LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
Venue Exhibitions
- Jaime Muñoz: Truth Is A Moving Target
- A Great Day in East LA: Celebrando the Eastside Sound | June 28, 2025-August 23, 2026
- Community Quilt of Hope through August 15, 2023
- Gloria Molina: Community Champion through August 15, 2023
- 18th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium | August 11, 2023 through Sunday, May 19, 2024
- Hostile Terrain ‘94: The Undocumented Migration Project | September 17, 2022 – July 16, 2023
- Arte para la gente, The Collected Works of Margaret Garcia | July 22, 2022-June 11, 2023
- L.A. Memo: Chicana/o Art from 1972-1989 | Through Aug 14, 2022
- 3B Collective, Chicano Moratorium Mural, 2021 | Through June 19, 2021
- “Going to the 1984 Olympics” by Frank Romero | November 22, 2021 – August 6, 2022
- Only Light Can Do That by Patrick Martinez | May 7, 2021 – September 5, 2021
- Patriotism in Conflict: Fighting for Country and Comunidad | November 14, 2021 through June 19, 2022
- The View From Here: Architecture as Witness to History | Permanent Exhibition | 2d Floor
- LA Starts Here! | Permanent Exhibition | First Floor
Venue Events
- Community Concert – A Great Day in East L.A.: Celebrando the Eastside Sound with The Altons | Free
- TAKE 3: Celebrating East LA Film Festival with Panamanian Intl Film Festival/LA & Cine Sin Cines | Free with RSVP
- Docs @ LA Plaza – Zoot Suit Riots: Los Angeles Erupts in Violence from the Collections: The U.S. Latino Experience (2023) | Free with RSVP
- Docs @ LA Plaza: Singing our way to Freedom (2022) | Free with RSVP
- Docs @ LA Plaza: Forgotten Injustice Mexican American Deportation, 1930s | Free with RSVP
- Docs @ LA Plaza – Lalo Guerrero: The Original Chicano (2006) | Free with RSVP
- Making History: Building the National Museum of the American Latino Community Night | Free
- QUEER Night Market: Malflora Mixer & Mercado | Free
- Pasión de Volcanes: CentAm Q Voices of Resilience | Free
- Comunidad Unites: Food & Toy Drive | Free
- LOMA Film Festival | Free
- Community Film Screening: “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip” | Free
- 23rd Annual Encuentro de Jaraneros | Free
- Loss, Legacy, and Liberation: Exploring the Opera Ainadamar | Free with RSVP
- Artist Mercado | Free
- Día del Sonidero | Free
- Annual Museums Free-for-All
- Resistance and Liberation: Los Angeles Latine Poets Speak Out | Free
- Summer of Salsa: Conjunto Oye featuring DJ Robby | Free
- Négritude Fest | Free
- Afro-Latino Culture Fest | Free
- Summer of Salsa: Arsenio Rodriguez Project featuring DJ Robby | Free
- Summer of Salsa: Gabrielito y La Verdad featuring Super DJ Robby | Free
- An Evening with CantoMundo | Free
- L.A. Celebrates Macondo: a 30ñera AWP Off-Site Reading | Free
- Día de los Muertos Family Day | Free
- Fiestas Patrias Family Day | Free
- Summer of Salsa: The Echo Park Project featuring Super DJ Robby | Free
- Summer of Salsa: Rumbankete featuring Super DJ Robby | Free
- Cinco de Mayo Family Day | Free
- Presentation on Creation from an Indigenous Perspective | Free
- SP Presents: Love Grows – A Poetry Open Mic and Workshop | Free
- In Lak Ech of Mujeres de Maíz and Tonántzin | Free
- AWP Off-site Reading: Somos Xicanas | Free
- César Chávez Family Day | Free
- A Love Letter to L.A.: A Celebration of Solidarity and Resilience | Saturday, Feb 8 | Free
- Gather for Good Bake Sale | Free
