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  • individuals participating in neighborhood sing program

    Urban Voices: Neighborhood Sing

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

    • Date: 11/24/2026
    • Time: 2:00 PM
    • Location: North Hollywood
  • A stack of puppets atop one another in the style of the "Town Musicians of Bremen"

    Food, Glorious Food! A Festive Holiday Puppet Show

    Join us for a puppet show featuring critters of all shapes and sizes, celebrating favorite holiday foods and feasts. This event is open to children of all ages and their caregivers.

    • Date: 11/24/2026
    • Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
    • Location: Palisades
  • Three book covers are shown with black and white headshots of the authors beside them. "Feminist Metal Music" shows hands gesturing in a manner that casts a shadow that appears like a witch. "On Extremity" features a dog baring it's teeth. And "Seeing Metal Music in Latin America and the Caribbean" displays a harvest knife or machete.

    New Research in Heavy Metal
With Susana González Martínez,
Daniel Nevárez Araújo and Nelson Varas-Díaz

    Join scholars Susana González Martínez, Daniel Nevárez Araújo, & Nelson Varas-Díaz for a discussion of heavy metal music through the lens of feminism, the global south and extremity.

    • Online
    • Date: 11/25/2026
    • Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • empty auditorium with lights and chairs

    Stand-up Comedy Open Mic

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

    • Date: 11/25/2026
    • Time: 5:45 PM - 7:45 PM
    • Location: Mar Vista
  • four people participating in a library program

    Urban Voices: Neighborhood Sing

    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.

    • Date: 11/26/2026
    • Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
    • Location: Pico Union
  • String trio with instruments

    Edendale Up Close presents Celliola

    Join us for a classical string trio performance.

    • Date: 11/28/2026
    • Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    • Location: Edendale
  • Mr. Seki showing his shadow puppets.
    Mr. Seki showing his shadow puppets.

    Japanese Folktales With Shadow Puppets

    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.

    • Date: 11/28/2026
    • Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Location: Central Library
  • individuals participating in neighborhood sing program

    Urban Voices: Neighborhood Sing

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

    • Date: 12/1/2026
    • Time: 2:00 PM
    • Location: North Hollywood
  • empty auditorium with lights and chairs

    Stand-up Comedy Open Mic

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

    • Date: 12/2/2026
    • Time: 5:45 PM - 7:45 PM
    • Location: Mar Vista
  • four people participating in a library program

    Urban Voices: Neighborhood Sing

    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.

    • Date: 12/3/2026
    • Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
    • Location: Pico Union
  • Makiko Hirata

    "Dr. Pianist" Makiko Hirata Live in Concert

    "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…

    • Date: 12/5/2026
    • Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    • Location: Platt
  • a band of 4 men

    LA Made: ZOS!MO Live Birthday Celebration of Cahuenga's 110th

    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…

    • Date: 12/5/2026
    • Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Location: Cahuenga
  • Woman with black leather jacket and musical notes behind them

    Songwriting Made Easy

    Have you ever wanted to write a song? Are you a songwriter seeking new techniques and inspiration? Join us for this fun, collaborative workshop where you'll learn how to write lyrics through games and improvisation and how to compose backing music…

    • Date: 12/5/2026
    • Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Location: Central Library
  • Lily Press and Simon Linn-Gerstein

    LA Made: Strange Interlude

    Harp and cello duo Strange Interlude (Lily Press, harp, and Simon Linn-Gerstein, cello) will present an intimate salon-style concert carefully curated to include seldom-performed works, contemporary compositions, and transcriptions and arrangements…

    • Date: 12/5/2026
    • Time: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    • Location: West Valley
  • The cover of Spanish Punk is shown, which satirically depicts Francisco Franco with a mohawk. Next to the cover is the author David Vila Diéguez, who is holding an acoustic guitar, and seated in front of a kick drum.

    Spanish Punk with David Vila Diéguez

    Spanish Punk: Screaming for Democracy in a Postdictatorial State is the first in-depth study to trace the uniquely political trajectory of punk in post-Franco Spain

    • Date: 12/5/2026
    • Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Location: Central Library
  • Children dancing

    Dance Dance Dance!

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

    • Date: 12/5/2026
    • Time: 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
    • Location: Lake View Terrace
  • Natalya Grinbaum-Smyrnos playing a guitar

    LA Made: Songs Across Cultures: A Musical Journey

    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.

    • Date: 12/5/2026
    • Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
    • Location: Granada Hills
  • Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm X surrounded by newspapers, with logo for East West Player.

    When Yuri Met Malcolm

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

    • Date: 12/5/2026
    • Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    • Location: Fairfax
  • 40 Watts film poster

    LA Made Presents: 40 Watts From Nowhere

    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…

    • Date: 12/6/2026
    • Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Location: Central Library
  • individuals participating in neighborhood sing program

    Urban Voices: Neighborhood Sing

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

    • Date: 12/8/2026
    • Time: 2:00 PM
    • Location: North Hollywood
  • empty auditorium with lights and chairs

    Stand-up Comedy Open Mic

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

    • Date: 12/9/2026
    • Time: 5:45 PM - 7:45 PM
    • Location: Mar Vista
  • four people participating in a library program

    Urban Voices: Neighborhood Sing

    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.

    • Date: 12/10/2026
    • Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
    • Location: Pico Union
  • Lily Press and Simon Linn-Gerstein

    LA Made: Strange Interlude

    Harp and cello duo Strange Interlude (Lily Press, harp, and Simon Linn-Gerstein, cello) will present an intimate salon-style concert carefully curated to include seldom-performed works, contemporary compositions, and transcriptions and arrangements…

    • Date: 12/10/2026
    • Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Location: Eagle Rock
  • Central 100 logo shaped like Central Library and tagline that reads Celebrating a Century of the Light of Learning

    Lighting the Stacks - A Central Library Historical Drama & Living History Museum

    LAPL meets LAUSD in a crossover to end Central 100 celebrations with a glimpse of the past from the voices of the future.

    • Date: 12/12/2026
    • Time: 12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    • Location: Central Library
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