Culture Groups Los Angeles

Halloween Social | ハロウィン Night in West LA!🎃

**LA2JP 1st Halloween Party! 👻** **FRI 10/30 7pm- West LA** Ok we needed a Halloween night 🎃 Huge backyard patio in West LA, a beautiful bar inside, cocktails + food, and plenty of space outside to hang. And it’s **LA2JP fam Alysa’s birthday**🥂💗🎂 so we’re celebrating her too! Costume? YES. 👻 Not a costume person? Also totally fine. Come however you want. **🍸 HAPPY HOUR 5–7PM** Coming early? Even better. Grab a drink + hang with us before the night gets going. **7PM → Halloween Social** **No cover**. Just a Friday night outside with drinks, food, Halloween fits, Arisa’s birthday + a bunch of people to meet. **💛 Quick favor:** the venue is giving us the backyard space for free, so please show them some love and order food + drinks while you’re there. That’s what helps us keep nights like this free for everyone. **🚗 Uber / Lyft / Waymo / carpool highly recommended.** *Parking nearby is pretty limited on Friday nights.* **Still out later? 👀** Sawtelle / Little Osaka is right nearby, so some of us may head over for dessert or keep hanging after. 🍨🍵 Bring your friends or just pull up. **See you 10/30 👻** 仮装してもしなくてもOK 🎃 初めて＆一人参加もウェルカムです。LAでみんなでハロウィンの夜を楽しもう！

Social Mixer: Get Your Fun Game On With Optional White Elephant Gift Exchange

🍜 Asian Background Social: Lounge Asia Los Angeles (Easy English) @6pm

⏰ 6:00 to 9:00 pm LA time 🌏 Make new international friends in Los Angeles. Come alone, practise your English, and enjoy a relaxed social night. 😊 A friendly meetup for networking, language exchange, and real conversation — open to everyone. Why People Love Lounge Asia 🍜 **Asian-focused event** 🤝 Many guests come alone 💬 No need for perfect English 🌏 No games or forced introductions — just enjoy the conversation Lounge Asia began within the Asian community, so people from Asia often feel comfortable and at home here. At the same time, everyone is welcome — locals, expats, travellers, students, returnees, digital nomads, and globally minded people. ━━━━━━━━━━ How to Join 1️⃣ Tap "RSVP" on this page 2️⃣ Show your Meetup QR code at reception 3️⃣ Collect your name tag and start meeting people ✅ Early RSVP is free ✅ RSVPs made within 48 hours of the event start time are $5 ✅ Limited capacity — please RSVP early Many people attend alone, so don't worry if it's your first time. ━━━━━━━━━━ How to Find Us 📍 Venue The Normandie Club 3612 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90020 [Normandie Club](https://www.thenormandieclub.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) ⏰ Start Time — Los Angeles Local Time 6pm ⚠️ Important: This is the local time in Los Angeles. Meetup may display Brisbane time or another time zone, so please follow the local time shown above. 🚶 Getting There About a 3-minute walk from Wilshire/Normandie Metro station. ━━━━━━━━━━ 🍺 Please Support the Venue This event is free or low-cost because the venue supports our community. Please purchase at least one drink during the event. Your support helps us keep organising events at great venues. ━━━━━━━━━━ 💚 Please Be Respectful Lounge Asia is a friendly social event where everyone should feel comfortable and welcome. 🚫 This is NOT a pickup or dating event. Anyone who makes others uncomfortable may be removed immediately. Not allowed: harassment, unwanted attention, MLM / crypto / religious recruitment, or anything that makes others uncomfortable. Organisers reserve the right to refuse entry or ask anyone to leave. 🪪 A valid government-issued photo ID is strictly required for entry. No photo ID, no entry. Driver's licences must be issued by the government of the country where the event is held. 📸 Photos and short videos may be taken for community and promotional purposes. If you prefer not to appear, please let an organiser know when you arrive. ━━━━━━━━━━ Lounge Asia is already growing in Australia and is now expanding across Asia — Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. Our goal is simple: More friendship, more understanding, and more genuine connections across cultures. 📱 Instagram: @_lounge_asia 🎥 Watch Event Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNak_cu9CXw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNak_cu9CXw) 👉 GET VIP ACCESS: [https://forms.gle/t6GXAjTNFECetVuZ8](https://forms.gle/t6GXAjTNFECetVuZ8) ━━━━━━━━━━ 🌏 Come say hi! Hey, come hang out! 来一起玩吧！ 一起來聊天吧！ 気軽に遊びに来てね！ 편하게 놀러 와요! มาเจอกันนะ! Tới chơi nha! Tara, sali ka na! Yuk, gabung! လာပြီး အတူပျော်ကြရအောင်! មកលេងជាមួយគ្នាណា! ມາພົບກັນເດີ້! Хамтдаа цуглацгаая! Komm einfach vorbei! Jom join kita! See you at Lounge Asia!

