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The Crazy Superhero Vacation
The Crazy Superhero Vacation is a production by Ms. Neate’s class at Vena Avenue Elementary. Animation and editing are by Pieter Hardeman of Toy Story Lab. Southland Sings is a creative organization using the arts to unlock creative potential through live opera, musical theatre production, education assemblies, and music composition for all ages.
$8 – $10
Asian World Film Festival 2024
AWFF is proud to present its Official Selection of 2024 Asian Academy Award and Golden Globe submissions for Best International Feature Film and Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language, along with a series of Asian Film Day programs, exclusive presentations, and tribute retrospectives. Our festival aims to promote these films through physical screenings, panels, special events, and social media platforms to assist the filmmakers in their campaigns for Award success. Check the website for films, dates, and times.…
$10 – $30
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Film Festival – DocuSlate Documentary
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) hosts its November Monthly Film Festival and celebrates Documentary Cinema. The festival presents screenings of shorts, documentaries, and feature films that have been submitted worldwide. All of the programs are followed by a Q&A with each filmmaker.
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A More Than Human Tongue: Two Immersive, Interactive AI Experiences
A More Than Human Tongue explores the fusion of ancestral practices and modern tech with a pair of innovative experiences. One Who Looks at the Cup, by Mashinka Firunts Hakopian with Atlas Acopian, and Lara Sarkissian, uncovers the secrets of tasseography (the fortune-telling method of reading coffee grounds) reimagined through AI. Voice in My Head, created by Lauren Lee McCarthy and Kyle McDonald, delves into the mind’s inner workings, in which guests hear voices in their heads through earbuds – but…
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Descanse en Paz: Memorial Paintings from 19th-Century Mexico
This exhibition highlights two popular genres of 19th-century Mexican painting commemorating family members who no longer reside in the household— offering them a lasting presence in the home. The first intimately portrays deceased individuals in likenesses imbued with grief and tender remembrance. The second genre is the uniquely Mexican monja Coronado or “crowned nun” portrait. Images of flowers adorned Brides of Christ were commissioned by the families of women who took Catholic ecclesiastical vows and permanently embarked on cloistered lives.