Bauhaus | Tactile Sensibility with Cameron Taylor-Brown
2026-02-18 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Artist and weaver Anni Albers wrote in her iconic essay Tactile Sensibility that “our tactile experiences are elemental” and that playful exploration of materials is essential to “regain a faculty that was once so naturally ours.”
In a two-hour workshop, participants will play with a wide variety of materials—paper, cardboard, foil, sticks, buttons, pebbles, seeds, wire, fibers, and more. In Albers’s words, they will “group them, cut them, curl them, mix them, finally perhaps paste them, to fix in a certain order.” The resulting exploratory collages will revitalize the sense of touch and lead to a deeper appreciation for the elemental importance of materials.
This program is part of the Wende Bauhaus series in February and March 2026, in which local artists lead hands-on classes inspired by the Bauhaus school’s learning-by-doing philosophy and its spirit of experimentation, play, and discovery.

The Movement Playground with Cantilever Collective
2026-02-19 17:30 - 19:00 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Step into the spontaneous spirit of The Movement Playground, a dance workshop series from Cantilever Collective. Each session is improvised, ephemeral, and open to all—no dance experience required. With live-mixed soundscapes, playful prompts, and space to move freely, these workshops invite you to explore connection, curiosity, and joy through your own body’s language.
One day’s “play” will never be the same as the next. Come as you are. Move how you feel.
An ADA-accessible entrance to the Glorya Kaufman Community Center is available through the garden gate from the parking lot. It will open approximately 30 minutes before the program begins.
RSVPs for this free program do not guarantee admission to the A-Frame Theater. Doors will open and seating will begin 15 minutes prior to the start of the program. Limited seating is available on a first come, first served basis. Please note that doors will close promptly at the program’s start time and late entry will not be permitted.

Community Flow Yoga with Kate O’ Neal
2026-02-20 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-02-27 10:30 - 11:30 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Participants must bring their own yoga mat, and are encouraged to also bring a towel to pad their knees and yoga blocks if desired.
Join our new weekly yoga session; all experience levels welcome! Yoga is a practice that builds strength, flexibility, and focus while calming the mind and restoring balance to the body. Through mindful movement and breathwork, it supports physical health, reduces stress, and cultivates a deeper sense of well-being that carries into daily life. Each class offers a chance to reset, recharge, and reconnect.
Kate is a certified yoga instructor with teaching experience at Cliffs of Id, Iconic Fitness, Red Diamond Yoga, Downtown Women’s Center, and Stoneview Nature Center. Her classes combine gentle warm-ups, smooth flow sequences of strength-building poses, and restorative cool-downs, creating an accessible practice that leaves students grounded, energized, and renewed.
As this event takes place during museum open hours, guests may check in at the front of the museum. The garden side gate will open 30 minutes before the start time and is available for ADA access and alternative check-in. Theater doors open 15 minutes before the start time. Seating is first come, first served. An RSVP does not guarantee admission once capacity is reached. No late entry.

The M Factor 2: Before The Pause (Perimenopause)
2026-02-20 17:30 - 20:30 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
We’re excited to present The (M) Factor 2, a film exploring perimenopause symptoms, solutions, and real women’s stories.
From the producers of the groundbreaking documentary The (M) Factor comes The (M) Factor 2: Before The Pause (Perimenopause), a powerful new film continuing the vital conversation about women’s hormones, health, and the changes that shape this stage of life.
Blending expert insights with women’s real experiences, the film looks at how perimenopause affects your heart, bone, brain, and sexual health, and the solutions helping women thrive through it. Following the showing will be a 30 min Q&A with the film’s esteemed Director and Writer, Jacoba Atlas!
Reception with drinks and light bites to follow. This promises to be a night of community, insight, and fun! We look forward to connecting with you, see you there!

