4.23.24
Loving Hands Community Care Transforms Mother's Day Into Healing Holiday
The nonprofit organization based in the Los Angeles community of Watts is hosting its 17th annual Mother's Day luncheon on May 4.
4.23.24
The nonprofit organization based in the Los Angeles community of Watts is hosting its 17th annual Mother's Day luncheon on May 4.
4.10.24
The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz is joining forces with UNESCO for the 13th annual celebration, with Hancock, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kurt Elling, Shemekia Copeland, and many other notable musicians set to thrill Morocco.
4.5.24
GRoW founder Gregory Annenberg Weingarten and his philanthropic partner and wife, Regina Weingarten, were honored for their support of the esteemed cancer research center in France.
3.29.24
The Grammy-winning arts organization is bringing its resonant American Railroad Initiative to a venue near you — and into your living room, too.
3.15.24
Shedding new light on the formidable 19th-century Sikh ruler, Ranjit Singh: Sikh, Warrior, King runs from April 10 to October 20 at the storied London museum.
2.29.24
The Watts-based nonprofit organization is finding new ways to support families and provide impactful experiences for the children of parents with disabilities.
2.21.24
The British postgraduate school's NEMO initiative is combining data science and design innovation to help the peacebuilding UN agency in its mission to solve critical environmental issues.
1.31.24
William Grant Still's Highway 1, USA and Alexander Zemlinsky's The Dwarf will run February 24 to March 17 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles as part of the opera company's Recovered Voices initiative.
1.17.24
The Los Angeles-based artist turns heads and engages fans with immersive arts and video installations as well as augmented reality creations.
1.9.24
The South Los Angeles hospital is honoring community changemakers this month at its annual fundraiser at the Grammy Museum.
12.5.23
The Messiah Project brings together some of the city's most accomplished musicians and the Skid Row community during the holiday season.
11.28.23
Sculpting the Senses, which opens November 29 at the historic Paris museum, celebrates the career of the Dutch fashion pioneer.
11.14.23
Opportunities to Give on GivingTuesday (and Every Day of the Week)
Join us in the holiday spirit by participating in the global day of generosity on November 28 and supporting nonprofit organizations in your community.
11.8.23
The storied movie palace has been restored to Golden Age glory by Netflix — and the venue will continue to feature programming by American Cinematheque.
11.2.23
Clínica Romero Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Lifesaving Health Care
The primary care clinic that supports underserved communities in Los Angeles will mark the milestone at its annual fundraising dinner in November.
10.27.23
Holocaust Museum LA is honoring GRoW founder Gregory Annenberg Weingarten for his longtime support.
10.18.23
The GRoW-supported Young Musicians Festival entertained audiences this September in Lisbon.
10.16.23
Evenings with an Author at the American Library in Paris Offers Varied, Vibrant Discussions All Fall
The GRoW-sponsored series at Europe's largest English-language lending library features poets, novelists, professors, and journalists in conversation.
9.19.23
At its signature gala, the nonprofit legal aid and advocacy organization is honoring Brandon Tsay, who disarmed a mass shooter earlier this year.
9.18.23
Opening September 24, Manet/Degas examines the intriguing (and misunderstood) dynamic between the revered 19th-century French artists.
8.29.23
The American Red Cross and other nonprofit organizations continue to aid residents of the Hawaiian town of Lahaina after the deadliest U.S blaze in more than a hundred years.
8.25.23
Kaleef Starks, who will pursue a master's degree in journalism at the University of Southern California, has been named the GRoW @ Annenberg Scholar for the 2023-24 academic year.
8.22.23
Arturo Ybarra, founder of Watts Century Latino Organization, leaves behind a legacy of unity.
8.18.23
LA Opera Opens Season With Free Outdoor Broadcast of Don Giovanni
Mozart's beloved masterpiece comes to life on September 23 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion — and you can also partake in the intrigue at the beach and in the park.
8.18.23
Watts Neighborhood Celebrates Playground Opening With Red Hot Chili Peppers Concert
The renovated outdoor space — with state-of-the-art recreation equipment — will provide families with a place for fun and community.
8.14.23
The retrospective will include 50 paintings by the 17th-century Dutch artist who was a master of loose brushwork and lively portraits.
6.28.23
Portuguese-based Marine Environment Research Association, also known as AIMM (Associacão para Investigação do Meio Marinho), will receive funding to improve sustainability for the dolphin population in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean.
6.27.23
The Watts Happening Cultural Center — a historic modernist building and home to the historic Mafundi Institute and Watts Coffee House — is the recipient of a Conserving Black Modernism grant that will support long-term preservation planning.
