The New Norm

Equality Lab’s Zoe Samudzi is leading a conversation on the Black Lives Matter movement among South Asians. In this event she will discuss how South Asians can organize, lead, and support the Black Lives Matters movement. This event will take place June 12th at 3 PM.

George Floyd. In honor of Floyd and his family they will be showcasing 50 jazz and blue artists. Although this event is free, they will be donating proceeds to the George Floyd family estate. This event will be taking place June 13 at 5:30 PM

How To Academy presents...An Evening with Madeleine Albright In Conversation with Hannah MacInnes.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright may be the most widely admired diplomat of our age; a tireless public servant whose new memoir Hell and Other Destinations is not only a record of living through history – but making it.

vogue
"A dance characterized by striking poses. Originated in the "ball culture" of gay black men in Harlem, which is now present in every major city of the U.S. and internationally. Made famous by Madonna's hit song of the same name...but has existed long before Miss Thing was even famous." (Urban Dictionary)

Join us for our beta workshop on Tuesday, June 16 at 7pm PST to be entertained & educated by West Coast Queens Maddy Mokes and Calypso Jete...

This virtual experience will include:

-LIVE performances
-Vogue History Q&A with the Queens
-Interactive Vogue Workshop
-LIVE DJ Music

How YOU can participate:

- Purchase a ticket - 100% of proceeds will go directly to ACLU (https://www.aclu.org)
- Feeling generous? Add additional gratuity if you would like - this is optional.
- Receive a unique link and pass code with instructions to join the workshop!

Warning: this workshop contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children)

A poetry writing session that addresses the Black Lives Matter Movement.

A get together where we will be writing poems using prompts provided by the organiser Samantha.

Everyone is welcome as long as all people that join are respectful of each other. No racist or prejudice language is allowed.

A time for expression, reflection and healing.

No experience necessary, this is a welcoming and non judgmental space.

Online exhibition of the artwork of Rana Ibrahim, followed by Q&A with the artist.
Rana Ibrahim, an Iraqi archaeologist and Artist Ambassador with Outside In https://outsidein.org.uk/galleries/iraqiwomenartwar/ .

Rana is a founder/ leader of Iraqi Women Art and War (IWAW https://www.facebook.com/IWAW19/?modal=admin_todo_tour) project as a freelance Education and Outreach officer, working with Iraqi women based in Oxfordshire to capture their war surviving oral stories through art. Rana has been doing her own artwork through COVID19 her work displayed via Tumblr https://iwawblr.tumblr.com/.

Recently working at History of Science Museum, the University of Oxford as a Collection Project Officer and part of a project team called Multaka Oxford https://multaka-oxford.tumblr.com/ the Museum + Heritage Fund award-winning 2019 the project aim is to help refugee and forced migrant communities to integrate with Museum collections primarily through Scientific Islamic objects.

On June 20th, the Our House organization, based in Portland, is putting a variety show and performance event to celebrate Pride Month! They invite and encourage all guests to be as interactive as they can be or simply sit back and enjoy the festivities. This event will be donation based ticketing. Follow OurHousePDX on any social media platform to learn more about this organization and this event. We hope you enjoy the event!

VENARDOS CIRCUS (veh-NARR-dos) is a unique Broadway-style Circus that was on tour, traveling across America when COVID-19 brought live in-person events to a halt in mid-March, 2020.

We have adapted our show format using our pre-existing outdoor Circus stage and backdrop where we will be presenting a modified version of our in-person show, completely online. Due to the nature of our performers each being individual family groups with their own props and acts we will be able to feature them on camera without breaking social distancing protocols. Our Ringmaster, Kevin Venardos will be our host introducing the acts (from a safe distance) and has set up set-up the equipment for the Livestream which requires no onsite tech support staff.

Join us for a Portrait class for all ages that explores the life, works, techniques and symbolism of one of the world's greatest painters!

PLEASE NOTE: THIS CLASS IS PAY WHAT YOU CAN. This is so that we can reach those of you who might be struggling due to CV19 - we hope that you'll be honest and pay as much as you can afford for the session <3

Join London Drawing Group as we dive back into the world of our favourite Female painter- Frida Kahlo- this time, ONLINE!

This class will be a chance to explore one of Frida's favourite mediums of self expression; the self-portrait, and is an amazing introduction to the perfect way of staying creative at home.

Students will be working from themselves in a mirror, OR if you have a handy portrait sitter in the house, you can work from them! We'll be exploring personal symbolism so your tutor will send you a list of things to get ready for the class, all of which you can find around your home.

No other artist has taken such advantage of the medium of self-expression offered by the self-portrait, her paintings ooze personal suffering, triumph, love and tragedy through a simplicity and frankness often interwoven by complex symbolism. Through this class you will be given a brief overview of Frida's incredible life, the techniques and styles she pioneered, followed by a series of specially designed exercises that will help you explore frida's personal way of working, help you learn to express yourselves through painting, AND create a great self portrait!

The current economic challenges we face are unprecedented. These challenges can bring out the best in people … and the worst in people. How will each of us respond? How do we lead authentically and meaningfully in such times? And maybe most importantly, what can we learn about ourselves as we navigate an uncertain world?

