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Skirball Cultural Center presents the twenty-seventh season of its FREE outdoor concert series, Sunset Concerts

… FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 28, 2024 at 12:00 PM Media Contacts: Laura B. Cohen, LC Media, lcmediapr@gmail.com , (310) 867-3897 David Monnich, LC Media, david.h.monnich@gmail.com , (210) 422-1764 … diasporas who proudly express their cross-cultural connections Doors open at 6:30 pm, inviting visitors to eat, drink, shop, and see exhibitions LOS ANGELES, CA— The Skirball Cultural Center …
Program

An Evening with Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Now streaming on YouTube

… Public Programs Words and Ideas Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 6:00 pm Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Now streaming on YouTube Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope About the Program Journey across twenty-first-century America with Pulitzer … moderated by Eric Liu , Co-Founder and CEO of Citizen University, Kristof and WuDunn provide a compassionate look at the many challenges facing the American public and offer ideas for how we …
Exhibition

Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time, and Technology

October 17, 2024–March 2, 2025

… Shlain and Ken Goldberg—presented in conjunction with PST ART—draws inspiration from the complex landscape of Los Angeles and the science of tree dating. In Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time, and Technology , artists Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg draw … portrait of Los Angeles that draws from open-source ecology datasets, and an invitation for visitors to create personal tree tributes using AI software, which can also be accessed at …
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Ananya Dance Theatre—Dastak: I Wish You Me

Friday, October 21, 2022

… Public Programs Performance Friday, October 21, 2022, 8:00 pm Friday, October 21, 2022 About the Program Invoking … women and femmes, Ananya Dance Theatre is a leading creator of feminist contemporary dance. Come see their performance of Dastak: I Wish You Me , a powerful meditation on borders, loss, … News Ananya Chatterjea: ‘What a beautiful view it is to imagine a just world’ MinnPost | March 26, 2021 | Donor Support This program is made possible in part by support from: | Related to …
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Together for Good: Caron Tabb and the Quilting Corner

November 17, 2022–March 12, 2023

… See Caron Tabb’s dramatic work Fabric of Humanity—Repairing My World alongside an all-ages community quilt-making activity. About the Exhibition See Caron Tabb’s dramatic work Fabric of … South Africa, raised on a farm in Israel from the age of eight, and has lived in the US for the past two decades. After years of working in the nonprofit world, she turned her focus to … about what it means to be an American today. | Creating Community Quilts The Skirball invited visitors to add their own artistry and stories to help co-create Skirball community quilts. The …
Skirball Cultural Center Open Call for Puppetry Acts

… 2026—Sunday, April 26, 2026 The Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles seeks puppetry acts for its annual Puppet Festival on Sunday, April 26, 2026, from 12:00–5:00 pm. This day long, … and cultural traditions. General attendance across the daylong festival is up to 2,100 visitors. About the Skirball For the Skirball Cultural Center, which opened in 1996, the … arts serve as a vehicle to explore and forge connections among individuals, cultures, and communities in engaging, inclusive, and memorable ways. We welcome people of all kinds to …
Noah’s Ark Puppets Embody the Spirit of Collaboration

… One of our visitors’ favorite aspects of the Noah’s Ark experience is meeting the handcrafted puppets made … can we build a promising future. In the tradition of Japanese bunraku puppetry—where several performers work together, in plain view of the audience, to animate each puppet—the animal puppetry … themselves, the puppeteers practice reading their colleagues’ body language and non-verbally communicating through breath cues and subtle shifts as they take turns leading the puppets’ …
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Masters of Subversion: Confronting Cigar

Friday, February 27, 2026

… Public Programs Performance Friday, February 27, 2026, 7:00–7:45 pm|Friday, February 27, 2026, 8:00–8:45 pm Friday, … Them In, Paint Them Out exhibition. Featuring a talkback with artist Trenton Doyle Hancock and community leader Karen Mack , Founder and Executive Director of LA Commons. Directed by Nancy … Communications Group's Alan Schneider Director Award among many other honors. She is on the visiting faculty at UCLA and CalArts, and is a frequent university guest lecturer. Comfort …
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Aditya Prakash Ensemble and Rini

Saturday, September 26, 2020
Now streaming on YouTube

… Public Programs Music Skirball Stages Saturday, September 26, 2020, 12:00–1:00 am Saturday, September 26, 2020 Now streaming on YouTube Skirball … 1: Episode 2 About the Program Enjoy an evening of American music from the Indian diaspora. Combining classical ragas, chants, and rhythms with brass band arrangement, jazz harmony, and … flow. Be serenaded by frontman Aditya Prakash, an accomplished Carnatic virtuoso known for his powerful and emotive voice. Across the country, performing in her New York City studio …
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Extra Ancestral

Thursday, August 26, 2021

… Public Programs Music Sunset Concerts sponsored by the Bilger Family Thursday, August 26, 2021, 8:00 pm Thursday, August 26, 2021 Sunset Concerts at the Skirball About the Skirball Returning to the Skirball by popular demand, Extra Ancestral delivers a joyful performance to close out the Sunset Concerts season. Founded by artist-educator Kahlil Cummings , … Deepening Sunset Concerts’ connection to Los Angeles and the Skirball’s core values of justice, community, and kindness, Extra Ancestral has selected the following organizations to share the …