Westwood Los Angeles

Westwood CA is a neighborhood in Los Angeles that includes the UCLA campus and Westwood Village, a college town with plenty of coffeehouses, shops, movie theaters and restaurants to explore. For the Westwood Village directory and to learn more about events in Westwood LA, as well as information about Westwood from UCLA, click the links below.

For fun activities to do near the UCLA campus in Westwood CA or around Los Angeles, click the link below. 

Notable landmarks in Westwood Los Angeles include the Regency Village Theatre, the Hammer Museum and the Geffen Playhouse. A brief description of each location is available below.

Regency Village Theatre (also known as the Fox Village Theatre)

Regency Theatres’ Westwood Village and Bruin Theatres first opened in Westwood Los Angeles in the 1930s. The Westwood Village Theatre was featured in the 2019 Quentin Tarantino film, “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” and has also hosted movie premieres, complete with red carpets and celebrity attendees. The theaters closed in 2024, but the Westwood Village Theatre is expected to reopen sometime after a renovation project led by an investor group of over two dozen filmmakers is completed. For more information about the theaters’ close and new ownership from the LA Times, click the link below.

Hammer Museum

The Hammer Museum is a contemporary art museum in Westwood Los Angeles. According to the museum’s website, the Hammer opened in 1990 and has since built a strong reputation through the internationally acclaimed Hammer Projects, a series of over 100 exhibitions and installations featuring emerging artists.

Admission to the Hammer Museum is free to all. To plan a visit to the Hammer Museum or learn more, visit the museum website, linked through the button below.

Geffen Playhouse

According to its website, the Geffen Playhouse opened its doors in 1995 and has produced plays and organized education and community engagement programs since. The Geffen Playhouse provides an intimate live theater experience and prides itself on the selection of shows in its production history.

To plan a visit to the Geffen Playhouse or read more about the theater, visit its website, linked through the button below.