Coronavirus is wreaking havoc on schools, stores, businesses and events. With in-person concerts, talks, comedy shows, food festivals and other gatherings cancelled, we have turned our events column into a “nonevents” column. It will remain this way as long as social distancing and stay-at-home orders are in effect.
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Mystery Science Theater riffs on a Vincent Price camp classic. Outfest 2020 launches streaming and drive-in screenings. Various events celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. A documentary examines how a coup in Iran changed history. The cast of The Little Hours does a Q&A after a drive-in screening.
Tuesday, Aug. 18 (opening)
Rise Up LA: A Century of Votes for Women
The Natural History Museum launches its digital exhibition that celebrates the centenary of the 19th Amendment, which gave the women the right to vote in 1920. The online component features photos, protest ephemera, narratives and video interviews for an oral stories compendium. The digital assets are part of a larger physical exhibition that will hopefully be mounted in its entirety at NHM in the fall.
COST: FREE; MORE INFO
Tuesday, Aug. 18; 4 p.m.
Learn at Home (Grown-Up Edition)
The L.A. Opera continues its LAO at Home series with a “vacation edition” of opera happy hour. Music lovers can join vocalist and pianist Jeremy Frank as he leads a virtual journey to some of opera’s most gorgeous locations.
COST: FREE; MORE INFO
Tuesday, Aug. 18; 5 p.m. PDT
The Mads: The Tingler
Join Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff (“The Mads” from Mystery Science Theater 3000) for a live-riff screening of The Tingler. The 1959 film was directed by William Castle and stars Vincent Price as a doctor who discovers a parasite that grows on people’s features.
COST: $10; MORE INFO
Tuesday, Aug. 18; 7 p.m. PDT
The World According to Jeff Goldblum
Watch a virtual Q&A with actor and musician Jeff Goldblum moderated by actor, director and writer Illeana Douglas. Goldblum will chat about his National Geographic show of the same name, streaming on Disney+. The conversation premieres exclusively on the American Cinematheque’s YouTube Channel.
COST: FREE; MORE INFO
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August 19 at 7:30 pm, Hollywood Heritage presents a virtual program honoring the 100th anniversary of when women finally were granted the right to vote. 💯 Yep, after more than 65 years of protest, American women still lacked the complete right to vote in 1914. The National American Woman Suffrage Association, led by Ruth Hanna McCormick, produced the feature film YOUR GIRL AND MINE (now lost) to convince Congress to pass enfranchisement for women. Though their effort failed, their landmark work helped forward the cause, with the production of the film as compelling as any movie. Mary Mallory will explore the importance of this seminal work in an online presentation commemorating the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment. Mary Mallory is a historian, archivist, and writer specializing in Los Angeles and Hollywood history. Link in bio for tickets! 🇺🇸 #suffragette #womenvoters #womengetthevote #hollywoodhistory #hollywoodheritagemuseum #hollywoodheritage #19thamendment #19thamendmentcentennial #patriarchy #shepersisted #empoweringwomen
Wednesday, Aug. 19; 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Your Girl and Mine: The Women’s Right to Vote
In 1914, after more than 65 years of protest, American women still lacked the complete right to vote. Ruth Hanna McCormick and the National American Woman Suffrage Association produced the now lost feature Your Girl and Mine to convince Congress to pass full voting rights for women. While the film didn’t win the hearts and minds of American politicians, it helped build momentum for the cause. At this Hollywood Heritage Museum online event, archivist Mary Mallory explores the importance of this work.
COST: $7.50 – $15; MORE INFO
Wednesday, Aug. 19; 12 p.m. PDT
Art Past Present with Enrique MartÃnez Celaya
The Wende Museum presents a Zoom discussion with MartÃnez Celaya, a professor of humanities and art at USC, shares ideas about how we confront the past in order to give meaning to the present. He’ll be joined online by artist and writer Farrah Karapetian as well as the museum’s chief curator, Joes Segal.
COST: FREE with RSVP; MORE INFO
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BOOK EVENT ALERT: We are pleased to partner with our friends @foodforward to present a special online event in celebration of the IDT’s late founder and director, Joseph Shuldiner, and his recently released cookbook, “The New Homemade Kitchen” – next Wednesday, August 19th at 12:30pm PST. * This lively lunchtime discussion will touch on Joseph’s legacy as a culinary innovator and mentor and delve into his work with the Institute of Domestic Technology – the culmination of which can be found in the pages of “The New Homemade Kitchen.” The event will feature Institute faculty members Kevin West (@savingtheseason, @deerhook1750), Daniel Kent (@rufuschristmas), Hana van der Steur (@negativenellie), and Yoko Maeda Lamn (@hakko.online) in conversation with Food Forward’s Executive Director and Founder Rick Nahmias. Bring your appetite and get inspired to transform your cooking repertoire! * The event is free, but reservations are required. See the link in our bio for more details and to reserve a spot. * In anticipation of the event, we encourage participants to purchase a copy of “The New Homemade Kitchen” from our favorite Chinatown cookbook shop, Now Serving (@nowservingla), which will be donating a portion of the book’s proceeds to the UCLA Neuro-Oncology Brain Cancer Research Fund. * We look forward to seeing you there! * Cover photo and styling by @ren_fuller, @coopercairns, @stephaniehanes Dean illustrations by Harry Bates * #josephshuldiner #thenewhomemadekitchen #instituteofdomestictechnology #quarantinecooking #fromscratch #makeyourown #homeec #cookbook #recipes
Wednesday, Aug. 19; 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
A Celebration of The New Homemade Kitchen
Nonprofit organization Food Forward partners with the Institute of Domestic Technology for a special event celebrating the posthumous release of Joseph Shuldiner’s book, The New Homemade Kitchen: 250 Recipes and Ideas for Reinventing the Art of Preserving, Canning, Fermenting, Dehydrating, and More. Shuldiner was a culinary innovator and the IDT’s founding director. The lunchtime discussion features Institute faculty members Kevin West, Daniel Kent, Hana van der Steur and Yoko Maeda Lamn in conversation with Food Forward’s founder, Rick Nahmias.
