Friday, cut loose at this week’s special Jazz at LACMA, presenting the sixth-annual L.A. Jazz Treasure Award to vocalist and 75-year jazz veteran Ernie Andrews. Beginning his musical career at the Lincoln Theater in South L.A., Andrews has most notably toured with the Harry James Band, recorded with Cannonball Adderly, and performed solo across the decades. The show begins at 6 pm and is free to the public. In the Bing Theater see week two of the film series Let There Be Fright: William Castle Scare Classics. With one ticket, catch the original House on Haunted Hill and 13 Ghosts beginning at 7:30 pm.
Saturday, be a part of the final two days of the premier exhibition for summer 2014, Van Gogh to Kandinsky, closing after the weekend. See what Artillery describes as “a mix of somewhat familiar and vividly fresh, if not completely unknown, masterpieces.” Reserve your tickets for early in the morning and tour this extensive and impressive display with a LACMA docent at 10:30 am on Saturday or Sunday. Also concluding on Sunday, explore the abstract and figurative work of John Altoon, a Southern California artist whose work still continues to influence artists today. Later in the afternoon, head to the Bing Theater for more film from Academy @ LACMA, this time saluting the pioneers of animation in the program “Animation Masters.” This three part look at the roots of animation includes Gertie the Dinosaur and the Birth of Personality Animation, The Lost Notebook: Herman Schultheis and the Secrets of Walt Disney’s Movie Magic, and Fantasia, kicking off at 6 pm. John Canemaker, acclaimed animation historian and Academy Award®–winning animation director, hosts the happening.
Mexico, Nayarit, Nayarit, Drummer, 200 B.C.–A.D. 500, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch
Sunday offers several chances to relax and unwind. Per usual, Andell Family Sundays invites families to discover something new from LACMA’s collection in a kid-friendly way at 12:30 pm. More free tours, including a 20-minute review of Chris Burden and Los Angeles at 2:30 pm or a full-length tour of our the Art of Ancient Americas gallery at 3 pm on Sunday, shed light the best parts of LACMA. Then, at 6 pm join the brilliant pianist Inyoung Huh at Sundays Live for a free concert to cap off the day.