USC, Town and Gown (TGF), 665 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90089
October 14, 2019
5:00 pm To 7:00 pm
Soledad O’Brien – The Holt Lecture: Where Policy Hits the Pavement: Storytelling in a Disconnected Age How narrative can shape a better understanding of today’s big issues. Following the lecture, O’Brien will join Compton Mayor, Aja Brown in conversation about narrative and policy.Read more…
A+P Public Program Space, 4334 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
October 15, 2019
7:00 pm To 8:30 pm
Join Art + Practice for a public program titled In Conservation: Stephen Towns and Ramsess with Cecilia Wichmann. Towns, Ramsess and Wichmann will discuss the exhibitions Stephen Towns: Rumination and a Reckoning and Ramsess: The Gathering. More information forthcoming.Read more…
TCL Chinese Theatre, 6925 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028, USA
October 16, 2019
6:30 pm To 10:30 pm
TCL Chinese Theatres is hosting a special 35th anniversary screening of Purple Rain alongside a Q&A with Morris Day. The film originally premiered at the theater on July 26, 1984.Read more…
Museum of Tolerance, 9786 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA
October 17, 2019
8:00 pm To 9:30 pm
Ambassador Susan E. Rice served as National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.Read more…
West Angeles Cathedral (Church of God In Christ), 3600 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90016
October 17, 2019
7:30 pm To 9:00 pm
In a special evening celebrating National Book Award-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates’ first book of fiction, he’ll be joined by Ryan Coogler, revolutionary director of Black Panther. Coates’ newly released novel The Water Dancer, offers a timely exploration of the most intimate evil of enslavement—the cleaving and separation of families.Read more…
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