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.

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Nov
8
Sun
The League of Women Voters of LA Celebrates its 95th Anniversary @ Pacific Design Center
Nov 8 @ 11:30 am – Nov 8 @ 4:00 pm

The League of Women Voters of Los Angeles is celebrating its 95th anniversary with an extraordinary celebration and fundraiser on Sunday, November 8, 2015 at the Pacific Design Center. The morning begins with a cocktail reception followed by a brief awards presentation and “living room” conversation with the honorees, moderated by award-winning actress Monica Horan Rosenthal of Everybody Loves Raymond. Our anniversary event concludes with a special screening of Focus Features’ new film SUFFRAGETTE, starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, and Meryl Streep. Director Sarah Gavron and screenwriter Abi Morgan will introduce the film and participate in a Q&A after the screening.

Free parking in Pacific Design Center parking structure, generously sponsored by SUFFRAGETTE. 

FOR TICKETS, visit http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0b004f2194f22bbb.

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan grassroots volunteer organization, was born in 1920 when fearless women fought for and finally attained the right to vote. Originally designed to help 20 million women carry out their new responsibilities as voters and to nurture civic leaders, today the League continues to engage and empower diverse voices to participate in our democracy, defend and expand voting rights, and advocate for better laws and public policy. The League never supports or opposes any political party or candidate.

www.lwvlosangeles.org

SUFFRAGETTE, directed by Sarah Gavron from a script written by Abi Morgan, is the first feature film to tell the story of the battle for women’s voting rights. Academy Award nominees Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter, and three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, lead the cast of the moving and powerful drama about the women who were willing to lose everything in their fight for equality in early 20th-century Britain. It is a film that will empower all who are striving for equal rights in our own day and age. SUFFRAGETTE, MPAA-rated “PG-13”, also stars Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw, Romola Garai, and Natalie Press.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=056FI2Pq9RY

General Tickets, no reserved seating – $95.00, plus applicable fees

UCLA Student* Tickets, student section – $19.95, plus applicable fees

*Student tickets are available through the UCLA Central Ticket Office only (310-825-2101) and excludes reception from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm.

Event will be photographed and videotaped. Attendance provides consent to be photographed and videotaped.

Feb
25
Thu
KI Movie Night: “Dough” with Film Distributer Q&A @ Kehillat Israel
Feb 25 @ 6:00 pm

ki movie nightJoin Kehillat Israel in the Pacific Palisades for a fun, culturally enriching movie night. Screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film's distributor!

  • 6:45pm Seating
  • 7:00pm Screening

"Dough": Curmudgeonly widower Nat Dayan (Jonathan Pryce) clings to his way of life as a Kosher bakery shop owner in London's East End. Understaffed, Nat reluctantly enlists the help of teenager Ayyash (Jerome Holder), who has a secret side gig selling marijuana to help his immigrant mother make ends meet. (Menemsha Films, 2016)

Q&A session with Film Distributor, Neil Friedman after the screening.

Upcoming Movie Nights:

  • March 31
  • May 4
  • May 26
  • June 23
Jun
26
Sun
Big Sunday’s 2nd Annual Cookout & Movie Night @ Big Sunday
Jun 26 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Join us for Big Sunday’s 2nd Annual Get-Readysummer-movie-heavyweightsFor-Summer Cookout & Movie Night!  We’ll be packing bags full of beach stuff for many needy youth organizations followed by a cookout and a special screening of Heavyweights.  Our pals from Movies at Night are back again for another big screen experience, donating the big screen and popcorn.  Our friends from Salt & Straw are also back with an ice cream truck for everyone to enjoy!

To participate, please click HERE.

Please help us by bringing at least one new beach towel to put in one of our summer bags.  Want to bring more?  Great, thanks!  Just let us know when you sign up.
 

Aug
20
Sat
What Is A Western? Film Series: Smoke Signals (1998) @ The Autry Museum of the American West
Aug 20 @ 1:30 pm

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.

