Los Angeles Events Calendar
10:00am–5:00pm
Visual Arts
Competing Cosmologies: Interpreting the Sky
The exhibition, co-curated by the Wende’s Curatorial Department and NASA historian Lois Rosson, explores the ways in which new discoveries in space exploration during and after the Cold War have inspired visual artists on a global scale. The exhibition shows…
2:00–8:30pm
Theater
Destiny of Desire
On a stormy night in Bellarica, Mexico, two baby girls are born—one into outlandish wealth, and one into a life of poverty. When the newborns are swapped by a ruthless ex-beauty queen, the stage is set for two outrageous misfortunes…
2:00–4:30pm
Theater
Heartbreak House
If we women were particular about men's characters, we should never get married at all.” Will 20-year old Ellie Dunn fall out of love with her friend’s husband, into love with the 88-year-old Captain Shotover, or marry the mercenary Mr. Mangan…
2:00–4:00pm
Theater
at the very bottom of a body of water
In the wake of profound change, Marina’s quiet, cyclical life implodes when her usual fishmonger suddenly vanishes. Poignant, surprising, and darkly unconventional, this poetic new play explores how we navigate life after tragedy—is the unraveling of Marina’s comfort a curse…
2:00–4:00pm
Theater
Passing Strange
A YOUNG REBEL. A WILD RIDE. A STORY THAT ROCKS.A young artist is searching for the real but he can’t seem to find it at home in South Central LA. He sets out on a cross-continental journey of self-discovery full…
3:00–5:00pm
Music
Main Series 2: Thick as Thieves
Some ensembles are assembled for a performance. Others are forged over decades of concerts, recordings, rehearsals, road trips, and shared adventures. Resident Artists Ben Smolen, Meredith Crawford, and Cristina Montes Mateo bring their extraordinary musicianship—and unmistakable chemistry—to an evening celebrating…
7:30–9:30pm
Theater
at the very bottom of a body of water
In the wake of profound change, Marina’s quiet, cyclical life implodes when her usual fishmonger suddenly vanishes. Poignant, surprising, and darkly unconventional, this poetic new play explores how we navigate life after tragedy—is the unraveling of Marina’s comfort a curse…
7:30–9:00pm
Theater
Ghost Songs
The Independent Shakespeare Company Studio
In 1648, as England is banning theater performances and tearing down playhouses, a confiscated trunk of playhouse “scrap” arrives at a Puritan household. Inside are banned play manuscripts—Shakespeare, Marlowe, and lost works—destined to be used as toilet paper. A sheltered…
8:00–9:30pm
Music
Monterey Piano Trio
Monterey Piano Trio – Connie Kim-Sheng Fried (piano), Strauss Shi (violin), and Ben Fried (cello) – perform works that exemplify the best of the chamber music genre, combining technical brilliance and profound emotional depth. Beethoven’s “Archduke” Trio remains a grand…
8:00–9:30pm
Dance
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Renowned in the ballet world, the company makes its Soraya debut with the Los Angeles premiere of Robert Garland’s Higher Ground (2022) on Nov 14. Higher Ground is a joyous, critically acclaimed piece that combines classical ballet and vernacular Black dance to sharpen the…
8:00–9:00pm
Theater
Saint Megan
Rogue Machine at The Matrix Theatre
What happens when honest conversation threatens everything you know?Inspired by the story of Megan Phelps-Roper, granddaughter of the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, a hyper-Calvinist sect notorious for its outrageous picketing of military funerals.When Megan defends her faith online…
8:00–8:30pm
Theater
Destiny of Desire
On a stormy night in Bellarica, Mexico, two baby girls are born—one into outlandish wealth, and one into a life of poverty. When the newborns are swapped by a ruthless ex-beauty queen, the stage is set for two outrageous misfortunes…
8:00–10:00pm
Theater
Passing Strange
A YOUNG REBEL. A WILD RIDE. A STORY THAT ROCKS.A young artist is searching for the real but he can’t seem to find it at home in South Central LA. He sets out on a cross-continental journey of self-discovery full…
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
Material Prophecies: Craft as Divination
Material Prophecies: Craft as Divination brings together seven artists who turn to craft to divine memory, enact ritual, and seek knowledge of the future. Working with earth, fiber, metal, cyanotype, terracotta, and film, they carry ways of understanding the world…
All Day
Visual Arts
Noah's Ark
About Noah's ArkVisit us aboard Noah’s Ark at the Skirball! This award-winning children's and family destination invites visitors of all generations to play, climb, build, make-believe, and make friends—all while exploring an eight-thousand-square-foot wooden ark filled to the rafters with…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Nurtured Flames: The Medicine of Fire
Nurtured Flames: The Medicine of Fire is an exhibition by Meztli Projects, presented at the Armory Center for the Arts, featuring new works created in 2026 by an intergenerational cohort of eleven Indigenous artists.Continuing Indigenous practices of collaborative art-making and…
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…