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,  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.