6.1.23
The 85th season in the bucolic Berkshires runs from June 22 through Labor Day and showcases underrepresented voices in classical music.
5.23.23
The rising star received the first scholarship funded by the GRoW Fellowship Endowment at the School of American Ballet.
5.16.23
For 10 years, this surplus food rescue organization has redistributed excess food by matching donors to nonprofits that are feeding individuals in need.
5.8.23
Partnering with the Boundless Freedom Project at Salinas Valley State Prison, the Mend Collaborative initiative facilitates restorative justice to promote acts of forgiveness.
4.28.23
LA Opera Gives Voice to Shakespeare With Verdi's Otello
The 19th-century masterpiece of Italian opera comes to life once again at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion from May 13 to June 4.
4.20.23
Opening in May, Van Gogh's Cypresses reexamines essential (and rare) works by the renowned Dutch painter.
3.30.23
Researchers from the Tara Ocean Foundation and across Europe are collaborating on a historic European land/sea mission starting in April.
3.30.23
On March 17, East Side Riders Bike Club (ESRBC) launched its e-bike lending program in partnership with the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, also known as LACI.
3.27.23
The Watts-based nonprofit organization will host its 16th annual Mother's Day Healing Luncheon on May 6, the weekend before Mother's Day.
3.27.23
Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life Exhibition Opens at Tate Modern
The London museum will bring to life the visionary work of two of the most imaginative artists of the 20th century, Swedish painter Hilma af Klint and Dutch painter Piet Mondrian, from April 20 to September 3.
3.7.23
LA Opera Presents Pelléas & Mélisande
A beguiling interpretation of Debussy's love-triangle opera can be experienced at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion from March 25 to April 16.
3.7.23
After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art Opens at London's National Gallery
The Post-Impressionism exhibition — which will run from March 25 to August 13 — showcases the pioneering work of Cézanne, Van Gogh, and Gaugin.
3.7.23
The four-concert series returns to Lincoln Center with its third installment on March 28.
3.3.23
Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure opens March 31 at the Grand LA.
2.21.23
Met Opera's Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcasts, a Long and Thrilling Tradition
Online, over the airwaves, or via satellite, listeners can hear dazzling performances by today's most celebrated artists as well as legendary singers from the company's past, all originally captured in live broadcasts spanning nine decades of Met history.
2.21.23
Pastels de Millet à Redon Unveiled at Musée d'Orsay
Curated from the Paris museum's vast archives and running from March 14 through July 2, this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition will present 95 pastel works by some of the greatest artists of their time, including Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, and Piet Mondrian.
1.31.23
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California (AJSOCAL) has launched the Monterey Park Lunar New Year Victims Fund and the Half Moon Bay Victims Fund.
1.31.23
To mark the 2024 centennial of its life as a public institution, the Morgan Library & Museum will present a major exhibition devoted to its inaugural director, Belle da Costa Greene.
1.31.23
Students Run LA will train more than 2,500 teens for the long-distance running event in March… but the organization's help extends beyond the race
1.26.23
Garry Kasparov will present the 21st annual lecture hosted by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations on March 6.
1.3.23
LA Opera Goes for Lavish Laughs With The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart's transcendent comedy is headed to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stage, with James Gray and Christian Lacroix in the wedding party.
12.19.22
The acclaimed French musical ensemble journeys across Europe's finest venues to present 17th- and 18th-century Italian, French, and German masterpieces.
12.19.22
GRoW @ Annenberg is honored to support community-led organizations in the Los Angeles community of Watts this holiday season and throughout the year.
12.16.22
The organization dedicated to redistributing excess food to those experiencing food insecurity is focusing on large-scale pickups to reach more people across the country.
11.28.22
The Dream Show 2023, taking place on January 14, celebrates the artists and changemakers in South Los Angeles.
11.17.22
Watts Towers Arts Center Campus Presents I Wanted To Do Something Big
On November 13, the Watts Towers Arts Center Campus reopened its doors for the first time since the pandemic began to host a reception for a new retrospective conservation exhibition.
11.15.22
The National Museum of the American Indian hosted a dedication ceremony for the National Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
11.1.22
The second installment of the music series featuring artists from various genres in a new context takes place on December 6 in its new home at Lincoln Center.
10.12.22
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California names the third recipient of the GRoW @ Annenberg Scholarship.
9.22.22
On October 8, audiences will be able to witness the New York Philharmonic's triumphant return home — in the completely reimagined David Geffen Hall.
9.1.22
The weekly program returns this fall with literary guests including Lindsey Tramuta and Rohkaya Diallo.
