Saturday August 16, 2025 Events continue with a variety of happenings all over LA. Kick off your day with some early morning Shakespeare in the park. Or enjoy a pizza party with some art making at Bermudez Projects. Also I want to point out the Bendix Art Night which is always a good time. In addition to art parties and talks, we have live music, theatre, a screening, a therapeutic seed event at the Armory Center for the Arts and a love fest. Whew! Take your pick. And don’t forget about all the free summer concerts – see EatTravelGo.com for a full list of venues.
August 16, 2025 Events & Art Parties
In Culver City…The Actors’ Gang continues its annual tradition of Free Shakespeare in the Park. Roswell That Ends Well takes place today at 11:00am. This rendition and interpretation of Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well features outer space and the Wild West. A cowgirl with dreams of dance-battling in outer space finally gets her wish, thanks to a four-armed alien king. The show takes place in downtown Culver City at Media Park and is free to the public. Performance 11am; Media Park, 9070 W. Venice Blvd., Culver City 90232 and is adjacent to The Actors’ Gang Theater. Reservations are advised for the FREE show; theactorsgang.com
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Cypress Park Area
Bermudez Projects celebrates the FINAL day of TIME BANDITS: Emerging Art from Gen Alpha with a fun free event. Enjoy art-making, food, as well as community. The gallery will be serving FREE PIZZA and refreshments – don’t miss it! Art Party: 12pm to 2pm; Bermudez Projects, 1225 Cypress Avenue No. 1, LA, 90065; https://www.bermudezprojects.com/
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Echo Park
Smart Objects hosts its second day of a two day group exhibition titled Embodied Frequencies. The group show and performance invites guests to participate in a sensory experience, where digital stimuli and intimacy intersect. Furthermore, the exhibition will include: interactive sculpture, video games, biofeedback art, and performance. Featured artists and researchers include: Jenna Caravello, Olive Kimoto, Naomi Sam, C+, Evesaltocave, and Chris Giang. Event: 12-8pm; Check with the gallery for exact performance times; Admission: $15-$30; Purchase tickets for Embodied Frequencies Performance HERE; Smart Objects, 1828 W Sunset Blvd, LA, 90026; https://www.instagram.com/smartobjects/
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Santa Monica
At Bergamot Station…Marshall Gallery hosts an art talk for its current exhibitions Blind Forest by Alex Turner, and Intermodal by Işik Kaya and Thomas Blank. Guest moderator Heidi Volpe (Director of Photography, Patagonia) will lead the conversation with the above mentioned artists. Art Talk: 12pm; Marshall Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave. A6, Santa Monica, 90404; https://marshallgallery.art/
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Downtown
Run, don’t walk to see & Juliet at the Ahmanson Theatre. This witty, high-energy musical turns the world’s most famous romance upside down. & Juliet dares to ask: what if Juliet’s story didn’t end with Romeo? Instead, she seizes control, rewriting her fate for a second shot at life and love—on her own terms. Read more about it on the & Juliet at the Ahmanson Feature.
Rachel-Simone (from the North American Tour) & Juliet; Photo by Matthew Murphy
Performances: 2pm & 8pm; Ahmanson Theatre, 135 North Grand Avenue, LA, 90012; CenterTheatreGroup.org
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Love Fest
Today from 4-7pm the Breathe into the Love Fest hosted by Breathe Into Life & Amanda Mia Mehalick. What is this you may ask, it is touted was a self-love and community connection experience with admission.
