The Velaslavasay Panorama makes its home at the beautiful Union Theatre, a neighborhood landmark in the historic West Adams district of Los Angeles.

The beautiful Union Theatre has enjoyed many incarnations over the years; in addition to being a movie and play house, it has hosted church meetings as well as serving, appropriately enough, as a meeting hall for the Tile Layers Local #18 for over 30 years.

The Union was built as a silent picture house in 1921, one of the first in the city solely dedicated to film programs. It went through a variety of owners and names in its early years, including being part of the local Fairyland chain in the late twenties.

In 1935, former screen vamp Louise Glaum opened an acting school and playhouse here, calling it Louise Glaum’s Little Theater at Union Square. Then in 1939, it was re-reconfigured back into a film venue, the Union, which operated into the fifties.

After it became the headquarters for the tile layers, a student from nearby USC operated an after hours weekly film series, showing cult and underground films as well as children’s programs on the weekends.

The Velaslavasay Panorama is indeed proud to inhabit such a special place, and hope that we may continue the Union's tradition of bringing the public quality entertainments while fulfilling our panoramic destiny. As well as serving as a showcase for panoramic works and garden wonders,The Velaslavasay Panorama also hosts events.  The Panorama's past events have included film screenings and presentations that vary from Automata's toy theatre productions and silent film programs to craft circles and other experimentations; the theatre and grounds are also available for filming. For more information, please contact us.