The Crazy Superhero Vacation is a production by Ms. Neate’s class at Vena Avenue Elementary. Animation and editing are by Pieter Hardeman of Toy Story Lab. Southland Sings is a creative organization using the arts to unlock creative potential through live opera, musical theatre production, education assemblies, and music composition for all ages.

The Crazy Superhero Vacation is a production by Ms. Neate’s class at Vena Avenue Elementary. Animation and editing are by Pieter Hardeman of Toy Story Lab. Southland Sings is a creative organization using the arts to unlock creative potential through live opera, musical theatre production, education assemblies, and music composition for all ages.

The 9th Annual Haiti International Film Festival is a two-day film festival celebrating Haitian art and culture. Founded in 2015 by Haitian American filmmaker Jacquil Constant, Haiti International Film Festival aims to showcase art and films from the Haitian Diaspora to authentically reflect our community’s diverse experiences and backgrounds. The Haiti International Film Festival program promotes cultural diversity through various art genres including documentary films, short films, narrative films, and art.

Since 2007, JANM has partnered with Eric Nakamura, founder of Giant Robot, to produce the Giant Robot Biennale, a recurring art exhibition that highlights diverse creative works celebrating the ethos of Giant Robot—a staple of Asian American alternative pop culture and an influential brand encompassing pop art, skateboard, comic book, graphic arts, and vinyl toy culture.

Giant Robot Biennale 5 will feature artists Sean Chao, Felicia Chiao, Luke Chueh, Giorgiko, James Jean, Taylor Lee, Mike Shinoda, Rain Szeto, and Yoskay Yamamoto.

Giant Robot Biennale 5 is presented by JANM and Eric Nakamura, founder of Giant Robot.

Top: Felicia Chiao, Imagination (detail), 2023, Copic marker and ink on brown toned paper. Courtesy of the artist.

The Crazy Superhero Vacation is a production by Ms. Neate’s class at Vena Avenue Elementary. Animation and editing are by Pieter Hardeman of Toy Story Lab. Southland Sings is a creative organization using the arts to unlock creative potential through live opera, musical theatre production, education assemblies, and music composition for all ages.

Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles (Levitt LA) is celebrating its 17th annual concert series by presenting 10 world-class performances that are all FREE and open to everyone. The concert series runs June 22 through August 31, 2024.

The concerts will be held outdoors, under the stars, with the stunning backdrop of LA’s skyline at MacArthur Park.

Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Red Store Bums
Red Store Bums has been a pillar of the SoCal Latin ska scene since 2022. The band is currently wrapping up their 2nd album, which is slated for release later this year.
https://www.facebook.com/RedStoreBums/

Flaco El Jandro
Flaco El Jandro is a songwriter/musician from Salinas, CA. The concept behind the project has always been to continue the evolution and trajectory of Chicano music, blending traditional songwriting with modern instrumentation and energy, through the medium of a variety of different genres and rhythms.
https://www.flacoeljandro.com/

Eastside Agents
Eastside Agents are a ska/pop/punk band based in East Los Angeles, CA.
https://linktr.ee/eastsideagents

AWOKE Foundation/The GR818ERS 14th annual A Family Affair Festival!

AWOKE Foundation is hosting a free festival open to the public for our summer arts and athletics programs culmination. Our event will have performances, open styles dance battle, live art, vendors, live music, and a car show.

The A Family Affair Festival (AFAFF) is a three day event: Thursday, August 15, Friday, August 16, and Friday, August 17!

EVENT SCHEDULE:

8/15 – STREAM-A-THON LIVESTREAM on our #YouTube channel| 2pm-7pm| FREE

Past & present of our organization + more.

8/16 – The Jam LIVE IN-PERSON at TAXCO THEATRE | 5pm-9pm | $10 Donation
Solo Prelims – Top 16 of the themed open styles dance battle.

8/17 – Grand Finale LIVE IN-PERSON at LANARK PARK – Canoga, Ca | 2pm-9pm | FREE 
Performances, Car show, Vendors, Food, Family activities + Top 8 – Finals of the Open Styles battle & much more.

The 9th Annual Haiti International Film Festival is a two-day film festival celebrating Haitian art and culture. Founded in 2015 by Haitian American filmmaker Jacquil Constant, Haiti International Film Festival aims to showcase art and films from the Haitian Diaspora to authentically reflect our community’s diverse experiences and backgrounds. The Haiti International Film Festival program promotes cultural diversity through various art genres including documentary films, short films, narrative films, and art.

Since 2007, JANM has partnered with Eric Nakamura, founder of Giant Robot, to produce the Giant Robot Biennale, a recurring art exhibition that highlights diverse creative works celebrating the ethos of Giant Robot—a staple of Asian American alternative pop culture and an influential brand encompassing pop art, skateboard, comic book, graphic arts, and vinyl toy culture.

Giant Robot Biennale 5 will feature artists Sean Chao, Felicia Chiao, Luke Chueh, Giorgiko, James Jean, Taylor Lee, Mike Shinoda, Rain Szeto, and Yoskay Yamamoto.

Giant Robot Biennale 5 is presented by JANM and Eric Nakamura, founder of Giant Robot.

Top: Felicia Chiao, Imagination (detail), 2023, Copic marker and ink on brown toned paper. Courtesy of the artist.

Angels Gate Cultural Center (AGCC) presents UPEND Female Experience and Activism, a new group exhibition featuring contemporary women artists. Providing a counter to the increased societal distress of a return to toxic hypermasculinity, UPEND depicts strength and resistance in a decidedly female-identifying voice – upending expectations for what can and cannot be said, and how women should act.

UPEND includes works by Kennedi Carter, Nonny de la Peña with Emblematic Group, Ibuki Kuramochi, Andrea Patrie, Elyse Pignolet, She Loves Collective, Suzanna Scott, Sheli Silverio, and Kayla Tange and is curated by AGCC Director of Exhibitions, Cecelia Koger.

UPEND Female Experience and Activism explores contemporary, intersectional feminist issues through the lens of radical empathy for the female experience. Works explore both the inner personal lives of women and their outward expressions of resistance. UPEND is a response to the cultural resurgence of hypertoxic masculinity and recent political upheavals diminishing bodily autonomy and rights for women. By sharing the unique perspectives of women, UPEND hopes to create empathy for the experiences of others.

UPEND Female Experience and Activism will be on view in the gallery alongside Displacing Structures through August 17th, 2024 with free public visiting hours Thursdays through Saturdays, from 10am to 4pm. Please note that pets are not allowed inside our buildings. For questions, please email gallery@angelsgateart.org.

Visit angelsgateart.org to learn more.

This exhibition is supported by the California Natural Resources Agency for the Museum Grant Program under the California Cultural and Historical Endowment, the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles, and the Pasadena Art Alliance.

Image: Kennedi Carter, Hidden Mother II, 2022. Archival pigment print. Courtesy of the Artist and ROSEGALLERY.