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OUTDOOR FILM SERIES
A Tim Burton Sampler |
Fridays | 8–10 pm
The perfect way to spend a summer evening! Bring a picnic to LACMA’s Hancock Park and watch Tim Burton films under the stars. Films start at sundown (between 8 and 8:30 pm).
August 5 | Corpse Bride
August 12 | James & the Giant Peach
August 19 | Pee Wee's Big Adventure
August 26 | Alice in Wonderland
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EXHIBITION FILM SERIES
Once Upon a Time in the Middle East |
In conjunction with the exhibition Gifts of the Sultan, discover films that delve into the myths and realities of life across a broad swath of the former Ottoman Empire. Spanning seventy years and three continents, this series follows two thematic strands: fantasies and spectacles, and diversity of Middle Eastern cultures.
August 5 | The Color of Pomegranates
August 5 | Man Follows Birds
August 6 | Topkapi
August 6 | Arabian Nights
August 12 | The White Meadows
August 12 | Climates
August 13 | The Thief of Bagdad
August 13 | Alexandria, Why?
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The 2011–12 film program is made possible by the generosity of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association® |
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FREE OUTDOOR CONCERTS
Latin Sounds |
Saturdays | 5 pm
Don’t miss the last month our popular Latin Sounds concert series! Relax in Hancock Park and listen to free concerts by world-renowned artists from Colombia, Panama, Mexico, Cuba, and Los Angeles. Picnics and dancing shoes welcome!
August 6 | Orquesta Charangoa
August 13 | Rogelio Mitchell
August 20 | Lucky 7
August 27 | Justo Almario Afro-Colombian Ensemble
September 3 | Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca
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Media support for Latin Sounds provided by KKJZ 88.1. |
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EXHIBITION OPENING
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads |
August 20, 2011–February 12, 2012
The Zodiac Project is contemporary artist Ai Weiwei's first major public sculpture. For this monumental work, Weiwei has recreated the twelve bronze animal heads that once adorned the Zodiac Fountain in Yuan Ming Yuan, the Old Summer Palace in Beijing. Cast around 1750, the original heads were looted by Anglo-French troops who took part in the destruction of Yuan Ming Yuan in 1860 during the Second Opium War. The heads remain a potent trigger for Chinese nationalist sentiments. Weiwei's new work suggests a dialogue about the fate of art objects that exist within dynamic and sometimes volatile cultural and political settings.
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JUST FOR TEENS
Teen Night at LACMA |
August 20 | 7–10 pm
Back by popular demand! Teens are invited to an evening at LACMA after the museum closes—includes admission to the Tim Burton exhibition, food trucks, and a live DJ. Middle or high school ID required.
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FREE 3-DAY WORKSHOP
Islamic and Indian Arts of the Book |
August 21-23
Also in conjunction with Gifts of the Sultan, LACMA presents a free, three-day workshop focusing on different facets of Islamic art including writing in Arabic script, paper making, calligraphy, and book structure.
Learn more and view schedules for each day
The workshop is funded by the FAIC Endowment for Professional Development, which is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and by contributions from members and friends of the (AIC) American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works and the Art of the Middle East Council. |
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| IN THE COMMUNITY |
1001 Inventions
Through December 31 | California Science Center
After checking out Gifts of the Sultan at LACMA, explore the scientific contributions made by men and women during the Golden Age of Muslim Civilization at the California Science Center's free exhibition 1001 Inventions. Discover how scholars from Spain to China in the 7th to 17th centuries preserved, nurtured, and advanced the world's knowledge in science and technology. Complete your Science Center visit with the new IMAX movie Arabia 3D. Ride with camels, dive into the Red Sea, and explore a lost city. Learn more
Museums Matter Night
August 26, 7:10 pm | Dodger Stadium
Celebrate local museums at Musuems Matter Night at Dodger Stadium with a night of baseball, fireworks, and lots of museum love. To purchase your discounted tickets, click here. |
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Image credits: Film still, Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985), directed by Tim Burton; Film still, Arabian Nights, 1974; Ai Weiwei reaching for the Dog Zodiac Head at the bronze foundry in Chengdu, China, photograph taken April 2010, © AW Asia; (Detail), Timur Receiving Gifts from the Egyptian Ambassadors, left half of a double-page composition from a manuscript of the Zafarnama of Sharaf al-Din ‘Ali Yazdi, Iran, Shiraz, AH Dhu’l-Hijja 839/July 15–16, 1436, Worcester Art Museum (1935.26), photo © Museum Associates
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