Evening

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
10317792
Event Main Image

July 4th Weekend Ferris Wheel Flag Display: Santa Monica Pier

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier’s Ferris wheel will fly a 90-foot American flag for the Fourth of July weekend celebration, along with a spectacular display of patriotic red, white, and blue colors, patterns, and transitions. The Ferris wheel lights celebration can also be viewed online at their website.
Website Link
pacpark.com/santa-monica-amusement-park/ferris-wheel
Event Date
-
Event Location

Santa Monica Pier
200 Santa Monica Pier
Santa Monica, CA 90401
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0100963, -118.496207

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
2139728001
Event ID
10321830
Event Main Image

Unbroken Blossoms

Event Type
Family Activity
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Unbroken Blossoms is a historical reimagining of the making of a boundary-breaking Hollywood classic that shines a light on the collateral damage in the search for “authentic” representation, and asks what price we pay for our art.

 

Check the website for dates and times.
Website Link
eastwestplayers.org/unbroken
Event Date
-
Event Location

David Henry Hwang Theater
120 Judge John Aiso St.
Downtown Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0506747, -118.2400116

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event ID
10321782
Event Main Image

Best Life: A Three Part Look Back

Event Type
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Best Life is an online series created, written, and filmed by Jordan Michael Green. He explores the slings, arrows, and joys of the entertainment business as an artist, actor, and performance artist. These episodes feature a chat with the series’ most notable characters, and the stars/actors look back at some of the series’ most significant moments.
Website Link
youtube.com/wehoarts
Event Date
-
Event Location

Online Podcasts
CA
United States

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10322041
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
10317731
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
10317671
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
10317791
Event Main Image

July 4th Weekend Ferris Wheel Flag Display: Santa Monica Pier

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier’s Ferris wheel will fly a 90-foot American flag for the Fourth of July weekend celebration, along with a spectacular display of patriotic red, white, and blue colors, patterns, and transitions. The Ferris wheel lights celebration can also be viewed online at their website.
Website Link
pacpark.com/santa-monica-amusement-park/ferris-wheel
Event Date
-
Event Location

Santa Monica Pier
200 Santa Monica Pier
Santa Monica, CA 90401
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0100963, -118.496207

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
2139728001
Event ID
10321829
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

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
213.972.4444
Event ID
10319709
Event Main Image

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

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
310.208.5454
Event ID
10321589
Event Main Image
Evening