March 2020 Ongoing Or Series Events In West Hollywood

From the City of West Hollywood:

February 27, 2020

March 2020 Ongoing or Series Events

City of West Hollywood Reminds Residents to Participate in Census 2020

The City of West Hollywood encourages residents to “Be Counted West Hollywood.” The census, which will take place on April 1, 2020, is a complex undertaking that provides critical data that will ensure that West Hollywood receives a fair share of federal funding for services. In addition, the census count determines representative apportionment in the U.S. House of Representatives. The City of West Hollywood plays an active role in mobilizing residents to take part in the census and educates community members about the importance of participating and returning the questionnaire. Learn more by visiting www.weho.org/census2020.

For more information, please contact Hernan Molina at (323) 848-6364 or hmolina@weho.org.

City of West Hollywood is ‘Getting Out The Vote’ for the Upcoming Presidential Primary Election — March 3

The City of West Hollywood is getting the word out about the Presidential Primary Election. The election will take place on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. The City of West Hollywood has partnered with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s Office to provide a Vote-by-Mail Ballot Drop Box at West Hollywood City Hall, located at 8300 Santa Monica Boulevard. There is a locked drop box provided by the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder’s Office, housed at the City Clerk’s Office adjacent to the cashier’s window in the City Hall lobby area. This provides a convenient way for residents and visitors to drop off ballots. Anyone who is registered to vote in Los Angeles County can conveniently use the drop-off location for their completed Vote by Mail Ballot for the March Election. In addition, L.A. County voters can vote before and on Election Day at any Vote Center in Los Angeles County through Election Day on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.

To find a Vote Center, please visit https://locator.lavote.net/loc... and for more information about the Presidential Primary Election, please visit www.lavote.net. For additional information please call the City of West Hollywood City Clerk’s Office at (323) 848-6409 or visit www.weho.org/elections.

March is Women’s History Month

The City of West Hollywood will celebrate National Women’s History Month in March with a series of events to recognize and honor women and women’s history. Throughout the month, street pole banners that commemorate famous American women, civil rights leaders, and women’s rights activists will be on display along Santa Monica Boulevard. National Women’s History Month will officially kick-off with the unveiling of two new women’s history month street pole banners, one honoring feminist leader Zoe Nicholson and the other commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The presentation will take place at the regular meeting of the West Hollywood City Council on Monday, March 2, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at the City of West Hollywood’s Council Chambers/Public Meeting Room at the West Hollywood Library, located at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard. There will be a reception at 5:30 p.m. hosted by the City of West Hollywood and its Women’s Advisory Board. There are more than a half-dozen events happening throughout the month including live music, movie screenings, spoken word, and awards programming. For a complete listing of City of West Hollywood Women’s History Month events, please visit the City’s website www.weho.org/Home/Components/News/News/9166/23 or visit www.weho.org/calendar for an up-to-date list of all City events and meetings.

Be Well WeHo Series: UCLA Memory Training — Thursdays, March 5 to March 26 at 2 p.m.

As part of the City of West Hollywood’s Be Well WeHo series, the City is offering an opportunity to join the four-week UCLA Memory Training course. This four-week class held each Thursday in March will teach strategies and exercises to improve your long-term memory and ability to retain and recall information. Developed by UCLA, this memory class provides practical ways to help you: keep track of keys, phones, or other items; retain and recall dates, phone numbers, addresses; and put names with faces. Everyone over 18 is welcome, and classes are just $3. To register, please visit www.weho.org/recreation. New students may not join after the 2nd session.

Thursdays, from March 5 to March 26, 2020 at 2 p.m. at the West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room, located at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard.

March 2020 Events

Your Dog is a Work of Art. Literally. — Sunday, March 1 at 10 a.m.

Capture your dog’s personality and quirkiness with a professional caricature drawing! At the “Picasso Pups” event you’ll also create a DIY craft paw-print keepsake to celebrate your furry friend. Participants will also receive an event souvenir. All dogs must remain on leash and under control of their human companions throughout the activities. Registration is not required for this free event. For more information, please contact Susana Salazar at (323) 848-6534 or recreation@weho.org.

Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 10 a.m. at the West Hollywood Park Great Lawn, adjacent to the dog parks, located at 647 N. San Vicente Boulevard.

Women and Books, First Tuesday of Each Month, The Way of Beauty by Camille Di Maio — Tuesday, March 3 at 7 p.m.