8.28.22
LA Opera Opens its Season With Lucia di Lammermoor
Gaetano Donizetti's spellbinding tale of marriage, madness and murder runs from September 17 through October 9 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
8.23.22
The Watts Towers Arts Center Campus is marking 100 years of the Watts Towers and 60 years of the Watts Towers Arts Center this September with numerous events and activities, including its newest exhibition, I Wanted To Do Something Big.
8.9.22
Winslow Homer: Force of Nature Opens at London's National Gallery
For the first time in the UK, the National Gallery presents an overview of the 19th-century American Realist painter who confronted the leading issues facing the United States as well as its relationship with Europe and the Caribbean.
8.9.22
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles recently updated its name to Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California (AJSOCAL), reflecting its commitment to the entire region, with offices in Los Angeles and Orange County.
8.2.22
United in Harmony's overnight summer camp, which hosts children experiencing poverty, reopens its cabin doors in August.
7.22.22
After longtime Los Angeles Philharmonic music director Gustavo Dudamel was appointed to the same role at the Paris Opera, he decided to unite two leading arts institutions for two spectacular evenings at the Hollywood Bowl.
7.14.22
The nonprofit health organization is holding its second annual conference on September 22, and mental health is top of mind.
6.27.22
V&A Museum Stages Africa Fashion Exhibition
The UK's most extensive showcase of African style will be on display in London from July 2 through April 16, 2023.
6.3.22
Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern (June 18 to September 18) showcases the acclaimed French sculptor in a new light at the Berkshires museum.
6.3.22
On June 30, the Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL) gives Reverend James M. Lawson, Jr. the Centennial Award at its Whitney M. Young, Jr. Gala in Beverly Hills.
5.24.22
The Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization provides a communal space for bereaved mothers to grieve, heal, and support one another during a challenging holiday weekend.
5.13.22
In 2022, GRoW joined the global community in supporting the Afghanistan National Institute of Music's (ANIM) resettlement and reestablishment in Lisbon, Portugal.
4.26.22
The public-private partnership with the Lanterman Regional Center will provide health care for individuals with developmental delays within the uninsured and underrepresented communities of Los Angeles.
3.4.22
The coalition seeking to sustain the culture and traditions of the Los Angeles community is once again showcasing poets and spoken-word artists.
3.1.22
The Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, in partnership with USC's Center for the Political Future, is hosting the symposium at the University of Southern California and online on April 22.
2.25.22
The featured guest on March 31 is French philosopher and author Bernard-Henri Lévy, who was chosen by Daniel Pearl's father, Judea, in collaboration with the Burkle Center.
2.17.22
Registration is now open to join the festivities on April 30.
2.17.22
Longtime GRoW grantee East Side Riders Bike Club (ESRBC) — led by founder John Jones III — was recently recognized by the NFL franchise and the Wallace Firm for Jones' meaningful work with South L.A. youth.
2.17.22
LA Opera Resurrects Bach's Sacred Masterpiece St. Matthew Passion
A balletic interpretation of the revered Baroque work is being brought to life at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles.
1.18.22
Welcoming more than 80 artists and intellectuals for its inaugural season, this new French cultural institution is reinventing the traditional French residency.
1.4.22
The Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy-winning musician lords over an evening of thrilling music at California State University Northridge on February 5.
12.21.21
Supporting Local and Independent Journalism Through Zócalo Public Square
GRoW is partnering with the Arizona State University media enterprise, whose mission is to "connect people to ideas and to each other by examining essential questions in an accessible, broad-minded, and democratic spirit."
12.17.21
Loving Hands Community Care Selected for Super Bowl LVI Legacy Program Grant
The Los Angeles Super Bowl Host Committee is honoring the Watts-based organization dedicated to supporting grieving mothers.
12.15.21
American Red Cross Provides Critical Relief From Midwest's Devastating Tornadoes
GRoW founder Gregory Annenberg Weingarten joins fellow Annenberg Foundation vice president/director Charles Annenberg Weingarten in supporting Red Cross efforts to help the victims of the recent tornadoes that ripped through six states.
12.13.21
Met Opera Kicks Off 2021-22 Season of Saturday Matinee Broadcasts
The longest-running classical music program in American radio history returns this month.
11.18.21
Clínica Romero Continues to Guarantee Health Care as a Human Right During COVID-19 Pandemic
The community clinic that seeks to address the physical and emotional needs of underserved individuals in Los Angeles by providing affordable, quality, and culturally sensitive medical, dental, and behavioral health services — regardless of a person's ability to pay.
11.18.21
Covenant House Holds Global Sleep Out to Support Unhoused Youth
The annual event, which takes place this year on November 18, raises critical funds to provide shelter and services to young people in crisis.
