AIDS/LifeCycle 2023 is taking you from the Bay to the Beach! On Day 7, the route will continue south through Santa Monica past the renowned Santa Monica Pier to a new Finish Line with the Pacific Ocean as the backdrop! Join us for the finish line festival to celebrate cyclists and roadies, food trucks, entertainment, celebration, and many more surprises.
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AIDS/LifeCycle Bay to the Beach Finish Line Festival
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Upcoming Events
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.
Free
YouStar Foundation Warm Line
The YouStar Foundation offers a Warm Line service, providing a safe space for Korean Americans to share emotions, seek advice, and receive support. This non-crisis emotional support hotline addresses unique challenges such as cultural stigma around mental health, generational gaps, and stress from living in a multicultural environment. Staffed by trained volunteers and professionals fluent in both English and Korean, the Warm Line aims to bridge cultural understanding and offer empathetic listening for those dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, or…
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Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art Across Asia
This exhibition presents an international survey of Buddhism and Buddhist art, beginning with the religion’s origins in India and following its spread through mainland and island Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, and East Asia. Incorporating 150 masterpieces of pan-Asian Buddhist art, the exhibition introduces key concepts of Buddhist thought and practice viewed through rare and extraordinarily beautiful Buddhist sculptures, paintings, and ritual objects. Drawn from LACMA’s permanent collection, with several significant loans from private collections, the exhibition explores the life of…
$15
JAPANESE GARDEN – KOI POND AT SOUTH COAST BOTANIC GARDENS
Listen to the calming sounds of water and take in the subdued palette of evergreen shrubbery embracing the Koi Pond. The garden features stone lanterns crafted from Okazaki stone over 200 years ago, as well as a bonsai display maintained by the South Coast Bonsai Association.
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…