City of West Hollywood

Arts Briefs 

May 14, 2014

One City One Pride Kickoff! 

Join us for the kick-off of
One City One Pride 2014
on May 22, 
Harvey Milk Day! 
Special Reception for 
Love is Love Art Exhibit 
7-9 pm at the 
West Hollywood Library
For more information, visit www.weho.org/pride 

 

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1323 N. Laurel Open House!

Step inside the historic house on May 17th! Come out to the 1343 N. Laurel Open House! Open 10 am-2 pm. Tours of the interiors and grounds offered every half hour from 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Questions or Comments? Contact the City of West Hollywood at (323) 848-6378. Can't make it? Provide input at www.1343nlaurelave.org

MAK Center 20th Anniversary!

The Mak Center (Schindler House in West Hollywood) is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a weekend of events and tours of Schindler's houses. For more information click here.

 

@ The Library

Women and Books Club

First Tuesdays monthly

 7 pm, Community Room

  

 

 Lambda Lit Book Club

 Last Tuesdays monthly, 7pm, Community Room

 

Life Writing Workshop, 

Weds weekly, 2 pm, Weho Room. For info, 323-876-1717

  
Weds weekly, 11:15am & 3:30pm
  
 
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Sunset Strip
Find out all that's happening on the Sunset Strip, from music gigs at the various clubs, to book readings at Book Soup, to laughing out loud at The Comedy Store. View the calendar here.
  
Visit Weho
Visit Weho has listings for all over Weho, including intimate music gigs, promotions at the hotels and entertainment in the bars. View the calendar here.
Local Museums/Galleries
Pedro Velez
 

 

Guy Hepner

 

Hadid Gallery

 

Hamilton Selway 

 

LA Gay & Lesbian Center

 

Lead Apron

 

 Leica Gallery

Craig Smetko

April 17- May 25

 

 

  Louis Stern Fine Arts 

 

MAK Center/Schindler House

 

Manny Silverman  

 


Jacob Hashimoto: Gas Giant 



 EZTV
  
designLab on May 23
For more info, click here 

Wall Street Gallery

 

Wonderland LA 

 

WeHo Area Theatres
  
Rehearsal Spaces:
  

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Upcoming Events
Classical Theatre Lab "The Way of the World", FREE

Saturday, May 17, 2 pm

Library Community Meeting Room

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.

Classical Theatre Lab presents a reading of "The Way of The World" by William Congreve. For more information visit: http://www.classicaltheatrelab.org/.

 

13th Annual Russian Style Festival, FREE

Sunday, May 18, 11 am - 7 pm  

Plummer Park

7377 Santa Monica Blvd. 

The City of West Hollywood's Russian Advisory Board cordially invites you to attend the 13th Annual Russian Style Festival. There will be a Children's Concert from 11 am - 2 pm and the annual Gala Concert from 5 pm- 7 pm. Also, the Russian Awards Ceremony will take place on May 14, from 6-9 pm in the Library Autocourt. For a full list of events, visit www.weho.org/specialevents.  

 

Celebrate the Golden Age of Moving Making in West Hollywood, FREE

Tuesday, May 20, 6:30 pm- 8:30 pm

The Lot

1041 N. Formosa Ave

Join the City of West Hollywood's Historic Preservation Commission as they celebrate their long-standing connection to film-making, learn about the history of our local studions, and find out more about preservation. for more information, visit www.weho.org/historic. 

 

Outlaugh!

Tuesday, May 20, 8 pm

Eleven

8811 Santa Monica Blvd. 

Join the Lavender Effect for its 3rd Annual Outlaugh! special event! Kick off Gay Pride Month with LA's best Lesbian and Gay stand-up comics. Tickets start at only $20. For more information visit www.thelavedereffect.org. 

 

One City One Pride

Love = Love : 5 Year Road to Marriage Reception, FREE

Thursday, May 22, 7 - 9 pm

West Hollywood Library

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.

Join us for the kick-off of One City One Pride 2014! David McCoy is a filmmaker and photographer for the Love Is Love documentary and community awareness project which follows grassroots LGBT activism in Southern California. This exhibit is a selection of 22 prints from his 56,000 photo collection, highlighting everyday people in West Hollywood and the Greater LA area fighting to repeal Prop 8. For more info, visit www.weho.org/pride.

 

Author Talk with Dennis Altman, FREE

Tuesday, May 27, 7 pm

West Hollywood Library Community Room

625 N. San Vicente Blvd. 

As part of West Hollywood's monthly Lambda Lit Book Club, author and activist Dennis Altman will discuss his latest book,"The End of the Homosexual?" He will also entertain questions from the audience and sign copies of the book that will be for sale at the end of the program. Presented by: The West Hollywood Library and Lambda Literary Foundation. Three hours of free parking in the Library Parking Lot during regular library hours.

