Upcoming events
Clay Date! | Healing With Clay
WORKSHOP | PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN | AGES 12+ | Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with Chelsie Rivera (@la_rosebud), for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces on Mondays 12-6pm or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Exhibition Opening | KINFOLK by Christina Erives
GALLERY | $5-10 SUGGESTED DONATION | ALL AGES | Christina Erives’ work is rooted in the language of folk art—where storytelling, tradition, and daily life meet through the handmade. She is drawn to the quiet power of objects shaped by hand, carrying marks, symbols, and gestures that feel both personal and shared.
She understands kinfolk as more than family—it includes all those connected through making, sharing, and remembering. The people she comes from and those she finds along the way. Each piece becomes a vessel for connection, holding stories that are both intimate and collective.
Working primarily in clay, she explores the balance between function and narrative. Surfaces are carved, glazed, and layered with imagery that echoes folk motifs, reinterpreted through her own visual language.
At its core, her practice honors making as a form of remembering—an offering to the past, a reflection of the present, and a gesture toward the future—where art continues to connect us to our kin, our communities, and the enduring thread of shared imagination.
Christina Erives was born in Los Angeles, California. She received her BA and MA from California State University of Northridge and her MFA from Pennsylvania State University. She has worked as a Resident Artist at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena Montana, Belger Craneyard Studios in Kansas City Missouri, Arquetopia in Puebla Mexico, and Rasquache in Puebla Mexico. She has also worked as a Visiting Artist Instructor at New Mexico State University and the University of Montana. Christina Erives is an emerging artist in the field of Ceramics. In 2017 she received an Emerging Artist Award from NCECA the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.
Ceramics as material has permanence , it is one of the ways we were able to learn about ancient cultures. There is so much beauty in these traditions and Christina Erives’ aim has been to make a mark of her time that will be preserved in the history of ceramic objects.
Clay Date!
WORKSHOP | $25 | AGES 12+ | Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with one of our two resident clay artists Shea Smelser (@sheasmelser) for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces on Mondays 12-6pm or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
NeuroDIVE Open Mic
READING | $10 | ALL AGES | NeuroDIVE Open Mic is an open mic specifically geared towards neurodivergent artists/poets/comedians. Neurotypical artists and allies are welcome.
Our purpose is to create visibility and a third space for neurodivergent artists and artists with disabilities where we can all relate, connect, and feel seen.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Coffee Haus | May
COMMUNITY | $18 PRE // $22 DOS | 18+ | COFFEE HAUS is a coffee and breakfast gathering designed as a place to ease into the morning and spend time together.
This May, we’re serving @couplet coffee alongside some breakfast bites. We’ll be setting the tables with collaging, bookmark decorating, coloring pages, and convo prompts for an easy way into connection.
Long tables, mellow music, and a room that makes it easier to connect, whether you’re chatting with someone new or just settling in.
Come alone, bring a friend, or meet someone new. however you arrive, there’s space for you here.
This event is part of Visions of Lavender’s ongoing effort to create small moments of community care. spaces where people can pause, connect, and leave feeling a little more grounded.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Cozy Club Clothing Swap
COMMUNITY | FREE RSVP | ALL AGES | Join us for our first clothing swap from 2pm-5pm featuring vendors and artists to celebrate AAPI month! Drinks + something sweet on us.
Free but partiful rsvp required below!
How to swap:
Bring up to 10 gently loved pieces you want to swap. Take home the same number of items that you brought. Anything remaining will be donated.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Nerikomi Night | Clay Date Celebrates AAPI Month
GUEST ARTIST WORKSHOP | $55 | AGES 16+ | We're celebrating AAPI Month with Clay Date instructor Ash for a fun and culturally informative experience! Learn how to create Blue and White styled Vases using the Nerikomi method. Each attendee will be given white clay and blue-stained clay to create their own images and texts on their own artwork.
This workshop includes learning multiple Asian pottery techniques and designs that range from China, Iraq, and Japan.
