Wende Museum

Tuesday Men's Club
2026-06-02 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-06-16 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-07-14 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-08-11 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Wende Museum’s Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Tuesday Men’s Club is a gathering for men to sit in meditation, have an honest conversation, and enjoy each other’s company. Men of all ages (our group ranges from 27 to 82) gather after work every other Tuesday. Some nights we talk about integrity, grief, or what it means to show up. Other nights it’s managing screen time, coaching Little League, parenting teenagers, staying in shape, or dealing with tennis elbows.
The format is simple: we introduce ourselves, we meditate, we talk, and then we eat ice cream.
We meet the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month at 7pm at the Wende Museum. No experience with meditation or group work is required. Drop-ins are welcome.
More at tuesdaymensclub.com

SOL-LA Music Academy Chamber Music Institute Recital
2026-06-05 18:30 - 20:00 | The Wende Museum’s Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
The students of the SOL-LA Music Academy Chamber Music Institute will perform masterpieces by Beethoven, Schubert, Shostakovich, and more! The mission of SOL-LA Music Academy is to provide high quality music instruction in a supportive environment while nurturing the whole student from early childhood onward. Regardless of ability or background, students share in the joy of music with a commitment to excellence.

Living with Loss: A Grief Support Circle
2026-06-09 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-06-16 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-06-23 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-06-30 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-07-21 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-07-28 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-08-04 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-08-11 18:30 - 19:30 and 2 more dates | The Wende Museum’s Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Join a warm and understanding space where you can share, listen, and heal. Led by Dr. Barry Goldstein, this grief support circle is all about connecting with others who get what you’re going through. Come as you are, no judgments—just open hearts and support to navigate the ups and downs of loss side by side. Everyone is welcome!

Queering the Archive: Mapping Queer Pasts & Presents
2026-06-12 17:00 - 19:00 | The Wende Museum’s Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
How can maps reveal, obscure, or reimagine queer histories? In this workshop, we’ll explore creative approaches to mapping through examples from the Wende Museum’s collections and queer archival practices. Using personal memories and archival materials, we’ll create our own maps connecting history with lived experience.
Mapping Queer Pasts & Presents is one part of a three-part workshop series, Queering the Archive, that invites participants to explore the queer past through hands-on creative practices of mapping, poetry, and collage. Each two-hour session begins with a brief introduction to the day’s method, followed by time to experiment with materials and ideas. We’ll conclude each workshop with an opportunity to share reflections and discuss our work together.
Please note that attendance at every workshop is not required. Each session is designed to stand on its own, and participants are welcome to attend any or all of the workshops.

Queering the Archive: Alternative Queer Poetics
2026-06-13 10:00 - 12:00 | The Wende Museum’s Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
What happens when the archive is incomplete? This workshop explores poetry to engage with gaps, silences, and traces in the historical record. Working with a selection of Wende Museum archival photographs, we’ll experiment with poetry’s potential to imagine perspectives and possibilities beyond the frame.
Alternative Queer Poetics is one part of a three-part workshop series, Queering the Archive, that invites participants to explore the queer past through hands-on creative practices of mapping, poetry, and collage. Each two-hour session begins with a brief introduction to the day’s method, followed by time to experiment with materials and ideas. We’ll conclude each workshop with an opportunity to share reflections and discuss our work together.
Please note that attendance at every workshop is not required. Each session is designed to stand on its own, and participants are welcome to attend any or all of the workshops.

Tabla Marathon (Salar Nader Tabla Foundation)
2026-06-14 11:00 - 19:00 | The Wende Museum’s Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
The Salar Nader Tabla Foundation presents a day-long marathon in partnership with Rhea Designs, Inc. This full day of tabla drumming will showcase many talented performers and culminate in an unforgettable evening concert. Experience the artistry of our dedicated tabla players and engage with insightful “Tabla Talks” featuring next-generation artists sharing their journeys and passion for this beautiful instrument. Don’t miss this incredible celebration of talent, tradition, and community.
A standout artist of his generation, tabla virtuoso Salar Nader is recognized as a global ambassador weaving South Asian arts into the musical traditions of his Afghan heritage. A percussionist, composer, and producer, Salar studied under Ustad Zakir Hussain since the age of seven. Nader scored the original stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel The Kite Runner, which had a groundbreaking run on Broadway in 2022 and a national tour in 2024. In early 2025, Salar premiered and toured Zakir Hussain’s Murmurs in Time with Third Coast Percussion, for whom the piece was written. Salar continues his dedication to community engagement, workshops, and cross-cultural understanding.

