The mission of national organization This is My Brave, Inc. is to shine a light on mental illness, one person and one story at a time. 12-15 individuals coping with mental illness will tell their stories via music, poetry, essay and comedy. This is an important event that will open your eyes and touch your heart. Tickets: Gen Adm – $20 / Students $15, cash at the door.

Highly anticipated annual film festival including feature films, documentaries, panel discussions and classes. Film submissions are still being received – special 55th anniversary screening of Director Stanley Kramer’s 1963 comedy “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” scheduled for Sunday Oct 7 at 5pm. Tickets for this and other screenings at www.spiffest.org.

Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer. San Pedro Waterfront Arts District presents a FREE screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ Oscar® winning animated feature as a prelude to the San Pedro Dia de Muertos celebration. Reservations are required. For reservations and more information, please visit Eventbrite.com.

The primary vision of Able ARTS Work is to provide lifelong learning, community service and vocational opportunities through the creative arts for people of all abilities. Acclaimed pianist MIKE GARSON has worked with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Billy Corgan, Free Flight and The Smashing Pumpkins, and is one of the most sought after session musicians working today. The first half of the show, with accompanying orchestra and singers, will feature new arrangements of Bowie songs and Garson’s own works;…

Schae Cotton was an LA high school basketball legend who has been referred to as “LeBron before there was a LeBron”. But there is no such thing as a “lock” for the NBA – if that were the case Schea Cotton would be there, no doubt. This star-studded documentary weaves highlights of his accomplishments on the court with the story, told by Schae and the people closest to him, about what REALLY happened to keep him out of pro basketball.…

PV’S Elite Dance Studio returns with their holiday favorite dance production, an alternative take on Tchaikovsky’s classic. “This isn’t the Nutcracker you grew up with!” Tickets $20 & $12 will go on sale mid-September at www.WGT.Tix.com.