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, click here. 

Street Food: Grow Your Art, FREE

Saturday, Dec. 14, 3:30 - 5 pm

West Hollywood Library

625 N. San Vicente Blvd. 

Come hear Ron Finley, South LA's original "gangsta gardener", reveal his plot to green our food deserts by "growing art" -- through the unique combination of urban permaculture principles, sustainable design, and social justice.

More information about Ron can be found here.

MAK Day

Saturday, Dec. 14, All Day, FREE

MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House

835 N. Kings Road

The MAK Center will be having their annual community day: free admission all day, a guided exhibition walk-through, a big book sale, and a program with the East of Borneo press where they will be making Wikipedia pages for significant women architects who don't yet have one. For more information, click here. 

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.    

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 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 information, visit here.

2nd Annual Merry Musical Minstrel Circus: A Holiday Gathering & Jamathon

December 20, 7:30 pm

The Troubador

9081 Santa Monica Blvd.

Jonathan Wilson and Mike Campbell will host the second annual Merry Minstrel Musical Circus. Performers will be announced over the coming weeks and all proceeds from the concert go to benefit Manual Arts High School and Tazzy Animal Rescue Fund. Tickets go on sale on November 22 through http://ticketf.ly/1i000j9b. 

Puppet Theatre on Wheels: Holiday Show, FREE

Sunday, Dec. 22, 11 am
Great Hall, Plummer Park
7377 Santa Monica Blvd.
Come out and enjoy a special holiday show by Puppet Theatre on Wheels which presented October's Early Russian Fairy Tales Show. This show, which will tell stories of The Snow Queen, the Russian New Year Celebration, and Grand Father Frost and Snegurochka, will be presented in Russian with an English translated synopsis available. Admission is free, please RSVP.