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SoCal Community Events Calendar

From cultural festivals to exhibition openings, Southern California has something for everyone. Here are some of the best events around.

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Every week, Arts & Culture Producer Nic Cha Kim highlights a few events across the SoCal region. This week, be the first to experience the Bowers' expanding collection, uncover California hidden heritage, and craft your own resin cacti.

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Upcoming Events
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Composer Collective at Theatricum Botanicum
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
1419 N Topanga Canyon Blvd
Topanga, California 90290
Thursday, September 11, 7:30 PM
$25

This Composer Collective is dedicated to the composers and musicians who were affected by the Palisades and Eton fires.

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Rod Briggs Memorial Gallery
2221 E Broadway
Long Beach, California 90803
Friday, September 12, 1:00 PM - September 13
Free

In Dreams, Doppelgängers, and Parallel Universes, artist Perin Mahler invites viewers into a fractured and surreal landscape where identity, time, and truth blur across multiple dimensions. This solo exhibition features twelve to fifteen large-scale oil paintings developed over four years—each one a layered investigation of the psychological, political, and cultural dissonance shaping contemporary life.

DTLA Dog Day
Maguire Gardens
Flower St.
Los Angeles, California 90071
Friday, September 12, 4:00 PM
Free

This one-night celebration unites the Downtown community for an evening of dog-loving fun.

Homeboy Art Academy Presents: WE ARE...
Huntington Beach Art Center
538 Main St #98
Huntington Beach, California 92648
Friday, September 12, 5:00 PM - September 13
Free

Experience Huntington Beach Art Center's newest exhibition We Are, presented by the Homeboy Art Academy.

Real Women Have Curves
Westchester Theater
8301 Hindry Ave
Los Angeles, California 90045
Friday, September 12, 8:00 PM
$15

Real Women Have Curves is a stage play by Josefina López and is set in a tiny sewing factory in East Los Angeles in September 1987.

Expectations: A Better World Through Art, Music and Respect Exhibition Opening
San Bernardino County Museum
2024 Orange Tree Ln
Redlands, California 92374
Saturday, September 13, 9:00 AM
$10

San Bernardino County Museum invites you to the Hispanic Heritage exhibition opening of “Expectations: A Better World Through Art, Music and Respect.”

High Desert Pride Festival
San Bernardino County Fairgrounds
14800 7th St
Victorville, California 92395
Saturday, September 13, 10:00 AM
Free

Celebrate love, diversity and equality at the most anticipated event of the year.

Ventura Art and Chalk Festival
The Ventura Harbor Village
1583 Spinnaker Dr,
Ventura, California 93001
Saturday, September 13, 10:00 AM
Free

Join the Rotary Club of Ventura for a vibrant weekend by the sea.

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