- Plática: Latino Identities: Unity in Diversity | Free
- Les Navegantes Activation Day | Free
- Les Navegantes Activation Day | Free
- Les Navegantes Activation Day | Free
- Les Navegantes Activation Day | Free
- Les Navegantes Activation Day | Free
- ¡Jotería! | Free
- Mass Deportations: The Past as Prologue | Free
- Holiday Artist Mercado | Free
- Meruelo Media: Tu Voz, Tu Voto, Tu Vida | Free
- ACTIVATION DAY WITH LES NAVEGANTES
- Comunidad Unites: The Los Angeles Lowrider Alliance, the Fred Jordan Mission, and Mattel Inc. Food & Toy Drive | Free
- HOLA Mexico Film Festival Closing Night | Ticketed
- 22nd Annual Encuentro de Jaraneros de California | Free
- LeaLA | Free
- Imagen Awards | $350
- Artist Mercado
- Meet and Greet: Fashion Designer Louis Verdad | Free
- Activation Day with Les Navegantes
- Activation Day with Les Navegantes
- Activation Day with Les Navegantes | Free
- Activation Day with Les Navegantes | Free
- Camera Workshop with Las Fotos project: PinHole Camera Workshop | Free
- Camera Workshop with Las Photos project: PinHole Camera Workshop | Free
- Activation Day with Les Navegantes | Free
- Activation Day with Les Navegantes | Free
- Activation Day with Les Navegantes | Free
- Xingonx Fest – Mujeres de Maiz 28th Anniversary | Free
- Workshop: Girls in STEM | Free
- Garden Class: Sustainable Gardening with Pacoima Beautiful | Free
- Tejedores del Inframundo: Community Art Market / Tejedores del Inframundo: Mercado de Arte Comunitario | Free
- Meztli Projects Garden Class: The Land Sustains Us (Food) | Free
- STEAM Educator Open House | Free
- Art Space HP: Open Air Market, Art Making, Music & More | Free
- Afro Latinidad – Echoes of Resilience and Celebration in Dance and Music, presented by The Music Center, Ballet Hispánico and LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
- Comedy Night with Aida Rodriguez | Free
- Film Screening: The 20th year anniversary of A Day Without a Mexican | Free
- Short Film Screening: “Daughter of the Sea” and “Negra, Yo Soy Bella” | Free
- Backyard BBQ Party – Opening Celebration of “Jaime Muñoz: Truth Is A Moving Target” | Free
- Cine de Oro: El Rebozo de Soledad | Free
- “Jaime Muñoz: Truth Is A Moving Target”
- Docs @ LA Plaza: The Ugly Little Monkeys – PG13 | Free
- Les Navegantes Tour | History of Los Angeles in LA Starts Here! exhibition | Free
- Second Annual Afro-Latino Culture Fest | Free
- Les Navegantes Tour | History of Los Angeles in LA Starts Here! exhibition | Free
- Les Navegantes Tour | History of Los Angeles in LA Starts Here! exhibition | Free
- The Last Jam: Closing Celebration for 18th & Grand | Free
- Community Ride to The Olympic Auditorium | Free
- ¡Orale!: Exploring Masculinity in the Queer Homie Latinx Community | Free
- Les Navegantes Tour | History of Los Angeles in LA Starts Here! exhibition | Free
- Film Screening “Gaytino! Made in America” | Free
- 18th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium Boxing Expo
- KCRW Summer Nights: “Cumbia Somos/We Are Cumbia” | Free
- SoCal Museums Free-for-All
- Barrio Music: Los Lonely Stars | Free
- Sobremesa – Culinary Journeys: Exploring Afro-Latin Heritage | $40
- Mobile Vote Center
- Poetry @ LA Plaza: “Lanterns in the Dark: Afrolatine LA, in Verse” | Free
- Summer of Salsa: Son Mayor featuring Super DJ Robby | Free
- LATINAFest: Mind, Body & Soul | $10-75
- Viva la Risa: A Night of Queer Comedy, Fashion, and Celebration! | Free
