America's Largest Community Bicycle Ride - Critical Mass - Halloween Edition
Ride starts at Wilshire and Western
6:30pm meeting / 7:30pm roll-out
FREE
Yes, it’s Halloween time so cobble together a costume, climb onto your bike, and roll with us through the streets. To attend, levitate over to the start point of the ride at Wilshire Blvd and Western Ave, Los Angeles, California at 6:30pm, and the ride rolls at 7:29pm. As usual, there will be at least two rest stops along the way, with snacks, and drinks available at Support Vehicles and then we will ride to the usual end point of the ride at Sunset Blvd and Western Ave, Los Angeles, California 90027. Invite your friends and family. Spread the word so others can also ride together with us. Nearly four thousand cyclists choose to ride together, meet others and make new friends while discovering the greater Los Angeles area. The rides celebrate bicycling and encourage cycling as a leisure activity, as a sport or as a means of transportation.
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Derek Paul Jack Boyle: Unease
SMART OBJECTS
7pm - 10pm
FREE
SMART OBJECTS presents Unease, a solo exhibition of new work by Derek Paul Jack Boyle.
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Gabie Strong, Ted Byrnes, Kozue Matsumoto, Caspar Sonnet
(the) Handbag Factory
8pm - 11pm
FREE?
(duet) Gabie Strong / Ted Byrnes (trio) Gabie Strong / Kozue Matsumoto / Caspar Sonnet (duet) Kozue Matsumoto / Caspar Sonnet. Gabie Strong is a California artist and musician exploring spatial constructions of degeneration, drone and decay as a means to improvise new arrangements of self-reflexive meaning. Strong uses sound performance, radio broadcasting, environmental installation, photography and video as a mediums for experimentation. Current themes in her work address the use of ritual acts and fetish collecting to expose constructions of feminine being. Kozue Matsumoto Born and raised in Tohoku area in Japan and having lived in Tokyo and Vancouver, Canada as well, Kozue now lives in the Los Angeles, California. She has played koto since she was three years old under Ikuta-ryu Miyagi-kai and holds a semi-master title. She also plays shamisen and shinobue. Primarily self taught, Sonnet has been composing and performing music since 1996. Sonnet’s multi-instrumentalist abilities include: lap steel dobro, mouth organ & percussion.
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LA Anarchist Book Fair
Normal performance art dinner party
Collective Arts Incubator
$?
7pm
PLEASE JOIN US for a performance art dinner party unraveling the cult of normalcy! This semiformal sit-down dinner party is an opportunity for unique and real local folk to dress up and conform to what modern American considers NORMAL, as conveyed through popular culture and media. During the course of the event, local performance artists will unravel the facade of 'normalcy' while examining the insidious forces that lie behind modern society. Performers are invited to visualize these forces in their own unique way. RSVP required.
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Ghoulworld L.A.
Coolworld
9pm
$10
GET READY FOR HALLOWEEN WITH GHOULWORLD! BERNARD HERMAN (NYC) V.E.X. Moira Scar (OAK) RACHEL MASON SOFIA RETA JAMES K (Berlin), THE WET RECEIPTS, HEART PRESSURE. INSTALLATION by William Kaminski + Donna J
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Inflatable Pool of Blood Halloween Party
Glitch City
8pm - 1am
FREE?
This is the official Glitch City Halloween Party. There will be an inflatable pool full of blood. Frequently Asked Questions: Q. Can I go in the inflatable pool full of blood? A. No. Q. How much blood is in the pool? A. It's about 1/3 full. Q. Where did the blood come from? A. We are trying to find out. BYOB / 21+ / Music by Arcane Kids
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Laundromat Book Club
Pretend Gallery
12pm - 6pm
FREE
"Laundromat Book Club" with new functional ceramic work by Shoshi Kanokohata. Pretend Gallery’s washer and dryer set are from Electrolux's Gallery Series. It’s a commercial, heavy duty, super capacity machine with a Sound Silencer Plus and a ¾ horsepower motor. We're not sure if that’s good, but we’ve only needed the belts changed once in four years. The washer has made a loud high pitch screech about half way through its cycle, and again towards the end, ever since. Otherwise it works fine. Bring your laundry. No need to bring quarters. The laundry detergent we use is biodegradable and dye and perfume free. We also use unscented fabric softener sheets. Bring a book you would read at a laundromat. Pretend Gallery is open this year every Sunday from noon to 6pm for a year-long project called "Now Open", an open system art event and store with work by local and international artists. Laundromat Book Club is part of this broader project. It began January 1 and ends December 31st 2017.
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Intro to Eco-Processing
Echo Park Film Center
1pm - 6pm
$60 / 75
Learn how to develop your own black and white Super 8 footage in buckets and Lomo tanks using eco-friendly ingredients such as coffee, beer, wine, cola, fruit, flowers and more! All materials provided by Echo Park Film Center. Class size limited to 9 participants. Instructors: Lisa Marr and Chloe Reyes
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ARTSTUFF.WTF is a minimal website listing page for selected mostly DIY art (and etc) events going on around Los Angeles. It is a personal list of 5 - 10 events sent out to friends weekly, and made available online here for bookmarking and quick reference. There is an archive of past listings. Sign up to receive weekly emails. Made by Lee Tusman.
