8pm

+ Auction: "Angel Art Auction" 7:00PM Cocktails & Viewing, 8pm live auction at Creative Artist Agency
Century City: 2000 Avenue of the Stars, CA 90067, 7pm

Friday, November 19

"Architecture Live!" at Superfront LA
West Hollywood: 8687 Melrose Avenue , Pacific Design Cente, CA 90048, 5-8pm

+ "Play It As It Lays" An Exhibition Tribute to Joan Didion at Gallery Space
Hollywood: 1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd, CA 90028, 7-9pm

Artist Talk: Coy Howard "Part II - Whispers and Echoes" talk with Coy Howard and Eric Owen Moss at Sci -Arc
Downtown: 960 E 3rd Street, CA 90013, 7pm

+ Screening: "BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer) LA" at USC Gayle and Ed Roski MFA Gallery
Downtown: 3001 S. Flower St., (Entrance on 30th St, CA 90007, 7-10pm

+ Performance: Dutch Theater Ensemble Wunderbaum "Looking for Paul" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, Tickets: $25-30 [Students $20-25], 8:30pm

+ "SANRIO Small Gift 10 day carnival-style event " Sanrio’s 50th Anniversary Celebratory Tour at Barker Hanger
Santa Monica: 3021 Airport Avenue, CA 90405, , various check website

"ADHD (Art Diagnostics and Healing Devices)" curated by Dr. Kóan Jeff Baysa, M.D. at Jaus
West LA / Santa Monica East: 11851 La Grange Ave, CA 90025, 6:30 - 9:30pm

+ Closing reception: Samara Golden "Busts: My Personal Winter" at Workspace
Highland Park: 2601 Pasadena Ave, Unit C, CA 90031, 7-10pm

+ Performance: "Los Angeles Poverty Department's" State of Incarceration at The Box
Chinatown: 977 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 8pm

Saturday, November 20

"25th Anniversary Show" at Michael Kohn Gallery
West Hollywood: 8071 Beverly Blvd , CA 90048, 6-8pm

+ "Legal Tender" at Martha Otero West Hollywood: 820 N Fairfax Avenue, CA 90046, 6-8pm

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"Green Patriot Posters Book Launch" curated by The Canary Project and Metropolis Books present at Gallery Space
Hollywood: 1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd, CA 90028, rsvp@space15twenty.com, 5-8pm

Robbie Conal "The Missing Link" curated by Julie Miyoshi at Country Club
Miracle Mile / Mid-City: 805 South Genesee, The Buck House [1934, CA 90036, 6-9pm

Mira Schor "Paintings From The Nineties To Now" at CB1 Gallery
Downtown: 207 W 5th Street, CA 90013, 5-8pm

+ Performance: Dutch Theater Ensemble Wunderbaum "Looking for Paul" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, Tickets: $25-30 [Students $20-25], 8:30pm

Performance: Courtney Reid at Bleicher/Golightly
Santa Monica: 1431 Ocean Avenue, CA 90401, 7:30 - 9:30pm

+ "SANRIO Small Gift 10 day carnival-style event" Sanrio's "Kitty in Pink" Retro '80s Prom Party! at Barker Hanger
Santa Monica: 3021 Airport Avenue, CA 90405, $15.00, 8:30 - 11:30pm

+ "SANRIO Small Gift 10 day carnival-style event " Sanrio’s 50th Anniversary Celebratory Tour at Barker Hanger
Santa Monica: 3021 Airport Avenue, CA 90405, , various check website

C.K. Wilde "Sojourn" at Rosamund Felson
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, 5-7pm

Book Signing: KAWS "book signing" at Honor Fraser
Culver City: 2622 S. La Cienega Boulevard, CA 90034, 2-4pm

+ "The Big Four" at Steve Turner Contemporary
Mid-Wilshire: 6026 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90036, 6-8pm

at Acme Gallery
Mid-Wilshire: 6150 Wilshire Blvd., CA 90048, 6-8pm

+ at Jancar Gallery
Chinatown: 961 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 6-9pm

+ Performance: "Los Angeles Poverty Department's" State of Incarceration at The Box
Chinatown: 977 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 8pm

Jack Bender "The Lost Years" curated by China Art Objects at Cottage Home
Chinatown: 410 Cottage Home Road, CA 90012, Gallery Hours are Wednesday through Saturday Noon to 6:00pm or by appointment. To schedule an appointment or for more information please call (323) 965 2264, 6-9pm

+ Book launch: Marc Hundley "Weaver Bird And Other Words" the artist (from nyc) and publishers (from australia) will be in attendance at Ooga Booga
Chinatown: 943 N. Broadway, CA 90012, 5-7pm

Jack Balas "Tattoo Detour" at L2kontemporary
Chinatown: 990 N. Hill Street , suite 205, CA 90012, 6-9pm

"Decadestwo.1 Exclusive Shopping Event" Benefit OCMA at the pop up sale of luxury consignment clothing from the closets of celebs, stylists & fashionistas! at Orange County Museum of Art
Orange County: 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660, 12-5pm

Sunday, November 21

+ "SANRIO Small Gift 10 day carnival-style event " Sanrio’s 50th Anniversary Celebratory Tour at Barker Hanger
Santa Monica: 3021 Airport Avenue, CA 90405, , various check website

Closing reception: Lea Anderson "Membrainchain: A Mind-Blending Installation" at Offramp Gallery
Pasadena: 1702 Lincoln Avenue, CA 91103, 2-5pm

Artist Talk: Lea Anderson "Membrainchain: A Mind-Blending Installation" at Offramp Gallery
Pasadena: 1702 Lincoln Avenue, CA 91103, 3pm

+ Ali Liebegott Catherine Taft Michelle Tea David Ul "5 Points Readings: Word for Word" curated by Nikki Darling and Kate Wolf at Workspace
Highland Park: 2601 Pasadena Ave, Unit C, CA 90031, 7pm

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