Sep
24
Sat
What Is A Western? Film Series: Duck, You Sucker! (1971) @ The Autry Museum of the American West
Sep 24 @ 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm

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.

6th Annual Playing for Change Day @ Torres-East LA Performing Arts Magnet (Torres Auditorium)
Sep 24 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm

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

Oct
15
Sat
The Beverly Hills artSHOW @ Beverly Gardens
Oct 15 @ 10:00 am – Oct 15 @ 5:00 pm

The Beverly Hills artSHOW returns to historic Beverly Gardens on Saturday and Sunday, October 15th and 16th, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Art enthusiasts visit from all over Southern California and beyond to see selected artists from across the country.

Artists whose work illustrates the timely topic of Construction!, particularly in the Los Angeles environs, are featured among the 250 artists. The show expands along four garden blocks in the center of Beverly Hills, from Rodeo to Rexford Drive, along Santa Monica Boulevard. Media categories run the gamut from painting and printmaking to sculpture, ceramics, and even the occasional performance artwork.

Guests can also enjoy a wine and dine garden, a beer and brat garden, popular food trucks, ambienbh-art-showt music, and family art projects. Easy parking is located directly across from the show grounds. Don’t miss it!

Visit http://www.beverlyhills.org/artshowinfo or call 310-285-6830.

Visit www.beverlyhills.org/constructionartists for information on featured art.
 

Oct
16
Sun
The Beverly Hills artSHOW @ Beverly Gardens
Oct 16 @ 10:00 am – Oct 16 @ 5:00 pm

The Beverly Hills artSHOW returns to historic Beverly Gardens on Saturday and Sunday, October 15th and 16th, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Art enthusiasts visit from all over Southern California and beyond to see selected artists from across the country.

Artists whose work illustrates the timely topic of Construction!, particularly in the Los Angeles environs, are featured among the 250 artists. The show expands along four garden blocks in the center of Beverly Hills, from Rodeo to Rexford Drive, along Santa Monica Boulevard. Media categories run the gamut from painting and printmaking to sculpture, ceramics, and even the occasional performance artwork.

Guests can also enjoy a wine and dine garden, a beer and brat garden, popular food trucks, ambienbh-art-showt music, and family art projects. Easy parking is located directly across from the show grounds. Don’t miss it!

Visit http://www.beverlyhills.org/artshowinfo or call 310-285-6830.

Visit www.beverlyhills.org/constructionartists for information on featured art.
 

Oct
29
Sat
What Is A Western? Film Series: The Big Country (1958) @ The Autry Museum of the American West
Oct 29 @ 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm

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.

Oct
29
Tue
Autism Speaks Pathways to Employment @ Veterans Memorial Building
Oct 29 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Please join Autism Speaks Southern California for a learning and networking event for job seekers with autism.

Date:  Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Veterans Memorial Building
4117 Overland Avenue
Culver City, California 90230

Time:   6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

The vast majority of adults with autism are unemployed and underemployed worldwide. The good news is that there are businesses in Southern California that now recognize the strengths and skills that many autistic job seekers can bring to the workplace. We hope you will join us for an interactive panel discussion and networking event intended to create connections with interested employers, and a dialogue about autism, employment and inclusion.

Our panel will feature people with autism who have successfully navigated their pathways to employment. The discussion will explore the common barriers to employment, what help is available, and how some autistic adults have been able to overcome them to thrive in their careers. Caregivers and family members are also welcome to participate to share and learn from one another. There will also be an opportunity to network with businesses from the Southern California area that are interested in hiring people on the spectrum.

We look forward to engaging in a dialogue about how much people with autism have to offer the business community in Southern California.

Times:  
6:00 p.m. – Registration / Resource Fair Opens
6:45 p.m. – Welcome & Introduction of Panelist
7:00 p.m. – Panel Discussion followed by Q&A
8:00 p.m. – Event Ends 

Parking is Free and refreshments will be served!

For questions, please email: Outreach@autismspeaks.org

The event is free, but registration is required. RSVP HERE.

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