Great for those who are looking for access to ceramics, clay friends, or sharpening your skill set! No experience necessary. No reservations necessary to attend Clay Date. You are welcome to purchase your ticket ahead of time or at the door day-of the event.
Price of admission also pays for all firings of class work. Students will be notified via email to pick up their fired cups 4-6 weeks after the class. Cups will be food safe and ready to use upon pick-up. Pieces may be picked up during Gallery Hours 12-6pm on Mondays or at any Clay Date. Everyone will have up to three months to pick up their pots- after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work. Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
De-escalation + Rapid Response Training
WORKSHOP | FREE | ALL AGES | Join us for a Los Feliz community training on de-escalation and rapid response, and learn practical tool to support our immigrant neighbors.
Click here to sign up!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
SP Presents: Da Poetry Lounge Slam Team Takeover!
COMMUNITY | DONATE-WHAT-YOU-CAN | ALL AGES |
Dear Street Poets Community, our next OPEN MIC and FEATURE EVENT of the year will be on Friday, May 22nd, returning to Junior High in Glendale:
SP PRESENTS: DA POETRY LOUNGE SLAM TEAM TAKEOVER! - a poetry workshop, showcase and open mic, featuring the 2026 DPL Slam Team!
Hosted by Matthew "Cuban" Hernandez
JUNIOR HIGH is a multipurpose nonprofit art gallery and event space centering LGBTIA+ artists. FMI: https://juniorhighlosangeles.com/
Da Poetry Lounge is the nation's largest weekly open mic. From its origins in a living room 27 years ago, Da Poetry Lounge embodies inclusivity and warmth, inviting guests to immerse themselves in the magic of poetry and performance, celebrating the power of expression and human connection. FMI - https://www.dapoetrylounge.com/
Come join us for food and medicine for the body, mind, soul, and spirit.
Tickets are not required, but recommended for seating. https://SPPresentsDPLTakeover.eventbrite.com
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date! (Mask Mandatory)
WORKSHOP | $25 | AGES 12+ | MASK MANDATORY | Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with one of our two resident clay artists Shea Smelser (@sheasmelser) for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces on Mondays 12-6pm or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Make You Own Bag Charm
WORKSHOP | $40 | 10+ | Make a handmade bag charm just for mom. In this beginner-friendly sewing class, you’ll learn how to creat a soft, stuffed charm from start to finish. Choose between two simple patterns and leave with a thoughtful, personal gift. All material are provided.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Button Pin Making Party!
WORKSHOP | $8 | ALL AGES | Come hang out and craft your own custom hand-made button pins! Each person can take home 5-10 pins (depending on size).
This event is organized by @whatisgreencircle - a free DIY movement encouraging real-world connection and offline engagement.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Junior High Book Club | May
COMMUNITY | FREE | ALL AGES | We're throwing it back to bring us forward. The ancestors gave us invaluable tools for us current organizers, but it's up to us to make sure they're adapted to these times. Similarly, it's our obligation to ensure the seeds we plant come to fruition for future generations, even if we aren't around to watch them bloom. In THE NOSTALGIC FUTURES BOOK CLUB — facilitated by Xueyou Wang (she/they) & Ray Carroll (they/them) — we explore a variety of literature — fiction, poetry, theory, memoir, and more — that asks us what part of our collective histories are worth carrying forward, and what change is required for a liberated future.
Get this month’s reading selection and sign up for Book Club emails here.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
TUESDAY, MAY 26TH, 2026 | 6:30PM—8:00PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
Too Much Workbook Workshop
READING | $10 | 18+ | What would it mean to live boldly, authentically, and on your own terms?
Join Denise Love Hewett, Host of the Too Much podcast, for a workshop featuring her newly launched workbook. The Too Much Workbook is a manual to help you build the life you really love; a life that is true to your own internal blueprint.
During the workshop, we'll identify where your energy thrives and where it drains. We'll explore what your values are and how to live more fully in them.