Seating is first come, first served. An RSVP does not guarantee entry.

Queering the Archive: Cut Copy Queer Paste
2026-06-14 13:00 - 15:00 | The Wende Museum’s Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
What makes collage a queer medium? Throughout this hands-on session, we’ll cut, layer, juxtapose, and reinterpret pre-existing narratives. Using the Wende Museum’s collection as inspiration, we’ll construct collages and experiment with conversations and frictions between words and images.
Cut Copy Queer Paste is one part of a three-part workshop series, Queering the Archive, that invites participants to explore the queer past through hands-on creative practices of mapping, poetry, and collage. Each two-hour session begins with a brief introduction to the day’s method, followed by time to experiment with materials and ideas. We’ll conclude each workshop with an opportunity to share reflections and discuss our work together.
Please note that attendance at every workshop is not required. Each session is designed to stand on its own, and participants are welcome to attend any or all of the workshops.

Pasifika Artists Exchange Culmination
2026-06-20 15:30 - 19:00 | The Wende Museum’s Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Pasifika Artists Exchange (PAE) Culmination is a devised theatre work created by the PAE ensemble showcasing Pasifika artistry and talents.

Pasifika Artists Exchange is a program focused on enriching, enhancing, and advancing Pasifika Arts & Performance. This culmination features devised ensemble theatre work created during a week-long residency with Pasifika artists exchanging stories and creative expressions. Ensemble members are trained under lead artists Misa Tupou , Kathy Martin, and Kiki Rivera.
We are excited to present our PAE Ensemble: Mariana “MG” Green, Gideon Lorete, Esther Navarro, Niglmoro Okuk, & Napoleon Tavale.
Pae in ‘Ōlelo Hawai’i means to cluster, group or to land or come ashore. This program hopes to pae our Pasifika Artist community in a time where our cultures, lands, and peoples are most needed and beneficial to the future we are forging.
Funder credit:
This project is made possible in part by the City of Culver City and its Cultural Affairs Commission, with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment and Culver City Arts Foundation; and was supported by the National Performance Network (NPN) Artist Engagement Fund. More information: www.npnweb.org.
TeAda Productions is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture, a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and the California Arts Council.

2026 Summer ICEA Free Chess @ The Wende
2026-06-28 09:00 - 16:00 | The Wende Museum’s Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
ICEA Chess, proudly sponsored by The Wende Museum, hosts a free quarterly one-day chess tournament open to players of all ages and skill levels. This event offers a fun, competitive, and welcoming chess experience in one of Culver City’s most unique and inspiring cultural venues.
Whether you are an experienced tournament player or brand new to competitive chess, this event is a wonderful opportunity to sharpen your skills, meet fellow chess enthusiasts, and enjoy a full day of strategy, learning, and community — all at no cost.
Tournament Sections
– USCF-Rated Sections (A valid US Chess membership is required.)
– OPEN
– 1000+
– U1000
– Non-Rated Section (US Chess membership is NOT required.)
– Rising Stars
Tournament Format: 4SS, G/30;+5
(4 rounds — each player receives 30 minutes with a 5-second increment per move.)
Schedule
– Opening Ceremony / Rules Review: 8:45 AM
– Round 1: 9:00 AM
– Round 2: 10:30 AM
– Round 3: 12:00 PM
– Round 4: 2:00 PM
– Awards Ceremony: Immediately after all games finish
Awards
– Trophies & Certificates for the Champion of each section
– Medals & Certificates for 2nd and 3rd Place in each section
– Free Entry to an upcoming ICEA Chess @ West LA Monthly Tournament for each section champion

Los Angeles Silent Book Club
2026-06-28 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-07-26 13:00 - 15:00 | The Wende Museum’s Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
We are a low-pressure community of readers who read silently, but together. There is no assigned reading—bring whatever is in your TBR pile and join us.
The first half hour of our meetup is dedicated to socializing and getting comfortable, then we head into our silent reading hour, followed by another half hour to discuss what you read or just hang out and get to know the other readers.
All formats are welcome: physical books, e-readers, or audiobooks (with headphones of course!). Stay updated and learn about our other meetups and locations at instagram.com/silentbookclubla.
No RSVP needed, just show up ready to read!

