Film
Campus Events is presenting a sneak peek of “The Scorpion
King,” showing tonight at 7 p.m. in Ackerman Grand
Ballroom.
Tickets for the sneak can be picked up at 319 Kerckhoff Hall.
Also showing will be “Black Hawk Down,” tonight at 9:30
p.m. and Friday evening at 7 and 9:30 p.m.
The sneak preview of “Life or Something Like It”
will be screened Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Ackerman Grand Ballroom as
well. Tickets can be picked up at the Campus Events office in
Kerckhoff Hall 319.
There will be a casting call for “American Idol,” a
new television show that will be airing on FOX. The show deals with
“music performers looking for their big break” and is
something like “Making the Band.” It will take place at
the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles and begins at 8 a.m. For more
information, visit www.fox.com.
John Woo will be at the Egyptian Theatre for a retrospective of
his work this Friday and Saturday. Showing will be films such as
“The Killer” on Friday and “Hard Boiled” on
Saturday. For more information, visit www.egyptiantheatre.com or
call (323) 466-FILM.
Music
The hip hop trio Anti-Pop Consortium is playing the Knitting
Factory this Friday. For box office info call (323) 463-0204.
At The Garage this Friday, bands The Briefs, The Fuse and Crack!
will be playing. For more info call (323) 662-6802.
Also Friday, Medeski Martin and Wood are coming to the Wiltern
Theatre. For more information call (213) 380-5005.
Johnny Cash may not be playing Los Angeles this weekend, but the
Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash is. The group is bringing its show to
the Mint this Saturday.
Rancid and NOFX are playing the House of Blues Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. For more information call (323) 848-5100.
This Sunday The Hilliard Ensemble is playing at Schoenberg Hall
at 7 p.m.
Literature
Author Estelle Freedman will read and discuss “NO TURNING
BACK: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women,” at
the Midnight Special Bookstore & Cultural Center in Santa
Monica this Sunday at 5 p.m. For more info, call (310)
393-2923.
Tickets to the author panel discussions for the annual Festival
of Books, held on the UCLA campus, will be made available this
Sunday at Ticketmaster locations throughout Southern California.
Tickets are free, with no service charge in the interest of
promoting literacy. Limited tickets will also be available at the
festival.
Theater
“Tape” is playing at The Coast Playhouse in West
Hollywood until May 11. There are shows Wednesday through Saturday
at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 7 p.m. For more information call (323)
856-4200.
“Toska” plays at the Lee Strasberg Creative Center
in West Hollywood now until April 28 on Thursdays-Saturdays at 8
p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased by
calling (323) 650-7777.
Art
Architect Wolf Prix, will give the Masters of Architecture
Lecture in the popular LACMA series this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in
the Leo S. Bing Theater at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Tickets are $10 for LACMA members and $5 for students with a valid
ID. For more information, visit www.lacma.org.
Gita Khashabi presents an exhibit called “Chadoor
Study” at SHE@gallery in Century City from noon to 5 p.m.
every weekend through the month of April. For more info, call the
gallery at (310) 556-1711.
FOOD
Free Jamba Juice smoothies are offered tomorrow from 6:30 to 10
a.m. at the Village location on Lindbrook. In an effort to help
raise funds for the American Cancer Society, donations will be
accepted.