- QUEER Night Market: Malflora Mixer & Mercado | Free
- Summer of Salsa: Son Miron featuring Super DJ Robby | Free
- Goddess Night Mercado | Free
- Goddess Mercado | Free
- Summer of Salsa: Gabrielito y La Verdad featuring Super DJ Robby | Free
- ¡Jotería! | Free
- LOMA (Latinas & Latinos of Mixed Ancestry) Film Festival | Free
- Día de los Muertos Family Day | Free
- Fiestas Patrias Family Day | Free
- Summer of Salsa: Club Mambi | Free
- Summer of Salsa: Rumbankete featuring Super DJ Robby | Free
- Cinco de Mayo Family Day | Free
- Cesar Chavez Family Day | Free
- Book Launch: The Latino Big Bang in California | Free
- Plática: DANCNG SOBR Podcast with Rafael Cardenas and Guests – 100th Episode Live Audience Taping
- Mi Los Ángeles Family Day Celebration | Free
- Lost LA: Community Altar | Free
- Encuentro de Jaraneros
- Hola Mexico Film Festival Closing Night Screening – Viaje Todo Robado + Los Malditos Concert | $30
- THE FINAL EXORCISM – A staged reading of a play by playwright Josefina López, Directed by Yel De León
- 12th Annual Pobladores Awards Gala | $350
- UNIDAD: Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos | Free
- “18th and Grand: The Olympic Auditorium” Open House | Free
- Plática: When Indigenous is Misidentified as Latino | Free
- Straight Up Sisters with Rafael Agustin and Reyna Grande | Free
- I Learn America Documentary | Free
- We ❤️ Roller Derby | Free
- Plática: American Latinos In Hollywood: Struggles and Achievements in the Film and TV Industry | Free
- POSTPONED: 18th and Grand: The Olympic Auditorium BluRay and Book signing
- POSTPONED: Plática: The Olympic Auditorium and the Legacy of Aileen Eaton: Women In Charge
- POSTPONED: Plática: 18th & Grand and the Mexican-American Experience
- TIA CHUCHA’S PRESENTS SUSPECT ENTERTAINMENT THE PILOT SCREENING OF “I’M READY FOR MY CLOSEUP, FOO” AND Q&A | FREE
- CANCELLED -“18th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium” Opening Celebration | Free
- Take it Outside with Gerd Janson
- Qué lo Qué Plática and Pop Up | Free
- Experimental Atelier with Margaret Garcia and Bonnie Lambert | $200
- Take it Outside with DJ Harvey | $60
- Perú Village Festival | A Taste of Perú | $15
- Gloria Molina: Celebration of Life
- Bellota & Agalles de Roble (Kwaar/Acorns & Oak Galls) Taller de Teñir/Dye Workshop | Free
- Xiquilite (Añil/Indigo) Taller de Teñir/Dye Workshop | Free
- Nocheztli (Cochinilla/Cochineal) Taller de Teñir/Dye Workshop | Free
- L.A. Profundo: 30 Years of Redefining Chicano Rock | Free
- LéaLA 2023 Literary Festival | LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes | Free | September 14 – 17
- KCRW Summer Nights featuring Jungle Fire in Celebration of “18th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium” | Free
- Docs @ LA Plaza: Los Tigres del Norte: Stories to Tell (2022) | Free
- La Junta 10yr Anniversary: A celebration of Afro Latin music and culture | Free
- Noche de 90s Backyard Sing-along and Dance Party with Mary Velasco and Friends | Free
- LOMA Film Festival presented by LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
- Dancing with Dolores 2023 | $50-5000
- Día de los Muertos Family Day | Free
- Fiestas Patrias Family Day | Free
- Summer of Salsa: Trombor with Super DJ Robby | Free
- Summer of Salsa: TROMBOR with Super DJ Robby | Free
- Summer of Salsa: Son Mirón with Super DJ Robby | Free
