Anxious Queers | September 2026
Our hearts are racing, our sleep is struggling, the grief and rage are overwhelming, our tempers are raw, and the day-to-day is brutal. Sometimes, the only thing that can get us through is some time together. This season, Anxious Queers facilitator, T.S. Banks, will lead us through a discussion centering on State-Sanctioned Violence and the Anxiety We […]
Creative Care Hours | September 2026
Hello, all you brilliant creatives, bursting with ideas! Do you ever feel like you have a million thoughts and don’t know where to start? Or do you have that glimmer of a project, but you’re figuring out how to realize it? We see you, and we are you. Thankfully, we have each other and filmmaker […]
Cafe Crip: Meet the Filmmakers
Cafe Crip is a monthly gathering to talk about important topics within our disability communities. This month’s topic is Superfest! We’re closing out the festival with an opportunity to meet and chat with the Superfest 2026 filmmakers. We encourage you to join us at Superfest before Cafe Crip. You can watch the films on Vimeo […]
Superfest: An Unquiet Mind
Shattering common myths about OCD through the interweaving stories of Vinay and Natasha, the film reveals a reality far more complex than perfectionism or repetition. As the camera follows their daily lives at work and at home, we witness their raw struggles with intrusive thoughts and difficulty sharing their experiences with others. Through intimate, honest […]
Superfest Tech Session
Vimeo is a pretty accessible platform (yay!), but it’s still new and can be confusing! If you need a little help signing up for the festival or accessing the videos, join us on Zoom for a drop-in tech support session. Register here.
Superfest Opening Night: Comedy!
Superfest is back! We all know that Superfest brings meaningful storytelling and profound representation, but sometimes we forget that it’s also funny as hell. Join us for Superfest 2026’s opening night, a virtual screening full of laughs and delight, followed by a community conversation and remarks from festival director Shaina Ghuraya. Register here.
Crip Reads Book Club
Event Organizer: Los Angeles Book Club Location: Virtual Price: Free! Event Description: Join the Los Angeles Spoonie Collective for our Crip Reads Book Club in October as we discuss Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong. This book features a “collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations, graphics, photos, commissioned art by disabled and […]
Cafe Crip | Disabled Parenting
Cafe Crip is a monthly gathering to talk about important topics within our disability communities. This month’s theme is Disabled Parenting. Disabled people make incredible parents – our capacity for empathy, creative solutions, and patience is unparalleled. Our children know in their bones that there are billions of ways to live, care, and love. Despite […]
BIPOC Creatives | August 2026
Join facilitator Shaina Ghuraya in a space for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to explore creativity and process together. You can share your thoughts and feelings, bounce around ideas, hang back and simply enjoy time in community, or basically whatever fills your beautiful cup. August’s theme is Imagining Better Futures. We’ll get into how […]
Queerness of Birds
It’s the event we didn’t know we needed, but we do so deeply. We, as a community, need to learn about queer and crip ecology through our beautiful, freaky, fine-feathered friends: birds. Queer ecologist, multimedia storyteller, and bird lover, Yarrow Koning is coming to the DCC’s virtual space to fill our brains and souls with […]