With the holidays just a short time away, you won’t want to miss out on these events to get you in the mood! From fun-filled events like live performances at Wallis Annenberg to beautiful museum exhibits at LACMA!
Friday December 6, 2019
Handmade Ornaments Show
Location: iam8nit, Echo Park
Artists from around the world have crafted hundreds of original ornaments in an assortment of mediums, from plush to metal, and most are affordably priced. The pop-up market kicks off with an opening reception on December 5 (7-10pm) and continues during regular gallery hours through December 22.
For The Record: Love Actually Live
Location: Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills
Throughout December, cult-favorite musical series For the Record presents a stage show based on one of the world’s most beloved holiday movies, Love Actually. Using a multimedia set, a 15-piece orchestra and songs from the film, the show will turn Beverly Hills’ Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts into a feel-good winter set for musical numbers and scenes of the movie’s intersecting love stories.
“Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again”
Location: The Broad, Downtown
This exhibition will make you angry, angry about the subjugation of women around the world, angry over entire populations being unwelcome to their own homelands and angry that such a beautiful body of work from Shirin Neshat hasn’t been on display in Los Angeles before. Covering 30 years of the Iranian-born artist’s photo and video works the Broad is a must-see.
Saturday December 7, 2019
“Julie Mehretu”
Location: LACMA
A co-presentation with New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art, LACMA takes a first-ever mid-career look at the Ethiopian-American artist’s striking large-scale abstractions, with 35 paintings and 40 works on paper.
Artisanal LA Holiday City Market
Location: Multiple Venus
L.A. markets is a 30 vendor pop-up at Bunker Hill’s Bank of America Plaza, a gathering of 75- plus markets in the parking lot behind the Pasadena Playhouse.
Sparkle DTLA
Location: THE BLOC
Sparkle LA is setting up shop at the Bloc through the end of December, and it’s bringing a bunch of programming along with it, including a holiday card and wreath making workshops.
Sunday December 8, 2019
W | ALLS: Defend, Divide, and the Divine
Location: Annenberg Space for Photography
The latest challenging exhibition from the Annenberg Space for Photography examines the real and imagined barriers that have separated societies and ideas for centuries, from the Roman Empire to the U.S.-Mexico border.
“Loitering is Delightful”
Location: Barnsdall Art Park & Hollyhock House, Los Feliz
Loitering is delightful celebrates the process of taking your time and enjoying your surroundings without any particular aim.
Rose Bowl Flea Market
Location: Rose Bowl
The world-famous Rose Bowl Flea Market takes place on the second Sunday of every month! Come shop from over 2,500 vendors selling everything from coveted antiques, rare vintage finds, and today’s most up-to-date trends!