COST: FREE with RSVP; MORE INFO
Wednesday, Aug. 19; 6 p.m. PDT
Coup 53
UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Farhang Foundation present a special screening of Taghi Amirani’s groundbreaking 2019 documentary, which focuses on the event of August 1953, when Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, was overthrown in a coup and replaced by the shah. Ticket purchase includes an exclusive Q&A with actor Ralph Fiennes and filmmakers Taghi Amirani and Walter Murch. The film streams online and viewers have 24 hours to watch it.
COST: $12; MORE INFO
Wednesday, Aug. 19; 6:45 p.m. (Doors)
ArcLight at the Drive-In: The Little Hours
Vineland Drive-In
443 Vineland Ave., City of Industry
Hit the road for a screening of Jeff Baena’s comedy about medieval nuns, priests and the temptations of the flesh. There will be a live Q&A with director Baena and stars Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza and Fred Armisen. All attendees will get free water, free kombucha and a free caramel corn. Advance tickets only.
COST: $55 per car; MORE INFO
Thursday, Aug. 20; 5 p.m.
Unsettling Ramona Salon Series
Heidi Duckler Dance continues its series of virtual programs spotlighting the histories and experiences of Native Americans in California. Based on Ramona, an 1884 novel about a Scottish-Native American orphan, these salons focus on Native perspectives to “unsettle” a story that helped the visibility for Native rights campaign but also romanticized California’s colonial history. This week, the salon presents Unsettling Self with filmmaker Robert I. Mesa, actor Duane Minard and artistic director of The Autry’s Native Voices program, DeLanna Studi. The final salon takes place on Aug. 27 at 5 p.m. PDT.
COST: FREE with RSVP; MORE INFO
Thursday, Aug. 20 – Sunday, Aug. 30
2020 Outfest
For the first time, L.A.’s LGBTQ film festival screens more than 160 films from around the world via streaming and drive-in options. The digital portion of the festival will be powered by Vimeo while the drive-in experience takes place at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu. Centerpiece films include The Obituary Of Tunde Johnson (dir. Ali LeRoi), Shiva Baby (dir. Emma Seligman), Monsoon (dir. Hong Khaou) and Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story (dir. Posy Dixon).
COST: Varies; MORE INFO
Thursday, Aug. 20; 5 – 6 p.m.
The Shout Out Show
Aisha Alfa, Sophia Zolan and Wynter Spears lead an hour of positive vibes, giving props to people, places and things they are loving right now. The show happens every Thursday on YouTube and on Dynasty Typewriter’s website.
COST: FREE; MORE INFO
Dine & Drink Deals
Who doesn’t miss going out to eat or stopping by a bar for a drink? Here are a few options from restaurants and bars as we work our way back toward normal.
- On Thursday, Aug. 20 (National Bacon Lover’s Day), the Pasadena outpost of Slater’s 50/50 serves up a free order of Bacon Fat Popcorn with any purchase. Plus, you can $5 bacon Bloody Marys and $5 bacon Old Fashioneds all day.
- A new pizza option recently opened in WeHo. Lucca Pizza is a to-go only wood-fired pizza and wine shop. Offering Roman and Neapolitan style pizza, it’s open Wednesday to Sunday, 5 to 11 p.m. Pick-up takes place at its sister restaurant, Norah (8279 Santa Monica Blvd.).
- Also in West Hollywood, Las Palmas (the newly opened, Tulum-inspired rooftop pop-up from E.P. & L.P.) has launched a weekend brunch service focused on foods from the Yucatan peninsula. Brunch is offered Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to 4 p.m., available for parties of four or six.
- Bayside in Newport Beach recently started the Barclay Jazz Lunch on Saturdays. Dine outside on the patio and listen to jazz. Prices run $90 to $135 for a three-course meal. Doors open at 11 a.m. for lunch, and the music starts at noon.
- With locations all over SoCal, Urban Plates offers a $10 everyday menu with seven dishes to choose from such as moroccan chicken braise, chimichurri chicken plate, urban grilled chicken salad, curry tofu and vegetable braise and the grilled portobello mushroom sandwich.