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I woke this morning with a start (yes, a start!) and realized that I might, maybe, (oh my gosh did I?) have missed the Murakami exhibit at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. When a huge exhibit opens I either hit it on opening weekend or I wait it out. I wait until all the newspaper reviews have faded, I wait until the crowds have thinned, I wait until people are over it and have moved on to something else.

With just about a month left in the exhibit, artists Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, and Simone Legno will be gathering for a discussion about the work of Takashi Murakami at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. The event, called Pervasive Persuasion, is a panel-style talk moderated by Eric Nakamura, publisher and co-editor of Giant Robot, and will include thoughts on "how and why artists in Los Angeles are blurring the lines of media to spread their ideas beyond museum walls." The evening will end with the opportunity for the audience to participate in a collaborative painting with the artists and a enjoy unique performance art experience by Oguri.

We told you they were coming to speak on global warming, now here's what happened at yesterday's Presidential Forum in West LA. For the second time this month, fire officials are preparing for more wildfires as dry winds approach. Mission Viejo in Orange County is dubbed safest city in America. Sorry Detroit, you're back at the bottom of this list. However, these numbers came from a private research group and people, including the FBI,...

December 17th seems to be a big day for the MTA (maybe everyone gets to go on vacation on the 18th?), but whatevs, LAist is never one to pooh-pooh progress, particularly regarding public transportation in this fair city. The MTA announced today that the Valley will get a new Rapid line on Reseda Blvd. between Northridge and Tarzana - welcome Line 741! The 364 won't be a Rapid per-se but will be a "limited...

Long weekends are relaxing, but they can also be daunting. To assuage the malaise, LAist has assembled a list of musical diversions that are kind to your wallet, while also providing a nice alternative to the crowded beaches. Unless otherwise noted, all performances are free.

SATURDAY, 9/3

• Joy Burnworth, plays a free concert at The
  Promenade at Howard Hughes Center.
  The performance starts at 6pm. Call (310) 641-8073.
  
• DJs Michael Stock and Benjamin White of Part Time
  Punks begin their two month residency at
  MOCA with tracks
  from the great haunts of Manhattan circa 1979-87. Stock and White perform
  at 6pm. Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore performs at 8pm. The event is free
  with general museum admission. Call (213) 621-1734.
  
• Octavio Figueroa performs Latin jazz at the Levitt
  Pavilion in Pasadena.
  The show starts at 8pm. Call (626) 683-3230 for details.
• Dirty Dirty House Club returns to Akbar with
  house grooves from DJ Tony Powell. The show starts at 9pm and admission is
  free before 10pm. Call (323) 665-6810 for more information.
  

SUNDAY, 9/4

• 
  Violinist Endre Balogh, violist Steven Gordon, cellist Dennis Karmazyn and pianist
  Genevieve Lee perform Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 26
  for the LACMA Sundays Live Series .
  The show starts at 6pm. Call (323) 857-6234.
  
• Catch the 10th
  Annual Central Avenue Jazz Festival, located between 42nd
  and 43rd Streets. The festival hours are11am-7pm. Call 213-978-0333.
  

MONDAY, 9/5

• Run Run Run start their month-long
  Monday night residency at Spaceland.
  Doors open at 8pm and the show begins at 9pm. Call (323) 661-4380
  

Emerging from the MOCA store on upper Grand Street in Downtown this Sunday, still buzzing from the miraculous and inspiring Rodney Graham Retrospective at the Geffen Contemporary on Central Avenue, total giddy confusion ensued. The Graham exhibit, which grinningly forces viewers to see differently, has a central motif consisting of various forms of loops (that and trees). From video to slides to records playing songs over and over. We’ll stop here at attempting to explain the show since Doug Harvey for the explains it best.