Loading Events
  • This event has passed.

2025 AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AN AFTERNOON WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORS – FEATURING COURTNEY B. VANCE

Date
February 8
Time
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Cost
Free, RSVP at the website
Organizer’s Site
oascla.org

Mayor Karen Bass; Dr. Lura Daniels-Ball, President, Our Authors Study Club, Inc.; Cynthia Exum, President, Leimert Village Park Book Festival; Los Angeles City Council President, Marqueece Harris-Dawson Councilmember, Eighth District; Bob Blumenfield, Councilmember, Third District; Curren D. Price, Jr., Councilmember, Ninth District; Heather Hutt, Councilmember, Tenth District; the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA); Yvonne Wheeler, President Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, General Chair, Our Authors Study Club 2025 African American Heritage Month; and, the Our Authors Study Club 2025 African American Heritage Month Committee invite you to attend an Afternoon with African American Authors.

Our Authors Study Club, Inc. (OASC) and the Leimert Park Village Book Fair hosts the opportunity to hear firsthand from award-winning actor, director and #1 best-selling author Courtney Bernard Vance as he discusses his book The Invisible Ache: Black Men Identifying Their Pain and Reclaiming Their Power. Along with professional expertise from famed psychologist Dr. Robin L. Smith (popularly known as “Dr. Robin”), Courtney B. Vance explores issues of grief, relationships, identity, and race through the telling of his own most formative experiences. A unique combination of moving memoir and practical tools that offers guidance for Black men seeking to reclaim their mental well-being–and, ultimately, to live wholeheartedly.

The presentation will be moderated by William Allen Young, actor, director and philanthropist who has starred in over 100 television, stage, and film projects, including two Academy Award-nominated films, A Soldier’s Story and District 9. 2025 OASC Living Legend Awards will be presented to both Mr. Vance and Mr. Young in honor of their body of work, leadership and personal philanthropy.

 

Los Angeles Public Library – Mark Taper Auditorium

Parking is $1.00 with a Los Angeles Public Library card in the garage beneath the library, the entrance is on 5th Street. Come early and sign up for your library card if you do not already have one.

Location

Los Angeles Central Library, Mark Taper Auditorium
630 W. 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90071 United States
+ Google Map
Phone:
213.228.7250
Website:
View Venue Website

Upcoming Events

February 14 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Event Series Event Series (See All)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036 United States

We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art

Mesoamerican artists held a cosmic responsibility: as they adorned the surfaces of buildings, clay vessels, textiles, bark-paper pages, and sculptures with color, they (quite literally) made the world. Color mapped the very order of the cosmos, of time and space. The exhibition explores the science, art, and cosmology of color in Mesoamerica. See website for ticket prices and registration.

February 14 @ 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, 501 N Main St
Los Angeles, CA 90012 United States
Free

LéaLA – Spanish Book Fair & Literary Festival 2024

LéaLA, the premier Spanish Book Fair & Literary Festival, returns from September 19-22, 2024, at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes located at 501 N. Main Street in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. Organized by the University of Guadalajara Foundation USA, this year’s event, themed Building Peace Together, celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month by honoring the rich traditions, language, and culture of the Latino community through literature, art, and intellectual dialogue. As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, LéaLA will highlight…

February 14 @ 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Barnsdall Junior Arts Center Gallery, Los Angeles, CA United States
Free

Fostering Photovoice: A photography exhibition about the foster youth experience

Fostering Photovoice: a photo exhibition about the foster youth experience, features photographs that depict identity, family, and the foster care system by six LA based foster youth artists. Join us for our Closing Reception on March 8, 2025. Stay tuned for upcoming details. Fostering Photovoice is a group photography exhibition that reflects the lives and experiences of youth impacted by foster care. The project was conceived by a photovoice research collective that included six artists—all former foster youths between the ages…

February 14 @ 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Event Series Event Series (See All)
Henry P. Rio Bridge Gallery at City Hall, 200 North Spring Street
Los Angeles, 90012 United States
Free, and open to the public

2025 BLACK HERITAGE MONTH EXHIBITION FEATURING A RETROSPECTIVE OF THE WORK OF LOS ANGELES PHOTOGRAPHER, LEROY HAMILTON

Join Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson; Mayor Karen Bass; the Los Angeles City Council; and the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) to officially celebrate the exhibition installation of the work of Los Angeles photographer, Leroy Hamilton in DCA’s Henry P. Rios Gallery at Los Angeles City Hall on display from Friday, January 31, 2025 to February 26, 2025. The Story of Us displays Black Angelenos in several dimensions of their lives—at home with family, in the conference room, on the court,…

February 14 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St.
San Pedro, CA 90731 United States
Free

Port Traits – Exhibition

Port Traits pays tribute to the work of late AGCC Studio Artists Scott Brown and Slobodan Dimitrov. The exhibition features a selection of paintings by Brown and his alias, Butcher John Henry (a collaboration with artist Logan Fox), in addition to black and white film photographs by Dimitrov. With over 25 years of history at the Center, Scott Brown and Slobodan Dimitrov will be remembered for their impact on the San Pedro community. Scott Brown was a painter, photographer, and…

Be in the Loop!

Receive notes about art, culture, and creativity in LA!


By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: . You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the SafeUnsubscribe® link, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact