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There’s a lot of art happening everyday in Los Angeles. During Carmageddon II, we partnered with Experience LA to provide 247 listings for arts and cultural events that took place on September 29 & 30, 2012. Now, with ARTmageddon behind us, we want you to continue enjoying art at Los Angeles’ major institutions, as well as dig a bit deeper and discover the hidden gems located just around the corner from where you live.

 

Here’s a list of sites that can help you find art near you:

 

Arts District LA

CARS

City of Culver City

City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs

City of Santa Monica

City of West Hollywood

Dance Resource Center of Greater LA

Downtown BID

Experience LA

ForYourArt

LA Stage Alliance

NoHoArts District

Performing Arts Live

Thomas Hampton Reviews

 

 

Below you can search the archives by neighborhood for the wealth of events that took place during ARTmageddon weekend.

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  • Kimono in the 20th Century

    March 30, 2012 - March 10, 2013, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

    Pacific Asia Museum

    46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, 91101

    This exhibition features a gift in 2008 from the June Tsukamoto-Lyon collection, which provided breadth and further quality to Pacific Asia Museums already substantial collection. Kimono in the exhibi...

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  • Gajin Fujita: Ukioy-e in Contemporary Painting

    April 20, 2012 - October 7, 2012, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

    Pacific Asia Museum

    46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, 91101

    Gajin Fujita (born 1972) is a Japanese American artist whose work combines elements of traditional Japanese ukiyo-e art with contemporary American street art and Pop art, among other influences. A nat...

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  • Edgar Payne: The Scenic Journey

    September 28, 2012, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

    Pasadena Museum of California Art

    490 E. Union St., Pasadena, 91101

    The Pasadena Museum of California Art is pleased to present the first major showing of Edgar Payne (1883-1947) in over forty years. One of the most gifted of the historic California plein air artists,...

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  • Significant Objects: The Spell of Still Life

    July 20, 2012 - January 21, 2013, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Closed Tuesdays, Extended hours until 9:00 p.m. on Fridays.

    Norton Simon Museum

    411 West Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91105, Pasadena

    The Norton Simon Museum presents "Significant Objects: The Spell of Still Life," an exhibition that examines the diversity and splendor of this genre that has attracted artists since antiquity. Drawin...

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  • Anita Bunn: Detour

    September 16, 2012 - October 28, 2012, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

    Offramp Gallery

    1702 Lincoln Ave, Pasadena, 91103

    Anita Bunn’s new work.

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  • Goddess of Pomona

    August 11, 2012 - September 29, 2012, Wednesday through Saturday from 12pm to 4pm.

    The dA Center for the Arts

    252-D South Main Street, Pomona, 91766

    The dA Center for the Arts is proud to present Goddess of Pomona, a group exhibition on display from August 11 through September 29, 2012. In collaboration with the Goddess of Pomona Festival, the pub...

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  • Art Songs of Latin America

    September 28, 2012, 8:00 PM

    Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College

    150 E. 4th St, Claremont, 91711

    Ursula Kleinecke-Boyer, soprano, sings selections from Latin America by Catn, Guastavino, Revueltas, Valcrcel and others. Fanfare calls her singing rich, pleasing, and Endless Possibilities writes tha...

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  • Canceled: Organ Recital Music of Claremont

    September 30, 2012, 3:00 PM

    Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College

    150 E. 4th St, Claremont, 91711

    Faculty organist William Peterson presents a program of music by either Pomona College or Claremont composers, including William G. Blanchard*, John Cage, Joseph Clokey*, Tom Flaherty*, Wilbur Held, K...

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  • Pacific Electric Railway, Then & Now

    September 28, 2012, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

    Pasadena Museum of History

    470 W. Walnut Street, Pasadena, 91103

    The Pacific Electric Railway and its 1,100 miles of track connecting Southern Californias many diverse communities died out by the 1960s, but Pasadena Museum of History will bring the famed railway ba...

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  • What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been: 35 Years of the Doo Dah Parade

    September 28, 2012, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

    Pasadena Museum of History

    470 W. Walnut St., Pasadena, 91103

    In a decided departure from traditional topics, Pasadena Museum of History will turn its attention this summer and fall to the relatively recent and somewhat controversial -- history of a Pasadena tr...

