Evening

JANM Digital Film Festival

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Film
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Join us as we dive into films produced by the Japanese American National Museum’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center! We will be releasing a selection of films, some for a limited time only. Organize a (virtual) screening party with your friends or family or just get cozy and enjoy the past JANM Digital Film Festivals.
Website Link
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYnGMFWDDhthI3LswU_4f5k0frC3Rnung
Event Date
Event Location

Streaming, – Japanese American National Museum
United States

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10316769
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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

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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

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
213.821.2771
Event ID
10317666
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

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.440.7300
Event ID
10317786
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Island Block Jam Sessions

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum (PIEAM) presents Island Block Jam Sessions, six live contemporary music performances by seasoned Pasifika artists. This Virtual Backstage provides an inside look into the artists’ backstories. Their music is a gift for our ancestors and all the little spirits of the human journey. This is where music and mana meet.  
Website Link
pieam.org/virtual-backstage
Event Date
Event Location

Online at Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum
695 Alamitos Ave.
Long Beach, 90802
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.7751664, -118.1804853

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10315070
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

A Strange Loop

Event Type
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Hell-bent on breaking free of his self-perception, Usher, a young, gay, Black writer who hates his day job, writes a musical about a young, gay, Black writer who is writing a musical about a young, gay, Black writer…a strange loop. Usher grapples with desires, identity, and instincts he loves and loathes, all brought to life on stage by a hilarious, straight-talking ensemble.

 

Tuesdays – Fridays, 8:00 p.m., Saturdays, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., Sundays, 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Website Link
centertheatregroup.org/tickets/ahmanson-theatre/2023-24/a-strange-loop
Event Date
-
Event Location

Ahmanson Theatre
135 N. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0566067, -118.2489325

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Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
213.972.4444
Event ID
10319704
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Tiny Father

Event Type
Family Activity
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

When a “friends with benefits” relationship unexpectedly results in the early arrival of a baby girl, Daniel must choose between being a biological parent or becoming a father. The new dad learns to navigate the protocols and frustrations of NICU life on his uncertain path to parenthood in this funny and heartfelt new play where growth is measured in more than grams.

 

Tuesdays – Fridays, 8:00 p.m., Saturdays, 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
Sundays, 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.

Website Link
geffenplayhouse.org
Event Date
-
Event Location

Geffen Playhouse
10886 Le Conte Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0635118, -118.4443932

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Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
310.208.5454
Event ID
10321584
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MRS. DOUBTFIRE

Event Type
Family Activity
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Everyone’s favorite Scottish nanny is headed to Los Angeles in “a feel-good, family-friendly comedy that delivers” (The Hollywood Reporter). Based on the beloved film, it’s “the lovable, big-hearted musical comedy we need right now.”

 

Tuesdays – Saturdays – 8:00 p.m. Saturday – 2:00 p.m. Sunday 1:00 p.m., 6:30 p.m.
Website Link
broadwayinhollywood.com/events
Event Date
-
Event Location

Pantages Theatre
6233 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.102001, -118.325867

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Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
323.468.1770
Event ID
10321567
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LGBTQ Book Club Discussing The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Join the LGBTQ Book Club for a hybrid (in-person and online) discussion of The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr. For adults. This is a hybrid event and will be in-person  as well as on Zoom. Register at the website for the zoom link.
Website Link
visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/10244790
Event Date
-
Event Location

West Hollywood Library
625 N. San Vicente Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0816776, -118.384269

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.652.5340
Event ID
136469
Event Main Image
Evening