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WeHo Pride Arts Festival

Event Type
Dance
Culture & Community
Fairs & Festivals
Family Activity
Music
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
This series activates West Hollywood with two art exhibits, a Vogue ball, a poetry happening, and a transmasculine comedy show, along with other arts grant programs, Prism Comics Q-Con (LGBTQ+ Comic-Con), a free concert from GMCLA, and interactive typewriter poetry by Pride Poets.
Website Link
wehopride.com
Event Date
-
Event Location

WeHo Pride Street Fair Celebration Stage
Santa Monica Blvd. at La Peer Dr.
West Hollywood
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.082991, -118.3867347

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10321919
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Poetry Scrabble: Interactive Community Poetry Experience

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Poetry Scrabble is an interactive community poetry experience conceived by West Hollywood City Poet Laureate Jen Cheng, inviting community members to play with word tiles on a word art sculpture. Together, in the courtyard of Long Hall, participants will create collaborative poems with words celebrating the visual art of the Vitam Picturarum (Life in Pictures) Exhibition. At 7:45 p.m., Cheng will perform the newly created poems celebrating the experience of this word art experience.
Website Link
wehopride.com
Event Date
-
Event Location

Plummer Park – Long Hall
7377 Santa Monica
West Hollywood, CA 90069
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0914637, -118.350834

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
136438
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Friday Films: LGBTQ Pride Month Celebration

Event Type
Film
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Join us for an entertaining afternoon with recent movie releases projected on our large screen. Blockbusters, Oscar winners, action, drama, sci-fi, comedy—We’ve got it all!

Website Link
lapl.org/whats-on/events/friday-movie-screening
Event Date
-
Event Location

Little Tokyo Branch Library
203 S. Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0500682, -118.2437996

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
213.612.0525
Event ID
136436
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Alice Wang: We Are Extraterrestrial

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
In her first solo museum exhibition in the US, We Are Extraterrestrial, Alice Wang showcases recent prints, glass sculptures, newly commissioned ceramic sculptures, film, and an artist’s book that reflect the artist’s deep curiosity for the space between the real and the imaginary. 

 

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, & Saturdays 12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m.,
Thursdays 12:00 noon – 7:00 p.m.
Website Link
vincentpriceartmuseum.org/exhibitions
Event Date
-
Event Location

Vincent Price Art Museum
1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez
Monterey Park, CA 91754
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0411583, -118.1509885

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
323.265.8841
Event ID
10316698
Event Main Image

South and Southeast Asian Paintings and Sculpture

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The Norton Simon Museum houses a world-renowned collection of South and Southeast Asian art that includes examples of the rich sculptural and painting traditions that developed in this region over more than 2,000 years. To learn more, view the video podcast Learning to Look at Asian Art  https://www.nortonsimon.org/learn/watch-and-listen/videos-podcasts-and-lectures/video-learning-to-look-at-asian-art-at-the-norton-simon-museum-2/

 

Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays, 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m., Friday and Saturdays, 12:00 noon – 7:00 p.m.

Adults – $20, Seniors – $15, Members, Students and Children – Free
Website Link
nortonsimon.org
Event Date
-
Event Location

Norton Simon Museum
411 West Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91105
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1462254, -118.1591616

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Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$20 – $25
Contact Phone
626.449.6840
Event ID
10314998
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The Studies – Untitled Flags

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Rubén Esparza’s Untitled (flag) series challenges the symbolic meaning of the American flag and questions the sociopolitical history that has made it recognizable globally. A symbol of the American dream for some, and capitalist imperialism for others, the history of the American flag is fraught and complicated.

 

Check the website for times May 22 – September 16
Website Link
lacountylibrary.org/location/west-hollywood-library
Event Date
-
Event Location

West Hollywood Library
625 N. San Vicente Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0816776, -118.384269

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.652.5340
Event ID
10322333
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Keith Haring: Radiant Vision

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Long Beach Museum of Art is honored to exhibit this prolific artist in Long Beach for the first time. Haring’s guiding principle was that art should belong to everyone, which in turn is the driving force of this exhibition. It has appeared in New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, and the northern cities of Monza and Parma, Italy, offering powerful examples of how Haring fought for change, using art as a platform for activism.

 

Adults – $12, Seniors/ Seniors – $10, Members/Youth – Free
Website Link
hlbma.org/upcoming-exhibitions
Event Date
-
Event Location

Long Beach Museum of Art
2300 E. Ocean Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90803
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.7634664, -118.1647638

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Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$10 – $12
Contact Phone
562.439.2119
Event ID
10322396
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Mickalene Thomas: All About Love

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
This will be the first major international tour of pioneering artist Mickalene Thomas’s work. Marking its debut at The Broad with over 80 works from the last 20 years, the exhibition highlights how Thomas has mastered and innovated within several disciplines, from mixed-media painting and collage to installation and photography.

 

May 25 – September 29 Tuesdays – Sundays, check the website for times $22, Reserve a timed entry ticket at the website
Website Link
thebroad.org/art
Event Date
-
Event Location

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

Event Lat/Long
34.0544669, -118.2505609

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Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$22,
Event ID
10322270
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The Music Center Tours

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

Create fun memories during summer vacation with a free tour of The Music Center’s sprawling campus. The 90-minute tours encompass The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, and Walt Disney Concert Hall.

 

Tuesdays – Fridays, 11:00 a.m., Saturdays – Sundays, 10:15 a.m.

Website Link
musiccenter.org/visit-explore/visit-explore/tours/the-music-center-symphonian-tours
Event Date
-
Event Location

Walt Disney Concert Hall, Lobby
111 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, 90012
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0553468, -118.2499213

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
323.850.2000
Event ID
10318028
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Permanent Collection at the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum

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

Scattered like stars across the night sky are over 20,000 Pacific Islands in Oceania, with a human history rich in ritual, narrative tradition, innovation, and art. Our mission is to incorporate the diverse cultures of the Pacific Islands, with a focus on Micronesia, into a permanent collection, educational programs, rotating exhibits, and living arts.

 

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Adults – $5, Seniors and Students – $3, Members and Children under 12 – Free

Website Link
pieam.org
Event Date
-
Event Location

Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum
695 Alamitos Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90802
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.7751861, -118.1804271

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Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$3 – $5
Contact Phone
562.216.4170
Event ID
10315107
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