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.
CURRENT:LA Water is looking for passionate art enthusiasts to assist in Los Angeles’ first citywide Public Art Biennial taking place in summer, 2016. Get an insider's look at the exhibitions while educating others about the artists and their mission to create awareness about societal struggles we see in our city. For more info, please visit http://www.laworks.com/currentla.
This ongoing series explores the wide range of movies that can be considered Westerns, and the ways in which they shape our understanding of the American West. The July/August screenings feature buddy comedies that offer humorous explorations of the West, with guest speaker Josh Garrett-Davis, the Autry’s Gamble Assistant Curator of Western History, Popular Culture, and Firearms. For more info, please contact The Autry Museum of the American West.
Camp Hollywood HEART is a one week summer arts camp in Malibu, CA for teens across the nation impacted by HIV/AIDS. They offer workshops in filmmaking, fashion, writing, culinary arts, music, and more– and needless to say, with all the fun they have, there are a lot of supplies and equipment to clean up!
After 80 campers explore their creativity and find their artistic voices, they'll have to pack up all the supplies and bring it back down the mountain. It can be a big job for our staff and volunteers, most of which are exhausted from the long week and on early flights back home.
Won't you join them to pack up the camp and leave the site as beautiful as it was found? Some ability to lift light loads or a good eye for packing a U-Haul (all that Tetris 
playing does pay off!) is ideal but not required.
This ongoing series explores the wide range of movies that can be considered Westerns, and the ways in which they shape our understanding of the American West.
Guest curated by Jon Burlingame, the nation’s leading writer on music for films and television, the September/October screenings demonstrate the range and power of film scores in the Western genre.
Don’t miss the 6th Annual Playing for Change Day on Sept. 24 from 2:00 – 4:30 pm featuring a live performance by Youth Musicians of the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura and a preview of the inspiring new film landfillharmonic. For more info, please visit www.pfcday.org.
#PFCDay / #iplayforchange
UNSILENT CINEMA
Produced by David Spelman and Rum & Humble
HAPPY HOUR in TASTE Courtyard: 5:30 pm
DJ Raul Campos: 7 pm
SCREENING & LIVE PERFORMANCE: 8 pm
Presented by Arts Brookfield, UnSilent Cinema pairs outdoor screenings of classic, silent films with contemporary scores, several of which are world premieres, performed live by their composers: electronic musicians Daedelus, Jimmy Tamborello, Callie, and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith as well as guitar masters Alvin Youngblood Hart and Marc Ribot. The film screenings with live performances are free to the public and part of Arts Brookfield’s mission to bring Brookfield’s public spaces to life through visual and performing arts.
A bridge from the early 20th century to today, UnSilent Cinema connects film masterpieces with contemporary music culture. The series grew out of the New York Guitar Festival’s Silent Films/Live Guitars series, which has commissioned outstanding musicians to compose and perform scores to accompany classic and poignant silent films since 2004.
Arts Brookfield has partnered with David Spelman, the NYGF’s founder, and LA-based concert producer Rum & Humble, to expand the artistic vision of the series, embracing a wider spectrum of musical genres and producing an annual event in Downtown Los Angeles.
Visit FIGat7th, DTLA’s premier shopping and dining destination, for this special, two-day event on September 29 & 30. Come early and experience the new outdoor drink service at the TASTE Food Hall Courtyard and the event bar on the plaza, along with a variety of great dinner options from all the eateries at FIGat7th. Picnicking is encouraged and blankets provided while supplies last.
Chaplin’s Speakeasy Happy Hour with Fusicology in the FIGat7th TASTE Courtyard at 5:30 p.m. with a live DJ and drink specials! UnSilent Cinema on FIGat7th Upper Plaza begins at 7 p.m. with Raul Campos spinning tunes and screenings with live performance begin at 8 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations required. Seating is limited and is first come, first served.
