Los Angeles Events Calendar
10:00am
Visual Arts
On the National Language: The Poetry of America’s Endangered Tongues
What does the study of languages teach us about our shared history?Experience B.A. Van Sise’s poetic, visual, and linguistic invitation to reflect on the complex cultural heritage and diversity of the country. These portraits and languages are presented together to…
10:00am
Visual Arts
Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time, and Technology
Ken Goldberg and Tiffany Shlain reimagine old and new ways of understanding trees at a time when technology further removes us from the natural world. In Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time, and Technology, artists Tiffany Shlain and Ken…
10:00am
Visual Arts
Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion
Ever wondered what artist inspires much of today’s fashion?Explore the remarkable life and work of fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg. This exhibition includes a selection of over sixty garments drawn from the DVF archives along with artwork, ephemera, fabric swatches…
1:00pm
Theater | Storytelling
The Princess and The Frog
The Princess and the Frog is the classic musical story of a prince who cares only about himself. He learns a lesson when a fairy turns him into a frog. He’ll only become a prince again when a princess kisses…
2:00pm
Theater
LACHSA Theatre Presents: Second Year Project
Come see the Second Year student dive into some of the biggest and best classical pieces from Shakespeare to Chekhov!
2:00pm
Theater
THEATRE | "MASTER CLASS" BY TERRENCE MCNALLY
From February 14 to March 9, 2025, Sierra Madre Playhouse presents Terrence McNally’s Tony Award-winning "Master Class", directed by Tim Dang. Inspired by the legendary masterclasses given by opera icon Maria Callas at Juilliard, this gripping drama takes audiences into…
2:00pm
Theater
Cambodian Rock Band
Part-play, part-rock concert, the Los Angeles Premiere of Lauren Yee's CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND, directed by Chay Yew and featuring music by Dengue Fever, explores the story of a Khmer Rouge survivor as he returns to Cambodia after 30 long years.
2:00pm
Theater
Topdog/Underdog
Two brothers in freefall struggle to find their footing as they hustle their way through life. Haunted by the past and their obsession with street cons and cards, the brothers come to learn the true nature of their fate. Winner…
2:00pm
Theater
Macbeth
One of Shakespeare’s most compelling and enduring works, this play depicts a tragic spiral of violence, propelled by unbridled ambition and the consequences of unchecked power. Set in a world of political intrigue and supernatural forces, we land in a…
2:30pm
Theater
Fake It Until You Make It
A bold world premiere comedy from Los Angeles-based playwright, Larissa FastHorse and director Michael John Garcés, about being whoever you want to be, even when it’s not who you are. In her uproarious new comedy, a collision of friends and…
3:00pm
Theater
Noises Off
Doors slam, sardines fly, and trousers drop in Michael Frayn’s side-splitting British farce about a theater company desperately trying to get their act together. Both onstage and backstage, chaos reigns for a troupe of floundering actors whose forgotten lines, misplaced…
7:00pm
Dance
Edge of a Dream
Lineage Performing Arts Center
Join us for a moving fundraiser dance show, inspired by the powerful photography of Kwame Brathwaite, to support the John Muir High School Mystics Dance Team, who are raising funds to ensure that team members (present and future) who have…
7:30pm
Theater
Macbeth
One of Shakespeare’s most compelling and enduring works, this play depicts a tragic spiral of violence, propelled by unbridled ambition and the consequences of unchecked power. Set in a world of political intrigue and supernatural forces, we land in a…
8:00pm
Theater
A Candle in Jien'Jenu
Davidson/Valentini Theatre - Los Angeles LGBT Center
Three generations of candlemakers chase an impossible dream in the idyllic fictional city of Jien’Jenu: To create a candle that will last forever. This hilarious, heart-warming and emotional new musical explores passion, obsession, love, family, and the impossibly thin line…
8:00pm
Storytelling
QUENTOS
Davidson/Valentini Theatre - Los Angeles LGBT Center
Quentos – a portmanteau of “Queer” and “Cuentos” (stories) – create culture, rituals, and traditions. Experience a curated series of new stories written by a cohort of community members and rooted in their personal histories. Join us as we celebrate…
8:00pm
Theater
Twelfth Night
“What country, friends, is this?”Separated from her twin brother in a shipwreck, Viola is forced to make her own way in the kingdom of Illyria — where, disguised as a man, she discovers unrequited passion, double-crossings, hilarity, and yellow stockings.Directed…
8:00pm
Theater
Ybor City
The Actors' Gang Theater @ Ivy Substation
A hauntingly beautiful new play that tells the story of overworked Cuban cigar factory immigrants in 1932, who find themselves inspired by the spirit world toward revolution.
8:00pm
Theater
Fake It Until You Make It
A bold world premiere comedy from Los Angeles-based playwright, Larissa FastHorse and director Michael John Garcés, about being whoever you want to be, even when it’s not who you are. In her uproarious new comedy, a collision of friends and…
8:00pm
Theater
I Want a Country
City Garage @ Bergamot Station Arts Center
City Garage is proud to present the west coast premieres of two plays dealing with displaced people. Though "Bounds" is from Sicily, and "I Want A Country" is from Greece, both speak to not just the worldwide crisis of unwanted…
8:00pm
Theater
The Galaxy of Phil Hendrie
In The Galaxy of Phil Hendrie, Phil introduces us to 4 interesting characters floating around somewhere between his brain and outer space who will unburden themselves while navigating life's rocky roads.
8:00pm
Theater
THEATRE | "MASTER CLASS" BY TERRENCE MCNALLY
From February 14 to March 9, 2025, Sierra Madre Playhouse presents Terrence McNally’s Tony Award-winning "Master Class", directed by Tim Dang. Inspired by the legendary masterclasses given by opera icon Maria Callas at Juilliard, this gripping drama takes audiences into…
8:00pm
Theater
Cambodian Rock Band
Part-play, part-rock concert, the Los Angeles Premiere of Lauren Yee's CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND, directed by Chay Yew and featuring music by Dengue Fever, explores the story of a Khmer Rouge survivor as he returns to Cambodia after 30 long years.
8:00pm
Theater
Sleeping Giant
When a firework-filled marriage proposal goes awry, the explosions wake up something very old that has been sleeping in the nearby lake for thousands of years. What follows are intimate, darkly comic, and sometimes startling vignettes about the lengths people…
8:00pm
Theater
Alabaster
June lives alone in a small farmhouse in Alabaster, Alabama, three years after a tornado killed her family. June is covered with scars from the catastrophe, with only her two goats, Weezy and Bib, as companions. Alice, a noted photographer…
8:00pm
Theater
Noises Off
Doors slam, sardines fly, and trousers drop in Michael Frayn’s side-splitting British farce about a theater company desperately trying to get their act together. Both onstage and backstage, chaos reigns for a troupe of floundering actors whose forgotten lines, misplaced…
8:00pm
Theater
Topdog/Underdog
Two brothers in freefall struggle to find their footing as they hustle their way through life. Haunted by the past and their obsession with street cons and cards, the brothers come to learn the true nature of their fate. Winner…
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…