Los Angeles Events Calendar
1:00pm
Visual Arts
my hands are monsters who believe in magic
my hands are monsters who believe in magic features works of Asian diasporic artists that explore the process of unmaking and remaking the self in their work. Focusing on the potential for art as a site of radical reimagination, the…
2:00pm
Theater
The Night of the Iguana
Tennessee Williams's rarely staged The Night of the Iguana tells the story of the Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon, a defrocked minister now conducting guided tours through Mexico on the verge of a nervous breakdown. As he struggles with his connection…
2:00pm
Theater
Fly Me to the Sun
While producing and recording his late night variety show, BQ, along with his DJ brother, discovers both the beauty and the flaws of the American dream through the eyes of their Salvadoran grandmother. Puppets, music, and live camera magic all…
2:00pm
Theater
Eureka Day
When a mumps outbreak hits a progressive private school in Berkeley, the well-meaning PTA descends into full-blown chaos trying to create a perfectly inclusive vaccination policy. Spoiler: it does not go well… As passive-aggression turns into a hysterical meltdown, Eureka Day brilliantly taps into the current…
2:00pm
Theater
Otherkin
14 year old Olive, who is part of the subculture Otherkin, is compelled by strange forces to help prepare for humanity's end. Olive and her family are thrust into a roarous ride of epic proportions, confronting their pasts, perilous futures…
2:00pm
Theater
Am I Roxie?
In this fiercely funny one-woman tour-de-force based on her own life, writer/actor Roxana Ortega (The Casagrandes, The Groundlings) navigates the chaos of her mother’s mental decline with outrageous humor and unbreakable spirit. Playing everything from a mermaid-obsessed aunt to a…
3:00pm
Storytelling
3:30pm
Theater
Wine in the Wilderness
Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum
An artist is painting a triptych, seeking to capture the essence of Black womanhood in a painting. His assumptions are confronted when he meets a vibrant young woman who challenges his ideals and exposes the complexities of identity, class, and…
4:00pm
Theater
THE LITTLE KING OF NORWALK
Latino Theater Co. at The Los Angeles Theater Center
Following a DUI, Juan attends his first mandated AA meeting — where he’s mistaken for someone powerful and influential who might be of use to the corrupt mayor and his circle. Juan wields his new power to benefit himself, but…
4:00pm
Theater
MASCOGOS (MAHS-KO-GOHS)
Latino Theater Co. at The Los Angeles Theater Center
Miranda González explores her Mexican and African American roots and the untold stories of Mexico’s underground railroad in this world premiere of Mascogos. Eighteen-year-old Jamari is fighting an unknown illness that takes him through worlds he’s never seen before, from 1864 Mexico to today’s…
7:00pm
Theater
Eureka Day
When a mumps outbreak hits a progressive private school in Berkeley, the well-meaning PTA descends into full-blown chaos trying to create a perfectly inclusive vaccination policy. Spoiler: it does not go well… As passive-aggression turns into a hysterical meltdown, Eureka Day brilliantly taps into the current…
7:00pm
Theater
Am I Roxie?
In this fiercely funny one-woman tour-de-force based on her own life, writer/actor Roxana Ortega (The Casagrandes, The Groundlings) navigates the chaos of her mother’s mental decline with outrageous humor and unbreakable spirit. Playing everything from a mermaid-obsessed aunt to a…
7:00pm
Theater
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
THE TONY-WINNING COMEDY DIRECT FROM BROADWAYStep into the vibrant world of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, a beloved Harlem hotspot where West African immigrant braiders work their magic on the locals’ locks. Amidst the lively buzz of a scorching summer, love…
7:30pm
Theater
The Seagull: Malibu
Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum
In this evocative retelling of Anton Chekhov’s timeless masterpiece The Seagull, Artistic Director Ellen Geer transports audiences to the sun-soaked yet tumultuous shores of 1970s Malibu, California. Set against the backdrop of a country transitioning from the ideals of the…
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…
All Day
Visual Arts
Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity
Delve into the six-decade career of legendary comic book artist Jack Kirby (1917–1994). This exhibition goes beyond the page, featuring original comic illustrations, fine art, and commercial art—many on view for the first time—and his experiences as a first-generation Jewish…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
The Autry Museum of the American West - Museum Admissions
The Autry Museum of the American West
Select exhibitions currently on display at the Autry:Miss Velma in the City of AngelsOngoingIrene Helen Jones Parks Gallery of ArtThis new installation—situated within the "Religion and Ritual" section of the ongoing Art of the West exhibition—features a custom-made dress worn…
All Day
Visual Arts
Wende Museum - General Admission
Check out a list of these exhibitions below:Counter/Surveillance: Control, Privacy, AgencyThe exhibition Counter/Surveillance traces the historical roots of such surveillance devices and methods, and the Cold War dynamics that shaped and spread them. It explores the precursors of current biometric…