Black Music Month: A Celebration with Cliff Beach (R&B)
2026-06-30 18:30 - 20:30 | The Wende Museum’s Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Black Music Month: A Live Celebration with Cliff Beach is a free community concert honoring the legacy, innovation, and enduring influence of Black music through an evening of soul, funk, jazz, and R&B. Award-winning musician, radio host, and author Cliff Beach, joined by a four-piece band, will take audiences on a musical journey that celebrates the artists and traditions that have shaped American culture while highlighting the continued impact of Black creativity today. Through live performance and storytelling, the program is designed to educate, inspire, and bring people together across generations in a welcoming and accessible setting. Open to audiences of all ages, this special Black Music Month event reflects the Wende Museum’s commitment to fostering community, creativity, and cultural connection through the arts.

Stitched & Sewn: A Survivor's Journey | Special Preview Screening
2026-07-01 19:00 - 21:30 | The Wende Museum’s Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Join an exclusive preview screening of a documentary-in-progress chronicling the extraordinary life of Holocaust survivor and artist Trudie Strobel.

#Standing4BlackGirls Music and Poetry Festival
2026-07-18 15:00 - 20:30 | CA
The #Standing4BlackGirls Music and Poetry concert festival will feature original multi-genre music and spoken word performances by Black female-identifying and queer artists. Headlined by internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter-guitarist Malina Moye, the event will raise awareness about disproportionate gender-based violence experienced by Black women and girls in L.A. County and beyond, while providing powerful testimony to the lived experiences and creativity of local and national Black women artists, musicians, and BIPOC community allies. This event is sponsored by the Women’s Leadership Project, a Black feminist mentoring, advocacy and civic engagement organization based in Los Angeles, in partnership with Black Skeptics Los Angeles, with generous funding made possible by the Culver City Cultural Affairs Commission and Sony Music. Featured musicians include Mystical Joyride, Naomi Wilson, Berklee College of Music, Maurock Music Academy and AMPA Hamilton HS youth.
Doors open at 3pm. This all ages event is free and open to the public.

Identity in the New Regime: Artist Talks
2026-07-26 14:00 - 16:30 | The Wende Museum’s Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Welcome to Identity in the New Regime – a residency from hope you have a good time.
our residents have been working to create contemporary art pieces in response to the collections of the Wende museum and our contemporary environment living in the United States. As they have been working they have been exploring the question: what is the impact of living underneath an authoritarian regime?
In this series of artist talks, we will explore the viewpoints of our residents and see what lies ahead for all of us.
Event Itinerary:
Doors 1:30
Artist Talks 2:00-3:30
Reception 3:30-4:30

WriteGirl Neighborhood Workshop
2026-08-08 13:00 - 14:30 | The Wende Museum’s Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Uncover the power of poetry as we explore different styles of poetry and ways that poems can express your unique voice! PLUS, you’ll experiment with new techniques which will help you make your poetry expressive and impactful! Whether you’re someone who’s already passionate about poetry or just starting to explore it, you will benefit from this poetic workshop!
WriteGirl is a Los Angeles-based creative writing and mentoring organization for teen girls and gender-expansive teens ages 13-18. WriteGirl offers workshops, mentoring and college guidance at no cost to participants.
Learn more at www.writegirl.org or email membership@writegirl.org.

Mahjong Session @ The Wende Museum
2026-08-09 16:00 - 19:00 | The Wende Museum’s Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Gather, play, and connect at a special summer garden mahjong event hosted by Mahjong Sessions at The Wende Museum! Whether you’re a seasoned player or just getting started, come enjoy an evening of Asian mahjong in a relaxed outdoor setting. Arrive early to take advantage of museum admission until 5 p.m.
Sunny Blue will be serving their delicious onigiri, and Kona Ice will be on site with refreshing shaved ice.
Beginner-friendly and advanced tables will be available, with players rotating after two games if others are waiting.
RSVP is encouraged, as seating is limited.
We can’t wait to see you there!

Homecoming, a staged reading
2026-08-22 14:00 - 16:00 | The Wende Museum’s Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
“Homecoming” is a play by Steven Vargas that has been workshopped throughout LA and will have its official public reading.
About the Play:
A father sneaks another woman into the family home.
Hours later, his son sneaks in his secret boyfriend.
The only one to catch them both is a grandmother with Alzheimer’s.
‘Homecoming’ follows the Torres family as their well-kept secrets become liabilities and threaten the life they’ve built together under the same roof. Each member must decide whether the future they want is possible inside the home they know or if they must leave for a new one. ‘Homecoming’ questions our definition of love and depicts how our secrets shape us to be our best (or worst) selves.
Directed by Simon J.O. Martin
Performed by Gabriel Montoya, Lauren Curet, Steven Vargas, Jennifer Rosas, Margarita Franco, Peren Yesilyurt, Luis Galilei, and Viveka Garza Gómez
