Dca Cultural Center Event

Port Traits pays tribute to the work of late AGCC Studio Artists Scott Brown and Slobodan Dimitrov. The exhibition features a selection of paintings by Brown and his alias, Butcher John Henry (a collaboration with artist Logan Fox), in addition to black and white film photographs by Dimitrov. With over 25 years of history at the Center, Scott Brown and Slobodan Dimitrov will be remembered for their impact on the San Pedro community.

Scott Brown was a painter, photographer, and storyteller who grew up in Southern California. Scott was an active member of the South Bay arts community, participating regularly in the First Thursday art walk in Downtown San Pedro and other events around San Pedro and Palos Verdes. Brown’s colorful and uniquely stylized paintings captured the people and places in his life around San Pedro and beyond. Paintings by Scott Brown and his collaborative alias, Butcher John Henry, will be on view in Port Traits.

Slobodan Dimitrov was the unofficial photographer of the labor movement in the LA area for the past thirty years, a crucial period in its history. He was born in former Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia) and spent several years in France as a child before emigrating to Los Angeles. He became an AGCC Studio Artist in 1984, and he has spent much of his career documenting the labor movement in addition to San Pedro’s history and local artists. Port Traits will feature several bodies work by Dimitrov from his black and white film photography practice.

Port Traits will be on view in the AGCC galleries March 9th – April 6th, 2024, with open gallery hours Thursdays – Saturdays from 10am to 4pm. The exhibition will open with a free public reception on Saturday, March 9th from 3-5pm.

Support for the AGCC exhibitions program is provided by City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, The Ahmanson Foundation, Norris Foundation, the Perenchio Foundation, and the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation.

About Angels Gate Cultural Center

Angels Gate Cultural Center (AGCC) emerged from a group of San Pedro artists in the 1970s that created art studios and exhibition space within the WWII era army barracks of Angels Gate Park near the Port of Los Angeles. Today, AGCC hosts over 50 artist studios in addition to a variety of programs to engage the diverse communities of the Los Angeles Harbor region, including arts education in local schools, community classes, cultural events, and exhibitions of contemporary art. More information about AGCC is available at angelsgateart.org

Start the Halloween celebration with the LankerSCREAM Festival of Fright: a weekend of theatrical performances, cinema, dance on film, and classic animation honoring creative artists working in the horror genre.

The LankerSCREAM Festival of Fright spotlights filmmakers such as horror movie producer William Castle, and Max Fleischer, animator and creator of Betty Boop.

The festival will also showcase some of Los Angeles’s most creative emerging artists and film scholars who will offer insight and differing perspectives on the films. The LankerSCREAM Festival of Fright screamings begins Wednesday, October 9 through Saturday, October 12, 2024 at DCA’s Lankershim Arts Center (LNK) in North Hollywood.

All festival events are free and open to the public, but due to limited space, reservations are highly recommended.

Produced by DCA’s Performing Arts Division and NoHo Micro Cinema.

LankerScream Festival of Fright Schedule:

SAINTS OF POE

Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.

Presented by DCA and the Interact Theatre Company

This play reading delves into the dark, inner world of Edgar Allan Poe, where horror is a distinctly human experience—a relentless force within ordinary people that compels them toward hubris, revenge, rage, and despair. Interact Theatre Company brings Poe’s chilling tales to life through three masterful pieces that blur the line between victim and villain, leaving us haunted and introspective, as we catch a glimpse of ourselves in the shadows. Click here to reserve your tickets!

CASTLEMANIA! THE WILLIAM CASTLE RETRPSPECTIVE: THE TIGER

Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 8:30 p.m.)

Presented by DCA and NoHo Micro Cinema Directed by William Castle, written by Robb White, performances by Vincent Price and Judith Evelyn, Columbia Pictures,1959, 83 min.

Followed by a conversation with horror critic, filmmaker, and co-host of the Midnight Mass podcast, Michael Varrati, in a post-film discussion, moderated by festival co-producer Jorge Aparicio from NoHo Micro Cinema.

Horror icon Vincent Price stars as an obsessed pathologist who discovers a parasitic creature called a “tingler”, which grows on the spinal cords of people and feeds on fear, and who must find a way to prevent it from causing deadly havoc when it escapes… and it will escape! It’s meta-horror meets melodrama with deliciously droll performances by Price and Evelyn. Considered by film scholars to be Castle’s magnum opus, the film was presented in “Percepto,” a promotion that Castle sold as the “newest and most startling gimmick on the screen!” This in-theater immersive experience featured random seats that buzzed the behinds of select audience members in specially rigged theater seats, and we will be presenting as such. In the words of the film’s poster: When the screen screams you’ll scream too… if you value your life! Click here to reserve your tickets!

