The City of West Hollywood and the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) Master of Arts (MA) program in Aesthetics and Politics present the West Hollywood Aesthetics and Politics lecture series (WHAP!). On Friday, November 7, 2014, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., WHAP! will host an interdisciplinary conversation featuring CalArts faculty Berenice Reynaud (Film/Video), Sam Durant (Art), and Stephen Koplowitz (Dance) with Martin Plot as discussant. The conversation will take place at the West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room, located at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard. Admission is free. For additional information, please call (323) 848-6460 or visit http://aestheticsandpolitics.calarts.edu/lecture-series/whap.
Trans Experience L.A., November 8
Join the City of West Hollywood for Trans Experience L.A., a Trans history project sponsored by the City's Transgender Advisory Board featuring Shirley Bushnell and Masen Davis.
This event will take place on Saturday, November 8, 2014, 1 - 3 p.m. at the City of West Hollywood's City Council Chambers/Public Meeting Room (located next to Jones Coffee) at West Hollywood Library, 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard. Admission is free.
For more information please call (323) 848-6414.
The Golden Age of Broadway with Sonny Fox, November 8
The City of West Hollywood and Friends of the West Hollywood Library will present a very special event to highlight clips of famous songwriters of the Broadway stage. Alan Jay Lerner, Kander and Ebb, Sheldon Harnick, Yip Harburg, Charles Strouse, and Burton Lane are just a few of the artists who will be featured in a selection of clips during The Golden Age of Broadway: Lyricists and Composers, hosted by Sonny Fox.
The event will take place on Saturday, November 8, 2014, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the City of West Hollywood's City Council Chambers/Public Meeting Room (located next to Jones Coffee) at West Hollywood Library, 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard. Free validated parking will be provided at the West Hollywood Park five-story public parking structure. Light refreshments will be served; the event is free and open to the public.
The event will also be live-streamed and archived on WeHoTV at www.weho.org/wehotv.
For more information please contact Friends of the West Hollywood Library at (323) 929-2359 or [email protected].
Project NunwayLA, November 8, 6 - 8 p.m., WeHo Auditorium
This annual fundraiser raises money for local charities with a design fashion show. SOLD OUT.
Celebrating New Works: Red Train Caf�, November 9
The Join Celebration Theatre and the City of West Hollywood for a staged reading of a brand new work celebrating the LGBTQ experience. In Red Train Caf�, a young composer on his way to Africa sees his boyhood idol, a James Baldwin-like figure in a Parisian caf�. He entreats the waiter to send the older man a drink, assuming an encounter with the idol will change his life. It does in unexpected ways - where the composer, the older writer, and even the waiter confront their fears, tribulations and hopes. The reading will take place on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. at Plummer Park, located at 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard, in Rooms 1 & 2. Free parking will be available in both Plummer Park parking lots. Visit www.facebook.com/artbeatwesthollywood or www.facebook.com/celebrationthtr for more info. Admission is free, with donations gratefully accepted.
Veterans Day Ceremony, November 11
Please join the City of West Hollywood in honoring members of the United States Armed Forces who have served our country, and honoring those who continue to serve. A brief ceremony will be held on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at 11 a.m. at the Sal Guarriello Veterans' Memorial, located at the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Holloway Drive. (West Hollywood City Hall and Library will be closed on Veterans Day.) For more information, please visit www.weho.org.
DIEM: Design Intersects Everything Made in the West Hollywood Design District, November 14
The West Hollywood Design District will present its 2014 one-day symposium on design called DIEM: Design Intersects Everything Made. The day will be filled with discussions, panels, and keynotes from leaders in the fields of design, decorative arts, fashion, architecture, and fine arts.
For more information, please visit www.DIEMevent.com
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Gallery openings at Pacific Design Center Blue Building, November 14, 5:30 - 8:30pm
Multiple galleries open their doors one night each quarter including Young Projects, CMay Gallery and Art Merge Gallery. http://www.pacificdesigncenter.com/designlab
Colibri 2014 Instrumental Competition, November 14-16 and Colibri 2014 Vocal Competition, November 22-23, 2014
The Unity in Diversity Arts Foundation invites all music enthusiasts to attend the seventh international young performers competition: Colibri, featuring many international participants.
The instrumental music competition's youngest performers will compete on Friday, November 14, 2014 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Then, on Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., there will be a performance marathon. The Gala Concert and prize award ceremony will take place on Sunday, November 16, 2014 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. The vocal competition will take place on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 10 a.m. The Gala Concert and prize award ceremony will take place on Sunday, November 23, 2014 at 12 p.m.
Colibri events will take place at Plummer Park's Fiesta Hall, located at 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard. Admission is free.
For more information, please call (323) 848-7988 or email [email protected] or visit www.colibri.uidarts.org
WHAP! Fall 2014 Conference "This Isn't About the Future: Black Digital Culture Now," November 15
The City of West Hollywood and the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) Master of Arts (MA) program in Aesthetics and Politics present, in connection with the West Hollywood Aesthetics and Politics lecture series (WHAP!), a yearly Fall conference curated by MA faculty Douglas Kearney, which continues the CalArts MA program's investigation into contemporary digital culture - this time from a Black Studies perspective. On Saturday, November 15, 2014, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., the conference will include a variety of panel discussions, which will take place at the West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room, located at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard. Admission is free. Validated parking will be provided at the West Hollywood Park five-story public parking structure.
