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📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Kerckhoff Carriage House (KCH)
You’re invited to the USC Peace Garden Open Garden Hours! Come unwind, recharge, and re-leaf some stress at the USC Peace Garden! Stop by to learn more about the garden, enjoy the sunshine, and soak in the beauty of nature. Tuesdays from 12-6pm Wednesdays from 3-6pm Fridays from 2-6pm Saturdays from 9am-1pm Sundays from 9am-1pm We hope to see you there!
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Roski Graduate Building
Opening reception: Thursday, November 5, 6 – 9 pm Exhibition on view: November 5 – 20, 2026 Gallery hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 5pm Roski Graduate Gallery (Los Angeles Arts District) 1262 Palmetto St, Los Angeles, CA 90013 More information here: https://roski.usc.edu/amanda-flowers/ ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Interdisciplinary artist Flowers explores the hidden communication and conne
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · School of Cinematic Arts - SCA (SCA)
IMPACT WEEKEND: WHERE MEDIA MEETS SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Explore impact-driven films, art, immersive experiences, conversations, and hands-on experiences from students and change makers at USC and beyond. Hosted at the USC School of Cinematic Arts (900 West 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089). More info and tickets.
Details Official page ↗📍 Commerce · East & South LA · Citadel Outlets
Free live concert and holiday tree lighting ceremony at Citadel Outlets on Saturday, November 7, 2026, from 5:00 to 7:15 p.m., with performances by SZN4, Keyla Richardson, Full Circle Boys, and OCSA Montage.
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · McClintock Building and Theatre (MCC)
Clyde’s By Lynn Nottage At Clyde’s truck stop diner, the formerly incarcerated kitchen staff are looking for a shot at redemption. Under the oppressive thumb of the shop’s callous owner, they find unexpected purpose and solidarity in a shared obsession: creating the perfect sandwich. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage’s Tony Award-nominated comedy offers up a delicious ode to second chanc
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Bing Theatre (BIT)
The Drowsy Chaperone Music & Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar When a die-hard musical theatre fan drops the needle on their favorite (fictional) cast recording, the characters leap off the vinyl and into the living room. A bride and groom on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, and one gloriously intoxicat
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · USC Pacific Asia Museum
Celebrate the rich artistic and cultural traditions of the Himalayan region during this free, family-friendly community event is presented in conjunction with two current exhibitions: Gateway to Himalayan Art, a traveling exhibition organized and provided by the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, and We Are Connected: Highlights from the USC Pacific Asia Museum’s Himalayan Collection. Enjoy intera
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Newman Recital Hall (AHF 151)
Composition Showcase Sunday, November 8th, 3:00pm, Newman Recital Hall The USC Thornton School of Music Composition Program presents an afternoon of new music by USC student composers, including 12 world premieres. *denotes world premiere Joey O’Neill, Crucible (2025) [8:00] (b. 2003) Makenna Harding-Davis, Violin Ashlee Sung, Violin Jay Maldonado, Viola Ella Kaale, Cello
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Roski Master of Fine Arts Gallery/Graduate Fine Arts Building (IFT)
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 22, 5–7pm ARTIST STATEMENT: “A Dream” is a solo exhibition that reflects Los Angeles through the vision of artist Adrian Della Rossa, using street art culture to touch on memory and imagination. Adrian Della Rossa’s work captures the chaotic energies that surround the city of Los Angeles using paint, self cooked inks, paint markers, and spray paint. Della
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Roski Master of Fine Arts Gallery/Graduate Fine Arts Building (IFT)
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 22, 5–7pm ARTIST STATEMENT: SuperFormal Memoria is a reflection of modes of memorialisation on public spaces. How do institutions, like the one we attend right now, use visuals, icons, and motifs to guide thinking around society and culture? Are we as students active participants in the traditions created? Are we complicit in community-think and propagand
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Watt Hall (WAH)
Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 21, 5–7pm ARTIST STATEMENT: Like learning to breathe underwater, like being reborn, like becoming a creature in a world previously uninhabited by your species. Through photography and painting, LIKE DRAINING WATER FROM THE SEA explores the futility of preserving memory through this paradoxical lens. Exhibition on view: October 22–November 10, 2026
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Broad CIRM Center (BCC) Lawn
This is an opportunity for graduate students to relax, meet, and chat with peers as we settle in for a fall-themed movie night with a good film, warm food, and better company.
