Hollywood 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.
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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...
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