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Visual Communication Archives is one of the largest photographic and moving image archives on Asian Pacific experiences in America.  Created by a group of artists and filmmakers to organize and empower communities through media, Visual Communications is the nation’s first media arts organization dedicated to the honest and accurate portrayal of Asian American and Pacific Islander peoples and communities.  The VC Archives is a story of people in motion, reflecting imagination and adventure, desperation and courage, minds and bodies leaping and struggling towards new possibilities and futures.

 

The documentary, “One Fighting Irishman,” tells the story of attorney Wayne M. Collins whose uncompromising defense of the Constitution drove him to spend years representing over 5,000 of the most maligned Japanese Americans who renounced their American citizenship under duress while imprisoned at the Tule Lake Segregation Center during World War II.  A conversation with George Takei, Sharon Yamato, and Wayne Merrill Collins, attorney and son of Wayne M. Collins, moderated by Brian Niiya, followed the screening.

LIFE’S Senyawa presents a digital performance by the experimental Indonesian band Senyawa, known for blending traditional Javanese sounds with contemporary noise and industrial influences. Originally created as part of LIFE, a Hammer Museum exhibition exploring speculative futures, this video performance captures Senyawa’s powerful musical language and its intersection with themes of resistance, ritual, and technology.

Enjoy family-friendly movie screenings on Friday nights this summer at the Dockweiler Youth Center on the sand, by the waves, and under the stars! Be sure to bring blankets and bundle up. No tickets are required for entry, but an RSVP is highly recommended so that you can be notified of any last-minute changes. RSVP at the website.

Grand Performances launches its 39th season with a hometown celebration: Ozomatli’s 30th anniversary. If LA had a soundtrack, it would sound like Ozomatli—an electrifying fusion of Latin, hip-hop, funk, reggae, and global rhythms that captures the spirit of the city in full. Over three decades, they’ve become cultural ambassadors of LA’s diversity, activism, and joy. Their history with GP runs deep—who remembers when Stevie Wonder jumped on stage at our 2013 show? This anniversary promises a euphoric, cross-cultural dance party with surprise guests, deep grooves, and a reminder of why Ozomatli continues to move hearts and hips around the world.

Ozomatli 30th Anniversary Celebration takes stage Saturday, June 14, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at Grand Performances!

Performance Schedule:

6:00pm, DJ Anthony Valadez
7:00pm, Healing Gems
8:30pm, Ozomatli

Learn more about the artist and let Grand Performance know you’re attending at grandperformances.org/events/ozomatli-30th.

 

Parking:

Parking is available at the California Plaza Parking Structure, 351 S. Olive Street Los Angeles, CA 90071, which you can access from Lower Grand Avenue off 4th Street or Olive Street. Parking costs $10 cash, $17 credit card.