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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Welcome to the Buzz’s community calendar – please explore our list of local-ish events…and please feel free to add your own.

Film: Trash-Mex’s Cinco de Mayo: LA BRUJA (1954) – Mexican Horror Classic!

Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, United States

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 […]

Electric Soundbath by Guy Blakeslee

Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, United States

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 […]

EXP TV’s “Star Wars Nothing But Star Wars” – May the 4th Celebration!

Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, United States

The ultimate feature-length comedy compilation from a galaxy far, far away! Unseen, lost & is-this-real-or-am-I-dreaming OG Trilogy madness! Please Note: This program is intended for adults and is not suitable for children “I believe in a long, prolonged derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown.” - Jim Morrison EXP TV is…a 24/7 […]

Electric Soundbath by Guy Blakeslee

Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, United States

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 Changeling Shadow Show – Shadow Puppet Performance by Tania Yager

Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, United States

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 […]

Film: Rivers and Tides – Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time

Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, United States

“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, […]

Music: Klezmer Fest! with Marina Pacowski and the Zetz Klezmer Ensemble

Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, United States

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, […]

Film: “InterGeneration” Documentary Screening + Workshop!

Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, United States

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 […]

Art Opening: Burton Kopelow – Myth in the Making

Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, United States

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 […]

Film: The Arc of Oblivion

Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, United States

THE ARC OF OBLIVION – Herzog Produced Documentary Screening! One man's search for an answer to the existential question: in a universe that erases its tracks, why are we so hellbent on leaving a trace? NY Times Critics Pick: “In his attempt to imagine why, and how, we try to preserve memories, Cheney unearths something […]

Film: The Legend of Mexman

Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, United States

"Documentary filmmaking at its best, full of smart and beautiful visual poetry." THE LEGEND OF MEXMAN (2023, 89 min., dir. Josh Polon). A truly compelling and often heartbreaking portrait of the cost of achieving your artistic vision, mentally and emotionally, THE LEGEND OF MEXMAN focuses on a former USC Film School student, Germán Alonso, who […]

Comedy: What Does it All Mean, What Does Any of This Mean? Why? How? Help!

Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, United States

Welcome back to PRS’s third installment of a comedy talk show here to cure your existential dread, following our very successful first and second editions this past December and February! The stand up comedian is known to be the deepest observer. More introspective than Descartes, more earth-shattering than Socrates, more insightful than Nietzsche. The comedian […]