Get the gang together for a trip to the museum this weekend. Friday, Jazz at LACMA presents the Otmaro Ruiz Quartet, led by the Venezuelan keyboardist, on the outdoor stage at 6 pm. Every Friday night LACMA is open until 8 pm—a perfect opportunity to see two recent exhibitions, Ed Moses: Drawings from the 1960s and 70s and Various Small Fires (Working Documents). The former features all-over graphite drawings of roses and signature diagonal grids, the latter tells several forgotten stories from the museum’s 50-year history.
Chris Burden: Ode to Santos Dumont closes on Sunday. Paying tribute to the father of aviation in France, Ode offers a palpable expression of the density of air, gravity, and energy. See this kinetic sculpture in motion for 15-minute intervals at noon, 2 pm, 4 pm, and 6 pm on Saturday and Sunday. More live music happens at Latin Sounds at 5 pm, with Cecilia Noël, a Peruvian musician known for her explosive live shows. The show is free and takes place in Hancock Park, right behind the museum.
![Edouard Antonin Vysekal, The Herwigs, 1928, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Saran Strauss](/sites/default/files/attachments/blog_father.jpg)
And there’s no better place to show dad you care than visiting LACMA this Father’s Day. Andell Family Sunday keeps LACMA’s 50th anniversary party going with a free workshop from 12:30 to 3:30 pm. Tours of the collection, like Art of East Asia at noon on Saturday and Sunday’s quick overview of Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada at 1 pm, really bring the museum to life. Sundays Live wraps things up with baritone Ryan de Ryke and pianist Daniel Schlosberg at 6 pm in the Bing Theater.