LA Weekly Things To Do: Chili Cook-Off at Santa Anita Park + More

Interactive Bollywood and Bhangra Dance with Malini and Aakansha, Mantra Band Larisa Stow and Shakti Tribe, DJ’s JBrave and Kiyoshi, Continuous Yoga Classes, Vegan Cuisine, Color Throws, Free Hugs and Lotsa Love.

Visual Culture Arts presents Another Shade of Blue, a two-day art event featuring a group exhibition, DJ performance, live painting, and artist’s talk at Open Mind Art Space. The event will open with a reception on Saturday, February 22, from 6 – 11 PM. The exhibition will continue on Sunday, February 23, from 12 – 5 PM; including an artist talk from 2 – 4 PM. Featured Artists: Vakseen, Paige Strabala, Ernie Steiner, Robert Nelson, Jacquelin Nagel, Matthew Laurence Knott, Gary Geiger, Beau Bernier Frank, Craig Cartwright.

PaleyFest LA returns to the Dolby Theater March 13-22! The premier television festival features screenings and discussions with the casts and creative teams from today hottest television shows. Get all the behind-the-scenes scoops on Schitt’s Creek, The Mandalorian, The Boys, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Ozark, Dead to Me, Star Trek: Picard, Modern Family, NCIS, Outlander, One Day at a Time, and the legendary Dolly Parton! Tickets are now on sale. For more information including how to purchase tickets, please visit paleyfest.org.

Put a new spin on family time with the Harlem Globetrotters. Don’t miss the “Pushing the Limits” World Tour featuring new thrills, surprise moments and more player interaction than ever. Laugh-out-loud fun meets jaw-dropping athleticism. At Honda Center in Anaheim Feb. 22. Get tickets today. For a limited time save up to 30% by entering code CALI at www.harlemglobetrotters.com/socal.

Chance Theater kicks off Season 22 with one of the most celebrated and groundbreaking musicals in the last decade. Alison’s volatile and brilliant father has just died unexpectedly, sparking an achingly beautiful journey of self-discovery and her own journey as an LGBTQ writer, artist, and woman. Join us for this refreshingly honest, wholly original, and intimately emotional musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes that won just about every major New York theater award.

Join Fair Trade Campaigns’ 2020 National Conference, March 20-22 in Pasadena, to learn from movement leaders, industry experts and fair trade producers driving social innovation and sustainability. Fair Trade Campaigns is a powerful grassroots movement representing 300+ college campuses and communities across the U.S. The conference program will include sustainability leaders like Rose Marcario, CEO of Patagonia Inc. and sessions to explore ways to convert your passion for fair trade and sustainability into community-wide action.

If you are a Home Haunter, Yard Display, Halloween Enthusiast, pro Haunt or someone who wants to learn more and do more than colored lights and store-bought yard trinkets. Then Haunt X: DIY Haunters & Halloween Expo is for you. Come out to HauntX for a weekend of scare-based learning, Haunt and Halloween Vendor shopping, Saturday Night Costume Party and an all-around good fun for the whole Family. Kids 10 and under free with a paid adult admission.

For one night only… Edith, world-renowned consultant to the stars since the Golden Age, presents a one-of-a-kind showcase of the biggest potentials in Hollywood! Come watch performers air their craft and see if Edith thinks they have what it takes to make it big (even though they already have) or… should they Get The Hell Out of Hollywood!? With Special Guests: Byron Bowers (Honey Boy, Comedy Central),
Nick Thune (Comedy Central, Netflix), Marisol Nichols (Riverdale)

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Desert Dwellers & Karsh Kale Collide with Immersive 360 Psychedelic Visuals for Samskara Live. Wisdome LA presents Samskara Alive a one of a kind electronic music and 360 psychedelic visual experience featuring the earthy and bass driven global sounds of Desert Dwellers along with one of global music’s brightest stars, Karsh Kale, who has pioneered electronic fusion exploring the worlds of electronica, Indian classical music, rock, jazz fusion and hip hop. Experience an unforgettable night of art, music, and dancing!