KPCC In Person

Hosts J. Keith van Straaten and Helen Hong will welcome celebrity guests, with Bruce Vilanch and Josefina López, and super-secret special experts to try to stump our guests in their self-proclaimed areas of expertise.

Culture Clash’s Richard Montoya will talk with Retake host John Horn about how the filming of "Chavez Ravine: In Nine Innings" came to be and why this story continues to resonate almost twenty years after its premiere.

Join us for this fan favorite event and be the envy of your office’s Oscar pool when you correctly predict all the winners!

PAST EVENT: Join hosts Brian De Los Santos and Gab Chabrán who seek to uncover what it took to persevere and succeed with food in downtown Los Angeles.

PAST EVENT: Join Traci Thomas, Kashana Cauley, and Michael Arceneaux for a great conversation on how books take on politics, both in fiction and nonfiction.

PAST EVENT: M.G. Lord will take a look at how STEM education is readying the scientists and engineers of tomorrow and what’s on the horizon for new missions to outer space.

Plan your child’s summer adventure at the Summer Opportunities Fair, with local, national, and international summer camps and programs for kids ages 5-18. The fair showcases a diverse range of day and overnight programs, including college summer enrichment, art & theatre, music & dance, sports, academic enrichment, and for children with special needs.

The Norton Simon Museum presents Picasso Ingres: Face to Face, an exhibition that brings together two extraordinary, interrelated paintings for the first time: Pablo Picasso’s Woman with a Book (1932) and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’s Madame Moitessier (1856).

PAST EVENT: This December, Para Los Niños will celebrate Felices Fiestas (Spanish for “Happy Holidays”) with events across our locations and schools. Each holiday season, Para Los Niños goes the extra mile to ensure families have joyous holidays and hope for the new year.

PAST EVENT: Our Body Politic host, Farai Chideya (she/her), will talk with author Julie Lythcott-Haims (she/her) and tech expert Dr. Safiya Noble (she/her) on what adulthood looks like for millennials, Gen Zers, and all of us in these uncertain times. Artist and vocalist Monica Martin (she/her) joins with a solo performance.

PAST EVENT: Watch the archive video of LAist Studios’ Retake podcast, a conversation with Retake host John Horn (he/him) and special guests for an insider look at this legendary party.

PAST EVENT: Prolific audio storytellers Ira Glass and Jad Abumrad come together to take you on a journey of insight, investigation, and humanity in a way that only they can.

PAST EVENT: Join Jocelyn Ramirez (she/her), founder of Todo Verde, as she leads a discussion with women who are working in this space about the lessons they’ve learned through the pandemic and what they’re doing to put the focus on the sacred nature of food.

PAST EVENT: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra conductor Jaime Martín leads the Orchestra in a festive, folk music-inspired program filled with sonic thrills. The concert opens with the world premiere of Juan Pablo Contreras’ Lucha Libre!, a musical ‘battle’ between good and evil.

PAST EVENT: Watch the archive video. One For The Books is a new literary series like no other and you’re invited! Traci Thomas (she/her), creator and host of The Stacks podcast is the bookish best friend you’ve been looking for. Special guests include Sam Sanders and Danyel Smith.

PAST EVENT: Democracy on the Brink - America Voted, What Does it Mean? In-Person at the Skirball Cultural Center and Virtually on Zoom Tuesday, November 15th, 2022, 5:00-7:00PM.

PAST EVENT: A live taping of LAist Studios’ Retake podcast, featuring a screening of “Stranger at the Gate.” Host John Horn (he/him) will welcome director Joshua Seftel and executive producer Lena Khan, as well as cast members Bibi Bahrami and Richard “Mac” McKinney, for a conversation about the film and its impact.

PAST EVENT: Join National Geographic and Picturehouse for a screening of “Retrograde," which captures the final nine months of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan from multiple perspectives. Following the screening, Retake podcast host John Horn will talk to director Matthew Heineman.