BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Events @ ARRAY - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://events.arraynow.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Events @ ARRAY REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260725T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260725T150000 DTSTAMP:20260715T024229Z CREATED:20260630T225011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T024229Z UID:10000096-1784980800-1784991600@events.arraynow.com SUMMARY:ARRAY @ PLAY x WORLD BUILDING GAME DESCRIPTION:Step into Marooning Bodies\, an experimental world building game that invites us to gather\, imagine and create together. During this game\, we will move through a series of activities involving writing\, drawing and discussion within a group to collaboratively build a model of a future society. Guided by artist and creator Mims\, we’ll explore what it might mean to build a community grounded in collective care\, shared responsibility and new possibilities for living together. No special skills or experience is required. Come with an open mind; ready for discovery. This game experience will last approximately 3 hours. \nABOUT THE ARTIST\nMims is an artist\, abolitionist\, and facilitator based in Los Angeles. Her work spans performance\, advocacy\, public art\, social practice\, and the creation of fine art objects. She experiences the body as a site of liberation and approaches it as her first place of inquiry. Grounded in embodied knowing\, her practice explores relationships between self\, community\, land\, and more-than-human life. She is deeply interested in questioning as a tool for collective understanding\, the role of interpersonal relationships in building healthy communities\, and the sacred wisdom held in cultures and ecosystems around the world. \nShe is the founder of Marooning Bodies\, an immersive world building game and artistic ecosystem rooted in maroon histories\, biomimicry\, and communal imagination. She is also the creator of Uncle Ronnie’s Room\, an installation and advocacy project centering her uncle’s incarceration and the collective labor of abolition. \nMims’ work has been supported by the California Arts Council\, Converse\, LA County Department of Arts and Culture\, NYU’s Center for Ballet and the Arts\, and residencies in Senegal and Ghana. \n\nARRAY @ PLAY is a summer storytelling series to spark your sense of play through game and films as a tool for strategy\, connection and community-building. Hosted on ARRAY’s Creative Campus. \n\n\nOur July program brings together an interactive world-building game followed by a short film showcase to explore how we claim space\, forge new pathways and shape the communities we call home. Through collaborative gameplay\, we’ll gather\, imagine and create visions for a new world together. The accompanying films ground these themes in lived experience\, from one person’s pursuit of surfing as an act of healing\, to an intimate portrait of a vibrant inner-city neighborhood through the eyes of everyday residents. This convening invites us to consider the act of play as a transformative practice\, revealing community as something we create and sustain together. URL:https://events.arraynow.com/events/array-at-play-world-building-game/ LOCATION:ARRAY Creative Campus\, 180 Glendale Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90026\, United States CATEGORIES:Events @ ARRAY,In Person,Live to Public ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.arraynow.com/files/2026/06/ARRAY-x-WorldBuildingGame_MB_v2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="ARRAY":MAILTO:programming@arraynow.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260725T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260725T170000 DTSTAMP:20260715T020235Z CREATED:20260710T075806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T020235Z UID:10000099-1784993400-1784998800@events.arraynow.com SUMMARY:ARRAY @ PLAY: SHORT FILM SHOWCASE DESCRIPTION:Ride the tide and roll through the streets with a duo of documentaries lensed by surfers and skateboarders of color. Exploring the persistance of play\, these stories on screen remind us that space is something we can inherit or adopt\, protect and pass on. From pavement to shoreline\, we claim and center these spaces as our birthright. The back-to-back screenings will be followed by a conversation with the filmmakers. \nFEATURED FILMS: \n\n\n \n \n View Clip \n \n \n\nMOVING MOUNTAINS\nDirected by Jessa Williams of INTRSXTN Surf \nMOVING MOUNTAINS\, documents the raw and inspiring journey of Tre’lan\, a young Black man from Tulsa\, Oklahoma\, who escapes his troubled past to find redemption on a remote Hawaiian island. Through the transformative power of big wave surfing\, Tre’lan confronts his trauma\, embraces healing\, and discovers the resilience to reshape his future and find peace in the ocean’s most