Don't forget Made in L.A. 2025 is happening too.
Oct 5, 2025 – Mar 1, 2026
HAMMER MUSEUM
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
90024
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
90024
Free for good
Made in L.A. 2025 is the seventh iteration of the Hammer’s signature biennial exhibition that showcases artists practicing throughout the greater Los Angeles area. The 28 participants in the exhibition present work not only made in the city but also grounded in its complex and unfolding terrain. Neither myth nor monolith, Los Angeles is many things to many people, and its dissonance is perhaps its most distinguishing feature. The works presented in this year’s biennial include film, painting, theater, choreography, photography, sculpture, sound, and video. Attitude draws them together: Each engages with this city in ways alternately literal, formal, material, and metaphoric. Conceived or made in Los Angeles, they are of this city and nowhere else.
Made in L.A. 2025 is the seventh iteration of the Hammer’s signature biennial exhibition that showcases artists practicing throughout the greater Los Angeles area. The 28 participants in the exhibition present work not only made in the city but also grounded in its complex and unfolding terrain. Neither myth nor monolith, Los Angeles is many things to many people, and its dissonance is perhaps its most distinguishing feature. The works presented in this year’s biennial include film, painting, theater, choreography, photography, sculpture, sound, and video. Attitude draws them together: Each engages with this city in ways alternately literal, formal, material, and metaphoric. Conceived or made in Los Angeles, they are of this city and nowhere else.
Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 7 pm - 9 pm PT
Smidt Welcome Plaza | LACMA
Smidt Welcome Plaza | LACMA
Free, Must RSVP
Almost Sold Out
Night Out at LACMA is back! The popular seasonal celebration of new and ongoing exhibitions invites you to explore the galleries after hours while relaxing with friends and family under the stars. Admission is free.
Enjoy food for purchase at food trucks, refreshments from cash bars, dancing to a live DJ set, and shopping at the LACMA Store. And don’t miss the nighttime views of L.A.’s newest icon, the David Geffen Galleries, opening April 2026.
Night Out at LACMA is back! The popular seasonal celebration of new and ongoing exhibitions invites you to explore the galleries after hours while relaxing with friends and family under the stars. Admission is free.
Enjoy food for purchase at food trucks, refreshments from cash bars, dancing to a live DJ set, and shopping at the LACMA Store. And don’t miss the nighttime views of L.A.’s newest icon, the David Geffen Galleries, opening April 2026.
The next ArtNight Pasadena is planned for October 10, 2025.
ArtNight is Pasadena’s signature cultural event. Produced by the Cultural Affairs Division in partnership with Pasadena cultural organizations, it is a dynamic arts and cultural open house that takes place on two Fridays (usually March and October) from 6-10pm. Participating organizations include 18-25 arts and culture venues providing free entry and programming--visual arts, literary arts, dance, music, and theater.
October 10, 2025 – January 17, 2026
Opening Reception
Friday, October 10, 6-10 PM
Location
Fulcrum Arts
544 North Fair Oaks Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91103
Opening Reception
Friday, October 10, 6-10 PM
Location
Fulcrum Arts
544 North Fair Oaks Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91103
Fulcrum Arts is pleased to present, Sam Shoemaker: Mushroom Boat, featuring works developed around the artist’s August 2025 crossing of the Catalina Channel in a kayak made of mushroom mycelium.
Alongside the mushroom boat itself, the exhibition features large-scale projections, time-lapse videos, and soundscapes that immerse visitors in Shoemaker’s journey over 26 nautical miles of open ocean, where he passed through turbulent water, encountered wildlife, crossed a commercial shipping lane, and battled headwind.
Visitors will also witness the artist’s process of constructing the mushroom boat.
Alongside the mushroom boat itself, the exhibition features large-scale projections, time-lapse videos, and soundscapes that immerse visitors in Shoemaker’s journey over 26 nautical miles of open ocean, where he passed through turbulent water, encountered wildlife, crossed a commercial shipping lane, and battled headwind.
Visitors will also witness the artist’s process of constructing the mushroom boat.
