Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

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 available online. The Virtual Backstage provides an inside look into the artists’ backstories. Their music is a gift for our ancestors and for 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

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10381216
Event Main Image

Lifes: Senyawa

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
LIFE’S Senyawa presents a digital performance by the experimental Indonesian band Senyawa, known for blending traditional Javanese sounds with contemporary noise and industrial influences. Originally created as part of LIFE, a Hammer Museum exhibition exploring speculative futures, this video performance captures Senyawa’s powerful musical language and its intersection with themes of resistance, ritual, and technology.
Website Link
channel.hammer.ucla.edu/video/1721/lifes-senyawa
Event Date
Event Location

Online with the Hammer Museum
United States

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
(310) 443-7912
Event ID
10381869
Event Main Image

Walking the Chinese Garden on a Summer Morning

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The Huntington’s Liu Fang Yuan, or the Garden of Flowing Fragrance, is one of the finest classical-style Chinese gardens outside of China. Filled with Chinese plants and framed by exquisite architecture, the landscape is enriched with references to literature and art. Visitors can find both physical relaxation and mental stimulation when exploring the dramatic 15-acre garden.  
Website Link
youtube.com/watch?v=R9LCH5GkSzQ
Event Date
Event Location

The Huntington
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1278618, -118.1094516

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
626.405.2100
Event ID
10382833
Event Main Image

Walking the Japanese Garden on a Crisp Early Spring Morning

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Tours
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
For over a century, the historic Japanese Garden has been one of the most beloved and iconic landscapes at The Huntington, with its distinctive moon bridge, picture-postcard views of koi-filled ponds, and the historic Japanese House. One of the most popular spots at The Huntington, the Japanese Garden has attracted millions of visitors and remains a site of both fascination and contemplation.
Website Link
youtube.com/watch?v=JBvlMONzyt4
Event Date
Event Location

The Huntington
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1278618, -118.1094516

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
626.405.2100
Event ID
10382894
Event Main Image

Korean Conversation 1-2

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Do you want to learn Korean? Join us and learn the Korean language and culture. Email language@lapl.org for more information.
Website Link
https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/korean-conversation-1-2-0
Event Date
-
Event Location

Los Angeles Central Library
630 W. Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0506708, -118.2551963

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
213.202.5567
Event ID
10383133
Event Main Image

My hands are monsters who believe in magic

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

This exhibition showcases works by Asian diasporic artists that explore the process of unmaking and remaking the self. Focusing on art as a site of radical reimagination, the exhibition presents a cross-generational conversation about the liberatory possibilities inherent in the continuous, messy, and sometimes contradictory process of forming social identity.

Event Date
-
Event Location

Armory Center for the Arts
145 N. Raymond Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91103
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1483721, -118.1493752

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
626.792.5101
Event ID
10382083
Event Main Image

Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Rooms

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Experience Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away, an immersive installation of endless reflections and shifting lights. This timed-entry exhibit requires advance reservations. Additionally, Longing for Eternity, a mirror-lined chamber with dazzling LED lights, is on view on the third floor with no reservation required.  
Website Link
thebroad.org/visit/mirror-rooms
Event Date
-
Event Location

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

Event Lat/Long
34.0544669, -118.2505609

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
See event website, Timed-entry reservations required
Event ID
10378841
Event Main Image

Hammer Projects: Lap-See Lam

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Stockholm-based artist Lap-See Lam presents “Tales of the Altersea” (2023), an immersive video installation inspired by the ruins of a dragon-shaped ship visible from her art school studio. The ship, which sailed from Shanghai to Gothenburg in 1990 intending to serve Chinese cuisine to European patrons, was eventually abandoned. Lam’s work explores themes of loss, memory, and resilience, utilizing the vessel’s history as a narrative foundation.

Website Link
hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2025/hammer-projects-lap-see-lam
Event Date
-
Event Location

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

Event Lat/Long
34.0591217, -118.4436674

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.443.7000
Event ID
10381157
Event Main Image

Line, Form, Qi: Calligraphic Art from the Fondation INK Collection

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

This exhibition showcases experimental works of modern and contemporary calligraphic art, highlighting innovations in the art form. The exhibition explores the evolution of pictographs, the relationship between content and form, the development of new scripts, and the abstraction of the written word. It is accompanied by a scholarly exhibition catalogue.

Website Link
lacma.org/art/exhibition/line-form-qi-calligraphic-art-fondation-ink-collection
Event Date
-
Event Location

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

Event Lat/Long
34.0637913, -118.3588851

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
213.202.5567
Event ID
10381924
Event Main Image

Zheng Chongbin: Golden State

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Explore the innovative works of Shanghai-born, Marin County–based artist Zheng Chongbin, who blends the aesthetics of the Light and Space movement with East Asian ink painting traditions. This focused presentation features two video installations alongside painted and printed works, offering abstract interpretations of California’s natural landscapes through explorations of water, light, and movement.
Website Link
lacma.org/art/exhibition/zheng-chongbin-golden-state
Event Date
-
Event Location

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

Event Lat/Long
34.0637913, -118.3588851

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
213.202.5567
Event ID
10383010
Event Main Image
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month