Events Calendar

Join our library staff as they guide you through beginning line dances!Have fun, meet new people, and get some exercise! All levels welcome.

Through rhythm, drums and dance, participants will be encouraged to embrace and celebrate their ancestral, cultural and/or musical legacy.

Join legendary DJ Chris “The Glove” Taylor for an engaging and interactive experience that combines books, words, rhythm, and music!

Join us every Wednesday for Stand Up Comedy Open Mic! Bring your best material to try out, or just come to enjoy the show.

Immerse yourself in a music workshop at the library with participatory singing and wellness activities to improve mental health, amplify self-expression, and build community.

Musical Beginnings for Young Composers is taught by Grammy winning instructor Carl Protho and is aimed at children ages 6 to 18. It offers a comprehensive yet fundamental overview of the components of music composition.

Join us for a fun Bubble Show by Bubblemania. With our performer, we will explore the science of bubbles together this fall.

First commissioned by East West Players in 2022, When Yuri Met Malcolm explores the legacy of Yuri Kochiyama through her friendship with Malcolm X, tracing her journey from Japanese American incarceration camps to a lifetime of activism.

Immerse yourself in a music workshop with participatory singing and wellness activities to improve mental health, amplify self-expression, and build community.

Join us every Wednesday for Stand Up Comedy Open Mic! Bring your best material to try out, or just come to enjoy the show.

Immerse yourself in a music workshop at the library with participatory singing and wellness activities to improve mental health, amplify self-expression, and build community.

Sunny and Judy Seki present a traditional Japanese folktale with shadow puppets, followed by a shadow puppet craft and other activities. Intended for ages 4-11.

Immerse yourself in a music workshop with participatory singing and wellness activities to improve mental health, amplify self-expression, and build community.

Join us every Wednesday for Stand Up Comedy Open Mic! Bring your best material to try out, or just come to enjoy the show.

Immerse yourself in a music workshop at the library with participatory singing and wellness activities to improve mental health, amplify self-expression, and build community.

"Dr. Pianist" Makiko Hirata is an internationally renowned classical pianist, and we are so fortunate to hear her perform for us live in concert at Platt. Makiko will announce the pieces on her program during her recital, and the audience will help…

“Dr. Pianist” Makiko Hirata is an internationally renowned classical pianist, and we are so fortunate to hear her perform for us live in concert at Platt. Makiko will announce the pieces on her program during her recital, and the audience will help…

ZOS!MO is the singer-songwriter moniker of Los Angeles-based Filipino American artist Zosimo Quibilan Jr. He will perform original Tagalog indie pop rock, including excerpts from his rock opera about the 1896 Philippine Revolution vs. Spain. A…

A dance class for little ones to move and groove to the beat!

Natalya Grinbaum-Smyrnos will perform a collection of heartfelt and soul-stirring songs in Russian, Ukrainian, Hebrew, and English, showcasing the beauty and emotion of diverse musical traditions.

Join the East West Players Theatre for Youth Tour for their production of When Yuri Met Malcolm.

LA Made presents a screening of Sue Carpenter's documentary, 40 Watts From Nowhere. Afterward, there will be a post-screening Q&A with Sue Carpenter, Bob Forrest (former KBLT DJ and singer in Thelonius Monster), Don Bolles (Former KBLT DJ and drummer…

Immerse yourself in a music workshop with participatory singing and wellness activities to improve mental health, amplify self-expression, and build community.