Los Angeles Events Calendar
2:00pm
Visual Arts
FROM THE GROUND UP: NURTURING DIVERSITY IN HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS
What can seeds tell us about the future? Seeds and the plants that grow from them have provided us with food, clothing, shelter, and medicine for millennia. For just as long, humans have used sciences, technologies, myths, and art to…
3:00pm
Theater
Tales of The Trancestors: The Divine
Tales of the Transcestors: The Divine is a must-see World Premiere that reimagines folklore, mythologies, and spiritual guides across time and cultures. Through three interwoven stories rooted in Native Hawaiian tradition (Kapaemahu), Islamic mysticism (djinn), and spiritual alchemy (the Rebis)…
7:00pm
Theater
A Christmas Carol
The region’s longest-running annual holiday tradition returns! Perfect for all ages, this timeless story of redemption is filled to the brim with music and merriment. Create cherished memories with your whole family by witnessing Ebenezer Scrooge’s joyful transformation. It is…
7:00pm
Theater
Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical
From the team that brought you Dog Man: The Musical!Cat Kid and Molly Pollywog have started an epic club to teach 21 rambunctious baby frogs how to make their own comics! Their fishy father Flippy is overjoyed that his kids…
7:30pm
Theater
A CHRISTMAS CAROL WITH CHARLES DICKENS
The Independent Shakespeare Company Studio
Our holiday tradition is returning to the ISC Studio for its 20th year! Join us as we recreate (with a little artistic license) the experience of a public reading of A Christmas Carol, given by Charles Dickens himself. Enjoy a…
7:30pm
Music | Theater
HOLLY DOLLY CHRISTMAS - A TRIBUTE TO DOLLY PARTON
It's a very Dolly Christmas show! After a successful award-winning sold out run last year, Love Dolly Tribute is back at Sierra Madre Playhouse! Love Dolly performs the most beloved Dolly Parton songs while sharing wonderful and inspiring stories about Dolly’s…
8:00pm
Music
Leon Hesby
Leon Hesby draws upon his experiences growing up in Paris to inform his present excursion into Los Angeles. The 18 year old’s songwriting and depth of vocal range earned him accolades on the iTunes Pop Charts in France for the…
8:00pm
Music
Queer Magic Drag Karaoke Kingdom
Davidson/Valentini Theatre - Los Angeles LGBT Center
This holiday season, we Mouse the House down! Join Coin & Ghost -- LA's theatrical home for remixed mythologies -- for this two-part performance event of epic proportions. ACT ONE will feature curated drag performances inspired by your favorite animated…
8:00pm
Poetry
Other Words for Home: An LGBTQ+ Poetry Series
Davidson/Valentini Theatre - Los Angeles LGBT Center
LGBTQ+ people are always having to create new names: for self, for love, for home. This series featuring leading voices in LGBTQ+ literature explores what it means to make a home in words. Each show will feature a new celebration…
8:00pm
Theater
La Cage aux Folles
Beautiful. Bawdy. Bizarre. Welcome to La Cage aux Folles, the hottest drag club in St. Tropez and one of theater’s all-time biggest hits. Experience the groundbreaking musical comedy with a heartfelt score by Jerry Herman (Hello, Dolly!, Mame) and a…
8:00pm
Theater
Waiting for Godot
As Vladimir and Estragon wait and wait for the arrival of the elusive Godot, a cast of mysterious misfits interrupt their endless vigil in Samuel Beckett’s tragi-comic masterpiece that has captivated audiences for decades. Timeless and multi-layered, Waiting for Godot…
8:00pm
Theater
The Goddamn Couple Down the Hall (Oh… and Merry Christmas)
It's Christmas Day in Pasadena, and the Woodruff clan has gathered to celebrate. What promises to be a beautiful day full of good cheer gets turned on its head by the foul-mouthed couple down the hall, who subject the Woodruffs…
8:00pm
Poetry
The Infinity Show
Davidson/Valentini Theatre - Los Angeles LGBT Center
Dreams, desires, & sacred reading practices - Join West Hollywood Poet Laureate Brian Sonia-Wallace on an intimate poetic journey across the country and into your heart's desire. For ten years, Sonia-Wallace has been interviewing strangers to write them poems on…
8:00pm
Theater
Tales of The Trancestors: The Divine
Tales of the Transcestors: The Divine is a must-see World Premiere that reimagines folklore, mythologies, and spiritual guides across time and cultures. Through three interwoven stories rooted in Native Hawaiian tradition (Kapaemahu), Islamic mysticism (djinn), and spiritual alchemy (the Rebis)…
8:00pm
Theater
IAMA’s 7th Annual NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
IAMA Theatre Company, committed to cultivating new voices and creating new, boundary-pushing work, will host its 7th Annual New Works Festival this December. Featuring eight new plays presented as staged readings, IAMA’s New Works Festival gives audiences an early look…
All Day
Visual Arts
Craft Contemporary Museum Admissions
Located on Los Angeles’ historic Miracle Mile since 1965, Craft Contemporary reveals the potential of craft to educate, captivate, provoke, and empower.CHECK OUT THEIR CURRENT EXHIBITIONS HERE:tierra (May 31 - October 25)It names what is beneath, what is held, what…