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SUPPORT PRS’S CULTURAL PROGRAMMING
​AND NEW UPGRADES

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We'd like to send a HUGE THANKS to everyone who donated so generously for Giving Tuesday this year.  Our End of the Year Giving Campaign runs through December 31st to support PRS's Cultural Programming and Upgrades to its Historic Facility.  Already this year we've put a new roof on the Auditorium thanks to the generosity of donors like yourself, and renovated the beautiful Lecture Room and historic offices here at PRS -- but there is much more to be done to preserve PRS's landmark facility so it can continue to offer lectures, concerts, screenings, Tarot workshops, Butoh dance classes, sound baths, Magic Lantern Shows and more for years and years to come!

*ADDED GIFT* Artist Dolorosa de la Cruz generously has donated her original artwork Fabulous Artificer (Harry Crosby) to support PRS! All proceeds from this purchase will go directly to our campaign! Please visit prs.org to learn more and purchase this one of a kind work. 

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THERE ARE PERKS!

Donate $40 and receieve a 12 month PRS Journal subscription!
Donate $80 and receive Volume 2 of The Study Guide to The Secret Teachings of All Ages!
Donate $100 and receive your choice of 1 new PRS t-shirt!
Donate $250 and receive The Transmutation Oracle Deck AND the Centennial Edition of The Initiates of the Flame!
Donate $500 and receive a hardcover of The Secret Teachings of All Ages AND the Limited Edition Reprint of The Knapp-Hall Deck!
Donate $1000 and receive a TASCHEN edition of The Secret Teachings of All Ages AND the Centennial Edition of The Initiates of the Flame AND your choice of 1 PRS t-shirt!
Donate $2500 and receive a TASCHEN Edition of The Secret Teachings of All Ages AND The Transmutation Oracle Deck AND your choice of 1 PRS t-shirt AND the Limited Edition Reprint of The Knapp-Hall Deck!
Donate any amount and support PRS’s public programming including in-person lectures and presentations by noted artists, writers, cultural historians and thinkers, live music concerts, film screenings, art exhibits by emerging and acclaimed artists in the PRS Gallery, and online events/Zoom conversations!

PRS's End of the Year Giving Campaign 2023

Over the past 12 months PRS has gone through enormous and exciting changes to increase public access to its collections, greatly expand its arts programming events, and begin much- needed repairs to its nearly 90-year old historic landmark buildings and grounds.
​These include:
- Adding an extra day of public Library hours
- 8 new staff hires including a Theatre Manager, Social Media Coordinator, Grantwriter/Fundraiser, Facilities Manager and two Assistant Librarians
- Much-needed renovations to the historic Lecture Room, Manly P. Hall’s office and Deputy Director’s Office
- Greatly increased public events calendar with such programs as:

 -A presentation by theatre dybbuk and Professor Erith Jaffe-Berg on Jewish Theater Making in Renaissance Italy
              -A screening of a performance of the new modern ballet “Seeds of Rain” set to music by Philip Glass and Zbyněk Matějů, followed by a Q&A with choreographer Raiford Rogers
              -Award-winning author and journalist Lynell George in conversation about pioneering Black science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler
             -Krampus Night featuring live Bavarian music and a presentation by author Al Ridenour on the history of the demonic holiday figure in Germanic folklore
             -Filmmaker Anna Biller discussing her acclaimed film THE LOVE WITCH
             -“Pacific Ocean Park: The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles' Space Age Nautical Pleasure Pier” with authors Christopher Merritt and Domenic Priore
             -An Evening with legendary British collage artist, photographer, filmmaker, performer and sculptor Penny Slinger
             -“Celebrating Pride Month” Series highlighting the contributions of L.A.’s rich and vibrant LGBTQ+ communities including screenings, author talks, storytelling workshops and a free trans self-defense class
             -A Courtyard Jazz Summer Concert Series co-presented with the nonprofit music org Floating, featuring performances by the Afrofuturist Jazz duo Angel Bat Dawid and Oui Ennui and famed local L.A. Jazz group The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arktet
             -The Death Café gatherings, part of a worldwide movement of informal gatherings over coffee and tea to discuss issues related to mortality, death and dying

In these challenging times, when censorship and suppression of voices outside the mainstream is on the rise, the value of cultural organizations and libraries, and what they bring to their communities, is more important than ever. For this year’s End of the Year Giving Campaign, we’ve set a Goal of $75,000 to Support PRS’s Artistic Programming and New Upgrades to its historic buildings and grounds, so we can continue to bring you an ever-wider range of lectures, screenings, concerts, performance art and theatre events, gallery exhibits, Magic Lantern shows and much much more!!  We’ve received a remarkably generous dollar-for-dollar matching grant from an anonymous donor for this year’s campaign, so every dollar you donate will effectively be doubled. 

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  • HOME
  • ABOUT PRS
    • Manly P. Hall >
      • Manly Hall, A Personal Perspective
      • MPH Reading Group
    • PRS Board & Staff
    • Contributing Artists >
      • Arianne Ayu Alizio
      • Guadalupe Arellanes, PhD
      • Syd Buffman
      • Cecelia Condit
      • LD Deutsch
      • Paige Emery
      • Nailah Hunter
      • Marcella Kroll
      • Matt Marble
      • Brian Merriam
      • Lezley Saar
      • Radha Vishnubhotla
      • Senon Williams
    • Press
  • EVENTS
    • YesterdayLA
    • Visit
    • Accessibility
  • CLASSES
  • PRS ONLINE
    • Classes
    • On Demand
    • Videos >
      • Series
      • Subjects
    • Audio >
      • Seekers' Salon
  • EXHIBITIONS
    • Hansell Gallery
    • THE OUTER PLANETS
  • Library
  • Shop
    • Recent Publications
    • PRS Merch
    • Knapp-Hall Tarot
    • Books by Manly P. Hall >
      • The Secret Teachings
      • The Signature Editions
      • New Editions for Contemporary Seekers
      • Vintage Lecture Notes
      • MPH Essays
      • MPH Book SALE
      • Manly P. Hall Book Bundles
    • MPH Audio >
      • MPH Collection at BetterListen.com
    • MPH E-Books
    • Reprint Series curated by MPH
    • Online Gift Cards (not valid in store)
    • Symbolic Prints and Posters
    • Shipping Update
    • WHOLESALE
  • Rentals
  • BECOME A MEMBER!
  • Support
    • DONATE TODAY!
    • FUNDRAISER FOR PRS!