African American Heritage Month

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
This is a great afternoon for the whole family, with special surprises for future firefighters. Take a 40-minute guided tour filled with stories and little-known details about the African American firefighters’ legacy here in Los Angeles. Explore the grounds of our historic Fire Station No. 30, which operated as a segregated firehouse from 1924 to 1955. Experience a real fire truck up close and enjoy a Kid’s Corner creative space and fun photo opportunities.
Event Date
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Event Location

African American Firefighter Museum
1401 South Central Ave.
Los Angeles, 90021
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0284523, -118.2472488
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Free, Tickets available at aaffmuseum.org and Eventbrite
Contact Phone
213.744.1730
Event ID
10291795
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Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
18th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium, is an exhibition that recount the 80-year history (1925-2005) of the Olympic Auditorium, the home for visceral entertainment in Los Angeles and a historic venue that shaped Los Angeles’ past and influenced its future. From the dangerous combat of boxing to the dramatic theatricality of wrestling, roller derby, and music, the gritty punch palace at the corner of 18th Street and Grand Avenue distilled the beauty and brutality of a divided city.
Event Date
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Event Location

La Plaza de Cultura y Artes
501 N. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0564554, -118.2398448
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
213.542.6200
Event ID
10296085
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Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The exhibition brings together over 100 sacred artworks including carved sculpture, vibrant beadwork, dazzling costumes, and other art forms from Nigeria and Benin and across the Yoruba diaspora of Brazil, Cuba, and the U.S. Together these objects trace continuities and innovations within the religious material culture of the Yoruba Atlantic, a cultural sphere profoundly affected by empire-building, colonialism, the violence of enslavement, international trade networks, and global immigration patterns.

 

 

Event Date
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Event Location

Fowler Museum at UCLA
W. Sunset Blvd. and Westwood Plaza,
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0738276, -118.4452915
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.825.4361
Event ID
10295227
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The GRAMMY Museum aims to educate individuals about the history and cultural significance of American music and to inspire the next generation to explore and create new forms of music using the roots that have existed in interactives, and exciting exhibitions.  The Museum accomplishes this through innovative programming, cutting-edge interactives, and exciting exhibitions.

 

Sundays & Mondays, Wednesdays – Fridays 11:00 noon – 5:00 p.m. Saturdays: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00p.m,  Tuesdays – Closed
Event Date
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Event Location

Grammy Museum
800 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite A 245
Los Angeles, CA 90015
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0447954, -118.2652703
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
213.765.6800
Event ID
10296041
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Surveying twenty-five years of the multi-disciplinary practice of artist Paul Pfeiffer (b. 1966, Honolulu, Hawaii; lives in New York), Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom will celebrate a pioneering artist known for his incisive work that interrogates ideas of spectacle, belonging and identity. Inspired by televised sporting events and popular entertainment, Pfeiffer’s work deconstructs our fascination and obsession with celebrity culture, unpacking how collective consciousness is shaped and manipulated through his masterful editing of found footage. In tracing the global trajectory of image circulation, Pfeiffer demonstrates how desire, heroism, and worship operate as part of the mechanisms of art, religion, politics, and nationhood. Bringing together more than thirty works and debuting a new commission, Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom is the first retrospective of the artist’s multi-disciplinary practice.

 

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.,
Thursdays 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.,
Saturdays and Sundays 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Event Date
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Event Location

The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
152 N. Central Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0497071, -118.2391003
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$10 – $18
Contact Phone
(213) 625-4390
Event ID
10296207
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The Museum of Latin American Art is pleased to present Alexandre Arrechea: Intersected Horizons, the first solo museum show in California that explores the artistic practices of the well-known and multidisciplinary artist Alexandre Arrechea. A contemporary Afro-Cuban artist based between Spain and the USA for more than two decades and the former co-founder of the Los Carpinteros collective,

 

In this exhibit, Arrechea’s method of transgressing the limits of traditional artifacts and materials as a point of examination is redefined as a social and political exploration that melds art, history, and archaeological forms.

 

Adults – $15 Seniors & Students – $10, Members and Children under 12 Free,
Free Admission every Sunday
Event Date
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Event Location

Museum of Latin American Art
628 Alamitos Ave
Long Beach, CA 90802
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.774467, -118.17985
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$10 – $15
Contact Phone
562.437.1689
Event ID
10296129
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Mark Bradford’s 150 Portrait Tone, a mural-size composition that contains elements of both abstraction and realism, is based on an idea for a work that the artist conceived after the fatal shooting of Philando Castile by a police officer in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in July 2016. Castile, a nutrition services supervisor at an elementary school, was shot after being pulled over in his car—an incident that was livestreamed on Facebook by Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, who was sitting in the passenger seat next to him.

The painting features excerpts of Reynolds’s dialogue from the video. The title, 150 Portrait Tone, refers to the name and color code of the pink acrylic used throughout the painting. Like the now-obsolete “flesh” crayon in the Crayola 64 box (renamed “peach” in 1962), the color “portrait tone” carries inherent assumptions about who, exactly, is being depicted. In the context of Bradford’s painting, the title presents a sobering commentary on power and representation.

Event Date
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Event Location

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

Event Lat/Long
34.0637913, -118.3588851
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$10 – $25
Contact Phone
213.202.5567
Event ID
10296625
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
This exhibition surveys over five hundred years of intaglio prints drawn from the extensive collections of the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the Hammer Museum. The intaglio medium comprises engravings, etchings, dry point, aquatint, and mezzotint, all of which involve the use of a copper or zinc plate that is incised, inked, and printed. These materials and techniques have remained more or less the same since the fifteenth century. The exhibit includes examples of Renaissance engraving, through contemporary etchings. Groove includes more than eighty prints, organized chronologically, with important examples of Renaissance engraving by Albrecht Dürer and Giorgio Ghisi; major etchings of the Dutch baroque period by Rembrandt van Rijn; nineteenth- and twentieth-century prints by Stanley William HayterErnst Ludwig KirchnerKäthe Kollwitz, and Pablo Picasso; and contemporary etchings by Mark BradfordVija CelminsNicole EisenmanToba Khedoori, and Martin Puryear.
Event Date
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Event Location

Hammer Museum, UCLA
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0591217, -118.4436674
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.443.7000
Event ID
10295301
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The Broad is pleased to announce Desire, Knowledge, and Hope (with Smog), an exhibition drawn entirely from the Broad collection, showcasing works by Los Angeles-based artists. Drawing its title from a John Baldessari work, the exhibition includes reflections on L.A. as a city in flux, and on societal issues that extend far beyond it. The show includes the work of 21 artists across varying generations who were raised in the Los Angeles area, or relocated to the city.

 

Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays – 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.,

Thursdays – 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Event Date
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Event Location

The Broad
221 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0544714, -118.2505584
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
(213) 232-6200
Event ID
10291415
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Come celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Our 5,000-square-foot exhibit delves deep into the multifaceted world of hip-hop through expansive exhibits on hip-hop music, dance, graffiti, fashion, business, activism, and history, providing visitors with an immersive experience that explores the profound impact and influence of hip-hop culture. On display will be an incredible array of artifacts including the Notorious B.I.G.’s iconic red leather pea jacket, LL Cool J’s red Kangol bucket hat, and more.

 

Sundays & Mondays, Wednesdays – Fridays 11:00 noon – 5:00 p.m. Saturdays: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00p.m,  Tuesdays – Closed
Event Date
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Event Location

Grammy Museum
800 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite A 245
Los Angeles, CA 90015
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0447954, -118.2652703
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$13 – $15
Contact Phone
213.765.6800
Event ID
10294528
Event Main Image