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Talks, Lectures & Courses in Los Angeles

Talks, lectures, tours and short courses in Downtown LA, the Eastside, the Westside, the Valley, Pasadena, South LA and Long Beach, each checked against the venue’s own listing.

14 talks and courses in Los Angeles

Discovery Talks at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyWEEKDAYS · 1:00 PM

Discovery Talks

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County · South LA & Inglewood

Recurring

Free with paid Museum Admission

Semiotext(e): Animal Shelter No. 6 at Institute of Contemporary Art, Los AngelesWED, OCT 28

Semiotext(e): Animal Shelter No. 6

Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles · DTLA & Arts District · 1.5 h

One-time

See listing

Myth, Memory, and Meaning: Narrative in Art at Norton Simon MuseumFRI, OCT 30

Myth, Memory, and Meaning: Narrative in Art

Norton Simon Museum · Pasadena & San Gabriel Valley · 1 h

One-time

Free with Museum admission

Wetlands Nature Walk at Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust1ST SATURDAY · 8:00 AM

Wetlands Nature Walk

Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust · Long Beach & South Bay

Recurring

Free

California Natives Tour at Descanso Gardens1ST & 3RD SATURDAY · 9:00 AM

California Natives Tour

Descanso Gardens · Pasadena & San Gabriel Valley · 1 h

Recurring

Included with admission or membership

Mapping an Ecology of Mind with Obi Kaufmann at Theodore Payne FoundationFRI, NOV 13

Mapping an Ecology of Mind with Obi Kaufmann

Theodore Payne Foundation · San Fernando Valley · 2 h

One-time

See listing

Public Star Party at Griffith ObservatorySAT, NOV 14

Public Star Party

Griffith Observatory · Hollywood & Eastside · 8 h

One-time

Free

After the Fire: Lecture on Soil Renewal + Community Resilience with Lynn Fang at Craft ContemporarySUN, NOV 15

After the Fire: Lecture on Soil Renewal + Community Resilience with Lynn Fang

Craft Contemporary · Westside & Beaches · 1 h

One-time

Free / pay-what-you-wish

A Century of The New Yorker Covers at LACMATHU, NOV 19

A Century of The New Yorker Covers

LACMA · Westside & Beaches · 1 h

One-time

$18, Members: $15

Visualizing the Cosmos: Science | Art | History at Wende MuseumSAT, NOV 21

Visualizing the Cosmos: Science | Art | History

Wende Museum · Westside & Beaches · 2.5 h

One-time

See listing

Nature Lab: Living in a Wildlife Corridor at Descanso GardensSAT, DEC 5

Nature Lab: Living in a Wildlife Corridor

Descanso Gardens · Pasadena & San Gabriel Valley · 2 h

One-time

Included with admission or membership

Call It Evil: Susan Neiman and Paul Holdengräber in Conversation at Wende MuseumSUN, DEC 6

Call It Evil: Susan Neiman and Paul Holdengräber in Conversation

Wende Museum · Westside & Beaches · 2 h

One-time

RSVP · seating first come, first served

Catalogue Launch: Speaking in Tongues at Institute of Contemporary Art, Los AngelesWED, DEC 9

Catalogue Launch: Speaking in Tongues

Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles · DTLA & Arts District

One-time

See listing

Public Star Party at Griffith ObservatorySAT, DEC 19

Public Star Party

Griffith Observatory · Hollywood & Eastside · 8 h

One-time

Free

Questions people ask

How many talks and courses are there in Los Angeles right now?+
14 on our calendar at the moment, from 10 venues. The busiest are Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2), Descanso Gardens (2) and Griffith Observatory (2).
Are there free talks and courses in Los Angeles?+
5 are free. Paid ones run from $15 to $20, with the middle of the range around $20.
What can I do on a weekend or an evening?+
8 of these fall on a Saturday or Sunday and 3 start at 5pm or later. The filters at the top of the page narrow the list.
Where do these listings come from?+
From the venues themselves. A person reads each listing on the venue or organizer's own page and enters the date, time and printed price; nothing is scraped from ticket resellers. If something has changed, the "Fix a detail" box on the event page reaches us.

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