Music at the Wende with Automata
2026-02-21 00:00 | The Wende Museum, 10808 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States

The Wende Museum Announces The Robin Center For Russian-Speaking Jewry
2026-02-21 00:00 | The Wende Museum, 10808 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States

Pine Needle Basketry with Andi B. Meyer
2026-02-21 11:00 - 16:00 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Discover the ancient art of coiling pine needles into beautiful, one-of-a-kind baskets. In this hands-on workshop, teaching artist Andi B. Meyer will guide you through each step — from preparing natural materials to shaping and stitching your own basket. Learn traditional techniques while exploring color, texture, and form with a modern touch. All materials are provided, and all skill levels are welcome.

Geopolitics and International Modernism in Architecture
2026-02-21 14:00 - 15:00 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Modernism in architecture has long been associated with human progress and universalism. It has also, at times, been criticized as contributing to a loss of identity and genius loci, and even blamed for the alienation and social failures of anonymous suburban landscapes.
This panel considers the relevance of these opposing verdicts and examines the geopolitical incentives behind the spread of modernist architecture across borders in the East, the West, and the Global South from the Cold War period to the present. Topics include utopian and dystopian visions of global modern architecture; architecture as a form of soft diplomacy; tensions between political motivations and architectural practice; the role of architectural tourism; and the status of international modernism today. It will be moderated by Joes Segal, the Wende’s Chief Curator and Director of Programming.
Susan Horowitz is an artist/curator based in NY and LA whose case study/documentary projects explore modernist architecture, urbanization, architectural tourism and preservation. These interests reflect study of the UNESCO World Heritage program, Getty Keeping It Modern Initiatives, arts restitution, museum exhibitions on modern architecture and involvement with advocacy/preservation programs of the World Monument Fund and Docomomo. The focus of this art practice, which began with projects about early modern LA architecture, led to a parallel project as director of preservation projects for hamptons20centurymodern.org, presenting the under-the-radar, threatened modernist heritage in the Hamptons. Currently a monograph and exhibition based on a notable Hamptons architect team focused on their archive and the current house owners as preservationists is underway.
David Ruy’s work develops out of a single observation: what we take to be reality is largely built out of representations—buildings, images, interfaces, stories. This insight has driven thirty years of design practice and theoretical writing, work sustained by an ongoing engagement with emerging creative technologies. He has founded graduate programs and lectured throughout Asia, Europe, and the Americas. His work has been collected by prominent institutions and is frequently cited in studies of contemporary design culture. Presently, he writes and lectures on the ramifications of artificial intelligence for cultural production while advising institutions and companies worldwide on design innovation and cultural strategy. He is on the faculty at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, having previously held appointments at Columbia University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, and Pratt Institute.
Łukasz Stanek is Professor at A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He also holds a dry appointment at the Department of History, University of Michigan. Stanek is the author of Henry Lefebvre on Space: Architecture, Urban Research, and the Production of Theory (University of Minnesota Press, 2011) and Architecture in Global Socialism: Eastern Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East in the Cold War (Princeton University Press, 2020). He curated several exhibitions, including The Gift: Stories of Generosity and Violence in Architecture (Architekturmuseum der TUM, Munich, 2024). Stanek is co-curator of the Wende’s current exhibition Intersections: The Architecture of Victor Adegbite and Charles Polónyi in Ghana.
Joe Day is an architect and theorist in Los Angeles, where he leads Deegan-Day Design LLC and serves on the design and history/theory faculty at SCI-Arc. In both his design and writing, Day examines the intersections of contemporary art, urbanism and architecture as visual disciplines. He contributed an additional foreword to the 2009 edition of Reyner Banham’s seminal study, Los Angeles: Architecture of the Four Ecologies (University of California Press, 2009), and in the spring of 2012 taught at Yale School of Architecture as the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Chair. Day’s recent Corrections & Collections: Architectures for Art and Crime (Routledge, 2013) explores new polarities in contemporary architecture and urbanism. He serves on the Board of Trustees at SCI-Arc, and as a Director at the W.M. Keck Foundation.
This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Intersections: The Architecture of Victor Adegbite and Charles Polónyi in Ghana, guest-curated by Łukasz Stanek and Michael Dziwornu, in collaboration with Dana Salama.
Image: Lina Bo Bardi (architect), Sesc Pompéia, São Paulo, Brasil. Photography: Susan Horowitz.

