Experience the heart of Los Angeles like never before with CicLAvia's 2024 line-up of car-free events, transforming streets into vibrant spaces for walking, biking, and play. Their expanded schedule features traditional open-street events spanning 4-7 miles, alongside two innovative CicLAminis – intimate 1-2 mile routes designed for a leisurely exploration of neighborhood gems. Dive into […]
. As a Portuguese immigrant, storyteller, and sleight-of-hand magician, Helder Guimarães arrived in America at age 29. Wide-eyed and full of ideas, he discovers a fascinating puzzle of cultural and professional challenges to solve while he tries to build a home. The Hope Theory offers a unique perspective on America through the eyes of an […]
For the first time in two decades, Puccini's blockbuster returns to LA Opera. Captivated by a beauty who scorns love, a renegade prince enters an all but impossible contest, where the price of failure is death.
When legendary musician Jelly Roll Morton’s soul is forced to face the music, the self-proclaimed “inventor of jazz” is left at the ultimate crossroads. Follow Jelly from the back alleys of New Orleans to the sparkling stages of New York, as his remarkable journey unfolds in a stunning display of song, dance, and music.
It’s a night of brilliantly crafted songs delivered by two artists who know how to inhabit a story. Silvana Estrada sings from down deep, telling her soulful coming-of-age stories in a voice that embraces the legacy of Latin American song and carries into the 21st century.
In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, the beautiful young mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved stories and the classic animated film, The Little Mermaid is a hauntingly beautiful love story for the ages.
Pasadena POPS hosts a free concert of Broadway and the Great American Songbook under the stars on the steps of Pasadena City Hall. Arrive early for food trucks and family fun.
Multi-platinum-selling American singer-songwriter and producer, Natalie Merchant, known for her distinctive voice and captivating literary-pop songs. Her music blends folk, rock, and influences from around the world, and she continues to be regarded as a groundbreaking figure in alternative music.
Nominated for 11 Tony Awards, A Strange Loop follows a young, gay, Black writer who hates his day job who writes a musical about a young, gay, Black writer who's writing a musical about a young, gay, Black writer.
Tenor Russell Thomas, LA Opera's Artist in Residence, premieres a major new commission: a deeply personal, evening-length concert work created expressly for him by the Emmy Award-winning composer Joel Thompson with an original libretto by the celebrated poet Imani Tolliver.
Dynamic rhythms, sublime melodies, and virtuosic solo moments express both the heights of salvation and depths of damnation in the composer’s epic and dramatic ancient Catholic funeral mass.
Dance in The Plaza in the blackbox series curated by American songwriter, blues singer, author and record producer The Reverend Shawn Amos. On this night, The Reverend, performs his one-of-a-kind harmonica driven, blues roots revival.
The Sunday Morning Music/Santa Monica series was crafted and curated with such care and passion by the late Antonio Lysy, and in only two short years, it became one of our biggest success stories in Chamber Music. The series will continue in celebration of his passion for music, and for bringing our community together.
When a “friends with benefits” relationship unexpectedly results in the early arrival of a baby girl, Daniel must choose between being a biological parent or becoming a father.
The iconic soprano closes out the season with an enchanting evening of arias and songs. This is your chance to savor the exquisite voice and peerless artistry of this longtime audience favorite, treasured for her unforgettable LA Opera appearances in La Traviata, A Streetcar Named Desire and The Light in the Piazza, as well as numerous concerts […]
One of the premier dance companies, the Joffrey Ballet has a 65+ year reputation for boundary-breaking performances. Anna Karenina, which won the 2019 Oscars of Dance Benois de la Danse International Prize for Best Choreography, makes its debut at The Music Center.
South Pacific, Mary Poppins, Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto, The Planets and more. These are some of the fabulous pieces that the LA Lawyers Philharmonic and its chorus, Legal Voices, will perform at their 15th Anniversary Concert Extraordinaire under the baton of founder-conductor Gary S. Greene, Esq. The concert will be dedicated to the memory of legendary songwriter and LA Lawyers […]
The Off-Broadway hit comedy Men Are From Mars – Women Are From Venus LIVE!, is a one-man fusion of theater and stand-up, and is a light-hearted theatrical comedy based on the New York Times #1 best-selling book by John Gray.
In honor of Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday, the POPS celebrates the explosion of music in 1920s New York that gave birth to the Jazz Age, Swing Era and beyond. Hear favorites from Gershwin and Ellington to Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald and more.