Whether you're going through a career pivot or want to work more in sync with your values system, this workshop is for you. The world desperately needs your version of “Too Much.”
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27TH, 2026 | 7:00PM—8:30PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
Clay Date! | Healing With Clay (Mask Mandatory)
WORKSHOP | PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN | AGES 12+ | MASK MANDATORY| Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with Chelsie Rivera (@la_rosebud), for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces on Mondays 12-6pm or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
This event is mask mandatory.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2026 | 6PM-9PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
Clay Date!
WORKSHOP | $25 | AGES 12+ | Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with one of our two resident clay artists Shea Smelser (@sheasmelser) for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces on Mondays 12-6pm or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Queer RollerskaTe Mixer
COMMUNITY | $12 PRE // $15 DOS | 18+ | Lets-a go! Join us for a night of mingling and exploring your skate flow May 30th at 7PM hosted by @bornthiswayskateclub and @bilyskatesalot
Music, film photo prints, prizes and more! Limited capacity so get your tickets while they last. All levels welcome! There will be a floating skate coach available. Bring your skates and vibe. See you there!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Love Letters to our Worries from Inside these Bodies
WORKSHOP | $12 PRE // $15 DOS | ALL AGES | Looking for a welcoming, nonjudgmental queer and trans centered writing community? Ready to write the poems for the lives we want, and for the world we are calling in? In this workshop, we’ll read inspiring queer and trans poets, break old spells, and conjure new ones for the revolution. We’ll explore how words can confront and dissolve both our fears and empire, ground us in resilience, and reimagine a path forward, where we're rooted in our own individual and communal queer and trans wisdom. You will leave with new writing and prompts you can take with you and use again and again. Beginner and all levels friendly.
Anna Goodman Herrick @annagoodmanherrick (they/them) is the author of A Speaker is a Wilderness: Poems on the Sacred Path from Broken to Whole, available everywhere books are sold. They have performed and shared their work at the Emily Dickinson Museum, Artists Uprising at the El Paso Border, Bloomsday on Broadway, the Teen Vogue Summit and more. They have work on Netflix and the Oprah Winfrey Network. Anna’s book, A Speaker is a Wilderness, has been featured in magazines like Medical News Today and Lillith for its collective liberation-centered and healing words.
More: annagoodmanherrick.com • Instagram/ Threads: @annagoodmanherrick
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
SUNDAY, MAY 31ST, 2026 | 2PM—5PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
Intro LED Circuit Workshop
WORKSHOP | $12 | ALL AGES | Join us for our Intro LED Circuit Workshop ! Learn about the difference between parallel and series connections using LEDs through this hands-on workshop to raise funds for Latingeniera’s scholarship fund. Latingeniera LLC is a brand created in hopes of donating funds raised to support Latinas in engineering. No prior experience/knowledge necessary. All materials will be provided.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Build-A-Butch
WORKSHOP | $12 PRE // $15 DOS | 18+ | Calling anyone ready to show off their butch side this pride! Come build a cute little birdhouse with us, meet someone new, and stay awhile! :)
BUILD-A-BUTCH is a crafty afternoon for queers + cuties. We'll be decorating mini birdhouses, hanging out, and making conversation while our paint dries. no crafting skills required, just good energy.
Come solo, bring your crush, bring your roommate, bring the person you want to build ikea furniture with.
Expect:
✶ birdhouse decorating
✶ mellow music
✶ a room full of queer people making things together
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Hermosa Y Libros Book Festival
COMMUNITY | $5 | ALL AGES | Join us on June 14th for our second Hermosa y Libros Book Festival! In celebration of Latine and BIPOC authors and the publication of our new MENTIROSA zine (featuring writing and art from local creatives and co-edited by LA-based Latina poets Sofía Aguilar @sofiaxaguilar and Celeste Alyssa Gomez @celestaalyssagomez), get ready for an unforgettable event packed with panels, vendors, workshops, FREE books, an open mic, and a dance party. You won’t want to miss it!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
SUNDAY, JUNE 14TH, 2026 | 12:00PM—8PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
FREE | Kids Clay Play Date
WORKSHOP | FREE | AGES 8-12 | Kids Clay Play is a monthly free class offered to youth ages 8-12 years old. Students are encouraged to engage with contemporary art, as they create artwork sitting inside Junior High’s gallery. Class is held inside Junior High’s gallery. Create your own unique creatures using handbuilding techniques like pinching, coiling, and slab work. All materials and kiln firings are included in the price of the class. Final ceramic artwork pick- up dates will be shared toward the end of the session.
