LAaLALanders,
This weekend’s events include: West 3rd St Summer Sidewalk Sale, Taste in San Pedro, Tim Burton Film Screening, New Orleans fest, Kurtis Blow, Korean BBQ Cook-off, Sri Lanka Day, Ecuadorian fest, LACMA, free museum entries, 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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TIM BURTON OUTDOOR FILM SCREENINGS @ LACMA
This month-long tribute to the impeccably creative auteur Tim Burton features “Corpse Bride” this week. Starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. This series continues for 4 Friday nights in August.
Free
8-10pm, August 5-August 26th
LACMA
5905 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles 90036
NICHOLAS RAY DOUBLE FEATURE: “JOHNNY GUITAR” STARRING JOAN CRAWFORD & “IN A LONELY PLACE” STARRING HUMPREY BOGART
This series features the 1950’s classics directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Joan Crawford and Humphrey Bogart.
$7-11
7:30pm
Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Ave
Santa Monica 90403
http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/aero_theatre_events
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GRAND PERFORMANCES PRESENTS WATCHA CLAN & YEMEN BLUES
Watcha Clan melds the eclecticism of Gnawa music, trance, drum-n-bass, hip hop, Balkan brass and Sephardic folk with thriving bass-heavy pulsations, all countered by Sista K’s show-stopping vocals. Yemen Blues is a nine piece group performs a mix of jazz, funk and Middle Eastern music. Ride the Angel’s Flight up to this lovely venue for only 25 cents.
Free
7pm
Grand Performances
Grand Avenue
Los Angeles 90071
Sample Sri Lankan food at this fest that features highlights like the Sri Lanka Day Parade at 4pm where Sri Lankan dancers, drummers, masked performers, flag bearers and a theatre elephant to pay honor to an ancient parade that occurs annually in Sri Lanka. A stage on Wilshire and 3rd Street corner will host Sri Lankan and American musicians and dancers. Traditional Sri Lankan “Kandyan” dancers and drummers and Bharatha Natyam dancers perform throughout the day.
Free
10am-10pm
3rd Street Promenade
Santa Monica 90401
FREE METRO ART TOURS
Tours leave promptly at 10 am from the street level entrance to the Hollywood/Highland Metro Rail Station on Hollywood Blvd. near the corner with Highland Ave. The Docents distribute date-stamped badges that allow you to ride the entire Metro Rail system for free on the day of the tour. Docents carry voice amplifiers and wear bright yellow vests for easy identification.
Free
10am-noon
Hollywood & Highland METRO Rail Station
N Highland Ave & Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles 90028
LA NEW ORLEANS CULTURAL FESTIVAL
The majority of African Americans Los Angelenos have roots in New Orleans! This cultural festival celebrates their Creole and Cajun cultures thru soul food, vendors and music!
Free
11am-6:30pm
Leimert Park Village
4310 Degnan Street
Los Angeles 90008
COMEDIAN TODD GLASS’ ONE HOUR SPECIAL TAPING
Comedian Todd Glass is perhaps best known for his appearances as a contestant on the second and third seasons of NBC’s Last Comic Standing and has appeared regularly on programs such as Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, Politically Incorrect, Louie, Tosh.0, Mr. Show with Bob and David, and had his own Comedy Central Presents special. In 2001, Glass released his debut stand-up album called Vintage Todd Glass and Other Crap and was also featured on the two CD set of the Comedy Death-Ray, a compilation album of various stand-up comics performing at the wildly popular Comedy Death-Ray comedy showcase at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles. His most recently released album Thin Pig, was released on July 7, 2009 on Comedy Central Records.
Free
7 & 10pm
El Rey Theater in Los Angeles
http://toddglasselrey.eventbrite.com/
THIRD ANNUAL KOREAN BBQ COOK-OFF
The event consists of our 3rd Annual Orion Choco Pie eating contest, a special performance by Dumbfoundead and the highly anticipated KBBQ Top Grill Master competition MC’d by Paul PK Kim and judged by our hand selected celebrity judges panel. Did we mention craft beers from Beer Belly and Korean Wines? The Korean BBQ Cook-Off brings the top Korean BBQ restaurants in Los Angeles to showcase their best BBQ dishes to the public.
Price per place: $5-15, Craft beers: $5/cup, Parking: $5 flat rate at 3660 Wilshire or 3640 Wilshire
Free
12-6pm
S. Hobart Street, between 7th St. and Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles 90010
LEVITT PAVILION PASADENA PRESENTS INCENDIO
Incendio blends flamenco and classical guitar with hints of rock and jazz fusion mastery. Sweeping, romantic playing is usually the heart and soul of live Spanish guitar performance. Sit on the chairs provided or bring out the picnic blanket at this great venue.
Free
8-9:30pm
Levitt Pavilion
85 Holly St.
Pasadena 91103
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HIP HOP LEGEND KURTIS BLOW LIVE
Catch this historic event with special guest performances by The Little League, Tunji, Warm Brew, Apoetnomadli, Selko and Soul. Music curated by DJ Spill.
