Historic Preservation

JOHN ELGIN WOOLF: MASTER OF THE HOLLYWOOD REGENCY

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Architect John Elgin Woolf’s work defined luxury living for Hollywood’s famous. He became a master of the Hollywood Regency style, creating glamorous homes for figures including Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Mae West, and John Wayne. Take this self-guided architectural trail curated by filmmaker and journalist Matt Tyrnauer.
Website Link
drive.google.com/file/d/1gHL9DLox6Im2IKgmuFEPGhTT53XOYFPP/view
Event Date
Event Location

Online as a self-guided walking tour
Los Angeles, CA
United States

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10322185
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INDEPENDENT VOICES

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
An open-access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines, and journals drawn from the extraordinary collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press, and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.
Website Link
voices.revealdigital.org
Event Date
Event Location

Virtual Event
150 E 10th St
Claremont, CA 91711
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.9652918, -118.1514588

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10322155
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LGBTQ+ PRIDE AT LOS ANGELES COUNTY LIBRARY

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Film
Music
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The LGBTQ+ Pride at Los Angeles County Library has a selection of resources and materials that inform about and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community in Los Angeles County and beyond. The scope encompasses academic materials, poetry, film, music, novels, magazines, and newspapers.
Website Link
lacountylibrary.org/pride
Event Date
Event Location

Virtual Event
150 E 10th St
Claremont, CA 91711
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.9652918, -118.1514588

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10322125
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
CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
36.778261, -119.4179324

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10322245
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PRIDE AT THE FOWLER – ARCHIVING GAY HISTORY

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Join the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s Virtual Screening Room to view The Beauty President, a presentation by Barnette, followed by a conversation moderated by the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s May Hong HaDuong. The conversation will focus on contemporaray art’s capacity to breathe new life into archival content; how to deal with what is missing, and the limits of existing archives, and the power of images to undo the lies of history.
Website Link
fowler.ucla.edu/events/pride-at-the-fowler-archiving-gay-history
Event Date
Event Location

Fowler Museum – Online
CA 90095
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.070264, -118.4440562

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
3108253237
Event ID
10321985
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SECRET LIVES, STORIES, MUSIC, AND ORIGINAL WRITINGS BY LGBTQ+ SENIORS

Event Type
Culture & Community
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Secret Lives explores the stories of the remarkable seniors in the Los Angeles LGBT Center Senior Services program and many historical figures who had to keep secrets to maintain their careers, families, and place in society.
Website Link
youtube.com/watch?v=EGZ7zv0NH8s
Event Date
Event Location

Live Streaming
Los Angeles, CA
United States

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10322015
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
10318316
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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
10317726
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
10317666
Event Main Image

AT THE CROSSROADS: QANDAHAR IN IMAGES AND EMPIRES

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

This exhibition features the earliest known photographs of Qandahar, Afghanistan, taken between 1880 and 1881 at the end of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Today, they offer insights into the region, its local populations, and its rich cultural traditions. We invite you to explore a free publication, an online preview of images, and stories related to this project.

Website Link
getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/qandahar
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
10309858
Event Main Image
Historic Preservation