Helms Design District

Celebrate 40 Years of Dance with Donna Sternberg & Dancers
2025-11-09 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Celebrating its 40th year anniversary, Donna Sternberg & Dancers presents Thriving, a performance honoring mature choreographers and dancers who have made a significant contribution to the greater Los Angeles dance community.
Thriving celebrates the artistry of elders and dispels stereotypes of aging. The performance is an antidote to preconceived notions of aging by portraying the depth of experience, artistry and vitality that each choreographer/dancer brings. While not the same dancers as in their youth, age has brought a different but no less arresting richness to their dancing. Thriving testifies to the wonders of the human body, to the endurance of the human spirit and to the humanity that binds us together. The performance will be followed by a discussion and audience participation with the artists.
Ticket Pricing
$25 General Admission
$20 for Students and Seniors

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The participants come from diverse cultural backgrounds and dance forms, reflecting the greater Los Angeles area. They include:
Ramya Harishankar, Artistic Director and founder of Arpana Dance Company, specializing in Bharatanatyam dance.
Jeff Slayton, co-founder of LA Dance Chronicle danced for renowned modern dance companies Merce Cunningham and Viola Farber as well as his own company, Jeff Slayton & Dancers.
Oguri, the founder of Body Weather Lab Los Angeles, specializes in the Japanese dance form of butoh. The connection of the human body to nature is the foundation of his art.
Donna Sternberg, a contemporary choreographer, danced with several companies including with Donald Byrd before founding DS&D in 1985. DS&Ds younger dancers will explore what aging means to them, in a career where youth is prized.
Thriving will be presented November 8 at 8:00 PM and November 9 at 3:00 PM at the Helms Design Center located at 8745 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232. Parking is available in any of the Helms street level parking lots.
This performance is made possible in part by the City of Culver City and its Cultural Affairs Commission, with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment, and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles Arts Commission.

Book Signing + Discussion with Photographer Daniel Arnold at Arcana Books
2025-11-22 16:00 - 18:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Please join Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday, November 22nd between 4:00 and 6:00 PM as they welcome iconic New York-based photographer Daniel Arnold to celebrate the release of his new Loose Joints monograph, You Are What You Do.
Daniel will be signing his new book following an in-person discussion conducted by Arcana manager and longtime Arnold-associate Jesse Pearson. For the curious, here is the Apology Podcast’s lengthy 2022 conversation between the two.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday for an engaging conversation and the opportunity to pick up Mr. Arnold’s epic new book! If you cannot attend and would like to purchase a signed copy of You Are What You Do, please place your order here!
Thanks to our friends at Open Brewing and Las Jaras Wines for their liquid support.

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12 Days of Fresh Perks
2025-12-01 - 2025-12-23 | Online, CA
12 Days. 12 Giveaways. Endless Good Cheer.
We’re celebrating the season of giving with our 12 Days of Fresh Perks, a festive lineup of design-forward gifts, culinary treats, and cozy comforts from our Helms Design District showrooms and restaurants.
Follow along on Instagram for your chance to win something special every other day through December 23rd.
Want an extra chance to snag a prize? Sign up for our newsletter for a second entry into every giveaway.
Fresh finds, local favorites, and holiday joy, all wrapped up, Helms-style.
Come for the perfect gift. Stay for the everything.

The Rules are simple. To be entered:
(1) You must Follow us on Instagram,
(2) Tell us why you’re feeling grateful (fave emojis are always welcome!),
(3) and Tag 2 friends in your comment so they can follow us and enter too!
The Giveaway begins December 1 and ends on December 23 at 4:00 pm PST. Helms swag includes a Cookie Tin from Helms Bakery, a Terrafirma Catch-All Tray from Rejuvenation, an Irvine Throw Blanket from Room & Board, a L’Oiseau Cork Bird from Jules Seltzer Associates, a Paul Smith Birdsong Pillow from Maharam and so much more!
We have 12 items to give away all month long, so be sure to check back with us often.
May the Holidays bring you joy and delight. Plus a little dose of giveaway luck!

Rules & Regs
(4) No purchase is required to enter.
(5) Winners will be selected randomly, contacted after each giveaway closes, and announced in our comments on Instagram.
(6) Open to US residents only, 18 years and older. By entering, entrants confirm they are at least 18+ years of age.
(7) This is a “Giftable Giveaway” and is not eligible for return, refund, or exchange at any of our showrooms or restaurants.
(8) The Helms Bakery District #GiftableGiveaway 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.
(9) One entry per day per Instagram user. Duplicate entries will not be considered.
(10) This giveaway is open to residents of Los Angeles County. Items must be picked up at Helms Bakery District (we will not ship).