11.17.21
Advancing Racial Equity in Philanthropy on Giving Tuesday… and All Year
Give Blck maintains an online database to raise the visibility of Black-founded nonprofit organizations and expand their reach.
11.15.21
Watts Organizations Provide Holiday Support During Pandemic with Compassion and Kindness
Join GRoW in supporting the work of eight nonprofits in this South Los Angeles community that are organizing toy and food drives this holiday season.
11.10.21
Cinderella to Have a Ball on LA Opera Stage
From November 20 through December 13, the LA Opera presents Gioachino Rossini's beloved romantic comedy in which true love conquers all — despite the obstacles presented by a pompous stepfather and two self-absorbed stepsisters.
10.7.21
As Wildfires Reach Record Levels, GRoW Supports Fire-Prevention Efforts in Southern California
Firefighters are valiantly battling blazes to save the region's most populated areas.
10.7.21
Emma's Torch — a restaurant and nonprofit that provides expert culinary training to refugees and offers assistance in finding meaningful careers in the food industry — reopens after a long hiatus in the pandemic.
10.7.21
Poussin and the Dance Opens at London's National Gallery
Running from October 9 to January 2, 2022, the exhibition is the first examination of how Nicolas Poussin incorporated dance into his body of work — and it challenges the 17th-century French painter's legacy.
10.4.21
Evenings with an Author Series Returns to American Library in Paris
The weekly program that promotes lively discussions with noteworthy literary and public figures is sponsored by GRoW.
10.4.21
New Trail Coming to Cabrillo National Monument
With support from GRoW, San Diego's only National Park will offer a new path to the Rocky Intertidal Zone.
9.24.21
A Historic Return to Live Opera at the Met
After a lengthy hiatus in the pandemic, one of the world's leading opera companies finds its voice again on September 27, with the premiere of Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones, the first work by a Black composer to be presented at the Met in its 138-year history.
9.23.21
Les Talens Lyriques Celebrates 30th Season with Performances at La Scala in Milan
This fall, France's internationally renowned musical ensemble that performs some of Europe's rarest and most historically important pieces from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries will help to stage Francesco Cavalli's mythical opera La Calisto
8.24.21
The East Side Riders Bike Club resumed its Ride to Feed the Hungry series, a program that prepares meals for Compton and Watts residents experiencing food insecurity.
8.24.21
Essential Community Health Clinics Step Up Vaccination Efforts in Pandemic
As the COVID-19 Delta variant continues to spread throughout Los Angeles County, GRoW supports vaccine distribution in two communities hit especially hard by the pandemic.
8.19.21
The prestigious UK university recently announced its 2021-22 Weidenfeld-Hoffman GRoW @ Annenberg Scholars, who will pursue graduate degrees and have the opportunity to emerge as leaders in their fields of study.
8.19.21
Photographer Dawoud Bey Comes into Focus at Whitney Museum's Walter Annenberg Lecture
The influential American photographer is admired for his poignant reflections on visibility, race, and disparity in America.
7.15.21
LA Opera's Returns to Stage for First Time in 18 Months ith Il Trovatore
Music and live performance light up the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stage once again as the LA Opera begins the 2021-22 season on September 18 with an in-person audience.
7.15.21
On July 11, the Portuguese newspaper Público published an article about a unique international partnership between two GRoW grantee organizations: Portugal-based Marine Environment Research Association (AIMM) and Massachusetts-based Ocean Alliance are dedicated to protecting marine species through sustainability and research.
7.1.21
From July 15 to August 22, the UK's creative community hub presents a thrilling open-air experience in its spectacular courtyard.
7.1.21
High School Students Explore Environmental Careers in Southern California Mountains
Since 2016, GRoW has partnered with the National Park Foundation and the Santa Monica Mountains Fund to support the SAMO Youth Mentoring Program in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area, providing area youth with a paid opportunity to explore careers in environmental service.
6.24.21
L.A.-Based Organizations Awarded 'Champions Live Here' Super Bowl Grants
Nine GRoW grantee-partners are among the 56 inspiring changemakers in the greater Los Angeles area that will receive funding, marketing resources, capacity-building training, and public recognition.
6.9.21
Hispanic Society Museum and Library Hosts In the Heights Exhibition
Running from June 9 to August 15, the exhibition will feature more than 50 photographic images that track the evolution of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical from its first iteration at Wesleyan College to Broadway success.
6.3.21
GRoW is honored to support the production of a documentary film that will explore the Methodist minister's extensive career and pivotal advocacy of nonviolent resistance in the civil rights movement.
