FILM
TCB – The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing – 7:30 PM, February 11: Author, educator, activist, and documentary filmmaker Toni Cade Bambara, with humor and deep insight, inspired a generation of artists to dedicate themselves to community empowerment. Co-Presented by community programming partners BlackStar Projects and featuring a conversation with co-director and producer Louis Massiah. Vidiots, 4884 Eagle Rock Blvd., Los Angeles.
Poetic Justice – 7:30 PM, February 12: In the John Singleton classic, we see the world through the eyes of main character Justice, played by Janet Jackson. Also starring future Academy Award winner Regina King and the late, great Tupac Shakur, Poetic Justice finds Justice using her poetry as a means to navigate her grief after murder of her boyfriend. Gardena Cinema, 14948 Crenshaw Blvd, Gardena.
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) – 12 PM, February 14: Join Gardena Cinema as they screen one of the best DC movies out there. After splitting up with The Joker, Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) teams with Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez to save the life of Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco) from an evil crime lord. Gardena Cinema, 14948 Crenshaw Blvd, Gardena.
Moulin Rouge! + Vidiots Valentine’s Day Party – 8 PM, February 14: Join Vidiots for a Valentine’s Day Party you won’t forget! They’ve got themed drinks, a costume contest, live poetry-writing, and some very special surprises for this epic shindig! So get all dolled up and bring your boo or your besties and get ready to celebrate Valentine’s Vidiots-style! Vidiots, 4884 Eagle Rock Blvd., Los Angeles.
THEATRE
Here Lies Love – February 11-March 22: Here Lies Love is a groundbreaking musical about former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos and her family’s rise to power and subsequent fall at the hands of the Philippine People Power Revolution. With music by Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award winner David Byrne and Grammy Award winner Fatboy Slim, and direction by Center Theatre Group Brindell & Milton Gottlieb Artistic Director Snehal Desai, comes an all-new production (the first since appearing on Broadway in 2023) in a transformative experience combining disco beats and adrenaline-fueled choreography. The show goes beyond Imelda’s near-mythic obsession with shoes to explore true questions of authoritarian rule and responsibility. It is a story fueled by greed, power, and disco that feels as timely today as ever. The Music Center, Mark Taper Forum,135 N Grand Ave., Los Angeles.
Room By The Sea, a new play by John Guerra and directed by Brian Hashimoto – February 14 – February 21: A boy with a dream. A king with a secret. An island, shaped by grief and isolation. Every day, the boy in the wheelchair sits by the window and dreams of flight, while his father – an architect – secures their tenuous place through service to the royal family. When the island’s king offers riches in exchange for a wonder – a structure larger on the inside than out – the architect begins to dream of more than just survival. But who is this impossible creation for? And what if his son has plans of his own? Outside In Theatre Artspace, 5319 York Blvd., Los Angeles.
COMMUNITY
Move, Groove, and Connect at Museum of Latin American Art – 7 PM, February 11: Join us MOLAA for an exciting series of dance classes, where art and movement come together. Led by professional instructors from Cielo Dance Events, these classes celebrate vibrant Latin American and Caribbean dance traditions in a fun, welcoming environment. Museum of Latin American Art, 628 Alamitos Ave. Long Beach.
Goth Night: Valentine’s Edition at Angel City Brewery, 8 PM, February 14: Break out your black eyeliner and boots, its Goth Night-Valentines Edition! Put on your best black and enjoy DJ spinning dark wave goth music starting at 8 PM, doors open at 4 PM. Angel City Brewery, 216 Alameda St., Los Angeles.
Mardi Gras at Smorgasbord LA – 10 AM- 4 PM, February 15: Expect great food + shopping, a live brass band 63 Degrees Official, beads, mask making with Sketch LA, build a horn with Inner City Youth Orchestra LA, Preciosa Night DJs, bar specials, and so much more! ROW DTLA, 777 South Alameda Street, Fashion District, Los Angeles.
COMEDY
Heated Rivalry Comedy Show – 7:30 PM, February 11: Erin Cholakian and Madi (don’t know her last name) are hosting a comedy show based on the gay hockey romance of the year. They have done this show before but this time—they’re going bigger. See you at the cottage!!! Dynasty Typewriter, 2511 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles.
Gossip Night – 7 PM, February 12: LA’s hottest improvisers do a show based on your hottest gossip for a good cause! Jordan Myrick, Lily Du, Rekha Shankar, and Rachel Pegram (plus more of your favorite LA comedians!) come together to give you a night of improv based on YOUR hottest gossip! Get ready to get bitchy for a good cause because this show raises money for the Downtown Women’s Center. Bring your most gasp-worthy tales to UCB’s spiciest new monthly show you don’t want to miss. xoxo Gossip Night Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre 5919 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles.
MUSIC
Lunar New Year, Chamber Music with Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic – 8 PM, February 10: Celebrate the Year of the Horse with reimagined Chinese folk songs and a showcase of Mozart’s good-humored charm. Musicians of the Los Angeles Philharmonic mark the most important holiday for most Asian cultures: Lunar New Year. This February 17, people across the globe will celebrate the start of the Year of the Fire Horse, according to the Chinese zodiac. Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Ave., Los Angeles.
ART
Takashi Murakami in Conversation with Clara Kim – 6:30 PM, February 12: Join MOCA for an exciting conversation between internationally renowned artist Takashi Murakami and MOCA Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs Clara Kim. Coinciding with the opening of the artist’s exhibition HARK BACK TO UKIYO-E: TRACING SUPERFLAT TO JAPONISME’S GENESIS at Perrotin Gallery, Los Angeles, the conversation will address Murakami’s long engagement with and theories on Japanese art, reflecting on the seminal exhibition Superflat, curated by Murakami, which was presented at MOCA in 2001. His groundbreaking practice defies categorization, blurring the line between art and commerce, and transforms the intersections between art, manga and anime, fashion, and design. WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
152 North Central Ave. Los Angeles.
