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Freak Dance Movie Screening @ UCB – 11 pm/$5

Freak Dance is a dance musical parody in the vein of Electric Boogaloo, Step Up, Dirty Dancing, You Got Served, and every other dance movie ever made. The sexy and wealthy Cocolonia must escape her roots and learn to street dance with the help of Funky Bunch, who dreams of being the best dancer ever. They must save the Fantaseez community center from the Building Department and the evil gang banger dancers before it&
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Third Wednesdays in Downtown Culver City – 5 pm/FREE

Downtown Culver City invites you to a neighborhood-wide Happy Hour on the third Wednesday of every month. Enjoy live entertainment under the stars; view art at the many galleries; and enjoy drink and dine specials, free samples, discounts and prize giveaways from over 30 area merchants. Culver City’s downtown area is Southern California’s best kept secret, featuring a wonderful mix of historic buildings,
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High Five Group Show @ New Image Art Gallery – 1 pm/FREE

No word on whether or not it was actually high-ness that turned five into six, or which of the half-dozen artists in “High Five,” opening this weekend at edgy urban-visuals emporium New Image Art, tipped the scale by being just too good to stay home. But this group of dynamic and diverse artists and their offerings in painted canvas, paper and photographic installation belong together, so who cares about
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Rebel Dabble Babble @ The Box LA – 6 pm/FREE we think

Opening reception for Paul McCarthy and Damon McCarthy’s original films Rebel Dabble Babble, which are based on the possible scenarios that occurred between Nick Ray, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, James Dean, and Dennis Hopper during the time the time they spent in Bungalow number two at the Chateau Marmont while rehearsing and filming Rebel Without a Cause. Conceived by James Franco, this show coincides with the opening
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Downtown Art Walk – all day until 9 pm/FREE

Art, food trucks, booze, and really, really, cool people. Address: 634 S. Spring St. (Art Walk Lounge)
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Game Art Festival Night @ the Hammer – 7 pm/FREE

The UCLA Game Laboratory, which covers everything from high-tech videogames to ancient and analog forms of human competition, curates a festival at the Hammer Museum to showcase their latest work. Live music, playable games (video and otherwise), and beverages. –via Guest of a Guest Address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd.
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LA Bloom @ Japanese American Cultural and Community Center – 5 pm/FREE

Leading landscape architects, ikebana masters, floral designers and performing artists will transform the entire JACCC campus into an “ecoartspace” urban oasis that will refresh, inspire and soothe the soul.  Imagine a large zen garden adorning the plaza.  This nine-day celebration begins with an Opening Night Gala Performance entitled Mare Nubium and VIP Reception on Friday, April 27 and ends with Family
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The KarmetiK Machine Orchestra @ REDCAT – 8:30 pm/$20

The world premiere of Samsara features robotic instruments performing musical interpretations of traditional Indian morality tales. Composer/robotics engineer Ajay Kapur and sculptor/theater designer Michael Darling conceived an event in which a human orchestra’s performances on modified instruments interface world music with experimental compositions performed on custom-built music machines. Musicians and danc
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Crack Attack @ Night Gallery – 10 pm/FREE we think

An exhibition by Los Angeles-based multimedia artist Mark Verabioff, who will perform at 11pm. Verabioff is known for exhibition and performance art, drawings, and sculpture. Crack Attack continues at Night Gallery from April 3-5, 2012. Address: 204 S. Avenue 19, Los Angeles
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MOCA FRESH Auction @ MOCA – 6 pm/$85

Support MOCA at the 2012 FRESH Auction. You’ll have the opportunity to bid on hundreds of works by emerging and established artists, including John Baldessari, Joe Biel, Chaz Bojorquez, Shepard Fairey, Elliott Hundley, Liz Larner, William Leavitt, Faris McReynolds, Kim McCarty, Matt Mullican, Ed Moses, Catherine Opie, Sterling Ruby, Ed Ruscha, Cindy Sherman, and Rena Small. Enjoy music from a live band and L.A.
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