African American Heritage Month

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The online archive encompasses the myriad contributions of African Americans who have achieved cultural and historical prominence. This electronic resource includes biographies of such famous political and social figures, primary and secondary sources, including the complete WPA (Works Progress Administration) Slave Narratives collection, speeches, court cases, quotations, advertisements, and photographs, maps, and other images.
Event Date
Event Location

Los Angeles Library – Online
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0522342, -118.2436849
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10290356
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Event Type
Culture & Community
Tours
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Stories of Sugar Hill presented by Friends Of Residential Treasures: Los Angeles

Map and guidebook available for download on February 13, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. for FREE!

Stories of Sugar Hill is a seven-stop self-guided Trail map accompanied by  in-depth research that celebrates the influential legends, icons, and trailblazers of West Adams’ Black history.

This project supports the neighborhood’s efforts in collecting, archiving, and sharing the stories of West Adams by working with residents of the area.

The experience is told through the neighborhood’s historic and unique architecture and is led by narrative accounts and reflections of the residents themselves.

 

The accompanying map and research will be accessible for download on February 13, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. on the FORT website.

Participants can log onto the FORT website and download the material for FREE, and take the self-guided tour at their leisure.

 

Event Date
Event Location

West Adams Neighborhood
2105 Venice Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90006
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0437915, -118.3028265
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
+91 7578946602
Event ID
10292294
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Event Type
Culture & Community
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Drawing from her training in theater and the psychology of group dynamics, New York–based artist Autumn Knight makes performances that reshape perceptions of race, gender, and authority. Drawing from her NOTHING#31 series—an investigation into the Italian concept of “dolce far niente,” the sweetness of doing nothing—Knight performs two works at REDCAT.

Presented on Thursday, March 15 and Friday, March 16, part one, a bar, is a social experiment transforming the theater space into a host club in which, guided by Knight, the audiences undertake the task of creating the optimal conditions for temporary but meaningful companionship, desire, and connection with their fellow audience members.

Presented on Sunday, March 17, part two, A BLUFF, is just that. Using her training as an improviser and the inexhaustible possibilities each audience member brings, Knight alone on stage responds improvisationally to the space, its architecture, its audience, pointedly launching from the potentiality—both the sweetness and desolation—of nothingness.

 

Please note: NOTHING#31: a bar contains mature content.

Event Date
-
Event Location

REDCAT
631 W. 2nd Street
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0550997, -118.2505889
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$15 – $30
Event ID
10295823
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Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Stew is a captivating funny, and intimate story about the relationships between mothers and daughters and the realities that bind them together.

 

Fridays at 8:00 pm Saturdays at 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm Sundays at 3 pm & 7:00 pm
Event Date
-
Event Location

The Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
4718 W. Washington Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90016
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0395836, -118.3420399
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$30
Contact Phone
323.964.9766
Event ID
10302159
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Event Type
Culture & Community
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
On a hot summer night in Texas, Vernita Manifold summons her two daughters down to the bayou with a secret too big to keep. The richest, meanest man in town is dead, and the Manifold women know more than they’re saying. As secrets begin to surface, the bonds between the women, their town, and the legacy of their ancestors all come to a head. Black Cypress Bayou is a hilarious, suspenseful world premiere about loyalty, healing, and comeuppance.  

 

Wednesday through Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 3:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Event Date
-
Event Location

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

Event Lat/Long
34.0635118, -118.4443932
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$70
Contact Phone
310.208.5454
Event ID
10291843
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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
-
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
10296073
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Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Started over 50 years ago, the Kinsey’s have been on a journey of collecting fine art and primary source historical objects that document the African American experience and illuminate the untold stories of Black Excellence throughout U.S. history. The exhibition focuses on the lives, accomplishments, and brilliance of African Americans from the 16th century through the years of slavery and emancipation to the civil rights movement and modern-day.
Event Date
-
Event Location

SoFi Stadium
1001 Stadium Dr.
Inglewood, CA 90301
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.9530049, -118.3385242
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$15
Contact Phone
213-808-6220
Event ID
10296149
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Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
This exhibition creates a library setting where the shelves are filled with more than six thousand books individually wrapped in Shonibare’s signature Dutch wax-printed cotton textiles. Each book bears a name on its spine of a notable American individual. First- and second-generation immigrants and Black Americans affected by the Great Migration are featured alongside one another. A further set of books features the names of people who have spoken against immigration, equality, or diversity.
Event Date
-
Event Location

Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Los Angeles, CA 90049
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1247412, -118.4791706
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$15 – $18
Event ID
10291326
Event Main Image
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
-
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
10295220
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
-
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
10296027
Event Main Image