Join LA City Archivist Michael Holland on a guided exploration of the rarely seen City Archives!
Please join the Los Angeles City Historical Society for a special preview tour and sneak peek of all five stories and eight lands of Clifton’s Republic on Saturday, November 2 at 5pm.
OUR DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATION IS THIS SATURDAY, NOV 2 IN EAST LA–
RAIN OR SHINE! ARE YOU READY?!
At Self Help Graphics, Día de los Muertos is not just a day, it’s a season marked by our annual Celebration taking place this Saturday, November 2 from 3:00 PM-8:00 PM, at the East LA Civic Center Park in East LA (4801 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90022). This family-friendly event is FREE to the public and open to ALL AGES. We encourage you to dress in your favorite Día de los Muertos fashion and enjoy a fun-filled day with altars, live performances + shop at our artisan “Muertos Market”, enjoy delicious food prepared by our vendors, and much more! Learn more at www.selfhelpgraphics.com/diadelosmuertos. Get your FREE TIX HERE ON EVENTBRITE.
PROCESSION MEET-UP AT MARIACHI PLAZA 2:00 PM TO RIDE THE METRO TO CIVIC CENTER (FREE Metro TAP cards for the first 150 participants while supplies last!)
Organized by Mujeres de Maiz, this year's procession will be led on the Metro L Line, from Mariachi Plaza East LA Civic Center, where we'll move collectively to arrive at our Celebration destination! Special guests include: Mariachi Garfield High School, Jessa Calderon, Matt Sedillo, Zoe Blaq and more!
LIVE PERFORMANCES
Bring a blanket to relax, the good vibes, and your dancing shoes as we bring you the sights and sounds of East Los around the park lake! Join us for a Danza blessing and live performances by Jessa Calderon Featuring Maya Jupiter, Sugar Skulls (Tribute to Eddie Ayala), Danza Divina de Los Angeles, La Familia Gutierrez (Veracruz, Mexico) and Los Cumbia Dragons!!
SHOP MUERTOS MARKET + SHG MERCH & PRINTS
The 51st Annual Día de los Muertos Celebration features 40+ local artists and artisans selling handmade goods and art as part of our Muertos Market, many of which are only available during this season! Stock up on special gifts in anticipation of the upcoming holiday season or treat yourself to that special t-shirt or artwork made with amor. Self Help Graphics will also have select prints for sale, including this year's Commemorative Print by Amalia Mesa-Bains.
COME HUNGRY, EAT LOCAL
Self Help Graphics will proudly offer a variety of food made from the hands and hearts of our local community of street food vendors, in collaboration with In the Making and the East LA Eastmont Farmer's Market. Our 51st Annual Día de los Muertos is made possible with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Office of LA County Board Supervisor Hilda L. Solis (District 1). Special thanks to our partners: Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation, LA County ISD, Eastmont Farmer's Market, In the Making, Mujeres de Maiz, SHG staff, volunteers, altar makers and all of our participating performers and vendors!
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
Arrive + Park: Take the Metro L-Line to the Civic Center Station, use a rideshare app, carpool with friends, or park on-site at the Civic Center parking structure (space is limited)!
Sorry, No Pets: Only service animals will be allowed on a leash. While we love fur babies, we ask that you leave your pets at home.
No alcohol or smoking allowed: Self Help Graphics is a dry event and is a non-smoking and vaping environment.
Please join the Los Angeles City Historical Society for a special webinar with James Tejani, author of “A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth: The Making of the Port of Los Angeles and America.”
Come by and meet some of our board members at our exhibit table.
Photo: Rich Schmitt
Please join the Los Angeles City Historical Society for a special webinar with historian and consultant Becky Nicolaides, author of The New Suburbia: How Diversity Remade Suburban Life in Los Angeles After 1945 (Oxford, 2024).
Join LA City Archivist Michael Holland on a guided exploration of the rarely seen City Archives!
Join the Los Angeles City Historical Society for a special tour of the historic Tom of Finland House, the former studio and residence of the influential queer artist in Echo Park.
