August 28-29 2025 Art Parties & Events

While Thursday, Friday August 14-15 2025 art parties may be a bit slow due to Labor Day, we still have plenty of fun events. In addition to a guided art tour, opening receptions, you can also enjoy a poetry event, a screening, live music, wine tasting, theatre and also comedy. It’s a great way to kick off the holiday weekend.

Thursday August 28, 2025

In Westwood…Join Gassia Armenian for a guided tour of Intersections: World Arts, Local Lives, the Fowler’s permanent collection installation. Explore how art from Africa, Asia, the Pacific, as well as the Americas reveals shared themes and distinct perspectives, highlighting the global connections that shape cultural expression. Walk-through: 1-2pm; RSVP on the website to attend the FREE event; The Fowler Museum at UCLA, 308 Charles E Young Drive North LA, 90024; https://fowler.ucla.edu/events/

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Shoshana Wayne Gallery presents The Morning After The Fire Swept Through, a solo exhibition by Ashwini Bhat. This body of work continues Bhat’s ongoing, field-based project Assembling California, a deeply personal and ecological mapping of presence, transformation, and ritual.

The exhibition features new bronze and ceramic sculptures, photographs, sound, and text, created in close relationship with the land Bhat inhabits in Northern California. Since relocating from Southern India to the Bay Area during the 2017 Tubbs Fire, the artist has embedded her practice within the rhythms of the land and the aftershocks of catastrophe. Art Party: 4-6pm; Shoshana Wayne Gallery. 5247 W. Adams Blvd., LA, 90016; https://shoshanawayne.com/

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LA Theatre

The Motherf**cker with the Hat continues at the 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. This is the last weekend for the show. 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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Mid City

Matter Studio Gallery hosts an evening of poetry in conjunction with its current exhibitions – Milo Harvey: Transcending Matter and Craig Wcislo: Evolving Matter. Poets include: Charles Reese, Evi Heilbrunn, Sepi Shyne, Ash Nichols, Milo Harvey, Messiaeh. There is a suggested donation, but it will go to supporting the LGBTQIA+ Community.

While you are there, be sure to enjoy the exhibitions. Each artist spotlights a different medium in their perspective solo exhibition. Milo Harvey utilizes photography to investigate his life as transsexual man in Transcending Matter. As Ceramist Craig Wcislo’s Evolving Matter spotlights sculpture that was inspired by his rocket scientist parents. Poetry performance: 6:30-8pm; Admission $20 suggested donation; Matter Studio Gallery, 5080 W. Pico Blvd., LA, 90019; https://matterstudiogallery.com/

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Friday August 29, 2025

Cinecon 61 Classic Film Festival continues today and runs through Labor day. The event will be held at the Writers Guild of America Theater for a weekend filled with timeless movie magic! For more than half a century, Cinephiles have gathered over Labor Day Weekend to celebrate the movies at the annual Cinecon Classic Film Festival. Cinecon is where archivists, authors, collectors, and film fans come together for four days of classic film & TV screenings, celebrity guests, and special programs. Now celebrating its 61st year, this year’s festival will be filled with some of the rarest and unusual material we’ve ever presented. Event: 10am-10pm (or so); Admission: $92.55  or $374.w5 for the entire weekend; Writers Guild Theater at 135 South Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; https://cinecon.org/

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Arcadia

If you like Asian food, the 626 Night Market runs all weekend at the Santa Anita Racetrack. The event features over 250 food, merchandise, and craft vendors. Hours: 4-11pm; Admission: $6.93; Parking is Free; Santa Anita Park, 285 W Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91007; https://www.626nightmarket.com

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Silver Lake

Barnsdall Fridays Wine Tasting event continues. The fundraiser event benefits Barnsdall Art Park Foundation. Wines are curated by Silverlake Wine. Moreover attendees can enjoy cuisine from rotating food trucks at these Friday night happenings which run from through September 26, 2025.

Visit the website for more info and to purchase tickets. Event runs: 5:30-8:30pm; Tickets start at $45; Adults ONLY (21+ No kids or babies or pets); Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Boulevard LA 90027; http://www.barnsdall.org/

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West Hollywood

The Troubadour presents The Southland. The SoCal rock band comes together 20 years after their first US tour to play all the crowd favorites. Admission: $26.29 incl. fee; Visit the website for more info, or to buy tickets; Performance: 8pm; The Tourbadour, 9081 N Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, 90069; https://troubadour.com

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You have another chance to catch The Motherf**cker with the Hat at the Odyssey Theatre. See Thursday’s listing above for info.

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Hollywood

The Hollywood Bowl presents Cyndi Lauper for two nights. Performances are part of the Girls Just Want to Have Fun Farewell Tour.

The iconic vocalist has been performing for the past five decades. Her hits include: “True Colors,” “Time After Time,” as well as “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” I have seen her many times in concert – she puts on a great show. Performance: 8pm; Gates open: 6pm; Admission ranges from $32-$256; The Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Ave, LA, 90068; https://www.hollywoodbowl.com

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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. Or Read the ETG & Juliet Review on our art inspired travel site – EatTravelGo.com; Performance: 8pm; Ahmanson Theatre, 135 North Grand Avenue, LA, 90012; CenterTheatreGroup.org

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Also Downtown…Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has the exclusive theatrical debut of the entire A Nightmare on Elm Street 7-Film Collection remastered in stunning 4K (ahead of its 4K Ultra HD box-set release on September 30th). The theatrical screenings begin on August 29 with A Nightmare on Elm Street. Screenings: 9:15pm & 10:30pm; Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 700 W 7th St Ste. U240, Los Angeles, CA 90017; https://drafthouse.com

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West Hollywood

Jetpack Comedy is LA’s best Friday stand-up comedy showcase. Comics from HBO, Netflix, and also SNL cast members, all drop-in for a night of laughter. Headliners and surprise drop-ins have included: Sarah Silverman, Kevin Nealon, Fred Armisen, Bob Odenkirk, Pete Holmes, Hannibal Buress, Kumail Nanjiani, Maria Bamford, Hasan Minhaj, Jeff Garlin, Ali Wong, Demetri Martin, as well as many more.

Event begins: 8:30pm; Admission starts at $20; Visit the website to RSVP for events (multiple dates); FB Page; Bar Lubitsch, 7702 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, 90046; https://jetpackcomedy.com/

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Don’t forget Free Summer Music Events are NOW happening, see our sister site for more info – EatTravelGo.com

For additional art exhibitions, and performances as well as culinary events, see LAArtParty’s Upcoming Events Page.

Read more about Arts and Entertainment throughout the world on our sister site EatTravelGo.com, an art inspired travel site.

Or enjoy artist / gallerist interviews on our Art Talk Page also on ETG.