What we’re about
This group is for people who appreciate music and other forms of art beyond the mainstream, with a particular focus on the avant-garde or otherwise odd. Free Jazz, Musique Concrete, Atonality, Noise Music, Outsider Art, Surrealism, Dada, Junk Art, ...you name it! Not all events will necessarily be "weird", but simply off the beaten mainstream path.
This is intended to be an oasis from crass commercial banalities.
I'll post events that interest me, but I am also interested in hearing from artists, musicians, and other creative types about their events that I can share with members. Post your events and ideas in the "Discussions" section. I want this group to also be a vehicle that helps support artists and organizations that are doing interesting creative work.
The only requests are that we keep things friendly and civilized. MAGA not welcome.
Upcoming events
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NYE: KAMAZI WASHINGTON AT THE WORLD STAGE
The World Stage, 4344 Degnan Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, USDate: Wednesday, December 31, 8:00
Venue: The World Stage
4321 Degnan Blvd
Los Angeles, CA+ Google Map
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Free parking in the lot behind the venue. Entrance is in the back.
Tickets: $20 AT THE DOOR. Get there early!!!!
Saxophonist and composer Kamazi Washington was a regular at the World State and the Central Avenue Jazz Festival for years before international fame through his collaboration with Kendrick Lamar and his hit album "The Epic". Come see him on New Year's Eve at a small cozy venue for a meager $20 (pay at the door - no pre-sale). I suggest you get there early.
Kamazi Washington website: https://www.kamasiwashington.com/
Washington was born in 1981 and raised in Los Angeles, California.. He is a graduate of the Academy of Music of Alexander Hamilton High School in Beverlywood, Los Angeles. Washington next enrolled in UCLA's Department of Ethnomusicology, where he began playing with faculty members such as Kenny Burrell, Gerald Wilson, and Billy Higgins, who mentored a quartet with Washington, pianist Cameron Graves, and the brothers Stephen ("Thundercat") and Ronald Bruner. They released their debut album Young Jazz Giants in 2004 on Birdman Records.
Washington has played along with a diverse group of musicians including Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Horace Tapscott, Lauryn Hill, Nas, Snoop Dogg,[13] George Duke, Chaka Khan, Flying Lotus, Mike Muir, Francisco Aguabella, St. Vincent, the Pan Afrikaan People's Orchestra, Run the Jewels and Raphael Saadiq.
Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamasi_Washington
The World Stage YouTube Channel
www.youtube.com/channel/UCYZPOWI1nn3e3eJc7kB4jOw3 attendees
DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE
Philosophical Research Society, 3910 Los Feliz Blvd,, Los Angeles, CA, USHybrid Event - in-person and on Zoom
Date: Jan 3 from 7pm to 9:30pm PST
Dinner 5:30 TBD
Venue: Philosophical Research Society
3910 Los Feliz Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90027
Tickets: $17.85 incl. $2.85 Fee for online purchase / $15 at the door
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/david-lynch-the-art-life-series-kickoff-in-celebration-of-the-master-tickets-1978181783967
Kicking off our January series celebrating the great David Lynch with the intimate documentary chronicling his formative artistic journey!
Throughout January, 7th House, The Philosophical Research Society and Zebulon honor one of the great all time masters of cinema with their series Nightblooming Jasmine: A Celebration of David Lynch*.* Perhaps no artist has ever imbued such darkness with such mystery, wonder, beauty, and (so often) humor, a consumate creator whose journeys into the far reaches of imagination and consciousness have left an indelible and eternal mark on the world. This series features events at both PRS and Zebulon, kicking off with DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE (2016) — an exploration Lynch's life, creativity, and formative artistic journey through all of its myriad, singular forms.
This intimate documentary looks at Lynch’s art, music, and early films, shining a light into the dark corners of his unique world and giving audiences a better understanding of the man and the artist. As he says, “I think every time you do something, like a painting or whatever, you go with ideas, and sometimes the past can conjure those ideas and color them. Even if they’re new ideas, the past colors them.” We’re invited in and given private views from Lynch’s compound and painting studio in the hills high above Hollywood, as he tells personal stories that unfold like scenes from his films. Strange characters come into focus only to fade again into the past, all leaving an indelible mark.
Dirs. Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, and Olivia Neergaard-Holm, 2016, 93 min, United States, Unrated, Digital.
Special thanks to Janus Films.
Tickets: $15 (All Screenings Are In-Person Only)
Please email events@prs.org or phone 323-663-2167 with any questions.13 attendees
TARKOVSKY'S "MIRROR" (1975)
The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood, 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, USI was very impressed with the 3 other films by Andrei Tarkovsky that I have seen, and am eager to see this one. He made films that were visually stunning, unwind slowly and don't tie everything up in a neat bow at the end.
Date: SUN JAN 4, 2026 1:00 PM
Possible lunch before, TBD.
Venue: Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Tickets: [$12.00 (member) ; $17.00 (general admission)
https://www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/mirror-1-4-26/
Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 100% POSITIVE RATING
Trailer: https://youtu.be/S2U9TXmYJ94
ABOUT THE FILM:
RELEASED IN: 1975 106 MINUTES DIRECTED BY: Andrei Tarkovsky
Introduction by filmmaker Lav Diaz
In Russian and Spanish with English subtitles.
A senses-ravishing odyssey through the halls of time and memory, Andrei Tarkovsky’s sublime reflection on 20th century Russian history is as much a film as it is a poem composed in images, as much a work of cinema as it is a hypnagogic hallucination. In a richly textured collage of varying film stocks and newsreel footage, the recollections of a dying poet flash before our eyes, dreams mingling with scenes of childhood, wartime, and marriage, all imbued with the mystic power of a trance. Largely dismissed by Soviet critics upon its release due to its elusive narrative structure, MIRROR has since taken its place as one of the titan director’s most renowned and influential works, a stunning personal statement from an artist transmitting his innermost thoughts and feelings directly from psyche to screen.
FORMAT: DCP
DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films
COUNTRY: Soviet Union14 attendees
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