Samizdat Sundays
2026-02-22 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-03-01 10:30 - 11:30 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Join us for Samizdat Sundays—hands‑on textile workshops inspired by the spirit of creative resistance and DIY culture found in samizdat traditions. Each week offers a different project, connecting archival stories of subversion with contemporary making.
We encourage participants to bring an item each week—a T‑shirt, a pair of jeans, or any textile you’re ready to transform, repair, or experiment with.
Each session is free, open to all skill levels, and guided by artists who delight in subversion and play. Come for one or come for all—together we’ll stitch, alter, repair, and imagine new forms of expression.
About the teaching artist
Kate Ingold is an LA-based artist and poet working with the discarded, the damaged, and the worn out. Materials and methods include textiles, collage, photography, video, ceramics, and performative installation. She works in series driven by conceptual concerns and is currently making work in two interwoven projects: Relics for Future Rituals and Damaged Goods/Small Repairs.
RSVPs for this free program do not guarantee admission. Limited seating is available on a first come, first served basis.
An ADA-accessible entrance to the Glorya Kaufman Community Center is available through the garden gate from the parking lot.

Family Day: Wonder Houses
2026-02-22 13:00 - 16:00 | The Wende Museum, 10808 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Join us for a hands‑on building activity guided by our Professional Development Associates, where you’ll create an architectural model of your dream house, or any home you imagine, using popsicle sticks and tongue depressors!
This project connects to both of our main exhibitions and invites you to think about home as both a physical structure and an emotional space. As you design and build, you’ll get to reflect on questions like: What does home look like to me? What makes a space feel like home?
Ages 6+ welcome. Spaces, tools, and materials are subject to availability.

Music/Words LA: Curated by Inna Faliks
2026-02-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
The second installment of Music/Words at the Wende features its curator, celebrated pianist Inna Faliks, in collaboration with legendary violinist Gilles Apap and poet Daniel Tiffany. The program begins with solo piano selections by Shchedrin and Beethoven, followed by solo violin improvisation and Brahms’s lyrical Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano, dialoguing with poetry throughout.
Inna Faliks is Head of Piano and Professor of Piano at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and author of the memoir Weight in the Fingertips: A Musical Odyssey from Soviet Ukraine to the World Stage (Bloomsbury/Backbeat).
Gilles Apap is an internationally renowned violinist known for his virtuosity, stylistic range, and improvisational approach.
Daniel Tiffany is a poet and scholar whose work explores the intersections of language, sound, and literary form.
Originally founded by Faliks in New York, Music/Words has become a platform for artists working at the intersection of music and text. This Los Angeles residency at the Wende builds each program around close listening, live exchange, and the shifting balance between composition and language.
This event’s piano maintenance support is provided by UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Friends of Piano Fund.
As this event takes place during museum open hours, guests may check in at the front of the museum. The garden side gate will open 30 minutes before the start time and is available for ADA access and check-in. Theater doors open 15 minutes before the start time. Seating is first come, first served. An RSVP does not guarantee admission once capacity is reached. No late entry.

Living with Loss: A Grief Support Circle
2026-02-24 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-03-03 18:30 - 19:30 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 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!