powerful waves. \nABOUT THE FILMMAKER:\nJessa Williams is an award-winning director\, producer\, and creative entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. Her directorial debut\, MOVING MOUNTAINS is a short film about her partner Tre’lan Michael\, one of the few Black big wave surfers in the world. Celebrated for its emotional depth and cinematic strength\, MOVING MOUNTAINS received top honors at the Tribeca x UNINTERRUPTED Film Festival\, selected personally by LeBron James\, Naomi Osaka\, and Joel Embiid. \n\n\n\n\nTHE MOTHER TO MY STYLE\nDirected by Cleon + Tre of Neighbors Skate Shop \nTHE MOTHER TO MY STYLE\, is a historic record of Leimert Park\, a unique and legendary south-central Los Angeles community that is a cradle of black-culture and pan-Afrikan energy. Leimert Park is the mother of a movement\, a sound\, and the identity of a community that is inevitably going to change. This film is a dialogue between the generations of the past\, the present and those to come. It’s a road map; it is a window to where we are coming from and a vision of where we are headed. \nABOUT THE FILMMAKERS:\nCleon and Tre are co-owners/co-founders of Neighbors Skate Shop a retail/community space located in the heart of the Crenshaw/West Adams districts in South Central Los Angeles. Neighbors Skate Shop is a bridge between generations; an attempt to protect and preserve the legacy of their community in Leimert Park through the love\, energy and momentum of skateboarding. \n\n\n \n \n View Clip \n \n \n\n\nARRAY @ PLAY is a summer storytelling series curated to spark your sense of play through games and films as a tool for strategy\, connection and community-building. Hosted on ARRAY’s Creative Campus. \n\nOur July program brings together an interactive world-building game followed by a short film showcase to explore how we claim space\, forge new pathways and shape the communities we call home. Through collaborative gameplay\, we’ll gather\, imagine and create visions for a new world together. The accompanying films ground these themes in lived experience\, from one person’s pursuit of surfing as an act of healing\, to an intimate portrait of a vibrant inner-city neighborhood through the eyes of everyday residents. This convening invites us to consider the act of play as a transformative practice\, revealing community as something we create and sustain together. URL:https://events.arraynow.com/events/array-play-short-films/ LOCATION:ARRAY Creative Campus\, 180 Glendale Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90026\, United States CATEGORIES:Events @ ARRAY,In Person,Live to Public ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.arraynow.com/files/2026/07/ARRAY-x-MMxTMTMS_v2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="ARRAY":MAILTO:programming@arraynow.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260822T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260822T160000 DTSTAMP:20260715T192559Z CREATED:20260701T034738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T192559Z UID:10000097-1787400000-1787414400@events.arraynow.com SUMMARY:ARRAY @ PLAY x LOVE\, PEACE & SPADES DESCRIPTION:Come play! Join ARRAY and Love\, Peace and Spades: Spades Academy™\, a gathering that celebrates the joy and creativity found around the game table. Open to all experience levels\, participants are invited to learn\, relearn and share in beloved games that have brought families and communities together for generations. \nThrough friendly competition\, conversation and collective discovery\, you’ll explore the rich traditions behind card and table games often passed down as cherished cultural heirlooms. Whether you’re picking up a deck for the first time or returning to a favorite pastime\, Spades Academy™ offers a welcoming space to laugh\, strategize and experience the enduring power of play. Bring your curiosity\, your game face and your community spirit. There’s always room at the table. \n\nARRAY @ PLAY is a summer storytelling series where gameplay is harnessed as a tool for strategy\, connection and community-building\, sparking belonging\, engagement and joy. Hosted on ARRAY’s Creative Campus. \n\nPanel Conversation:“The Importance of Preserving Play” with:\n\nDR. XHERCIS MÉNDEZAssociate Professor of Women\, Gender & Queer Studies\, California State University Fullerton & Director of Education\, Love\, Peace & Spades™ & Founder\, Listen Bridge Change Consulting. \nKIMELIA WEATHERS-SMITHCo-founder of Brilliant or BS?