Southwest Chamber Music, Music For Two Harps, FREE

Winter Sounds
Saturday, Jan. 25, 4 pm

City Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.
Join Grammy Award-winning Southwest Chamber Music for an afternoon of exhilarating harp duets, featuring musicians Alison Bjorkedal and Allison Allport. 
This program is part of the Music Unwrapped series, informal and interactive performances that are designed to break down the barriers between musicians and audiences of all ages. For more information, and to hear music samples by Southwest Chamber music, click here.

An Evening with Julie Goldman

Saturday, Jan. 25, 8 pm

Renberg Theatre at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
The Village at Ed Gould Plaza
1125 N. McCadden Place 

Come out to see one of the hottest young comedians working today: the hilarious Julie Goldman. A star on LOGO's The Big Gay Sketch Show, Goldman returns to the Renberg Theatre in style! General admission is $20. For ticket information visit www.lagaycenter.org/theatre or call 323-860-7300. 

Opening Reception & Panel for City in a City: A Decade of Urban Thinking by Steven Holl Architects, FREE

Thursday, Jan. 29, 7 pm

MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House

835 N. Kings Road

This new exhibition of work of Steven Holl Architects presents six urban projects in China, designed with particular focus on shaping public space, natural green strategies, hybrid programs, strugture and light. The exhibit runs from January 30th- March 9th. For more information, click here. 

Opening Reception for HARD: Politics, Religion and Personal Preference Exhibit, FREE

Thursday, Jan. 30, 7-9 pm

The Village at Ed Gould Plaza

1125 N. McCadden Place 

The LA Gay & Lesbian Center and Gochis Galleries present the second exhibit featuring original art from the collection of acclaimed actress CCH Pounder. The exhibit will run from January 30th- March 1st, 2014. Fore more information, email [email protected]. 

What Is Political Art?, FREE

CalArts

Friday, Jan. 31, 4 pm

West Hollywood City Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.

This event inaugurates a two-year research collaboration between Birkbeck (University of London), CONICET/Belgrano University (Buenos Aires, Argentina), and the MA Aesthetics and Politics Program. This project provides a platform for the encounter between academics and artists working on issues of memory, violence, the post-colonial condition, current democratic struggles, and other forms of contemporary aesthetico-politico interventions in a variety of contexts, specifically in Latin America and the US. For more information, visit here.  

The Beast of Times

Jan 31, Feb 1 at 8 pm, Feb. 2 at 7 pm

Renberg Theatre at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
The Village at Ed Gould Plaza
1125 N. McCadden Place 

Come out for an encore weekend of performances of The Beast of Times, written and performed by the award-winning queer Xicana playwright and performer Adelina Anthony with a contributed monologue performed by Sri Lankan-American transgender performance artist D'Lo. Admission is $20 dollars. For tickets, visit www.lagaycenter.org/theatre or by calling 323-860-7300. 

soundSpark, FREE

SASSAS

Anna Oxygen Saturday, Feb. 1, 12 pm
West Hollywood 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. For more information, please visit  

  Nutty featuring Sonny Moon, Jetsetter Jazz, FREE

Winter Sounds

Saturday, Feb. 1, 4pm

West Hollywood Park Auditorium

 647 N. San Vicente Blvd.

Come out and enjoy Nutty, where eight swank jazzniks stroll among the classic rock archives, fueled with a martini mix  of straight-ahead jazz, big band swing, crime jazz/spy jazz, atomic lounge, Latin, bebop and some film/TV soundtrack jazz just for added kick...that is, kicks. Classic rock and jazz are combined in strange and beautiful ways. The presentation, led by front man Sonny Moon, is fun and funny, but the playing is as serious as it gets. Complex arrangements weave rock, jazz, latin, TV/movie music and more into the mix. Jetsetter Jazz! For more information on Nutty, click here.

 

One Woman Says No, FREE

Two readings of a work by Tony Tanner

Feb. 1 at 7 pm, Feb. 2 at 3 pm

Plummer Park Community Center

7377 Santa Monica Blvd.

Come out and enjoy Tony Tanner's musical vision of Aristophanes' classic Lysistrata, a show full of laughter and warmth. Saturday will be an open final rehearsal. For more information, call 323.376.0815.

 

Sean Strub: Author Reading and Signing, FREE

Tuesday, Feb. 4, 7 pm

City Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.

The City of West Hollywood is proud to host an author reading and signing from Sean Strub, founder of the groundbreaking POZ magazine, producer of the hit play The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, and the first openly HIV-positive candidate for US Congress. Free to attend, and books will be on sale at the event by Book Soup. For more information and to RSVP, visit www.weho.org/arts  or http://is.gd/wehobodycounts . 

 

The World is Watching: LGBT Human Rights in Russia on the Eve of Sochi

Outfest West Hollywood Screening Series

Wednesday, Feb 5, 7:30 pm

City Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.

Join us for an evening of film and discussion as we launch our new West Hollywood Screening Series.  What's the state of LGBT dissent in Russia as the country cracks down on the community? What can we do in the United States to help? And will the world's focus on the upcoming Winter Olympics aid and abet Russia's repressive government or draw attention to its human rights violations? This series is produced by Outfest and the City of West Hollywood through its Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission. Visit www.weho.org/arts  for more info. Screening is $10.

 

The Rivals, FREE

Classical Theater Lab

Saturday, Feb. 8, 2 pm
Great Hall, Plummer Park
7377 Santa Monica Blvd.
Come out and enjoy Richard Brinsley Sheridan's wonderful play, directed by Alex Wells. For more information, visit http://www.classicaltheatrelab.org.

 

 Fiddle and Pine, Indie-Bluegrass with a Twist, FREE

Winter Sounds
Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 pm

City Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.
Fiddle & Pine is an indie-bluegrass band with a twist. From catchy choruses to foot stomping grooves, this unique group has a sound that will grip you like a jar of smooth whisky. Having studied music at CalArts, these creative musicians came together to create an incredible sound that resembles both the original bluegrass origin with a modern accessible edge. The choruses are addictive, and the songs make you want to sing them over and over again. For more information on Fiddle and Pine, click here.