Wellness Wednesday: Mindfulness Meditations
2026-02-25 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-03-04 09:00 - 10:00 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Join us for our weekly mindfulness meditations. Whether you are new to meditation or already have experience we welcome you to this community sit in the beautiful A-Frame Theater of the Wende Museum’s Glorya Kaufman Community Center
You do not have to join all sessions but can join as your schedule allows. Each session is followed by complimentary garden refreshments and an optional movement class.
What is mindfulness? Mindfulness is being fully present to your life instead of being on autopilot. Our mind tends to rehash the past and to rehearse the future. There is nothing wrong with that except that it does it too much and it keeps us from being with what is actually happening right in this moment. We can feel like life is passing us by and we miss a lot of good moments with family and friends, in nature and just throughout the day. When we are present we become better listeners and observers and will make better choices, big and small. People who regularly practice mindfulness meditation report overall stress levels going down and being able to deal with whatever comes their way in a better, healthier way. They also feel more connected and more joyful.
We practice this through mindfulness meditation where we train the mind to stay with an anchor, like the sensations of the breath. Eventually the mind will calm down and so will the body. We learn tools to be with a busy mind, challenging emotions, and even physical pain. We can access peace, calm and joy that arises independently of what’s going on in our lives at this time.
Teacher Bio:
Christiane Wolf is an internationally known mindfulness and Insight (Vipassana) meditation teacher. Originally from Berlin, Germany, she is a longtime proud resident of Culver City where her three children attended (or still attend) CCMS and CCHS.
Christiane was trained as an OB/GYN in Germany but pivoted to not only practicing mindfulness meditation but then teaching it, mainly through InsightLA.
She was trained and mentored by Trudy Goodman, Jack Kornfield, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Gil Fronsdal and others.
Christiane is the author of Outsmart Your Pain – Mindfulness and Self-Compassion to Help You Leave Chronic Pain Behind and the coauthor of A Clinician’s Guide to Teaching Mindfulness, a classic training manual for mindfulness teachers.
Check www.christianewolf.com for more info.
An ADA-accessible entrance to the Glorya Kaufman Community Center is available through the gate from the parking lot at 10858 Culver Blvd. Limited floor space is first come, first serve. Please arrive early as RSVP does not guarantee admission to this free program.

Saved by a Story–Intergenerational Writing Group
2026-02-25 16:00 - 18:00 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Participants ages 14 and up welcomed. Please arrive 5 or 10 minutes early to get settled, as we start the group promptly at 4pm.
We are excited to come together in community, to dive into our creativity and share our stories.
What is Saved by a Story-Intergenerational Writing Workshop at the Wende Museum? Participants of all ages write to prompts to spark creativity, share stories and build community. We write to surprise ourselves and discover the bounty of stories that lie within.
We come together and write, choose to share (or not, you decide), listen and write some more.We do this in the beautiful environs of the Wende Museum and its provocative and compelling collection. Some of our prompts will help us engage with the current exhibitions as well as engage with each other.
In later groups, we will draft stories and workshop them.
We offer creativity and community in a non-judgmental environment.
The writing group meets in person on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month.
Please arrive 5 or 10 minutes early to get settled as we start punctually at 4pm.
What you will need:– a note book–nothing fancy–a pen–if you prefer to write on a computer, feel free to bring that.
Where:
Wende Museum
in the Cotsen Learning Center
on 2nd Floor of the
Glorya Kaufman Community Center
10808 Culver Boulevard
Culver City, CA, 90230
310-216-1600
Please enter through the garden gate from the parking lot at 10858 Culver Blvd.
RSVPs for this free program do not guarantee admission. Doors will open and seating will begin 15 minutes prior to the start of the program. Limited seating is available on a first come, first served basis. Please note that doors will close promptly at the program’s start time and late entry will not be permitted.

Never Again Is Now (“Nie wieder ist jetzt”)
2026-02-25 18:00 - 21:00 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Join us on Wednesday, February 25, for an evening of reading and conversation with author and illustrator Stephanie Lunkewitz and Holocaust survivor Mary Bauer, presented in partnership with the Goethe International Charter School.
Stephanie Lunkewitz will speak about the life of Eva Szepesi, whose Holocaust testimony she illustrated and narrated in her book Ich war Eva Diamant. She will reflect on how Eva Szepesi’s story has become intertwined with her own life, and on the responsibility of carrying survivor voices forward through art and storytelling.
Mary Bauer will share reflections on her own experiences as a survivor, offering a firsthand account of the long aftermath of the Shoah.
Together, the conversation will explore how three very different lives, Eva’s, Mary’s, and Stephanie’s, intersect, and what these interwoven stories reveal about remembrance, responsibility, and the urgency behind the phrase “Never Again Means Now.”
The discussion will be moderated by Anne-Christine Witzgall, author and co-founder of the Goethe International Charter School.
Prior the program, guests are invited to a complimentary garden reception beginning at 6pm. The program will begin in the A-Frame Theater at 7pm.
Bios
Stephanie Lunkewitz is a German-American illustrator and author who grew up in East Germany and came to the West after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Her work spans textile design, illustration, and children’s literature. Lunkewitz divides her time between Frankfurt and Los Angeles.
Mary Bauer was born in Budapest in 1927 and survived Auschwitz-Birkenau, multiple camps, and a death march before being liberated in 1945. She immigrated to the United States in 1951 and has since dedicated herself to Holocaust education through schools, colleges, and the Holocaust Museum Los Angeles.
Anne-Christine Witzgall was born in West Berlin and is an author and co-founder of the Goethe International Charter School, where she works at the intersection of education, literature, and cultural exchange. She holds a Masters in Journalism and is a tour guide at the Museum of Tolerance.