Join LA City Archivist Michael Holland on a guided exploration of the rarely seen City Archives!
The Los Angeles City Historical Society will host its 2020 annual awards banquet at the TAIX French Restaurant on Sunday, May 19th 2024 with the social hour starting at 5 pm, followed by dinner and the awards program.
Join the Los Angeles City Historical Society for a special tour of the Virginia Robinson Gardens, a unique historic estate and cultural jewel that transports the visitor back to the birthplace of Beverly Hills. Built in 1911, it was once the residence of retail giants Virginia and Harry Robinson (of the Robinson department stores) and now occupies an illustrious place in history as the first luxury estate built in Beverly Hills.
Please join the Los Angeles City Historical Society for a special webinar with Jeff Lapides, author of The Mojave Road in 1863: The Pioneering Photographs of Rudolph d’Heureuse.
Please join us for a webinar with our 2023 LACHS Scholarship recipients from California State University, Long Beach. The two students will present their essays followed by a Q&A session.
7:00 pm
”The 1956 Machris Brazilian Expedition: A Vehicle for Scientific Discovery and Ecological Conservation” with Araceli Ramos
7:30 pm
"Conspirando en Los Ángeles" with Hazel Carias-Urbina
The Los Angeles City Historical Society is proud to partner with the UCLA Film and Television Archive for a special free film screening of ‘Smog’ (dir. Franco Rossi, 1962) at the Billy Wilder Theater inside the Hammer Museum. In ‘Smog’, an Italian tourist wanders around Los Angeles while on a layover, passing by various LA architectural monuments.
The second lecture in the 2024 Marie Northrop Lecture Series will be a discussion with author Dr. Julia Ornelas-Higdon on her latest book, “The Grapes of Conquest: Race, Labor, and the Industrialization of California Wine, 1769-1920” (University of Nebraska Press).
Join the Los Angeles City Historical Society for a special tour of the African American Firefighter Museum – home of the old Fire Station # 30 in Los Angeles. The event includes an exclusive docent-led tour of the museum followed by a Q&A session.
This lecture series is co-sponsored by Los Angeles City Historical Society and the History Department of the Richard J. Riordan Central Library. Lectures are held in the Mark Taper Auditorium, on the first floor of the Central Library, 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles.
Join the Los Angeles City Historical Society for a webinar featuring author Roger Rapoport and his new book, “Searching for Patty Hearst.”
Join LA City Archivist Michael Holland on a guided exploration of the rarely seen City Archives!
Watch the recorded webinar presentation of the new book Oldest Los Angeles with author Mimi Slawoff.
Come by and meet some of our board members at our exhibit table.
Photo: Rich Schmitt
Please join us for a webinar presentation of the new book California, A Slave State with author Jean Pfaelzer.
Join LA City Archivist Michael Holland on a guided exploration of the rarely seen City Archives!
Please join us for a webinar presentation of Los Angeles Scavenger: The Ultimate Search for LA’s Hidden Treasures with author and LACHS Board Member Danny Jensen.
The third lecture in the 2023 Marie Northrop Lecture Series will be a discussion with Darryl Holter and Stephen Gee based on their new book Driving Force – Automobiles and the New American City 1900-1930 (Angel City Press).
Please join us for a webinar presentation with the ONE Archives Foundation, the oldest active LGBTQ organization in the United States, based in West Hollywood.
The second lecture in the 2023 Marie Northrop Lecture Series will be a discussion with Ken Bernstein based on his book Preserving Los Angeles.
Join LA City Archivist Michael Holland on a guided exploration of the rarely seen City Archives!
The first lecture in the 2023 Marie Northrop Lecture Series will be a discussion with Stephen Gee based on the book Paul R. Williams (Tailwater Press / Angel City Press) which he coauthored with Marc Appleton and Bret Parsons.
Please join us for a webinar presentation with photographer Ken Karagozian. Ken has been documenting Los Angeles transit project construction for about 30 years and will showcase photographs from past and current projects.
