December 11-12, 2025 Art Parties & Events

Thursday, Friday, December 11-12, 2025 Art Parties & Events are busy as ever. These include art talks, openings, a design open house, a foodie event, live music, comedy, as well as theatre too. Whew!

Thursday, December 11, 2025

The Marciano Art Foundation (MAF) presents Catching Sight, Corita Art Center’s lecture, programming and exhibition series. It explores the role of photography in Corita Kent’s art, ideas and pedagogy.  For the second installment of Catching Sight at MAF, sculptor, photographer and video artist Paul Pfeiffer will discuss Corita’s images accompanied by an analog slide projection featuring images drawn from Corita’s extensive collection of over 15,000 35mm slides.

Though seating is limited, Catching Sight is professionally recorded and made available online, extending its reach beyond the in-person experience. This presentation is made possible with special thanks to the Teiger Foundation and is co-organized by Corita Art Center’s Senior Curator, Olivian Cha, MAF Director Hanneke Skerath and exhibition co-curator Douglas Fogle. Event 7pm; Doors open: 6:30pm; The Marciano Art Foundation, 4357 Wilshire Blvd, LA 90010; https://marcianoartfoundation.org/

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Glendale

Look Out Below: The Art of Colette Miller opens at ace/121 Gallery. Presented by Glendale Arts, the exhibition features  paintings (from the Planet Series) of the well known artist. Just in case you didn’t know, Miller is most known for creating Angel Wings (that people stand in front of) in 2012. She has been commissioned to create her Global Angel Wings Project all over the world.  I personally love her work and remember when she first started the series. Runs through January 17, 2026; Art Party: 6:30pm; Glendale Arts, 121 N. Kenwood St., Glendale, CA 91206; https://ace121gallery.com/

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Pasadena

Pasadena magazine’s inaugural BEST OF PASADENA 2025, coming up this Thursday, December 11th, 2025, at Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Gallery from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm featuring 300 affluent guests.

Cuisine will be provided by Celestino Ristorante, MAMA M SUSHI, Pez Coastal Kitchen, Telefèric Barcelona, Wife and the Somm, Hansen’s Cakes, and lots more. Event: 6-8pm; Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Gallery, 340 S Lake Ave, Pasadena, 91101; https://pasadenamag.com/featured-events/

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Beverly Hills

An Inspector Calls, written by J.B. Priestley continues its run at Theatre 40. This is the final weekend for the classic mystery directed by Cate Caplin. It is produced for Theatre 40 by David Hunt Stafford. A young woman meets with an untimely demise and a respectable family is subject to a routine inquiry in connection with the death. The theatre is located on the campus of Beverly Hills High School. There is also ample free underground parking is available via a driveway at the intersection of Durant and Moreno Drives. Performance: 7:30pm; Tickets: $35; Call (310) 364-0535 or visit the website; Theatre Forty, in the Mary Levin Cutler Theatre, 241 S. Moreno Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; http://theatre40.org

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Friday, December 12, 2025

In Culver City…The Kitchen Store hosts an early open house in collaboration with Westedge Design Fair. The event will feature brands such as Diamond, Decora, Omega, and Cambria, just to name a few. Moreover, attendees can tour the showroom, as weak as next the vendors and also enjoy free food, free gifts and more. Event: 11am-2pm; The Kitchen Store, 6322 West Slauson Avenue, Culver City, CA 90230; https://www.thekitchenstore.net/

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Five miles northeast of Downtown Los Angeles

The incomparable Gladys Knight performs at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA tonight.

I had the chance to see the legendary vocalist at the Hollywood Bowl. She is fantastic live. I was astounded at how much energy and how good her voice was at her age. Don’t miss this “Empress of Soul.” Recording over 38 albums, the seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner has had number one hits in multiple genres. Performance: 7:30pm; The Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA, 5151 State University Drive, LA, 90032; http://luckmanarts.org

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Beverly Hills

You have one more chance to catch a performance of An Inspector Calls, at Theatre 40. See the listing above for more details. The theatre is located on the campus of Beverly Hills High School. There is also ample free underground parking is available via a driveway at the intersection of Durant and Moreno Drives. Performance: 7:30pm; Tickets: $35; Call (310) 364-0535 or visit the website; Theatre Forty, in the Mary Levin Cutler Theatre, 241 S. Moreno Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; http://theatre40.org

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

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