Past Events

VP Joins the Zorthian Ranch Delegation for an Annual Festival 

  • March 30, 2024

A Moving Mirror of the Machine, Illustrated Maps & Illuminated Pictures!

  • March 22, 2024 to April 13, 2024

A live performance of moving screen projections by Ursula Brookbank

  • March 15, 2024
  • March 16, 2024

The newest nineteenth-century model train station in Los Angeles

  • January 5, 2024
  • January 6, 2024

New Year's Celebration & Unveiling of Shenyang Station

  • December 31, 2023

Timed tours of the exhibits, gardens and grounds of the Velaslavasay Panorama featuring friends at home & abroad - all aboard!

  • November 2, 2023

The Painted Cinema of Karel Zeman Screening

  • October 12, 2023

A talk by Liz Brown, author of Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire

  • October 10, 2023

The Painted Cinema of Karel Zeman Screening

  • October 8, 2023

The Painted Cinema of Karel Zeman Screening

  • October 5, 2023

Screening & Performance: An original movie by Miyagi creators and 100% made in Miyagi, with live performance by Bentenya

  • September 29, 2023

An exhibit on panorama history at the Forest Lawn Museum

  • September 10, 2023

Grand Views Exhibition Closing Celebration

  • September 9, 2023

A film by Trent Harris starring Groovin' Gary, Sean Penn and Crispin Glover

  • July 8, 2023
  • July 15, 2023
  • July 22, 2023

70th Anniversary Screening co-presented by 3-D Space

  • July 1, 2023

An Illustrated Lecture in Celebration of Robert Barker's June 19, 1787 Panorama Patent

  • June 17, 2023

A casual live reading of "Ulysses" by James Joyce

  • June 16, 2023

Rarities and classics by Max Fleischer, inventor of the rotoscope

  • June 3, 2023
  • June 10, 2023
  • June 24, 2023

A screening of animation with OneHouse Arts and Smokehouse Films at the Velaslavasay Panorama.

  • May 21, 2023

A celebration for the Grifthorse Podcast's 200th Episode

  • May 14, 2023

Exhibit On Panoramas In Los Angeles - at Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale

  • May 13, 2023 to September 10, 2023

Demonstrations of Magic by Jeffrey Wang, David Shao & Jeffrey Lee

  • May 6, 2023

9th Annual Festival at Los Angeles State Historic Park

  • April 30, 2023

You can see me but never touch me. I can speak to you but never hear you. What am I?

  • February 11, 2023
  • February 18, 2023
  • February 25, 2023

An all-day Festival of Pa,Sacio Davicini's THE KING SHOW

  • February 5, 2023

An evening "Stereo Salon" with Eric Drysdale for VPES Members

  • February 3, 2023

Album Release Party Without Live Music

  • December 10, 2022

An illustrative Czech sci-fi fantasy where dreams are manipulated & screened on TV

  • November 12, 2022
  • November 19, 2022
  • November 26, 2022
  • December 3, 2022

An annual 24th Street festival celebrating the Day of the Dead

  • November 11, 2022

A Showcase of Magic, Ragtime and Grotesque Puppetry

  • October 9, 2022
  • October 9, 2022

A screening of short documentary films for VC members

  • September 29, 2022

The ADSLA hosts the event "Art Deco Shenyang by way of Los Angeles" - a tour of Shengjing Panorama and lecture by VP founder Sara Velas

  • September 24, 2022

A documentary about a radical Communist activist, who created the greatest television archive.

  • August 27, 2022
  • September 3, 2022
  • September 10, 2022
  • September 17, 2022

Celebrating 25 years of Pa,Sacio Davinci's Films of Hollywood

  • August 6, 2022

A tech-driven daydream on surveillance and stalking.

  • June 25, 2022
  • July 2, 2022
  • July 9, 2022
  • July 16, 2022

an art auction for OneHouse Arts & Authentic Children Art Association

  • April 30, 2022

Works by Students of OneHouse Arts & Authentic Children Art Association

  • April 30, 2022 to May 14, 2022

A Garden Open House with Slovak Cultural Demonstrations

  • April 10, 2022

A free festival that celebrates the life and legacy of Bob Baker at LA State Historic Park

  • April 9, 2022

 The Velaslavasay Panorama at the Los Angeles Breakfast Club!