Women and Books is a book club that meets on the first Tuesday of each month to discuss books written by women authors. This month features The Way of Beauty by Camille Di Maio. Women and Books is co-sponsored by the City of West Hollywood and the West Hollywood Library. Admission is free, but space is limited so RSVPs are encouraged. Free parking will be available at the adjacent five-story West Hollywood Park parking structure with validation at the meeting. For more information, please visit www.meetup.com/womenandbooksinweho.

Tuesday, March 3, 2020 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room, located at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard.

Be Well WeHo Mindfulness Series: Resilience — Wednesday, March 4 at 3 p.m. and at 6 p.m.

As part of the City of West Hollywood’s Be Well WeHo Mindfulness Series, the City is offering two opportunities to take part in this month’s class on the topic Resilience. Working with our challenges in life requires skills and abilities not to lose insight. Resilience is the necessary tool to create opportunities out of our stressful life experiences. During this class, participants will learn how to identify their weakness and turn them into strength and greater possibilities. Practical tools will be also discussed. Everyone over 18 is welcome, and classes are just $3. There are two sessions: 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. To register, please visit www.weho.org/recreation. For more information, please contact the Recreation Services Division at (323) 848-6843 or at recreation@weho.org.

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 3 p.m. and at 6 p.m. at the West Hollywood Community Center at Plummer Park, located at 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard.

Reception: Historic WeHo Exhibition and City’s WeHo Reads Program ‘Architects Who Built Southern California’ — Friday, March 6 at 7 p.m.

Preserving West Hollywood’s architectural and cultural heritage is integral to the growth and identity of West Hollywood. The Historic WeHo exhibition will include a selection of photographs by Tony Coelho from the more than 80 designated historic properties that were documented for this project. Historic WeHo will be on view through Wednesday, May 13, 2020. There will be a reception in conjunction with a book presentation as part of the City’s WeHo Reads program of Architects Who Built Southern California with Antonio Gonzalez. RSVP is required at www.weho.org/wehoreads. For more information, please contact Mike Che at (323) 848-6377 or mche@weho.org.

The Reception for Historic WeHo and ‘Architects Who Built Southern California’ will take place at the West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room on Friday, March 6, 2020 at 7 p.m. The Historic WeHo Exhibition will be open daily during regular operating hours of the West Hollywood Library. The library is located at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard.

City of West Hollywood Rec ‘n’ Roll Mobile Recreation Event — Saturday, March 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Enjoy recreation in the great outdoors at Kings Road Park when the Rec ‘n’ Roll team rolls into your neighborhood park. Kids ages 4 to 10 will have fun with board games, sidewalk chalk, sports equipment, craft projects, and much more. Please note that parental supervision is required in order to participate. Admission is free, no registration is required. Rain will cancel this event. For more information, please call (323) 848-6534.

Saturday, March 7, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Kings Road Park, located at 1000 N. Kings Road.

Los Angeles Marathon Runs Through West Hollywood — Sunday, March 8

Runners in the 2020 Los Angeles Marathon Presented by Asics will be making their way through the City of West Hollywood. To ensure safety, there will be street closures from 4 a.m. to 2 p.m. on:

• Sunset Boulevard between Marmont Lane and Clark Street/N. San Vicente Boulevard;
• N. San Vicente Boulevard between Sunset Boulevard and Melrose Avenue;
• Santa Monica Boulevard between La Cienega Boulevard and N. Doheny Drive; and
• N. Doheny Drive between Santa Monica Boulevard and Beverly Boulevard.

For more information, please visit www.lamarathon.com or contact the City of West Hollywood’s Event and Film Services Division at (323) 848-6307.

Sunday, March 8, 2020 throughout the City of West Hollywood.

Advocacy Training Project: How to Write an Op-Ed — Sunday, March 8 at 2 p.m.

Sponsored by the City of West Hollywood, the National Council of Jewish Women/Los Angeles’ (NCJW/LA) Advocacy Training Project presents ‘How to Write an Op-Ed,’ an expert-led workshop that will teach participants how to craft an impactful and memorable op-ed and how to get published. The workshop will be facilitated by Tom Zoellner, Chapman University Professor, journalist, and best-selling author, who will share his expertise on the purpose of an Op-Ed and how to write one. For details, contact NCJW/LA at (323) 852-8508.

Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 2 p.m. at NCJW/LA, located at 543 N. Fairfax Avenue

WHAP! Lecture Series: Michael Nylan, ‘Pleasure as Practical (Not as Goal)’ — Friday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m.