MARC RIBOT
SCORING: Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid (LOS ANGELES PREMIERE)
ALVIN YOUNGBLOOD HART
SCORING: Fatty Arbuckle’s Out West (WEST COAST PREMIERE)
DAEDELUS
SCORING: Charlie Chaplin’s Easy Street (WORLD PREMIERE)
KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH
SCORING: Harry Smith’s Early Abstractions (WORLD PREMIERE)
JIMMY TAMBORELLO
SCORING: Buster Keaton’s Cops (WORLD PREMIERE)
CALLIE
SCORING: Charlie Chaplin’s One A.M. (WORLD PREMIERE)
This ongoing series explores the wide range of movies that can be considered Westerns, and the ways in which they shape our understanding of the American West. Guest curated by Jon Burlingame, the nation’s leading writer on music for films and television, the September/October screenings demonstrate the range and power of film scores in the Western genre.
Volunteers are needed to help at the Summer Trail Series events taking place Thursday evenings on the following dates:
• Thursday, June 15
• Thursday, July 13
• Thursday, August 3rd
Location: Cedar Grove Park in Tustin
Time: Volunteer shifts vary from 4:30/5pm – 8:30/9pm
Assignments: Registration/T-shirts, Kids Run, Course monitors, water stations, and BBQ servers
Don't miss a fun night of community and BBQ! All volunteers receive community service credit, an event t-shirt and free bbq!
The Renegade Summer Trail Run Series benefits WeROCK (We Run Orange County’s Kids), a non-profit organization that provides after-school intervention programs for the Middle and High School students of Orange County. By delivering education and proper training for the completion of a 26.2 mile marathon, We ROCK teaches our community’s teenagers the important life skills of goal setting, self-reliance, discipline and self-confidence. To find out more about WeROCK or to join, visit www.WeRunOCKids.org.
Sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/STSVolunteer
Invite your friends and family!
If you are part of a group and would like to set up a volunteer group (5+) please email michelle@socalvolunteers.com.
Volunteers are needed to help at the Summer Trail Series events taking place Thursday evenings on the following dates:
• Thursday, June 15
• Thursday, July 13
• Thursday, August 3rd
Location: Cedar Grove Park in Tustin
Time: Volunteer shifts vary from 4:30/5pm – 8:30/9pm
Assignments: Registration/T-shirts, Kids Run, Course monitors, water stations, and BBQ servers
Don't miss a fun night of community and BBQ! All volunteers receive community service credit, an event t-shirt and free bbq!
The Renegade Summer Trail Run Series benefits WeROCK (We Run Orange County’s Kids), a non-profit organization that provides after-school intervention programs for the Middle and High School students of Orange County. By delivering education and proper training for the completion of a 26.2 mile marathon, We ROCK teaches our community’s teenagers the important life skills of goal setting, self-reliance, discipline and self-confidence. To find out more about WeROCK or to join, visit www.WeRunOCKids.org.
Sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/STSVolunteer
Invite your friends and family!
If you are part of a group and would like to set up a volunteer group (5+) please email michelle@socalvolunteers.com.
Make the Connection — VA’s leading national mental health awareness campaign — is coming to LA to film Veterans and their families to participate in a national campaign to help Veterans manage mental health challenges that affect their well-being and their daily lives. They can join more than 500 Veterans and family members who have participated in the Make the Connection campaign to spread the word about mental health and encourage Veterans to reach out for support.
Who: Any Veteran — of any age or branch of service (including National Guard and Reserve) — with or without his or her family
When: Friday, Feb. 23, and Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, for approximately two hours between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
What: On-camera, professionally filmed interview to talk about experiences with mental health challenges and recovery
Where: Los Angeles; address provided upon confirmation of participation
(If interested, please email outreach@maketheconnection.net or call 323-813-1426 with your name and age, military service affiliation and service dates, and discharge status as listed on your DD214. You can also learn more at www.maketheconnection.net/outreach)