🍜 Asian Background Social: Lounge Asia Los Angeles (Easy English) @6pm

⏰ 6:00 to 9:00 pm LA time 🌏 Make new international friends in Los Angeles. Come alone, practise your English, and enjoy a relaxed social night. 😊 A friendly meetup for networking, language exchange, and real conversation — open to everyone. Why People Love Lounge Asia 🍜 **Asian-focused event** 🤝 Many guests come alone 💬 No need for perfect English 🌏 No games or forced introductions — just enjoy the conversation Lounge Asia began within the Asian community, so people from Asia often feel comfortable and at home here. At the same time, everyone is welcome — locals, expats, travellers, students, returnees, digital nomads, and globally minded people. ━━━━━━━━━━ How to Join 1️⃣ Tap "RSVP" on this page 2️⃣ Show your Meetup QR code at reception 3️⃣ Collect your name tag and start meeting people ✅ Early RSVP is free ✅ RSVPs made within 48 hours of the event start time are $5 ✅ Limited capacity — please RSVP early Many people attend alone, so don't worry if it's your first time. ━━━━━━━━━━ How to Find Us 📍 Venue The Normandie Club 3612 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90020 [Normandie Club](https://www.thenormandieclub.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) ⏰ Start Time — Los Angeles Local Time 6pm ⚠️ Important: This is the local time in Los Angeles. Meetup may display Brisbane time or another time zone, so please follow the local time shown above. 🚶 Getting There About a 3-minute walk from Wilshire/Normandie Metro station. ━━━━━━━━━━ 🍺 Please Support the Venue This event is free or low-cost because the venue supports our community. Please purchase at least one drink during the event. Your support helps us keep organising events at great venues. ━━━━━━━━━━ 💚 Please Be Respectful Lounge Asia is a friendly social event where everyone should feel comfortable and welcome. 🚫 This is NOT a pickup or dating event. Anyone who makes others uncomfortable may be removed immediately. Not allowed: harassment, unwanted attention, MLM / crypto / religious recruitment, or anything that makes others uncomfortable. Organisers reserve the right to refuse entry or ask anyone to leave. 🪪 A valid government-issued photo ID is strictly required for entry. No photo ID, no entry. Driver's licences must be issued by the government of the country where the event is held. 📸 Photos and short videos may be taken for community and promotional purposes. If you prefer not to appear, please let an organiser know when you arrive. ━━━━━━━━━━ Lounge Asia is already growing in Australia and is now expanding across Asia — Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. Our goal is simple: More friendship, more understanding, and more genuine connections across cultures. 📱 Instagram: @_lounge_asia 🎥 Watch Event Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNak_cu9CXw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNak_cu9CXw) 👉 GET VIP ACCESS: [https://forms.gle/t6GXAjTNFECetVuZ8](https://forms.gle/t6GXAjTNFECetVuZ8) ━━━━━━━━━━ 🌏 Come say hi! Hey, come hang out! 来一起玩吧！ 一起來聊天吧！ 気軽に遊びに来てね！ 편하게 놀러 와요! มาเจอกันนะ! Tới chơi nha! Tara, sali ka na! Yuk, gabung! လာပြီး အတူပျော်ကြရအောင်! មកលេងជាមួយគ្នាណា! ມາພົບກັນເດີ້! Хамтдаа цуглацгаая! Komm einfach vorbei! Jom join kita! See you at Lounge Asia!

Korean-English Language Exchange

Korean-English Language Exchange

Free: The Bengali: An Evening of Film and the Power of Storytelling

Free movie and discussion **Date**: October 21, 2026 @ 6:00 pm **Venue:** Wende Museum - A-Frame Theater 10808 Culver Blvd., Culver City, CA 90230 **Free but you must register:** [https://wendemuseum.org/event/the-bengali-an-evening-of-film-and-the-power-of-storytelling/](https://wendemuseum.org/event/the-bengali-an-evening-of-film-and-the-power-of-storytelling/) Join us for an evening of film, conversation, and community at the Wende Museum as we explore the stories we inherit, the identities we carry, and the unexpected connections that shape our world. **Program** 6:00 PM — Reception 6:30 PM — Doors Open 6:45 PM — Film Screening 8:15 PM — Conversation & Audience Q&A In *The Bengali,* named one of Nonfics’ Top 20 Documentaries, director Kavery Kaul takes an American woman to India to uncover the past of her grandfather, Shaik Mohamed Musa. He was one of the early group of men who arrived in the late nineteenth century and married African-American women. Her unlikely quest triggers a boldly different encounter between East and West. A personal search becomes a deeper journey into culture, memory, and identity, breaking barriers and building bridges, revealing how histories travel, and families form across unexpected places. *The Bengali* has inspired the #UnderOurSun impact campaign, a digital storyteling movement that invites everyone to share their own cultural heritage and lived experience. Through in-person screenings, lively panel discussions, and digital storytelling, the campaign sparks timely conversation about migration and belonging. The Alliance of Women Film Journalists calls *The Bengali* “a lyrical and poetic documentary that shows how stories and presumptions can change, forging connections that are rich and real — not just to the past, but to the world at large.” **Featuring:** **Kavery Kaul, Director, The Bengali** **Julie Carmen, Actress, Producer** **Najla Zaidi, Director, MPAC® Hollywood Bureau** **Moderated by: Lorraine Ali, News and Culture Critic, *LA Times***