$7
8pm-2am
Zanzibar
1301 5th Street @ Arizona
Santa Monica
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
NICHOLAS RAY DOUBLE FEATURE: “BIGGER THAN LIFE” & “KNOCK ON ANY DOOR” STARRING HUMPREY BOGART
This series features these 1940’s and 1950’s classics directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart.
$7-11
7:30pm
Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Ave
Santa Monica 90403
IMPROV FAIR – FREE CLASS & SHOW
Take a free workshop with Bill Chott (SNL, The Ringer, Wizards of Waverly Place) and The Improv Trick.
Free
2-4pm – Class
4-6pm – Student Showcase
1314 N Wilton Place
Los Angeles 90028
Register at www.improvtrick.com
The 13th Annual Parade starts at 11:30am on Broadway & 8th St. going north on Broadway until Temple St. then Main St. ending at La Placita Olvera. La Placita Olvera is located right across the street from Union Station and one block from Chinatown. It’s the host of many beautiful traditions held by our Latin Community. Olvera Street is the birthplace of the City of Los Angeles in 1781. El Pueblo Historic Monument is a traditional Mexican style plaza area with shop for handcrafted Mexican souvenirs. On weekends you can enjoy outdoor entertainment by strolling bolero musicians and folkloric dancing. More than 10,000 Ecuadorians & 2500 Latinos from other countries will celebrate at La Placita Olvera with Ecuadorian food, Ecuadorian arts & crafts, Ecuadorian musical groups, commercial products, free health screenings, lots of free gifts, carnival games and a variety of products, services and information provided by all type of exhibitors.
Free
12-6pm
La Plaza at Olivera Street
845 N Alameda St
Los Angeles 90012
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
7600 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles 90046
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Check out this museum for free.
Free
Noon-8pm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles
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WEST 3RD STREET SUMMER SIDEWALK SALE
Your favorite West 3rd Street boutiques and eateries are featured at this annual Summer Sidewalk from La Cienega to Fairfax.
Free
11am-6pm
West 3rd Street between Fairfax + La Cienega
Los Angeles
BANK OF AMERICA PRESENTS MUSEUMS ON US®
The first full weekend of every month cardholders get free general admission to more than 125 museums nationwide.
Free
11am-8pm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles 90036
www.museums.bankofamerica.com
1001 INVENTIONS – FREE EXHIBIT
Understand the important contributions to science made by the Muslim Civilization during the 7th to 17th centuries. Through interactive displays, explore basic science principles that are often taken for granted in such fields as optics, time-keeping, hydraulics, navigation, architecture and math. Come and discover how scholars from this region, of various faiths and cultures, preserved, nurtured, and advanced the world’s knowledge in science and technology.
Free
700 Exposition Park Drive
Los Angeles
www.californiasciencecenter.org
23RD ANNUAL TASTE IN SAN PEDRO!
Check out the Port of Los Angeles in this unique city while savoring delicious seafood.
Friday-Sunday
425 S. Palos Verdes Street
San Pedro
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
Aug 12 – 60s Night; Aug 26 – Zydeco; Sept 9 – Samba
135 N Grand Ave
The Music Center
Los Angeles 90012
(213) 972-7211
www.musiccenter.org
DEBBIE REYNOLDS: THE EXHIBIT AT PALEY CENTER
The exhibit includes items from Show Boat, The Yearling, and Moulin Rouge and garments worn by legendary stars including Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Carmen Miranda, Doris Day, and many more.
Free
Thru Wednesday, August 31st
Paley Center for Media
465 S Beverly Dr
Beverly Hills
http://www.paleycenter.org/2011-debbie-reynolds-the-exhibit
MOVIE POSTERS FROM CUBAN & OTHER INTERNATIONAL FILMS
An exhibition of 125 handmade silkscreened posters for Cuban and international films, from the collection of ICAIC. The Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC), the Cuban film institute, was formed soon after the revolution in 1959; it aims to promote the medium of film through a range of diverse activities including film and television production. ICAIC also presents numerous screenings of locally produced and international films throughout Cuba each year. And for each, a unique poster is created by a Cuban graphic artist.
Free
Through August 28th
The Academy Grand Lobby Gallery
8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills
http://www.oscars.org/events-exhibitions/exhibitions/2011/05/cuban-filmposters.html
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/
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/
RESTAURANT.COM GIFT CERTIFICATES
Every few days this unique site does an amazing sale. Here’s how their site benefits over 5 million customers: find the restaurant you want to eat at and gift certificates of multiple denominations. Normally a $25 gift certificate that requires a minimum $35 purchase (+ 18% gratuity on the total bill) for 2 people sells for $10. Well, if they’re having an 80% off sale that voucher comes out to only $2! Spend $2 and get $25 off of your $35 check. This is totally legitimate and restaurants are usually quite appreciative for the new business.
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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