special events

Kickoff party at the EchoPlex from 8pm-2am with special musical guests, live VJs, and site specific installation work. Featuring live performances by The Hectors, A for Attack, Circus Minor, and Vosotros, plus more to be announced real soon.

Installation and performance art by Samantha Magowan, Julius Friedman, Andrew Burke, & Posso.

DJ sets by Golden & Sam Sparro [Modus Vivendi], Tarantino [White Minstrel Show], and CRZA.

Live visuals all night by Zach Putnam.

Also featuring the world premier of Sam Sparro's new video 'Cottonmouth.'

Artist Jeremy Szuder will be painting live all day from 12-9pm at Grace Ellay.

Solid Gallery One presents DJing all day & live tattooing.

All afternoon Monkeyhouse Toys & Gallery presents custom-sewn masks created on the spot by Marcel deJure/Cinnamon Roll Gang, including other 'surprises.'

jFerrari Gallery presents a live painting session by Dan Wooster.

La Luz de Jesus is hosting its second Octonauts event, which is an evening of readings of the Octonauts' adventures. Books, posters, & limited edition prints will be available. 6-9pm.

Lani Trock will perform Acoustic / Surf / Blues with free cds for the Heal the Ocean benefit at Metro Gallery. Performance begins at 6:30pm.

Sea Bee performs at Found Gallery at 7:30pm.

Special readings by Larry Fondation at GhettoGloss [and other Flaunt contributors]. Readings from 8-11pm. Presented by Flaunt magazine.

Garage Gallery [4341 Kingswell Ave. 90027] will present a one night show by Sara Press. 8pm - midnight.

Brother Reade + Pacific Division + 87 Stick Up Kids are playing live at the Echo. Doors open at 9pm/$7.

OAXACAN (SF) + (VxPxC) + SPECIAL GUEST at Echo Curio: Two of the most creative improv noise generators making sound today meet for the first time at the Echo Curio this evening. Oaxacan blends heavy percussion and guitar jams with way out psych vocals, while (VxPxC) takes a kitchen sink worth of instruments and distills them down to one wall of blissful blur. Show starts at 9pm/$5 donation.

Again, Solid Gallery One presents DJing all day & live tattooing.

Tiny Creatures presents "Church Mass," an experiment into personal spaces with American noise musician John Wiese, Julia Holter and Jason Grier, and Cal Arts Professor Michael Pisaro, who will be performing one of his original compositions in the vein of late john cage. A set of silence, noise, and gregorian chant experiments, this Church Mass will transcend one into spiritual heights and deep meditation. $5 Donation/Coffee & donuts served/1-4pm.

LittleBird Gallery presents a reading by Josh Bearman, Trinie Dalton, and Salvador Plascencia at 4pm.

Dan Goodsell will be meeting fans, signing, and painting at Monkeyhouse Toys & Art Gallery from 1-5pm.

Grace Ellay presents Tarot Readings from 2-6pm. Call (323) 377-4612 for appointments or Walk-ins Welcome!

Living Room would like to invite all gallery owners, employees, and anyone else involved in the Art Crawl to join us on the final evening of the Art Crawl for a closing party at our store. Will be serving food and drinks, and there will be a performance by the Living Room house band: The Melendrez Brothers! Festivities begin at 5:00 PM.

Creative Commons presents a Salon of Fair Use in Fine Arts and other media at Found Gallery at 4pm.

Thanks to Pravda Vodka for their support with the special events.