Artist-Led Walkthrough of The Sextant with Enrique Martínez Celaya
2026-02-27 09:00 - 10:00 | The Wende Museum, 10808 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Join artist Enrique Martínez Celaya for a free morning walkthrough of The Sextant at the Wende Museum, presented in conjunction with Frieze Los Angeles.
The Sextant is centered around a full scale, sugar-coated recreation of the modernist house the artist’s father built in revolutionary Cuba. It confronts us with questions around dreams, utopianism, memory, and the past. Led by Martínez Celaya, this guided tour offers an intimate look at the work.
This program takes place before Frieze fair hours and is designed for visitors seeking a closer look and direct conversation with the artist.

Digitization Day: Free Archival Digitization
2026-02-27 12:30 - 16:30 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Looking to digitize personal or family archival materials? Sign up for the Wende Museum’s Digitization Day on Friday, February 27th!
Reserve a free 50-minute time slot at one of the Wende Museum’s scanners. In addition to making scanning sessions available through advanced registration, the Wende is also accepting walk-in appointments. Wende staff will be on hand to help you as needed. Please bring your own portable USB-A-compatible storage device (such as an external hard drive or thumb drive).
Please read the descriptions to decide which equipment to sign up for:
Scanner (participant operated with guidance from staff): Paper materials (photographs, letters, ephemera, etc.) that do not exceed 8.5″ x 11.7″ and slides.
Oversized camera (staff operated but will require participant assistance): Paper materials (including photo albums with photographs that cannot be removed, scrapbooks, and paintings) that do not exceed 19″ x 23″. Please note that if an object is glossy, it will have glare in the image.
Participants may only sign up for one piece of equipment during a given time slot. If participants sign up for multiple pieces of equipment during a single session time, the museum will cancel all but one of the reservations.
There will be a small amount of dedicated space for participants to store the materials they would like to digitize while they wait. This space is first come, first serve.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to research@wendemuseum.org.
Preparing For Your Appointment:
Consider the quantity of materials you are planning to scan and prioritize the order of specific materials in case you are unable to get through everything in your 50-minute time slot. To participate in the Wende’s Digitization Day, you must bring your own portable USB-A-compatible storage device, such as an external hard drive or thumb drive. Please note that the amount of storage on the device may limit the number of scans or the types of file formats you can save. TIFFs take up much more storage space than JPGs. If you have questions about what type of portable USB-A-compatible storage device or file format will work best for your needs, you can reach out to staff at research@wendemuseum.org.
The Wende offers free parking in the lot adjacent to the building. You will enter the front entrance of the Wende Museum and from there, you will walk through the garden towards the Glorya Kaufman Community Center and check-in to your appointment with Wende staff. Digitization Day will take place in the A-Frame theater of the Glorya Kaufman Community Center.
Please plan to arrive at the A-Frame Theater at least 10 minutes before your appointment time to get checked in. Once your workspace is ready, Wende staff will show you how to operate the scanner. Staff will have a staging area available upon request if you would like to organize your materials before you start scanning. If you are signed up for a time slot with the oversized camera, a Wende team member will work with you for the duration of your appointment. Wende staff will be present throughout the day to assist with any questions that come up while scanning your materials.
The number of scans you will get through will be dependent on the file format of the scans. If you are planning to scan your materials as TIFFs (the highest-quality image format type), the scan time will be much longer than if you are planning to scan your materials as JPGs. It can take up to 15 seconds to download a high-resolution TIFF image, so please take that into consideration when deciding which format type to scan your materials as.
Frequently Ask Questions:
I have materials that would be good for the scanner and materials that would be good for the oversized camera, can I sign up for both?
Yes, you can sign up for both but you must sign up for the scanner during one time slot and the oversized photography for a different time slot, as you will be involved in the imaging on both set ups. If you sign up for both the scanner and the oversized photograph during the same time slot, one will have to be forfeited and given to someone on the waitlist.
What do I need to bring to participate in Digitization Day?
In order to participate in Digitization Day, participants must bring materials they would like to scan and a portable USB-A-compatible storage device (such as an external hard drive or thumb drive).
I signed up in-person for an appointment at a later time/am on the waitlist, what should I do while I wait for an appointment?
The museum galleries are open between 10am and 5pm on Fridays and you are welcome to visit the museum while you wait. There are also plenty of cafes and a park near the Wende Museum if you would prefer to wait elsewhere. If you are on the waitlist, you will receive a call from staff that an appointment has opened up so it is wise to stay within close enough proximity to return to the museum for your session.
Will the museum staff do the scanning for me?
While staff will be on hand to show you how to operate the machine and assist with trouble shooting, staff will not be doing the scanning for you. Digitization Day participants will be doing their own scanning.