  • March 9, 2022

A presentation, demonstration and book signing with Dydia DeLyser & Paul Greenstein

  • December 11, 2021
  • December 11, 2021

An Architectural Ofrenda & Outdoor Storefront Tableau during  Dia De Los Muertos street festival

  • November 1, 2021

Better Living Through Floristry - an outdoor storefront tableau

  • October 22, 2021
  • October 23, 2021

Third screening in the Velaslavasay's 20th Anniversary Film Series

  • August 6, 2021
  • August 7, 2021

Second screening in the Velaslavasay's 20th Anniversary Film Series

  • July 2, 2021
  • July 3, 2021

First screening in the Velaslavasay's 20th Anniversary Film Series

  • June 4, 2021
  • June 5, 2021

Book Release Celebration & Garden Open House - R.S.V.P. Required

  • May 22, 2021

An online exploration of plants with LAPL, LA County's Department of Parks & Recreation, and the Velaslavasay Panorama

  • March 2, 2021

A digital festival celebrating Bob Baker, Los Angeles and Public Transit

  • February 27, 2021

An Evening Tableau Streetview Display

  • October 23, 2020
  • October 24, 2020

Offering Bouquets & Floral Headdresses for Birthdays, Parties, Weddings and Funerals

  • September 17, 2020
  • September 18, 2020
  • September 19, 2020
  • September 20, 2020

-- Postponed Indefinitely --

  • April 19, 2020

An Open House and Artmaking Workshop in the Gardens of the Velaslavasay Panorama

  • March 26, 2020

Exhibition Debut

  • March 26, 2020

A Tour of the Velaslavasay Panorama

  • March 8, 2020

A free all-day celebration at Los Angeles State Historic Park

  • February 29, 2020

A presentation by Sara Velas in Champaign, Illinois

  • February 13, 2020

A WashU Los Angeles Network Event

  • February 9, 2020

Open Hours During the Holiday Season

  • November 29, 2019 to January 3, 2020

An Illustrated Lecture by Brittany Nicole Cox, Antiquarian Horologist

  • November 24, 2019

VPES Members' Illustrated Lecture by VP Director Sara Velas

  • November 10, 2019

24th Street 13th Annual Dia De Los Muertos Festival

  • November 2, 2019

The Vivisector

  • September 28, 2019

A Fundraiser for the Spay Neuter Project of LA

  • September 21, 2019

The Plants Are Watching, A Film Screening

  • August 25, 2019

Guess the American classic sung in Mandarin!

  • August 1, 2019

An Exhibition & Event Series Organized by Skyjacking Collective

  • July 31, 2019 to September 22, 2019

A Film Screening & Live Performance

  • July 23, 2019

An Historical Tour and Garden Drawing Workshop

  • July 20, 2019

Archo-Historical Illustrated Lecture by Hexi & Charles Gravelle

  • July 15, 2019

A Celebration of James Joyce's Ulysses

  • June 16, 2019

The VP Resumes Regular Open Hours Starting Friday, June 7th, Saturday, June 8th & Sunday, June 9th

  • June 7, 2019
  • June 8, 2019
  • June 9, 2019

All Aboard! Opening Night of Shengjing Panorama

  • June 1, 2019

Friday Night Concert of Old Time Music

  • May 17, 2019

A Sino-American Bridge Between Cities and Centuries

  • April 17, 2019

Typography Workshop with Dinamo

  • March 23, 2019
  • March 24, 2019

Long Live the Annual Street Festival!

  • February 23, 2019

The Films & Magic Lantern Performances Of Charlotte Pryce

  • January 11, 2019
  • January 12, 2019

12th Annual 24th Street Festival

  • November 2, 2018

"Voyage to the Land of Speaking Blood" - part three

  • August 25, 2018

A 16mm Closing Celebration for Nancy Columbia

  • August 5, 2018

A Free South LA Community Event

  • June 30, 2018

Friday Night Concert of Old Time Music

  • May 18, 2018

"Voyage to the Land of Speaking Blood" - part two

  • May 17, 2018

An Album Recording for AST Records, hosted by Andy Kindler

  • May 11, 2018

An Evening Screening, Presentation & "Noche en Mexico" Fiesta with the Luis Buñuel Film Institute

  • April 21, 2018

Three Films by Zoe Beloff

  • April 6, 2018

An April Fool's Day Affair

  • April 1, 2018
  • March 31, 2018

A Film by David Fenster

  • March 11, 2018

A Family-Friendly GMMOCA Performance

  • March 3, 2018

See GMMOCA at the Exploratorium in San Francisco

  • March 1, 2018

The Fourth Annual Celebration at the Bob Baker Marionette Theatre

  • February 24, 2018
  • February 23, 2018

A Celebration of the Tree Sculpture

  • February 4, 2018

Noon 'til 6:00pm

  • January 21, 2018

Slávnostné Otvorenie Domu s Kultúrnymi Ponukami a Ukážkami

  • December 10, 2017

An open house for the coming and going of festive spirits!

