BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Helms Design District - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Helms Design District X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Helms Design District 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:20260501T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260531T170000 DTSTAMP:20260507T014524 CREATED:20260505T191013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260506T000325Z UID:10002023-1777654800-1780246800@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Fresh Perks: May Instagram Giveaway DESCRIPTION:A Warm Welcome (and a Little Fun) from IKEA\n\nThe doors are open\, the carts are rolling\, and the community showed up in a big way. After an incredible grand opening weekend on May 2\, we’re celebrating our newest neighbor with this month’s Fresh Perks. \nIn partnership with IKEA\, we’re giving away a $100 gift card plus one of their most beloved icons: the orangutan plushie. Equal parts practical and playful\, it’s a pairing that captures what we love most: design that works beautifully and doesn’t take itself too seriously. \nWhether you’re planning your first visit or already mapping out your next one\, this is your chance to bring a little IKEA home. \nGiveaway Dates\nMay 1 at 9:00 am — May 31 at 5:00 pm\nOne winner will be contacted after the giveaway ends. \nHow to Enter\n• Follow us on Instagram\n• Tag two friends in the comments\n• (Optional) What’s the first thing on your IKEA list? \nNewsletter subscribers receive an automatic second entry and early notice when the next Fresh Perk arrives. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n ENTER ON INSTAGRAM\n \n \n \n \n \n \n  \n\nRules & Regs \nNo purchase is required to enter. \nWinners will be selected randomly\, contacted after each giveaway closes\, and announced in our comments on Instagram. \nOpen to US residents only\, 18 years and older. By entering\, entrants confirm they are at least 18+ years of age. \nThis is a “GIVEAWAY” and is not eligible for return\, refund\, or exchange at any of our showrooms or restaurants. \nThe “Fresh Perks” giveaway  is not sponsored\, endorsed\, administered by or associated with Instagram. Entrants release Instagram and all brands of all responsibility and agree to Instagram’s terms of use. \nOne entry per Instagram user. Duplicate entries will not be considered. \nThis giveaway is open to residents of Los Angeles County. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/fresh-perks-may-instagram-giveaway/ LOCATION:Online\, CA CATEGORIES:Long Term Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Fresh-Perks_05.2026_Horiz.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260509T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260509T180000 DTSTAMP:20260507T014524 CREATED:20260505T173123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260506T010005Z UID:10002022-1778342400-1778349600@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Book Signing with Shaniqwa Jarvis DESCRIPTION:Please join Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday\, May 9th\, from 4 until 6 pm\, to celebrate the launch of Shaniqwa Jarvis’ beautiful new book GUTS. \nGUTS (Super Labo\, 2026)\, with an introduction by Essence Harden\, is a 120-page offering of Jarvis’ inner world; an unfolding of florals\, self-portraits\, double exposures\, and editorial images that resist a fixed narrative. Instead\, they function as reflective pauses\, grounded in the act of noticing beauty in unexpected places. \nFlowers signal perseverance and the instinct to grow against all odds\, while editorial portraits blur into self-portraiture\, shaped by Jarvis’ hand and presence. Water\, windows\, and reflections recur throughout\, holding a tension between how we believe we are seen and how we see ourselves. \nMade across South Africa\, Greece\, Korea\, New York\, Japan\, California\, and the Pacific Northwest\, GUTS is a meditation on reflection\, perseverance\, and veneration—of nature\, emotion\, and the quiet moments that shape how we move through the world. \n* Books will be available for sale at the event \n* Shaniqwa will be on hand to sign books and generally make everyone’s day brighter with her presence. \n* If you cannot attend and would like a signed copy of GUTS\, please send Arcana an email. Should there be copies remaining after the event\, we will fulfill requests in the order in which they have been received. \n* Thanks to Las Jaras Wines for their support! \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n  \nUpcoming Arcana Events \nSaturday\, May 23rd\, 4:00 – 6:00 pm\nAndrew MacPherson: Synchronicity\nBook Signing \nSaturday\, May 30th\, 4:00 – 6:00 pm\nBruce W. Talamon: Soul R&B Funk: Photographs 1972-1982\nBook Signing \nContinuing Exhibition Thru Friday\, May 8th\nEric Doeringer: Books & Co.\nWednesday – Sunday 11:00 am – 6:00 pm \nArcana urges you to visit the\nPrinted Matter LA Art Book Fair\nat Art Center College in Pasadena this week! URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/shaniqwa-jarvis/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Shaniqwa-Jarvis_Guts_Cover.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260514T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260514T203000 DTSTAMP:20260507T014524 CREATED:20260506T165532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260506T173840Z UID:10002024-1778783400-1778790600@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:A reception\, lecture\, discussion\, and book signing with Lydia Kallipoiliti DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, May 14th\, 6:30-8:30 pm\, for a special evening with Lydia Kallipoiliti.