Join us for a one-of-a-kind series with leading CEO’s, investors, and entrepreneurs exploring how we can live wisely and effectively in these times.

This free series of events is open to the public, and is suitable for anyone who considers themselves an entrepreneur or business leader interested in or curious about a conscious, compassionate approach to leadership.

Have you ever thought about the history of burlesque in the United States? Join in on this fact and fun filled webinar to learn about the origins of burlesque and how it developed into one of the most celebrated forms of performing arts. This event will be taking place on June 12th from 5:30-7:00pm and will be $10 to view.

Los Angeles Songwriters Collective Presents: A Benefit Concert in Support of The Black Lives Matter Movement.

A live online music event, honoring & showcasing black voices within the LASC community. All proceeds will be donated to organizations furthering Black Lives Matter & positive change.

Suggest $10 Registration - but any donation amount is welcome, and 100% will go to BLM causes.

We welcome Michael Lewis back to our stage. His bestsellers include The Fifth Risk, The Undoing Project, Flash Boys, The Big Short, The Blind Side, Liar’s Poker, Moneyball, Boomerang, The New New Thing and Panic, among others. Michael Lewis previously appeared with Malcolm Gladwell at Live Talks Los Angeles discussing his book, Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt. Watch the video. We also hosted him for his book The Undoing Project where he was interviewed by Mindy Kaling. Watch the video. He also interviewed Walter Isaacson for his book on Leonardo da Vinci. Watch the video.

Emmy Award winner Larry Wilmore has been a television producer, actor, comedian, and writer for more than 25 years. He can currently be heard as host of Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air on The Ringer Podcast Network. The show features Wilmore’s unique mix of humor and wit as he weighs in on the issues of the week and interviews guests in the worlds of politics, entertainment, culture, sports, and beyond. Wilmore is perhaps best known for his role as host of Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, which debuted in January 2015 and ran for nearly two years. Off-screen, Wilmore serves as co-creator and consulting producer on HBO’s Insecure, a half-hour comedy series starring Issa Rae that details the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman. Wilmore also helped to launch ABC’s Black-ish as an executive producer.

Virtual small group discussion for allies on race.
Tickets are $75

Performative allyship is dead. And we will be better for it.

Each week, Jodi-Ann Burey shares her "Reading List Wednesdays," a curated review of business, politics and culture. Each issue includes four long-form essays authored by powerful journalists and thought leaders who dig deep into current events and their historical roots. Learning Circles with Jodi-Ann are designed to take these readings further explore the issues they raise on intersectional racial equity and how we can ground these ideas and frameworks in our everyday lives.

Participation in the Learning Circles requires reading all four articles before the meeting with discussion questions to reflect on to prepare for the conversations. Because Learning Circles are dynamically interactive, the small group will be limited to 10 participants.

Seattle Children's Theatre presents Ghost Light Stories part of the SCT @ Home programs. These weekly 15-minute episodes take a look at things that scare us, thrill us and ignite courage. Gather 'round the ghost light every Friday at 7 PM for a storytelling session that is sure to be spooktacular.

Martha Graham Dance Company and Wild Up: Immediate Tragedy
(World Premiere Commissioned by The Soraya)

Inspired by Martha Graham’s lost solo from 1937, this reimagined version will feature 14 dancers and include new music composed by Wild Up’s Christopher Rountree.

The 30-minute world premiere showings will include interviews with the collaborators, a screening of a recent performance of Deep Song, a solo which the choreographer created as a companion to Immediate Tragedy in 1937, and the premiere of the new digital Immediate Tragedy, which is 10 minutes long.

Dear ONE: Love & Longing in Mid-Century Queer America, by Josh Irving Gershick, illuminates the lives of ordinary Queer Americans as recounted through letters written between 1953 and 1965, to L.A.’s ONE Magazine, the first openly gay & lesbian periodical in the United States. Each month, ONE Magazine reached several thousand readers, a great many of them isolated and in search of community. In larger cities, the magazine was available on newsstands; in smaller towns, it arrived in mailboxes in a simple unmarked envelope. Readers from all over the globe wrote back to ONE. Looking for love, friendship or understanding, they wrote of loneliness and longing, of joy and fulfillment, and of their daily lives, hidden from history. The play is adapted from material from the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries.

Tickets $20 + fees. This 45-min performance will be followed by a discussion with the playwright.

VENARDOS CIRCUS (veh-NARR-dos) es un circo único al estilo de Broadway que estaba de gira, viajando por Estados Unidos cuando COVID-19 detuvo los eventos en vivo en persona a mediados de marzo de 2020.

Hemos adaptado nuestro formato de espectáculo utilizando nuestro escenario y telón de circo al aire libre preexistente donde presentaremos una versión modificada de nuestro espectáculo en persona, completamente en línea. Debido a la naturaleza de nuestros artistas, cada uno de los cuales es un grupo familiar individual con sus propios accesorios y actos, podremos presentarlos en la cámara sin romper los protocolos de distanciamiento social. (Nuestro pequeño equipo ha fusionado nuestra unidad familiar como una burbuja socialmente distanciada en este momento).

Join Artefact’s John Rousseau and Daniel Han of Hyundai as they explore four potential future scenarios for mobility, the factors and stakeholders that influence them, and how we might design a more preferable future for how we commute and travel.

The Digital Wellbeing Festival is a unique gathering of industry experts, business leaders and brands showcasing the latest developments in the area of technology for human flourishing and wellbeing. This is where experts from around the world come together to take stock of the present, and look into the future to prepare for the challenges and opportunities ahead. Subject matter experts share their insights on emerging trends, innovative business leaders talk about their breakthrough strategies.

Seattle Children's Theatre presents Ghost Light Stories part of the SCT @ Home programs. These weekly 15-minute episodes take a look at things that scare us, thrill us and ignite courage. Gather 'round the ghost light every Friday at 7 PM for a storytelling session that is sure to be spooktacular.

Are your children feeling restless in lockdown? Are they missing movement and creativity?

If you’re looking for quality online dance classes led by fully certified teachers, then join Goh Ballet for a free livestream ballet class on Sunday, May 17 & 31 & June 14. Whether they’re new or have had years of dance training - we’ve got a live-stream class to motivate and further inspire them.

A gift to the dance community during these troubling times, let’s share some fun with these themed ballet classes, sure to provide your young ones with their ballet needs from the safety of your own home! Students are welcome to sign-up for the class according to their age or the indicated training level, whichever is more appropriate.

In this free livestreamed talk, Professor Russell will explain how we can ensure that we never lose control of machines more powerful than we are. He will show how we can avert the worst threats by reshaping the foundations of AI to guarantee that machines pursue our objectives, not theirs – a machine that has no overriding interest in self-preservation, that is provably deferential to humans, and makes decisions based on human preferences, not its own.

Percussion at 5pm PST on IG (@viverbrasildance) & Dance at 6pm PST on ZOOM.

Inspired by the Bahian Bloco Afro Movement, affirming the ideologies of social justice, racial, social and economic equity through the inclusionary Afro-Brazilian cultural practices of dance and music! We honor the ancestral wisdom of the orixa dance and rhythms which informed the new contemporary dance forms called bloco afro or samba reggae.

In this event hosted by TryTank Experimental Lab in partnership with the CEEP Network and the department of Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological Seminary, author and noted futurist Bob Johansen, will join Dr. Lisa Kimball, the Associate Dean of Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological Seminary, to look at current trends, beyond those trends, possible disruptions, and why a new way of thinking is required for leaders of the church.

Come watch Ariana Grande's "Sweetener World Tour" and experience the live performances offered as she sang all around the world. The Sweetener World Tour was the fourth concert tour by Ariana, launched in support of her fourth and fifth studio albums, Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019). The tour comprised of 101 shows across Europe and North America. Watch these performances and see what it was like to be a part of the tour or re-live the experiences again!

An online video performance featuring the work of 21 Black & Latinx choreographers, created in response to living through the Covid pandemic

Bootleg Theater presents Dancing on the Edge, a curated video collage of dance pieces created by BlakTinx choreographers living in isolation during the Covid Pandemic. We are presenting three 20 minute segments featuring the work of 20 BKTX alumni via YouTube. These video performances are soulful, imaginative, and personal expressions of life as a dancer/choreographer living through this pandemic. Come witness these exciting and powerful pieces as they share their personal spaces and feelings!

Artist Luigia Martelloni has organized a group of artists, many from the 18th Street Arts Center-run studio hangar building at the Santa Monica Airport as well as other local Los Angeles artists, to hang an outdoor exhibition on Airport Ave, on the fencing and grounds outside of 3026 and 3050. The artwork, which will encompass a wide range of mediums, from painting and sculpture to installation, will be available for drive-by or socially-distanced viewing for a month, from May 30 – June 30, 2020.

Uncorked Wine Festivals is teaming up with three highly regarded Santa Barbara wineries to bring you the next installment in our virtual wine festivals... all Santa Barbara Reds! Come explore the everything the Central Coast has to offer with selections from Cambria Vineyards, Nielson Winery & Ex Post Facto by Brewer- Clifton. Enjoy 3 bottles of exquisite Santa Barbara Reds shipped straight to your door. Then log into our exclusive virtual party and enjoy live chat with the winemakers, interactive trivia, fun sketches, live music and more!

The future of surgery will bring innovative technologies, enhanced understanding of disease and wider collaboration among experts and innovators to improve patient care. The partnership between patients and clinicians will remain at the centre of healthcare. Technologies such as surgical robots, artificial intelligence, three-dimensional printing and new imaging methods are already changing and will continue to change the way surgical care is delivered. Developments in fields such as genomics, regenerative medicine and cell-based therapies could open new avenues for predicting and treating disease, which were unthinkable only a few years ago. So, which technologies will make the greatest impact? What does the future mean for patients? How will the delivery of surgery change? What is the future of the surgical team? Tune in to discover how you as the current and future surgical workforce can influence the future of surgery.