SOLD OUT! Join us to discover "Art Deco Hollywood" on our walking tour! Discover the birthplace of the film industry and experience the glamour and modernity that Hollywood Boulevard has to offer. We will also visit our current Historic Cultural Monument nominee, the Mountain States Life Building/Yucca Tower.

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT TO MEMBERS OF THE ART DECO SOCIETY OF LOS ANGELES. NO GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE. The Art Deco Society of Los Angeles returns to Southwestern Law School, housed in the historic 1929 Bullocks Wilshire Building to present a live fashion event, “Hollywood Deco: Art Deco Costume From Film and Stage” with a special tribute to Art Deco artist Erté, whose final costume designs for the opulent stage production “Stardust,” will be shown. The movie themed showcase of extravagant costumes (from the collection of Greg Schreiner) exhibited on live models, will take place on the weekend of this year’s Oscars.

Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for no-host cocktails at The Wolves in the 1906 John Parkinson designed Alexandria Hotel, once the most extravagant hotel in the city (it cost a whopping $2 million to build) and popular with the silent film stars of the day. The Wolves is a Belle Époque style bar with Parisienne flair. Cocktails feature a lot of house-made ingredients and the food blends French and American cuisine. Some participants dress in cocktail or vintage attire, but it is not required. No RSVP necessary.

Our annual meeting is a time to gather for an update on ADSLA’s achievements in 2023 and a preview of where it is going in the new year. Following a 30 minute meeting with ADSLA’s board of directors, we will offer a presentation on the impending preservation of the exterior of the Earl Carroll Theatre.

Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for no-host cocktails at the historic Biltmore Hotel, a Cocktails in Historic Places® holiday tradition. Many members dress in cocktail attire, but it is not required. RSVP is required this year.

Did you know that one of L.A.’s most famous Art Deco landmarks is also said to be HAUNTED? For two decades, Oviatt Building historian Marc Chevalier has been collecting its ghost stories…and even has one of his own to tell!

Join Marc for an exclusive historical tour of the 1928 Oviatt penthouse, as he shares Halloween season tales of the Oviatt Building’s many unexplained sightings and hair-raising phenomena.

ONLINE SALES ARE CLOSED. TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THE 9:20 AM TOUR ONLY AT THE DOOR. CASH ONLY.

For the 40th year, the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles “digs up the dirt” on Hollywood history - including a few scandals - via a living history walking tour of the 124-year-old Hollywood Forever Cemetery at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard. Visit the gravesites of early Hollywood stars, movie moguls, and the pioneers who shaped Los Angeles, to hear fascinating tales about their lives (both their accomplishments and misdeeds) from historians and living history performances.

Tours will commence every 20 minutes, rain or shine, between 9:00 and 11:00 AM.

Please note that if you try a tour time and you cannot purchase tickets, it is sold out. Try another time. As of 10/14 tickets for the 9:20am tour is NOT sold out.

Any available tickets will be sold for CASH ONLY at the door. Member tickets are $20 and non-member tickets are $30. Exact change is much appreciated.

Online Ticketing is Closed, but tix are available at the door.

She was just as famous as literary icon F. Scott Fitzgerald, more prolific and earned much more money in Hollywood where she wrote 10 screenplays. So why isn't Jazz Age writer Ursula Parrott well known today?

Marsha Gordon, the author of the new biography Becoming the Ex-Wife The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott will give a book talk In connection with the exhibit “The Life & Unexpected Legacy of Norma Shearer” curated by Darin Barnes at the Hollywood Heritage Museum. Parrott, was the writer of the scandalous 1929 novel Ex-Wife which was adapted for the screen as THE DIVORCEE (1930) starring Norma Shearer.

SOLD OUT We are delighted to return to the RMS Queen Mary for Cocktails in the Queens Salon! The evening will include dancing to a live band playing music of the Art Deco era.

Performing in the Queen’s Salon is JIM ZIEGLER’S SWINGSATIONS QUINTET!

Join us for our first in person lecture since before the pandemic! We can’t imagine a more perfect location than the Nethercutt Museum and Collection, for an illustrated presentation on the new Angel City Press book Driving Force: Automobiles and the New American City 1900-1930 by Darryl Holter with Stephen Gee and a foreword by Jay Leno.

An unforgettable and decadent evening of hot jazz from Alex Mendham and His Orchestra, Dancing, Cocktails from Sipsmith Gin, the appearance of a silent film star or two (onscreen) and Candlelight Tours of the 1931 picture palace.

Join us for our virtual mid-year membership meeting for the announcement of the organization’s new leadership and Fall events.

Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for no-host cocktails at The Wolves in the 1906 John Parkinson designed Alexandria Hotel, once the most extravagant hotel in the city (it cost a whopping $2 million to build) and popular with the silent film stars of the day. The Wolves is a Belle Époque style bar with Parisienne flair. Cocktails feature a lot of house-made ingredients and the food blends French and American cuisine. Some participants dress in cocktail or vintage attire, but it is not required. No RSVP necessary.

The 2023 Unwinder is sold out. Join your fellow Deco-philes for a mellow, low-key gathering the day after the Avalon Ball at the historic Catalina Country Club. Cocktails and spontaneous dancing between the tables.

You’ve heard the chimes ringing out over Catalina Island. Now check out the Chimes Tower up close on a special visit to the tower to see this percussion instrument work. This tour is offered on May 12, 13 & 14.

On this walking tour to enjoy Catalina tile, author and artist Ronald Smith introduces you to the Vintage Tiles, hidden amongst all the contemporary tiles, which were made on the Island with clay found on the Island from 1927–1937. This tour is offered on May 13 & 14.

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Avalon Ball, a fantastic journey into the past when Big Bands played for huge audiences via nationwide broadcasts from the 1929 Art Deco Casino Ballroom in the city of Avalon on Catalina Island. With the Dean Mora Avalon Ball Orchestra. Come for the evening or spend the weekend. The Catalina Island Museum generally offers their Silent Film Benefit on the same weekend and ADSLA hosts Cocktail Crawls and other social events on the island.

You’ve heard the chimes ringing out over Catalina Island. Now check out the Chimes Tower up close on a special visit to the tower to see this percussion instrument work. This tour is offered on May 12, 13 & 14.

On this walking tour to enjoy Catalina tile, author and artist Ronald Smith introduces you to the Vintage Tiles, hidden amongst all the contemporary tiles, which were made on the Island with clay found on the Island from 1927–1937. This tour is offered both May 13 & 14.

You’ve heard the chimes ringing out over Catalina Island. Now check out the Chimes Tower up close on a special visit to the tower to see this percussion instrument work. This tour is offered on May 12, 13 & 14.

For those coming to Catalina Island the night before the Avalon Ball, join us on a big cocktail crawl around Avalon. Come out to play at a variety of the island’s watering holes!

Take a virtual tour of Catalina Island’s historic tile with author and artist Ronald Smith. We will see the tile and learn about the production of tile on Catalina. Island in the Art Deco era.

Join us for an ice cream social at the Art Deco Silberberg Building to celebrate its new Historic Cultural Monument designation! What better way to celebrate, than to visit the businesses in this vintage retail space. It just so happens that the Silberberg Building on Beverly Boulevard at Poinsettia houses a gelato parlor, Gelato and Angels! An ice cream parlor in an Art Deco building is the perfect place to order a "frozen fountain" treat!

SOLD OUT! We’re heading to Los Angeles’ 1926 Central Library to explore the art and architecture of the historic building, plus a visit to the Special Collections Department to see some Art Deco era treasures.

Ciao! Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for no-host cocktails at Miceli’s, the oldest Italian restaurant in Hollywood! We’ll enjoy the Sunday night live piano music accompanying Miceli’s famous singing waiters! Come for the cocktails, stay for the homemade Italian cuisine. Some participants dress in cocktail or vintage attire, but it is not required. No RSVP necessary.

Join us for the return of the Art Deco Society's highly anticipated "Art Deco Hollywood" walking tour! Discover the birthplace of the film industry and experience the glamour and modernity that Hollywood Boulevard has to offer.

The 1929 historic Hoffman Candy Company and 1931 Silberberg buildings are BOTH scheduled for consideration as Historic Cultural Monuments at the same meeting of the Planning and Land Use Management Committee. This is the third phase in the process to preserve these buildings and public opinion counts! The case for the buildings will be heard on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at a virtual (Zoom) meeting that begins at 2:00 pm PT. Please click for information on how to write a letter or speak at the hearing to support preservation

Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for no-host cocktails at The Blind Donkey in Long Beach, located in a former speakeasy space in the the historic Broadlind Hotel. Cocktails in Historic Places® is an Art Deco Society of Los Angeles meetup that takes place every other month in a different bar/restaurant in a historic building. Some participants dress in cocktail or vintage attire, but it is not required. No RSVP necessary.

Art Deco World Congresses are back! The Miami Design Preservation League and the Art Deco Society of the Palm Beaches will host the 2023 Congress in April. To give us a talk on Miami Art Deco architecture, as well as a preview of the upcoming gathering of Art Deco organizations from around the world, is Jack Johnson, Chair of the Miami Preservation League.

Our annual meeting is a time to gather for an update on ADSLA’s achievements in 2022 and a preview of where it is going in the new year. Following a 30 minute meeting with ADSLA’s board of directors, we will turn the mic over to Miami Preservation League Chair Jack Johnson, for a talk on Art Deco Miami, in anticipation of the April 2023 World Congress in Florida.