WeHo Arts Briefs
Mid-April 2015 
 
  

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Find out all that's happening on the Sunset Strip, from music gigs at the various clubs, to book readings at Book Soup, to laughing out loud at The Comedy Store. View the calendar here.
  
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Visit Weho has listings for all over Weho, including intimate music gigs, promotions at the hotels and entertainment in the bars. View the calendar here.
 

 

 
@local museums
  
  

A Vast Furniture

Installation by Carmen Argote

 

April 17-May 17, 2015

Opening reception: April 17, 2015, 7:00-9:00 pm 

 

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Nature walk, 1:00-2:30 pm.

 

A guided tour of the Kings Road gardens and landscaping, led by the artist and MAK Center staff. 

  
Bernhard Willhelm
Feb 7 - May 17
  
  
@local galleries

Hadid Gallery

Hamilton Selway 

June Mazer Lesbian Archives

LA Gay & Lesbian Center

Lead Apron

 Leica Gallery 

  Louis Stern Fine Arts 

 Manny Silverman  

Matthew Marks Gallery

 

@PDC Galleries

Next DesignLAb is June 4, 2015.

Upcoming Events

LITERARY/POETRY MONTH

The inaugural West Hollywood City Poet Steven Reigns has organized a variety of events during April for National Poetry Month 2015. All month long there will be banners along Santa Monica Blvd, bringing poetry into the street. See all banners and get information on the poets here.

 

PUBLIC ART/PEFORMANCE/VISUAL

100 Walkers, West Hollywood

Saturday, April 18, 2015, approximately 2:00pm-5:30 pm

Citywide, starting from the El Tovar Parking Lot at 2:00 pm.

8752 El Tovar Place

FREE

"100 Walkers, West Hollywood" is a large scale performance piece created by artist Richard Kraft in which one hundred people, each dressed in a dark suit and bowler hat and wearing a sandwich board (with a unique image on both front and back) will walk pre-determined routes through the city. The piece will begin with all one hundred walkers forming a grid in the El Tovar parking lot next to West Hollywood Park.

 

This project is presented by the City of West Hollywood through its Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission as part of WeHo@30, the West Hollywood celebration of 30 years of Cityhood. For more info visit http://bit.ly/WeHoArts  Please follow us on social media and use the hashtag #100walkersweho to document the project.

 

THEATRE/LGBTQ

Celebration Theatre New Works Series: Married North

Tuesday, April 20, 7:30pm

West Hollywood City Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.

FREE

The monthly Celebrating New Works series presents a staged reading of

Married North by Hal Corley directed by Nathan Frizell. Set in the summer of 1959, Married North is a seriocomic story of transplanted southerners in a Washington DC suburb during the infamous "Lavender Scare"- the purge of "pinkos and perverts" from the Federal payrolls- that grew out of the McCarthy Era. RSVPs are not required. For more information please visit http://bit.ly/WeHoArts or www.facebook.com/Celebrationthtr

 

COMMUNITY/KIDS

Kids Fair

West Hollywood Park

Saturday, April 25, 2015, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

West Hollywood Park

647 N. San Vicente Blvd.

FREE

A day of free events, activities and resources in WeHo Park. More info at www.weho.org

 

LITERARY/WEHO READS/KIDS

WeHo Reads: LeVar Burton, The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm

Saturday, April 25, 2015, 2:00 pm

West Hollywood City Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.

FREE

The City of West Hollywood celebrates the literary community with WeHo Reads, which consists of a year-round author series featuring new and noteworthy authors at the West Hollywood Library and a full day of literary events scheduled for September 26, 2015.

 

LeVar Burton is well-known for being host and executive producer of Reading Rainbow, a TV series that encouraged reading among children and ran for 23 seasons. In late 2014, LeVar Burton published his first children's book, The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm. On April 25, Burton will read from the book while the words are projected on the screen behind him so children can read along as well. This WeHo Reads event would take place immediately following the West Hollywood Kids' Fair. Please visit http://bit.ly/WeHoArts  for more info.  

 

THEATRE

A Classical Theatre Lab Reading Series: Pointe Valaine

Saturday, April 25, 2015, 2:00 pm

West Hollywood Community Meeting Room

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.

FREE

The Classical Theatre Lab reading series presents Pointe Valaine by Noel Coward. To RSVP please call 323-960-5691 or email classicaltheatrelab@gmail.com. For more information on additional West Hollywood arts and theatre events, please visit http://bit.ly/WeHoArts 
 

LITERARY - National Poetry Month

Saturday, April 25, 2015, 4:00 pm

West Hollywood City Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.