Arthur Murray Theater Show
2026-02-27 19:30 - 21:00 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Enjoy a collection of ballroom and partner dance performances ranging from Waltz to Salsa and more! Our performers are dedicated students of dance and we are so excited to showcase their talent onstage. Whether you’re a longtime lover of dance, are supporting a loved one, or have a new interest in ballroom, this is a show for you. See you at the theater!

WriteGirl Personal Storytelling Workshop
2026-02-28 11:00 - 15:00 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Are you a teen girl or gender-expansive teen (13-18 years old) interested in exploring creative writing? Then join WriteGirl for a FREE Personal Storytelling Workshop at the Wende Museum’s Glorya Kaufman Community Center, in The A-Frame Theater! The workshop is on Saturday, February 28, 2026 from 11 AM – 3 PM, and will feature exciting writing activities, special guest writers, free lunch and more!

A Special Evening with Jason Sinay - Full Band Performance
2026-02-28 19:00 - 22:00 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Join us for an intimate evening with Jason Sinay, the award-winning Los Angeles–based singer-songwriter and guitarist, performing with his band.
Sinay is a celebrated singer/songwriter/guitarist and former long-time guitarist for Heartbreaker Mike Campbell’s band The Dirty Knobs. He has spent decades on the road playing and recording with artists including Keith Richards, Neil Young, Bob Weir, Jackson Browne, and Lucinda Williams.
The performance will weave together his songs with personal stories drawn from a life spent in rock music.

Free Improvisation Workshop (Music)
2026-03-01 10:00 - 12:30 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Alicia Byer will lead small and large group improvisations using exercises from Pauline Oliveros, Fred Frith, and more. All skill and experience levels are welcome – bring your instrument and explore the sounds of free improvisation!
Image from the Wende’s Soviet Hippie Collection.

Bilingual Russian-English Storytime
2026-03-01 10:30 - 11:00 | The Wende Museum, 10808 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Join us at the Wende Museum for a special bilingual children’s storytime, featuring captivating Russian tales from the Wende’s collection of Soviet Books. Hosted by Archives Assistant Anya Ponomareva, stories will be presented in both English and Russian, offering a fun and engaging experience for young listeners of all backgrounds. Perfect for children aged 4-8 and their families, this event celebrates culture and language through the joy of storytelling!

