Best Things to Do in SoCal and LA This Week: February 2 - February 8, 2026
An after-dark journey through moving images
What a Wonderful World marks the U.S. debut of the Julia Stoschek Foundation, transforming the Variety Arts Theater into a six-floor cinematic journey through 120 years of time-based media. This immersive presentation gives a new definition to arthouse, pairing contemporary works by Arthur Jafa, Marina Abramović, and Doug Aitken with silent-era pioneers Alice Guy-Blaché, Luis Buñuel, and Walt Disney.
940 S Figueroa St
Moving art across time and space
Crossing Temporalities: A Conversation with Beatriz Cortez is a timely exploration of messages, stories, and elemental particles across space and time. Multidisciplinary artist Beatriz Cortez joins scholar Jasmine Magaña for a conversation unpacking Cortez’s investigations into simultaneity, nomadism, and speculative futures. The program concludes with a tour led by curators Elena Shtromberg and Zanna Gilbert.
3834 Main St
Celebrate Year of the Horse
Ring in the Lunar New Year at the City of Santa Ana’s annual Tết Lunar New Year Festival, an all-ages celebration honoring the city’s rich Asian and Vietnamese cultures. Rain-or-shine, this festival welcomes the Year of the Horse with a full day of cultural performances, live music, dancing, exhibits, and food. From family-friendly activities to library resources, this community favorite is a colorful way to celebrate renewal and heritage in the heart of Santa Ana.
3000 W Edinger Ave
Black history, pride, and community spirit
46th Annual OC Black History Parade & Unity Festival returns to the heart of Anaheim for an empowering day celebrating culture, history, and collective pride. This free, family-friendly tradition invites the community to line the streets for a vibrant parade and festival filled with music, performances, and moments of reflection to honor Black history while uplifting unity across generations.
W Center Street
Remembering the wildfires
Artist Hayv Kahraman presents Libations, her third solo exhibition with Vielmetter Los Angeles and first since being displaced as a result of the 2025 Eaton fire. Ritualistic and magical, Kahrman’s new works respond to the question: What does one do when the world collapses? Drawing from her childhood in war-torn Iraq and her adolescence as a refugee in Sweden, Kahraman’s new works are an offering, a libation, to a burning world. To learn more about Hayv Kahraman, watch Art and Science Collide on the PBS app.
1700 S Santa Fe Ave #101