Event co-hosted by the City of West Hollywood and the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), WHAP! (which stands for West Hollywood Arts and Politics) is a lecture series ranging from critical and political theory to film screenings and conversations about art and architecture. A screening of CalArts alumna Yelena Zhelezov’s essay film, “Signs of Arrival,” followed by a roundtable discussion with scholars and artists about parallel worlds and the immigrant experience. Zhelezov’s film revolves around the Russian immigrant community in West Hollywood. Admission is free. For more information visit http://aestheticsandpolitics.calarts.edu/lecture-series/whap or call (323) 848-6460.
