https://otbla.com/event-types/talk/Recent content in Talk on Out Of The Box LAhttps://otbla.com/images/og-default.jpghttps://otbla.com/images/og-default.jpgHugoen-us2026 Out Of The Box LASat, 17 Oct 2026 04:38:07 +0000https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/intersection-with-tracy-von-ahsen/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:31:00 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/intersection-with-tracy-von-ahsen/Free community evening with spotlight artist Tracy von Ahsen at 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica on Nov. 3, with food, art and conversation.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/judicial-elections-ballot-cram-session-2026-10-21/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 02:19:32 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/judicial-elections-ballot-cram-session-2026-10-21/LAist's one-hour Judicial Elections Ballot Cram Session on Oct 21 at The Crawford in Pasadena helps voters sort through the long list of judge races.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/fred-talks-to-dave-karger-tcm-velvet-martini-2026/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 05:43:07 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/fred-talks-to-dave-karger-tcm-velvet-martini-2026/Fred Bronson interviews Turner Classic Movies host Dave Karger live at The Velvet Martini Lounge in Studio City on Sunday, November 8, at 1 PM.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/movies-under-the-microscope-natural-history-museum/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:31:14 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/movies-under-the-microscope-natural-history-museum/Explorers (1985) screens Oct. 16 at the Natural History Museum of L.A. County, followed by a talk with a physicist, an editor and a Futurama producer.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/in-conversation-with-chuck-lorre-wilshire-ebell/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:31:00 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/in-conversation-with-chuck-lorre-wilshire-ebell/Chuck Lorre, creator of The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men, talks career, addiction and comedy at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on October 16.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/women-on-the-move-ann-patchett-online/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:14:22 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/women-on-the-move-ann-patchett-online/Free online talk with novelist Ann Patchett on her books and writing process, streaming Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 8:30 AM Pacific. Register on Eventbrite.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/book-soup-danielle-fishel-rider-strong-will-friedle/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:53:46 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/book-soup-danielle-fishel-rider-strong-will-friedle/Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle discuss and sign Book Meets World at the First Congregational Church of LA on Nov. 16.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/the-mandy-and-cliff-einstein-visiting-artist-series-hank-willis-thomas/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:46:00 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/the-mandy-and-cliff-einstein-visiting-artist-series-hank-willis-thomas/Conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas visits Otis College of Art and Design on October 27 for a free evening in the Einstein Visiting Artist Series.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/david-lachapelle-artist-talk/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:38:12 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/david-lachapelle-artist-talk/Photographer David LaChapelle sits down for an evening artist talk hosted by Samy's Camera and Phase One at Terraform LA on Melrose Avenue, Oct. 22.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/barbara-kingsolver-discusses-partita-pasadena/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:34:00 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/barbara-kingsolver-discusses-partita-pasadena/Pulitzer winner Barbara Kingsolver discusses her new novel Partita on Wednesday, October 21 at Pasadena Presbyterian Church, hosted by Vroman's.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/citizen-artist-reading-group/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:05:00 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/citizen-artist-reading-group/Join 18th Street Arts Center's free, virtual Citizen Artist Reading Group on Sunday, October 18, with guest Sara Daleiden and readings on art and civic life.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/making-sense-of-ai-gone-rogue/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:05:00 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/making-sense-of-ai-gone-rogue/A free public panel at 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica on October 12 asks what it means when AI systems act in ways their developers never intended.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/an-evening-with-david-byrne/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:58:34 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/an-evening-with-david-byrne/David Byrne discusses his book Sleeping Beauties at Robert Frost Auditorium in Culver City on October 13. Tickets are $40 and parking is free.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/screening-garden-of-the-finzi-continis/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:13:11 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/screening-garden-of-the-finzi-continis/Vittorio De Sica's Oscar-winning film screens October 14 at The Goldrich Cultural Center, followed by a talk on Italy's Holocaust history.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/artist-talk-phung-huynh-june-edmonds-sherin-guirguis/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:11:05 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/artist-talk-phung-huynh-june-edmonds-sherin-guirguis/Three LA artists discuss their solo shows at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles in a Saturday afternoon talk with refreshments, seating is limited.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/kimberle-crenshaw-backtalker-central-library/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:23:00 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/kimberle-crenshaw-backtalker-central-library/Legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw discusses her memoir Backtalker at a free ALOUD and ACLU SoCal conversation in the Central Library on October 19.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/timothy-pakron-garden-variety-conversation/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:47:03 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/timothy-pakron-garden-variety-conversation/Timothy Pakron of Mississippi Vegan talks with Joanne Lee Molinaro at Now Serving in Chinatown on Oct 10 for Garden Variety. Tickets from $11.49.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/dan-kwong-manzanar-baseball-livestream-at-18th-street-arts-center/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 04:55:00 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/dan-kwong-manzanar-baseball-livestream-at-18th-street-arts-center/Dan Kwong's Manzanar Baseball Project livestreams at 18th Street Arts Center on October 17, a free gathering around the baseball leagues built inside Manzanar during WWII.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/a-century-of-humanity-jazz-in-la-central-library/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:46:59 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/a-century-of-humanity-jazz-in-la-central-library/Stanley Clarke co-curates a free ALOUD night of jazz, poetry and LA stories at the Central Library's Mark Taper Auditorium on November 12.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/lisa-kleypas-queen-of-lombard-street-ripped-bodice/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:28:43 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/lisa-kleypas-queen-of-lombard-street-ripped-bodice/Lisa Kleypas launches her Victorian novel Queen of Lombard Street at The Ripped Bodice in Culver City, in conversation with Maureen Lee Lenker.https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/its-only-dancing-jasmine-guillory-reparations-club/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 01:41:16 -0700https://otbla.com/events/arts-and-culture/its-only-dancing-jasmine-guillory-reparations-club/Romance author Jasmine Guillory talks It's Only Dancing with moderator Rebekah Weatherspoon at Reparations Club in Los Angeles on Oct 14.https://otbla.com/events/comedy/katt-williams-book-tour-wilshire-ebell-2026/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:23:32 -0700https://otbla.com/events/comedy/katt-williams-book-tour-wilshire-ebell-2026/Katt Williams brings his book tour to the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on October 14. Stand-up energy, stories and a night built around his new book.