Folk And Traditional Arts

STORRIER STEARNS JAPANESE GARDEN

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
This Japanese garden features a light hill-scape, pond, cascading 25-foot waterfall, and a formal teahouse designed by Kinzuchi Fujii. The garden is considered by many to be a masterwork, demonstrating the adaptability of Japanese culture in modern America.

 

Fridays and Saturdays, 4:00 – 8:00 p.m., Sundays 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. $15, Register in advance at the website
Website Link
japanesegardenpasadena.com
Event Date
-
Event Location

Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden
270 Arlington Drive
Pasadena, CA 91105
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1279069, -118.1560162

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$15
Contact Phone
626,399.1721
Event ID
10382460
Event Main Image

SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The Norton Simon Museum houses a world-renowned collection of art from South and Southeast Asia, including examples of the rich sculptural and painting traditions that have developed in this region for more than 2,000 years.
Website Link
nortonsimon.org/art/explore-the-collection/
Event Date
-
Event Location

Norton Simon Museum
411 West Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91105
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1462254, -118.1591616

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$20
Contact Phone
626.449.6840
Event ID
10382426
Event Main Image

THE HUNTINGTON’S CHINESE GARDEN – THE GARDEN OF FLOWING FRAGRANCE

Event Type
Culture & Community
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Liu Fang Yuan or the Garden of Flowing Fragrance, is one of the finest classical-style Chinese gardens outside of China. Filled with Chinese plants and framed by exquisite architecture, the landscape is enriched with references to literature and art. Visitors can find both physical relaxation and mental stimulation when exploring the dramatic 15-acre garden.
Website Link
huntington.org/chinese-garden
Event Date
-
Event Location

The Huntington
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1278618, -118.1094516

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices, Advance Reservations required
Contact Phone
626.405.2100
Event ID
10382555
Event Main Image

Greek Theatre

Event Type
Family Activity
Culture & Community
Music
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Located in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park, the historic Greek Theatre is one of the nation’s most beloved and recognized outdoor entertainment venues for music concerts and shows.  Check the website for the performances scheduled over the summer.
Website Link
lagreektheatre.com
Event Date
-
Event Location

Greek Theatre Los Angeles
2700 N Vermont Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90027
United States

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
(844) 524-7335
Event ID
10384225
Event Main Image

Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art Across Asia

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

This exhibition presents an international survey of Buddhism and Buddhist art, beginning with the religion’s origins in India and following its spread through mainland and island Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, and East Asia. Incorporating 150 masterpieces of pan-Asian Buddhist art, the exhibition introduces key concepts of Buddhist thought and practice viewed through rare and extraordinarily beautiful Buddhist sculptures, paintings, and ritual objects. Drawn from LACMA’s permanent collection, with several significant loans from private collections, the exhibition explores the life of the Buddha, the role of the bodhisattva, Buddhist cosmology, and key concepts such as dharma, karma, nirvana, mantra, mudra, and mandala.

Website Link
lacma.org/art/exhibition/realms-dharma-buddhist-art-across-asia
Event Date
-
Event Location

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0637913, -118.3588851

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
213.202.5567
Event ID
10382342
Event Main Image

We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Mesoamerican artists held a cosmic responsibility: as they adorned the surfaces of buildings, clay vessels, textiles, bark-paper pages, and sculptures with color, they (quite literally) made the world. Color mapped the very order of the cosmos, of time and space. The exhibition explores the science, art, and cosmology of color in Mesoamerica. See website for ticket prices and registration.
Website Link
lacma.org/art/exhibition
Event Date
-
Event Location

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0637913, -118.3588851

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Contact Phone
213.202.5567
Event ID
10332733
Event Main Image

Lifes: Senyawa

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
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.
Website Link
channel.hammer.ucla.edu/video/1721/lifes-senyawa
Event Date
Event Location

Online with the Hammer Museum
United States

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
(310) 443-7912
Event ID
10381866
Event Main Image

soundpedro2025 chthonic

Event Type
Culture & Community
Fairs & Festivals
Family Activity
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Angels Gate Cultural Center (AGCC), in partnership with the artist group FLOOD, is pleased to announce the soundpedro2025 chthonic on-site event on Saturday, June 7, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Produced by FLOOD, and hosted by AGCC since 2017, soundpedro features over 100 single and multi-media sound artists who experiment in sound and its modes of perception.

The one-night event includes: sculptures, environments, installations, timed and ongoing performances, interactions, and presentations placed throughout Angels Gate Cultural Center located at 3601 S. Gaffey Street in San Pedro, California. soundpedro is an annual season of experimental sound art events presented through November. soundpedro is not a music event.

soundpedro2025 chthonic shows June 7 through July 5, 2025. Gallery hours Thursdays through Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

 

Learn more about soundpedro2025 chthonic at soundpedro.art/.

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Performance and installation by Eden Knutilla, photo by Jose Cordon

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Performance of Meanderthals by Melissa Lavabre, photo by Jose Cordon

 

Website Link
https://angelsgateart.org/listing/soundpedro2025-chthonic-on-site-event/
Event Date
-
Event Location

Angels Gate Cultural Center
3601 S. Gaffey St.
San Pedro, CA 90731
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.7119935, -118.2941708

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.519.0936
Event ID
142923
Event Main Image

STORRIER STEARNS JAPANESE GARDEN

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
This Japanese garden features a light hill-scape, pond, cascading 25-foot waterfall, and a formal teahouse designed by Kinzuchi Fujii. The garden is considered by many to be a masterwork, demonstrating the adaptability of Japanese culture in modern America.

 

Fridays and Saturdays, 4:00 – 8:00 p.m., Sundays 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. $15, Register in advance at the website
Website Link
japanesegardenpasadena.com
Event Date
-
Event Location

Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden
270 Arlington Drive
Pasadena, CA 91105
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1279069, -118.1560162

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$15
Contact Phone
626,399.1721
Event ID
10382459
Event Main Image

SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The Norton Simon Museum houses a world-renowned collection of art from South and Southeast Asia, including examples of the rich sculptural and painting traditions that have developed in this region for more than 2,000 years.
Website Link
nortonsimon.org/art/explore-the-collection/
Event Date
-
Event Location

Norton Simon Museum
411 West Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91105
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1462254, -118.1591616

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$20
Contact Phone
626.449.6840
Event ID
10382425
Event Main Image
Folk And Traditional Arts