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Welcome! The Skirball is a dynamic Jewish cultural center with exhibitions and programs that foster human connections and promote social justice.

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✨Save this. You’ll need it later. 🎫This popular summertime music series is back for season 29! Honoring the uniquely American musical tradition of jazz, see an eclectic lineup of musicians during four Thursday nights in our picturesque hillside courtyard. 🎺Enjoy FREE live music under the stars, learn more at skirball.org. #livemusic #jazz #america250 by @skirball_la

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It’s time for our three NEW Exhibitions to shine. We’ve opened: ✨Inventing America: The Comic Book Revolution✨Outsiders, Outcasts, Rebels + Weirdos: Punk Culture 1976–86 ✨Robert Russell and Lisa Edelstein: A Palace in Time Plan your visit by visiting us online at skirball.org. by @skirball_la

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This Shabbat, experience enoughness. Lisa Edelstein Pearl, 2025 Watercolor on canvasShabbat, also known as the Sabbath, is the weekly time of rest and celebration that is central to Jewish life. Shabbat begins every Friday at sunset with the lighting of candles and blessings over Challah bread and wine in a Kiddush cup. The following day at sunset marks the end of Shabbat with a Havdalah ceremony that also includes blessings over wine in a Kiddush cup, sweet smelling spices, and lighting a multi-wicked candle. by @skirball_la

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Are you free Thursday night?Join us at the Skirball for our FREE Sunset Concerts series and experience a night filled with friends, dancing, and music! 🕺🎶Learn more at skirball.org/sunsetconcerts. Hope to see you there! by @skirball_la

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You don't want to miss week three of our summer Sunset Concerts series! The pacesetters of the then-emerging, so-called “post-rock” sound, Tortoise is widely considered one of the most influential music groups of the last forty years, with a wide-reaching impact on the contemporary music scene. Visionary drummer and producer Kassa Overall has established himself as a driving force on the international stage, with a band who’s garnered wide acclaim for their live performances. DJ set by Dave Orlando aka Boss Harmz. Learn more at skirball.org #SunsetConcerts #SkirballLA #ArtsandCulture #LiveMusic #Jazz #LAEvents #America250 by @skirball_la

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🎶Music at the Skirball is in full swing; you don’t want to miss this year’s incredible lineup! Learn more at skirball.org. ✨Special thanks to @butterfunkfamily for an incredible evening of music. by @skirball_la

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💥Here’s something that surprised us: the United States stayed officially neutral when World War II began, comic books did not. 🗽Explore the US through the lens of this American art form, a cultural medium created by immigrants that shaped national identity through distinctive stories and characters. Learn more at skirball.org. by @skirball_la

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This Shabbat, gaze upon friends and family. Lisa Edelstein Machatunim, 2025Watercolor on canvasShabbat, also known as the Sabbath, is the weekly time of rest and celebration that is central to Jewish life. Shabbat begins every Friday at sunset with the lighting of candles and blessings over Challah bread and wine in a Kiddush cup. The following day at sunset marks the end of Shabbat with a Havdalah ceremony that also includes blessings over wine in a Kiddush cup, sweet smelling spices, and lighting a multi-wicked candle. by @skirball_la

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Celebrating 🎉 50 years of Punk here at the Skirball Cultural Center. by @skirball_la

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✨One of the most versatile and freely collaborative artists of his generation, Terrace Martin honors Miles Davis’s centennial with a stirring tribute. Harpist, composer, and bandleader Brandee Younger’s music connects spiritual jazz and classical training to the rhythmic soulfulness of R&B and hip-hop.🎧DJ set by Wyldeflower.Learn more at skirball.org by @skirball_la

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The creation of Superman had an explosive impact on comic books. Within months, everyone was following. Batman...Captain America...Wonder Woman. A new American art form had arrived—and it came from the margins, not the mainstream. 😎Check back on our channels next week for Part Two of Inventing America: The Comic Book Revolution — on view now at the Skirball. #ComicBookArt #ArtsandCulture📌Action Comics #1 Cover Art: Joe Shuster Detective Comics Inc. / DC Comics, 1938 Loan courtesy of Brandon Beck 📌Wonder Woman #7 Cover Art: H.G. Peter Wonder Woman Publishing Company Inc. / DC Comics, 1942 Loan courtesy of Brandon Beck 📌Captain America Comics #1 Cover Art: Joe Simon and Jack Kirby Timely Publications / Marvel Comics, 1940 Loan courtesy of Brandon Beck by @skirball_la

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Dance with us at the Skirball this summer at one of our FREE Sunset Concerts!🕺This summer is all about celebrating jazz. From July to August enjoy performances from artists Cory Henry and the Funk Apostles, Katalyst, Terrace Martin, Brandee Younger, Tortoise, Kassa Overall, Annie and the Caldwells, and the Campbell Brothers! DJ set by J. Period. Doors open at 6:00 pm. Performances start at 7:00 and 8:15 pm. Learn more at skirball.org/sunsetconcerts. Summer is just getting started!🌞🕶️ by @skirball_la

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