For additional information, please call (323) 848-6460 or visit http://aestheticsandpolitics.calarts.edu/conferences
Celebrating New Works: Sisters Three, November 18
Join Celebration Theatre and the City of West Hollywood every third Tuesday of the month for staged readings of brand new works celebrating the LGBTQ experience. Sisters Three by Jami Brandli features the Bronte sisters, in the modern day. Due to the death of their brother, Charlotte has dropped out of society and joined a commune on Gondol Island and Emily and Anne build a canoe to rescue her. In this off-center dramedy about family, social media, and fame, individual secrets and desires are revealed which could tear the sisters apart.
The reading will take place on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. at the City of West Hollywood's City Council Chambers/Public Meeting Room (located next to Jones Coffee) at West Hollywood Library, 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard. Validated parking will be available in the West Hollywood Park five-story parking structure.
Visit www.facebook.com/artbeatwesthollywood or www.facebook.com/celebrationthtr for more info. Admission is free, with donations gratefully accepted.
ONE Archives: Montezland, November 19
In conjunction with the exhibition Montezlandat the ONE Gallery, the ONE Archives with support from the City of West Hollywood will present an evening screening of film and video work exploring Montez's legacy and influence on LGBTQ culture, with a zine launch produced by Conrad Ventur in conjunction with the exhibition. Mario Montez was one of the Warhol superstars, appearing in thirteen of Andy Warhol's underground films from 1964-1966. Mr. Montez has been the subject of seminars and screenings at Columbia University, the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of the Moving Image in New York.
The event will take place on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. at the City of West Hollywood's City Council Chambers/Public Meeting Room (located next to Jones Coffee) at West Hollywood Library, 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard. Validated parking will be available in the West Hollywood Park five-story parking structure. Admission is free.
For more information visit http://one.usc.edu/montezland or www.weho.org/arts
Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 20
The City of West Hollywood and its Transgender Advisory Board will celebrate Transgender Awareness Month in November by holding events in the City of West Hollywood and throughout the local area. Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed all across the world on November 20. Join us for an outdoor reception hosted by the City's Transgender Advisory Board that will include speakers from the community, City representatives, various transgender performers, and will conclude with the reading of the names of transgender people who have passed due to transgender hate crimes. The Transgender Day of Remembrance event will take place on Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. at the Auto Court of the West Hollywood Library, located 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard. There will be a candlelight march at 8:30 p.m. Validated parking will be available in the West Hollywood Park five-story parking structure. Admission is free and light refreshments will be served. In addition, Spanish and sign-language interpretation will be available.
For more information, please call (323) 848-6371.
Transient Exhibition, November 20 to 24
In conjunction with Transgender Awareness Month, Transient is a curated group show by Kean O'Brien featuring Zackary Drucker, Oli Rodriguez, Heather Cassils, Pillar Gallego and Niv Acosta that develops ideas about sharing and recognizing visibility within and outside of the transgender community. Built inside two U-Haul trucks, the show creates a space where trans/queer work can be seen in relationship to each other, instead of reconstructing that familiar space of opposition to the other.
The opening ceremony of Transient will take place on Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 6 p.m. at the West Hollywood Library, located 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard. From there the exhibiton will travel to various sites within and outside of West Hollywood with a final panel discussion on Monday, November 24 in the West Hollywood City Council Chambers. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.transientexhibition.org or www.weho.org/arts.
West Hollywood Park Phase II Design Expo, November 22
Join the West Hollywood Park Phase II architects and design team as they present updates on the design development of the new Aquatic and Recreation Center and park improvements. Various booths will be set up to gather public feedback on options for landscaping, adult fitness equipment, park furniture, play equipment, and much more.
The West Hollywood Park Phase II Design Expo will take place on Saturday, November 22, 2014, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at West Hollywood Park, located at 647 N. San Vicente Boulevard. For more information call (323) 848-6874 or visit www.weho.org/whparkproject.
LAMBDA Literary Book Club Meeting, November 25
The Lambda Literary Book Club, moderated by Tony Valenzuela, highlights a different LGBT book each month, Admission is free and validated parking will be provided.
The November meeting will take place on Tuesday, November 25, 2014, at 7 p.m. at the West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room, located at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard. For more information, please call (310) 652-5340 or visit www.lambdaliterary.org/book-clubs/lambda-lit-book-club
City Hall Closed for Thanksgiving, November 27 and November 28
AIDS/Lifecycle Presents World AIDS Day Candlelight Vigil & Celebration of Life, November 30
The City of West Hollywood and AIDS/Lifecycle will hold a candlelight vigil in honor of World AIDS Day.
The vigil will take place on Sunday, November 30, 2014. It will begin at 5:30 p.m. at West Hollywood Park, located at 647 N. San Vicente Boulevard, and end at Micky's West Hollywood, located at 8857 Santa Monica Boulevard.
For more information, please visit www.aidslifecycle.org or www.weho.org.
