Spotlight: aja monet + at Grammy Museum LA Live – Los Angeles, CA

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Get your tickets to see Spotlight: aja monet + at Grammy Museum LA Live – Los Angeles, CA at Grammy Museum LA Live. Happening on Thursday, November 19, 2026 @ 7:30 PM.

Get your tickets to see Spotlight: aja monet + in Los Angeles, CA. Happening on Thursday, November 19, 2026 at Grammy Museum LA Live. Doors open at 7:30 PM.

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The Grammy Museum is thrilled to welcome rising artist aja monet for an evening discussing the release of her sophomore album, the color of rain, her creative process, growing career, and more with DJ, presenter, voice artist, curator and host of KCRW's flagship music program Morning Becomes Eclectic, Novena Carmel. There will also be a performance from aja to follow in the Museum’s intimate 200-seat Clive Davis Theater.  
aja monet is a Surrealist Blues Poet in the business of goosebumps and heart-gut-telling truths. She follows in the long legacy and tradition of poets organizing in social movements for change. Her collaborative spirit has seen her shape and shift culture alongside internationally renowned artists, scholars, activists, and organizers.
Her acclaimed collections, my mother was a freedom fighter (2017) and florida water (2025), were both nominated for NAACP Image Awards for Poetry. Her debut poetry album, when the poems do what they do, earned a Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album in 2024. As a poet and bandleader, aja has performed on stages around the world, including Carnegie Hall, the Guggenheim, Newport Jazz Festival, Montréal Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, and London’s Barbican Centre.
Her honors include the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award for Poetry (2019), the Nelson Mandela Changemaker Award (2024), the Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award (2024), the EBONY 100 Artist in Residence Award, and the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Vanguard Award (2025). She also serves as the Artistic Creative Director of V-Day, the global movement to end violence against women and girls, and created VOICES (2022), an audio play amplifying the stories of Black women across the African continent and diaspora.
In May 2026, aja released her second studio album, the color of rain, on drink sum wtr to critical acclaim.
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Member Check - In: 6:30pm

Nonmember Check - In / Doors: 7:00pm

Show Time: 7:30pm

 
American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets from Thu 10/22 10:30AM through Sat 10/24 11AM.

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