Featured Events

Celebrating the Art of L. Frank — Holding Hands Across Time

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
L. Frank Manriquez is a Two-Spirit person of Tongva, Ajachmem, and Rarámuri descent. Her art has been featured worldwide in museums and art galleries. We sat down with L. Frank to hear about her art and how it speaks to communities typically erased from mainstream L.A. culture.
Website Link
nhm.org/stories/holding-hands-across-time
Event Date
Event Location

Streaming, Los Angeles Natural History Museum
900 W. Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0173004, -118.2888392

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
213.763.3466
Event ID
139766
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Kids Path — Book Bundles to Go

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Are you looking for children’s books but don’t know where to start? Let the library surprise your child (and you!) with a beautiful selection of books from Book Bundles To Go. Each Bundle consists of five books based on interest level, theme, or type of book. Every bundle is different! We will choose exciting books for you from our libraries throughout Los Angeles. To receive your personalized Book Bundle To Go, fill out the form on the website.
Website Link
lapl.org/kids/book-bundles
Event Date
Event Location

Your local branch library
United States

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
139730
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7th Annual Día de los Muertos Festival Days of Remembrance!

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

Lincoln Heights Youth Arts Center presents the 7th Annual Día de los Muertos Days of Remembrance from Wednesday, October 30 to Saturday, November 2, 2024! Bring your family and friends and participate in creative activities centered in traditions that honor the Día de los Muertos holiday. Everyone is welcomed to honor their loved ones in our public Community Altar. Offerings of remembrance  can be brought to LHYAC from Wednesday to Friday between 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The program is free and open to the public!

Program Schedule:

🔥Bonfire with Camazotz and the Ancestors

Wednesday, October 30, 2024, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.

💀3D Skull Masks

Thursday, October 31, 2024, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.

🖼️Screen Printing

Friday, November 1, 2024, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.

🌼Papel Picado and Flower Crowns

Saturday, November 2, 2024, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

 

Questions? Please, contact (323) 224-0928 or email dca.lhyac@lacity.org

Event Date
-
Event Location

United States

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
139956
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Sangre De Nopal/Blood of the Nopal: Tanya Aguiñiga & Porfirio Gutiérrez En Conversación/In Conversation

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Sangre de Nopal/Blood of the Nopal is a multi-site project offering an expanded understanding of cochineal’s scientific and Indigenous origins, a red dye developed by the Zapotec people. This multivocal exhibition will center ancestral knowledge and technical experimentation and bring a special focus to issues of immigration and labor justice.
Website Link
fowler.ucla.edu
Event Date
-
Event Location

Fowler Museum, UCLA
308 Charles E. Young Dr. N.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0729274, -118.442983

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.825.9672
Event ID
139944
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Tía Chucha’s Día de Los Muertos 2024 Workshops

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

Commemorate your loved ones (pets included) and learn about the sacred tradition of Día de los Muertos at Tía Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore, from Thursday, October 17 to Friday, November 1, 2024. This DCA-Sponsored program offers workshops in Sugar Skull Making to Tamale making to Community Altar Building. Reservations are required. Please visit Tía Chucha’s event page to register!

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Website Link
https://www.tiachucha.org/events
Event Date
-
Event Location

Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural and Bookstore
12677 Glenoaks Boulevard
Los Angeles, 91342
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.2995511, -118.4413612

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Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
See Registration Page
Event ID
139615
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We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art explores the science, art, and cosmology of color in Mesoamerica. Histories of colonialism and industrialization in the “color-averse” West have minimized the deep significance of color in the Indigenous Americas. This exhibition follows two interconnected lines of inquiry—technical and material analyses, and Indigenous conceptions of art and image—to reach the full richness of color at the core of Mesoamerican worldviews.
Website Link
lacma.org
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

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Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
213.202.5567
Event ID
139666
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Desert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Desert Forest focuses on the plight of the iconic Joshua tree and the vital and sensitive Mojave Desert ecosystem that supports it. The tree’s survival is threatened by climate change as well as development, wind and solar energy industries, and wildfires.    In August 2020, a lightning strike ignited a fire that destroyed more than 1.3 million trees, prompting the California Fish and Game Commission to consider granting western Joshua trees protection under the California Endangered Species Act. This multidisciplinary project brings together natural history, Indigenous knowledge, public policy, conservation science, and creative works by historic and contemporary artists to spotlight the threatened tree and preservation efforts around it. From the first known photograph of a Joshua tree by Carleton Watkins to recent photographs by Cara Romero, the exhibition brings attention to the Joshua tree, current pressures on its fragile desert ecosystem, and its future viability.
Website Link
lancastermoah.org
Event Date
-
Event Location

Lancaster Museum of Art and History
665 W. Lancaster Blvd.
Lancaster, CA 93534
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.6981717, -118.1418003

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
661.723.6250
Event ID
139813
Event Main Image

Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
We’re thrilled to announce the opening of the PST ART: Art & Science Collide exhibition, Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics on Saturday, September 7, 2024, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Presented by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions LACE at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, this exhibition revisits the collaborative artistic practice of the late Beatriz da Costa (1974–2012) as an investigation into technoscientific experimentation, politics, activism, and art-making, contextualized for our contemporary moment. Curated by LACE’s former Chief Curator/Director of Programs Daniela Lieja Quintanar with Ana Briz, the project weaves together an exhibition, public programming, performances, educational workshops, and study groups as an evocation of da Costa’s approach to the intersections of ancient and non-academic forms of knowledge. This exhibition is complemented by a publication surveying da Costa’s entire artistic career with curatorial essays, reflections from previous collaborators including Donna Harraway and Robert F. Nideffer, and more. The catalog is the most extensive analysis of da Costa’s practice to date, and is distributed by MIT Press. Southern California’s landmark arts event, PST ART, returns in September 2024, presenting more than 70 exhibitions from organizations across the region exploring the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art.
Website Link
lamag.org
Event Date
-
Event Location

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1003674, -118.29433

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Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
323.644.6269
Event ID
139419
Event Main Image

First Californians

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

This installation showcases Bowers’ extensive permanent collection of Native American art and artifacts in stone, shell, plant fiber, basketry, and feathers. These items play a crucial role in narrating the story of Native Californian culture. While the exhibit includes groups from all areas of California, it focuses on the local groups residing in the coastal regions of Southern California.

Website Link
museu.ms/exhibition/details/1010/first-californians
Event Date
-
Event Location

Bowers Museum
2002 N. Main St.
Santa Ana, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.7633562, -117.8682052

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Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Event ID
139947
Event Main Image

Waterways

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
A waterway is a river, canal, or ocean passage that serves as a route of travel or transport, like veins or highways. Waterways are sacred lifelines, essential for survival, and what connects us all. The Waterways exhibition will focus on the ongoing and interdependent relationships between California’s people and natural environments. It will highlight cultural history, traditional ecological knowledge, and contemporary practices to address environmental problems facing Californians today.

 

Adults — $18, Students and Seniors — $14, Children (3–12) — $8, Free hours Tuesday and Wednesday from 1—4 p.m. Advanced registration is required for free days.

 

Tuesdays – Fridays 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Saturdays – Sundays 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Website Link
theautry.org
Event Date
-
Event Location

Autry Museum of the American West
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1487135, -118.2812551

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$18
Contact Phone
323.667.2000
Event ID
139971
Event Main Image
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