The Broad schedules after-hours series L.A. Intersections, two nights of music and much more

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Left column: Myka 9 & Aceyalone of Freestyle Fellowship; Micaela Tobin aka White Boy Scream. Middle: Alice Bag & King Congo Powers. Right column: Medusa the Gangsta Goddess; Keith Morris.

Genre-spanning music, dance, spoken word and visual art collide at L.A. Intersections, a two-part, after-hours festival scheduled at downtown’s The Broad museum on Jan. 27 and March 30.

The series, featuring live music from the likes of Fishbone, Freestyle Fellowship vets Myka 9 and Aceyalone, Carlos Niño and Friends, the new Alice Bag and King Congo Powers collaboration and Medusa the Gangsta Goddess, is a veritable traffic jam of culture from across Los Angeles’ diaspora. The series coincides with the all-L.A. exhibition “Desire, Knowledge, and Hope (With Smog),” which opened Nov. 18 and runs through April 7.

Tickets, linked below, are $30 for each night, with programming running from 8 to 11 p.m.

The full programs:

L.A. Intersections #1, Jan. 27

Live music by Myka 9 and Aceyalone of Freestyle Fellowship, Carlos Niño and Friends featuring Idris Ackamoor and Nate Mercereau, and Pedestrian Deposit; readings by Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Off!) and Mike Watt (Minutemen); a slideshow of punk queen Pleasant Gehman’s club flyers and pages from her “Lobotomy Fanzine;” a vocal performance by Micaela Tobin AKA White Boy Screamin the galleries; and more to be announced.

L.A. Intersections #2, March 30

Live music by Medusa the Gangsta Goddess, Alice Bag & Kid Congo Powers in their debut live performance as a duet, and Kamau Daaood and a Band of Griots featuring Dwight Trible; readings by 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Alexander and Jerry Stahl (“Permanent Midnight,” “Nein, Nein, Nein!”); a video of the last interview with Sean DeLear, international scenester and frontman for the post-punk sensation Glue, along with a slideshow of his posthumously discovered photos; a dance work by Jobel Medina in the galleries; and more soon to be announced.

“L.A. Intersections: Music, Language, Movement” originated as a video series — revisit all three parts here — during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way for audiences to connect with the Broad.