Taste Music Benefit Dinner
July 31, 7-10 pm
Sunset Marquis
Cavatina Restaurant
1200 Alta Loma Road
One-night only menu and LA debut of James Beard award- winning chef Michael Schlow at Cavatina Restaurant at Sunset Marquis Hotel. A mutli-course feast inspired by special guest showings: Timothy White (celebrity photographer), Cerre (fashion designer), and The Kin (Interscope Records). Tickets $225 per person. Proceeds benefit Inner-City Arts. For tickets, click here.
Chris Shiftlett @ The Dead Peasants
August 2, 2013, 5-7 pm
The Mezz @ Andaz West Hollywood (2nd fl)
8401 Sunset Boulevard
Chris Shiflett, who is best known for playing lead guitar in Foo Fighters, will perform with a fusion of Americana and rock music with an energetic show. FREE Show + Happy Hour. All ages are welcome. More info.
Sunset Strip Music Festival
August 1: Joan Jett Tribute and Performance, 10 pm (House of Blues)
August 2: Prefest Party, 7-11 pm (in front of the Roxy)
August 3: Linkin Park and Music Festival, all day
House of Blues Sunset Strip, The Roxy Theater, Viper Room, and Whiskey
The Sunset Strip Music Festival (SSMF) will be headlined by LINKIN PARK on August 3rd on famed Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. The Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum California rock band and SSMF are partnering to create a unique festival experience that will let attendees "rock for a cause" with a significant portion of ticket sales to benefit Music For Relief, the nonprofit organization LINKIN PARK founded to support disaster relief, provide aid to survivors of natural disasters and support the prevention of such disasters via environmental programs. For more information, click here.
Summer Sounds, Sammy Miller
August 4, 4 pm
Kings Road Park
1000 N Kings Road
A native of Los Angeles, Sammy Miller has become known for his unique maturity and relentless focus on making music that "feels good" as a drummer, singer and bandleader. Sammy has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Watson, David Benoit, Christian Scott, and Ozomatli at venues across the country, including the White House, the Kennedy Center, the Monterey Jazz Festival, and the Hollywood Bowl. For more information, click here.
Rock 'n' Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip exhibit. Presentation by photographer Robert Landau on August 10, 5pm
City Council Chambers
625 N San Vicente Blvd
The City of West Hollywood presents the photographic exhibition Rock 'n' Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip by photographer Robert Landau at the West Hollywood Library. The artist's talk on August 10 will explore the history behind the billboards from an era when rock was the most important music ever recorded; when youth, politics, and art merged to turn counterculture into mainstream culture. This exhibit is on display to coincide with the Sunset Strip Music Festival on August 3, 2013. Exhibit will be on view during regular library hours through mid October during regular library hours. Free.
For more information about the Rock 'n' Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip exhibit and talk, including RSVP information, visit www.weho.org/art or call (323) 848-6377.
West Hollywood National Night Out/
Movie Night in the Park: Oz The Great and Powerful,
August 6th
Citywide
This year we have 11 block parties throughout the City and we have our annual movie night in Plummer Park featuring: Oz the Great and Powerful at 8 pm. For more info click here.
Opera Talk: The Mad Men and Women of Opera
August 10, 2 pm
West Hollywood Library
625 San Vicente Blvd.
Join us as opera expert Louis Berstein discusses and shows excerpts from some of the best mad scenes in opera, including those of Ophelia in Ambroise, Thosas's Hamlet, as well as the mad characters in Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and Benamin Britten's Peter Gribes. This program is free and parking validation will be provided. For more information, please call (310) 652-5340.
Louis Cruz Beltran
August 18, 4 pm
West Hollywood Park
647 N. San Vicente Boulevard
The closing bash for this years Summer Sounds concerts, Louie Cruz Beltran is a popular entertainer, bandleader, vocalists, and master percussionist who has appeared at top venues and festivals, including the 34th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, the Oakland Jazz Festival, Catalina's Jazz Club, and Herb Alpert's Vibrato. His CD "Paint The Rythm" charted nationally, and continues to get airplay internationally. Free two hour parking available in the 5 story West Hollywood Park Parking Garage. For more information, visit www.weho.org/arts.
The 2013-2014 City of West Hollywood Arts and Culture Grants are now available. For applications, click 