4.29.21
Loving Hands Hosts 16th Annual Mother's Day Event Virtually
The Mother's Day Healing Luncheon is being streamed live on Loving Hands Community Care's YouTube channel and Facebook page on May 8 at 11 a.m. PT.
4.23.21
LA Phil will begin its 2021 season with four free outdoor concerts at the Hollywood Bowl for first responders, health care employees, and essential workers as a gesture of gratitude for their commitment and dedication to the city throughout the pandemic.
4.13.21
Nearly 200 Countries Celebrate International Jazz Day
The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz partners with the United Nations and UNESCO for the 10th annual celebration of the beloved music genre, which spotlights jazz and recognizes the essential role that it plays in uniting the world.
4.8.21
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Partners with Equal Justice Initiative Founder for Social Justice-Themed Concert
Led by legendary trumpeter and artistic director Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will present Freedom, Justice, and Hope with Bryan Stevenson on May 21.
3.18.21
Protecting Civil Rights of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities
In the wake of widespread anti-Asian racism, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles' contributions towards equity and racial justice are of the utmost relevance and importance.
3.12.21
The Burkle Center supports research and promotes discourse on international relations, United States foreign policy, and global cooperation and conflict issues.
3.8.21
Institut Curie Foundation Commemorates Centenary of Innovation in Fight Against Cancer
France's largest cancer research center recognizes the 100-year anniversary of Marie Curie's first trip to the United States and the creation of the foundation.
2.25.21
GRoW Supports COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts in Los Angeles
As the vaccine rollout expands, we are supporting distribution programs focused on underserved communities of color.
2.25.21
Jazz at Lincoln Center and Equal Justice Initiative Premiere Animated Short
An important conversation between Jazz at Lincoln Center artistic director Wynton Marsalis and EJI founder/executive director Bryan Stevenson about the value of art has been brought to life through art.
2.1.21
The Paris Opera & Ballet Moves Gala Reve d'Enfants to April
The annual holiday event raises funds for arts education benefitting underprivileged children in the French capital.
1.25.21
V&A Announces Africa Fashion Exhibition
GRoW is honored to serve as the lead supporter of this summer 2022 exhibition that will celebrate the vitality, innovation, and global impact of mid-20th century and contemporary fashion across the African continent.
12.18.20
GRoW Partners with MLK Community Hospital to Support Staff for Holidays
With COVID-19 cases spiking across Los Angeles, health care workers face unprecedented demands after an already challenging year.
12.18.20
Maestro Philippe Jordan Conducts Final Performance as Music Director of Paris Opera
This holiday season, the longtime Paris Opera conductor led his orchestra through Richard Wagner's epic masterpiece, Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring).
12.18.20
New Memorial Honors Sacrifice of Native American Veterans
Paying tribute to the exceptional service of American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native veterans, the National Native American Veterans Memorial opened on the grounds of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington, D.C. on Veterans Day.
12.7.20
Watts Organizations Provide Food, Toys, and Support During Challenging Holiday Season
Several GRoW grantee-partners are providing assistance in many forms to families and children in this South Los Angeles community.
11.9.20
GRoW is honored to support Give Blck, which launched an online database of Black-led nonprofits in the U.S. that seeks to uplift these organizations and promote racial equity in charitable giving.
10.13.20
USC Annenberg School Partners with GRoW to Diversify Newsrooms
The Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California has named the first recipient of the GRoW @ Annenberg Scholarship.
9.21.20
Artemisia Finally Opens at London's National Gallery… and Online
The pandemic-delayed exhibit that celebrates the gifted and resilient Italian Baroque painter debuts in October.
9.21.20
American Library in Paris Celebrates its Centennial
On October 8, Europe's largest English-language lending library raises a glass to 100 years of service with its Century Gala.
9.17.20
Protecting Los Angeles County During Unprecedented Wildfire Season
Although the 2020 season only recently began, it has already proven to be devastating, with flames raging across California, Oregon, and Washington.
9.10.20
KCET's Artbound Showcases Watts Towers Arts Center
The Emmy-winning arts and culture series is featuring the Watts Towers Arts Center, a longtime GRoW grantee-partner, in an episode airing this fall.
9.1.20
On any given weekday, John Jones III, founder and executive director of the all-volunteer grassroots organization, can be found on a street in this South L.A. community cooking, assembling, and distributing pancake breakfasts and prepared lunches to residents.
8.20.20
GRoW Continues to Support Communities as Pandemic Persists
Our philanthropic initiative remains steadfast in our commitment to support the organizations and communities most impacted by the spread of COVID-19 and its resulting economic crisis.
8.10.20
GRoW is honored to support the documentary Hargrove, which unspools the inspirational story of the legendary trumpeter.