Change Step into a 60-minute heart-opening experience led by Amanda Mia Mehalick, featuring guided meditation, somatic presence, and connection exercises designed to soften, awaken, and realign. As part of this ritual, Adora Winquist of The Soul Institute will share an intentional essential oil blend crafted to activate the heart and support emotional alchemy. Each guest will receive this blend as part of the experience, inviting you into deeper clarity, calm, and connection, one breath at a time. Event: 4-7pm PDT. Doors at 3:30pm; Admission ranges from $77 to $111 per person; 12760 Millennium Drive Los Angeles, CA 90094; https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNN9e2cu1a-/
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Echo Park
Musée du Al throws an opening art party for Zombie Fairies by Joe Potts. The new exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist features 52 works selected from a larger series of more than 200 images. Moreover, a full collection, titled The Complete Zombie Fairies, has been published in book form and will be available for purchase at the gallery during the exhibition. Art Party: 5-8pm; The gallery is located in Echo Park, however, the street address will be disclosed once you RSVP on https://www.museedual.com/contact – so you will be invited to the next one. https://www.museedual.com/
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Downtown
It’s time for another Bendix Art Night at the famed Bendix building. Several of the galleries will participate and have confirmed with LAArtParty.com
While the event technically runs from 7-10pm, Monte Vista Projects #523 is hosting an art talk at 5pm, then will stay open later. The art talks takes place in conjunction with Invitation, by Renée Pepion. https://www.montevistaprojects.com/
TSA LA #523 is currently exhibiting El Portal organized by Ricardo Harris-Fuentes and Lauren Armstrong. Furthermore, tonight there will be an El Portal Rooftop Performance Night. Head to the Bendix rooftop, 11th Floor.
7:30 pm – Medicine music by Lauren Armstrong
8:30 pm – The Resurrection of Stars by Sean Noyce
9:00 pm – Blood Moon by Kathryn Garcia
https://www.tigerstrikesasteroid.com/
Also 515 Gallery #515 present a new show titled Special Collections II. It is curated by Danny Shain and features 75 artists. The creatives were invited to reimagine the cover of a favorite book. https://www.515bendix.com
Durden and Ray #832 hosts a two-person exhibition titled SPOTLIGHT24. The artists Shannon Freshwater as well as Nadine Schelber were chosen via an open call which is a first for the gallery. http://www.durdenandray.com
Persons Unknown # 620 presents The Museum of Human Touch by Agustin Rosa. The artist creates a speculative fiction project in an imagined future where intimacy with our devices has deepened into full codependence. In this future, screens have replaced direct experience and our connections, to our bodies and others, have thinned into abstraction. Sounds like our future…pretty scary? https://www.personsunknowngallery.com/
If I hear back from the others, I will post. Event: 7-10pm; Bendix Building, 1206 Maple Avenue, DTLA 90015; https://bendixbuilding.com
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Pasadena
Armory Center for the Arts brings us With seeds in their Hands. The evening of seed processing, conversation, and performance engages our ability to expand on collective care, rest, and the holding of collective grief. There will be an artist panel as well. You must RSVP; Find out more on the website. Event: 4-7pm; Armory Center for the Arts. 145 N Raymond Ave., Pasadena, CA 91103; https://www.armoryarts.org
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Downtown
LA Artcore throws an opening art party, a panel discussion as well as live music for Unfolding Memories: Art of Testimony by Japanese-born artist Chiho Harazaki. The solo exhibition explores themes of memory, identity, and cultural tension, inviting audiences to reflect on the enduring impact of wartime trauma.
The opening event features a panel discussion moderated by historian Diana Tsuchida, with panelists Setsuo Tomita and Sally Hamamoto—individuals who personally experienced wartime trauma. The evening will also feature live musical performances by Kozue Matsumoto, a koto player and CalArts alumna; Kevin Yokota, a drummer/percussionist and graduate of USC’s Thornton School of Music; Southern California’s Japanese music ensemble, LA’s 33 Strings; and electroacoustic trumpeter Sara Sithi-Ammuai. Event: 5-9pm; Doors Open: 4:30pm; Panel Discussion: 5:30-6:30pm; Music Performance: 7-8:30pm; LA Artcore, 120 Judge John Aiso St., LA, 90012; https://laartcore.org
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Glendale
ReflectSpace presents Reimagining Algorithms: Cultural Heritage in the Age of AI. This exhibition is an art-infused, researched-based and technologically adventurous exhibition. It spotlights how artists re-imagine and re-invent culture while also casting light on how the same technology is used for its destruction. The exhibit brings these two seemingly opposing polarities into proximity and questions their implications on our use of technology and AI (Artificial Intelligence) on cultural memory and identity. Art Party: 6:30-8:30pm; ReflectSpace / Glendale Central Library, 222 East Harvard St., Glendale, 91205; https://www.reflectspace.org
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South Pasadena
Visionarium hosts live music with the Elliot Caine Jazz band on its rooftop. Enjoy a beautiful summer night of live jazz with the Elliott Caine. The band includes: Elliott Caine (Trumpet), Gary Fukushima (Piano), Paul Eckman (Bass), and David Derge (Drums).
