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Advancing Arts & Justice with Congresswoman Barbara Lee

Virtual

Join them in an informational webinar on the arts justice legislation introduced by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13), Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Act, H.R. 7627. Learn how this bill uplifts the arts and humanities, and the role they have in ...

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Free

Towne Street Theatre’s Sum Poetry

Virtual

Towne Street Theatre, L.A's Premiere African-American Theatre Company, is celebrating the 4th Anniversary of their Spoken Word program, Sum Poetry, on July 27th at 7:30PM. The theme this year is Family & Connectivity. Join them for what promises to be an impactful ...

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Free

SBT Night at ISC’s Knight of the Burning Pestle

Griffith Park

 ISC’s Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival is back this year with Knight of the Burning Pestle and they’re hosting an SBT Night on Friday, July 29th at 7pm! They will have a reserved SBT area for this performance during the final weekend of ...

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Free

WAP and BCC’s August In August

Willie Agee Playhouse 714 Warren Ln., Inglewood, CA

The Black Creators Collective and Willie Agee Playhouse presents AUGUST IN THE PARK! Explore August Wilson's work through text and character analysis, dialect training, and voice and movement. Suggested for performers and directors 18 years of age and older. A performing artists community ...

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August Wilson’s Seven Guitars presented by WAP & BCC

Willie Agee Playhouse 714 Warren Ln., Inglewood, CA

The BCC proudly presents a staged reading of August Wilson’s Seven Guitars on Thursday, August 4th at The Willie Agee Playhouse, directed by LaDarrion Williams. In the backyard of a Pittsburgh tenement in 1948, friends gather to mourn for a blues guitarist and ...

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August Wilson’s King Hedley II presented by WAP & BCC

MKM Cultural Arts Center 11401 Chandler Blvd., North Hollywood, CA, United States

The BCC proudly presents a staged reading of August Wilson’s King Hedley II on Friday, August 5th at the MKM Cultural Arts Center, directed by Shanae Sharon. The play takes place in 1985 in the Hill District neighborhood of Pittsburgh, the setting for ...

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