The Dwell Guide to Events in Your City

Wednesday, February 20

Architecture critic Neil Spiller discusses his new book, Digital Architecture NOW, an overview of the computer's impact on design. 7 p.m.; SCI-Arc, 960 E. 3rd St.; (213) 613-2200; www.sciarc.edu

Ron Carlson’s stories have run in Harper’s, Esquire and The New Yorker, as well as several anthologies of American literature. He reads tonight at Otis College of Art and Design. 7:30 p.m.; Ahmanson Building, Otis College of Art and Design, 9045 Lincoln Blvd.; (310) 665-6867; www.otis.edu

Thursday, February 21

Nader Tehrani, whose firm, Office dA, won a Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in 2007, speaks about his work tonight. 7 p.m.; Ahmanson Building, Otis College of Art and Design, 9045 Lincoln Blvd.; (310) 665-6867; www.otis.edu

Friday, February 22

Last Chance: Is Japan the incubator of new design ideas? See for yourself at this exhibit of four young Japanese architects: Sousuke Fujimoto, Kumiko Inui, Makoto Yokomizo, and Yasutaka Yoshimura. February 22. UCLA, Perloff Gallery, 405 Hilgard Ave; (310) 825-7857; www.aud.ucla.edu

Tonight’s lecturer, architect Dr. David Jason Gerber, has collaborated with Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, and other firms around the world. 1 p.m.; SCI-Arc, 960 E. 3rd St.; (213) 613-2200; www.sciarc.edu

Saturday, February 23

The exhibit Make Art/Stop AIDS has traveled around the world, with 60 paintings, sculptures, films, and photographs that record the history of the disease and share ideas about future interventions. Through June 15. Fowler Museum, UCLA, Westwood Plz & Sunset Blvd.; (310) 825-4361; www.fowler.ucla.edu/incEngine

Sunday, February 24

Last Chance: Infused with dignity and rage, Emory Douglas’ illustrations for the Black Panther party and its publications come down today. Museum of Contemporary Art, 250 S. Grand Ave.; (213) 626-6222; www.moca.org

Monday, February 25

The Grammy award-winning Southwest Chamber Music ensemble pairs Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto with John Cage’s Atlas Eclipticalis at the Norton Simon Museum tonight. 8-10 p.m.; 411 West Colorado Blvd.; (626) 449-6840; www.nortonsimon.org

Tuesday, February 26

In Humoresque, a 1947 film starring Joan Crawford and John Garfield, an uptight socialite falls for a violinist, whose first love is music. 1 p.m.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Bing Theater, 5905 Wilshire Blvd.; (323) 857-6528; www.lacma.org

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