Event Calendar

Bring your family for a picnic on the hill. Enjoy some live acoustic music and let the kids participate in some great craft activities while you relax the night away.

Sparkle when you wear jewelry by Heather Kraty. Her free-spirited designs, known as “Island Cowgirl,” have been featured in Cowboys and Indians and other Western magazines. Meet the artist and shop her creations. Then Twang with your special extra 15% discount (members will receive 25% off!) on all music CDs—one day only!

Celebrate the fourth annual Lummis Day at the Casa de Adobe with local artist demonstrations and tours of the Casa all day.

Come on up to the museum for two beautifully illustrated Navajo stories. First up is The Unbreakable Code by Sara Hoagland Hunter, illustrated by Julia Miner. Then stick around for Turquoise Boy, written and adapted by Terri Cohlene and illustrated by Charles Reasoner. Afterward, participate in a hands-on, docent-led activity.

Bring your family for a picnic on the hill. Enjoy some live acoustic music and let the kids participate in some great craft activities while you relax the night away.

Turquoise – Gold level members are invited to a co-reception for Yosemite Fund Benefactors and Autry Benefactors. Please reserve by Friday, May 29, by calling 323.667.2000, ext. 380.

All members are invited to preview the exhibition before it opens the general public today. Enjoy complimentary snacks and beverages in the Golden Spur Cafe. No reservations necessary.

10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. - Curator led tours.
(reservations required for tours - 323.667.200 ext. 371)

Special Show and Sale

Fine Native American and Mexican Jewelry from Santa Fe Crafts

Thursday, June 11, and Friday, June 12
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Saturday, June 13, and Sunday, June 14
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Griffith Park

Barbara Goldeen and John Selmer of Santa Fe Crafts have been traveling throughout the West since 1984, searching for the highest quality Native American jewelry and art and vintage Mexican jewelry to offer for sale to some of the finest museums and galleries. Don’t miss this opportunity to purchase these treasures. Use your Autry member discount on this astounding artwork.

For more information, please call 323.667.2000, ext. 232 or email at mstore@AutryNationalCenter.org.

Special Show and Sale

Fine Native American and Mexican Jewelry from Santa Fe Crafts

Thursday, June 11, and Friday, June 12
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Saturday, June 13, and Sunday, June 14
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Griffith Park

Barbara Goldeen and John Selmer of Santa Fe Crafts have been traveling throughout the West since 1984, searching for the highest quality Native American jewelry and art and vintage Mexican jewelry to offer for sale to some of the finest museums and galleries. Don’t miss this opportunity to purchase these treasures. Use your Autry member discount on this astounding artwork.

For more information, please call 323.667.2000, ext. 232 or email at mstore@AutryNationalCenter.org.

Take a walk through the new Sparkle and Twang exhibition, and then join us to create a little star power of your own.

Meet painter Sandy McDaniel and enjoy some Mexican hot chocolate and pan dulce.

Special Show and Sale

Fine Native American and Mexican Jewelry from Santa Fe Crafts

Thursday, June 11, and Friday, June 12
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Saturday, June 13, and Sunday, June 14
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Griffith Park

Barbara Goldeen and John Selmer of Santa Fe Crafts have been traveling throughout the West since 1984, searching for the highest quality Native American jewelry and art and vintage Mexican jewelry to offer for sale to some of the finest museums and galleries. Don’t miss this opportunity to purchase these treasures. Use your Autry member discount on this astounding artwork.

For more information, please call 323.667.2000, ext. 232 or email at mstore@AutryNationalCenter.org.

Beaded and decorated bandolier bags were part of men’s outfits and could take up to one year to create. Make a bandolier bag of your own to take home.

