Welcome to 5 Every Week
We're about to deliver you five interesting things to do in Los Angeles, every week.
View ArticleVirtual dancers; street food fest; eclectic hardware; paved river park
Petra Cortright's new NIKI, LUCY, LOLA, VIOLA; Red Car River Park's murals and pylons; LA Street Food Fest turns $60 in a Rose Bowl filled with food; local labels on display at the Runaway Festival at...
View ArticleAn all-night last hurrah; ancient farmer's market; art comedy madness at MoCA
This week, it's "Step and Repeat" back at MoCA; an overlooked stall at the the Fairfax Farmer's Market that's been there for 90 years; Jewel’s Catch One nightclub says good-bye as only it knows how;...
View ArticleLA-riffic 'Car Wash'; fruit becomes carnitas; copycat closing at MOCA;...
This week, Sturtevant: Double Trouble closes at MOCA; 5 Every Day screens "Car Wash" at Cinefamily with its awesome soundtrack, Richard Pryor appearance and new relevance for 2015; the Plant Food for...
View ArticleNew Original Works; Lydia Lunch; perfectly uncool Italian; religious enormity
This week, "the world's largest religious painting," a gallery in an apartment in Virgil Village, a romantic carb-shovel in Silverlake and the N.O.W fest at REDCAT.
View ArticleA rare view of LAX; celebrating Mr. Churro; Sundance in LA
Sundance NEXT FEST brings "Mistress America" and "Turbo Kid" to the ACE; plane-spotting in LAX history; Olvera Street and LA's official dessert; "Gnar Burger" brings new music in Cypress Park.
View ArticleHollywood noir bar; Tofu and Noodles; comedy can be punk; Echo Park Rising
The Frolic Room, a nice place to drink in peace amidst Hollywood bustle and history; Elysian Park's strange, colorful sculpture; great kalgooksoo in Koreatown; Power Violence and friends, the best and...
View Article'2001' at Hollywood Bowl; Watts debris turned into art; an FYF kick-off
Griffith Park's Wisdom Tree; artist and social activist Noah Purifoy's rare take on Watts; '2001' gets the orchestral treatment at Hollywood Bowl; a Friday night FYF kick-off
View ArticleGetty 'flight' of fun; David Lynch's milkshake; Glass Armonica show
Comedians, a rapper and a DJ set Friday at the Getty; a black velvet painting bonanza; West Adams shows off anachronistic fun; drink where David Lynch drank in Burbank.
View ArticleMochi ice cream! Mariachis!
Roller skates and (live!) organ music in Glendale; "The Seth Bogart Show" comes to life in Boyle Heights; the Heritage Square Museum explained; Mariachi Plaza's bandstand performances.
View ArticleMatthew Barney at MoCA; a Depeche Mode convention; see classic...
“River of Fundament” is the artist's first major solo museum show in LA. DM fans get collectibles, contests, and two sets from a cover band called Strangelove. A tip on LA's strangest and most...
View ArticleSee the Broad; swim in Hollywood; Jurassic eats!
The art new museum opens downtown. Dublab and the Music Center join forces for a late-night dance party. The Hollywood Pool (now with waterslide!) for only $3.50. The oddities of Jurassic Restaurant in...
View ArticleArtists make music at The Hammer; cold-pressed ice cream; Pop-up Mag;...
An ephemeral "magazine" evening descends on DTLA; the "Phantasma Gloria" brings a kaleidoscope of sunshine to Echo Park; it's an exhibition or a concert ... or both at The Hammer.
View ArticleBirds! Drive-in movies! Grace Jones!
Vaux’s Swifts swoop through Downtown LA. The joys of seeing a movie in Vineland. A festival for Tom of Finland's iconic gay erotica; a week of Grace Jones culminates at Book Soup.
View ArticleOpen space at JPL! New opera, Lummis House; Missy Mazzoli
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory admits everyone for a day; Myung In Dumplings; lesser-known Lummis House
View ArticleArchives bazaar! East Side Food Fest; Red Rock Canyon
USC hosts 80 different collections of city history; Gary Indiana gets his first proper LA show; Kim & The Created take up residence at The Echo; hike the mysteries of Topanga
View ArticleFeminist haunted house; Jem & The Holograms; high-rise hotel adventure;...
Artist Marc Horowitz's fantastic pranks come to Depart Foundation; why we love DTLA's Bonaventure hotel; no-nonsense diner breakfast with a view in Griffith Park; Cinefamily celebrates Jem & The...
View Article'Dracula' with Kronos & Glass; ¡adios, El Chavo! New Beverly horror marathon
Frances Stark, the "everything" artist, gets a retrospective at the Hammer. Philip Glass and The Kronos Quartet do "Dracula" at the Ace; a New Beverly Horror Movie Marathon; anachronistic TV therapy at...
