Brentwood, CA. The Getty Center in Brentwood reopened to the public in May after a 14-month closure due to COVID-19. “We are delighted to welcome visitors back to the iconic Getty Center, one of Los Angeles’ most visited cultural destinations,” said Timothy Potts, director of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Admission is free, but visitors need to register for a date and time.
Visitors and staff will be required to wear face coverings and maintain social distance, and all visitors will have their temperatures checked upon arrival. Anyone displaying symptoms such as coughing, sneezing or fever will be denied admittance.
According to Getty officials, in addition to “Lucretia,” other new exhibitions on display include “Photo Flux: Unshuttering LA”; “Power, Justice and Tyranny in the Middle Ages”; “Artist as Collectors”; and “Silk & Swan Feathers: A Luxurious 18th-Century Armchair.”
The museum, perched high above the 405 Freeway in West Los Angeles, has been closed for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Admission to the Getty Center is free, but a limited number of reservations will be available for each day and must be made in advance. Much of the museum, grounds, store and some food service options will be open, but the Getty Library will remain closed, along with the Family Room and galleries that are too small to accommodate social distancing.
From Getty Center:
There are some new rules for visitors:
Keeping Everyone Safe
We are following LA County Department of Public Health orders as they are updated. Currently, we are maintaining the safety measures described below.
Face Masks Required Indoors
All visitors over the age of two must wear a face mask over nose and mouth when inside buildings, including parking structures, and when boarding and riding the Getty Center tram.
Visitors may remove their masks when outdoors.
Please note that the following are not permitted to be worn instead of a face mask: gaiters, bandanas, scarves, ski masks, balaclavas, or masks with an exhalation valve. Face shields are also not allowed instead of a mask, but may be worn over one.
Cleaning
High-touch surfaces such as door handles and handrails are being cleaned regularly. So are tables, counters, and chairs in the cafes. Restrooms are being cleaned four times a day. The Center Tram is being cleaned before opening, hourly during operating hours, and after closing.
Hand Sanitizer
Find hand sanitizer near doors and other high-touch areas.
Admission and Parking
Admission and Reservations
Admission is free, and requires a timed-entry reservation. Each person in your party over the age of 2 needs a reservation.
New entry times are released daily.
If you can’t visit at the time you reserved, please cancel your reservation so we can release the time for others. To cancel, email [email protected] or call (310) 440-7300.
Hollywood, CA. Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky were brought to life on July 22nd by the exuberant Enluis Montes Olivar and Los Angeles Philharmonic. Billed as “Swooning Russian Romanticism,” the concert included Tchaikovsky’s tribute to Ukraine and Rachmaninoff’s rapturous Second Concerto with pianist Lukáš Vondráček. The evening was part of the Thursday Classical Music series which, as with all of the concerts, has resumed after a year off due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The outdoor Hollywood Bowl has safety measures but doesn’t require masks for vaccinated individuals, so the concert feels just as it used to.
From world premieres and orchestral favorites with Gustavo and the LA Phil to epic movie nights, pop, jazz, Bowl traditions, and a lineup of top international acts, there is a special night out for all tastes,” a news release said.
The lineup of artists scheduled to perform at the venue this summer includes Christina Aguilera, Ziggy Marley, H.E.R., James Blake and more. Check out the full season calendar online.
The venue served as a food distribution site during the height of the pandemic last year.
“After the many challenges of this past year, we all feel a profound sense of joy and gratitude to be able to once again share music with you, and especially to be able to offer these opening concerts to our heroes on the front lines, who have given their all to keep us safe this past year,” Dudamel said in a statement.
Audience members can still bring their picnic baskets and bottles of wine.
We’ll see about 50 different musical artists or groups back in the Hollywood Bowl half-shell this summer.
From Hollywood Bowl:
The health and safety of our audiences, artists, and staff is our top priority. We are committed to ensuring that you have an exceptional Bowl experience, with confidence in the policies and procedures designed for a safe environment for all. Our policies and procedures are created to align with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s protocols.
Increased Capacity
Based on new guidance, from Los Angeles County and the State of California, the Hollywood Bowl concerts will increase to 100% available capacity for concerts starting in July.
We encourage all attendees who can to get vaccinated, and according to a survey conducted in May 2021, 94% of Bowl audiences were already partially or fully vaccinated and 98% plan on being fully vaccinated.
Account Credits/Refunds
With these significant changes to our concert procedures, we are allowing anyone who has already made a purchase for the 2021 season the opportunity to receive a credit on their account or full refund of their purchase.
