Get a Dose of Arts & Culture this Fall
A deep dive of happenings.
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CategoryArts
Going on Now
Best in Low: Lowrider Icons of the Street and Show
A deep dive into the creation of the lowrider car. At the Petersen Automotive Museum through spring 2025
Photo courtesy of MotorTrend
Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
An exhibition of over 80 works that highlight how Mickalene Thomas has mastered multiple disciplines, from mixed-media painting to photography. Through September 29 at The Broad
Simone Leigh
Sculptor Simone Leigh showcases dozens of key works from her career in this joint exhibit presented at LACMA and the California African American Museum (CAAM) through January 20, 2025
© Simone Leigh, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
September
Future Imaginaries: Indigenous Art, Fashion, Technology
The Autry presents an exploration of the rise of futurism in contemporary Indigenous art. September 7–June 21, 2026
Photo courtesy of Cara Romero
Duel Reality
The 7 Fingers acrobatics troupe makes its Center Theatre Group debut at the Ahmanson Theatre. “Duel Reality” features a mix of circus, theater, illusion, music and dance. September 1–22
PST ART: Art & Science Collide
The sprawling Getty initiative PST ART (formerly Pacific Standard Time) returns for its third year with more than 800 artists and 50 locations across SoCal, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, CalTechLive, Crenshaw Dairy Mart, LACMA’s Art + Technology Lab and the New Children’s Museum. With the theme Art & Science Collide, this year’s topics include ancient cosmology, artificial intelligence, Indigenous science fiction and environmental justice. September 15–February 16, 2025
Reframing Dioramas: The Art of Preserving Wilderness
Part of this year’s PST ART event: a newly restored diorama hall that had been closed for decades at the Natural History Museum. Visitors can examine these illusions of wilderness through a series of displays and engaging programs. September 15–September 15, 2025
October
A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Dudamel
Walt Disney Concert Hall transforms into Shakespeare’s magical forest when Gustavo Dudamel conducts Mendelssohn’s whimsical incidental music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. October 3–4
Eric Clapton
Rocker Eric Clapton, with special guest guitarist Jimmie Vaughan, takes center stage at the Hollywood Bowl. October 12
Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time and Technology
Artists Ken Goldberg and Tiffany Shlain reimagine ways of understanding trees at a time when technology distances us from the natural world. The Skirball exhibit, which is also part of PST ART, opens October 17
Photo by Stefanie Schwartz
Rufus-Retro-Wainright-Spective
After premiering at the Philharmonie de Paris, Rufus Wainwright reignites his COVID-born digital phenomenon with three concerts at The Wallis for the show’s U.S. debut. October 30–November 2
November
Back to the Future: The Musical
The 1980s hit sci-fi film about a teenager who finds himself transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by an eccentric scientist has been turned into an award-winning musical. At the Pantages, November 5–23
Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett’s tragicomic masterpiece at the Geffen features Conor Lovett (I’ll Find You), Aasif Mandvi (The Daily Show) and Rainn Wilson (The Office). November 6–December 15
Left: Waiting for Godot costar Rainn Wilson
La Cage aux Folles
Pasadena Playhouse presents the Tony Award-winning musical comedy that focuses on the happenings at a St. Tropez drag club. November 12–December 15
Ballet BC
Two new pieces by choreographers Medhi Walerski and Crystal Pite mark the return of The Soraya’s resident dance company. November 23
Photo by Marcus Eriksson
