Saturday is the best night to go out this week, but there are also "first thursday" events in Laguna Beach and other areas. The full list is below. Hope to see you out there!

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Thursday:
+ Artist Talk: Laura Owens at Hammer Museum

Saturday:
+ Bruce Houston "Nefertetes, Trucks & Assemblages" at Lora Schlesinger Gallery
+ Julian Hoeber at Blum & Poe
+ Alex Staiger, Angela Ellsworth, Annetta Kapon, Annie Sprinkle, Betty Tompkins, Carrie Yury, Catherine Lord, Charles Karubian, Christian Cummings, Cyril Kuhn, Dani Tull , Dawn Kasper, Derek Boshier, Dorit Cypis, Doug Harvey, Elana Mann, Elizabeth Stephens, Ellie Kevorkian, Hildegarde Duane, Hubert Schmalix, Judith Linhares, Julie Lequin, Katrin Jurati, Leslie Kneisel, Marcus Civin, Martha Wilson, Micol Hebron, Nancy Popp, Pierre Picot, Richard Newton, Robert Cumming, Robert Fontenot, Roger Herman, Skip Arnold, Susan Mogul, Suzanne Lacy, Tad Beck "Narratives Of The Perverse - Il" curated by Tom Jancar & Maya Lujan at Jancar Gallery

Wednesday, February 2

Artist Talk: Charles Gaines at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 7pm

Lecture: "Sol Lewitt" led by Allegra Pesenti at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 12:30pm

Lecture: "Composition and Oral Poetry" at Outpost for Contemporary Art
Highland Park: 1268 North Avenue 50, York Street , CA 90042, 7pm

Thursday, February 3

Lecture: "Diplomacy by Design: Luxury Arts and an International Style in the Ancient Near East, 1400??"1200 BC" at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 7:30pm

Screening: "George Herms: The Artist's Life" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, $20, 8:30pm

Allan deSouza "His Masters' Tools" at Fowler Museum at UCLA
Westwood / Century City: Westwood Blvd at Sunset Plaza, CA 90069, 6-8pm

Performance: "Fowler Out Loud: Fusianando" at Fowler Museum at UCLA
Westwood / Century City: Westwood Blvd at Sunset Plaza, CA 90069, 6pm

+ Artist Talk: Laura Owens at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 7pm

Lecture: "Mindful Awareness" at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 12:30pm

"RunJumpIt: Sculpture from K113" at The Loft
San Pedro: 401 South Mesa, CA 90731, 6-9pm

Young Soo Lee at Gallery Ls
San Pedro: 362 W 7th Street, CA 90731, 6-9pm

John Hundt "Let Us Prey" at Gallery Neuartig
San Pedro: 366 West 7th Street, San Pedro CA, CA 90731, 6-9pm

America Martin, Jorge Fernandez "They've All Come to Look For America" at JoAnne Artman Gallery
Laguna Beach: 326 N Coast Highway, CA 92651, 6-9pm

Ron Kent at Wendt Gallery
Laguna Beach: 1550 S Coast Hwy Laguna Beach, CA 92651, 6-9pm

Friday, February 4

ABCNT, ALEC Mr. Monopoly, Allison Torneros, Charlie Cho, Codak, Cryptik, Cyrcle, Double D's, Eye One, Faith Cavendish, Hella More Funner, Jeff Jordan, Lucky Bunny, Matt Hodges, Mikolaj, Nick D'Attomo, Root Systm, Sean D'Anconia, Sonny Kay, Teale Hatheway, THH 70 "UNO: Hold Up Art's 1st Anniversary Show" curated by Brian Lee at Hold Up Art
Downtown: 358 East 2nd Street, CA 90012, 7-11pm

"These Friends 2: 1 year anniversary really big group show" at This Los Angeles
Highland Park: 5906 N Figueroa St, CA 90042, 7-10pm

"12 emergent" at OBJCT
Claremont: 548 West First Street, CA 91711, 6-9pm

Saturday, February 5

Malick Sidibe "The Eye of Bamako" at M+B
Beverly Hills: 612 North Almont Drive, CA 90069, 6-8pm

Anna Ayeroff curated by Alex Harvey at Institute of Cultural Inquiry
Beverly Hills: 1512 South Robertson Boulevard, CA 90035, 7-9pm

Helen Pashgian, Robert Irwin at Ace Gallery
Beverly Hills: 9430 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90212, 7-9pm

"Neverland" curated by Kathryn Garcia, Sarvia Jasso at Martha Otero
West Hollywood: 820 N Fairfax Avenue, CA 90046, 6-9pm

