Our Next Events
Tiramisu-Making Cooking Class
Surprise your family and friends with a delicious homemade Italian dessert!
Join us on July 13th at 3 PM for a hands-on Tiramisu class.
In this class, you'll learn how to prepare this classic dessert from scratch, guided step-by-step by our chef.
What to bring: Your own apron—and a passion for sweets!
15
July
2025
Courtney Lemmon and George Kahn Trio
Jazz Tuesday
20
July
2025
Cinebrunch with Craig Sweeny
CineBrunch is back for July with a special guest: acclaimed television writer, producer, and showrunner Craig Sweeny. Over the past two decades, Craig has made a distinctive mark on television, beginning as a staff writer on the sci-fi cult favorite The 4400, and continuing with writing and producing credits on Medium, Elementary, and Star Trek: Discovery. He created and served as showrunner for the CBS series Limitless and, more recently, Watson. Craig now heads his own production company, Action This Day!, under a new overall deal with CBS Studios. Guided by a passion for procedural storytelling and character-driven drama, Craig brings sharp insight and emotional depth to every project. At CineBrunch, he’ll join us for an intimate conversation about his creative journey, his approach to world-building, and the evolving role of the showrunner in today’s industry. This month’s gathering will take place on Sunday, July 20, in a private room at La Puglia in Santa Monica. Brunch is included with your ticket. Expect good food, great company, and plenty of lively discussion.
22
July
2025
Sultans of Swing
Stephanie Barone - vocals
David Baird - guitar
Leo Chelyapov - sax/clarinet
Adam Cohen - bass
Stephanie Barone is a Los Angeles-based vocalist known for a soulful sound that blends the depth of jazz with the energy of swing. Inspired by the legendary voices of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Anita O'Day, she brings timeless classics to life whether delivering a sultry ballad or an up-tempo swing number.
29
July
2025
Lia Booth Trio
Lia Booth – vocals
Miles Jensen – guitar
Ahmet Türkmenoğlu – bass
Lia Booth is one of the most captivating young jazz vocalists in Southern California. Her voice enchants even the most discerning listeners, and her artistry has earned admiration from both audiences and fellow musicians—a notoriously tough crowd to impress. With her warm tone, effortless swing, expressive phrasing, and remarkable command of harmony and scat singing, Lia truly stands out in today’s jazz scene.
12
August
2025
Alfredo Caceres Gipsy and Latin Trio
Alfredo Cáceres - guitar
Josè Prieto - voice and guitar
Hector Torres - percussions
Born and raised in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Cáceres, a complete guitarist and composer, has been involved in a wide variety of projects and bands in styles ranging from World music, Flamenco, Jazz, Brazilian, Salsa, Pop and Latin. He has collaborated on several recordings in local and international productions, as well as in different festivals in the United States and in Europe. Alfredo has been living in the United States full-time since 2009, and has played alongside many different artists in the World Music arena, such as Persian singer Hamed Nikpay, guitarist Russ Hewitt, the Gypsy All Stars (of the Gipsy Kings family), Mario Reyes, and Marcus Nand (Ziroq), just to name a few.
In 2012, Cáceres released his first solo album in the U.S., one that involves a variety of his original compositions within the last ten years, recorded in his hometown of Guatemala and in Los Angeles, California.
19
August
2025
TBC
Jazz Tuesday
26
August
2025
kohanya Trio
Jazz Tuesday
Hanna Kohanchik is a charismatic and soulful vocalist who brings a fresh voice to timeless jazz standards and reimagined popular songs. Accompanied by piano and double bass, she crafts an intimate, vibrant atmosphere where emotion meets elegance. With her captivating presence and heartfelt delivery, Hanna invites audiences into a world where jazz breathes, sways, and surprises.
Peter Lodato
Diamonds/Divisions/Voids
Always fascinated by the uncertainty of human perception, and the duplicitous nature of vision, which can be both revealing and deceitful, Lodato creates paintings that delve into this duality. Upon first read they are austere, geometric abstractions. After further observation, however, the paintings begin to vibrate: brushstrokes become evident and the surface reveals that there are numerous layers beneath. The hard edges of his often bi-chromatic works dissipate into sensuous fields of color that seem to push space in and out. Lodato’s reductive, divided compositions are visual confrontations between the planar simplicity of form and the resonance of particular pigments. A disciple of the AbEx color field painter, Barnett Newman, Lodato’s sumptuously colored canvases echo Newman’s concept of using division as a way to merge different areas of the canvas into a sublime whole.
Art Exhibition | April 7 -April 30, 2024