Starring Cody Bryant's Riders

Singer, songwriter, and band leader Cody Bryant lives and breathes American roots music. Cody Bryant's Riders pay homage to familiar melodies from movies and cowboy music (Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Ghost Riders in the Sky, Cool Water), mix in some catchy new originals, add a few burning bluegrass-inspired instrumentals, and make an occasional nod to Jerry Garcia’s New Riders of the Purple Sage of the 1970s. Autry Members: $20; nonmembers: $25, children under 12: $10. Tickets can be purchased either at the Wells Fargo Theater on the day of the concert or in advance by contacting Marilyn Tuttle at 818.365.8709 or e-mailing lindaleegreen@earthlink.net.

Special Show and Sale

Fine Native American and Mexican Jewelry from Santa Fe Crafts

Thursday, June 11, and Friday, June 12
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Saturday, June 13, and Sunday, June 14
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Griffith Park

Barbara Goldeen and John Selmer of Santa Fe Crafts have been traveling throughout the West since 1984, searching for the highest quality Native American jewelry and art and vintage Mexican jewelry to offer for sale to some of the finest museums and galleries. Don’t miss this opportunity to purchase these treasures. Use your Autry member discount on this astounding artwork.

For more information, please call 323.667.2000, ext. 232 or email at mstore@AutryNationalCenter.org.

Bring your family for a picnic on the hill. Enjoy some live acoustic music and let the kids participate in some great craft activities while you relax the night away.

Get hands-on tips and pointers to improve your guitar-playing style from two-time Western Regional flatpicking champion, Raul Reynoso. He’s been nominated twice for Best Instrumentalist by the WMA, and is noted for his expertise on acoustic guitar and mandolin, with a mastery of styles ranging from bluegrass and Western swing to ’30s jazz in the tradition of the legendary Django Reinhardt.

– A program of two films featuring First Nation and Native American artists
– Q&A with filmmaker Philip Szporer

Please join us for an afternoon exploring this cultural treasure, have lunch at The Golden Spur Café (open 9:00am – 4:30pm), and enjoy our matinee film program.

-  Byron Chief-Moon: Grey Horse Rider-
A documentary film featuring First Nation artist Byron Chief-Moon, Grey Horse Rider was directed by Philip Szporer and Marlene Millar and won "Best Documentary Short" at the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco. Byron Chief-Moon is a multi-talented actor, stuntman, dancer, choreographer playwright, and founder of the Coyote Arts Percussive Performance Association. Through art and life, his story is one of cultural survival. Themes of Chief-Moon’s dance creations begin with his people's traditional stories, his attachment to the land and his community, as well as the inner conflict he faces in existing within the Aboriginal culture and society at large. He is ensuring the preservation of his native language through its incorporation into his work, and he's adamant that the spoken legends of his people are passed on to the next generation, and to the greater community. Challenging the cultural construct is never easy, but Chief-Moon does so with steadfast determination and spirit. One of the main features is the name-giving ceremony for The Blood Nation of which until now has never been filmed.
Canada, 2007, 48 minutes

-  Q&A with filmmaker Philip Szporer sponsored by Quebec Government Office-Los Angeles

-  Water Flowing Together –
A documentary on legendary Jock Soto and his 25 year career with the New York City Ballet by filmmaker Gwendolen Cate is a moving, intimate portrait of an internationally renowned artist who is Navajo Indian, Puerto Rican, and openly gay. On the verge of retirement, one of modern ballet's most gifted and celebrated dancers is forced to contemplate life after dance. Exploring identity, family, and transition, the film climaxes with his emotional departure from ballet at age 40 in 2005. As Soto reflects on his uncertain future, he also attempts to connect with his past, revisiting his Navajo roots and the cultural heritage to which he is at once detached and devoted. Soto's story defies stereotypes in the same way that his dancing transcends the expected. Written by Gwendolen Cates.
USA, 2007, 77 minutes

Autry National Center of the American West
4700 Western Heritage Way (Griffith Park Campus), Los Angeles, CA 90027 (323-667-2000; www.autrynationalcenter.org)
- Tickets $10, $7 Autry and DCW members, free parking
Tickets available at the door

The Autry National Center explores the experiences and perceptions of the diverse peoples of the American West, connecting the past with the present to inform our shared future.

