Saturday, Nov. 30, 7:30 pm

Colburn School Zipper Hall

200 S. Grand Ave.

Co-sponsored by the City of West Hollywood as part of its World AIDS Day celebrations, this concert honors Robin Smalley, Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart, featuring LeVar Burton. The Concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Zipper Hall. For more information and to RSVP, please visit www.aidsresearch.org/wad2013.

West Hollywood Library Foundation: Dallas Buyer's Club  

Sunday, Dec. 1, This event is CANCELLED! [email protected]

 MOCA Discussion: "Making Models of Homomasculinity" FREE

Sunday, Dec. 1, 3 pm

West Hollywood City Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd

Hosted with the support of the City of West Hollywood's Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission, on World AIDS Day, also known as Day With(out) Art, MOCA invites you to a special panel discussion on the artistic and cultural significance of Bob Mizer & Tom of Finland. Join Dennis Bell, President of the Bob Mizer Foundation, Durk Dehner, President of the Tom of Finland Foundation, as well as artists Richard Hawkins and John Sonsini, for this timely conversation moderated by MOCA Curator Bennett Simpson. The talk is in conjunction with the concurrent MOCA PDC exhibition Bob Mizer / Tom of Finland. Click for more information and to RSVP. 

World AIDS Day: AIDS/LifeCycle Candle Light Vigil, FREE

Sunday, Dec. 1, 5:30pm

West Hollywood Park

647 N. San Vicente Blvd.

AIDSLifecycle will present a candlelight vigil in honor of all of those who lost their lives. For more information please visit www.weho.org.   

Men on Film: Black MSM, Media and HIV, FREE

Tuesday, Dec. 3, 11 am - 1 pm

City Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd. 

"MEN ON FILM: How Media Depictions of Black MSM Impact HIV Infection Rates" will be the topic of a community forum to be presented by the Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse. A panel discussion will explore the role film, television, rap music and other forms of popular media play in the construction and maintenance of social and cultural attitudes toward Black MSM, and how those attitudes may influence behaviors that can lead to HIV infection. For more info and to  RSVP, click here.  

World AIDS Day Event: The Criminalization of HIV, FREE

Wednesday, Dec. 4, 7-8 pm

West Hollywood City Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.

The City will sponsor The Williams Institutes' panel discussion, The Criminalization of HIV. Currently, 33 states including California have criminal statutes that make it illegal to expose another person to HIV. How do these laws criminalize people living with HIV/AIDS? Is it possible to reduce HIV transmission without stigmatizing those who have the virus? http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/events/upcoming-events/hiv-criminalization-wad-2013 . 

 

soundSpark, FREE 

SASSAS

Saturday, Dec. 7, 12 pm

WeHo Library Children's Theater

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.

The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS) with the City of West Hollywood is pleased to present soundSpark, a children's concert series at the West Hollywood Public Library, taking place on the first Saturday of each month. This month's concert will feature vocalist Odeya Nini and bassoonist Archie Carey. For more information, please visit http://www.sassas.org  or call 323-960-5723.

From Red State to Golden State Film Screening, FREE

Saturday, Dec. 7, 4 pm

West Hollywood City Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.

The City of West Hollywood in collaboration with The Wende Museum presents a preview screening of the documentary From Red State to Golden State: Soviet Jewish Immigration to the City of Angels, An Oral History.  The documentary follows several Jewish families who left the former Soviet Union to settle in Los Angeles during the 1970s and 1980s.

Lesbian Films

Sunday, Dec. 8, 3 pm, $10 donation 

June Mazer Lesbian Archives

626 N. Robertson Blvd.

These films curated by Betsy Kalin include LESBIANA Directed by Myriam Foug�re, CLICK Directed by Chris Chew and I Still Love Them Directed by Marie-Pierre Grenier. More info.

Art Happening: Leonid x Sveltana, FREE

Reception: Sunday, Dec. 8, 4 pm-6 pm

On View: Dec. 8-16 in the window

Svetlana Deli

7740 Santa Monica Blvd. 

Presented in the storefront window and the cooler of Svetlana Deli will be an array of art objects, created by CalArts alumna Yelena Zhelezov, that bear relation to Leonid Robinzon (1927-?), a dissident editor from the former USSR.  

20/20 - Visioning the Past/Future of HIV/AIDS

West Hollywood Library Foundation

Wednesday, Dec. 11, 6 pm

West Hollywood City Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd. 

A Community Forum looking at the Past, Present, & Future of HIV/AIDS prevention and care, featuring a panel of older and younger HIV activist/educators learning from each other. The "20/20 Community Forum" will be an important and innovative gathering that will provide youth with access to resources, help close generational gaps, and continue to provide innovative programming. For more information. 

Classical Theater Lab, A Doll's House, FREE 

Saturday, Dec. 14, 2 pm
Great Hall, Plummer Park
7377 Santa Monica Blvd.
Come out and enjoy Henrik Ibsen's famous play, 'A Doll's House', directed by Bruce Katzman. Admission is free but RSVPs are requested. For more information, visit http://www.classicaltheatrelab.org  or call 323-960-5691.   

Puppet Theatre on Wheels: Holiday Show, FREE

WHAP! Screening: " Phantom Geographies: Superimpositions of Memory and Place", FREE

Wednesday, Dec. 18, 7-9 pm

West Hollywood Library Community Room

625 N. San Vicente 

WHAP! will be screening of CalArts alumna Yelena Zhelezov's essay film, "Signs of Arrival," followed by a roundtable discussion with scholars and artists about parallel worlds and the immigrant experience. Zhelezov's film revolves around the Russian immigrant community in West Hollywood. For more info.