CASTLEMANIA! THE WILLIAM CASTLE RETROSPECTIVE: HOMICIDAL

Friday, October 11, 2024, at 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 8:30 p.m.)

Presented by DCA and NoHo Micro Cinema Directed by William Castle, written by Robb White, performances by Glenn Corbett and Joan Marshall (as “Jean Arless”), Columbia Pictures, 1961, 83 min.

Followed by a conversation with Sean Abley, author of Queer Horror, moderated by festival co-producer Jorge Aparicio from NoHo Micro Cinema.

A sleepy town is rocked by the brutal murder of a justice of the peace, which uncovers a lurid fight over a family inheritance. Castle marketed the movie with a “fright break” stunt so anyone too scared to see the shocking ending would exit the theater and follow a yellow streak on the theater floor to the Coward’s Corner photo opportunity in the lobby. We encourage patrons to take pictures at our own Coward’s Corner, but not before enjoying the entirety of this killer mix of camp, queerness, and macabre comedy — with a twist you have to see to believe. Click here to reserve your tickets!

BETTY BOOP’S HALLOWEEN PARTY

Saturday, October 12, 2024, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.

Presented by DCA and NoHo Micro Cinema

Boop-oop-a-doop your way into The Lankershim Arts Center in the morning with a Halloween themed Saturday Morning Cartoon Café celebrating some of the Fleischer Studio’s best spooky toons featuring the iconic Betty Boop and Friends. We will have two showings in our screening room upstairs and Betty Boop’s Halloween Party downstairs: Free milk and cereal for the kiddies with complimentary freshly made coffee and cappuccinos whipped by our guest barista for the grown-ups; arts and crafts; selfie spots; and music. Customs are encouraged. Click here to reserve your tickets!

DANCE IN THE CITY

Saturday, October 12, 2024, at 6:00 p.m.

Inspired by William Castle

Dance on Film Event

Presented by DCA and LADWC The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) Performing Arts Division (PERF), in collaboration with Los Angeles Dance Worker Coalition (LADWC), presents the 2024 dance on-film commission awardees. Seven artists–Brandon Maxwell, Diamondback Annie, Ibuki Kuramochi, Jennifer Rose, Kate Coleman, Kevin Zambrano, and Precious Ellis–were commissioned to create new works as part of the 2024 Dance in the City, formerly named Dance in the Districts. Emerging artists were commissioned to create video works influenced or inspired by the 1950s and 1960s gimmick thriller films of William Castle. Click here to reserve your tickets!

CASTLEMANIA! THE WILLIAM CASTLE RETROSPECTIVE: STRAIGHT-JACKET

Saturday, October 12, 2024, at 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 8:30 p.m.)

Presented by DCA and NoHo Micro Cinema Directed by William Castle, written by Robert Bloch, performances by Joan Crawford and Diane Baker, Columbia Pictures, 1964, 93 min.

Followed by a conversation with comedy writers and co-hosts of the Mama needs a Movie podcast, Anne Rieman and Ryan Perez, moderated by festival co-producer Jorge Aparicio from NoHo Micro Cinema.

Screen legend Joan Crawford stars as Lucy Harbin, a newly released murderess who served 20 years for a grisly crime of passion. Now reunited with her daughter and her brother’s family, her life is back to normal… or is it? When a spate of ax murders mysteriously start occurring, all eyes are on Lucy. Written by the screenwriter of Psycho, this is Castle’s foray into the psycho-biddy genre, with Castle capitalizing on Joan Crawford’s newfound popularity as a horror icon. Click here to reserve your tickets!

 

Questions? Please refer to the LNK’s Instagram account: @dca_lnk or call: (818) 301-6120.

We’re thrilled to announce the opening of the PST ART: Art & Science Collide exhibition, Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics on Saturday, September 7, 2024, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Presented by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions LACE at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, this exhibition revisits the collaborative artistic practice of the late Beatriz da Costa (1974–2012) as an investigation into technoscientific experimentation, politics, activism, and art-making, contextualized for our contemporary moment. Curated by LACE’s former Chief Curator/Director of Programs Daniela Lieja Quintanar with Ana Briz, the project weaves together an exhibition, public programming, performances, educational workshops, and study groups as an evocation of da Costa’s approach to the intersections of ancient and non-academic forms of knowledge. This exhibition is complemented by a publication surveying da Costa’s entire artistic career with curatorial essays, reflections from previous collaborators including Donna Harraway and Robert F. Nideffer, and more. The catalog is the most extensive analysis of da Costa’s practice to date, and is distributed by MIT Press. Southern California’s landmark arts event, PST ART, returns in September 2024, presenting more than 70 exhibitions from organizations across the region exploring the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art.