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  • The Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA's 14th Annual Wiggle Waggle Walk

    September 30, 2012, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

    Brookside Park

    480 N. Arroyo Blvd., Pasadena, 91103

    Join thousands of animal lovers and their canine companions Sunday, September 30th for the 14th Annual Wiggle Waggle Walk A Fundraiser for Animals! Located at Brookside Park, just south of the Rose B...

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  • Monumental Miniatures III: A California Art Club Exhibition

    September 28, 2012, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

    California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill

    1120 Old Mill Road, San Marino, 91108

    The California Art Club presents "Monumental Miniatures III" at its gallery located at El Molino Viejo, an architectural landmark in the San Gabriel Valley.

    The display of more than 50 work...

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  • Ruddigore by Gilbert & Sullivan

    September 28, 2012, 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM

    Sierra Madre Playhouse

    87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, 91024

    Can Robin Oakapple outrun the family curse and still get the girl? Reset in the late 1950s in Morro Bay, this adaptation of the Gilbert & Sullivan classic is filled with all the signature wit, improba...

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  • SUMMERCAMP'S PROJECT PROJECT FALL RESIDENCY II: WELCOME

    September 29, 2012, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

    Side Street Projects

    730 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, 91109

    SUMMERCAMPS PROJECT PROJECT FALL RESIDENCY II: WELCOME

    Welcome is an ongoing open door installation with works by resident artists May Jong, Kristi Lippire, Chris Oatey, Erin Payne, Yoshie Sakai, Al...

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  • Cymbeline

    September 28, 2012, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

    A Noise Within

    3352 E Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, 91107

    Cymbeline

    By William Shakespeare
    Directed by Bart DeLorenzo
    Sept 22 - Nov 18, 2012

    Cymbeline is William Shakespeares greatest romantic fairy-tale. Brimming with rom...

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  • UNDER MY SKIN

    September 11, 2012 - October 7, 2012, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

    The Pasadena Playhouse

    39 South El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, 91101

    The Pasadena Playhouse Presents: UNDER MY SKIN

    September 11 October 7, 2012
    A World Premiere Comedy
    By Robert Sternin and Prudence Fraser
    Directed By Marcia Milgrom Dodge
    (Tony Award-no...

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  • The Halloween Show

    September 29, 2012, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Sierra Madre Playhouse

    87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, 91024

    Halloween is the scariest night of the year! Our super-dooper ace director, CB DeMan, is putting together an exciting show. We have lots of wonderful monsters who live in the Playhouse, a ghost, ske...

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  • Woody Guthrie Centennial Program 2

    September 29, 2012, 2:00 PM

    Allendale Branch Library

    1130 S. Marengo Ave., Pasadena, 91106

    The Allendale Branch Library celebrates the life, music, and legacy of the iconic folk singer Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) during the 100th anniversary of his birth. Two programs (September 15 and 29) w...

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  • Theatre 360 Fall 2012 Session

    September 10, 2012 - December 8, 2012, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

    Theatre 360

    75 N. Marengo Ave, Pasadena, 91101

    Register now for the extended 3-month Fall 2012 Session (September 10th-December 8th 2012) at Theatre 360! We offer Acting, Singing and Dance classes for ages 3-19. Please visit our website for more i...

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  • The Colburn Orchestra at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena

    September 29, 2012, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

    Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena

    131 South St. John Avenue, Pasadena, 91105

    The Colburn Orchestra

    Yehuda Gilad, conductor
    Beiyao Ji, piano

    Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
    Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54

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  • Bend in the Road

    September 29, 2012, 1:00 PM - 3:05 PM

    Carrie Hamilton Theater at the Pasadena Playhouse

    39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, 91101

    Bend in the Road is a new family musical based on the beloved classic novel, Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Bend in the Road tells the story of young Anne Shirley, an orphan, who is mi...

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  • Chris Burden: Small Skyscraper (Quasi Legal Skyscraper)

    September 29, 2012, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

    One Colorado Courtyard

    41 Hugus Alley, Pasadena, 91103

    Armory Center for the Arts and One Colorado, in Pasadena, California, are pleased to present Small Skyscraper, a temporary, large-scale, outdoor sculpture by world-renowned artist Chris Burden. Small ...

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  • Asian Influences: The Year of the Dragon - A California Art Club Associate Artist Exhibition

    September 28, 2012, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

    Pacific Asia Museum

    46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, 91101

    The California Art Club presents "Asian Influences: The Year of the Dragon" with the works of 18 Associate Artist Members of the organization. The exhibition was juried by Calvin Liang, a Signature ...

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