Quiet Night of Performance
Friday, Aug. 30, 6 pm
MOCA Pacific Design Center
8687 Melrose Ave
Artist Chris Johanson presents
Quiet Night of Performance, a Los Angeles branch of the Quiet Music Festival of Portland, celebrating soothecore, a new dimension of emotional, vibrant, and low volume music honoring the quiet act of listening. Join artists and friends Mike Donovan, AV Linton, Corpse Kisser, Chelsea Rector, and Post Aluminum Foil Band for low volume, deep-sonic meditations, whisper-soft with oceanic strength. For more information visit [email protected].
Cosimo Cavallaro's Love Your Bean Opening Reception
Thursday, Sept. 5, 5:30-7 pm
West Hollywood Park
647 N. San Vicente Blvd.
The City of West Hollywood and Cosimo Cavallaro invite you to the official opening of the highly anticipated and newest art installation Love Your Bean. Love Your Bean, an installation created by Cavallaro, consists of three large-scale sculptures, designed in the shape of jelly beans placed in West Hollywood Park. To RSVP or for media inquiries please contact: Kaitlin@ ballantinespr.com or visit www.weho.org/art.
Vickie Shaw: The Almost 20th Anniversary Tour
Saturday, Sept. 7, 8 pm
Renberg Theatre
1125 N. McCadden Place
Standout Productions and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center present a one-night-only evening of stand-up comedy with Vickie Shaw at the Center's Renberg Theatre. For tickets, visit lagaycenter.org/theatre or call 323-860-7300.
Rock 'n' Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip exhibition
West Hollywood Library
625 N. San Vicente Blvd
In Rock 'n' Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip, author/photographer Robert Landau showcases an era when rock was the most important music ever recorded; when youth, politics, and art merged to turn counterculture into mainstream culture. The exhibit will be on view through mid-October during regular library hours. For more information about the Rock 'n' Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip exhibit, including RSVP information, visit www.weho.org/arts or call (323) 848-6377.
The Early Beatles Collection By Astrid Kirchherr
Opening Reception Saturday, Sept. 7, 6-8 pm
Leica Gallery Los Angeles
8783 Beverly Blvd.
Leica Gallery Los Angeles is proud to announce its second exhibition, "The Early Beatles Collection," by iconic photographer Astrid Kirchherr. This exhibition, presented in partnership with Rock Paper Photo and Ginzburg Fine Arts, represents a powerful array of images of the legendary rock band The Beatles, may of which have never been seen before. An opening reception will be open to the public on Saturday, September 7, from 6 pm to 8 pm with the exhibition continuing through October 19. Complimentary valet will be available. For more information, click here.
West Hollywood Book Fair
Sunday, Sept. 9
West Hollywood Park
647 N. San Vicente Blvd.
West Hollywood Book Fair celebrates its 12th edition on Sunday, September 29th. This year's festival will feature literature, art, music, performance and community in an eclectic presentation. Admission is free and bicycle and stroller valet will be provided. For further information, visit www.westhollywoodbookfair.org.
Reception for Ramiro Gomez's
The Caretakers (Los Cuidadores)
Saturday, Sept. 21, 4-6 pm
West Hollywood Park
647 N. San Vicente Blvd.
The City of West Hollywood presents Ramiro Gomez's The Caretakers (Los Cuidadores), a new art installation of brightly painted workers installed as a series of figurative murals in West Hollywood Park. Ramiro Gomez, a West Hollywood resident, is known for making visible the "invisible" workforce of westside communities by installing life-size cardboard cutouts of nannies, gardeners, valet workers and housekeepers in and around West Hollywood, Beverly Hills and other westside locations. Both eye-catching and thought provoking, we invite you to visit his multi-part figurative mural found between the basketball courts and tiny tots building. A reception will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21 near the mural. For more information, click here.
Weho Reads
Sunday, Sept. 29-Saturday, Oct. 5
The City of West Hollywood is pleased to announce the first ever Weho Reads, a community-wide celebration of reading and literature. Modeled after the National Endowment for the Arts' successful The Big Read program, Weho Reads presents a week of special events, panels and books discussions inspired by this year's featured book, The Age of Dreaming by local author Nina Revoyr. The Age of Dreaming is part historical novel, part mystery, and part story of unfulfilled love, all told through the voice of a forgotten star who must gradually come to terms with his past.
- Sunday, September 29: West Hollywood Book Fair. West Hollywood Park from 10:00am-6:00pm
- Tuesday, October 1: West Hollywood Women's Book Club. West Hollywood Library Community Room from 7:00-8:30 pm
- Wednesday, October 2: Nina Revoyr in conversation with David Ulin. City Council Chambers at the Weho Library from 7:00-9:00 pm
- Friday, October 4: Secrets, Scandals, Sordid Stories and the Silver Screen. City Council Chambers at the Weho Library from 7:00-9:00 pm.
- Saturday, October 5: Double Feature- Hollywood Places / Hollywood People. City Council Chambers at the Weho Library from 4:00-6:00pm.
- Special Bonus Event! Saturday, October 12: Silent Movie Screening. West Hollywood Library Community Room from 4:00-6:00 pm
For directions and information on parking and how to RSVP for these events, click here.