Opening Reception:
Saturday, October 11th 6-10pm
WILLEM HOEFFNAGEL
Downtime
SARAH JONCAS
Lost At Sea
VANESSA STOCKARD
Cats and Curtains
The Fresh Series (Session Six)
Spotlight on Local Creatives (with Rei+ / Alexander Cerda / Michael Camarra)
Saturday, October 11th 6-10pm
WILLEM HOEFFNAGEL
Downtime
SARAH JONCAS
Lost At Sea
VANESSA STOCKARD
Cats and Curtains
The Fresh Series (Session Six)
Spotlight on Local Creatives (with Rei+ / Alexander Cerda / Michael Camarra)
OPENING RECEPTIONS
ARINZE STANLEY & OSCAR UKONU
The Weight of Us
The Weight of Us
aica
Where Petals Dance
Where Petals Dance
JANA BRIKE
When I Was A River
When I Was A River
MARTIN WITTFOOTH
Deus Ex Terra
October 11, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
ON VIEW
October 11 – November 15, 2025
COREY HELFORD GALLERY
571 S. Anderson St. Los Angeles, CA 90033
Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Deus Ex Terra
October 11, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
ON VIEW
October 11 – November 15, 2025
COREY HELFORD GALLERY
571 S. Anderson St. Los Angeles, CA 90033
Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Saturday Evening Talks & Telescopes
“Decoding Cosmic Rainbows”
Prof. Jenny Krestow & Dr. Chris Burns
Followed by Picnicking and Stargazing
October 11, 2025, 5:30pm - 11:45pm
Mount Wilson Observatory
100 Mt Wilson Circle Road, Mt Wilson, CA 91023
$50
SAT OCT 11, 2025 2:30 PM
Aero Theatre
Aero Theatre
$12.00 (member) ; $17.00 (general admission)
*80's cartton movies are usally very dark and messed up, enjoy
Q&A with filmmaker Arna Selznick, voice actor Cree Summer (Kim) and actor Andre Meadows. Moderated by voice actor Eric Bauza.
40th Anniversary!
Program begins with short film “Nimbus”
Co-presented by Saturday Morning Cartoons and Cloudco Entertainment
Cakeworthy pop-up shop with themed merchandise available for sale prior to the screening at 1:30pm.
40th Anniversary!
Program begins with short film “Nimbus”
Co-presented by Saturday Morning Cartoons and Cloudco Entertainment
Cakeworthy pop-up shop with themed merchandise available for sale prior to the screening at 1:30pm.
Saturday, October 11 · 12 - 8pm PDT
Los Angeles Center Studios
1201 W 5th St #T-110 Los Angeles, CA 90017
Los Angeles Center Studios
1201 W 5th St #T-110 Los Angeles, CA 90017
$61.79
The semi annual LA Beer Festival returns Oct 11th with a Bavarian twist! In addition to 50 local breweries and a dozen of LA's best food trucks, our Oktoberfest edition will feature Festmeister Hans Und Die Sauerkrauts" and a Bavarian beer village with over 30 German beers.
Sunday, October 12 · 12 - 8pm PDT
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
9390 N Santa Monica Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
9390 N Santa Monica Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 90210
$62.13
Get ready for a cluckin' good time at TENDERFEST 4 EVER, the world's largest all-you-can-eat chicken tender festival, returning to the heart of Beverly Hills!
Saturday, October 11 · 1 - 10pm
South Park
345 E 51st Street Los Angeles, CA 90011
345 E 51st Street Los Angeles, CA 90011
FREE ENTRY
The largest Guatemalan festival outside of Guatemala!
October 11 and 12, 10 am - 10 pm
Lafayette Park at 625 S. Lafayette Park Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90057
Parking: Athena is located at 611 Carondelet St. (Payment by cash or credit is $14)
Lafayette Park at 625 S. Lafayette Park Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90057
Parking: Athena is located at 611 Carondelet St. (Payment by cash or credit is $14)
The festival spans a seven-block stretch in the heart of the Guatemalan community in Lafayette Park. It is a two-day community event, open to the public and free of charge. Attendees will experience vibrant Guatemalan music, engaging arts and crafts, and delicious Chapin cuisine.
Connecting Westlake, Downtown LA, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Arts District, and Boyle Heights
Free
On Sunday, October 12; between 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. CicLAvia will celebrate its 15th year and 63rd car-free open streets event bringing joy to Angelenos, catalyzing vibrant public spaces, active transportation and good health through car-free streets. CicLAvia—Heart of LA, presented by Metro, connects several of the most important and historic Los Angeles neighborhoods, welcoming everyone of all ages and abilities to enjoy this day of 7.15-mile of open streets. Always free, enjoy the day by walking, jogging, biking, roller skating, skating, chilling, or simply spectating. Participants can show up anywhere along the route between 9am-4pm to enjoy the open streets, take the time to explore, and see where the day takes you.