Teaching artist, Allison Segura, has been teaching kids ceramic classes for 5 years across several different studios around Los Angeles. Allison aims to create a safe space for youth to express themselves through art making. As ceramics is an ancient practice, Allison hopes to provide cultural context to this very approachable medium while challenging student’s creativity.
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Fantasy Suite | July
DANCE | $20 PRE // $25 DOS | 21+ | Fantasy Suite Queer & Thick pole is back with an evening of pole performances by first time dancers and returning Fantasy Suite cast. This sexy strip show of queer and thick bodies will make you feel like a million bucks!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
FREE | Kids Clay Play Date
WORKSHOP | FREE | AGES 8-12 | Kids Clay Play is a monthly free class offered to youth ages 8-12 years old. Students are encouraged to engage with contemporary art, as they create artwork sitting inside Junior High’s gallery. Class is held inside Junior High’s gallery. Create your own unique creatures using handbuilding techniques like pinching, coiling, and slab work. All materials and kiln firings are included in the price of the class. Final ceramic artwork pick- up dates will be shared toward the end of the session.
Teaching artist, Allison Segura, has been teaching kids ceramic classes for 5 years across several different studios around Los Angeles. Allison aims to create a safe space for youth to express themselves through art making. As ceramics is an ancient practice, Allison hopes to provide cultural context to this very approachable medium while challenging student’s creativity.
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Keychain Cross Stitch
WORKSHOP | $30 | ALL AGES | Join us for an all levels class (beginner friendly) cross stitch class. We will be learning how to make a cross stitched keychain to take home and finish. Taught by Jessi Skonning @jessca_ann.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Eroica And Friends Live at Junior High
MUSIC | $10 | ALL AGES | Fresh off the heels of releasing their debut album Apollo Complex, Eroica will be playing at Junior High on Saturday, May 9th. They will be joined by local power-pop legend Ryen Slegr, as well as the fresh indie-psych group Mad Bad World.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
SATURDAY MAY 9TH, 2026 | 7PM—10PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
Clay DD Presents | Kids Play Date
COMMUNITY | FREE | ALL AGES | Clay Day is introducing mindfulness through arts expression just for kids and their guardians!
This is your first step into the craft movement that has been expanding around Los Angeles. Clay DD, nonprofit 501c3, is collaborating with Junior High’s ceramic programming, Clay Date, to showcase several art techniques. We’re excited to help young people learn about mindfulness in a fun and safe environment. At this mini-fair local artists will lead activations including clay play, origami, face painting, and music to inspire playful creativity.
This free, one-day event will kickstart kids' ceramic programming at Junior High in Summer 2026 and beyond. Perfect for families of North East LA and surrounding areas! Familiarize yourself with Junior High and your local artist community and take advantage of the free resource share fair!
CLAYDD is a 501c(3) Non-Profit Organization committed to empowering kids and adults with mental health struggles and special needs. We are a group of educators, artists, and healers collectively inspiring learners, educational programs, and organizations through mindfulness, meditation, and the healing qualities of clay.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Origami Ghosts and po mia and TheyBoy
MUSIC | $10 | ALL AGES | This is a call to enthusiasts of emerging indie artists and songwriters. A journey from rap, to folk, to rock? How punk!!! Witness these up and coming musicians at Junior High and you will be treated to a magical night of warm and cozy music.
