“Beer is Art” & Max Grundy Solo Show Opening at La Luz de Jesus Gallery

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“Beer is Art” & Max Grundy Solo Show Opening at La Luz de Jesus Gallery

As a special tie-in to L.A. Beer Week, La Luz de Jesus Gallery presents “Beer is Art.” Also opening at the same gallery on Sept. 6, Max Grundy‘s solo show “Ozone Schmozone” is an alternate reality in which machines protect humans from the natural world. Grundy, a painter, illustrator, graphic designer and art teacher, is…

Tonight, Sunday, Jack Grisham, Bob Forrest Read, Sign at La Luz de Jesus

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Tonight, Sunday, Jack Grisham, Bob Forrest Read, Sign at La Luz de Jesus

Punk rock has produced some pretty amazing scientists, professors, lawyers, and business people, all of whom have stayed true to their punk roots by continuing to embrace their artistic sides. Other punks have stayed in arts and music, and others have turned their (mis)adventures with sex, drug and rock n roll into the dedicated efforts…

Reading: Anthony Ausgang “The Pawnee Republican” plus John Tottenham and Shana Nys Dambrot

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Reading: Anthony Ausgang “The Pawnee Republican” plus John Tottenham and Shana Nys Dambrot

Anthony Ausgang can paint, that’s for sure, and he’s a genius with fine line work and colors.  On July 20, Ausgang steps away from the easel, unlocks his unconscious, and opens his spam folder to read from The Pawnee Republican, the follow up to last year’s The Adventures of Puss Twitter. For five years Ausgang…

California Punk Rock Photo Pop-Up, Booksigning June 28-30 at La Luz de Jesus

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California Punk Rock Photo Pop-Up, Booksigning June 28-30 at La Luz de Jesus

Punk rock has had lasting grip on Los Angeles where the musical and cultural phenomenon developed from a freeways-based melting pot. The passion for punk has continued for forty years!  The GoGo’s, X, Social Distortion, Mike Watt are still big draws, and smaller bands from LA punk’s early days still play and draw fans–as well…

Billy’s Thursday Night Fish Fry Brings Community Together with Cool Acts and Tunes

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Billy’s Thursday Night Fish Fry Brings Community Together with Cool Acts and Tunes

Every final Thursday of the month, La Luz de Jesus becomes a throbbing scene. Music, comedy and performance art resounds in the gallery as the crowd spills out into the back patio and onto the street, takes in the art, or browses through the huge collection of books, toys, and unusual items in the retail…