Wende Museum

Free Cold War art and history museum whose community center runs a packed weekly slate of yoga, storytimes, writing workshops and talks.

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Oct22Living with Loss: A Grief Support CircleTHURSDAYS · 6:30 PM · next Thu, Oct 22, 6:30 PMA weekly in-person circle where people who are grieving can share stories and support one another. It meets Thursdays from 6:30 to 7:30pm at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd in Culver City. The listing doesn't publish a price. The same building hosts the Tuesday Men's Club and a monthly HerHealing sister circle.See listing
Oct22 $Jazz Refractions: Zeena Parkins How She Works + The Smudges$ Jazz Refractions: Zeena Parkins How She Works + The SmudgesThursday, 8:00 PMA double bill of improvised, jazz-rooted music: at 8pm The Smudges (cellist Maggie Parkins and violinist Jeff Gauthier) play compositions, improvisations and electronically treated sound, and at 9pm harpist Zeena Parkins debuts her solo project How She Works, with custom electronics, pedals, found objects and visuals. It is a community-partner program on Thursday, Oct 22 from 8 to 10:30pm at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City. The listing doesn't publish a price.See listing
Oct23Community Flow YogaFRIDAYS · 10:30 AM · next Fri, Oct 23, 10:30 AMKate O'Neal leads a vinyasa flow class pitched at every level, from first-timers to regular practitioners. Classes run Fridays from 10:30 to 11:30am at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City, though the calendar skips some weeks, so check the date before you go. The listing doesn't publish a price. Midweek, the Community Center also runs Wellness Wednesday mornings.See listing
Oct25Samizdat SundaysSUNDAYS · 10:30 AM · next Sun, Oct 25, 10:30 AMHands-on textile sessions drawing on the Wende's Soviet Hippie Collection and other archives of dissident self-publishing and DIY culture. They run Sunday mornings from 10:30am to 12:30pm at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City, with sessions listed on Nov 8 and Nov 15. The listing doesn't publish a price. On Nov 8 the afternoon continues with a Picture Book Workshop at 2pm.See listing
Oct25Who Did Your Hips? Salon: Aging in PlaceSunday, 1:00 PMAn afternoon community salon looking at aging from several angles, centered on what it takes to grow older in your own home and neighborhood. It runs Sunday, Oct 25 from 1 to 4pm at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City. The listing doesn't publish a price. The Community Center's Wellness Wednesday mornings start back up three days later.See listing
Oct28Wellness WednesdayWEDNESDAYS · 9:00 AM · next Wed, Oct 28, 9:00 AMAn early-morning hour that opens with a mindfulness practice, then moves to refreshments and a movement class. It meets Wednesdays from 9 to 10am at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City; there is no session on Nov 11 for Veterans Day, and the Nov 4 edition is a guided walking session with breathwork. The listing doesn't publish a price. Friday mornings bring Community Flow Yoga to the same space.See listing
Oct28Saved by a Story: Intergenerational Writing GroupOct 28 – Oct 28A writing group that mixes generations, working from shared writing prompts; it is open to writers aged 14 and up. It meets from 4 to 6pm at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City, with further sessions on Nov 25 and Dec 16. The listing doesn't publish a price. The Saved by a Story series also runs a separate workshop for wildfire survivors on Saturday mornings.See listing
Nov1Picture Book WorkshopSunday, 2:00 PMStephanie Lunkewitz leads a one-hour, stand-alone workshop on making picture books; each session works on its own, so you can come to one or all. This session runs from 2 to 3pm at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City, with others on Nov 8 and Dec 13. The listing doesn't publish a price.See listing
Nov2WIP 024Monday, 7:30 PMAn evening of works in progress, presenting unfinished pieces by Kendra Adler and Lynsey Peisinger and by Nathalie Love. It takes place Monday, Nov 2 from 7:30 to 10pm at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City. The listing doesn't publish a price. Later in the month the same venue hosts the performance showcase Movement Through Life.See listing
Nov3Tuesday Men's Club1ST & 3RD TUESDAY · 7:00 PM · next Tue, Nov 3, 7:00 PMA twice-monthly evening for men that pairs a short meditation with open, unhurried conversation. It meets on the first and third Tuesdays (Nov 3 and 17, Dec 1 and 15) from 7 to 8:30pm at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City. The listing doesn't publish a price. The Community Center also hosts a weekly grief support circle on Thursday evenings.See listing
Nov7Tales in Two Tongues: Bilingual Russian-English StorytimeSaturday, 10:30 AMA half-hour storytime for young children that reads Russian tales from the Wende's collection in both Russian and English. It takes place from 10:30 to 11am at the Wende Museum, 10808 Culver Blvd, Culver City; the other session is on Dec 19. The listing doesn't publish a price. Later the same day the museum opens its new exhibition Competing Cosmologies.See listing
