The Dwell Guide to Events in Your City

Thursday, April 10

LA Art Weekend brings you a wide range of events from the cultural big wigs: the MAK Center, REDCAT, the Getty – and even a pop-version of New York’s Storefront for Art & Architecture, with Frédéric Chaubin’s Cold War-era architectural photos inside.  Through April 13. www.laartweekend.com/index.html

James Ensor’s etching Doctrinal Nourishment is the centerpiece of this exhibition of German Expressionist prints. Through July 6. Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd.; (310) 443-7000; www.hammer.ucla.edu

A panel of architects, historians, and engineers discuss the Los Angeles River bridges, whose history spans the early 20th century to today. (A tour of these city landmarks will take place on Sunday, April 13.) 7 p.m.; The Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr.; (310) 440-7300; www.getty.edu/visit/events/spanning_history.html

Director Albert Maysles, considered a pioneer of "direct cinema," screens scenes from his films with Orson Welles, Truman Capote, and Marlon Brando, and answers audience questions on the new book, A Maysles Scrapbook: Photographs/Cinemagraphs/Documents. 7 p.m.; Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd.; (310) 443-7000; www.hammer.ucla.edu

Friday, April 11

Nicole Cohen's video installation gives Getty-goers a new take on the museum's collection of 18th-century French chairs. Today, take a spin through the gallery with the artist herself. 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.; The Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr.; (310) 440-7300; www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/nicole_cohen

Saturday, April 12

Head chefs at Ciudad, Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, host this cooking class in the restaurant's kitchen. Learn to make Latin fare like ceviche, gaucho steak, and seafood moquerca, then dig into the results over lunch. 11 a.m.–1 p.m.; Ciudad, 445 S Figueroa St.; (213) 486-5171; www.ciudad-la.com

The Music of Brazil Ensemble delivers Afro-Brazilian beats in the samba batucada, reggae, afro, and maracatu styles. 2 p.m.; Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd.; (310) 443-7000; www.hammer.ucla.edu

Sunday, April 13

MOCA opens the first U.S. retrospective of Bronx-born conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner's, moving from his 1960s paintings to his more recent language-based, multi-media work. At 3 p.m. today, the artist himself discusses the exhibition with curators from MOCA and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Museum of Contemporary Art, 250 S. Grand Ave.; (213) 626-6222; www.moca.org

Art History professor Rose-Carol Washton Long lectures on the modernist movement’s Germanic roots at LACMA. 2 p.m.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Bing Theater, 5905 Wilshire Blvd.; (323) 857-6528; www.lacma.org

Tuesday, April 15

Artists Shannon Ebner, Sarah Charlesworth, and John Divola discuss conceptual artists’ camera work in the 1960s and 70s, relating it to photography today. 7 p.m.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Bing Theater, 5905 Wilshire Blvd.; (323) 857-6528; www.lacma.org

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