? Jane O'Neal, Robert von Sternberg at DNJ Gallery
West Hollywood: 154 N La Brea Avenue, CA 90036, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Mel Kadel, Victor Castillo at Merry Karnowsky Gallery
West Hollywood: 170 S La Brea Avenue, CA 90036, 8-11pm

John Bock at Regen Projects
West Hollywood: 9016 Santa Monica Boulevard, Almont Drive, CA 90038, 6-8pm

"Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition and Sale" at Autry
Silverlake / Echo Park / Atwater: 4700 Western Heritage Way, CA 90027, 10am-9pm (5:30pm reception)

Augustine Kofie, Favianna Rodriguez, John Carr, Mike Russek, Yuri Shimojo "Edifice Cache" curated by Shervin Shahbazi at Morono Kiang Gallery
Downtown: 218 W 3rd Street, CA 90012, 6-9pm

"Infini Couleur" at Norbertellen Gallery
Downtown: 215 W 6th street, CA 90014, 6-10pm

Alan Wayne "Monochromes" at Lora Schlesinger Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, #T3, CA 90404, 5-7pm

+ Bruce Houston "Nefertetes, Trucks & Assemblages" at Lora Schlesinger Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, #T3, CA 90404, 5-7pm

Darlyn Susan Yee, Fielden Harper, Joan Horsfall Young at TAG Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, 5-8pm

John Rose "String Theory" at Robert Berman Gallery (C2)
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, 5-8pm

Aaron Brown, Aiyana Udesen, Ako Castuera, Albert Reyes, Andrice Arp, Christine Vincent, Clement Hanami, Daria Tessler, David Horvath, Dutch Door Press, Edwin Ushiro, Evah Fan, Ferris Plock, Gary Musgrave, Grant Reynolds, James Chong, Jarrett Quon, Jeni Yang, Jenny Ryan, Jesse Balmer , Jesse Fillingham, Jesse Reklaw, Jing Wei, Justin Wood, Kaori Kasai, Kelly Tunstall , Kohei Yamashita, kozyndan, Lisa Hanawalt, Lola Dompe, Louise Chen, Mari Inukai, Mark Ingram, Martin Hsu, Martin Ontiveros, Matt Furie, Michael Hsiung, Ming Ong, Miso, Nao Harada, Robert Bellm, Ryan Jacob Smith, Ryohei Tanaka, Saejean Oh, Sean Chao, Shawn Cheng, Sidney Pink, Tessar Lo, Tru Nguyen, Yoskay Yamamoto "Year of the Rabbit at GR2" at Giant Robot 2 (GR2)
West LA / Santa Monica East: 2062 Sawtelle Boulevard, CA 90025, 6:30-10pm

Benson Simmonds at Blue Five Design Art Space
Culver City: 2935 S. Sepulveda Blvd, CA 90064, 7-11pm

+ Julian Hoeber at Blum & Poe
Culver City: 2754 South La Cienega Boulevard, CA 90034, 6-8pm

Anthony Clarkson "A Time To Forget" at thinkspace
Culver City: 6009 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 7-10pm

Kelly Vivanco "Springs To Mind" at thinkspace
Culver City: 6009 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 7-10pm

? Elke Krystufek, Jedediah Caesar at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Culver City: 6006 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Curt LeMieux "Blot" at Monte Vista
Highland Park: 5442 Monte Vista Street, CA 90042, 7-10pm

+ Alex Staiger, Angela Ellsworth, Annetta Kapon, Annie Sprinkle, Betty Tompkins, Carrie Yury, Catherine Lord, Charles Karubian, Christian Cummings, Cyril Kuhn, Dani Tull , Dawn Kasper, Derek Boshier, Dorit Cypis, Doug Harvey, Elana Mann, Elizabeth Stephens, Ellie Kevorkian, Hildegarde Duane, Hubert Schmalix, Judith Linhares, Julie Lequin, Katrin Jurati, Leslie Kneisel, Marcus Civin, Martha Wilson, Micol Hebron, Nancy Popp, Pierre Picot, Richard Newton, Robert Cumming, Robert Fontenot, Roger Herman, Skip Arnold, Susan Mogul, Suzanne Lacy, Tad Beck "Narratives Of The Perverse - Il" curated by Tom Jancar & Maya Lujan at Jancar Gallery
Chinatown: 961 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 6-9pm

Sunday, February 6

Lecture: "Listening to the Courtesan--The Soundscapes of Pakeezah" at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 2pm

Book Signing: Mike Kim "Escaping North Korea" at Giant Robot 2 (GR2)
West LA / Santa Monica East: 2062 Sawtelle Boulevard, CA 90025, 2-3pm

Monday, February 7

Lecture: "Conversation with Artists: Artists and their Books" at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 7pm

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