Department of Cultural Affairs
Join us on May 11th as we embark on an unforgetable food and storytelling journey on Adams Blvd. Not only will we celebrate the cultural cuisines that add to the vibrancy of Adams Blvd., and more widely South LA, but we will also delve into the story of how these institutions came to be from the mouths of their caretakers. We will chomp our way down Adams Blvd. by visiting two culinary icons in South LA:
1 ) X-Tra Bionicos Allexis
2 ) Rincon Hondureño
The region’s longest-running annual holiday tradition returns! Perfect for all ages, this timeless story of redemption is filled to the brim with music and merriment. Create cherished memories with your whole family by witnessing Ebenezer Scrooge’s joyful transformation. It is a perfect burst of boundless good cheer for the season—and beyond! Thursdays – Saturdays, 7:00 p.m. Saturdays – Sundays 2:00 p.m.
The Acadmy Museum presents the Film Series Beware the Elements! Natural Disasters on Film Following a summer of record-breaking heatwaves, extreme wildfires, historic floods, and a truly unprecedented “hurriquake,” we find the perilous realities of climate change increasingly impacting our daily lives. This screening series considers natural disasters through our planet’s primary elements—earth, wind, water, and fire—and seeks to highlight key moments in the history of the disaster film genre as a source of entertainment and portrayal of science, and…
Our holiday tradition is returning to the Independent Shakespeare Company for its 19th year. Join us as we recreate (with a little artistic license) the experience of a public reading of A Christmas Carol, given by Charles Dickens himself. Enjoy a warm cup of hot chocolate or spiced (and spiked.) cider as the ISC Studio transforms into a cozy Victorian drawing room.
Our holiday tradition is returning to the Independent Shakespeare Company for its 19th year! Join us as we recreate (with a little artistic license) the experience of a public reading of A Christmas Carol, given by Charles Dickens himself. Enjoy a warm cup of hot chocolate or spiced (and spiked!) cider as the ISC Studio transforms into a cozy Victorian drawing room. Thursdays – Saturdays 7:30 p.m. Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
WICKED, the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, another young woman is born with emerald-green skin—smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets an exceptionally popular bubbly blonde, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships…until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other “wicked.” Tuesdays – Saturdays – 8:00 p.m. Saturday – 2:00 p.m. Sunday 1:00 p.m. and 6:30…
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