Welcome to the Buzz’s community calendar – please explore our list of local-ish events…and please feel free to add your own.
On what would have been his 100th birthday, the audience is invited to explore Kopelow’s personal path as an artist with this retrospective “The work of Burton Kopelow touches a unique place in the human spirit. In one respect, viewing his art feels as though we are seeing again something we’ve long forgotten. The mythic […]
A creative documentary that follows teens in an after-school program who connect with elders in the community through animated storytelling! "Multi-layered and provacative, yet rooted in the fundamental truth that connection and identity matter." - Elizabeth Carroll, Facing History and Ourselves The Philosophical Research Society welcomes filmmaker Carolyn Shadid Lewis for an interactive screening of […]
For the 19th episode of the Spirit & Music Concert Series at PRS, Marina Pacowski, host and performer, invites clarinetist Christin Hablewitz and the Zetz Klezmer Ensemble for an hour of music rooted in the Klezmer traditions of Jewish communities from Eastern and Central Europe. This concert will feature a range of music from lyrical, […]
“It offers extraordinary beauty. We watch as he smashes stones to release their cyan content and uses that bright-red dye to make spectacular patterns in the currents and whirlpools of streams. We see a long rope of linked leaves, bright green, uncoil as it floats downstream. Before, we saw only the surface of the water, […]
Join us for a very special Celtic inspired story boasting 24 uniquely handcrafted shadow puppets and live singing at PRS! The Changeling shadow production, by puppetry artist Tania Yager, is a Celtic inspired story of a city couple who moves into the Irish Countryside with their newborn child. Unaware that their new cottage is set […]
The Electric Soundbath is a sonic container for inner journeying. Lying on the floor with eyes closed, guests are invited to allow the soundscape to support them and to be gently carried toward expanded states of consciousness. Guy Blakeslee uses warmly saturated analog cassette recordings of sustained tones and harmonic frequencies to channel the ethereal […]
The Electric Soundbath is a sonic container for inner journeying. Lying on the floor with eyes closed, guests are invited to allow the soundscape to support them and to be gently carried toward expanded states of consciousness. Guy Blakeslee uses warmly saturated analog cassette recordings of sustained tones and harmonic frequencies to channel the ethereal […]
Trash-Mex and The Philosophical Research Society celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a rare screening of an atmospheric and underseen Mexican horror classic – LA BRUJA! Written by genre film legend Alfredo Salazar, LA BRUJA (1954) follows a witch who becomes a vehicle for revenge after being transformed into a seductive millionaire. A dark twist on […]
Join us for the kick-off event of our ongoing series “Queer Diaspora,” programmed and hosted by noted filmmaker Gregorio Davila (L.A. A QUEER HISTORY, UNIDAD: GAY AND LESBIAN LATINOS UNIDOS), with a screening of Jenny Livingston’s classic doc PARIS IS BURNING. Followed by a party after in the PRS courtyard with music by DJ Sindri […]
Join writer and TV producer Domenic Priore & cultural historian Dan Konoske for this fascinating presentation on Los Angeles architecture! Sure, local resident Ivy Rorschach of The Cramps got it right when she dubbed L.A. "Hell Town," but there was a time... well, several times, actually, when the place was being set up by idealists […]
The Philosophical Research Society proudly presents the first feature-length documentary film about the pioneering artists community that influenced a generation. Drop City began on a rooftop in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1962, where two young artists – Gene Bernofsky and Clark Richert – dropped art from their downtown loft onto the street below. They were determined […]
Join us for an evening of poetry in our historic library! A night of poems that dive into the deep questions, exploring the vastness within & without Plus poetry by hosts Mandy Kahn, Ross J. Farrar & Jane McCarthy Tickets: Suggested Donation $10 (In Person Only) Please email [email protected] or phone 323-663-2167 with any questions.
