Lovecats

Instead of going to a packed restaurant or giving flowers that are just going to die, I recommend you check out an art opening on Valentine's Day. The new show at REDCAT (under the Disney Concert Hall in Downtown L.A.) is a pan-Asian art colossus, with contributors coming from Vietnam, Hong Kong, Thailand, and the Philippines. The pieces range from painted urban landscapes (juxtaposing graffiti, communist messages, and billboards) to video montages (one including Bush's cabinet members in various states of injury) to abstract installations that you can walk on or through (with the very concrete goal of raising funds to build a library in a small Thai village).


Hanging with Eungie, ace curator and one cool chick.

The art is all over the place, but the title, Eternal Flame: Imagining a Future at the End of the World, brings everything together. If the concept--which touches on hope in moments of confusion and war--doesn't grab you, maybe the idea of free booze in a beautiful art space will.