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Wallis Annenberg Hall (ANN)
ADMISSION: Admission is free and open to everyone. Reservations are not required. RSVP DESCRIPTION: Let the City Speak is a feature-length documentary that follows QUETZAL, a Chicano rock band that emerged from East LA's vibrant music scene in the 1990’s. Award-winning filmmaker Akira Boch has followed the band for nearly three decades, creating an intimate portrait of leaders Quetzal Flores
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Carson Soundstage (CTV 136)
Jazz Night at Carson features a mix of original compositions and jazz standards performed by USC Thornton students. This edition of Jazz Night begins with a student recital by Allen Green and also features Thornton's ALAJE (Afro-Latin American Jazz Ensemble).
Details Official page ↗📍 Mid-Wilshire · Hollywood & Mid-City · Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
LACMA opens general admission free to everyone on the second Tuesday of the month; on Tuesday, November 10 the museum is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Booking a timed ticket ahead is recommended.
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA
A discussion of Mengxiao Wang's new book, Performing Enlightenment: Buddhism and Theater in Early Modern China (Harvard University Press, 2026). The author will be joined in conversation by Shih-shan Susan Huang (Rice University) and Wilt L. Idema (Harvard University), moderated by Lori Meeks (USC). Organized in partnership with the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, the East Asian S
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · McCarthy Quad
Join us at the weekly Trojan Farmers Market, where you’ll find a wide selection of locally grown fruits and vegetables, delicious snacks, and hot meals perfect for lunch or an afternoon treat. The enticing aroma of fresh ingredients cooking on hot stoves will draw you right to McCarthy Quad. By shopping at the market, you’re supporting sustainable practices and enjoying farm-fresh produce delivere
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · School of Cinematic Arts - SCI (SCI)
From Ground To Sky – Films by Kevin Jerome Everson We are excited to welcome acclaimed artist and filmmaker KEVIN JEROME EVERSON to the Center for Ethnographic Media Arts! Join us for a night of short films by Kevin Jerome Everson followed by a conversation with Kevin Jerome Everson and Jheanelle Brown to follow the films. Doors at 6:30 PM, film begins at 7:00 PM. Runtime 58 min. FREE AD
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Huntington
"This Land Is...: Common and Contested Ground in American History and Culture" examines the multilayered histories of American land in dialogue with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The range of panels will cover topics such as reframing the revolution, reconstruction amendments and the civil war, as well as mapping and unmapping borders. This 2-day conference deepens many
Details Official page ↗📍 Sepulveda Pass · Westside · Skirball Cultural Center
Skirball offers free general admission and Noah’s Ark access every Thursday. On Thursday, November 12, 2026 the museum is open 12:00–5:00 p.m. (box office check-in closes 4:30 p.m.). Closed Veterans Day Nov 11.
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts (RZC)
A GIRL UNKNOWN Film Screening and Q&A with Director Zou Jing moderated by Prof. Stan Rosen (POIR) Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 2:00PM The Michelle & Kevin Douglas IMAX Theater, RZC 119 Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts 3131 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90007 Passed among three families from ages six to eighteen—and given a new name and identity by each—a young Chinese girl searches f
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Cinema Zemeckis Theatre
Passed among three families from ages six to eighteen—and given a new name and identity by each—a young Chinese girl searches for belonging, love, and a life of her own in A Girl Unknown. Director Zou Jing’s deeply moving debut premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week, where it received the Gan Foundation Award for Distribution. Join us after the screening for a special Q&A with Zou Jing, moderated by US
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Wallis Annenberg Hall (ANN)
ADMISSION: Admission is free and open to USC students, faculty, and staff only. Reservations required. RSVP DESCRIPTION: Mathew Dryhurst is an artist and fellow at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University. As a widely consulted voice on AI policy, copyright, and the political economy of cultural production, he advocates for data rights and the governance of generative AI. Join us f
Details Official page ↗📍 Santa Monica · Westside · Main Library
Calling all creatives! The library invites YOU to step up to the mic and perform for a supportive audience at Listen to This! , an open mic night. All forms of creative expression are welcome—storytelling, poetry, comedy, acoustic music, magic, TED talks, or whatever else you’ve got to share. Light refreshments will be provided. How it works: Sign-up is first come, first served at the door startin
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Bovard Auditorium (ADM)