Guest Requirements
In addition to House Rules, the following protocols are required for all visitors:
Masks are required indoors and recommended at all times when not in your seat. Please bring a mask to the concert.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health strongly recommends that all guests wear a mask at all times when not in their ticketed seat. It also requires that all guests two years and older, and regardless of vaccination status, wear masks in indoor public settings unless they are actively eating and drinking or are otherwise exempt from wearing a mask due to a disability, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).
Wear a mask with two or more layers. Wear the mask over your nose and mouth and under your chin. The following are prohibited: Masks with exhalation valves; masks made of loosely woven fabrics; scarves, buffs, bandanas, gaiters, and face shields alone (inadequate protection). Masks will be available upon request.
Stay at home if you are ill.
Stay home if you are sick or have COVID-19 symptoms, have been in contact with someone known to be or suspected to have been infected with COVID-19 within the last 10 days, or if you are subject to a quarantine or isolation order. For ticket return options, please contact Audience Services.
Sanitize your hands frequently.
Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
Enhanced Health and Safety Measures
In alignment with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s guidelines, the Hollywood Bowl has implemented the following policies and procedures to provide a safe environment for our audiences, artists, and staff:
Hourly cleaning
Across high-touch locations and surfaces
Hand sanitization stations
Positioned throughout the Bowl
Reduced contact ticketing
Digital tickets are able to be scanned directly from your mobile device. Learn more here.
Mobile ordering
Download our app and order food or merchandise for pick-up without missing a beat. Learn more here.
Los Angeles, CA. Previously known as the Los Angeles Drama Club, the Shakespeare Youth Festival is a community of young people from various backgrounds across LA who come together to tell stories, perform plays, and express themselves. SYF focuses on building communication and literacy skills and improving the self-esteem of these children. This summer, the organization planned various events that helped grow these skills further.
From June 21 to June 25, SYF held the Young Playwrights’ Festival through Zoom. The program involved daily sessions where students of Grade 7 and up were given playwriting and storytelling lessons. Students were encouraged to write plays based on prompts, events from their own lives, and stories they made up together, and at the end of the program the plays were performed by professional actors and Los Angeles Drama Club actors.
SYF students in the Shakespeare in Nature program.
The Shakespeare in Nature program was held from from July 12 to July 16 at the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area. Participating students were from Grades 2 through 8 and learned about plays that had heavy nature themes, like A Midsummer Night’s Dream and King Lear. The program explored three different concepts: how Shakespeare uses plants as plot devices in his plays, the concern surrounding climate change and environmentalism during Shakespeare’s time, and the various allusions Shakespeare makes to birds in his poems and plays.
The organization’s Summer with SYF 2021 program is currently ongoing, with registration still open for interested students. The program holds sessions every Monday through Friday and serves as an introduction in the world of Shakespeare and his plays for the youth. Additional information on registration and financial aid for those who are keen can be found here: https://shakespeareyouthfestival.com/summer-2021/
More about the Shakespeare Youth Festival:
“We are Shakespeare Youth Festival, the country’s youngest Shakespeare Troupe. In the spirit of cultural generosity and with the goal of creative excellence, we create diverse communities of belonging and self-empowerment with children and youth locally and across the globe through the magic of theater … and we do it all in Iambic Pentameter.” SYF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Culver City, CA. Adopt & Shop, a pet adoption nonprofit, is providing discounted pet wellness events each month. Most notably, it is hosting low cost vaccine and dental clinics. SNPLA‘s mobile vaccine clinic will be at Adopt & Shop on certain weekends from 10 AM to 2 PM. This month, it was held on the 10th and will be held again on the 24th. Appointments are not necessary, and licensing, microchips, vaccines, de-worming, and flea treatments are available for cats and dogs.
Online advertisement of the mobile vaccine clinic at Adopt & Shop, in partnership with the Spay Neuter Project of Los Angeles (SNPLA).
On the first Sunday of each month, Adopt & Shop is partnering with Smile Specialist to host a dental clinic. It takes place from 12 PM to 4 PM, and the appointments are approximately ten minutes each. Unlike the vaccine clinic, these appointments will have to be booked in advance. Pet owners can call Smile Specialist directly, or they can contact Adopt & Shop.
From Adopt & Shop:
Cat and dog vaccinations are vital to your pet’s health. Even if your pet is an indoor animal, it’s important that they are vaccinated. Vaccines help prevent mild illnesses, as well as potentially fatal diseases, such as rabies. We offer low-cost pet vaccinations to you to help promote the health of all pets.
