Los Angeles Events Calendar
1:00–5:00pm
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…
2:00–4:00pm
Theater
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
All Julia Masli wants to do is solve people’s problems and win the Nobel Peace Prize, but this plan keeps going wrong as she continually wins prizes for comedy. In her wildly unpredictable solo show ha ha ha ha ha ha…
2:30–9:45pm
Film
Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Veteran Cinema
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) hosts its October line-up, featuring its annual InFocus: Veteran Cinema program. The weekend’s programming also features a compelling collection of October Shorts, as well as the World Premiere of writer-director Stephen Takashima’s feature narrative Don’t Kill…
7:30–9:30pm
Dance
Viver Brasil
Rezas e Folhas, choreographed by Vera Passos, blends traditional Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous dances with experimental choreography and poignant storytelling. A celebrated choreographer from Salvador, Bahia, Passos masterfully channels the sacred rhythms of Orixá and Caboclo dances into a contemporary gestural…
7:30–9:30pm
Theater
The Aaron Play
The Independent Shakespeare Company Studio
Tragic, darkly funny, and terrifyingly relevant, The Aaron Play picks up right where Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus left off: with its self-proclaimed villain, Aaron the Moor, sentenced to death for his many crimes and buried up to his chest in earth. Desperate to…
8:00–9:30pm
Music
Samantha Cho & Florin Parvulescu
Violinist Florin Parvulescu and pianist Samantha Cho share an evening of gorgeous duets, including pieces by Beethoven, Bologne, and Clara Schumann.
8:00–10:00pm
Storytelling
8:00–9:30pm
Theater
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
All Julia Masli wants to do is solve people’s problems and win the Nobel Peace Prize, but this plan keeps going wrong as she continually wins prizes for comedy. In her wildly unpredictable solo show ha ha ha ha ha ha…
8:00–10:00pm
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…
8:00–10:00pm
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…
8:00–10:00pm
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…
8:00–10:00pm
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…
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 | Exhibit
Sanctuaries
Sanctuaries is a group exhibition of Armory contemporary teaching artists who expand upon the meaning and imagination of sanctuaries, true and metaphysical, as spaces of protection, agency, preservation, and healing. Through painting, textile, ceramic, photography, risography, and mixed media, each…
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…