I have your attention now. LAist is hosting a community-led blood drive with the Red Cross, and after you give blood, you can get a tour of the station! You can also get a Fandango movie ticket. Sign up to give blood here!
Other than that, there are plenty great events these next two weeks to get you out of your nice air-conditioned home and into the oppressive heat and humidity!
Weekly Saturday morning coffee with a working filmmaker. Producers, directors, writers from cinema - traditional and vertical.
Saturday morning coffee with a working filmmaker. Producers, directors, writers, actors from cinema - traditional and vertical. 10 to 15 people in the room. Direct conversation, your questions.
Speaker announced on Instagram: @the_film_circle
📅 July 18th and July 25th
⏰ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
👤 The Film Circle
💰$23.18
🎟️ Tickets
Hit the town and laugh at Stand Up for KCRW! Join host J.F. Harris at The Comedy Store for a night of comedy to benefit 89.9 FM KCRW. He’s put together a killer lineup with can’t-miss comedians. And you never know who else may show up at The Comedy Store!
All ticket proceeds will directly support public radio and unlock one year of KCRW Membership.
Doors open at 6:45 PM Show time: 7:30 PM
This month’s lineup features comedians from Netflix’s Funny AF with Kevin Hart:
Marc Maron (WTF with Marc Maron, GLOW)
Larry Wilmore (The Daily Show, The Bernie Mac Show)
Mary Lynn Rajskub (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Mr. Show)
Jackie Kashian (After Midnight, Conan)
Mike Falzone (Surrounded, Final Space)
Hosted by J.F. Harris (The Late Late Show, Don’t Tell Comedy)
📅 July 26th
⏰ 7:30 PM
👤 KCRW
💰$36 (GA) - $72.28 (Mitzi’s Booth)
🎟️ Tickets
Writers Bloc presents legendary campaign organizer Ben Wikler (Wisconsin) with Jon Favreau.
Ben Wikler is a political organizer and strategist who did for Wisconsin what Democratic activists want to do throughout the country. Wikler, who headed the Wisconsin Democratic Party from 2019 to 2025, oversaw statewide political elections and through grassroots organizing, won a majority of those races. His campaign organizing in Wisconsin became legendary, as he turned the party around and raised almost a quarter of a billion dollars for Wisconsin’s Democratic candidates.
His new book, This is the Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy, is a guide to organizing on every level. Wikler is a born storyteller; he includes great stories on the most local races we can have (school board) to presidential campaigns. Wisconsin Democrats fared well under Wikler’s leadership; perhaps other major organizing groups should take a look.
Jon Favreau knows his way around campaigns, spending a great deal of time advocating for progressive candidates all over the country. He was an Obama speechwriter, after having worked on Obama’s first presidential campaign in that capacity. Jon is one of the geniuses behind Crooked Media, which hosts the landmark podcasts Pod Save the World and Pod Save America, among many others. Crooked Media is one of the most influential new media companies in the country, specializing in platforming progressive thought leaders.
📅 July 27th
⏰ 7:30 PM
📍The Ebell of Los Angeles (Dining Room)
👤 Writers Bloc Presents
💰$25
🎟️ Tickets
This Film, Media & TV Networking Event is designed for individuals of legal drinking age, as our venue includes a bar and social atmosphere. Most attendees are between the ages of 24–36, and come from a wide range of creative and professional backgrounds within the entertainment industry. Whether you’re behind the camera, on screen, or making things happen behind the scenes — you’ll find your people here.
🎬 Filmmakers & Directors, 📝 Writers & Screenwriters, 🎭 Actors & Performers, 🎧 Producers & Showrunners, 🎥 Cinematographers & Editors, 💼 Agents & Managers,💡 Content Creators & Influencers, 📺 Media Executives & Studio Reps, 🎓 Students & Recent Grads, 💸 Investors & Financiers
📅 July 29th
⏰ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
👤 SUM OF FIVE USA
💰 $9.85
🎟️ Tickets
It’s a common refrain among Democrats: why have efforts to stop Donald Trump’s administration of corruption and abuse of power failed time and again? And what about those Epstein Files and the surrounding scandals?
Stellar New York Times journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan offer answers and evidence pertaining to the president’s seemingly limitless power to upend accepted norms. In their new book, Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, Haberman and Swan focus on Trump’s first year in office from his second term.
That one year describes a whirlwind of shock and awe aimed not only at American cities and citizens, but at the global landscape as well. Justice Department payback aimed at Trump’s perceived enemies; the first family as a conduit for untold personal profit, and international aggression perpetuated in secret discussions without Congressional knowledge or consent. How did the president and his cabinet wield such power to get away with everything he’s gotten away with? With hundreds of revelatory interviews, Haberman and Swan examine Trump’s leading-by-vengeance approach, and his cavalier use of unchecked power.
Jonathan Swan is an award-winning reporter for the New York Times, who covers the White House with Maggie Haberman. Please note that co-author Maggie Haberman will not be in attendance at this event.
In conversation with Todd Purdum, former Los Angeles bureau chief for the New York Times and prior to that, he was a White House correspondent for the New York Times.
📅 July 30th
⏰ 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
📍The Ebell of Los Angeles (Dining Room)
👤 Writers Bloc Presents
💰$25
🎟️ Tickets
The fifth edition of the industry-defining festival. Part music festival, part emerging tech conference, 100pc secret third thing. A select group of 1000 artists, founders, and forecasters coming together to explore what comes next.Join your friends and friends of friends for two days in the mountains above the Coachella Valley on a field trip to the future.
📅 Jul 31st - Aug 1
⏰ 7:00 AM
👤 FW:B Fest
💰$499
🎟️ Tickets
Dance it out at a free, all-ages KCRW Summer Nights party with the California African American Museum (CAAM). Hit the floor with KCRW DJ Novena Carmel and guest DJ Michael Donte of Black House Radio, then head inside for after-hours access to CAAM’s exhibitions, including A New Song: Langston Hughes in the West and The Sound of Gordon Parks. Fuel up with food trucks and a beer garden while you enjoy a night of music, culture, and community in Exposition Park
📅 August 1st
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍California African American Museum
👤 KCRW
💰 Free
🎟️ Tickets
The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5‑minute story on the night’s theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show.
Tonight’s Theme
SCHOOLED: Prepare a five-minute story about the lessons that shaped you. Wisdom passed down by elders, gurus, and sages. Textbooks, hard knocks, lucky breaks, triumphs and mistakes. From fortune cookies to astrology. Confucius to Brené Brown. The realest reality checks from teachers, siblings, bosses and bullies…
📅 August 4th
⏰ Doors Open: 6:30 PM; Stories Begin: 7:30 PM
👤 The MOTH
💰$20
🎟️ Tickets
Want to kickstart your career as a freelance journalist or go independent, but you’re not sure where to start? Learn about the basics of the business side and how to fund your independent journalism through fellowships and grants from Erika Hayasaki from the IIJ and UC Irvine, and Robert Lopez, current McGraw fellow at the CUNY Newmark McGraw Center for Business Journalism.
Food and boba will be available. Come network with fellow freelancers!
📅 August 6th
⏰ 3:00 PM
📍2535 W Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90026
👤 AAJA-LA and LA Press Club
💰Free
🎟️ Register
KCRW + LACMA Members — this one’s for you!
Join us for an exclusive Summer Nights party with LACMA, celebrating the newly opened David Geffen Galleries. Spend the evening with DJ sets from Cut Chemist + Tana Yanas, food & drinks, art activities, and more. And best of all, LACMA is staying open late with free after-hours access to the Geffen Galleries all night.
This party is for KCRW & LACMA members only (with a plus one), but space is limited. Not a member yet? Join now to get access to tickets for this incredible evening.
📅 August 8th
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
👤 KCRW and LACMA
💰 Free for members
🎟️ RSVP
We provide a supportive space for writers at all levels to cultivate creativity, accountability, and community through shared storytelling.