12 Days. 12 Giveaways. Endless Good Cheer.
We’re celebrating the season of giving with our 12 Days of Fresh Perks, a festive lineup of design-forward gifts, culinary treats, and cozy comforts from our Helms Design District showrooms and restaurants.
Follow along on Instagram for your chance to win something special every other day through December 23rd.
Want an extra chance to snag a prize? Sign up for our newsletter for a second entry into every giveaway.
Fresh finds, local favorites, and holiday joy, all wrapped up, Helms-style.
Come for the perfect gift. Stay for the everything.

The Rules are simple. To be entered:
(1) You must Follow us on Instagram,
(2) Tell us why you’re feeling grateful (fave emojis are always welcome!),
(3) and Tag 2 friends in your comment so they can follow us and enter too!
The Giveaway begins December 1 and ends on December 23 at 4:00 pm PST. Helms swag includes a Cookie Tin from Helms Bakery, a Terrafirma Catch-All Tray from Rejuvenation, an Irvine Throw Blanket from Room & Board, a L’Oiseau Cork Bird from Jules Seltzer Associates, a Paul Smith Birdsong Pillow from Maharam and so much more!
We have 12 items to give away all month long, so be sure to check back with us often.
May the Holidays bring you joy and delight. Plus a little dose of giveaway luck!

Rules & Regs
(4) No purchase is required to enter.
(5) Winners will be selected randomly, contacted after each giveaway closes, and announced in our comments on Instagram.
(6) Open to US residents only, 18 years and older. By entering, entrants confirm they are at least 18+ years of age.
(7) This is a “Giftable Giveaway” and is not eligible for return, refund, or exchange at any of our showrooms or restaurants.
(8) The Helms Bakery District #GiftableGiveaway 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.
(9) One entry per day per Instagram user. Duplicate entries will not be considered.
(10) This giveaway is open to residents of Los Angeles County. Items must be picked up at Helms Bakery District (we will not ship).

Book Signing with Senon Williams: Scrapyard at Arcana Books
2025-12-13 16:00 - 18:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Please join Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday, December 13th between 4:00 and 6:00 PM as we welcome esteemed Los Angeles-based artist, musician, and author Senon Williams to celebrate the release of his new Hat & Beard Press publication, Scrapyard.
“The book forms a graveyard or a scrapyard of items one might typically discard. In our time of extreme wastefulness, assembling the detritus from his art-making into a scrapbook gives each of these items a collective home and value. Gathered from Williams’ day-to-day studio practice, they are thoughts jotted down, remnants of materials used, random receipts, which suggest a sense of care, like acts of preservation, mending and repurposing. Each piece is held, suspended from its final dissolution, forming a new place in which to exist. Interspersed within the pages are vignettes looking at the histories of scrapbooking and ephemeral collection over time by Richelle Munkhoff and Beth Ann Whittaker of Plain Sight Archive. There is a long legacy and history of this artistic action and this publication represents now another documentation of time and place.”
We look forward to seeing you Saturday for the opportunity to meet and greet Senon – and to pick up his engaging new book! If you cannot attend and would like to purchase a signed copy of Scrapyard, his hot-off-the-press limited edition etching Everything Must Go, or a selection of older titles, please place your order here!

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Senon Williams is a lifelong visual artist and musician, and a Los Angeles native. Ranging in media from paintings on paper and canvas, to wood sculpture and assemblage. Senon explores poignant visualization of the inherent human struggle both ancient and contemporary. He finds space in the natural world, exposing stages of human evolution. His love of language play, sounds, textures, and associations of word and object often explore the triumphs and conflicts inherent in identity, history, and community. Senon’s search for truth leaves him amazed and baffled. Creating art is his meditation on meaning, or no meaning in the face of our turbulent existence. The written word and poetry is a consistent part of his practice.

Sunshine Makers Market: The Very Merry Edition
2025-12-20 11:00 - 16:00 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
Get ready to finish off your holiday shopping: the Sunshine Makers Market is back at Helms Design District on Saturday, December 20, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Expect a festive vibe full of warmth, creativity, and community spirit. Whether you’re ticking off your gift list, treating yourself, or just soaking up the holiday energy, this is the perfect place for one-of-a-kind finds and meaningful local shopping. DJ Benofficial will be on site spinning holiday and festive music.
Best of all it’s totally free and open to the public. Come say hi, support small makers, and snag some handmade magic just in time for the holidays.
See you there!

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A partial list of participating artisans and activations:
Little Chimes
Fox & The Empress Tarot
Yeepaints
Made by Good Karma
Purposely Repurposed Jewelry
rooted: clay and paper
MEIZAN
la Lovie
Paintings by Will Nevill
Sarah Heinz Art
The Sunny Studio LA
Pearl Jusem Ceramics
WOO World of Oils
DEIÀ Candle Company