“po mia” is an eclectic, up-and-coming singer/songwriter based in St. Louis, MO. They are best known for their versatility of musical styles, colorful stylistic expression, as well as their ability to engage a crowd through their lyricism and captivating performances. Coming from a music therapy educational background, po mia’s musical works often tackle themes of identity, love, fear, and navigating real life experiences.
Los Angeles indie rock outfit Origami Ghosts’ newest folky jangle-pop album A Fine Time to Talk About Nothing embraces the punk rock spirit with a childlike glee. “[Origami Ghosts live show is] entertaining, energetic, experimental music – think Frank Zappa meets Jonathan Richmond. It’s poppy with a punk ethos, independent and interesting.” Liz MacDonald, Monterey County Weekly.
Non-binary rapper “TheyBoy” ruminates on love, queerness, and mental health in their alternative hiphop flows on this bedroom rap project.
Come embrace some beautiful yet widely undiscovered gems at Junior High!!!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
FRIDAY MAY 8TH, 2026 | 7PM—10PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
Clay Date! | Intro to Boxes - One Night Only!
WORKSHOP |$35 | AGES 16+ | In this beginner class, you will learn to work with clay, creating and joining slabs together to create your own personalized box! Push the limits of hand building and slab built vessels by creating a unique box that can be both decorative and functional. Whether you’re interested in making a keepsake box, match box, sugar jar, or butter dish- we will bring your ideas to life! Taught by Chelsie Rivera.
This is a 2 hr class and you will be provided with all necessary materials, glazes, and one firing to create your unique vessel. Students can also choose to purchase an additional ticket and return to glaze at a later Clay Date. Firings take 4-6 weeks to complete. Once fired, you’ll be able to take home your 1-2 new food safe boxes for your enjoyment!
You will receive an email once your pots are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces on Mondays 12-6pm or at any Clay Date. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any questions pertaining to Clay Date and/or accessible pricing. Sliding scale pricing is available upon request.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
POSTPONED: Frame Loom Weaving | DIY Wall Hanging
WORKSHOP | THREE WEEK SERIES | $150 | ALL AGES | Weaving is a calming and meditative practice. The loom is a place to unwind your tangles, imagine, and remember. It's fun to play with colors, texture, and shapes. The steady pace allows your mind to slow down to where you can look at your thoughts happening instead of feeling like they are rushing by. If you feel like you are flooded with input and would like a gentle practice to calm your mind and make your hands happy, weaving is for you! Learn the basic principles of weaving, such as warping the loom, stitch techniques, how to change colors and add texture.
All materials for your project will be included, but feel free to bring your own yarn or supplies to play with. At the end of 3 sessions you will be able to take home your woven wall hanging, placemat, or patch.
1st week: Monday, May 4th
introduction, warp the loom, basic stitches, ideas for projects, and plan your design.
2nd week: Monday, May 11th
guided practice.
3rd week: Monday May 18th
continued practice, complete your projects, prepare your piece to be tied off, hung, or stitched.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
MONDAYS, MAY 4—MAY 18, 2026 | 7PM-9:30PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
Throat Coat - A Vocal Workshop for Queer, Trans & Nonbinary Voices
WORKSHOP | $25 | ALL AGES | A vocal exploration workshop for QTNB people interested in accessing a more embodied and confident relationship to their speaking and/or singing voice. We will go over basic vocal anatomy, breath work, and get into a variety of playful exercises to experiment with sound. Whether you consider yourself a singer, are shifting your voice to match your gender presentation, use your voice at actions/public speaking events or just want to learn a new skill, you will be able to apply these techniques to your everyday experience. Participants will leave the class with a goodie bag of support for the voice, including a handmade zine of techniques and resources.