Oct 12, 2025–Mar 29, 2026
LACMA
Admission
Tavares Strachan: The Day Tomorrow Began, the artist’s first museum exhibition in Los Angeles, invites viewers into immersive multisensory installations. Each of the exhibition’s rooms presents a distinct environment, from uncanny everyday spaces to a field of rice grass populated with ceramic figures to a gallery of monumental bronze sculptures.
Select Theaters
Battle Royale is an intense and brutal story about Japanese high school students who are sent off by their government with three days to kill each other — until only one remains. With its blend of social commentary and high-stakes action, Battle Royale continues to influence modern dystopian storytelling and has inspired countless television shows, video games, and films.
An insightful bonus interview with Battle Royale screenwriter Kenta Fukasaku will complement each screening with an intimate look at the forces that shaped the directorial career of his father Kinji Fukasaku, and how they inspired his landmark final movie.
October 14 and 15, 7:30pm
Dynasty Typewriter, 2511 WILSHIRE BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90057
Dynasty Typewriter, 2511 WILSHIRE BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90057
$11.33 each
SOURDOUGH BY LALLY KATZ:
Playwright and performer Lally Katz doesn’t even eat bread—but one sourdough starter pulled her into a whirlwind of obsession, memory, and mortality. What began as a bubbling jar on the counter became a portal to lost loves, miscarriages, cancer scares, and the absurd rituals of suburban life. From being “possessed” as a child to baking pies to seduce a rock star, Katz spins a story that’s funny, devastating, and defiantly alive.
SPARKLES BY MEL STEPHENS:
Mel Stephens turns the gig economy inside out in Sparkles, a brutally funny look at sex work, dead-end jobs, and the absurd ways broke millennials hustle to pay rent. From playing an elf at Macy’s to quitting more gigs than the Great Resignation ever dreamed of, Stephens mines her trash heap of a work life for comedy and catharsis. Her self-deprecating wit shines in this tale of money, madness, and survival.
Mel Stephens turns the gig economy inside out in Sparkles, a brutally funny look at sex work, dead-end jobs, and the absurd ways broke millennials hustle to pay rent. From playing an elf at Macy’s to quitting more gigs than the Great Resignation ever dreamed of, Stephens mines her trash heap of a work life for comedy and catharsis. Her self-deprecating wit shines in this tale of money, madness, and survival.
Extra:
Every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-4 p.m.
Update: During this Wildfire season, The Autry closes off, please check day of event
Let the Autry cover your next visit with Free Hours at the Autry. Every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-4 p.m. will be free to all Autry visitors. Enjoy access to all the Autry's exhibitions including Imagined Wests, Reclaiming El Camino and more by reserving your spot today!
Thanks to the generous support of the Autry Foundation, Free Hours at the Autry* are every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-4 p.m.
Let the Autry cover your next visit with Free Hours at the Autry. Every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-4 p.m. will be free to all Autry visitors. Enjoy access to all the Autry's exhibitions including Imagined Wests, Reclaiming El Camino and more by reserving your spot today!
Thanks to the generous support of the Autry Foundation, Free Hours at the Autry* are every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-4 p.m.
stories about the UCB and before they hit the big time.
Sat, Aug 30, 2025 - Sat, Dec 27, 2025
9:00 am - 2:00 pm every Sat
9:00 am - 2:00 pm every Sat
Isamu Noguchi Plaza
244 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
244 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Free
"Join
us at the Little Tokyo Farmers’ Market, a vibrant new Saturday
tradition in the heart of Little Tokyo. Presented in partnership by
JACCC and Food Access LA, this weekly market brings together fresh,
affordable produce, rich cultural experiences, and meaningful community
connection."
Every Sunday
10am-4pm at @rowdtla
Free Entry, Family Friendly Beer Garden, No Pets.
Free Entry, Family Friendly Beer Garden, No Pets.
Smorgasburg is the largest weekly open-air food market in America, with markets in Los Angeles attracting 50,000 people each weekend to eat from a hundred local vendors.
Largo,
known for comedy shows. Grab some
tickets before everything sells out. Many new shows from some of LA's
top comedians. We see Bill Burr, Patton Oswalt,
Pete Holmes and Sarah Silverman performing here to name a few.
Film
Check
out classics and cult movies just a few stories above street level.
Rooftop Movies at The Montalbán. & Rooftop Cinema Club
New Bev-Tarantino owned independent theater with old school style
611 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
4884 Eagle Rock Blvd