\nIn collaboration with the Helms Design District and the Cal Poly SLO/LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nHelms Design Center        \n8745 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public with RSVP \n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP HERE\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \nLydia Kallipoliti is an architect\, engineer\, and scholar whose research focuses on the intersections of architecture\, technology and environmental politics. She is the Director of the MS in Advanced Architectural Design and an Associate Professor at Columbia University [GSAPP] in New York.\nKallipoliti is the author of The Architecture of Closed Worlds\, Or\, What is the Power of Shit (Lars Muller Publishers\, 2018)\, Histories of Ecological Design: An Unfinished Cyclopedia (Actar\, 2024) and the editor of EcoRedux\, an issue of Architectural Design in 2010. Her work has been awarded\, published and exhibited widely including the Venice Biennial\, the Istanbul Design Biennial\, the Shenzhen Biennial\, the Oslo Architecture Trienalle\, the Onassis Cultural Center\, the Lisbon Triennale\, the Royal Academy of British Architects\, the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York and the London Design Museum. She is the principal of ANAcycle research think tank\, which has been named a leading innovator in sustainable design in Build’s awards\, Design Educates Awards and the Architect’s Newspaper among others. Kallipoliti was Head Co-Curator (with Areti Markopoulou) of the 2022 Tallinn Architecture Biennale with the theme “Edible\, Or\, The Architecture of Metabolism.” She holds a Diploma in Architecture and Engineering from AUTh in Greece\, a Master of Science (SMArchS) from MIT and a PhD from Princeton University. \nFollow link for book purchases: Building Metabolism: Recipes for Food and Resource Cycles (Actar\, 2026); The Architecture of Closed Worlds\, Or\, What is the Power of Shit (Lars Muller Publishers\, 2018); Histories of Ecological Design: An Unfinished Cyclopedia (Actar\, 2024). \n\nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, FAIA\, PhD\, of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo). \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \nPhotos: Lydia Kallipoliti; Cover Image\, Building Metabolism © Actar; Image of the Metabolic House\, Histories of Ecological Design © Actar; The Metabolic Home\, Photo by Petros Pettakos. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \nSPONSORED BY URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/lydia-kallipoiliti/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Lydia-Kallipoliti_Feature.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260523T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260523T180000 DTSTAMP:20260507T014524 CREATED:20260506T005359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260506T005732Z UID:10002021-1779552000-1779559200@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Book Signing with Andrew MacPherson DESCRIPTION:Please join Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday\, May 23rd between 4:00 and 6:00 PM as they host a book signing with Andrew MacPherson to celebrate his exquisite new volume of floral images from the West\, Synchronicity. Come and meet the iconic fashion and celebrity photographer and snap up a perfect gift for Mother’s Day. If you cannot attend and would like to purchase a signed copy\, please place your order here. \n\nOver the last thirty years living in Los Angeles\, noted fashion and celebrity photographer Andrew MacPherson marveled at the flora and fauna that thrive and survive in our harsh\, often drought-stricken climate. \n“However\, it wasn’t until embarking on this project in earnest that I really began to appreciate them. What began as a daily diary of the flowers seen on hikes soon morphed into a celebration of the beauty of all the flowers I’d see on my travels across the Southwest. As I discovered more and more flora and fauna\, the idea germinated that these pictures should become a book to share their fabulous fleeting beauty. Arranged loosely by color\, these pages are bookended by purple flowers as it’s the predominant color of the flora across the Southwest. This book was never meant to be a complete catalog of cultivars\, it is an invitation to walk with me amongst the glorious flowers of the American Southwest. While Los Angeles is famous for its glitz\, glamour\, and sunshine\, its mild Mediterranean climate is also home to a stunning array of both native wildflowers and cultivated imports. Some ephemerals blossom for just a day or two every few years\, while others blanket vast swaths of the hills\, mountains\, and deserts for weeks at a time. Many ornamental cultivars have jumped their garden fences to spread out along the roadsides and hills\, some have even penetrated deep into the wilderness. Most pose no threat to the indigenous plants\, but several have become destructively invasive. In a city of migrants that was all wild open land not that long ago\, their spread seems to mirror our own.” – Andrew MacPherson \n\nUpcoming Arcana Events \nSaturday\, May 30th\, 4:00 – 6:00 pm\nBruce W. Talamon: Soul R&B Funk: Photographs 1972-1982\nBook Signing \nContinuing Exhibition Thru Friday\, May 8th\nEric Doeringer: Books & Co.\nWednesday – Sunday 11:00 am – 6:00 pm \n\n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE A COPY OF THE BOOK URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/book-signing-with-andrew-macpherson/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AndrewMacPherson_Feature.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR