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Rap Duo 88Glam embrace Hip-Hop’s fearlessness • Museum Spotlights Ernie Barnes, Artist and Athlete ® MAY 24-30, 2019 / VOL. 41 / NO. 27 / LAWEEKLY.COM Q e Past,UEENDOM Present and Future of Drag in Los Angeles BY MICHAEL COOPER AND LINA LECARO 2 WWW.LAWEEKLY.COM | - , | LA WEEKLY L May 24 - May 30, 2019 // Vol. 41 // No. 27 // laweekly.com 3 LA WEEKLY LA Explore the Country’s Premier School of Archetypal and Depth Psychology Contents - , | | Join us on campus in Santa Barbara WWW.LAWEEKLY.COM Friday, June 7, 2019 The Pacifica Experience A Comprehensive One-Day Introduction to Pacifica’s Master’s and Doctoral Degree Programs Join us for our Information Day and learn about our various degree programs. Faculty from each of the programs will be hosting program-specific information sessions throughout the day. Don't miss out on this event! Pacifica is an accredited graduate school offering degrees in Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, the Humanities and Mythological Studies. 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Altany, Cedric Barry and others will literally 4 Future Is Now lose their voices during the marathon perfor- See Friday mance/spectacle. REDCAT, 631 W. Second St., downtown; Sat., May 25, noon-mid.; $10. (213) 237-2800, laphil.com. FALLING JAMES LA WEEKLY LA sun 5/26 CULTURE Slippery Summer Fun e wet and wild pansexual extravaganza known as Summertramp returns for the holiday week- end bigger, better and more bodacious than ever thanks to host Andres Rigal. Celebrating its ninth anniversary, the waterpark-style play- ground and dance bash oers inatable apara- tus, slides, a pool, a bounce house, games and waterguns, and an “astro turf oasis” for those | - , | | GO who prefer to stay dry. DJs all day include Aaron Colbert, Aaron Elvis, Casey Alva, Daisy O’Dell, Derek Monteiro, Jodie Harsh, Josh Peace and Whitney Fierce. Also expect a taco stand, ice cream truck, two full bars, booze, bubbly and beer specials, and thousands of free Jell-O shots. Guest are encouraged to “peacock” in poolside attire and sexy swimwear. Photos (portraits, video and roaming) by Rony’s Photobooth. e Escondite, 410 Boyd St., downtown;. noon- 8 WWW.LAWEEKLY.COM p.m. $15 before 1 p.m., $20 aer. restlessnites. com/maysummertramp. LINA LECARO BOOKS Celebrating the Humble Zine LA5/24 IIn this modern era, when so much information fri MUSIC/CULTURE is readily available through various forms of technology, zines might like seem like a quaint Punk History relic of the past. But DIY zines have proved to Celebrating seven staunch rockin’ and rebellious a reliably enduring form of self-expression that years of punk rock recognition with lms, art PHOTO BY JE NNELLE FONG transcends the boundaries of mass media by and music, the L.A. Punk Museum returns this connecting people via homemade zines that oer Memorial weekend with a host of events repre- a personal contrast to more middle-of-the-road, senting hardcore, underground and anarchistic contemporary dance styles. Jasmine Lin mixes epic experimental masterpiece Manifesto, in mainstream art, culture and music publications. music and culture. Punk memorabilia and rare tai chi with hip hop and Ally Vega infuses Fili- which Cate Blanchett portrays 13 characters in At L.A. Zine Fest, more than 200 self-published photography (from the likes of Ed Colver and pino dance with elements of voguing. Saturday dramatizations of Western art history’s greatest zines will be on display, encompassing “genres Tomasonic) will be on display all weekend at the includes a free workshop with a Butoh dancer movements. With red carpets, awards ceremo- ranging from perzine to mental health to art.” seventh annual Punk Museum Festival, along from San Francisco who also performs both nies and surprises, other topics include John Van Helms Bakery, 8711 Washington Blvd., Culver with original artwork by Anthony Ausgang, nights. Other performers include Gunita Col- Hamersveld, Fernando Botero, social economics City; Sun., May 26, noon-6 p.m.; free. lazinefest. Stacey Wells, Bryan Tucker, Peter Wedel and lective, Min Yoon Paru Frances and Kyoko Tak- and the nature of creative genius itself. Beyond com. FALLING JAMES William Brun. A special exhibit from the UCLA enaka who also directs. Despite the bland title, Baroque, 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice; Fri.-Sat., Punk Archives will also included. Films to be Asian America: e Future is Now, the show’s May 24-25, 10:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; e Lo, 401 S. A RT sceened include e Mau Mau’s movie, Nervous elements and the special issues confronted by Mesa St., San Pedro; Sun., May 26, 11 a.m.-9 Gender Reloaded and CBGB, but Tequila Mock- LGBTQI in Asian American communities give p.m.; $12.50-$50. theneartslmfestival.com. Fun with Muddy Balls ingbird, curator of the event says more will be this show special signicance. Part of Highways’ SHANA NYS DAMBROT As a founder of the performance group L.A. added. Live music is, of course, the most essen- two-month long 30th anniversary celebration, Mudpeople, artist Mike Mollett is used to getting tial component here, and seminal acts includ- a venue known since its beginnings for its com- dirty. eir warm and surreal earth-encrusted ing the Weirdos, Tupelo Chain Sex, the Gitane mitment to including and showcasing LGBT sat 5/25 public actions are like neo-primitive Dadaism, Demone Quartet (featuring former members performers and issues. Highways Performance M USIC activating civic and cultural spaces with their of Christian Death and the Adolescents), Fi Space, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica; Fri.-Sat., unique rendering of eternal community. But (ex-Angry Samoans) and Mockingbird herself May 24-25, 8:30 p.m.; $25, $20 students & se- Too Much of a Good Thing? Mollett is also an accomplished visual artist, perform. KGB Studios, 1640 N. Spring St., Chi- niors. highwaysperformance.org/. ANN HASKINS If you played the last two minutes of W.A. Mo- who translates his urban folk materialism into natown; Fri.-Sat., 6 p.m.-mid. & Sun., 6-10 p.m.; zart’s opera e Marriage of Figaro on a turntable prints and mixed media sculptures, many of $10. facebook.com/events/587871178361127/. A RT and the record kept skipping in a repeating loop which are interactive and very noisy. His current LINA LECARO endlessly, it might give you some idea of what exhibition at MorYork Gallery’s new Highland Art Goes To The Movies Ragnar Kjartansson’s Bliss will sound like at Park location features a number of his small and D ANCE Art and cinema enjoy a complicated and pas- REDCAT. Adventurous conductor Christopher large spheres, ball-shaped tumbleweeds made sionate relationship, from documentaries to Rountree leads his equally adventurous ensem- of scavenged materials which can be rolled and Honoring the Future avant-garde shorts, biopics, compelling char- ble Wild Up into a state of bliss — and/or torture, shaken and played with.