Happenings
The station hosts a rotating collection of unique events, cutting edge performances, evocative music, unprecedented art exhibitions and thought-provoking cultural programing showcasing the diversity of entertainers, artists and innovators throughout Los Angeles.
Events
Holiday Tree and Light Display
Monday, November 21, 2022 to Wednesday, December 28, 2022
From 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Daily (times are subject to change)
Visit the Holiday Tree and Light Display in the South Patio!
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The Yellow Car and Los Angeles
Beginning Monday, November 21, 2022: Union Station Waiting Room Gallery
ORGANIZED BY METRO ART IN COLLABORATION WITH THE METRO DOROTHY PEYTON GRAY TRANSPORTATION LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE.
The Yellow Car and Los Angeles, an original exhibition organized by Metro Art and featuring materials sourced from the Metro Transportation Library and Archive, highlights the Yellow Cars of Los Angeles Railway Corporation (or LARy, for short) and LA’s early buses to offer a fond look back at Los Angeles transit history. Together, these early rail and bus lines are foundations which shaped the Metro system the agency working to restore today.
The exhibition, which was designed by Metro Art expressly for the Union Station Waiting Room, features reproduction photographs, tickets and other ephemera from the Metro Transportation Library and Archive. Rail car design drawings are side by side with street photographs of the trolleys. Hand-painted place names, map-like dots and lines, and colors in the exhibition’s design are inspired by painted signs and vintage maps (1926-1944) in the transportation library's collection.
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Discovering Union Station
Check out our revealing new video Discovering Union Station on YouTube.
Hosted by Naz Perez, the comprehensive behind-the-scenes video explores the history, hidden gems and architectural highlight throughout this iconic downtown destination and features:
- Ticket Concourse
- Entry Vestibule
- Waiting Room
- North & South Patios
- Passageway
- Fred Harvey
- Union Station East
Get to know this historic and beloved Los Angeles landmark and discover what makes the Station a modern day destination through Discovering Union Station.
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We Are… Portraits of Metro Riders by Local Artists
PASSAGEWAY ART GALLERY EXHIBIT AT UNION STATION NOW OPEN
Metro riders are invited to contribute selfies and personal stories of transit using the hashtag #SomosWeAre
Celebrating the diversity of Los Angeles County and the community of transit riders, We Are…Portraits of Metro Riders by Local Artists is an exhibition featuring portraits presented throughout the Metro system and online. Each rider portrait has a story that is personal and universal, intimate and immediate— a single story among the many stories of 840,000 daily riders on Metro, and each told by an artist with ties to neighborhoods served by Metro.
The We Are… exhibition displays 35 new artworks in the Union Station Passageway Art Gallery along with additional artworks in an expanded online gallery.
To view all images in the online We Are gallery, click here.
Featured artists in the Passageway Art Gallery are Aiseborn, Eric Almanza, Kristina Ambriz, Jazmine Atienza, Susu Attar, Christen Austin, Moses X. Ball, Daniel Barajas, Chelle Barbour, April Bey, Javier Carrillo, Carolyn Castaño, Gregg Chadwick, Sean Cheetham, Cat Ferraz, Carla Jay Harris, Alepsis Hernández, Bodeck Luna Hernandez, Lanise Howard, Bryan Ida, Sheila Karbassian, Kaylynn Kim, Miles Lewis, José M. Loza, Cody Lusby, Rosalind McGary, Samuel Pace, Maria Piñeres, Adele Renault, LP Ǽkili Ross, Carlos Spivey, Edwin Ushiro, Dave Van Patten, J Michael Walker, Angela Willcocks.
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Free Covid-19 Testing
9:00 A.M.- 4:00 P.M. MONDAY - SATURDAY: UNION STATION EAST
Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) in partnership with Curogram is offering free PCR COVID-19 testing at Union Station.
Walk-up only. No appointment needed.
To expedite the process, it is recommended that you pre-register prior to your arrival by filling out the consent form linked below. Please allow for extended wait times upon arrival.
Regular operating hours are Monday - Saturday, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The kiosk is located at Union Station East; next to the stairwell, before exiting to Patsaouras Bus Plaza.
The test is free, whether or not you have insurance.