Don’t forget that dental hygiene is an important part of your pet’s health. In-depth cleanings and tooth pulling under anesthesia are very expensive. Our non-anesthetic cat and dog dental cleanings are a great preventative measure to help keep your pet from needing invasive procedures. Pricey procedures can be a big deterrent for pet owners, but with our easy-on-the-wallet dental clinics, you can breathe easy and your pet can smile wide with their clean pearly whites. Keeping your pet’s teeth clean keeps them happy and healthy!
To learn more about the discounted vaccine and dental clinics, find information here.
Los Angeles, CA. The Downtown Women’s Center is launching its second Together Housed campaign this year from August 4th onwards till August 25th. The organization’s first campaign in 2020 successfully raised over $700,000 for its cause, prompting the DWC to bring back the campaign for 2021 with renewed vigor.
The campaign will take place in three phases. Week 1 is the fundraising phase, which will be kicked off by a community meeting held on Zoom on August 4th. The virtual meeting will have information on the various ways to support women in LA who are experiencing homelessness. The second phase is an advocacy phase and will be similarly kicked off by a Zoom meeting on August 11th. The advocacy phase will involve completing one action every day that will support homeless women in greater Los Angeles.
The third and final phase begins on August 18th and focuses on celebrating the work done by DWC and its volunteers. The celebration will also take place virtually on August 25th, the last day of the campaign, and will have special guests. The Week 3 phase also includes an auction starting 8am on the 18th that will end after the virtual celebration, marking the end of the entire Together Housed campaign. RSVP information about the Together Housed campaign can be found here: https://downtownwomenscenter.org/together/
More about the Downtown Women’s Center:
The Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) envisions a Los Angeles with every woman housed and on a path to personal stability. Its mission is to end homelessness for women in greater Los Angeles through housing, wellness, employment, and advocacy. DWC is a 501(c)(3) organization.
Los Angeles, CA. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is up and running after a year of being shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. The museum also has a new partnership with the popular social media platform Snapchat called Monumental Perspectives. Via Snapchat, people can experience augmented reality monuments at site-specific locations including LACMA’s Wilshire Boulevard campus, MacArthur Park, Earvin “Magic” Johnson Park, and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Below is a look at how it works:
This new initiative uses augmented reality to explore monuments and murals, representation, and history. Monumental Perspectives brings together artists and technologists to create virtual monuments that explore just some of the histories of Los Angeles communities in an effort to highlight perspectives from across the region. In consultation with community leaders and historians, the first cohort of artists, Mercedes Dorame, I.R. Bach, Glenn Kaino, Ruben Ochoa, and Ada Pinkston, examine key moments, figures, and monumentality in the region’s past and present through augmented reality experiences.
“Monumental Perspectives” is an ongoing virtual experience throughout Los Angeles.
These virtual monuments can also be accessed around the world; visitors do not necessarily need to be in Los Angeles. By downloading Snapchat, visitors can scan Snapchat codes on LACMA’s website, which automatically uploads the digital artwork to the individual’s account.
To learn more about LACMA’s Monumental Perspectives exhibition, find information here.
From LACMA:
Advance Tickets Required for All Visitors, Including Members
All visitors, including LACMA members, must purchase or reserve an advance timed-entry ticket online or by calling the LACMA Ticket Office at 323 857-6010, 10 am–5 pm daily.
Onsite ticket purchase is not available.
Tickets are released monthly on the last Wednesday of the month for LACMA members and the last Thursday of the month for the public. Sign up to receive alerts.
Mandatory Health Screening
All visitors must pass a health screening and temperature check prior to entry.
Face Masks Required Indoors
Visitors are required to wear face masks in all indoor spaces including galleries, restrooms, and the LACMA Store.
Face Masks Not Required Outdoors
Visitors are not required to wear face masks outdoors. Unvaccinated visitors are encouraged to wear face masks outdoors.
Located on the Pacific Rim, LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of nearly 142,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of artistic expression across the globe. Committed to showcasing a multitude of art histories, LACMA exhibits and interprets works of art from new and unexpected points of view that are informed by the region’s rich cultural heritage and diverse population. LACMA’s spirit of experimentation is reflected in its work with artists, technologists, and thought leaders as well as in its regional, national, and global partnerships to share collections and programs, create pioneering initiatives, and engage new audiences
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