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Arts & Culture Collections

Dive deep into Southern California’s creative consciousness. See how diverse ideas and identities meld, mix and recombine, inspiring revolutions beyond art’s borders. Learn more about the triumphs, struggles and interconnected histories that have fueled this region’s aesthetic fires.

Black flyers with white text with retro photos of African American people having fun and an African American DJ.
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Black L.A.: 1980s to Present

A painting with men and women raising their hands as police cars surround them.

Circa 1970: Photo of Linda Ronstadt behind a mic stand | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

A Tribute to Linda Ronstadt

Arts Disciplines

A young girl stands in the foreground with a backdrop of flying birds and a halo of concentric circles.
Architecture & Design
Julian Torres in mariachi outfit | Still from "Southland Sessions" S1 E3: Mariachi - from Romance to Resistance
Community Arts
La Raza Full Episode Thumbnail
Cultural Politics
Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre in Cuba
Dance
Fine Cut 2019 mosaic
Film and Media Arts
Two open books in a library.
Literature
Doug Aitken, "Underwater Pavilions." | Photo: Matt Crotty
Multidisciplinary
ARTBOUND “The New West Coast Sound: An L.A. Jazz Legacy.”
Music
Performance
Theater
An illustration of different Western images in pop culture.
Visual Arts
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Play the LA River
Come one, come all for 51 miles and 51 weeks of play on the mighty LA River starting September 13, 2014. Join Play the LA River to explore, enjoy, reclaim, and reimagine the river as a grand civic space that can green and connect our communities.
A collage of various actors and directors at KCET Cinema Series' Q&A sessions.
Cinema Series
The PBS SoCal Cinema Series welcomes movie fans to enjoy preview screenings of the best of Hollywood, independent and festival films prior to their release in theaters or streaming.
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