FREE

For National Poetry Month the City of West Hollywood will have 23 lamppost banners highlighting the works of contemporary poets. Seven of those poets will be reading their poems at this event hosted by West Hollywood City Poet Steven Reigns during National Poetry Month.

Readers include: Teka-Lark Fleming, Amy Gerstler, Eloise Klein Healy, Collin Kelley, Michael Klein, and Terry Wolverton. For more info please visit http://bit.ly/WeHoArts  

 

THEATRE/KIDS/WEHO EAST ARTS

Puppet Theatre on Wheels: My First Fairy Tales

Sunday, April 26, 2015, 11:00 am

Plummer Park Community Center, Rms 5+6

7377 Santa Monica Blvd.

FREE

What could a golden egg, a talking bread roll and a giant turnip have in common? They all have starring rolls in some of Eastern Europe's most famous toddler fairy tales. My First Fairy Tales is our unique combination of these three tales into one adventure packed story. Follow our Kolobok (bread roll) as he rolls through the forest meeting all kinds of creatures, watch to see what happens to a golden egg and help grandpa pull out the giant turnip! For more information on additional West Hollywood arts and theatre events, please visit http://bit.ly/WeHoArts. To RSVP www.puppettheateronwheels.com   

 

DESIGN/HISTORY/WEHO EAST ARTS

The Cold War in Art and Architecture

Wednesday, April 29th, 7:00pm

West Hollywood City Council Chambers

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.

FREE

Noted scholar and UCLA professor Vladimir Paperny will present a lecture with Q&A to follow on this fascinating topic of cultural confrontation during the height of the Cold War at the Brussels World Fair in 1959. This lecture is presented as part of the City's WeHo East Arts program and in celebration of Russian History Month. No RSVPs are required and the event is free to attend. For more information please visit http://bit.ly/WeHoArts  

 

DESIGN/HISTORY/VISUAL ART

WeHo@30: Young City, Vibrant Heritage

March 25, 2015 to May 15, 2015

West Hollywood Library

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.

FREE

As part of the 30th Anniversary of Cityhood, the City of West Hollywood presents a photographic exhibition of historically designated resources in West Hollywood. To date, the City has designated a total of eighty-three historic and cultural resources throughout the City. This exhibit features a selection of such buildings photographed by Tony Coehlo. The exhibit will run from March 25, 2015 through the first half of May. For more information on the Current and Historic Preservation Planning Division, and this and other library exhibitions please visit www.weho.org/historic and http://bit.ly/WeHoArts 

  
Artist Opportunities 
   

Art Goes Electronic

AGE and the City of West Hollywood have coordinated an exciting free opportunity for artists to display their artwork on a digital billboard seen by thousands of people daily on Sunset Blvd. Each month will have varying themes. To read the call for artists, description of themes, and submit work, click here. Upcoming deadlines are:

  • 5/15 for June (theme: LGBTQ/One City One Pride)
  • 6/15 for July (Street Art)
  • 7/15 for August (Open theme)
  • 8/15 for Sept (Hispanic American Heritage Month - Artwork created by or depicting Latino/Hispanic people)

CMG 4th Annual Short Film Festival Call for Entires to benefit AIDS Walk LA.  Festival: October 2-3 in City Council Chambers.  Seeking films and webisodes of interest to LGBT audiences of 30 minutes or less.  Earlybird entries until May 1; deadline July 1.  Complete info & forms at   

http://www.cmgfilmfest.net  

   

Temporary Public Art Project Proposals

The City of West Hollywood through its Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission and Art on the Outside Subcommittee reviews temporary public art projects on behalf of the City in the fields of visual and performance art, film/video, architecture, design, and emerging/multi-disciplinary practices. For more info, click here. No deadline. 

 

 

 

 

West Hollywood Library - Cultural Programming Opportunities The West Hollywood Library campus provides opportunities for Cultural programs and displays within the public areas of the West Hollywood Library Facility. Organizations and individuals are welcome to apply. Proposals are reviewed by a committee using the criteria as described in the guidelines. Please note that the Library receives far more requests for programming than it is able to accommodate. For more info, click here 

Deadline July 1 for next review (committee meets quarterly).

 
Arts and Cultural Affairs information and programming is brought to you by the City of West Hollywood through its Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission.  For more information on the arts in West Hollywood, visit www.weho.org/arts or call 323/848-6377.