BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Helms Design District - ECPv6.16.2//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:20260509T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260509T180000 DTSTAMP:20260531T114314 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:20260531T114314 CREATED:20260506T165532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260508T164534Z UID:10002024-1778783400-1778790600@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:A reception\, lecture\, discussion\, and book signing with Lydia Kallipoliti DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, May 14th\, 6:30-8:30 pm\, for a special evening with Lydia Kallipoliti.\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:20260531T114314 CREATED:20260506T005359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T180230Z 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260530T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260530T180000 DTSTAMP:20260531T114314 CREATED:20260528T142410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T005620Z UID:10002047-1780156800-1780164000@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Book Signing with Bruce W. Talamon DESCRIPTION:Please join Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday\, May 30th between 4:00 and 6:00 PM as they host a book signing with Bruce W. Talamon to celebrate the arrival of the hot-off-the-press\, compact edition of his iconic survey of black popular music from the 70s and 80s\, Soul R&B Funk. \n“Get down with Marvin Gaye\, Earth\, Wind & Fire\, Stevie Wonder\, Al Green\, The Jackson 5\, Diana Ross\, James Brown\, Chaka Khan and many more music legends in this collection of largely unseen images from the golden age of soul\, R&B\, and funk. This volume gathers the glamour and groove captured by Los Angeles based photographer Bruce W. Talamon.” \nArcana has known Bruce for more than fifty years\, and are super-excited to share this latest iteration of his classic book with you! If you cannot attend and would like to purchase a signed copy\, please place your order below. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE A COPY OF THE BOOK URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/book-signing-with-bruce-w-talamon/ 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/Bruce-Talamon_Site-e1780016278661.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:20260602T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260602T193000 DTSTAMP:20260531T114315 CREATED:20260528T201040Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T201040Z UID:10002048-1780421400-1780428600@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:An Evening with Michael Murphy and Lily Kwong DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a talk and book signing with Michael Murphy and Lily Kwong on June 2 at 5:30 pm to celebrate the launch of Our World In Ten Buildings: How Architecture Defines Who We Are and How We Live.  \nWe’ve been led to believe that purposefully designed spaces are something reserved only for those that can afford them. But in reality\, all the spaces we inhabit—to work\, to learn\, to heal\, and to live—have been planned and built to influence our lives. They sway our emotions\, nudge our behaviors\, protect us from disease\, and do more\, or less\, to support shared prosperity and our sense of the common good. Our World in Ten Buildings unpacks this hidden but ever more important element of our lived experience. As author and architectural designer Michael Murphy takes us through ten milestone projects in his career as he lays bare the physical\, political\, and intellectual labor at work shaping the world we live in. \nThe evening will include a conversation with author Michael Murphy and landscape artist Lily Kwong. Light refreshments. Books will be available for purchase from Arcana: Books on the Arts. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT!\n \n \n \n \n \n \nABOUT MICHAEL \nMichael P. Murphy is an architect\, educator\, and writer\, and is the founder and president of AMMA\, a design and development collaborative focused on the ways in which space shapes our minds\, bodies\, and communities. His new practice rethinks the role of the architect and value of design by acting as systems artists for governments\, institutions\, non-profits\, and developers who believe spatial change is possible and urgent. In 2007\, he founded the architectural non-profit firm\, MASS Design Group\, and was CEO until 2022\, leading the design of projects including the Butaro District Hospital\, The National Memorial for Peace and Justice\, and The Embrace\, to name a few. Michael’s previous book\, “The Architecture of Health”\, traces the history of medical design and its attempt to align architecture with health outcomes. His new book\, “Our World in Ten Buildings” explores how buildings shape our lives and hold our stories. Together\, these books extend Murphy’s work beyond practice\, offering a compelling case for design as a force in shaping a more just and humane world. He is currently the Thomas Ventulett Distinguished Chair of Architectural Design at The Georgia Institute of Technology. Originally from Poughkeepsie\, New York\, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. \nABOUT LILY \nLily Kwong is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores plant life as both an artistic medium and a platform for community building and collective care. Informed by her background in urban studies\, horticulture and sustainable design\, Kwong’s practice seeks to reestablish a social awareness of the landscape as both a repository of ancestral knowledge and wellspring of future innovation — a complex language as much as a habitat for human civilization. EARTHSEED DOME marks Kwong’s first installation in the Bay Area and her most ambitious work to date. Installed in Transamerica Redwood Park\, it extends her practice into new material and technological territory. Other recent projects include Gardens of Renewal\, Madison Square Park\, New York\, NY (2025); Solis\, Night Gallery\, Los Angles\, CA (2024); Subterrestrial\, Night Gallery\, Los Angeles\, CA (2024); The Orchid Show: Natural Heritage\, New York Botanical Garden\, New York\, NY (2023) and the Summer Solstice botanical art installation for St.Germain\, The High Line\, New York\, NY (2017). Gardens of Renewal and Natural Heritage each broke attendance records at their respective institutions. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/book-signing-michael-murphy/ 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/LA-OWITB-Invitation-scaled-e1779998217387.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:20260620T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260620T160000 DTSTAMP:20260531T114315 CREATED:20260520T171503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260522T201022Z UID:10002046-1781953200-1781971200@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Sunshine Makers Market Returns to Helms DESCRIPTION:Clear your afternoon. \nSunshine Makers Market returns to Helms Design District with local makers\, artists\, creative workshops\, kids activities\, music\, food\, and plenty of reasons to stay longer than planned. \nThink of it as your favorite neighborhood market\, celebrating independent brands\, handcrafted goods\, creative talent\, and the kind of shopping experience that feels personal and fun\, stretched across one of the Westside’s most iconic design destinations. \nGood finds. Good people. Good way to spend a Saturday. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n LET US KNOW YOU’RE COMING!\n \n \n \n \n \n \nA partial list of participating artisans and activations:\nThe Sunny Studio\nSulai Ceramics\nCanyon Crystals\nCandle By Design\nMack and Myyles Jewelry\nOff Center Studio\nIngridients\nUnfinished Stories\nChroma\nFlour’d URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/sunshine-makers-market-returns-to-helms/ LOCATION:Helms Walk\, 3270 Helms Avenue\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90034 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6-20-SMM-x-HDD.jpg GEO:34.0306591;-118.384688 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Walk 3270 Helms Avenue Los Angeles CA 90034;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3270 Helms Avenue:geo:-118.384688,34.0306591 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR