We're bringing it back, a night of food and games!!

LADS will be hitting up Dave & Buster's in Hollywood, so mark your calendars for Thursday, SEP 26th. We'll be grabbing some food before we shoot hoops, play some air hockey, and much more. Let's see who wins the most tickets!

Summer-summer-summertime! It's that time of year, y'all. The sun's out longer so we shall be too! Laos Angeles Roots fam, join us for a LADS summer potluck and pool party on Thursday, June 29th. BYO towel and some food to share with the group. Splash o'clock is at 7pm.

This event is only for our local Roots private community. Please see Facebook event page in our community group page for address and details.

Get ready for an unforgettable movie night with LADS as we celebrate the vibrant and diverse voices of the AAPI community! Grab your popcorn, settle into your seats, and explore the rich tapestry of Asian American and Pacific Islander stories at our upcoming LADS AAPI Movie Night.

LA Regal Live

LADS goes out to eat together next Thursday, 4/20! Roots fam, our annual Gin Dee event returns and this year we'll be supporting our very own @phakhaothip at his new spot Yum Sະlut, located inside Chinatown's @lokels.only. His menu includes Papaya Salad, Khao Poon, Sai Oia, Nam Wan and more! What better way to celebrate the month of Lao New Year than to eat the food of our culture together?

LADS GOES THEATRICAL this Thurs 3/30!!

Thanks to the renowned co-artistic director, producer and theatre maker of LA-based TeAda Productions,—we are proud to present a theatre-based workshop led by Ova Saopeng at our next LADS!

Ai Ova will be leading us through theatre games to help uncover and sharpen skills for developing self-confidence, public speaking and harnessing energetic minds in creative tasks while leaning into self expression.

We hope that this will leave you walking away with tools to develop teamwork, empathy, cultural understanding and self discovery. Come in comfortable clothes to move in and with an open mind.

"The Harvest" will be screening tomorrow Wed. March 29th in Little Tokyo as part of the Outfest Fusion Film Festival! It was written by Laos Angeles community member Doua Moua, and stars and handful of Laos Angeles actors! Get your tickets here: https://outfestfusion.eventive.org/schedule/the-harvest-640a41d2dd0fa9004b8764ab

After being away for five-plus years to live on his terms in San Francisco, Thai Moua is called back to his family home in Long Beach to help care for his emotionally and physically ailing father. While his visit is set out to be a temporary arrangement, he immediately faces the reality of the family structure he left, steeped in traditional Hmong values not aligned with the kind of life he wants for himself. An ill-fated week blows open long-held secrets for everyone involved forcing everyone to make future-impacting decisions. This affecting and empathic feature by award-winning filmmaker Caylee So and written and starred by Doua Moua (Gran Torino, Mulan) will bring you along the ups and downs of a Hmong family at a crossroads.

LADS GOES BOWLING!!

Join us in one of our first LADS night outs!
Thursday Feb 23rd. Break out your bowling shoes that you never had and come join us in a night of laughs and fun. All while getting to meet and enjoy the community!

Our first meeting of the year! Come hang out as we have a community check-in.

This event is for our private Roots LA members. Location can be found in the event page.

It's our last LADS of the year, y'all!!!! Join us for a belated Thanksgiving potluck and a game of White Elephant to celebrate the Christmas season!

Of course only those who wish to participate in White Elephant are required to bring a gift. (We'll be posting White Elephant game rules below.)

This year, we are also participating in the Resilient Christmas Toy Drive. So please bring new toys to donate if you can! More info will be posted below.

*Please note this event is for those who have been fully vaccinated. Masks are optional, depending on your comfort level.

Laos Angeles Deuan Sabaidee (or LADS) is our "monthly hello" - a chance for members to get to know each other and an opportunity for members to come together and discuss more ways to strengthen the visibility of our community.

Potluck: 7:30pm
White Elephant Gifts: 8:30pm

Please DO NOT share the address anywhere else on social media.

Hosted by your LADS team: Kerry Fongthavisay, Victoria Lasavath, David Luangpraseuth, Somlit Inthalangsy & Seraphina Lotkhamnga - every last Thursday of the month

Join as we watch thriller film “The Long Walk” by Lao filmmaker Mattie Do

Join us for a special LADS where we learn how to play the games some of us grew up playing with our families (or watched our family play) and some games recently inspired by the culture of Laos and created by members of the community!

Let's meet up this weekend at the Hollywood/Western station (in front of the metro station stairs) at 9:30AM!

The parade begins at 10AM I believe & there's also a station on this side that Anneston will be performing at, also!

So put on that sunscreen & let's have a blast!

Join us for a special LADS where Roots member TinTin Vongphrachanh will be walking us through the inspiration for his mobile game The Kwan Stone Project. We'll learn how he's explored Lao culture through his love for tech & gaming.

It's time to get CookingoutLao!

Please join us for a special LADS where we have the honor of CookingoutLao's Ava teaching us how to make a Lao dish!

We will be learning to make jeow padaek. So bring your khok and sak (mortar and pestle) and ingredients (recipe will be posted in the discussion posts) and cook along with Ava!

We will be providing sticky rice and chicken but please feel free to bring anything else you'd like to eat with jeow padaek.