About the Instructor: Rhea has been performing and recording music in Los Angeles for the last 17 years in styles ranging from; jazz, choral harmonies, punk, ASMR, audio drama/voiceover & experimental noise. They have a M.A. in Media Studies from CUNY, are an alumni of Musicians Institute’s Vocal Performance program and of Renee Yoxon’s Teaching Trans Voice intensive.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Body Practice Workshop | May
WELLNESS | $25 PRE// $30 DOS | ALL AGES+SKILL LEVELS | Are you interested in somatics, but not sure where to start? BODY PRACTICE is a monthly community space to come together and practice being in a body. Each two hour workshop is led by hannah rubin (they/them) of slow body somatics, and is grounded in body-based learning and guided somatic practices that support nervous system health, relational connection, and feeling our bodies in present time. Together we will practice therapeutic body-centered approaches to healing and body-mind-spirit connection. All bodies, genders, levels, and ages are welcome! Bring friends!
Please wear comfortable clothes and bring any extra layers that might support you in being warm and cozy. Bring your own yoga mat.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Satellite Dreams
READING | $10 | 15+ For explicit language | The CalArts Creative Writing MFA Program is pleased to present Satellite Dreams, an installment in the 2026 Next Words Reading Series, hosted at Junior High. 8 graduating students will read from work we wrote during our time at the program, which represents a brilliant constellation of genres, topics, voices, and perspectives. We hope you join us in taking our first steps into a writing life that awaits us.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date!
WORKSHOP | $25 | AGES 12+ | Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with one of our two resident clay artists Shea Smelser (@sheasmelser) for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces on Mondays 12-6pm or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Mia Day: Big Prize Release Show
MUSIC | $10 | ALL AGES | Come celebrate the release of Mia Day’s new single Big Prize with performances by Mia Day, MyBetsy, and Sophia Callan (DJ) on Friday, May 1st at 7pm.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date!
WORKSHOP | $25 | ALL AGES | Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with one of our two resident clay artists Shea Smelser (@sheasmelser) or Chelsie Rivera (@la_rosebud), for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces Monday/Tuesday or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Figure Drawing with Drawn Together LA
WORKSHOP | $15 | 18+ | Drawn Together LA is a community-centered unguided figure drawing event where people of all skill levels are welcome to draw from a model, be inspired by fellow artists, and enjoy a creative, safe space. Bring your sketchbook, favorite drawing supplies, or borrow from our materials. Let's draw together and make friends xx
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2026 | 6:30PM—9:30PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
Bead Embroidery | April
WORKSHOP | $35 | 10+ | Press pause on your busy day and lose yourself in the meditative art of bead embroidery. In this relaxed, beginner-friendly workshop, you'll stitch two beautiful flower designs using colorful beads — no experience necessary. Each piece is then transformed into a magnet for you to take home. All materials included. Suitable for ages 10+.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
SUNDAY APRIL 26TH, 2026 | 5:30PM—7:30PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
The Polish Party: Press-on Nail Art Workshop Series 3
WORKSHOP | $35 per class | 14+ | The Polish Party is back at Junior High LA, this time as a 3-part workshop series!
Join me Jordie C. (they/she), @clacquecloset , each month for a cozy, hands-on workshop where we’ll get creative with 3 different nail art techniques.
Build your skills, connect with new faces, and leave each session with a custom press-on set you made yourself.
Hands-on · beginner-friendly · all genders welcome
Minors must be accompanied by a parent and/or guardian to attend this workshop.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2026 | 2PM - 5PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
Club Gay Gardens
WORKSHOP | FREE | ALL AGES | Come get your hands dirty caring for native plants in the Junior High garden! Our besties Maggie Smart-McCabe and Linnea Torres lead a workshop/volunteer session actively tending to our Native Garden on the last Sunday of every month.
Not ready to wriggle with the worms? Sort seeds for our free seed library and learn about Southern California native plants. Whether you’ve got a green thumb or you’re just looking for tips on caring for your first house plant, Club Gay Gardens is the perfect space for the environmentally conscious and eco curious.
We highly recommend bringing sun protection (hats, SPF, sunglasses) and your own water bottle + snacks.
Want to learn more about Club Gay Gardens? Read the LA Times article here!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors + outdoors.
