Wednesday, Apr. 30, 7 - 8 pm
Library Community Meeting Room
625 N. San Vicente Blvd.
Join us for an author talk with Kristen Moeller as she discusses her new book
What Are You Waiting For? Learn How to Rise to the Occasion of Your Life. Through the sharing of authentic personal stories and profound life lessons, Kristen Moeller explores our pervasive human tendency to wait for life and to look outside ourselves for answers. Ms. Moeller will sign copies of her book which will be for sale at the conclusion of the program. Parking validation will be provided. For more information, click here.
BODIES in BLOOM, FREE
BLOOM 10th Anniversary
Thursday, May 1, 7 pm 
Library Community Meeting Room
625 N. San Vicente Blvd.
Featuring Brent Armendinger, Blas Falconer, Charles Jensen, Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal, and Peggy Shinner. For more information, visit http://www.bloomliteraryjournal.org/.
The MisMatch Game
Friday, May 2, 8 pm, and Sunday, May 4, 7 pm
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Renberg Theatre 
1125 N. McCadden Place
The Mismatch Game has become a cult favorite, drawing a multitude of fans to their irregularly scheduled gigs at the Renberg Theatre, this year featuring Jackie Beat, Drew Droege, and Nadya Ginsburg among others. With kitschy prizes for volunteer contestants from the audience, it's time to dig out that leisure suit for an affectionate, irreverent, race parody of '70s game show insanity. Tickets available online for $15 at www.lagaycenter.org/boxoffice or call 323-860-7300.
Cinco De Mayo Block Party Benefiting Project Angel Food
Sunday, May 4, 2 - 10 pm 
Corner of El Tovar Place and Robertson Blvd.
Event hosted by Tortilla Republic and co-sponsored by the City of West Hollywood. El Tovar Place and the West Hollywood open air parking will be transformed into an outdoor Grande Cinco de Mayo celebration featuring food and live entertainment to celebrate Mexican heritage and culture. The Grande Cinco de Mayo Block Party will benefit Project Angel Food, a non-profit organization that provides free and nutritious meals to those affected by HIV/AIDS. For more information, please call (323) 871-1151 or visit www.tortillarepublic.com
Outfest West Hollywood Series presents SHOWTIME'S "Penny Dreadful",
FREE 
Wednesday, May 7, 7:30 pm
West Hollywood City Council Chambers
625 N. San Vicente Blvd.
Join us for a special sneak peek at Showtime's provocative new series, in which some of literature's most famously terrifying characters including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray and iconic figures from the novel Dracula, all brilliantly re-imagined in a whole new light have become embroiled in Victorian London. Don't miss this first look at one of the year's most eagerly anticipated new series! For more information, visit http://www.outfest.org/weho-series/.
Find Your Roots and Build Bonds
Children's Art Exhibition, FREE
Saturday, May 10, 11 am - 2 pm 
Plummer Park
7377 Santa Monica Blvd.
Join us for art created during LarkGallery Project "Find Your Roots", an autobiographical collage workshop conducted in the 6th grade of Laurel Elementary School in West Hollywood focusing on sharing generational memories - from grandparents and parents to kids and building bonds between different generations through art and aimed at teaching kids recycling habits and helping them connect with urban found objects while creating art. Admission is free. For more information, call (310) 473-0890.
Art From East to West Art Exhibition, FREE
Saturday, May 10, 4-8 pm 
West Hollywood Pop-Up Art Gallery
7362 Santa Monica Blvd.
Art exhibition curated by LarkGallery.com. Art, like Noah's Ark, connects people through its universal language. Although artists usually exist on the fringe of society, peripheral to political debate, still they make it possible for us to imagine the vast potential of the future and move into it through the turbulent stream of everyday life. The Artists in this show came from Eastern Europe and brought with them the seeds of their homeland's culture to plant them in Western soil. Admission is free. For more information, call (310) 473-0890.
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.
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.
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
Lovely Bouquet of Flowers: The Play, FREE
Friday, May 30, 6 - 9 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.
Hollywood Master Chorale
Voices of Freedom
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 for freedom everywhere. Tickets are $15/$20. For more information, visit
www.hollywoodmasterchorale.org
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.