8.1.20
In Support of Organizations Meeting the Needs of Our Most Vulnerable Communities
As the pandemic and the resulting economic crisis have evolved, so has GRoW's philanthropic response.
7.9.20
Backing Efforts to Ensure Accurate Census Count
With the 2020 Census underway, GRoW @ Annenberg is providing grant support to Fair Count, a Georgia-based organization founded to ensure that the population tally is representative of all U.S. communities.
6.9.20
LA Opera Announces Winners of Fourth Annual GRoW @ Annenberg Poster Contest
The competition invites students attending Southern California colleges and universities to submit original artwork to be highlighted at an LA Opera production.
6.4.20
'The opposite of poverty is not wealth. The opposite of poverty is justice.' —Bryan Stevenson
Today and every day, we condemn all acts of racism and bigotry, and pledge to continue to support Black leaders and Black-led organizations who challenge inequity in all forms.
5.1.20
In These Challenging Times, GRoW's Grantee-Partners are Points of Light
We are inspired by the many individuals and organizations across the globe who continue to bolster our spirits in the pandemic through music, dance, and other performing arts.
5.1.20
Loving Hands Hosts 13th Annual Mother's Day Healing Luncheon for Grieving Mothers
The hour-long May 9 event — which includes musical performances, speakers, poetry, and raffles — will be held virtually for the first time, on Facebook Live.
4.1.20
GRoW is Committed to Providing Responsive Support During Pandemic
We are engaged in a multifaceted, strategic response to the international crisis spurred by the spread of COVID-19.
3.10.20
Violins of Hope Opens at Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
The exhibition that uses violins to educate about the Holocaust and celebrate the power of music debuts March 18.
3.2.20
LA Phil's Power to the People! Festival Honors Artists Engaged in Activism
This five-week celebration of musicians who use their platform as artists to champion social change, civil rights, and humanitarian causes takes place from March 5 to April 11.
2.11.20
V&A Museum Unveils Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk
The home of one of the world's most significant collections of Japanese art and design will open Europe's first major kimono exhibition on February 29.
1.27.20
Los Angeles Urban League Hosts 47th Annual Whitney M. Young Jr. Awards Dinner
The ceremony honors leaders whose work in Los Angeles aligns with the organization's mission to promote economic advancement and secure civil rights for communities of color.
1.27.20
GRoW @ Annenberg SOUND ON Series Presents Leading Voices at New York Phil
The second concert of the three-part series, Leading Voices was commissioned in conjunction with the New York Phil's initiative Project 19, a centennial celebration of the 19th Amendment that granted women the right to vote in the United States.
1.24.20
LA Opera Accepting Submissions for Fourth Annual LA Opera GRoW @ Annenberg Poster Contest
The competition encourages Southern California college students to submit original artwork themed to the spring production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro.
1.15.20
GRoW Supports Firefighting Efforts in Australia during Wildfire Emergency
With the new year bringing a devastating wildfire season to Australia, we have joined fellow Annenberg Foundation trustees in the fight to protect the country's people, wildlife, and land.
1.9.20
East Side Riders Bike Club Kicks Off New Year with Group Ride
On these excursions, which take place several times per year, the organization's members and their families explore Los Angeles together on bikes, blending fun physical activity with important team-building experiences.
1.8.20
Harper's Bazaar: First in Fashion Opens at Musée des Arts Décoratifs
The Paris museum will unveil the exhibition that delves into the trendsetting magazine's history, photography, and influence on women and style.
12.3.19
Telfair Avenue Elementary School Teachers Receive New iPads and Keyboards
GRoW is underwriting the cost of updated educational equipment for the Los Angeles-area school's teaching staff.
11.25.19
Watts Organizations Mark the Holidays with Toy and Food Drives
Several GRoW grantee-partners are helping to brighten the end-of-year festivities for children and families in the South Los Angeles community.
11.22.19
East Side Riders Bike Club Launches 10th Annual Holiday Giveback
The all-volunteer, bicycle-promoting organization will host a free Thanksgiving feast on November 23 for homeless and food-insecure residents of the Watts community in Los Angeles.
11.6.19
The Marriage of Figaro Opens at Theatre des Champs-Elysées
Executive staff and board members from the LA Opera are traveling to Paris to attend the premiere of the Mozart masterpiece on November 26, ahead of its stateside debut next year.
10.31.19
Met Opera Presents New Season of Saturday Matinee Broadcasts
As the New York City opera company prepares to kick off the 89th season of its popular live-performance radio program on December 7, GRoW launches a special fundraising initiative.
