LAaLALanders,
This weekend’s events include: an APP to help beat Carmageddon, local GREEN alternatives to the 405 shutdown, Leelah James & Seun Kuti serenade DTLA, Indonesian Festival, Renegade Craft Fair, Bastille Day Festival, Old Pasadena Film Festival, Griffith Park Shakespeare Festival, Free Hammer Museum, Eat Real Festival, Argentine Tango classes, and more!
Have a great time.
EnJOY…
LAaLA
ALL EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND THE LAaLALand Alert!!!! IS NOT RESPONSIBLE IF THE WHEREABOUTS ADJUST. PLEASE CHECK WITH THE EVENT ORGANIZERS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
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GREEN CARMAGEDDON ALTERNATIVES
GOOD has great suggestions for staying local – from green transportation options to neighborhood farmers markets to organized bike rides and walks. Make your weekend environmentally friendly and fun.
http://www.good.is/post/it-s-the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year-why-we-re-pro-carmageddon
ABC7 has partnered with WAZE to offer viewers a FREE GPS Navigation App.
Waze provides turn-by-turn directions and alternate routes based on real-time conditions, so drivers can get around the traffic to beat Carmageddon.
http://abclocal.go.com/three/kabc/carmageddon/index.html
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LEELAH JAMES PERFORMS AT THE “SUMMER ON THE PLAZA” FREE CONCERT SERIES
This 4th annual free concert series in downtown Los Angeles features Smooth Jazz, R&B and World Music. R&B soul singer Leela James performs today. Next Friday, July 22nd Grammy® award-winning saxophonist and Jazz phenom Mike Phillips will headline. Closing out the series on Friday, July 29th will be World Music songstress Lira from South Africa. Each show will open with a live DJ set by some of LA’s hottest deejays, including Grammy nominated international artist and BET Master of the Mix DJ Vikter Duplaix.
Free
5:30pm
Ernst & Young Plaza
735 S. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles
DANCE DOWNTOWN
Get free dance lessons while a live band performs amidst Downtown LA’s skyline. The crowd is great and the event is one of the city’s best.
Every Friday, 6:30-10pm
July 15 – Argentine Tango; July 29 – Disco; Aug 12 – 60s Night; Aug 26 – Zydeco; Sept 9 – Samba
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
135 N Grand Ave
The Music Center
Los Angeles 90012
www.musiccenter.org
SEUN KUTI & THE EGYPT 80 BAND AT GRAND PERFORMANCES
Son of the late Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti and the Egypt 80 Band return to Grand Performances for an evening of funky, soulful, driving African rhythms. Celebrating his new release, From Africa with Fury: Rise, Kuti continues his father’s musical message against corruption, injustice and the many problems affecting Nigeria and all of Africa.
Free
8pm
300-350 S. Grand Avenue
Los Angeles 90071
Explore this cavernous Chicago-inspired restaurant, bar and lounge in Culver City at this Cross Town Professionals networking mixer upstairs. Pay in advance on the link below.
$5
8pm-midnight
Rush Street
9546 Washington Blvd
Culver City 90232
http://www.rushstreetculvercity.com/
“THE FLY” & “THE THING” DOUBLE FEATURE SCREENING
Catch this 25th anniversary screening of “The Fly”, a unique remake of the sci-fi classic. Directed by David Cronenberg and starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena
Davis. The film is matched with 1982’s “The Thing” that was directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell as he interpreted the Howard Hawks produced ‘50s classic “The Thing From Another World.” 35mm prints.
$7-11
7:30pm
6712 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles 90028
http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/egyptian_theatre_events
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THE PERFECT ME PROGRAM LIFE TRANSFORMATION BOOTCAMP WORKOUT
The Perfect Me Program is a revolutionary total life course that trains the mind and body to empower the Spirit. Created by Dream Coach, Motivational Speaker, Nasm Personal Trainer and NGH Hypnotherapist Adrian Bailey The Perfect Me Program will take your life from average to extraordinary as you leave your limits behind you and go after your dreams with passion and confidence! By strengthening the mind with powerful thoughts and habits in line with health, wealth and happiness while engaged in the vigorous bootcamp-style exercise class, users can expect a powerful connection to Spirit as they soar to heights never reached during traditional workout methods.
Free
9am
Culver City Park
9800 Jefferson Blvd
Culver City 90232
http://theperfectmeprogram.com/
This is the opening reception of the exhibit of international artists.
Free
7pm
ADC Contemporary Art Complex
Factory Place Art Complex
1330 Factory Pl
Los Angeles 90013
http://www.adccontemporaryartgallery.com/
Experience the Indonesian culture as well as some participating Asian countries in traditional dance, authentic Indonesian culinary and enjoy artists and musicians performing traditional as well as contemporary music.
Free
10am-10pm
3457 Wilshire Blvd – Mariposa Avenue between Wilshire Blvd and 6th Street
Los Angeles 90010
http://www.indonesianfestival.com/LA/Indonesian_Festival.html
Picnic on the lawn while viewing classic and silent movies at Heritage Square Museum. The screenings will be on the last 3 Saturdays of July.
$10
7:30-10pm
Heritage Square Museum
3800 Homer St
Los Angeles 90031
http://www.heritagesquare.org/
BALOJI PERFORMS AT GRAND PERFORMANCES
Baloji, a Congolese-Belgian singer and rapper, and his band will blend traditional Congolese sounds with, rumba, afro funk, and soukous to create a reto-futuristic trai-modern style.
Grand Performances
300-350 S. Grand Avenue
Los Angeles 90071
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This French festival will feature a true Provencal Petanque Tournament under the pine trees, Parisian Waiters Race, street performers, comedians, singers, artists, French Market vendors, fabulous raffles, French food, wines and gastronomic delights! Or simply enjoy a French-style ‘open air picnic’.
