Los Angeles Events Calendar
2:00pm
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…
7:00pm
Music | Theater
RENT
Lineage Performing Arts Center
We've spent 25 years waiting for the perfect moment to bring RENT to life, ensuring this production gets the justice it deserves. Now, with an incredible cast and crew, we're ready to share this powerful story. Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning RENT is more than a…
7:30pm
Storytelling
Echoes of the New World
Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum
Civilizations collide, giving way to the brilliant resilience of identity in this world premiere interdisciplinary performance featuring an evocative interplay of sound, movement, and storytelling. Echoes of the New World builds a bridge between history and emotion, extending an invitation…
7:30pm
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…
7:30pm
Music
Main Series No. 1: Ben and HyeJin Recital
Moroccan Room at The Village Studios
Two masters of their instruments take on a trio of Russian-born visionaries: one who stayed (Prokofiev), one who left (Rachmaninoff), and one who redefined music abroad (Stravinsky). Salastina’s Resident Flutist Ben Smolen and Resident Pianist HyeJin Kim play Prokofiev's Flute…
8:00pm
Music
Wild Up's LA Composer's Series
Sierra Madre Playhouse partners with Wild Up for another season of its L.A. Composer Series—a bold, exploratory concert series spotlighting living composers working in Los Angeles.We bring together some of LA’s most fearless musicians—Andrew Tholl (violin), Vicki Ray (piano), Marlon…
8:00pm
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…
8:00pm
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…
8:00pm
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…
8:00pm
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…
8:00pm
Theater
नेहा & NEEL
Latino Theater Co. at The Los Angeles Theater Center
Neha (नेहा) fears she has failed to pass her language and culture down to her 17-year-old son, Neel (नील). A summer trip to visit colleges could be Neha’s last chance, if only she can get Neel to visit the historic…
8:00pm
Theater | Storytelling | Festival
IAMA’s 8th Annual NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
IAMA Theatre Company, committed to cultivating new voices and creating new, boundary-pushing work, will host its 8th Annual New Works Festival this October.Featuring six new plays presented as staged readings, IAMA’s New Works Festival gives audiences an early look at…
8:00pm
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…
8:00pm
Storytelling
8:00pm
Theater
littleboy/littleman
When Nicaraguan brothers Fíto and Bastian clash over their visions of the American Dream, their choices send them on a collision course with fate—risking not just their futures, but their bond. Fíto, a poet, is impulsive and ambitious, willing to…
8:00pm
Theater
anthropology
Rogue Machine at The Matrix Theatre
To find closure after losing her sister, Merril, a gifted programer, builds an AI to retrace her sister’s last moments. What she finds in this high-stakes thriller raises questions about living with grief and the lengths we can go to…
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
Launching Our Creativity & Community Care Room at the Armory
We are pleased to announce the opening of our Creativity & Community Care Room at the Armory at The Gale Kohl Center for Creativity in Old Pasadena. Co-hosted by our friends at Gale’s Restaurant, we invite you and any members…
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…