Them Dogs Release Show
MUSIC | $10 | ALL AGES | Them Dogs are a hard hitting duo with roots in punk and indie rock music while dipping their toes into metal and electronic music. Their creativity has no walls and always brings the energy with every show that they play. Opening up the night is the debut show of Jarg who is heavily influenced by techno and drum n bass. Then the powerhouses in Van Ham and Sour Tongue will bring up the energy with their hard hitting music with explosive riffs and high octane energy. Then finally Them Dogs will close out the night with their set that will absolutely melt your face off. This line up is one you definitely do not want to miss, so come on out and dance!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH, 2026 | 6:30PM—10PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
Clay Date! (Mask Mandatory)
WORKSHOP | $25 | ALL AGES | Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with one of our two resident clay artists Shea Smelser (@sheasmelser) or Chelsie Rivera (@la_rosebud), for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces Monday/Tuesday or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2026 | 12PM-4PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
Exhibition Opening | Nada Mas Que Decir by Ollin Gonzalez
GALLERY | $5-10 SUGGESTED DONATION | ALL AGES | Nada Más Que Decir is the first solo exhibition in the ceramic career of Ollin Gonzalez. This exhibition offers insight into the upbringing and cultural heritage of the artist. Featuring hand-built sculptures, wheel thrown vases, and clay instruments to guide you through Ollin’s roots.
Seven years ago, Gonzalez officially began his journey into the world of ceramics. In clay, Ollin found a place where he belongs and has not looked back since. This exhibition will showcase a collection of culturally informed decorative objects he has created including traditional ocarinas with a Los Angeles twist, masks inspired by Aztec deities and luchadores icons, and the flora and fauna from the artist’s daily life.
Clay Date! | Healing With Clay (Mask Mandatory)
WORKSHOP | PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN | ALL AGES | Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with Chelsie Rivera (@la_rosebud), for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces Monday/Tuesday or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2026 | 6PM-9PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
Self Love Sunday
COMMUNITY | $5 | ALL AGES | Self Love Sunday is a day of uplifting, nourishing yourself, and experiencing joy in community. From a sound bath, tarot readings, flower bouquets, to a clay exploration table, this day is all about treating yourself! DJ sets, art vendors, and food will also be featured!
This event is presented by, Gentle River Collective, which is comprised of creative wellness workers collaborating to offer community nourishment.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
The Congregation
POETRY READING | DONATE WHAT YOU CAN | 21+ | a non-denominational evening of the poetic word.
Event featuring: Jamiah Lincoln, Blu, Theo DeMarco, and Ashlee Connors. Curated by Alyesha Wise
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date!
WORKSHOP | $25 | ALL AGES | Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with one of our two resident clay artists Shea Smelser (@sheasmelser) or Chelsie Rivera (@la_rosebud), for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces Monday/Tuesday or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Limit One | A Produce Production Hosted By @binibinibinibb
COMMUNITY | $10 | ALL AGES | Part of L.A. Climate Week's programming — An evening of absurdist performance featuring a screening of Mala Leche (2003) directed by Naomi Uman, a musical performance by Topu Lyo, a staged reading of the one act play Limit One and a talk with Diner Preservation Society's Jake Hook—exploring food systems and the politics of consumption. Refreshments and snacks provided by Pricklee and BjornQorn. Special thanks to Guava Court!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
FRIDAY, APRIL 17TH, 2026 | 7:15PM—10PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
Clay Date! | Make Your Own Domino Set!
GUEST ARTIST WORKSHOP | $60 | ALL AGES | Join Mira Lanz, Studio Manager of Not Another Pottery Studio for this 2hr guided handbuilding class! you'll craft your own custom set of ceramic dominoes! Using Bmix clay and simple tools, you'll be walked through each step: shaping, decorating, and imprinting your dominoes with patterns, initials, or personal flair. We’ll dive into a fun intro where you’ll learn what goes into making a custom domino set! After a quick demo on rolling slabs, cutting domino shapes, and stamping those signature dots (a.k.a. pips), you’ll jump in and start making your own set!
