The Skirball’s “Bob Dylan’s American Journey, 1956-1966” exhibit features more than 160 artifacts, including Dylan’s handwritten drafts of classic songs, rare concert posters and a recording of his first concert, which has never been commercially released.
From his beginnings as Robert Zimmerman in the post-war industrial town of Hibbing, Minnesota, to his debut on the Greenwich Village folk scene, to his rise to unprecedented fame as the rock star/poet who “electrified” contemporary songwriting, the exhibition chronicles Dylan’s first ten years as a public figure, an artistic innovator, and a compelling voice of social conscience.
WHEN: 12pm-5pm Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm Saturday-Sunday, closed Mondays
ADMISSION: $10 General Admission/$7 Seniors & Students/$5 Children under 12
ADMISSION NOTE: Purchasing tickets in advance recommended & timed entry is required of all visitors
WHERE: Skirball Cultural Center
ADDRESS: 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049
PHONE: (310) 440-4500
WEBSITE: www.skirball.org
ADDITIONAL INFO: The exhibit closes June 8
Louis Armstrong, Dexter Gordon, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis are but a few of the great jazz musicians spotlighted in Mark Cantor’s “Jazz on Film” screening. With a collection of more than 4,000 titles to draw from, jazz film historian Mark Cantor returns to LACMA for his ninth year of unique film clips.
Over the past year one-third of US honeybees have mysteriously disappeared. Though this crisis has not made headline news, the survival of up to 100 crop plants depends on the honeybee’s pollination. Join Professor May Berenbaum for a look at the “pollinator crisis,” the plight of the honeybee and how dependent it appears we are on them.