ADMISSION: Admission is free and open to everyone. Reservations required. Book signing to follow. RSVP DESCRIPTION: Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist and short story writer Jhumpa Lahiri will be the recipient of the 2026 Chowdhury Prize in Literature, an international award. The prize is awarded annually to honor authors for their past achievements and to help facilitate their efforts to forge ne
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · School of Cinematic Arts -SCB (SCB)
This and That and The Other: Exploring Materials, Procedure, and Process Kevin Jerome Everson's artist talk will reflect his commitment to making work that projects and reveals the materiality, procedures and process of art making across disciplines (film, video, sculpture, printmaking). "Procedure is the formal quality I am exploring with the work. The process is the execution of the formal q
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Ginsburg Hall
ADMISSION: Admission is free and open to everyone. Reservations required. RSVP DESCRIPTION: In an age of AI crossing over into art and beyond, how do artists navigate ethics, ownership, and creativity? Berlin-based artists Holly Herndon and Mathew Dryhurst may have an answer. Together, they create precedent-setting projects where technical systems are artworks unto themselves—work they describe
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Dick Wolf Drama Center (DAB)
Blood Wedding By Federico García Lorca Translated by Lillian Groag Bound by generations of bloodshed, two families are locked in an unbreakable cycle of murder and revenge. When a past lover spirits the bride away on her wedding night, an entire town chases them into a realm of darkness where the moonlight is unfriendly and even the forest cannot shield them from destiny. Featuring the BFA in Act
Details Official page ↗📍 Santa Monica · Westside · Main Library
An ongoing series of citizenship classes taught by Adult Education Center instructors. The classes help students study the 100 civics questions, practice the dictations, review the citizenship application, and prepare for the interview. Classes are free and students must be 18 years or older to attend. Community and SMMUSD parents have priority enrollment. Students must be eligible to become a U.S
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Doheny Memorial Library
Join us for an afternoon of traditional Chinese performing arts, featuring live Kunqu opera performances and classical Chinese instrumental music. Featuring artists from the Kunqu Opera Society and Classical Chinese Music Society, this event offers a unique opportunity to experience the beauty of Kunqu theater and guqin music through live performances and a brief lecture on Chinese musical tra
Details Official page ↗📍 Fairfax · Hollywood & Mid-City · The Grove
The Grove’s 25th annual tree lighting on Monday, November 16, 2026, with live performances, drone show, fireworks, first snowfall, and Santa’s arrival. Doors open 5 p.m.; ceremony at 7 p.m. per The Grove’s Winterland guide.
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Carson Soundstage (CTV 136)
This iteration of Jazz Night begins with a student recital by Julian Najah. Then, TJO takes the stage. The USC Thornton Jazz Orchestra (TJO) is at the forefront of large jazz ensemble music. Frequently collaborating with high-profile artists, TJO features some of the best musicians, composers and arrangers in the world.
Details Official page ↗📍 Santa Monica · Westside · Fairview Branch
Want to try a fun new craft with your friends? This month at Fairview, embroider a library tote bag or bring your own item to embroider! Participants will get a free SMPL Trader Joe’s inspired tote bag while supplies last. For ages 12 - 18.
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · McCarthy Quad
Stop by our USC Sustainability booth at the Trojan Farmers Market to learn how you can make a positive impact on campus and in your daily life. Discover practical tips, resources, and opportunities to get involved in sustainable initiatives. Sustainability is a big assignment, and we're all in. Let’s build a greener campus together!
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA
The American Landmarks series explores historical touchstones in The Huntington’s collections, including objects featured in the “This Land Is…” exhibition, through a mix of panel discussions and community conversations. Join scholars, storytellers, and community experts to excavate the layered histories of this country through these cultural landmarks and discuss the lessons they hold for the pre
Details Official page ↗📍 Santa Monica · Westside · Ocean Park Branch
Come explore the limits of your building imagination or try out one of our suggested builds. All materials provided. For ages 18 months - 11 years old.
Details Official page ↗📍 Santa Monica · Westside · Ocean Park Branch
This community-led, monthly book discussion group returns to in-person meetings on the fourth Thursday of the month at the Ocean Park Branch. The book group discusses prize-winning fiction titles. Titles include: September 24, 2026: What We Can Know by Ian McEwan October 22, 2026: The Director by Daniel Kehlmann. November 19, 2026: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans December 17, 2026: The Disposs
Details Official page ↗📍 Downtown · Downtown & Central LA · Los Angeles Union Station (Ticket Concourse)
Free family tree lighting in Union Station’s Ticket Concourse on Thursday, November 19, 2026, 6–8 p.m., with live music, stilt walkers, and Santa photo opportunities. Hosted by Charles Phoenix.
