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.
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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.