$5
Noon
Elysian Park
1880 Academy Dr
Los Angeles 90189
KHAIRA ARBY PERFORMS AT THE LEVITT PAVILION PASADENA
This reigning queen of song in Timbuktu, Mali has been writing and singing in the indigenous languages of her Sahara Desert region. This show is sure to grab your attention as she deftly incorporates a variety of musical styles to bring forth her songs in the truest way possible. Using traditional instruments and electric guitars, this amazing venue will rock with the musical vibrations.
Free
7pm
Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
85 E. Holly St.
Pasadena
www.levittpavilionpasadena.org
THE MELROSE CO-OP DESIGNERS MARKET & SAMPLE SALE
Weekly, this co-op hosts local designers who offer their sample pieces at 30-70% off retail prices. The roster of ten to fifteen emerging designers rotates each week, featuring everyone from Kudra to Aftershock.
Free
Noon-5pm
The Melrose Lightspace
7600 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles 90046
MELROSE TRADING POST
There are 200 eclectic vendors selling everything from records, to furniture, arts and crafts, food vendors and live entertainment.
$2, $1/students and seniors
9am-5pm
Fairfax High School Parking Lot
Fairfax & Melrose
Los Angeles
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This 3rd Annual Los Angeles fair is LA’s greatest outdoor marketplace for handmade goods, featuring over 200 artists! Attendees can get involved with hands-on crafting activities, and purchase food from terrific LA food trucks! There will be the best indie-craft and DIY artisans! Featuring both local and national talent, shoppers can anticipate a vast array of independently designed jewelry, clothing, paper goods, home + garden goods, posters, artwork, plush objects, bath + body products, and so much more!
Free
Saturday & Sunday, 11am-7pm
Los Angeles State Historic Park
1245 N Spring St
Los Angeles 90012
8,000 attendees view classic and date flicks in this Old Town Pasadena venue. Movie schedule is at the link below.
Free
Thursday Friday Saturday thru July 30th, 8-10:30pm
GRIFFITH PARK FREE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
After last year’s hit summer season, Independent Shakespeare Co. (ISC) returns to Griffith Park with three productions: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, LOVE’S LABOURS’S LOST, and HAMLET, performed in repertory. Seating is picnic style.
Free
Thursday-Sunday, 7-9:30pm – thru August 28th
Griffith Park, Old Zoo
4730 Crystal Springs Drive
Los Angeles 90027
http://www.iscla.org/
FREE HAMMER MUSEUM ADMISSION & I-405 CLOSURE PLAN
The Hammer Museum is free all weekend for Carmageddon.
Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd
Westwood, Los Angeles
Helm’s Bakery in Culver City hosts this food festival all weekend.
Free
Saturday, 10:30am-9pm, & Sunday, 10:30am-5pm
Helms Bakery District
Venice Blvd
Culver City
SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA’S “THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR” & “MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING”
This series is one of LA’s best theatre events. Shakespeare by the Sea presents “The Tragedy of King Lear,” the ultimate family drama: intimate and explosive, tender and heartrending, a supreme masterpiece and a triumph of dramatic imagination on Friday & “Much Ado About Nothing,” a classic romantic comedy about the battle of the sexes: Beatrice and Benedick create fireworks as they fight mutual attraction with razor-edged wit on Saturday. This venue is gorgeous and on the water so bring your wine, food, jackets or blankets.
Free
8pm
go to the website for this week’s location
ART IN THE STREETS EXHIBIT
This is the first major U.S. museum survey of graffiti and street art. Curated by MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch and Associate Curators Roger Gastman and Aaron Rose, the exhibition will trace the development of graffiti and street art from the 1970s to the global movement it has become todaAry, concentrating on key cities such as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, and Sao Paulo, where a unique visual language or attitude has evolved. The exhibition will feature paintings, mixed media sculptures, and interactive installations by 50 of the most dynamic artists and will emphasize Los Angeles’s role in the evolution of graffiti and street art, with special sections dedicated to seminal local movements such as cholo graffiti and Dogtown skateboard culture. A comprehensive timeline illustrated with artwork, photos, video, and ephemera will provide a historical context for the work.
Free on Thursdays, $5-10 otherwise, closed on Tuesday and Wednesday
MOCA Downtown/THE GEFFEN CONTEMPORARY AT MOCA 152 North Central Avenue
Little Tokyo
http://www.moca.org/museum/exhibitiondetail.php?id=443
A REVOLUTIONARY PROJECT: CUBA FROM WALKER EVANS TO NOW
Cuba’s attempt to forge an independent state has been a project under development for more than 100 years and a source of fascination for nations, intellectuals, and artists alike. A Revolutionary Project: Cuba from Walker Evans to Now looks at three critical periods in the nation’s history as witnessed by photographers before, during, and after the country’s 1959 Revolution. The exhibition juxtaposes Walker Evans’s 1933 images from the end of the Machado dictatorship with views by contemporary foreign photographers Virginia Beahan, Alex Harris, and Alexey Titarenko, who have explored Cuba since the withdrawal of Soviet support in the 1990s. A third section bridging these two eras presents pictures by Cuban photographers who participated in the 1959 Revolution, including Alberto Korda, Perfecto Romero, and Osvaldo Salas.
Thru Octorber 2nd
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles 90049
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/walker_evans_cuba/
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ALL EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND THE LAaLALand Alert!!!! IS NOT RESPONSIBLE IF THE WHEREABOUTS ADJUST. PLEASE CHECK WITH THE EVENT ORGANIZERS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
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