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.

Big Sunday Event Giving Opportunity! One-time Volunteer Opportunity Ongoing Volunteer Opportunity
Sep
6
Fri
Skid Row Neighborhood ARTS Movie Night: “To Breathe Free” & “Reserve 107” @ Skid Row Museum
Sep 6 @ 7:00 pm

Come see these two short films, "To Breathe Free" and "Reserve 107" at 7pm on Friday, Sept. 6! 

Sep
7
Sat
Autism Family Morning @ Aquarium of the Pacific
Sep 7 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am

The Aquarium of the Pacific hosts a special morning exclusively for families with adults or children with autism.

Admission is just $7 per person. Members and children under 3 are free. 

BUY TICKETS HERE!

The entire Aquarium, except Lorikeet Forest, is open at 7am. Families can enjoy the tranquility of the Aquarium's exhibits and meet 11,000 animals from the world’s largest ocean.

Autism Family Morning guests may continue to enjoy the Aquarium after it opens to the public at 9am.

Family Day: Art Beyond Borders @ Hammer Museum
Sep 7 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Unite and create. Join us for an afternoon of art, music, performances, and more.

All ages welcome. Most activities are recommended for ages five and up. American Sign Language interpretation will be offered during performances and story time.

The Hammer Museum hosts an afternoon of socially engaged art, music, performances, and more at this year’s Family Day: Art Beyond Borders.

Highlights include  an interactive puppetry performance with Bob Baker Marionette Theater, hip-hop dancers from Culture Shock Los Angeles, stories from InsideOUT Writers poets, and music performances by Rhythm Child, Wild Dreams, and the duo Noah James & Brendan Brandt.

Guests can contribute to a giant weaving that will be installed at the U.S.-Mexico border, make a collaborative balloon constellation, add their voices to a collective soundscape, and help make a map of how families are being separated by U.S. policy along the border. 

The free annual family festival fills the museum with art, music, performances, and yummy yummy cotton candy.

Parking is available under the museum for $7 flat on weekends

  • Contribute to a giant weaving that will be installed at the U.S.-Mexico border with Tanya Aguiñiga and Natalie Godinez.
  • Experience an interactive puppetry performance with Bob Baker Marionette Theater.
  • Imagine the Los Angeles River restored with pictures of wildlife with Carolyn Castaño.
  • Shake it up with hip-hop dancers from Culture Shock Los Angeles.
  • Help Ashley Hunt make a map of how families are being separated by U.S. policy along the U.S.-Mexico border. 
  • Hear InsideOUT Writers poets share their stories.
  • Make a collaborative balloon constellation with Alicia Piller.
  • Add your voice to a collective soundscape with Jimena Sarno.
  • Groove to the musical sounds of Rhythm Child.
  • Music by Wild Dreams and duo Noah James & Brendan Brandt.
  • Treats from Lee’Poof Cotton Candy.
  • Love and kindness activities with Families Belong Together.
  • Story-time with Miry’s List.
Sep
10
Tue
Skid Row Neighborhood ARTS Movie Night:”Green Book” @ Gladys Park
Sep 10 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Come watch "Green Book" in Gladys Park from 7pm to 10 pm on Tuesday,Sept. 10! Film starts at dusk.

Sep
14
Sat
West Coast Game Night
Sep 14 @ 8:00 pm – 12:00 am

Join A Place Called Home for its 3rd annual West Coast Game Night featuring games, drinks, food and music at an exclusive private venue in Los Angeles’s up and coming Arts District. All proceeds will benefit A Place Called Home.

For information about the event and available sponsorship opportunities, please contact events@apch.org or (323) 232-7653 ext. 3254.

Are you a Social Change Club member? Reserve your free ticket(s) by sending an email to events@apch.org!

BUY TICKETS HERE!

Sep
18
Wed
No Fuss Comedy Bus: A PopUp Comedy Club Experience @ Chinatown
Sep 18 @ 7:00 pm

***21+ ONLY EVENT***

Price of ticket ($40, BUY HERE) includes entry to event, 2 drinks, and dinner from The BBQ Brethren!

Come enjoy this incredible popup comedy cluyb experience, hosted by Bugs Taylor! Featuring:

Hunter Hill

Audrey Stewart

Regan & Watkins

Craig Conant

Ymane Lakhlif

Dave Reinitz

Bugs Taylor

PI Baio

Sep
20
Fri
Skid Row Neighborhood ARTS Movie Night: “The Mustang” @ Skid Row Museum
Sep 20 @ 7:00 pm

Come watch "The Mustang" at 7pm on Friday, Sept. 20!

Sep
27
Fri
Studio 526 & Skid Row Arts JAM: Open Mic
Sep 27 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Celebrate month's Bdays with Open Mic night at 5:30 pm on Friday, Sept. 27th!

Sep
28
Sat
Kitten Rescue’s 11th Annual Fur Ball @ Skirball Cultural Center
Sep 28 @ 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm

VIP Kitten Experience ~ 5:00 PM

 

 

General admission includes passed hors d'oeuvres, an open bar, a delicious plant-based dinner, a fabulous silent auction, gift bags, live entertainment with award presentations and celebrity guests.

 

VIP Kitten Experience starts at 5 pm and includes access to our Kitten Playroom, an exclusive gift bag worth over $150.00, a general admission ticket, and celebrity meet and greets with Miranda Cosgrove, Tricia Helfer, Nathan The Cat Lady, Nala_Cat, Waverly McTinyBeans and surprise guests!

 

For frequent updates join our Fur Ball event page here.

BUY TICKETS HERE!!!

 

 

Oct
9
Wed
Halloween Special “Died in Long Beach” w/ Author Claudine Burnett @ Belmont Heights United Methodist Church
Oct 9 @ 6:30 pm

Join us Wednesday, Oct 9th for our monthly BHCA meeting featuring Long Beach author Claudine Burnett.

Died In Long Beach

Just in time for Halloween, Claudine Burnett will present “Died In Long Beach”,  a fascinating history that unveils surprising historic facts about the deaths of our city founders, politicians, accident victims and Civil War veterans along with stories of the people who cared for the dead and dying.

Are any of our cemeteries haunted?

Were there actually “cemetery wars” at the turn of the century?”

Claudine Burnett is officially listed as one of the top 10 authors from Long Beach and enjoys a rich following through her numerous books and articles.  She will answer these questions and more for this fun and interesting Halloween themed presentation. 

Wednesday night also marks the start of the BHCA clothing drive, collecting used children’s coats and used clothing for children and adults on behalf of The Children's Clinic Family Health Center at Roosevelt Elementary School and the Mama J Jackets Clothing Drive.  Clothing and jackets can be dropped off at this meeting.

We meet at the Belmont Heights United Methodist Church, 317 Termino Ave, Long Beach, CA 90814.  Enter at the back parking lot and look for our banner at the stairwell.  This is a public event and everyone is welcome

6:30 pm mixer/refreshments.  General meeting 7:00 p.m.

Contact Will Cullen @ 562-881-4530 for more information. President@mybelmontheights.org 

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