The exhibition brings together artists Michael Massenburg, Aiseborn, and Mr. B Baby to explore the intersections of family,
culture, and community. Curated by Guillermo Aviles-Rodriguez, PhD., the works will be on view Wednesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., from April 13 to August 2024, with a reception/artist talk and performance by Nedra Wheeler Trio taking place Sunday, June 9 at 1:00 p.m. Admission is free.

Cover image: Helping Families Grow, by Michael Massenburg, Aiseborn, and Mr. B Baby located at Kaiser Permanente Watts Counseling and Learning Center

Experience the interior of Hollyhock House at your own pace with a self-guided tour. Docents are on hand to provide information and answer questions. Guidebooks are also available for visitors to use in the house.

Tickets on sale now through January. Tickets for February will be released in December. If it says NO EVENTS on the purchasing calendar that indicates tours are sold out for that date or Hollyhock House is closed. Questions? Email hollyhockhouse@lacity.org.

The Watts Towers Tour Guide Program offers visitors a unique and in-depth look at one of Los Angeles’ most iconic landmarks. Participants will be guided by knowledgeable tour guides through the towers, learning about the history, cultural significance, and artistic processes involved in their creation. The tour, which is the only way to gain access to the towers, will last approximately 30 minutes and highlight the life of Simon Rodia, the Italian immigrant who built the towers over a

33-year period, and the cultural and social context of the Watts neighborhood in which they stand. The tour also includes a visit to the Watts Towers Arts Center, where visitors can see rotating exhibitions of contemporary art and learn about the ongoing preservation efforts for the Towers. With this program, visitors will gain a greater appreciation for the Watts Towers as a masterpiece of folk art and a symbol of resilience and community spirit.

Justice in our Barrios, Paz al Mundo: A Moratorium on War and Carrying the Legacy Forward, the inaugural exhibition of the Lincoln Heights Youth Arts Center (LHYAC). The exhibition features the personal archive of Rosalio Muñoz, peace activist, social justice organizer, youth mentor with roots in Lincoln Heights and Highland Park, and a Co-Founder of the Chicano Moratorium. Muñoz life’s work underscores the importance of asking ourselves how we can continue building people power and agency and that, together, we can bring about the changes needed in our world today. The exhibition is the culmination of a nine-week summer youth internship that the Center recognized as the Summer 2024 Youth Leaders.

The opening reception of Justice in our Barrios, Paz al Mundo: A Moratorium on War and Carrying the Legacy Forward takes place on Saturday, September 21, 2024, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. The event will be held at El Pueblo de Lincoln Heights Art Gallery at Lincoln Heights Youth Arts Center, located at 2911 Altura Street, Los Angeles, CA 90031. The opening reception and gallery are free and open for all to attend.

Rosalio Muñoz’s knowledge, lived experience, and personal archive ephemera including photographs, newspaper and magazine articles, campaign materials, artworks, and government documents provide the cornerstone from which this exhibition chronicles the historiography of the growing presence and empowerment of Mexican American people starting in the 1920s. Justice in our Barrios emphasizes the Chicano Moratorium’s multigenerational, intercultural, and national grassroots mobilization efforts whose anti-war 2 mission played a critical role in bringing an end to the Vietnam War. Further, it highlights the Chicano Movement’s priorities and accomplishments that took shape and continued after the post-war era towards creating an improved quality of life for all people, particularly the poor and undocumented in Los Angeles.

In addition to the historical timeline, the exhibition showcases contemporary works of art including painting, drawing, photography, and mixed media, that embody peace, justice, and solidarity. The contemporary collection is of emerging and established artists, from LHYAC visual art students to renowned artivists, exemplifying the vibrant spirit and rich history of Los Angeles’s Chicanx resilience and resistance, and reflect the Chicano Movement’s legacy and relevance to the global conflicts of today. Artworks were selected from an Open Call for Art and carefully chosen by the Youth Leaders themselves.

Featured artists include Rafael Cardenas, Colorsoner, Dare to Struggle, Hailey Deniz, Emma Deniz, Jennaya Dunlap, Paz Fernandez, Mina Ho Ferrante, Yulu Fuentes, Bobby Gordon, Kalli Arte Collective, Lilia “Liliflor” Ramirez, Pola Lopez, Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta commissioned by Coyotl + Macehualli, Arturo Meza II, Andrea “Mextica” Ramirez, Josiah O’ Balles, Dara Oum, Sol Itzel Ramirez, Melanny Rivera & Brenda Ceja, Re:sister, Joanna S., and Miki Yokoyama.