This experience is designed for all skill levels—no pottery experience needed. Come ready to get your hands a little dirty and make new friends! Once your masterpieces are made, we’ll carefully label and collect them for drying and kiln firing with the promise of picking up your finished dominoes in 3-4 weeks!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2026 | 6PM-9PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
Art Club Collage & Paper Making Nite | Spring Fling
WORKSHOP | $12 PRE//$15 DOS| ALL AGES | Hi besties! It’s April, the clouds are clearing, the temperatures are rising, the flowers are bloomin’! And we want to celebrate the season with a Spring Fling Collage + Paper Making Nite!!
As always we will have our collaging stations with provided magazines n such but this time we will also be hosting our own little version of DIY paper making! This is a beginner friendly activity where you will be able to take home a couple of handmade, note card sized sheets. We will also be bringing along some pressed flowers that anyone can use for the activities in addition to our other decorative supplies.
All materials for paper making and collaging will be provided as well as SNACKS! Craft with a friend or just get into the crafty zone on your own. Join us anytime between 7pm - 10pm to hang out, make friends and get weird!
Join the club @varsity.fartclub on Instagram!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
SUNDAY APRIL 12TH, 2026 | 7PM—10PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
A Benefit Concert for The Young Center
MUSIC | $12 PRE // $15 DOS | ALL AGES | Join us for a benefit concert supporting The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights at Junior High. Featuring performances by Paegie, Boy Bloom, and Girl Hazel, plus poetry from Pavana Reddy. April 11, 2026—a night of local music, poetry, and community for a good cause.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
SATURDAY, APRIL 11TH, 2026 | 6:00PM—10PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD
Clay Date!
WORKSHOP | $25 | ALL AGES | Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with one of our two resident clay artists Shea Smelser (@sheasmelser) or Chelsie Rivera (@la_rosebud), for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces Monday/Tuesday or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Tea Haus | April
COMMUNITY | $15 PRE // $18 DOS | 18+ | Tea Haus returns to Junior High for a spring edition.
Tea Haus is a choose-your-own-adventure tea lounge designed as a place to slow down and spend time together. For this gathering we’re welcoming spring with pressed flowers, a simple hands-on activity where you can create a small bookmark or card to take home. Expect floor mats, plants, mellow music, and unlimited tea, including tea-inspired mocktails, alongside quiet creative activities and warm conversation. Come alone, bring a friend, or meet someone new. However you arrive, there’s space for you here.
This event is part of Visions of Lavender’s ongoing effort to create small moments of community care. Spaces where people can pause, connect, and leave feeling a little more grounded.
Come solo or bring your sweetheart. Make something by hand. Sip tea. Take your time.
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
Clay Date! | Healing With Clay
WORKSHOP | PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN | ALL AGES | Looking for access to ceramics, clay sculpting with friends, or sharpening your skill set? Walk in at your leisure and join us at Clay Date! Here you can have 2hr access to 2 lbs of clay and tools to make your own ceramic sculptures! Learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques with Chelsie Rivera (@la_rosebud), for a loosely guided hand building class. No experience is necessary. Tickets for Clay Date will also be available at the door day-of the event.
Option to pay $10 to fire your artwork at the end of the class. If you opt to fire your work, you will receive an email once your pots have been bisque fired and are ready to pick up. You can pick up your pieces Monday/Tuesday or at any Clay Date. To glaze your work, purchase another Clay Date ticket to receive access to the glazes and for the last firing. You will have up to three months to pick up/glaze your works – after which we will have to dispose of them to make space for new class work!
Email claydate@juniorhighla.com for any further questions pertaining to Clay Date!
COVID-19 vaccinations are highly recommended to attend events at Junior High. Learn more here.
This event will be indoors.
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2026 | 6PM-9PM PST | 603 S BRAND BLVD