—a Black woman-owned bluffing trivia game featured in Essence\, Oprah\, and Good Housekeeping and curator of Blackout Game Night\, a Los Angeles gathering dedicated to celebrating and amplifying games by Black game makers. \nDR. NATHANIEL BRYANEducator and Founder of Black PlayCrit\, a theoretical framework built on Critical Race Theory and Black Critical Theory that centers the play experiences of Black children. (virtual panelist) URL:https://events.arraynow.com/events/array-play-x-love-peace-and-spades/ LOCATION:ARRAY Creative Campus\, 180 Glendale Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90026\, United States CATEGORIES:Events @ ARRAY,In Person,Live to Public ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.arraynow.com/files/2026/06/LovePeaceSpades_ARRAY_v2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="ARRAY":MAILTO:programming@arraynow.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260828T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260828T190000 DTSTAMP:20260717T165146Z CREATED:20260710T121443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260717T165146Z UID:10000102-1787940000-1787943600@events.arraynow.com SUMMARY:AUGUST 28: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PEOPLE @ 6PM DESCRIPTION:Commissioned by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to commemorate the museum’s opening in 2016\, this 20-minute film reflects on six significant events in African-American history that all occurred on August 28 in different years. ARRAY joins the Smithsonian’s nationwide 10-year anniversary celebration of the film directed by Ava DuVernay and starring Don Cheadle\, Regina King\, Angela Bassett\, David Oyelowo and more. A filmmaker conversation with Ava DuVernay and friends will follow this screening. \n \n \n View Trailer \n \n \nAdditional Screening @ 7:30PM URL:https://events.arraynow.com/events/aug28-6pm/ LOCATION:ARRAY Creative Campus\, 180 Glendale Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90026\, United States CATEGORIES:Events @ ARRAY,In Person,Live to Public ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.arraynow.com/files/2026/07/AUG28_6PM_v2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="ARRAY":MAILTO:programming@arraynow.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260828T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260828T203000 DTSTAMP:20260717T170419Z CREATED:20260710T120717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260717T170419Z UID:10000101-1787945400-1787949000@events.arraynow.com SUMMARY:AUGUST 28: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PEOPLE @ 7:30PM DESCRIPTION:Commissioned by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to commemorate the museum’s opening in 2016\, this 20-minute film looks at six significant events in African-American history that all occurred on August 28 in different years. ARRAY joins the Smithsonian’s nationwide 10-year anniversary celebration of the film directed by Ava DuVernay and starring Don Cheadle\, Regina King\, Angela Bassett and more. A filmmaker conversation with Ava DuVernay and friends will be hosted BEFORE this screening at 6:30PM. Entrance for the conversation will begin at 6:20PM  \n \n \n View Trailer \n \n \nAdditional Screening @ 6PM URL:https://events.arraynow.com/events/aug28-730pm/ LOCATION:ARRAY Creative Campus\, 180 Glendale Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90026\, United States CATEGORIES:Events @ ARRAY,In Person,Live to Public ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.arraynow.com/files/2026/07/AUG28_730PM.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="ARRAY":MAILTO:programming@arraynow.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261029T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261029T220000 DTSTAMP:20260701T051024Z CREATED:20260701T035756Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T051024Z UID:10000098-1793304000-1793311200@events.arraynow.com SUMMARY:AVA DuVERNAY'S MAIN CHARACTER ENERGY AT THE FORD DESCRIPTION:Main Character Energy is a movie night that refuses to stay quiet. Talkback is not only encouraged\, it is invited. For one night only\, ARRAY transforms The Ford into a cinematic storytelling experience curated and hosted by writer and director Ava DuVernay. Clips from iconic films that honor our shared humanity are paired with vibrant voices from today’s most captivating thought leaders\, artists\, actors\, and filmmakers. Throughout the night\, you will not just watch… you will respond\, and at times\, you will even step into the scene. On this night\, you are not a viewer. You are the main character. \nThe night is about community immersion with others\, shoulder to shoulder in the dark\, led by cinema that provokes ideas connecting us to the most defining issues of our time. So come and make your voice heard\, Main Character. We are ready for your close-up! URL:https://events.arraynow.com/events/ava-duvernay-at-the-ford/ LOCATION:The Ford\, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90068\, United States CATEGORIES:Events @ ARRAY,In Person,Live to Public ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.arraynow.com/files/2026/06/Ava-at-TheFord.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="ARRAY":MAILTO:programming@arraynow.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR