Do you like beauty, unusual museums and LA-unique locations? Join us for this field trip! Our group will meet at the 1926 Beaux Arts building that houses the library in the park-like grounds of the West Adams neighborhood. We’ll see not only the Clark collections of rare books and manuscripts, but the fabulous murals, marble, and mirrors that… Read more »
The indomitable Fanny Brice is back in town, starring Katerina McCrimmon and Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Melissa Manchester as Mrs Brice in the sensational Broadway revival of the legendary hit musical with oh-so-many classic songs. Also in the touring cast, Stephen Mark Lukas as Nick Arnstein, Izaiah Montaque Harris as Eddie Ryan, Walter Coppage as Florenz Ziegfeld and… Read more »
Join us for a multi-fold experience in honor of Black History Month—a tour, a luncheon and a hearty helping of intriguing history. We are invited to the Wilfandel Club to share what was known in the Jim Crow era as Shoebox Lunches, a custom begun by Black travelers packing home-cooked road trip eats to be… Read more »
Arias, overtures, and librettos – oh my! Discover the thrilling world of opera at a fantastic price. Thanks to the LA Opera, for $10, Ebell Members are invited to the Community Circle to attend the opening night production of El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego. Mexico’s most iconic artists leap off the canvas in… Read more »
Just-for-us Tour Famous Female Fliers and Their Machines Join us touring this world-class air museum with over 200 historic planes and flying ephemera stretching back to the first US-built aircraft. Our curator-led adventure will focus on notable women and their aircraft, including a twin of the Lockheed Electra made famous by Amelia Earhart and featured… Read more »
Join Ebell member Julia Long for a walking tour of historic Downtown LA. You’ll learn about the women who traveled hundreds of miles across the frontier to help civilize the Wild West, and the women who designed their workplaces. We’ll walk in the footsteps of LA’s first female police officers, lawyers, and even our first… Read more »
Lost in the forest, a prince encounters an ethereal beauty with a mysterious past (and lush locks that would make Rapunzel envious). But after she’s brought home to his family, she begins to grow increasingly close to his handsome younger brother. Debussy’s sensual, exquisitely nuanced score casts a hypnotic spell, capturing an enigmatic dream world where forbidden… Read more »
Join us for a tour of Exodus, an exhibition of new work by Anselm Kiefer at the Gagosian at Marciano Art Foundation across the street from The Ebell. The exhibition’s large-scale paintings on view use a wide range of materials including paint, terra-cotta, rope, wire, fabric, found objects, copper and gold leaf. Kiefer incorporates inscriptions in Hebrew from the book… Read more »
Enjoy Lunch at Harold & Belle’s Celebrate 50+ Years of Food History In September of 1969, Harold Legaux Sr. along with his wife Mary Belle opened Harold and Belle’s. It had been a dream of Harold’s to have a place where friends and family from back home (New Orleans) would gather and enjoy authentic Louisiana cuisine…. Read more »
In 1807, a 37-year-old scholar living in West Africa was captured and forced aboard a ship bound for Charleston, South Carolina. Omar Ibn Said’s life and Muslim faith are remembered and retold in this inspirational West Coast premiere inspired by his remarkable 1831 autobiography (the only known surviving American slavery narrative written in Arabic). We… Read more »
