Big Sunday happily welcomes you to Our Really Big Community Calendar.
We try to include all kinds of volunteering and helping opportunities for all kinds of interests, talents, passions, and ages! As you’ll see, these include volunteering opportunities (one-time and long-term) as well as the chance to support a nonprofit by attending fundraising events. Plus, of course, we include all of Big Sunday’s homegrown events, too! Whoever you are, and whatever you do, there is someone out there who could use your help.
If you have questions about our calendar, or would like to add a listing, please contact calendar@bigsunday.org or submit your event/opportunity via the button below.
Brighten up the holidays for our vets! Join us as we decorate three enormous buildings at the VA in Westwood. This is a wonderful annual tradition and the kick-off for nearly 20 different Big Sunday holiday decorating events. All ages welcome. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Groups are also welcome. Contact beenish@bigsunday.org to volunteer or for the full decorating schedule and address details. This is just the first of more than a dozen holiday decorating events!
Take part in Create Now’s 20th Anniversary Celebration on Wednesday, December 7! Come celebrate with at PRANK, a fabulous new restaurant located at 1100 S. Hope Street, within a DTLA South Park neighborhood. For only $50, party hardy and learn more about Create Now. Meet some of the organization’s alumni and mentors from 6:00 – 8:30 pm as you enjoy delicious food and an open bar until 7:30 pm. Come hang out and network as long as you want! Also, win awesome prizes at a Silent Auction, like a trip for two on the world-renowned Rocky Mountaineer luxury train, and many other incredible items. The holidays are coming! For more info, visit https://www.picatic.com/event14708527376867?utm_source=October+2016+Newsletter&utm_campaign=October+2016&utm_medium=email. Proceeds benefit Create Now’s creative arts mentoring and education programs.
Organic Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
The Organic Fruit and Vegetable Gardening classes at the Arboretum combine Biodynamic, Permaculture and other natural gardening techniques that align with the seasons. Each class is part of a 16-hour series that highlights how to build habitat and soil while providing solid horticultural practices for the ins-and-outs of growing organic fruits and vegetables. Tours of the Los Angeles Arboretum Garden for All Seasons and Crescent Farm help to give visual meaning to the concepts you learn in class. It is a great way to connect with the earth, your friends and family, and the community!
Winter – December 10
The winter class is the first class in the series because it is all about preparation. In-depth soil building techniques are discussed along with the soil food web, composting and vermiculture, cover crops, how to build raised beds, winter crops and pruning fruit trees. Suggestions for small space gardening and vertical structures are discussed. Also included in this class are the recurring themes of Urban Agriculture in Action, The Moon, the Stars, the Sky and What They Mean to Us, What a Tool, and The Good, the Bad and The Ugly. Time to break out your tools and get down to business!
Jill Morganelli, Instructor and Horticultural Supervisor at the Arboretum
$25 Arboretum members / $35 non-members per class (includes Arboretum Admission)
Please call 626-821-4623 to register
There are lots of talented musicians in the Big Sunday community who have helped Big Sunday projects in all kinds of important ways. For the first time, Big Sunday is hosting a special night of music featuring a few of these musicians including: George Hill (New Directions Veteran Choir); The Hollywood Forever Bluegrass Band (Mark Drop, "Utah Bob" Rosenfield, Maddie Eaton, Ulrich Sinn and Brian Mastalski); Michelle Mayne-Graves (also from the New Directions Veteran Choir); Rob Seals & Co.; Sophie Strauss and, alas, David Levinson. Event admission is free; ages 21 and up; beer and wine will be served. Please RSVP to beenish@bigsunday.org. Donations of new pairs of socks are greatly appreciated and will benefit Big Sunday veteran Adam B.’s sock drive for the homeless.
Explore the hidden stories of Los Angeles families from the 1890s and learn how generosity has influenced our city. Through an Autry Explorer gift exchange, each Explorer will have the opportunity to create a unique gift that allows their generosity to flourish beyond the Autry. Younger Explorers can enjoy a special activity area with books, puzzles, and toys.
Presented in partnership with the Arroyo Seco Museum Science Magnet School’s 8th-grade class.
Admission: Included With Museum Admission / Free for Autry Members
No Reservations Necessary
More Details: https://theautry.org/events/family-activities/autry-explorers-gift-giving
Each year people from all walks of life join us to eat, sing (with a live band!) and enjoy the holidays. As always, our guests of honor are the incredible kids from Ability First and the amazing folks from Sunset Hall. We’re also hosting other friends with struggles large and small.
Volunteers are needed to spread some holiday cheer to our invited guests. There will be singing (good singing not necessary — trust us) (and no, you don’t have to sing if you don’t want to). We’ll deck the halls and light a menorah, too. Of course, there will be loads of arts & crafts and delicious holiday treats. We’ll also be collecting toys for kids, winter coats for kids and adults and non-perishable food items for our End of the Month Club. To sign up today, click HERE!
You don’t have to be Jewish to join Big Sunday as we host a holiday sing-a-long for and with seniors in Beverly Hills for an early Hanukkah celebration. Mix and mingle, sing and schmooze, while bringing a bit of festivity and joy to some lively, friendly and fun-loving seniors. This year we’ll be going to the Beverly Carmel North on Burton Way. (Last year we went to the Beverly
Carmel South. For those who were there, you’ll remember that it was unforgettable.) All ages are welcome. Please RSVP to beenish@bigsunday.org for more info and address details.
Throughout 2016, audience members voted for their favorite Western. This year’s selection is High Noon, which will be introduced in December with a conversation between Josh Garrett-Davis, Assistant Gamble Curator of Western History, Popular Culture, and Firearms, and Jon Burlingame, a leading writer on film music.
Directed by Fred Zinnemann | Starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, and Thomas Mitchell
There is nothing like the unstoppable progress of the clock or an oncoming train to build up tension in any thriller. But film music helps build that tension, and High Noon won Academy Awards for both Dimitri Tiomkin’s score and Tex Ritter’s original song. Gary Cooper stars as retired marshal Will Kane, who must make the anguishing decision of whether to fight or flee in a classic allegory for the blacklist that was tearing Hollywood apart during the Cold War.
Admission: Included With Museum Admission / Free for Autry Members
More Details: https://theautry.org/events/film-and-television/what-western-film-series-fan-favorite-high-noon-1952
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Don’t miss our fun weekly community service event, TM@10 (Thursday Mornings at 10), where we’ll be creating birthday gift packages for youngsters at the Exceptional Children’s Foundation. Pitch in and make a new friend! If you’d like to join us, please RSVP to rob@bigsunday.org.