  • November 2, 2017
  • November 2, 2017 to November 5, 2017

Effulgence of the North back on view for one last weekend.

  • November 2, 2017 to November 5, 2017

An Evening Variety Show to Ferry our Arctic Panorama into Hibernation

  • September 9, 2017

On view in Tunnel below/Skyjacking above: deconstructing the border

  • August 26, 2017 to October 1, 2017

A Border Peepshow - Un Diorama Fronterizo - Grenzkästen

  • July 28, 2017 to July 30, 2017

An All-Ages Matinée Film & Art Series

  • June 25, 2017

A Project in San Diego with Parkeology

  • June 10, 2017
  • June 17, 2017
  • June 24, 2017

A Kid-Friendly, Matinée Film & Art Series

  • May 28, 2017

A Night with Paula Prentiss and Allison De Fren

  • April 20, 2017

A Kid-Friendly, Matinée Film & Art Series

  • April 2, 2017

Featuring the Exquisite Lingerie of the Department of Curiosities

  • April 1, 2017

Co-Presented by 3-D Space & Part of the LA 3-D Movie Festival

  • December 9, 2016

Presented by the Velaslavasay Panorama & Memento Memoria

  • November 2, 2016

A film screening presented by Los Angeles Filmforum

  • October 9, 2016

A Ticketed Evening event to celebrate the re-lighting of the Union Theatre Marquee!

  • September 10, 2016

Street Celebration 12 noon 'til 6pm

  • September 10, 2016

 Documentary Film Screening - Introduced by DJ Lance Rock

  • September 4, 2016

Screening of Luis Buñuel's Film

  • September 1, 2016

A Diorama of 19th-Century Naturalism As Dictated By An Opto-Mechanical Device

  • August 21, 2016

A Lecture & Demonstration with Aisha Ali

  • August 13, 2016

~SOLD OUT~

An evening of experimental and classical music. 

Opening Act: Les Sewing Sisters

  • July 30, 2016

An Illustrated Lecture by Sara Velas

  • July 17, 2016

Friday Night Concert of Old Time Music

  • May 13, 2016

An Evening of Music

  • May 6, 2016

A film by Olivia Wyatt with Bitchin' Bajas, Dublab & Discostan

  • April 21, 2016

An illuminated lecture performed by Yelena Zhelezov & Kate Dollenmayer

  • April 17, 2016

 An afternoon review of art, music, film, dance, theater and literature

  • April 10, 2016

An afternoon of poetry readings

  • April 1, 2016

An evening of literary readings

  • March 30, 2016

An Illustrated Lecture by Robert Millis with Musical Demonstration by Jonathan Ward 

  • January 30, 2016

Plants & Books at discount prices

  • November 14, 2015

Our Sound of Beyond

  • October 17, 2015

Our Sound of Beyond

  • October 17, 2015

Featuring Allison De Fren & Lynn Drye

  • August 28, 2015
  • August 29, 2015

Eskimo (1933)

  • August 15, 2015

presented by wasteLAnd 

  • July 31, 2015

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006)

  • July 18, 2015

A Birthday Party hosted by comedian Ian Abramson 

  • July 11, 2015

South (1919)

  • June 26, 2015

Films by Matthew Brannon & Jeremy Shaw

  • June 25, 2015

The Grand Moving Mirror of California in Seoul, Korea

  • June 13, 2015

Festival of Old Time Music

  • May 15, 2015

Nanook of the North (1922)

  • March 20, 2015

presented by wasteLAnd Music

  • March 13, 2015

Robert Lax and John Beer's Black and White Oratorio 

  • March 1, 2015

Das Eskimobaby (1918), with Eskimo Hunters of Northwest Alaska (1949)

  • February 6, 2015

A lecture by Dr. Olesya Turkina

Presented by The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Information

  • January 23, 2015

90 Degrees South: With Scott to the Antarctic (1933)

  • January 22, 2015

A special screening and live performance 

  • December 13, 2014

Re-takes on North American History

  • October 5, 2014

A documentary film by Marcelo Machado

  • September 28, 2014

With Director Lee Lynch and Pre-Show Lecture by Richard Burrill

  • August 9, 2014

"Un Voyage au Sud Sans La Lune"

  • July 26, 2014

Music by Ana Caravelle, Alina Bea, & Simon/Mohr

  • July 19, 2014

An afternoon tour of cultural exchange in Bali & Java

  • June 28, 2014

Presented with Los Angeles Filmforum

  • June 9, 2014

An Evening of Fiddles & Friends

  • May 17, 2014

with Dr. Russell Potter and Kenn Harper

  • May 10, 2014

Glacial Garden Feast

  • May 9, 2014

Filmscreening with Los Angeles Filmforum

  • May 4, 2014

Xenharmonia in Revelry

  • April 25, 2014

"The most famous short film ever made!" -Roger Ebert

  • March 29, 2014

To the sounds and sweet airs...