View ArticleVidiots fest! Franco-Mexican brunch; a chandelier tree
The enduring icon of VHS turns 30s with a Q&A, acting class and more. Alegria becomes Trois Familia in Silver Lake, mash-up meals ensure. The delectable dump that is Smog Cutter Karaoke.
View Article11 hour movie! Rock and salad gardens! Beer + Space Invaders!
LA's Super Long Movie Club screens the longest movie you've ever seen PLUS where to get you drink on while playing Ms Pac Man, LAPD's secret rock garden, Mustache Mondays in Downtown LA and: can a...
View ArticleBurgerlords! Jeff Goldblum plays jazz piano; 'Billie Holiday Centennial;'...
Last chance to see Joey Arias at REDCAT; Ham-, Cheese-, and Double-Cheese burgers are the best; Jeff Goldblum plays jazz piano; Goodbye Hotel Figueroa, for now.
View ArticleBig sandwiches, big pipe organs, big art exhibits, sensory deprivation tanks...
Artist William Pope.L's latest exhibit spans the East and West Side, the best giant sandwich in Los Angeles, a sensory deprivation dank that'll leave you craving more!
View ArticleKiller of Sheep! Animation Breakdown Fest! Burbank Martinis! Reggie Watts!...
A free screening of one of the most revered pieces of Los Angeles realist cinema, animation super festival with Rick and Morty, Burbank's classiest martini bar, Reggie Watts live in Silver Lake, and...
View ArticleMike Kelley's video art, Seinfeld's apartment, a dublab 'Dream House,' Viking...
Tour Seinfeld's apartment, grab a Viking pizza in Glendale, bath in sound at dublab's Tonalism, visit the tacky Santas in Pasadena, and check out Mike Kelley's video art at REDCAT
View ArticleChristmas caroling on wheels, a concert for dogs, Moog synths, 'It's a...
The Magical Christmas Caroling Truck blares holiday muzak, a canine-friendly concert at Cinefamily, Moog synth music at The Ace, "It's a Wonderful Life" is everywhere and veggie dumplings in Alhambra
View ArticleSwirling dolphins at LACMA, public radio sandwiches, the ideal record store,...
Swim with a dolphin pod at LACMA, grab a public radio inspired sandwich at Wax Paper, buy some vinyl at Permanent Records, and burn some calories at the Baldwin Hills stairs
View ArticleAwards season screenings! The Smell turns 18! Haunted mansions! Psychotropic...
See all the Oscar Bait at the Hammer, walk through one LA's oldest, best mansions, hear LA's best all-ages venue turn 18, eat crazy good Szechuan, and laugh with folks from Silicon Valley LIVE!
View ArticleFemale filmmakers, a concert for cinephiles, lots of cheeseburgers, first...
Catch a short film from a female director at the Egyptian, hear the music of a man who loves movies at Cinefamily, eat many cheeseburgers in Pasadena, hear the 50 first jokes of 2016 at the Roosevelt...
View ArticlePhoto LA! Dine LA! Ice Skate in LA while you can! Also: avante garde music...
A photo exhibit that combines high and low in DTLA, skate in Pershing Square before the ice melts, Take advantage of the Restaurant Week revolution and see the artists behind Pee Wee's Playhouse!
View ArticleArt in Warehouse! Laser tag in a warehouse! Giant Downtown Comedy Fest! Boozy...
A giant airplane hangar fills up with art, LA's best in comedy heads downtown for Riot LA, a "boba speakeasy," and Cinefamily shows all of Bowie's work on film.
View ArticleParamount Ranch! Camellia Festival! Secret restaurant! Lucky Dragons! Ritzy...
An art festival takes over one of Paramount's oldest sets, Descanso Gardens celebrates the noble Camellia, there's a restaurant in Echo Park with booze, coffee and it *isn't* crowded, Lucky Dragons...
View ArticleNeon museum, VR theme park, secret food window, Japanese skincare, Mardi Gras...
A "Virtual Reality theme park" opens for a stint at a gallery, the Museum of Neon Art finds a permanent home in Glendale, a blue window gives you vegan (and non-vegan) junk food, Make Asobi has all the...
View ArticleLA Art Book Fair, Purple Rain Remake, K-Town's Weirdest Restaurant, DJ...
MOCA puts on an Art Book Fair so good it's like the internet never happened, Prince Restaurant in K-Town, Flowers for the flower day, 2Wet Crew, Touareg Language Prince Movie!
View ArticleBlack Mountain College! Seafood City! Alt Movie Star Handprints! Lower Dens!...
It's all super tight: a museum exhibit on the coolest college ever, handprints for movie stars you actually like, the best seafood selection this side of the pacific, and live music at the Natural...
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