The Margin Scribes: A QTBIPOC Writers Collective is a space for queer and trans writers of color to come together for creativity, accountability, and community.
Whether you’re a seasoned writer or just starting out, this is a place to share, learn, and grow in a supportive environment.
📅 August 9th
⏰ 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
👤 Sapphic LA
💰 Free
🎟️ Tickets
Connect with fellow leaders of podcast production companies for an open, peer-to-peer networking discussion. This member-driven roundtable is designed to foster authentic conversations, encourage knowledge sharing, and strengthen relationships across the production community. Together, we’ll discuss current challenges, exchange ideas, and identify topics that matter most for future conversations.
Featuring: John Perotti, Co-Founder/Chief Creative Officer of Rococo Punch and Dusty Weis, President of Podcamp Media
📅 July 29th
⏰ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
👤 The Podcast Academy
💰 Free
🎟️ Register
Get into the mix with this live panel of the industry’s best sound designers, mix engineers, and composers as they give feedback on your work! We’ll discuss all things off the page; the many components that make radio a listening experience, from sound design to archival tape to cleanup to music to everything “mixing” encompasses in the podcast and radio space.
Submit your work to be included in the feedback and listening session. If selected, the panel will discuss your piece, give feedback and then open the floor to audience questions and discussion.
📅 July 29th
⏰ 2:30 PM
👤 Good Studio and AIR
💰 Non-members must purchase a ticket to reveal the RSVP button. Free for AIR Members
🎟️ Register
Class 1: Thursday, July 30th
Session one will provide an overview of Premiere Pro Basics. Instructor Pierre Kattar will start at the foundation. He’ll walk you through file naming conventions, setting scratch disks, file management, and explain how to set up your Premiere Pro projects.
He’ll also cover best practices for using the Adobe Premiere interface. You’ll learn to import footage and to edit on a timeline. This is where you’ll build real fluency in Premiere — learning the shortcuts, tools, and good habits. By the time you leave session one, you’ll be comfortable with Premiere’s different layouts and understand when to use each one.
Class 2: Thursday, August 6th
Recording a podcast almost always means multiple sources — a host track, a guest track, and maybe a separate audio feed. In this second session, Pierre will lead you through multicam editing. You’ll learn how to sync and manage tracks, cut between them cleanly, and shape a conversation into something tight, listenable, and well-paced. He’ll also focus on making vertical social clips with burned-in captions. If there’s time, he’ll touch on color correction.
Along the way, Pierre will step back from the software and talk about editing as a craft — when to cut, how to think about pacing and flow, and what makes an edit feel effortless to the audience.
PREREQUISITES
Prior to the start of class, you must:
– Have Adobe Premiere Pro version 26.0 or higher installed on your computer.
– Open Adobe Premiere at least once to make sure the program starts up in good order.
– Download the footage shared for the class (link provided after you sign up for the class)
📅 July 30th and August 6th
⏰ 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
👤 Radio Boot Camp
💰 $250
🎟️ Register
A reporter has scheduled you for an interview. Maybe you’re thrilled, but also terrified! Or maybe you’re just unsure. How are you supposed to sound, anyway? You know you know your stuff, but your industry is kind of wonky. What’s the best way to sound smart but also not to bore the pants off listeners? How much detail should you go into? What if you have a message you really want to get across? In this workshop, drawing from real-life examples, journalist Sally Herships will teach you to be the best guest you can be (tip: do NOT speak in sound bites!), what to do when you don’t know the answers, and finally, how to handle challenging interviews.
📅 August 4th
⏰ 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
👤 Radio Boot Camp
💰 $75
🎟️ Register
This hands-on OpenSecrets session with Senior Researcher Dan Auble is designed to give journalists the investigative tools to map lobbying influence. Learn how to track industry-wide spending trends, isolate specific corporate targets, and dissect the lobbying reports behind the legislation you cover every day. Don't just report on the bills - report on who paid to influence them.
📅 August 6th
⏰ 10:00 AM
👤 MuckRock
💰 Free
🎟️ Register
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