March at LACMA: Robert Adams, The Clock screening, Nowruz Celebration, and more

EXHIBITIONS
	_ ROBERT ADAMS: THE PLACE WE LIVE OPENS MAR 11 The Place We Live surveys more than forty decades of photographs by one of the most influential chroniclers of the American experience. This exhibition features nearly three hundred photographs from Robert Adams’s major projects, which capture the tension between the human and the natural worlds in the ever-changing landscape of the American West. Learn more _
	_ IN WONDERLAND: THE SURREALIST ADVENTURES OF WOMEN ARTISTS IN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES NOW ON VIEW Vogue, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and others have all raved about LACMA’s newest blockbuster exhibition, In Wonderland. Make sure to reserve your tickets to the show hailed as “feminine,” “funny,” and “engrossing.” Learn more and reserve tickets _
	__ MORE EXHIBITIONS TO EXPLORE Metropolis II Common Places: Printing, Embroidery, and the Art of Global Mapping Ellsworth Kelly: Prints and Paintings Maria Nordman “FILM ROOM: SMOKE,” 1967–Present California Design, 1930–1965: “Living in a Modern Way" _
TALKS + EVENTS
	_READING: RABBITS, BUGS, AND TRUMPETS: A VISIT TO A FEW VERBAL WONDERLANDS MAR 5 | 8 PM Critically acclaimed author Aimee Bender (The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, The Girl in the Flammable Skirt) reads her own work as well as a short story by In Wonderland surrealist artist Leonora Carrington. Learn more _
	_ SPECIAL EVENT: LACMA MUSE PRESENTS YOUNG DIRECTORS NIGHT MAR 10 | 7:30 PM Witness cinematic stardom in the making with the eleventh annual Young Directors Night, a celebration of art and cinema that showcases the emerging talent of the Los Angeles film community. After a screening of all the short-film submissions, a panel of judges and the viewing audience vote on the year’s best. Learn more and purchase tickets Learn more about Muse _
	_ LECTURE AND BOOK SIGNING: EXHIBITING BLACKNESS MAR 11 | 2 PM Author and UC Irvine professor Bridget R. Cooks discusses her new book, Exhibiting Blackness, which critically examines museum exhibitions of African American art. Learn more _
	_ SPECIAL EVENT: NOWRUZ CELEBRATION MAR 18 | 11 AM–7 PM Celebrate the arrival of spring with a full day of exciting activities, including a world-premiere music-dance-video performance created by Hamid Saeidi, a live performance by pop sensation KamyR, and a traditional Nowruz display known as “Haft Sîn.” Learn more _
	_SPECIAL EVENT: 24-HOUR SCREENING OF THE CLOCK MAR 24, 12 PM–MAR 25, 12 PM Join us for a very special screening of Christian Marclay’s The Clock, a twenty-four-hour single-channel montage constructed from thousands of moments of cinema and television history depicting the passage of time. Learn more _
	_ LECTURE: FRIDA KAHLO’S PORTRAIT OF DOROTHY HALE: DREAMS, DRAMAS, AND REVELATIONS MAR 31 | 2 PM Writer Myra Bairstow narrates the saga of Dorothy Hale, a beautiful socialite who plunged to her death in 1938 and became the subject of one of Frida Kahlo’s famous paintings. Learn more _
	_ SPECIAL EVENT: WINE TASTING AND FILM SCREENING MAR 31 | 6:30 AND 7:30 PM In 1976, a blind taste test comparing Californian to French wines resulted in a decided victory for the Golden State in what became known as “The Judgment of Paris.” This is a unique opportunity to taste wines similar to those honored in the 1976 competition and to screen Bottle Shock, the hit 2008 film based on the saga. A Q&A with the film’s producer, Robert Baizer, follows the screening. Learn more and purchase tickets
	_ MORE EVENTS Celebrate the one year anniversary of Ray's and Stark Bar with a special menu, screen printing, DJs, and more—MAR 5 LACMA curator Kaye D. Spilker discusses the influence of Los Angeles on the evolution of sportswear—MAR 7 An In Wonderland research assistant and a personal friend of Leonora Carrington reflect on the artist’s life and work—MAR 10 Join our Family Day at the A is for Zebra exhibition at Charles White Elementary School—MAR 10 Professor Adrian Vickers lectures on early twentieth-century Balinese painting—MAR 19 The Place We Live walkthrough with botanist Matt Ritter—MAR 22 Author Susan Straight reads an original essay and reflects on landscape inThe Place We Live—MAR 27 Reading on the themes of envy and kindness with author Judith Freeman and others—MAR 30 _
FILM
	_ EXHIBITION FILM SERIES: ELLSWORTH KELLY SELECTS MAR 2 AND 9 | 7 PM Selected by Ellsworth Kelly himself, the films reflect his debt to a Parisian avant-garde sensibility and reflect his skeptical, unsentimental eye: Jacques Tati’s Playtime(screened in 70 mm), Jean Renoir’s Rules of the Game, and Jacques Becker’s Casque d’or. Learn more and purchase tickets _
	_ SPECIAL SCREENING: DAVID HOCKNEY: A BIGGER PICTURE, WITH DIRECTOR Q&A MARCH 19 | 7 PM Award-winning documentary filmmaker Bruno Wollheim discusses his acclaimed documentary David Hockney: A Bigger Picture. Learn more and purchase tickets _  _
	_ EXHIBITION FILM SERIES: MADCAP MODERNISM: MID-CENTURY CARTOONS FROM UPA AND BEYOND MAR 30 | 7:30 PM Led by Hollywood’s United Productions of America (UPA) studio, animators embraced modernism in the 1950s and explored new styles and forms. In conjunction withCalifornia Design, animation historian Jerry Beck curates and hosts two programs of theatrical cartoons. Learn more and purchase tickets
	_SPOTLIGHT ON WIM WENDERS MAR 8 | 7:30 PM  Two films from the Oscar-nominated director of the 3-D dance documentary Pina. Titles to be announced. WIZARDS MAR 15 | 7:30 PM It’s the thirty-fifth anniversary of animation icon Ralph Bakshi’s 1977 fantasy film,Wizards. Released the same year as Star Wars, it was Twentieth Century Fox’s first foray into feature animation.  100 YEARS OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES MAR 22 | 7:30 PM We continue to celebrate Paramount Pictures’ centennial through the spring with two double-bills of classic titles from the studio’s esteemed library. LIVE READ, DIRECTED BY JASON REITMAN MAR 29 | 7:30 PM Standby only The year’s final installment of Jason Reitman’s Live Read productions will once again feature a surprise—and celebrated—cast reading the script of a seminal film in front of a live audience. Learn more and purchase tickets _