  • February 21, 2014

The inauguration of the Velaslavasay Polar Year 

  • January 17, 2014

Bread + Puppet's 50 Years of Political Theater

  • December 13, 2013

Filmforum Presents Nicolas Rey's 15mm 1999 Film 

  • December 8, 2013

Filmforum LA presents Alex MacKenzie's dual projector 16mm film

  • December 5, 2013

Vinyl Listening Party

  • November 17, 2013

An evening with two musical performances

  • November 1, 2013

PANORAMA VIEW OF DIRTY COLLAR COLLECTION

  • October 20, 2013

An afternoon of intersecting cultures

  • August 11, 2013

The Affair of X, Y & Z : TONPSYCHOLOGIE

  • July 27, 2013

Featuring a visual presentation on the history of humane education

  • July 6, 2013

Music of Reflection, Meditation, and Contemplation

  • June 29, 2013

with host Zed Adams

  • June 9, 2013

A Living Room Screening with Phil Solomon

  • May 19, 2013

Country & Old Time Music

  • May 18, 2013

Sylvia Alting van Geusau & "Panoramas in Amsterdam"

  • May 12, 2013

A Puppet Show by Eamon Espey and Lisa Krause

  • May 4, 2013

Afternoon Discusson & Demonstration with Obscura Society LA

  • April 28, 2013

An Afternoon of Chinese String Music 

  • April 20, 2013

Guitar Music

  • February 22, 2013

A Film screening, Exhibition Debut and Valentine's Day Event 

  • February 14, 2013

Two films by Olivia Wyatt

  • December 1, 2012

Filmscreening with Los Angeles Filmforum

  • November 4, 2012

Professor Huhtamo's Daring Adventures Illustrated with a Magic Lantern 

  • August 2, 2012 to August 3, 2012

An Illustrated Lecture by Steve Roberts

  • July 1, 2012

An Illustrated Lecture by José Antonio Rodríguez.

  • June 17, 2012

An Illustrated Lecture by Eric Sandweiss

  • June 8, 2012

A Traveling Gnarwhallaby

  • May 22, 2012
  • May 19, 2012

Original stories with a live musical score

  • May 11, 2012 to May 12, 2012

The Fire Axolotl

  • April 27, 2012

With musical guest Dirt Bird

  • March 23, 2012

An Incendiary Traces Event

  • March 4, 2012

A Journey into the Curious World of the Medical Museum

  • February 9, 2012

An Illustrated Lecture by Tristan Duke

  • January 29, 2012

Screening of Film Shorts

  • December 4, 2011

Presented by Automata and The Velaslavasay Panorama.

  • November 18, 2011

Presented by Ursula Brookbank and Jordan Biren

  • October 7, 2011

An afternoon of Yueju Chinese Opera

  • August 7, 2011

Afternoon performances of Chinese Opera

  • August 6, 2011

New Works by Laura Heit and Susan Simpson

  • July 15, 2011
  • July 16, 2011

An Evening of Old Time Music

  • May 13, 2011

"The Somnambulists" Exhibition Debut 

  • April 16, 2011

Presented by Emily Mast

  • March 25, 2011

An Illustrated Presentation by Media Archæologist Erkki Huhtamo 

  • February 26, 2011
  • October 29, 2010
  • July 23, 2010 to August 21, 2010
  • January 28, 2010 to January 31, 2010
  • August 28, 2009
  • January 10, 2009 to January 11, 2009

A program of live film/performance works by Jordan Biren & Perry Hoberman presented with Automata

  • December 13, 2008
  • February 8, 2008 to February 17, 2008
  • January 19, 2008 to January 20, 2008
  • January 4, 2008 to January 5, 2008

An Illustrated Lecture by Professor Russell A. Potter

  • January 4, 2008
  • January 5, 2008
  • December 13, 2007 to December 16, 2007
  • March 15, 2000