Welcome to the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts
Hours:* Tuesday–Sunday, 11 AM‑5 PM
*open one hour prior to most shows through intermission
Upcoming Events
Check out music from some of our favorite artists.
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art
Karl Haendel: Less Bad
Saturday, May 17–Sunday, July 27, 2025
Less Bad is Karl Haendel’s first solo museum exhibition in Los Angeles in nearly two decades. The exhibition features recent large-scale drawings that examine masculinity, intimacy, friendship, fatherhood, and loss. With a blend of technical precision and dry, self-aware humor, Haendel invites viewers to slow down and reflect on the contradictions of contemporary life.
Special Programs

The ARTSReach program provides free performances to over 5,000 schoolchildren each year.

Every three years, talented young classical guitarists around the world travel to Malibu for the world's preeminent guitar competition.

The Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts brings some of the most exciting performances from around the world to children and families in Los Angeles.