The contemporary artworks will be on display until December 14, 2024, and the historical collection will continue through February 2025. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Information on public programming is forthcoming.

Port Traits pays tribute to the work of late AGCC Studio Artists Scott Brown and Slobodan Dimitrov. The exhibition features a selection of paintings by Brown and his alias, Butcher John Henry (a collaboration with artist Logan Fox), in addition to black and white film photographs by Dimitrov. With over 25 years of history at the Center, Scott Brown and Slobodan Dimitrov will be remembered for their impact on the San Pedro community.

Scott Brown was a painter, photographer, and storyteller who grew up in Southern California. Scott was an active member of the South Bay arts community, participating regularly in the First Thursday art walk in Downtown San Pedro and other events around San Pedro and Palos Verdes. Brown’s colorful and uniquely stylized paintings captured the people and places in his life around San Pedro and beyond. Paintings by Scott Brown and his collaborative alias, Butcher John Henry, will be on view in Port Traits.

Slobodan Dimitrov was the unofficial photographer of the labor movement in the LA area for the past thirty years, a crucial period in its history. He was born in former Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia) and spent several years in France as a child before emigrating to Los Angeles. He became an AGCC Studio Artist in 1984, and he has spent much of his career documenting the labor movement in addition to San Pedro’s history and local artists. Port Traits will feature several bodies work by Dimitrov from his black and white film photography practice.

Port Traits will be on view in the AGCC galleries March 9th – April 6th, 2024, with open gallery hours Thursdays – Saturdays from 10am to 4pm. The exhibition will open with a free public reception on Saturday, March 9th from 3-5pm.

Support for the AGCC exhibitions program is provided by City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, The Ahmanson Foundation, Norris Foundation, the Perenchio Foundation, and the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation.

About Angels Gate Cultural Center

Angels Gate Cultural Center (AGCC) emerged from a group of San Pedro artists in the 1970s that created art studios and exhibition space within the WWII era army barracks of Angels Gate Park near the Port of Los Angeles. Today, AGCC hosts over 50 artist studios in addition to a variety of programs to engage the diverse communities of the Los Angeles Harbor region, including arts education in local schools, community classes, cultural events, and exhibitions of contemporary art. More information about AGCC is available at angelsgateart.org

Start the Halloween celebration with the LankerSCREAM Festival of Fright: a weekend of theatrical performances, cinema, dance on film, and classic animation honoring creative artists working in the horror genre.

The LankerSCREAM Festival of Fright spotlights filmmakers such as horror movie producer William Castle, and Max Fleischer, animator and creator of Betty Boop.

The festival will also showcase some of Los Angeles’s most creative emerging artists and film scholars who will offer insight and differing perspectives on the films. The LankerSCREAM Festival of Fright screamings begins Wednesday, October 9 through Saturday, October 12, 2024 at DCA’s Lankershim Arts Center (LNK) in North Hollywood.

All festival events are free and open to the public, but due to limited space, reservations are highly recommended.

Produced by DCA’s Performing Arts Division and NoHo Micro Cinema.

LankerScream Festival of Fright Schedule:

SAINTS OF POE

Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.

Presented by DCA and the Interact Theatre Company

This play reading delves into the dark, inner world of Edgar Allan Poe, where horror is a distinctly human experience—a relentless force within ordinary people that compels them toward hubris, revenge, rage, and despair. Interact Theatre Company brings Poe’s chilling tales to life through three masterful pieces that blur the line between victim and villain, leaving us haunted and introspective, as we catch a glimpse of ourselves in the shadows. Click here to reserve your tickets!

CASTLEMANIA! THE WILLIAM CASTLE RETRPSPECTIVE: THE TIGER

Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 8:30 p.m.)

Presented by DCA and NoHo Micro Cinema Directed by William Castle, written by Robb White, performances by Vincent Price and Judith Evelyn, Columbia Pictures,1959, 83 min.

Followed by a conversation with horror critic, filmmaker, and co-host of the Midnight Mass podcast, Michael Varrati, in a post-film discussion, moderated by festival co-producer Jorge Aparicio from NoHo Micro Cinema.