Elliott Caine; courtesy of Elliott Caine
Visionarium is a new, very hip and Italian venue featuring excellent food. RSVP HERE for Live Rooftop Jazz with Elliot Caine. The $10 ticket price is fully redeemable. Print out ticket voucher to used for food and drinks during the concert. Performance: 7-9:30pm; 1020 Mission Street South Pasadena, CA 91030; https://www.elliottcaine.com
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Exposition Park
KCRW, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and NBC Universal present a screening of The Americas, followed by a conversation with composers Hans Zimmer, Anže Rozman, and Kara Talve, moderated by KCRW’s Novena Carmel. The Americas, narrated by Tom Hanks and executive-produced by Mike Gunton, with music by Oscar and Grammy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer, showcases the wonders, secrets, as well as the fragilities of the world’s greatest supercontinent.
Event: 7pm; Doors open at 6:30pm; Conversation to follow the screening; Admission is FREE. However you MUST have an RSVP HERE for the Americas Screening at NHM. A wristband is required for entry and to remain on the premises. Wristbands must be picked up upon entry; Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County – Commons Theater, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007; https://nhm.org/;
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Downtown
Louisville-based pop artist Terra Renae, with Macy Gray at The Palace Theatre. The show marks a full-circle moment for Terra, who first met Macy in LA in 2022 – a chance encounter that led to a close mentorship. Hence Macy became the executive producer or her debut album, and now, the two sharing stages around the world. Find out more about this talented artist on the Terra Renae Feature.
Terra Ranae; courtesy of the artist
Performance: 7pm; 630 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90014; 630 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90014; https://www.palacedowntown.com
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Also Downtown…The Broad continues its Summer Concerts: PAST + FUTURE = PRESENT. This evening brings together bold, genre-defying Native artists across two stages. It will include hip hop and experimental electronics while spotlighting the wide spectrum of sound shaping contemporary Indigenous music.
The event features Snotty Nose Rez Kids, the raucous and upbeat Haisla hip hop duo, and Black Belt Eagle Scout. Moreover Swinomish/Iñupiaq indie artist will be performing in the museum lobby. Dance the night away in Oculus Hall with Jin, a renowned electronic artist. Jin will debut three collaborative compositions with Navajo/Diné musician Glen Begay specially commissioned by The Broad, as well as Los Angeles footwork musician DJ Noir. Performance: 8–11pm; Tickets: $25; includes access to the special exhibition; Lobby and Oculus Hall at The Broad, 221 S Grand Ave, LA, 90012; https://www.thebroad.org
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Santa Monica
The Fantasticks continues at Ruskin Group Theatre for a limited run. This enchanting multi-award-winning musical, is still to this day the longest running off Broadway play. This is a wonderful show. I saw it when it when I lived in NYC (a very long time ago). The original off-Broadway production opened in 1960 and ran for 42 years. Although I didn’t catch the original cast (Hey, I’m not that old), I did thoroughly enjoy it.
Director Elina de Santos takes the story into the 21st century, keeping the same wit, sensitivity and beauty of the original story. Furthermore, her staging brings fresh insight with an imaginative flair to a cherished classic. Actors include: Michael D. Cohen, Danny Bernardo, Rhett Hemingway, Kiel Kennedy, Sophie Pollono, Michael Redfield, Raven Scott, John Wuchte, and Silas Shultz. Run time is approximately 120 minutes (including one 10-minute intermission). The show runs through August 24, 2025; Performance: 8pm; Tickets are $45 (student/senior discounts $30 and also groups 10+ $33) and can be purchased in advance at www.ruskingrouptheatre.com or by calling (310) 397-3244. Free parking available on-site. Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405; https://www.ruskingrouptheatre.com/
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West LA
The Motherf**cker with the Hat continues at Odyssey Theatre. The revival of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ popular play brings five powerhouse performers in one show. The compelling story features love, commitment, as well as redemption. Performance: 8pm; General Admission: $45; Seniors: $35; Students $30 (with student ID); The Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd, LA, 90025. Reservations: https://www.tmfwth.com/ https://odysseytheatre.com/whats-on/
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