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Fela! The Concert

Fela! The Concert radiates joy and will leave you on your feet wanting more. The eclectic sounds and powerful lyrics of Fela Kuti--the beloved Nigerian bandleader, political activist, and founding father of Afrobeat--are set against a soaring canvas of projected images, electrifying rhythms of a live Afrobeat band, and singers and dancers to bring Fela’s provocative spirit to life. …

Gallery Tour: Afro-Atlantic Histories

Join a LACMA docent for a tour of Afro-Atlantic Histories. The exhibition charts the transatlantic slave trade and its legacies in the African diaspora. Through a series of dialogues across time, the exhibition features artworks produced in Africa, Europe, and the Americas in the last four centuries to reexamine—from a global perspective—histories and stories of enslavement, resilience, and the struggle for liberation. …

Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour

One of the jazz world’s longest-running and most-iconic events, the Monterey Jazz Festival celebrates its 65th year with a must-hear once-in-a-lifetime ensemble. Featuring Tony- and Grammy Award-winning NEA Jazz Master vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater alongside Grammy Award-winning vocalist Kurt Elling and critically acclaimed rising-star saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, this stellar band will be directed by visionary pianist Christian Sands and anchored by his longtime rhythm section, bassist Yasushi Nakamura and drummer Clarence Penn. …

Wakanda Forever + Q&A with Actor Angela Bassett!

The American Cinematheque is proud to welcome acclaimed actor Angela Bassett in person for her latest film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Angela Bassett is an actor, director, and executive producer known for captivating, emotionally-tinged performances full of dignity in treasured films such as MALCOLM X, HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK, WAITING TO EXHALE and of course, WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT, for which she was awarded a Golden Globe and received an Academy Award nomination. …

Love, Peace & Spades

Love, Peace & Spades is a monthly game night for anyone looking for a fun space to kick it and bond over classic Black family games such as Uno, Dominoes, and, of course, Spades—and if you need lessons, don’t worry, we got you! Players must sign-up via Eventbrite to share what games they’ll play. Players of all skill levels are welcome.. …

The Movie Music of Spike Lee & Terence Blanchard

It's a night showcasing the long and fruitful collaboration between the uncompromising filmmaker and the brilliant trumpeter and bandleader whose lush scores augment the humanitarian spirit and political heart of Lee’s movies. This incredible music comes to life at the hands of Blanchard’s sensational quintet and guest vocalists, with specially curated images of the films projected throughout the performance.

Ravel, Dawson and Prokofiev

Winner of the Solti Conducting Award, Berlin-based American conductor Roderick Cox presents a relative rarity along with Ravel and Prokofiev: William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony. Premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1934, it won over an enthusiastic audience and critics, one of whom wrote “ the most distinctive and promising American symphonic proclamation which has so far been achieved,” and yet it was scarcely performed since. …

Fela! The Concert

Gallery Tour: Afro-Atlantic Histories

Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour

Wakanda Forever + Q&A with Actor Angela Bassett!

Love, Peace & Spades

The Movie Music of Spike Lee & Terence Blanchard

Ravel, Dawson and Prokofiev

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