Nov7Exhibition Opening: Competing Cosmologies: Interpreting the SkyNov 7 – Nov 7Opening day for Competing Cosmologies, an exhibition on how people have read and pictured the sky, with a curator-led tour, opening remarks and a reception in the museum garden. It runs Saturday, Nov 7 from noon to 5pm at the Wende Museum, 10808 Culver Blvd, Culver City. The listing doesn't publish a price. A related panel, Visualizing the Cosmos, follows on Nov 21.See listing
Nov8Picture Book WorkshopSunday, 2:00 PMStephanie Lunkewitz leads a one-hour, stand-alone workshop on making picture books; each session works on its own, so you can come to one or all. This session runs from 2 to 3pm at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City, with others on Nov 1 and Dec 13. The listing doesn't publish a price.See listing
Nov14Saved by a Story: Wildfire Survivor Writing WorkshopSaturday, 10:30 AMA community writing session for people affected by wildfire, focused on writing about the places they cherish and on finding each other through shared stories. It runs from 10:30am to noon at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City; the other session is on Dec 5. The listing doesn't publish a price. An intergenerational branch of Saved by a Story meets on select Wednesday afternoons.See listing
Nov15Movement Through LifeNov 15 – Nov 15An interactive performance showcase built around movement and its impact on the community, staged in the Wende's A-Frame Theater. It takes place Sunday, Nov 15 from 2 to 4pm at the A-Frame Theater in the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City. The listing doesn't publish a price. That morning the Community Center also hosts Samizdat Sundays textile workshops.See listing
Nov18HerHealing's Monthly Sister CircleWednesday, 6:30 PMA monthly evening gathering where women come together to support one another. This month's circle is Wednesday, Nov 18 from 6:30 to 7:30pm at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City. The listing doesn't publish a price. The Community Center also holds a weekly grief support circle on Thursday evenings.See listing
Nov21Visualizing the Cosmos: Science | Art | HistoryNov 21 – Nov 21A conversation between a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, an artist and a NASA historian about the ways scientists and artists have tried to picture the universe. It runs Saturday, Nov 21 from 2 to 4:30pm at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City. The listing doesn't publish a price. It ties in with the Competing Cosmologies exhibition, which opens at the museum on Nov 7.See listing
Nov23A Road of Many Colors: Two Films on Oscar Rabin & Valentina KropivnitskayaMonday, 7:00 PMA double screening of documentaries about the Soviet painters Oscar Rabin and Valentina Kropivnitskaya, followed by a conversation with director Alexander Smoljanski. It runs Monday, Nov 23 from 7 to 10pm at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City. The listing doesn't publish a price. Two days earlier the Wende hosts the Visualizing the Cosmos panel.See listing
Nov25Saved by a Story: Intergenerational Writing GroupWednesday, 4:00 PMA writing group that mixes generations, working from shared writing prompts; it is open to writers aged 14 and up. It meets from 4 to 6pm at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City, with further sessions on Oct 28 and Dec 16. The listing doesn't publish a price. The Saved by a Story series also runs a separate workshop for wildfire survivors on Saturday mornings.See listing
Dec5Saved by a Story: Wildfire Survivor Writing WorkshopSaturday, 10:30 AMA community writing session for people affected by wildfire, focused on writing about the places they cherish and on finding each other through shared stories. It runs from 10:30am to noon at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City; the other session is on Nov 14. The listing doesn't publish a price. An intergenerational branch of Saved by a Story meets on select Wednesday afternoons.See listing
Dec6Call It Evil: Susan Neiman and Paul Holdengräber in ConversationDec 6 – Dec 6RSVP · seating first come, first served
Dec13Picture Book WorkshopSunday, 2:00 PMStephanie Lunkewitz leads a one-hour, stand-alone workshop on making picture books; each session works on its own, so you can come to one or all. This session runs from 2 to 3pm at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City, with others on Nov 1 and Nov 8. The listing doesn't publish a price.See listing
Dec16Saved by a Story: Intergenerational Writing GroupWednesday, 4:00 PMA writing group that mixes generations, working from shared writing prompts; it is open to writers aged 14 and up. It meets from 4 to 6pm at the Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Blvd, Culver City, with further sessions on Oct 28 and Nov 25. The listing doesn't publish a price. The Saved by a Story series also runs a separate workshop for wildfire survivors on Saturday mornings.See listing
Dec19Tales in Two Tongues: Bilingual Russian-English StorytimeSaturday, 10:30 AMA half-hour storytime for young children that reads Russian tales from the Wende's collection in both Russian and English. It takes place from 10:30 to 11am at the Wende Museum, 10808 Culver Blvd, Culver City; an earlier session ran on Nov 7. The listing doesn't publish a price.See listing

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