Explore this tranquil Japanese-style garden that blends design elements from four classic garden styles.
Cross an arched bridge and walk on shaded paths along a koi-filled stream to the teahouse.
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JAPANESE GARDEN AT DESCANSO GARDENS
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Creative Writing Group
Calling all writers of fiction, screenplays, poetry, etc. Get feedback on your writing in a fun, supportive environment! The Central Library Creative Writing Group meets every other Saturday for fellowship, feedback, and snacks. Meetings start out with a short writing prompt exercise, then writers are invited to share up to five pages of their work for feedback from the group. Whether you are just starting out or well on your way to glory, join us and banish (at least temporarily)…
Free
Forum for Intergenerational Conflicts Analysis and Finding Solutions for Korean Americans
The forum will bring together experts, community leaders, and families to discuss generational challenges in immigrant households. Based on insights from a 2024 survey by YouStar Foundation and the Korean Consulate General in LA, the event will explore cultural misunderstandings, shifting family roles, and mental health impacts. Through open dialogue, real-life stories, and expert guidance, attendees will gain tools to foster understanding and communication across generations in Korean American families.
$15
STORRIER STEARNS JAPANESE GARDEN
This Japanese garden features a light hill-scape, pond, cascading 25-foot waterfall, and a formal teahouse designed by Kinzuchi Fujii. The garden is considered by many to be a masterwork, demonstrating the adaptability of Japanese culture in modern America. Fridays and Saturdays, 4:00 – 8:00 p.m., Sundays 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. $15, Register in advance at the website
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Best. Dad. NEVER.
After years fearing he’d never be a father, gay Armenian-American Haig “Hike” Chahinian became the happiest dad of a bouncing Black biracial baby girl. Seeking to be the best Janelle Monáe-listening, Black Girl Magic-supporting, antiracist papa ever, he instead stumbles through the humbling and oft-hilarious fumbles of fatherhood in multiracial America. Inspired by his viral essays in New York Times Modern Love, Cosmopolitan, and O The Oprah Magazine, Best. Dad. NEVER. is searing, intimate, richly relatable comedic storytelling about what…
$10
deadbeat
deadbeat. is a chaotic, vignette-style comedy show that combines live sketches, digital performances, and drag to embrace the absurdity of our lived experiences as queer, mixed-race women in America — because what better way to shame colonizers than with a good laugh?