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Date

October 14

Cost

Free

Event Series Dates

Ongoing

Event Schedule

October 2026

  • Thursday 15th 12:00 PM
  • Friday 16th 12:00 PM
  • Saturday 17th 12:00 PM
  • Sunday 18th 12:00 PM
  • Monday 19th 12:00 PM
  • Tuesday 20th 12:00 PM
  • Wednesday 21st 12:00 PM
  • Thursday 22nd 12:00 PM
  • Friday 23rd 12:00 PM
  • Saturday 24th 12:00 PM
  • Sunday 25th 12:00 PM
  • Monday 26th 12:00 PM
  • Tuesday 27th 12:00 PM
  • Wednesday 28th 12:00 PM
  • Thursday 29th 12:00 PM
  • Friday 30th 12:00 PM
  • Saturday 31st 12:00 PM

November 2026

  • Sunday 1st 12:00 PM
  • Monday 2nd 12:00 PM
  • Tuesday 3rd 12:00 PM

This conversation with historian John Mack Faragher and artist Weshoyot Alvitre (Tongva) expands on historical imagination, one of the key themes of Imagined Wests. Alvitre also participated in creating a Tongva display in the exhibition.

Upcoming Events

October 15 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm -
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$0.00 - $7.00

Hollyhock House Tours

Experience the interior of Hollyhock House at your own pace with a self-guided tour. Docents are on hand to provide information and answer questions.

October 14 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
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Free

Shifting Perspectives: Cheech Collects

Over the past year and a half, artists and collectors have donated 80 works by almost 35 artists to The Cheech Center Collection. This year's exhibition will highlight some new additions alongside works from Cheech Marin's initial gift of 500 works. The latest exhibition, Cheech Collects, explores different forms within the Cheech Marin Collection. It introduces photography and sculpture alongside paintings, prints, and mixed media works for which the collection is celebrated. See website for ticket prices.

October 14 @ 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm -
See event website.

Construction, Occupation

Construction, Occupation presents the work of 24 artists and collectives that engage art’s potential to shape the city through the power of community. Drawing on myriad visual languages and poetics grounded in collective action, the exhibition investigates a radical urban vocabulary that blurs art and activism to address questions of infrastructure and vulnerability, circulation and segregation, and the body in public

October 14 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
$0.00 - $19.00

BEHIND BARS: INCARCERATION IN THE WEST

This installation features some of the many forms that incarceration has taken in the American West over time, in conversation with a new photo series by fine art photographer Pep Williams, taken in a California state prison. Located in the jail cell area of the Autry’s firearms galleries, the installation brings past and present into dialogue.

October 18 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm -
$0.00 - $15.95

Bernard Hoyes: Out from Under the Net

Presenting the evolution of Bernard Hoyes’ signature Rag Series, developed during the 1970s and expanded through collage, painting, and printmaking. His rhythmic compositions reflect Afro-Caribbean spirituality, rituals, and the power of women across music, dance, and magic. The works explore themes of race, identity, memory, and liberation through layered visual language.