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · USC Fisher Museum of Art (HAR)
Join exhibition curators Milton S.F. Curry and Valéry Augustin for a thought-provoking conversation exploring the role of housing in shaping the postwar Black middle class and the enduring legacy of architect Paul R. Williams. They will examine how contemporary artists and designers engage with Williams's work, influence, and vision for community-centered architecture. The discussion will feature
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · USC Pacific Asia Museum
Step into an immersive world crafted by artist Gautam Rangan where projection, spoken word, and dance come together. Inspired by 16th Century Ragamala paintings, this three-night series will transform the USC Pacific Asia Museum courtyard into a dynamic landscape of light, sound, sculpture, and movement, and will include performances, conversation, and exploration of the interactive installation.
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Dick Wolf Drama Center (DAB)
Alice By Heart Book by Steven Sater and Jessie Nelson Music by Duncan Sheik Lyrics by Steven Sater In the rubble of the London Blitz of World War II, Alice Spencer’s budding teen life is turned upside down. When her dear friend Alfred is quarantined, Alice encourages him to escape into their cherished book and journey down the rabbit hole to Wonderland. From the Tony and Grammy award-winning crea
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · McClintock Building and Theatre (MCC)
The Swindlers: A True-ish Tall Tale by Noah Diaz Marie’s life is a mess, her job is kind of a dud, her bills are piling up, and the FBI has just seized her assets in pursuit of her father, a notorious con man on the run. When she’s used as bait to lure him in, she inexplicably finds herself on a road trip with him to recover the stolen funds. Loosely inspired by the real-life exploits of the play
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Bing Theatre (BIT)
The Light in the Piazza Book by Craig Lucas Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel Brent McMunn, conductor Ken Cazan, stage director & set concept Bing Theatre USC University Park Campus Nov. 19, 2026 | 7:30pm Nov. 20, 2026 | 7:30pm Nov. 21, 2026 | 7:30pm Nov. 22, 2026 | 2:00pm Tickets will be available through the USC Ticket Office online or call 213-740-4672. Walk up purchases will be available a
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA
This event is part of the Levan Institute for the Humanities' “On Writing” series, conversations aiming to answer questions about how writing matters, now. This conversation will feature Angelica Jade Bastién (writer, essayist, and film critic) and Anahid Nersessian (UCLA), hosted by Sarah Mesle (USC). Organized in partnership with the Consortium for Gender, Sexuality, Race and Public Culture. Reg
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Bovard Auditorium (ADM)
Carl St.Clair, Conductor Soloists TBA Program Viet Cuong– Vital Sines Ludwig van Beethoven– Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” Maestro Carl St. Clair takes the podium with the Thornton Chamber orchestra for Beethoven's 3rd Symphony, which marked the beginning of the composer's innovative middle period. The program also features Thornton student soloists in Vital Sines, a concerto grosso by world renowed Vi
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · St. Vincent de Paul Church
The University Chorus will perform a concert of sacred choral music at St. Vincent de Paul Church.
Details Official page ↗📍 Los Angeles · Downtown & Central LA · Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
USC Collegium Musicum Directed by Jason Yoshida Join us in celebrating the 400th anniversary of the death of English composer John Dowland, with his music of melancholy, mirth, and dancing desire. All EMSI events are free and open to the public.
Details Official page ↗📍 Santa Monica · Westside · Fairview Branch
Disfrute de cuentos, rimas, y canciones en español. Para edades de 2 a 5 años.
Details Official page ↗Coming up first: USC Peace Garden Open Garden Hours (Sat, Nov 7, 9:00 AM, Los Angeles), Amanda Flowers: Cosmic Nexus of The Soul • Soil | MFA Art Solo Thesis Exhibition (Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 AM, Los Angeles), Eco Media Film Fest x Impact Weekend (Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 PM, Los Angeles) and Citadel Outlets 25th Annual Tree Lighting Concert (Sat, Nov 7, 5:00 PM, Commerce). Places you can visit on your own schedule include The Broad in Downtown Los Angeles, East West Players in Little Tokyo, KCRW Summer Nights at Union Station in Downtown LA and Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum in Rancho Dominguez / Compton.
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