S.U.T@LA – Vipassana Meditation Practice Group
2026-03-01 16:00 - 17:00 | CA
Practice Isn’t Just on the Cushion — It’s Wherever Life Takes Us
Our practice is inspired by the teachings of Sayadaw U Tejaniya (S.U.T), which invite us to bring wise awareness into every part of life. Mindfulness isn’t just for the cushion — it’s for the small, ordinary moments that make up our days.
Some weeks, we’ll sit together in silence at the Wende Museum. Other times, practice might take us outdoors for a gentle hike, to a public event, on a mindful shopping trip, or even online via Zoom. Wherever we are, the essence of practice remains the same: staying present, open, and kind.
This new L.A.-based sangha is rooted in curiosity, ease, and Dharma friendship. Together, we’ll explore how to live with awareness and discover what unfolds when we meet life just as it is. We warmly invite you to join us — to sit, to walk, to laugh, and to grow together on this path of practice.
Please note we are holding Q&A session from 3PM. (Please contact if you are interested in joining.) The official session starts at 4 PM.

UNISON: An LA Fires Recovery Concert
2026-03-01 16:30 - 19:00 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
UNISON is an evening of connection, centered around reflection on the Eaton and Palisades fires.
Four newly commissioned works will be presented by composers who lost their homes in the fires, offering their contemplations on this experience and creating a space for others to mourn and gather. UNISON features new commissions by Jeffrey Bernstein, Bobak Loftipour, Joan Huang-Kraft, and Savannah Jo Lack. These new works will be performed by Lyris Quartet, Aron Kallay, and Bobak Lotfipour. Through music, we will build solidarity and connection in the ongoing recovery process.
Admission is free. Upgrade to a donation ticket for special perks, with all proceeds going to the LA Fire Relief Fund at MusiCares.
Program:
91001 by Jeffrey Bernstein
Acorns by Bobak Lotfipour
Phoenix Nirvana by Joan Huang-Kraft
Fire in four fractures by Savannah Jo Lack
This performance is made possible in part by the City of Culver City and its Cultural Affairs Commission, with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment.
This project was funded in part by a grant from the Pasadena Community Foundation.

WIP 021
2026-03-02 19:30 - 21:30 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
WIP 021 features works in progress by Adam Kerbel & Santiago Villarreal followed by a post-show talk back moderated by WIP alum Daria Kaufman.
What is WIP?
WIP is an artist-led, work-in-progress performance platform co-founded by dance artists Kate Wallich, Stephanie Zaletel, and Belize Wilheim. Launched in 2023, WIP was created to give choreographers and performance makers a “low-tech, high-visibility” space to share evolving works with audiences, fostering curiosity, dialogue, and critical exchange at every stage of development.
The format is simple: each WIP features two artists sharing up to 25 minutes of work-in-progress, followed by a moderated post-show conversation.
WIP’s mission is to provide a supportive and sustainable environment for artists to test new ideas, receive meaningful feedback, and catalyze experimentation within the Los Angeles dance and performance community. By centering progressive and innovative work that challenges convention, WIP strengthens the local ecosystem and deepens connections between artists, arts institutions, and audiences.
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Defiant Laughter: An Evening of Soviet Jewish Purim Spiels
2026-03-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Join us for a staged reading of archival Purim spiel scripts shared within Soviet Jewish communities, performed in newly translated English. These witty, subversive works were originally passed hand-to-hand and performed in private apartments, where Jewish life continued behind closed doors.
Purim is a holiday celebrating survival and the triumph over oppression, traditionally marked by humor, costumes, and spirited storytelling. In the USSR, that spirit took on deeper meaning, as communities preserved tradition through intimate, often improvised performances in living rooms.
These spiels reflect that world—blending satire, history, and quiet resistance. Open to all audiences, this event offers a unique chance to experience both the joy of Purim and the resilience of cultural life under constraint.
As the museum will be closed during this program, please enter through the garden side gate, which will open 30 minutes before the start time. Theater doors open 15 minutes before the start time. Seating is first come, first served. An RSVP does not guarantee admission once capacity is reached. No late entry.
