Curious Events
Select Los Angeles events in Curious LA’s spirit of exploration, community, curiosity, and delight.
Unless noted, these events are not created or managed by Curious LA.
Details may change: check the official sites for latest info.
Upcoming Events
Samizdat Sundays: YES! YES! PHOTOMONTAGE!
Hosted by Wende Museum
Hands‑on textile workshops inspired by the spirit of creative resistance and DIY culture found in samizdat traditions. Each week offers a different project, connecting archival stories of subversion with contemporary making. Led by teaching artist Kate Ingold. Samizdat Sundays in May will explore the early 20th century art movement, Dada, and make work in conversation with the original tricksters of modernity.
Samizdat Sundays: DADA II
Hosted by Wende Museum
Hands‑on textile workshops inspired by the spirit of creative resistance and DIY culture found in samizdat traditions. Each week offers a different project, connecting archival stories of subversion with contemporary making. Led by teaching artist Kate Ingold. Samizdat Sundays in May will explore the early 20th century art movement, Dada, and make work in conversation with the original tricksters of modernity.
Samizdat Sundays: DADA III
Hosted by Wende Museum
Hands‑on textile workshops inspired by the spirit of creative resistance and DIY culture found in samizdat traditions. Each week offers a different project, connecting archival stories of subversion with contemporary making. Led by teaching artist Kate Ingold. Samizdat Sundays in May will explore the early 20th century art movement, Dada, and make work in conversation with the original tricksters of modernity.
Samizdat Sundays: DADA IV
Hosted by Wende Museum
Hands‑on textile workshops inspired by the spirit of creative resistance and DIY culture found in samizdat traditions. Each week offers a different project, connecting archival stories of subversion with contemporary making. Led by teaching artist Kate Ingold. Samizdat Sundays in May will explore the early 20th century art movement, Dada, and make work in conversation with the original tricksters of modernity.
QWERTY! A Typewriter Festival
Celebrate National Typewriter Day with a “Type In” and typewriter-focused event that will include typo-o-grams, original poetry, themed merch, retro treasures, hand-crafted greeting cards, and typewriters for sale.
Bob Baker Day
A FREE all-day fair of puppetry, art, and fun. Live performances, special guests, incredible vendors and artisans, and of course, puppets!
Renegade Craft Fair (Winter)
A weekend craft & arts fair with a focus on small low-impact, creative makers and businesses. Renegade offers an answer for conscious consumerism, sustainability, and an accessible creative economy.
Most Recent Past Events
Secret Songs at MorYork
Intimate concerts in an extraordinary space
Pasadena Festival of Tea 2026
Traditional tea service event in “the only intact example in the U.S. of a major Japanese-style garden created for a residence in the years leading up to World War ll.”
Samizdat Sundays: FINISH IT! CLINIC
Hosted by Wende Museum
Hands‑on textile workshops inspired by the spirit of creative resistance and DIY culture found in samizdat traditions. Each week offers a different project, connecting archival stories of subversion with contemporary making. Led by teaching artist Kate Ingold. Finish up projects you’re working on, whether they’re projects begun in Samizdat Sundays, or other projects that have been lingering in our studios or drawers waiting to be finished.
Renegade Craft Fair (Spring)
A weekend craft & arts fair with a focus on small low-impact, creative makers and businesses. Renegade offers an answer for conscious consumerism, sustainability, and an accessible creative economy.
Samizdat Sundays: LETTERS TO PLANET EARTH
Hosted by Wende Museum
Hands‑on textile workshops inspired by the spirit of creative resistance and DIY culture found in samizdat traditions. Each week offers a different project, connecting archival stories of subversion with contemporary making. Led by teaching artist Kate Ingold. Part of a month of space exploration-related projects, this event will be about writing a “letter” to our home, Earth.