10.31.19
Supporting the Los Angeles Fire Department During Another Relentless Wildfire Season
As California battles more fires and suffers more devastation, GRoW founder Gregory Annenberg Weingarten joins fellow Annenberg Foundation trustees in offering aid to the LAFD.
10.31.19
Leonardo: Experience a Masterpiece Exhibition Premieres at London's National Gallery
One of Europe's finest museums spotlights Leonardo da Vinci's extensive breadth of work and focuses on the intriguing painting The Virgin of the Rocks.
10.24.19
Loving Hands Community Care Expands its Outreach and Impact
The Watts-based nonprofit organization hosts its first community engagement and capacity-building meeting in November.
9.5.19
The Skirball Presents El Sueño Americano / The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer
The Jewish cultural institution unveils an important photography exhibition that asks us to reconsider how we view migrants.
9.3.19
NY Phil Launches 2019-2020 GRoW @ Annenberg Sound ON Series With Telling Tales
The New York Philharmonic hosts the first of three concerts on October 1 that kick off the second season of the concert series.
9.3.19
The Watts community celebrates the latest edition of the music festival as well as the late hip-hop star/activist/Watts Towers Art VC, who was a former student of the Watts Towers Arts Center.
8.13.19
Cancer Support Community Los Angeles Presents Fifth Annual Gilda Gala
The fundraising event honors notable cancer advocates and inspiring individuals who have forged new ways of approaching cancer care.
8.12.19
Internships in Santa Monica Mountains Introduce Students to Nature, Careers in Conservation
On August 15, the Santa Monica Mountains (SAMO) Fund and National Park Foundation graduate a group of high school students who have dedicated their summers to working outdoors.
8.9.19
LA Opera Presents La Bohème
To celebrate the start of its 34th season on September 14, the LA Opera stages the Puccini masterpiece.
7.23.19
Immigrant Defenders Law Center Marks Four Years of Fighting for Universal Legal Representation
The nonprofit law firm that focuses on social justice in Southern California represents more than 600 immigrants in need every year.
7.23.19
We Care Outreach Ministries Prepares for Safe and Successful School Year
The Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization is preparing programming such as Safe Passages, which ensures that students are able to travel safely to and from school.
6.7.19
University of Oxford Announces New Cohort of Weidenfeld-Hoffmann GRoW @ Annenberg Scholars
GRoW has been funding scholarships for students across the globe since 2013.
5.31.19
Les Talens Lyriques Thrills Audiences From Paris to Los Angeles
The French musical ensemble known for performing rare compositions from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries will explore the music of Handel, Rameau, and Mozart in June.
5.22.19
Community Foundation of Acadiana Helps to Rebuild Louisiana Churches Destroyed by Arson
Three historic Black churches in Louisiana were destroyed by acts of arson this spring, but no act of hatred can match the power of a community determined to heal and rebuild.
5.17.19
Statue of Liberty Museum Opens to Public
The 26,000-square-foot addition to New York City's Liberty Island contains three galleries celebrating Lady Liberty's impact and legacy — and GRoW is supporting the Engagement Gallery.
4.26.19
Loving Hands Community Care Hosts 12th Annual Mother's Day Healing Luncheon
The Watts-based nonprofit organization continues its Mother's Day tradition on May 11 by hosting a special meal in Los Angeles for mothers who have lost children.
4.1.19
V&A Debuts Mary Quant Exhibition
From April 6, through February 16, 2020, the London museum will unveil an exhibition that celebrates the iconic designer's revolutionary impact on 1960s British street fashion.
3.20.19
The support between two communities separated by thousands of miles of land and ocean is a testament to the bonds that bring us together despite differences of faith or nationality.
3.13.19
Black is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite Opens at Skirball
On April 11, the Los Angeles-based Jewish educational and cultural museum unveils an exhibition featuring the compelling works of a leading artist in the second Harlem Renaissance.
2.27.19
Founder Michael Cummings is leading 70 fifth graders from a Watts elementary school through a full-day program titled Keeper of the Dream, which gives them a peek at their educational future.
2.27.19
Met Opera Continues to Shine With Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcasts
Every Saturday between December and May, the Met brings you live performances from the stage of the historic opera house, with commentary before the show and during intermission.
2.13.19
LA Opera Presents The Clemency of Titus
One of Mozart's final compositions comes to life on the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stage in Los Angeles from March 2 to March 24.
1.28.19
GRoW supports the clinic that empowers law students to represent immigrants, low-wage employees, labor unions, and grassroots organizations in important cases.
1.7.19
GRoW is honored to support London's Royal Opera House on January 26, when families who have never seen a ballet or opera at the historic institution will be treated to a matinee performance — and much more.