The City of West Hollywood and the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) Master of Arts (MA) program in Aesthetics and Politics present the West Hollywood Aesthetics and Politics lecture series (WHAP!). This series features events that range from political debates to film screenings and performances, as well as conversations about art, architecture, and philosophy. This month, WHAP! will host Michael Nylan, Ph.D. She began her teaching career at Bryn Mawr College where she founded and led the major in East Asian Studies. While there she also began to learn political philosophy from Steven Salkever, an Aristotle expert. Now she writes in three main academic disciplines: the history of early China (roughly 300BC-AD300), early Chinese philosophy, and the art and archaeology of China. This event is open to the public and no RSVP is required. For more information, please contact Joy Tribble at (323) 848-6360 or jtribble@weho.org.

Friday, March 13, 2020 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room, located at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard.

Maslenitsa Cultural Festival — Saturday, March 14 at 12 p.m.

Sponsored by the City of West Hollywood, Dance Studio Showtime-Katusha presents the Maslenitsa Cultural Festival, an Old Eastern Slavic Cultural Carnival which is the symbol of the end of winter to honor the rebirth of the new sun. Free to the public, come experience this unique opportunity for the community to celebrate folk traditions. For more information, please contact Eva Angeloff at (323) 848-6354 or eangeloff@weho.org.

Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 12 p.m. at Plummer Park’s Fiesta Hall, located at 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard.

City of West Hollywood Annual Arbor Day Celebration — Saturday, March 21 at 9 a.m.

The City of West Hollywood invites community members to join staff and City Councilmembers for a tree planting ceremony in Plummer Park as part of the annual Arbor Day celebration. For more information, please contact Debbie Gonzalez at (323) 848-3116 or dgonzalez@weho.org.

Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 9 a.m. at the Parkway on N. Vista Street on the West Side of Plummer Park, located at 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard.

Play Ball Skills Clinic and Home Run Derby — Saturday, March 21 at 11:30 a.m.

Bring your glove and spend a day at West Hollywood Park enjoying America’s favorite pastime with friends, family, and community members! Children ages 4-17 are invited to participate in baseball FUN-damental skills clinics and a Home Run Derby. Hot dogs, refreshments, and more will be provided. Registration is not required for this free event. For more information, please contact Susana Salazar at (323) 848-6534 or recreation@weho.org.

Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. on the Great Lawn at West Hollywood Park, located at 647 N. San Vicente Boulevard.

Seniors in Action: Community + Connection + Conversation — Tuesday, March 24 at 2 p.m.

Seniors in Action: Community + Connection + Conversation offers activities that provide engaging opportunities for participants to learn something new, contribute their talents and experience, and deepen their connection to the West Hollywood community. Attendance is free and open to the public; RSVPs are not necessary. Refreshments will be served. Presented by the West Hollywood Comprehensive Services Center in collaboration with the City of West Hollywood and its Senior Advisory Board. For more information, please contact Corey Roskin at (323) 848-6403 or croskin@weho.org or Valentina Aleksandrova at (323) 876-1717 or aleksandrova@jfsla.org.

Tuesday, March 24, 2020 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room, located at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard.

Rocky & Bullwinkle Statue Unveiling — Saturday, March 28 at 10 a.m.

Join the City of West Hollywood to celebrate the permanent installation of the Rocky & Bullwinkle statue on the Sunset Strip. On September 24, 1961, a crowd of 5,000 people gathered outside Jay Ward Productions’ animation studio on the Sunset Strip across from the Chateau Marmont. All but one lane of traffic was cordoned off that day as Hollywood bombshell Jayne Mansfield unveiled what would become a long-lasting and beloved Sunset Strip icon: a 14-foot-tall, 1,200-pound statue of Rocket J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose, the ubiquitous stars of The Bullwinkle Show, posed spinning atop a tall rotating base. The statue, initially conceived as a publicity tactic to coincide with Rocky and Bullwinkle’s NBC television premiere that week, parodied a commercial advertisement sited directly across the street from Jay Ward Productions. The statue managed to remain in place at 8218 Sunset Boulevard for 52 years before it was removed in July 2013, causing consternation among its countless fans who worried the statue was likely lost forever. Rocky and Bullwinkle are slated to make their permanent new home at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Holloway Drive, several blocks west of the artwork’s original location. The sculpture will join more than 70 other sculptures belonging to the City of West Hollywood’s impressive and growing Urban Art Collection. Given the artwork’s long and fascinating history on the Sunset Strip, its reappearance at Sunset and Holloway is certain to cement its legacy status within the city. For more information, please contact Rebecca Ehemann at (323) 848-6846 or rehemann@weho.org.

Saturday, March 28, 2020 at 10 a.m. at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Holloway Drive.

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This press release was produced by the City of West Hollywood. The views expressed here are the author’s own.