Horror icon Vincent Price stars as an obsessed pathologist who discovers a parasitic creature called a “tingler”, which grows on the spinal cords of people and feeds on fear, and who must find a way to prevent it from causing deadly havoc when it escapes… and it will escape! It’s meta-horror meets melodrama with deliciously droll performances by Price and Evelyn. Considered by film scholars to be Castle’s magnum opus, the film was presented in “Percepto,” a promotion that Castle sold as the “newest and most startling gimmick on the screen!” This in-theater immersive experience featured random seats that buzzed the behinds of select audience members in specially rigged theater seats, and we will be presenting as such. In the words of the film’s poster: When the screen screams you’ll scream too… if you value your life! Click here to reserve your tickets!

CASTLEMANIA! THE WILLIAM CASTLE RETROSPECTIVE: HOMICIDAL

Friday, October 11, 2024, at 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 8:30 p.m.)

Presented by DCA and NoHo Micro Cinema Directed by William Castle, written by Robb White, performances by Glenn Corbett and Joan Marshall (as “Jean Arless”), Columbia Pictures, 1961, 83 min.

Followed by a conversation with Sean Abley, author of Queer Horror, moderated by festival co-producer Jorge Aparicio from NoHo Micro Cinema.

A sleepy town is rocked by the brutal murder of a justice of the peace, which uncovers a lurid fight over a family inheritance. Castle marketed the movie with a “fright break” stunt so anyone too scared to see the shocking ending would exit the theater and follow a yellow streak on the theater floor to the Coward’s Corner photo opportunity in the lobby. We encourage patrons to take pictures at our own Coward’s Corner, but not before enjoying the entirety of this killer mix of camp, queerness, and macabre comedy — with a twist you have to see to believe. Click here to reserve your tickets!

BETTY BOOP’S HALLOWEEN PARTY

Saturday, October 12, 2024, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.

Presented by DCA and NoHo Micro Cinema

Boop-oop-a-doop your way into The Lankershim Arts Center in the morning with a Halloween themed Saturday Morning Cartoon Café celebrating some of the Fleischer Studio’s best spooky toons featuring the iconic Betty Boop and Friends. We will have two showings in our screening room upstairs and Betty Boop’s Halloween Party downstairs: Free milk and cereal for the kiddies with complimentary freshly made coffee and cappuccinos whipped by our guest barista for the grown-ups; arts and crafts; selfie spots; and music. Customs are encouraged. Click here to reserve your tickets!

DANCE IN THE CITY

Saturday, October 12, 2024, at 6:00 p.m.

Inspired by William Castle

Dance on Film Event

Presented by DCA and LADWC The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) Performing Arts Division (PERF), in collaboration with Los Angeles Dance Worker Coalition (LADWC), presents the 2024 dance on-film commission awardees. Seven artists–Brandon Maxwell, Diamondback Annie, Ibuki Kuramochi, Jennifer Rose, Kate Coleman, Kevin Zambrano, and Precious Ellis–were commissioned to create new works as part of the 2024 Dance in the City, formerly named Dance in the Districts. Emerging artists were commissioned to create video works influenced or inspired by the 1950s and 1960s gimmick thriller films of William Castle. Click here to reserve your tickets!

CASTLEMANIA! THE WILLIAM CASTLE RETROSPECTIVE: STRAIGHT-JACKET

Saturday, October 12, 2024, at 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 8:30 p.m.)

Presented by DCA and NoHo Micro Cinema Directed by William Castle, written by Robert Bloch, performances by Joan Crawford and Diane Baker, Columbia Pictures, 1964, 93 min.

Followed by a conversation with comedy writers and co-hosts of the Mama needs a Movie podcast, Anne Rieman and Ryan Perez, moderated by festival co-producer Jorge Aparicio from NoHo Micro Cinema.

Screen legend Joan Crawford stars as Lucy Harbin, a newly released murderess who served 20 years for a grisly crime of passion. Now reunited with her daughter and her brother’s family, her life is back to normal… or is it? When a spate of ax murders mysteriously start occurring, all eyes are on Lucy. Written by the screenwriter of Psycho, this is Castle’s foray into the psycho-biddy genre, with Castle capitalizing on Joan Crawford’s newfound popularity as a horror icon. Click here to reserve your tickets!

 

Questions? Please refer to the LNK’s Instagram account: @dca_lnk or call: (818) 301-6120.

The exhibition brings together artists Michael Massenburg, Aiseborn, and Mr. B Baby to explore the intersections of family,
culture, and community. Curated by Guillermo Aviles-Rodriguez, PhD., the works will be on view Wednesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., from April 13 to August 2024, with a reception/artist talk and performance by Nedra Wheeler Trio taking place Sunday, June 9 at 1:00 p.m. Admission is free.

Cover image: Helping Families Grow, by Michael Massenburg, Aiseborn, and Mr. B Baby located at Kaiser Permanente Watts Counseling and Learning Center