31 venues · 182 upcoming events
Things to do in Westside & Beaches: free events and every venue
Every place we list events for, grouped by neighbourhood. Each venue page shows what’s coming up (recurring shows on their next date), what we’ve listed there before, the address, Metro rail and bus and what’s nearby — checked by a person, not a crawler.
Free in Westside & Beaches this week
3 free events in the next seven days, soonest first. Free means the venue prints it as free; a few still ask you to register.
Westside & Beaches
- ARTime Barro SM
ARTime Barro Santa Monica7 upcomingSanta MonicaARTime Barro's Santa Monica studio teaches wheel and hand-building pottery and hosts one-night clay workshops like kintsugi repair and charcuterie boards.See what's on → - Alana's Coffee
Alana's Coffee Venice3 upcomingVeniceA Venice coffee shop on Pacific Ave that hosts Handmade in Venice Beach's weekend clay workshops, including espresso-cup, ornament and kintsugi sessions.See what's on → - Bitter Root Aqueous
Bitter Root Pottery Aqueous7 upcomingMarina del ReyBitter Root Pottery's oceanfront Marina del Rey penthouse studio, running two-hour beginner wheel classes, seasonal themed workshops and private golden-hour sessions.See what's on → - Bitter Root Beverly Grove
Bitter Root Pottery Beverly Grove10 upcomingBeverly GroveThe Beverly Boulevard ground-floor studio of Bitter Root Pottery, with beginner wheel classes, open-wheel sessions for kids and adults, and seasonal specialty classes.See what's on → - Bitter Root Hayden Tract
Bitter Root Pottery Hayden Tract9 upcomingHayden Tract, Culver CityBitter Root Pottery's Culver City studio, teaching beginner wheel classes, open-wheel sessions for kids and adults, candlelit hand-building nights and seasonal themed workshops.See what's on → - Bloom Boom
Bloom Boom3 upcomingWest HollywoodWest Hollywood florist that hosts evening floral design classes on seasonal centerpieces and from-scratch holiday wreaths.See what's on → - BFI
Building Futures Inc.1 upcomingMid-CityMid-City community space that hosts small beginner sewing workshops, including sip-and-sew tote bag sessions with machines provided.See what's on →
- CRASH Space
CRASH Space3 upcomingCulver CityA volunteer-run nonprofit hackerspace in Culver City whose public classes include beginner power-tool woodworking nights, bookbinding, 3D printing and craft workshops.See what's on →
- CJA
Community Jewelry Arts10 upcomingMid-CitySmall metalsmithing studio running one-day soldering, bezel-setting, chain and lost-wax casting intensives plus weekly classes.See what's on → - Craft Contemporary
Craft Contemporary8 upcomingMiracle MileMuseum of contemporary craft and design on Museum Row with hands-on Craft Labs, pay-what-you-wish weaving and woodworking socials, and seasonal makers markets.See what's on → - Echo Art
Echo Art Studio10 upcomingPalmsPalms studio combining wheel and handbuilding courses with watercolor, acrylic and live-model drawing classes.See what's on → - FowlerFowler Museum at UCLA0 pastWestwood (UCLA)Free campus museum of global arts and cultures with artist workshops, food-history talks and family story times.See what's on →
- Full-Circle Pottery
Full-Circle Pottery3 upcomingMar VistaA Mar Vista community pottery studio offering adult wheel and hand-building classes, kids and teen clay programs, clay-based therapy groups, seasonal family workshops and an annual holiday festival.See what's on → - GettyGetty Center0 pastBrentwoodHilltop art campus with free timed-entry admission, family art-making days, talks and supper-club programs; also programs the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades.See what's on →
- Good Dirt
Good Dirt LA8 upcomingMar VistaWestside clay studio known for themed one-night projects, six-week courses and kids' holiday camps.See what's on → - HammerHammer Museum0 pastWestwoodUCLA's free-admission art museum, known for its public programs of talks, screenings and readings.See what's on →
- Hands in Clay
Hands in Clay L.A.2 upcomingMar VistaA Mar Vista pottery studio offering a monthly first-timer intro to wheel and hand-building, mixed-level adult night classes sold in flexible packages, and private lessons.See what's on → - Heal the Bay
Heal the Bay Aquarium1 upcomingSanta Monica PierOcean-health nonprofit based under the Santa Monica Pier that runs monthly beach cleanups, volunteer orientations and community-science trainings.See what's on → - Katabi
Katabi Glassworks1 upcomingSanta MonicaA Los Angeles stained-glass maker doing custom design and restoration that also runs weekend-afternoon beginner stained-glass workshops in Santa Monica.See what's on →
- LACMA
LACMA5 upcomingMiracle MileThe region's largest encyclopedic art museum, with adult art classes, gallery tours, talks, film screenings and sound baths in the new David Geffen Galleries.See what's on → - Melrose Trading PostMelrose Trading Post4 upcomingFairfaxSunday flea market at Fairfax High School with vintage, crafts, food and live music, benefiting the school.See what's on →
- Moving Thread
Moving Thread LA12 upcomingVenice / Mar VistaSewing studio teaching three-hour intros, a four-week beginner series, quilting blocks and garment-making workshops.See what's on → - SMMTCSanta Monica Mountains Trails Council8 upcomingSanta Monica MountainsAll-volunteer crew that builds and repairs trails across the Santa Monica Mountains on regular weekend work days, often in Malibu Creek and Point Mugu state parks.See what's on →
- Skirball
Skirball Cultural Center9 upcomingSepulveda Pass / BrentwoodJewish cultural center with family art studios, mah jongg open play, book groups and outdoor amphitheater programs.See what's on → - Synchronistic Flowers
Synchronistic Flowers and Marketplace1 upcomingPico, Santa MonicaSanta Monica flower shop and marketplace that hosts beginner flower-arranging workshops led by its florist.See what's on →
- Hidden Garden
The Hidden Garden2 upcomingWest LA / SawtelleWest LA florist that opens its workroom for seasonal flower-arranging workshops.See what's on → - Pottery Studio CC
The Pottery Studio Culver City11 upcomingHayden TractLarge membership pottery studio in the Hayden Tract running monthly wheel, handbuilding and glaze classes on both cone 10 and cone 5/6 floors.See what's on → - TreePeople
TreePeople5 upcomingColdwater Canyon ParkUrban-forestry nonprofit headquartered in Coldwater Canyon Park, hosting tree-care volunteer days and full-moon hikes.See what's on → - Two Faced
Two Faced Ceramics12 upcomingWest HollywoodA Melrose Avenue ceramics studio and gallery running two-hour, beginner-level hand-building workshops where each class makes one themed piece, from mugs and planters to holiday ornaments.See what's on →
- Wende
Wende Museum24 upcomingCulver CityFree Cold War art and history museum whose community center runs a packed weekly slate of yoga, storytimes, writing workshops and talks.See what's on → - Zinqué
Zinqué Venice3 upcomingVeniceA Venice restaurant on Lincoln Blvd that hosts Handmade in Venice Beach's evening beginner hand-building workshops, from snack plates and picture frames to holiday ornaments.See what's on →