1.7.19
Last month, the grassroots organization released Bikes Need Love Too, a collection of short essays written by six young authors from the South Los Angeles community.
12.14.18
GRoW @ Annenberg Sound ON Series Returns to New York Philharmonic
The second installment of the three-part GRoW-sponsored concert series will be performed by musicians from the NY Phil at the Appel Room in Lincoln Center on January 27, 2019.
11.28.18
In November, the Woolsey Fire wrought devastation and destruction at the end of another catastrophic wildfire season, burning nearly 100,000 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties.
10.29.18
Join GRoW in championing the work of leaders in the South Los Angeles community who are supplying essential goods — and cheer — at the end of the year.
10.27.18
On November 29, the nonprofit cultural organization that celebrates film across history, genres, and cultures will hold its 32nd annual awards ceremony in Beverly Hills, California — and toast the Oscar-nominated Cooper for his contributions to the silver screen.
10.26.18
LA Opera Presents Hansel and Gretel
The beloved fairy tale winds its way through the forest and into the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion from November 17 through December 15.
10.19.18
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Opens at Skirball
The exhibition that examines the exceptional Supreme Court justice debuts October 19 at the Jewish cultural institution.
10.10.18
The acclaimed American painter and silhouettist who interrogates issues of race, gender, sexuality, and violence in her work will be the featured speaker at the contemporary American art museum in New York City.
10.10.18
The organization that provides shelter to youth in crisis is holding its signature annual fundraiser on November 16.
9.5.18
October 7 is the kickoff date for the three-part concert series that spotlights contemporary chamber repertoire.
9.5.18
The opera company's Off Grand initiative will present an intimate concert on October 11 by the renowned Paris music ensemble, led by founder and harpsichordist Christophe Rousset.
8.2.18
A GRoW-commissioned sculpture of Rodia by Watts Towers Arts Center artist-in-residence Charles Dickson will be unveiled at the September 30 event in Watts.
7.29.18
Watts Leadership Institute Hosts Black Panther Screening and Day of Educational Programming
On August 11, GRoW will sponsor the event led by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs initiative, which supports nonprofits and community leaders in Watts.
7.20.18
The National Park Foundation teams up with the Santa Monica Mountains (SAMO) Fund to host a graduation ceremony on August 9 for students who spent the last two summers working in the Southern California mountain range.
7.19.18
New graduate Jade Elliot received a paid trip to Switzerland to show off her impressive saxophone skills.
7.5.18
V&A presents Frida Kahlo: Making Herself Up
The exhibition illuminates the fascinating life of the groundbreaking Mexican painter and features more than 200 objects that have never before been displayed outside of Mexico.
6.29.18
Watts Towers Arts Center Presents Creative Souls: African American Artists in Greater Los Angeles
Running through July 8, the exhibition is based on UCLA senior lecturer Paul Von Blum's book that spotlights exceptional Southern California artists whose work has been underrepresented in mainstream institutions.
5.29.18
The human rights organization founded by Bryan Stevenson christened both the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration on April 26.
5.16.18
On May 15, the Paris Opera performed the final concert of a three-part series featuring all of the 19th-century Russian composer's symphonies.
5.1.18
Loving Hands Community Care hosts will host its yearly event for bereaved mothers in Los Angeles on May 12.
4.18.18
The second annual poster design competition invited college students in Southern California to submit original artwork themed to the LA Opera's spring production of Verdi's Rigoletto.
4.12.18
LA Opera Presents Rigoletto
Verdi's tragic masterpiece can be experienced from May 12 to June 3 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles.
3.29.18
Performance artist EJ Hill and visual artist Clarissa Tossin are being celebrated by the nonprofit organization that honors outstanding visual artistic achievement.
2.22.18
On display from March 9 to May 28, Women House reexamines the domestic space from the inside out.
2.16.18
Founder Michael Cummings led a group of students from Los Angeles' Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary School through a full-day program designed to prepare them for the next steps in their education.
2.10.18
LA Opera Presents New Production of Orpheus and Eurydice
Running March 10 through March 25 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles, this interpretation of the ancient Greek myth is co-produced by the LA Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Joffrey Ballet, and the Hamburg Ballet.
2.1.18
A global beacon for ambitious projects, the Getty Foundation oversees Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, an innovative partnership between institutions across Southern California that began in 2014 and presented 70 different thematically linked exhibitions in recent months.
1.1.18
GRoW is providing funding in the wake of recent fires that scorched hundreds of thousands of acres of land and displaced countless families in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties.
12.1.17
The 15-year-old dancer from Claremont, California (pictured above) is SAB's GRoW fellow for the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 seasons.