 

Human Rights Speaker Series: Sexuality and Human Rights on the Global Stage, FREE

Wednesday, May 28, 7 pm

West Hollywood City Council Chambers 

625 N. San Vicente Blvd. 

Join the City of West Hollywood's Human Rights Speakers Series in conjunction with the University of California's Institute for Global Health Conference entitled Orientations and Identities: Sexuality and Human Rights on the Global Stage for a thought provoking conversation about the global fight for human rights, sexuality, and gender. To RSVP and for more information please email [email protected] or call (323) 848-6460.  

 

No Day But Today, FREE

Thursday, May 29, 7 pm 

Renberg Theatre

1125 N. McCadden Pl. 

Presented in Association with One City One Pride, Stagebridge LA presents No Day But Today, an evening of contemporary musical theatre featuring the seniors from the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, directed by Mark Salyer and Kay Cole with musical direction by James Lent. Admission is free with a suggested donation of $10.  For more information, visit www.weho.org/pride. 

 

Lovely Bouquet of Flowers: The Play, FREE

Friday, May 30, 7 pm 

West Hollywood Park Auditorium

647 N. San Vicente Blvd. 

Presented as part of One City One Pride, the purpose of Lovely Bouquet of Flowers is to empower all non-traditional voices of gender in regard to sexual preference, race and socioeconomic status, transforming lives through the use of monologue, dialogue and performance art. This play is based on real interviews that were conducted and fictionalized for the purpose of stage presentation, and addresses issues involving homelessness, sex work, social work, religion, healthcare, ageism, and pride.  For more information, visit www.weho.org/pride.  

  

LGBT DYNASTY LA Art Show Reception, FREE

Friday, May 30, 6-9 pm

Gallerie Sparta

8641 Sunset Blvd. 

Gallerie Sparta West Hollywood is launching a massive artwork campaign for Los Angeles LGBT Artists Group Show in June 2014 at the gallery on Sunset Plaza, which will benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles. RSVP required. Please email: [email protected]. On display until June 29, 2014. Free parking at Sunset Plaza.

  

Hollywood Master Chorale: Voices of Freedom, FREE

Saturday, May 31, 4 pm

West Hollywood City Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.  

With the theme,"I Do,"  The Hollywood Master Chorale joins the City of WeHo in celebrating the hard won fights for freedom through a variety of musical selections.  You are invited to a concert which will renew our hopes and challenges for freedom everywhere. The program revolves around Randall Thompson's "A Concord Cantata," which highlights the need for all people to dwell in a peaceful unity, despite their differences.  The concert will also include noted freedom anthems, from Irving Berlin, Stephen Paulus, and others. Free validated parking will be provided for the 5-story West Hollywood Public/Park Parking Structure on El Tovar Pl.  

 

ONE NIGHT: EZTV, LA ACM, SIGGRAPH, and Digital Art in West Hollywood, FREE

Saturday, May 31, 8-11pm

West Hollywood Park

647 N. San Vicente Blvd.

ONE Archives, EZTV, LA ACM SIGGRAPH, and the City of West Hollywood present "One Night", an evening of performance and large-scale digital projections in West Hollywood Park. The event will showcase historical digital experimentations alongside contemporary work and performances. For more information, visit: http://one.usc.edu/category/exhibitions/current. 

 

ONE Night promo
ONE Night EZTV

 

Games on a Bombed-Out Beach

May 9-June 15, Fridays and Saturdays 8 pm, Sundays 3 pm

Macha Theatre

1107 N. Kings Road

Writer/director Shirl Hendryx, well known for his highly successful career in theatre, film and television directs the world premier of his riveting drama, "Games On A Bombed-out Beach." Rich, famous, and socially committed to helping those less fortunate than himself, movie star, Jim Branson, relishes his life on this good green earth. He's missing something, however. And though he can't quite place what it is, the feeling influences him to hire a strange obscure European director to helm the movie he is preparing to shoot on a Greek island - a choice that not only spiral into a powerful and disturbing drama, but offers a provocative look at the human condition here at the beginning of the 21st Century. Tickets are $25. Click here for tickets.   

 

For even more One City One Pride programming, visit www.weho.org/pride !

 

Opportunities

Open Call for Artists! Art Goes Electronic with the City of West Hollywood is  sponsoring this free opportunity to have your work shown on a digital billboard on Sunset Boulevard, to be seen by thousands daily. Themes vary according to month. For more info, click here.

 

CMG Film Festival Call For Entries. Filmmakers are invited to submit their work for inclusion in the fall festival. New this year: there will be a jury and jury awards. For more information, including submission form/release, visit www.cmgfilmfest.com. 

 

One City One Pride has numerous opportunities for artists. Check them out here

Arts and Cultural Affairs information and programming is brought to you by the City of West Hollywood through its Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission.  For more information on the arts in West Hollywood, visit www.weho.org/arts or call 323/848-6883.