Gay

Best. Dad. NEVER.

Event Type
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
After years fearing he’d never be a father, gay Armenian-American Haig “Hike” Chahinian became the happiest dad of a bouncing Black biracial baby girl. Seeking to be the best Janelle Monáe-listening, Black Girl Magic-supporting, antiracist papa ever, he instead stumbles through the humbling and oft-hilarious fumbles of fatherhood in multiracial America.   Inspired by his viral essays in New York Times Modern Love, Cosmopolitan, and O The Oprah Magazine, Best. Dad. NEVER. is searing, intimate, richly relatable comedic storytelling about what we inherit, what we pass down, and the inherent conflict in striving to be good.  
Website Link
hollywoodfringe.org/projects/11548
Event Date
-
Event Location

The Hudson Theatres
6539 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90038
United States

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Event ID
10389174
Event Main Image

Bird Circuit

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Bird Circuit explores themes of personal expression and identity through the rich symbolism of birds utilizing a queer-coded lens. The exhibition takes inspiration from the historical network of mid-20th-century bars in cities like New York and Los Angeles, where venues with bird-inspired names covertly signaled safety and solidarity as queer communal spaces at a time when self-expression was a dangerous pursuit.  
Website Link
vojislavradovanovic.com/single-post/bird-circuit-solo-exhibition
Event Date
-
Event Location

The Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery
California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0663797, -118.1684782

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10386202
Event Main Image

Sacred+Seen: Queer Lives at the Intersections

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
This powerful exhibition illuminates the vibrant yet complex stories of Black and Brown queer individuals in South LA as they navigate race, culture, and religion. Through stunning works by local artists Anthony Lee Pittman, Chi (Mars) Azinge, Marie-José Njoku-Obi, and Willie Thomas, Sacred+Seen captures the tension between self-expression and the expectations of faith, culture, and tradition.
Website Link
comptonmuseum.org
Event Date
-
Event Location

Compton Art & History Museum
306 W Compton Blvd #104
Compton, 90220
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.8953806, -118.2267568

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.554.4429
Event ID
10386336
Event Main Image

#Last Dance

Event Type
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
A show within a show where things get real once the makeup comes off. When queens are brought together for a memorial, the truth comes out about how they ended up in Los Angeles, how they feel about drag, each other, and themselves. It’s BOYS IN THE BAND meets TORCH SONG TRILOGY with a little PARIS IS BURNING thrown in! #LastDance makes audiences rethink what is behind the wigs, makeup, and heels, and discover they are people like them. June 4 – 7:00 pm June 11 – 10:30 pm June 18 – 1:00 pm June 23 – 7:30 pm June 24 – 8:30 pm
Website Link
hollywoodfringe.org/projects/4184
Event Date
-
Event Location

Asylum@McCadden
1187 N. McCadden Pl.
Los Angeles, 90038
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0925528, -118.3378126

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Event ID
10389020
Event Main Image

Bird Circuit

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Bird Circuit explores themes of personal expression and identity through the rich symbolism of birds utilizing a queer-coded lens. The exhibition takes inspiration from the historical network of mid-20th-century bars in cities like New York and Los Angeles, where venues with bird-inspired names covertly signaled safety and solidarity as queer communal spaces at a time when self-expression was a dangerous pursuit.  
Website Link
vojislavradovanovic.com/single-post/bird-circuit-solo-exhibition
Event Date
-
Event Location

The Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery
California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0663797, -118.1684782

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10386201
Event Main Image

Sacred+Seen: Queer Lives at the Intersections

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
This powerful exhibition illuminates the vibrant yet complex stories of Black and Brown queer individuals in South LA as they navigate race, culture, and religion. Through stunning works by local artists Anthony Lee Pittman, Chi (Mars) Azinge, Marie-José Njoku-Obi, and Willie Thomas, Sacred+Seen captures the tension between self-expression and the expectations of faith, culture, and tradition.
Website Link
comptonmuseum.org
Event Date
-
Event Location

Compton Art & History Museum
306 W Compton Blvd #104
Compton, 90220
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.8953806, -118.2267568

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.554.4429
Event ID
10386335
Event Main Image

Expansive Presentation of Roy Lichtenstein

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
An in-depth installation of Roy Lichtenstein features 22 artworks, with nearly half on view for the first time, including Purist Still Life(1975), Female Figure (1979), Two Paintings: Radiator and Folded Sheets (1984), and Nude with Pyramid (1994). An outcome of sustained and ongoing engagement with artists and artwork, the Broad collection is distinctive in its exceptional dedication to the full arc of artists’ careers.
Website Link
thebroad.org/art/featured-installations/
Event Date
-
Event Location

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

Event Lat/Long
34.0544714, -118.2505584

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
(213) 232-6200
Event ID
10386469
Event Main Image

Persona: Exploring Self-Portraiture

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Persona: Exploring Self-Portraiture” is an upcoming exhibition at Forest Lawn Museum that features the work of more than 20 contemporary artists and historical self-portraits. The exhibition probes the limits of self-portraiture and examines the concept of visually representing the self. “Persona” features paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints, fused glass, textile art, illustrations, and more!
Website Link
forestlawn.com/exhibits/persona-exploring-self
Event Date
-
Event Location

Forest Lawn Museum
1712 S. Glendale Ave
Glendale, 91205
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1246616, -118.2515589

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10386224
Event Main Image

Inter|Section

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Inter|Section features Greater Los Angeles Area Artists John DeCastro and Jynx Prado, whose work emphasizes expressions of queer and cultural identities. Each of these artists shares their unique ideas of the personal in relation to interpersonal heritage norms and the ritual of co-existence in a larger society.
Website Link
bostoncourtpasadena.org/exhibits/
Event Date
-
Event Location

Boston Court Pasadena
70 North Mentor Avenue
Pasadena, 91106
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1470267, -118.1306005

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Event ID
10386277
Event Main Image

JOHN ELGIN WOOLF: MASTER OF THE HOLLYWOOD REGENCY

Event Type
Family Activity
Culture & Community
Tours
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Architect John Elgin Woolf’s work defined luxury living for Hollywood’s famous. He became a master of the Hollywood Regency style, creating glamorous homes for figures including Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Mae West, and John Wayne. Take this self-guided architectural trail curated by filmmaker and journalist Matt Tyrnauer.
Website Link
drive.google.com/file/d/1gHL9DLox6Im2IKgmuFEPGhTT
Event Date
-
Event Location

Online, self-guided walking tour
West Hollywood
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0907087, -118.3703284

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10388364
Event Main Image
Gay