Exhibition

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Explore living collections of orchids and camellias, a botanical conservatory, a fragrant rose garden, a children’s garden, and more, in 16 themed gardens spread over 120 acres. All visitors, including members, must reserve tickets online in advance.

 

Open Daily,  10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Closed on Tuesdays
Website Link
https://tickets.huntington.org/?_gl=1%2awnmvuw%2a_ga%2aMTg1MzA5MDk5NC4xNzA0MzA5ODMx%2a_ga_1BGEDHGTJ6%2aMTcwNDMyMTE5OS4yLjAuMTcwNDMyMTE5OS42MC4wLjA.
Event Date
-
Event Location

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Garden
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1278618, -118.1094516

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$13 – $36
Contact Phone
626.405.2100
Event ID
10288345
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Pacific Islander Festival

Event Type
Culture & Community
Fairs & Festivals
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Join the Aquarium for its twentieth annual Pacific Island Festival. This festival features traditional music and dance, cultural displays, and craft demonstrations and celebrates Pacific Islander cultures, including Hawaiian, Tahitian, Samoan, Tongan, Chamorro, Marshallese, and Māori.
Website Link
aquariumofpacific.org/events/info/pacific_islander_festival
Event Date
-
Event Location

Aquarium of the Pacific
100 Aquarium Way
Long Beach, CA 90802
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.7621679, -118.196966

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
562.590.3100
Event ID
10319258
Event Main Image

Museum Free Days

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

SoCal Museums is committed to promoting the dynamic landscape of cultural institutions in Southern California. SoCal Museums presents an assortment of museums as diverse as SoCal itself. Be it art, natural history, science, or culture, there is something for everyone, and you can find out which museums are free today.

Website Link
socalmuseums.org/free
Event Date
Event Location

Multiple venues, check the website for details
CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
36.778261, -119.4179324

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10318332
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Parks After Dark

Event Type
Dance
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Film
Music
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Parks After Dark returns for summer with activities at 34 Los Angeles County parks. Bring your family and friends to an LA County Parks location for summer concerts, movie nights, or various free programs.
Website Link
parks.lacounty.gov/?s=parks+after+dark+2024
Event Date
Event Location

Los Angeles County Parks
Los Angeles
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0549076, -118.242643

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10318929
Event Main Image

OUTMUSEUM

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The OutMuseum is the first LGBTQ+ arts and media virtual museum available free to the public. Home to a combination of rotating and permanent exhibits centering themes, identities, and experiences which celebrate and commemorate the queer and trans communities. Through short film collections, panels and roundtables, oral histories, and other multimedia within our exhibits, this space can foster discussions, increase access to art and information, and, most importantly, speak to histories regularly omitted from the record. Because what is history if not storytelling?
Website Link
outfest.org/outmuseum
Event Date
Event Location

OutMuseum
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0522342, -118.2436849

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10317749
Event Main Image

DAYS OF RAGE, MULTIMEDIA EXHIBIT ON ACTIVIST POSTERS

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Days of Rage is a web exhibition that enlivens historical activist posters through analysis and storytelling. Grounded in the experiences of activists and graphic designers, the exhibition positions LGBTQ+ graphic design as embodied in community realities and histories, producing subjective reflections on the interdependence of design and activism.  
Website Link
daysofrage.onearchives.org
Event Date
Event Location

Streaming – One Archives at the USC libraries
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0522342, -118.2436849

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
213.821.2771
Event ID
10317689
Event Main Image

Robert Mapplethorpe Papers and Photographs Archive

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The archive is now available to researchers. The archive spans the artist’s career from his student days at Pratt Institute in the 1960s through his more well-known photographs from the 1980s. The archive includes sculpture and assemblages, collages, cut-outs, early drawings and paintings, Polaroids, and examples of large-format photographic prints of flowers, portraits, nudes, and sadomasochistic subjects.
Website Link
getty.edu/research/collections/collection/113Y6W
Event Date
Event Location

Online at the Getty Center
United States

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.440.7300
Event ID
10317809
Event Main Image

CANOGA PARK SUMMERTIME ART WALK

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
This family-oriented event returns on the third Thursday of each month from June through August. The event features musicians, artists, vendors, and food trucks through the streets of Historic Downtown Canoga Park.
Website Link
cpia.la/events
Event Date
-
Event Location

Downtown Canoga Park
Intersection of Sherman Way and Topanga Boulevard
Canoga Park, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.2010224, -118.6059287

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10317497
Event Main Image

Giant Robot Biennale 5 at the Japanese American National Museum

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Since 2007, JANM has partnered with Eric Nakamura, founder of Giant Robot, to produce the Giant Robot Biennale, a recurring art exhibition that highlights diverse creative works celebrating the ethos of Giant Robot—a staple of Asian American alternative pop culture and an influential brand encompassing pop art, skateboard, comic book, graphic arts, and vinyl toy culture.

Giant Robot Biennale 5 will feature artists Sean Chao, Felicia Chiao, Luke Chueh, Giorgiko, James Jean, Taylor Lee, Mike Shinoda, Rain Szeto, and Yoskay Yamamoto.

Giant Robot Biennale 5 is presented by JANM and Eric Nakamura, founder of Giant Robot.

Top: Felicia Chiao, Imagination (detail), 2023, Copic marker and ink on brown toned paper. Courtesy of the artist.

Website Link
https://www.janm.org/exhibits/grb5
Event Date
-
Event Location

Japanese American National Museum
100 N. Central Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0492315, -118.239116

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$16
Event ID
10327431
Event Main Image

The Music Center Tours

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Tours
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Create fun memories during summer vacation with a free tour of The Music Center’s sprawling campus. The 90-minute tours encompass The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, and Walt Disney Concert Hall.

 

Tuesdays – Fridays, 11:00 a.m., Saturdays – Sundays, 10:15 a.m.

Website Link
musiccenter.org/visit-explore/visit-explore/tours/the-music-center-symphonian-tours
Event Date
-
Event Location

Walt Disney Concert Hall, Lobby
111 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, 90012
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0553468, -118.2499213

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
323.850.2000
Event ID
10318057
Event Main Image
Exhibition