More June dates, venues and programs TBA for Dance Camera West's Eighth Annual Dance Media Film Festival. Please visit DCW's website for continuous updates - www.dancecamerawest.org.

Poke around the Cowboy Gallery to get in a cowboy frame of mind. Then mosey on over to create a cowboy-themed mobile for dad.

Join contemporary performers, songwriters, and cowboy poets as they perform stories and songs of the romantic days of the Old West, contemporary music of the American West, and songs of the open range and the American cowboy.

Who lived here before us? What did they leave behind? And what does your garbage say about you? Discover the answers to these questions and more while on an “archaeology” dig at the Southwest Museum of the American Indian.

Bring your family for a picnic on the hill. Enjoy some live acoustic music and let the kids participate in some great craft activities while you relax the night away.

Following a week-long retreat in San Diego and staged readings at the La Jolla Playhouse, Native Voices at the Autry presents its annual Festival of New Plays in Griffith Park. To RSVP, call 323.667.2000, ext. 354. Admission is free.

Friday, June 26
Carbon Black
By Terry Gomez (Comanche)
Thirteen-year-old Carbon “Inky” Black overhears a murder while sleeping on his apartment balcony. Thrown into a frightening series of events, he and his agoraphobic mother search for answers in a community paralyzed by violence.
8–9:30 pm

Saturday, June 27
The Frybread Queen
By Carolyn Dunn (Muskogee Creek, Seminole, Cherokee)
Four women. One man. Four Frybread recipes. Who’ll win?
1–3:00 pm

Saturday, June 27
Fancy Dancer
By Dawn Dumont (Cree, Métis)
A dark comedy about the tragic disappearance of Aboriginal women and the Trickster’s final redemption.
4–5:30 pm

We invite our Autry members to experience private tours of the Southwest Museum each month. See how your membership donations are helping with the ongoing rehabilitation efforts, learn how Charles Lummis influenced the design of the building and the Caracol Tower, and appreciate what it takes to save and revitalize this historic treasure in the heart of Los Angeles. Tour space is limited to members and a guest. Please reserve by calling 323.667.2000, ext. 391.

Native Americans in Turn-of-the-Century Modern Sports
Learn about the golden age of sports and how Native Americans like Jim Thorpe made it possible. Join special guest lecturer Dr. Hank Koerper for a look at some amazing individuals and some pretty amazing artifacts. No matter how much you know about sports, you’re bound to take away something new.

Following a week-long retreat in San Diego and staged readings at the La Jolla Playhouse, Native Voices at the Autry presents its annual Festival of New Plays in Griffith Park. To RSVP, call 323.667.2000, ext. 354. Admission is free.

Friday, June 26
Carbon Black
By Terry Gomez (Comanche)
Thirteen-year-old Carbon “Inky” Black overhears a murder while sleeping on his apartment balcony. Thrown into a frightening series of events, he and his agoraphobic mother search for answers in a community paralyzed by violence.
8–9:30 pm

Saturday, June 27
The Frybread Queen
By Carolyn Dunn (Muskogee Creek, Seminole, Cherokee)
Four women. One man. Four Frybread recipes. Who’ll win?
1–3:00 pm

Saturday, June 27
Fancy Dancer
By Dawn Dumont (Cree, Métis)
A dark comedy about the tragic disappearance of Aboriginal women and the Trickster’s final redemption.
4–5:30 pm

Come hear a staged reading of a new one-act opera about the 110 Freeway. The Autry and other local institutions are involved in helping to develop this project by gathering freeway stories from the community. Meet the artists and experience one of L.A.’s most important automotive and cultural lifelines in this unique presentation.

Dragon boat racing is one of China’s most ancient traditions. Explore the Family Discovery Gallery to learn about some of the See Family traditions and make dragon boat puppets to race at home.