- Summer of Salsa: Conjunto Oye with Super DJ Robby | Free
- Taco Madness | $0-70
- Poetry from Tía Chucha Press
- Reflections in Color: Shades and Textures of LA History through the works of Margaret Garcia
- Experimental Atelier Artist Reception
- Día Internacional de la Lengua Materna: Territory & The Next Generation
- Festival de la Primavera 2023 Family Day | Free
- SoCal Museum’s Annual Free-For-All
- Jotería: A Cultural Event | FREE
- Cinco de Mayo Family Day | FREE
- Pláticas @ LA Plaza: Hostile Terrain ‘94 Roundtable with UCLA
- César Chávez Family Day | FREE
- LATINAFest 2023: Sembrando and Cultivating Our Future! | $10-15
- Pláticas @ LA Plaza: Hostile Terrain ‘94: Witnessing and Remembering the Migrants Lost at the Border
- Pláticas @ LA Plaza: Hostile Terrain ‘94: Witnessing and Remembering the Migrants Lost at the Border
- LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes presents: Conga Patria Son Jarocho Collective | FREE
- Docs @ LA Plaza: Jamaica y Tamarindo: Afro Tradition in the Heart of Mexico (2020) | Free
- Margaret Garcia: An Intimate Portrait
- Experimental Atelier with Margaret Garcia and Bonnie Lambert – 5 Classes | $100
- Experimental Atelier with Margaret Garcia and Bonnie Lambert – 5 Classes | $100
- AARP CA – Care to Laugh: A Night of Comedy and Respite Featuring Jesus Trejo
- 9th Annual International Mariachi Women’s Festival
- HOLA MEXICO FILM FESTIVAL – CLOSING NIGHT | $30
- Hostile Terrain ’94: Witnessing and Remembering the Migrants Lost at the Border
- 2022 Pobladores Awards Gala Honoring Pepe Aguilar, Walter Ulloa & City National Bank
- Exhibition Opening, Presentation & Workshop: Hostile Terrain ‘94: The Undocumented Migration Project
- Studio Art Class: Arte Para la Gente with Margaret Garcia – Five Sessions
- Abuelita’s Kitchen: Mexican Food Stories
- Peruvian Fest Chim Pum Callao LA
- Book Launch Presentation with Reyna Grande and Maria Amparo Escandón
- Renovación y Florecimiento Primaveral: Meditación de Atención y Cuidado Personal
- Put a Stamp On It: Mail Art Workshop
- Special Event | 20th Annual Encuentro de Jaraneros de California | Free
- Música | Summer of Salsa | La Verdad with DJ Robby | Free
- Música | Summer of Salsa | La Obsesión with DJ Jimmy Rumba | Free
- Música | Noche de Baile: La Junta y Conjunto Los Carnales | Free
- Música | LA Plaza and La Junta presents Noche Tropical Cumbia with La Sonora Dinamita con Vilma Díaz | $10 online and $15 at the door
- Plática | Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries with Gregorio Luke
- Música | Summer of Salsa | Echo Park Project with DJ Robinho | Free
- Música | Mujeres, Música y México
- Special Event | Cuban American Cultural Festival | 21+
- Música | Summer of Salsa | TROMBOR with DJ Willie | Free
- Música | Summer of Salsa | Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca with DJ Robby | Free
- Plática | A Conversation with Reyna Grande and Julissa Arce | Free
- Música | Homenaje a Vicente Fernandez with Mariachi Angeles and Las Colibri | Free
- Special Event | Celebrate the Life of Esteban Torres | Free
- Opening Reception for L.A. Memo: Chicana/o Art from 1972-1989
- Cinco de Mayo Family Day | FREE
- Día de los Niños Family Day | FREE
- Plática: Cultural Influencers of the Moratorium
- Docs @ LA Plaza: Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle (2014)
- Tostadas de Picadillo with Tirsa Farah, Tirsa’s Mexican Café