Events for December 3rd, 2008
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Wednesday - December 3rd
Style / Apparel and Accessories
Band of Outsiders pop-up shop at Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony - 461 N. La Cienega Blvd. - Los Angeles
Celebrate the Lego man's 30th with limited-edition items
Restaurants / Dining Event
Afternoon Tea @ Gordon Ramsay at the London
Gordon Ramsay at The London West Hollywood - 1020 N. San Vicente Blvd. - West Hollywood
Enjoy afternoon tea the proper English way at Gordon Ramsay at the London. From 3 p.m.-5:30 p.m. daily, $35 per person gets you a selection of teas and sandwiches (like roast beef/horseradish, smoked salmon, and cucumber), scones with Chantilly cream and strawberry jam, and pastries (like opera...
Restaurants / Dining Event
Executive Smoke Out
This event is practically retro in its sensibilities. Republic, popular spot for Westside schmoozers, now offers a five-course dinner on Wednesdays that ends with a cigar. The cost is $120, so the cigars should be pretty good, though this is more about the scene than the quality. The soaring...
Events / Museum Exhibit
"Please Be Seated" - Nicole Cohen
J. Paul Getty Museum - 1200 Getty Center Dr. - Los Angeles (Brentwood)
Nicole Cohen saw the Getty's collection of 18th Century French chairs and wanted to sit in them. Of course she couldn't, but she made the chairs the subject of a video installation piece wherein participants get to see what they would look like sitting in the chairs. Working with Mike Fair to...
Events / Natural History
‘Thomas the T-rex’ lab
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles - 900 Exposition Boulevard - Los Angeles
A T-rex, under glass
Events / Art
Mexican Calendar Girls
California Heritage Museum - 2612 Main Street - Santa Monica (Main Street)
More than 30 lithographic prints of Mexican calendar girls from the "Golden Era," 1930 - 1960. Keep an eye out for the corresponding book, "Mexican Calendar Girls" by Angela Villalba. A Cinco de Mayo reception for the exhibit will be May 5th, from 6 - 8 p.m.May 7 - Feb. 1, 2009
Events / Art
Lights! Camera! Glamour! - The Photography of George Hurrell
California Heritage Museum - 2612 Main Street - Santa Monica (Main Street)
Hurrell, a studio photographer for MGM, enjoyed a 60-year career that put him in the same room (camera in tow) with personalities from the Golden Age through to the '90s—Jean Harlow and Arnold Schwarzenegger snuggle up to Joan Collins and Clark Gable. Through June 29
Events / Art
Marcel Duchamp redux
Norton Simon Museum of Art - 411 W. Colorado Blvd. - Pasadena
45 years ago, a little venue in Pasadena opened their doors and thrust a retrospective exhibition of Marcel Duchamp into the faces of an unsuspecting Southern California audience. To mark that anniversary, the little venue, now called the Norton Simon Museum, is taking a look back at the iconic...
Events / Museum Exhibit
Mingei East and West
Pacific Asia Museum - 46 N. Los Robles Ave. - Pasadena (Playhouse District)
June 6 - Jan. 6, 2009: Meaning "folk art" in Japanese, mengei refers to the handcrafted, often anonymously produced objects that sprang up in response to Japan's movement into the age of mass production and Western-oriented modernization.
Events / Art
Pacifika: Young Perspectives on Pacific Island Art
Pacific Asia Museum - 46 N. Los Robles Ave. - Pasadena (Playhouse District)
May 1 - Aug. 24: Samoan textiles, Fijan jewelry, oral histories and an exhibit that recalls the experience of Paciific Islanders who have relocated to Los Angeles.