Korean-English Language Exchange

Free! Two Films on Oscar Rabin & Valentina Kropivnitskaya

**Date**: November 23\, 2026 \| 07:00 PM \- 10:00 PM Meet at the venue 6:30 to ensure seating. Possible dinner before, TBD **Venue**: [The Wende Museum's Community Center](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/musicwords-la-curated-by-inna-faliks-tickets-2003085787512#location) 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90230 **Free, but you must RSVP here:** [https://wendemuseum.org/event/a-road-of-many-colors/](https://wendemuseum.org/event/a-road-of-many-colors/) **A Road of Many Colors: Two Films on Oscar Rabin & Valentina Kropivnitskaya** Oscar Rabin wanted to paint. In the Soviet Union that made him a dissident. In 1974 Rabin helped organize an open-air show of unofficial art in Moscow. The authorities broke it up with bulldozers and water cannons. Images of the attack went around the world, and within weeks officials had to allow a second outdoor show. Thousands came. Several years later Rabin and his wife, the painter Valentina Kropivnitskaya, were forced into exile, and he was stripped of his Soviet citizenship. They started over in France. *A Road of Many Colors* tells their story in two documentaries written and directed by Alexander Smoljanski and Evgeny Tsymbal. *In Search of a Lost Paradise* (2015, 52 minutes) follows the life and art of Kropivnitskaya. *Oscar* (2018, 90 minutes) turns to Rabin. It draws on archival footage, some of it shown publicly for the first time, and on conversations with artists and writers including Ilya Kabakov, Vitaly Komar, Eric Bulatov, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Vladimir Sorokin, and Vladimir Paperny. Rabin died in 2018 at 90, shortly after the Paris premiere of *Oscar*. The films ask what art can do when power demands obedience, a question artists, writers, and cultural institutions face again today. Alexander Smoljanski joins us for a conversation after the screening. Smoljanski is a writer, director, and producer who conceived *A Road of Many Colors* and made both films with Evgeny Tsymbal. RSVPing to this program does not guarantee admission. Seating is first come, first served.

Let's practice Arabic!

Bake Stuff with Lindsay - Live Baking/Comedy Show + Dessert

live baking + audience chaos + special guests + questionable decisions ### **Bake Stuff with Lindsay** The most unhinged baking show you’ve never seen. Bake Stuff with Lindsay is a live, audience-immersive baking experience where chaos is encouraged and we actually eat the results. It’s a fever dream for anyone who’s ever wished TV bakers would loosen up, get messier, and curse a little (a lot) more. Along the way, we attempt to answer important questions like: Do feelings matter more than the recipe? and Does the 5 second rule count with liquids too? **What to expect:** *• Live baking (in real time, with real stakes)* *• Audience involvement throughout the show (games, prizes, FUN)* *• \*SPECIAL GUESTS\*, commentary, and mild spiraling* *• Questionable decisions, emotional detours, and laughter* *• Dessert served (assuming nothing is completely destroyed)* **Theme: HALLOWEEN TREATS** Featuring: Kyle Ayers (Sous Chef) and a panel of special guests! * **\*\*You must buy your ticket through the Eventbrite page [HERE](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bake-stuff-with-lindsay-live-bakingcomedy-show-dessert-tickets-2002971464569) \*\***

Italian Conversation & Culture Club

**⚠️ Please confirm only if you can attend** Are you learning Italian? Welcome to our Italian Conversation & Culture Club! We meet **every two weeks on Monday at 7:30 PM CET** // 1:30 PM EST for a relaxed evening of conversation, cultural exchange, and everything Italian. \#\#\# 🗣️ What do we do? Each meeting is an opportunity to: * 💬 Speak Italian and practice conversation with other learners * 🎬 Share and talk about Italian movies and TV shows * 📚 Recommend and discuss books * 🎧 Discover and exchange podcasts * Talk about Italian culture, everyday life, food, traditions and much more * 🤝 Meet other foreigners who are learning Italian and make new connections You don't need to speak perfect Italian! The goal is to **practice, make mistakes, learn from each other and have fun using Italian in a natural way.** 📚 Interested in studying grammar too? If several people are interested in working on their Italian grammar together, we can also create **small group classes with a native Italian tutor**. These would be separate from the conversation meetings and give you the opportunity to study grammar, ask questions and work systematically on your Italian with a professional native speaker. You can simply join the conversation club and see if a group class interests you later! **📅 When?** **Every two weeks, on Monday** 🕢 **7:30 PM CET** 📍 **First meeting: Monday, October 26th** The meetings will continue every two weeks after that. Italian Conversation & Culture Club Lunedì, 26 ottobre · 7:30 - 8:30PM Fuso orario: Europe/Rome Informazioni per partecipare di Google Meet Link alla videochiamata: https://meet.google.com/xcz-kqjj-gnf **⚠️ Please confirm only if you can attend** Because this is a small community and we want to have a realistic idea of how many people will participate, **please only RSVP if you are planning to come.** If you confirm your participation and later realize that you cannot make it, **please remove your RSVP as soon as possible** so that someone else can take your place. Come ready to speak Italian, meet new people and discover something new! ✨ **Parliamo italiano!**