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.
Women writers and directors in the entertainment industry constantly encounter roadblocks when attempting to advance their careers – even when they are just as talented and capable as their male counterparts. Women actors have a similar problem simply because the number of female roles is significantly less than for men. Friend of Big Sunday Amy Lloyd and her business partner Christina Gray have combined efforts to combat this issue with a special IndieGogo campaign for their production company “Chicks Who Make Flicks.” This organization is working to do its part to increase visibility and provide more opportunities for women. The production company creates films made by women, films that tell great woman’s stories, films that capture the voices of women from all over the world and at every stage of their life. Their goal is to create an environment that supports, encourages, and celebrates talented female filmmakers. For more info on how you can support this great cause, please visit https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/chicks-who-make-flicks-a-film-production-company#.
To celebrate P.S. ARTS’ 25th Anniversary, they are hosting an evening of innovation, imagination, and play for adults. Interactive activities with Amanda Demme, The Bumbys, MakersKit, Mud Baron, and more help create an immersive art experience where supporters can celebrate the joy the organization inspires in its partner public schools with creative professionals. The pARTy! is sure to be one of this spring’s most exciting events, and they hope you can join them May 20 at NeueHouse from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. For tickets and info, please visit https://www.psarts.org/party-tickets.
Each year, the Garden School Foundation invites its community of supporters, friends and families into the garden for Fiesta de la Huerta, a fun family festival and fundraiser that celebrates their mission and all that the garden has to offer. Guests explore and adventure in the beautiful gardens, have fun with garden activities and arts and crafts, learn from the pros with DIY and cooking classes, enjoy lunch from amazing restaurants — and much, much more!
Guests will enjoy:
- Professional DIY Workshops from Maker’s Mess, Kings Roost, the Cool School, Nora Floral Studio, Best Bees and more
- A lesson in Cooking from the Garden with renowned LA chef Ricardo Zarate
- Family-friendly Yoga classes from Yogaworks
- Make-your-own Bike-blender smoothies
- Face painting and Photo Booth!
- Garden activities like plant potting, a sack race, farmers market and compost petting zoo
- Arts and Crafts like pressed flower art and fairy houses
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Lunch from amazing restaurants like Salts’s Cure, Cava, sweetgreen, Peddlars Creamery, Yalla, Jennie Cooks, Califia Farms- and more!
For more info or to volunteer, please contact Shelby Crowell at shelby@gardenschoolfoundation.org or 207-649-0998.
Tickets (5 ticket minimum) are $5 each and proceeds will go towards the support of GSF's Seed-to-Table program. Tickets will be available at the door, but advance purchase is advised, as attendance will be limited.
Venice Family Clinic's mission is to provide free, quality health care to people in need. Currently, nearly 2,100 individuals – including more than 500 physicians – donate their time, valued at $2 million annually.
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Come join Venice Family Clinic for their annual community celebration: Venice Art Walk & Auctions!
On May 22, Google Los Angeles becomes a silent art auction with works from L.A.’s hottest established and emerging artists. Stop by and bid on your favorite work of art, then enjoy food, music, live art, curated artisan booths, and an Imagination Station for kids. This annual fundraiser is free and open to the public!
You can also purchase a "Studio Tour Ticket" that allows you to explore their legendary studio tours. Get a behind-the-scenes look at artists' creative process and gain entrance to the heart of Venice's creative scene!
Your purchases help provide vital health care to someone in need! Venice Family Clinic's Art Walk & Auctions raises critical funds to bring health care to more than 24,000 low-income, uninsured, and homeless people across Los Angeles.
It's that time of year again! HOLA's Golf and inaugural Tennis Tournaments will be held on Monday, May 23 at the beautiful MountainGate Country Club. For more details about event, including tickets and sponsorship opportunities, please click here or contact Elizabeth Curtis at ecurtis@heartofla.org. We hope to see you there, for a day of relaxation and enjoyment!
Women writers and directors in the entertainment industry constantly encounter roadblocks when attempting to advance their careers – even when they are just as talented and capable as their male counterparts. Women actors have a similar problem simply because the number of female roles is significantly less than for men. Friend of Big Sunday Amy Lloyd and her business partner Christina Gray have combined efforts to combat this issue with a special IndieGogo campaign for their production company “Chicks Who Make Flicks.” This organization is working to do its part to increase visibility and provide more opportunities for women. The production company creates films made by women, films that tell great woman’s stories, films that capture the voices of women from all over the world and at every stage of their life. Their goal is to create an environment that supports, encourages, and celebrates talented female filmmakers. For more info on how you can support this great cause, please visit https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/chicks-who-make-flicks-a-film-production-company#.
Women writers and directors in the entertainment industry constantly encounter roadblocks when attempting to advance their careers – even when they are just as talented and capable as their male counterparts. Women actors have a similar problem simply because the number of female roles is significantly less than for men. Friend of Big Sunday Amy Lloyd and her business partner Christina Gray have combined efforts to combat this issue with a special IndieGogo campaign for their production company “Chicks Who Make Flicks.” This organization is working to do its part to increase visibility and provide more opportunities for women. The production company creates films made by women, films that tell great woman’s stories, films that capture the voices of women from all over the world and at every stage of their life. Their goal is to create an environment that supports, encourages, and celebrates talented female filmmakers. For more info on how you can support this great cause, please visit https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/chicks-who-make-flicks-a-film-production-company#.
BottleRock Napa Valley 2016 features more than 70 of the world’s biggest bands paired with the best Napa has to offer, including world-renowned wines from the Valley’s finest vintners, artisanal foods from acclaimed chefs and restaurateurs and craft beer from Northern California’s preeminent microbreweries.
Friday, May 27: Stevie Wonder, Lenny Kravitz, Grouplove, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Cold War Kids…
Saturday, May 28: Florence + The Machine, Death Cab For Cutie, Walk The Moon, Ziggy Marley, Iration, Atlas Genius…
Sunday, May 29: Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Lumineers, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Gogol Bordello, X Ambassadors, MisterWives…
3-day GA, VIP and VIP Plus Skydeck tickets are sold out. Grab your single day passes before they sell out.
For tickets and info, please click HERE.
An Evening with Eddie Huang
Co-presented with the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
Double Cup Love: On the Trail of Family, Food and Broken Hearts in China
In conversation with actress Constance Wu
DJ set by SOSUPERSAM
Chef, food personality, bestselling author of Fresh Off the Boat, and inspiration behind the hit television show of the same name, Eddie Huang makes his ALOUD debut with a brash new memoir about love, meaning, and returning to your ancestral homeland.
Double Cup Love takes readers on a cultural romp from Williamsburg dive bars to the skies of Mongolia, from Michelin-starred restaurants to street-side soup peddlers in Chengdu.
Don’t miss a spirited evening as Fresh Off the Boat star Constance Wu interviews Huang about family, food, and broken hearts.
For tickets, visit lfla.org/aloud. All tickets include a copy of Double Cup Love.
The Sun Sand Sea event is an intriguing blend of vintage and modern art joining two art mediums: photography and painting. It’s a truly unique experience.
At its core, it is an exclusive photographic collection featuring the beaches, events and people of Santa Monica and Venice, circa 1920-1950. Curator, Branded Arts, has brought the event to a new level by commissioning cutting-edge artist, Hueman, to not only exhibit new paintings, but paint an onsite interpretive mural.
Look for Sun Sand Sea at Santa Monica Place from June 3-July 3.
Event proceeds benefit P.S. ARTS, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing high-quality arts education to California's underserved public schools and communities.
