Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a citywide commemoration of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage and history in Los Angeles. The celebration will acknowledge the contributions of Southern California’s Asian and Pacific Islander communities in education, religion, the arts, culture, and the humanities. Events include music concerts, performances, and several gallery exhibitions.
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration
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Upcoming Events
Free
ARROYO WRITING GROUP
Writers of any level of experience are invited to join our writing group to practice writing short pieces across many genres and sharing their writing with others. Each month, we will engage with a different writing prompt, preparing our own short work in response and bringing it to share at our meeting.
Free
2025 Evening Webinar Series for Arts Workers
A Community Learning and Networking Program for Arts Professionals Program Description The DCA Evening Webinar Series for Arts Workers, in partnership with Arts for LA, is an opportunity for the local arts and cultural community to build networks through listening, learning, and exchanging insights. This year, the program comprises three cohorts. These evening exchanges offer opportunities for attendees to ask questions, share comments or recommendations, and interact at the end of the sessions. If interested, local artists and arts workers…
Life of Pi
Experience the Tony and Olivier Award-winning play Life of Pi, based on Yann Martel’s best-selling novel. This visually stunning production tells the story of sixteen-year-old Pi, who survives a shipwreck and is stranded on a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and a Bengal tiger. Through innovative puppetry and stagecraft, the play brings this epic tale of adventure and survival to life. Check the website for performance times and ticket prices.
Check the website for ticket prices.
JUST LIKE US
Just Like Us by Karen Zacarías. Inspired by the bestselling book by Helen Thorpe and now more timely than ever, this non-fiction play follows four Latina teenage girls whose close-knit friendship is put to the test when each finds her opportunities in life dictated by immigration status—or lack thereof. Check the website for ticket prices.
Check the website for ticket prices.
The Last Play by Rickérby Hinds
The Last Play by Rickérby Hinds, a meta-theatrical work written by the real Rickérby Hinds, was commissioned by Latino Theater Company and developed in the company’s Circle of Imaginistas playwriting group. An Afro Latino playwright, blocked by the challenge of writing what he believes will be his final play, summons characters from some of his previous plays for inspiration — only to confront chaos, comedy and a deeper understanding of his identity and the true meaning of success. Check the…