LAaLALanders,
This weekend’s events include: LA Art Show, LA Fit Expo, dineLA Restaurant Week, Art & Photo Exhibits, National Hot Sauce Day, DesignLab Reception, International Tiki Marketplace, Fabletics Pop Up Shop, Walking Tours, Kite Fest, Free Art and Dance Classes; and so much more!
Have a great time.
EnJOY…
LAaLA
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2ND ANNUAL NATIONAL HOT SAUCE DAY CELEBRATION
In celebration of National Hot Sauce Day on January 22nd, Tabañero Hot Sauce will be hosting its second annual “Tabañero Takeover” party taking place this year at Le Jardin in Hollywood and will be offering a collection of fun hot sauce experiences including: Hot Sauce-inspired food and cocktails, Hot Sauce Pong Games (inspired by beer pong), Hot Sauce Trade in programs, giveaways (including a year’s supply of Tabanero Hot Sauce), fire eaters, celebrity appearances and more.
Victorio’s Italian Social Club! A VERY Social Club for Italians, Italian-Americans and everyone who loves All Things Italian! All are welcome so come be Italian with us Friday nights in the banquet room of lovely Victorio’s Ristorante where the agenda is food, friends and fun! There are no dues, no fees, no time commitments and no obligations – just music, comedy, singing, dancing…and some club stuff! LA’s Little Italy is right here in NOHO so come and Get Social Italian Style!!!
On January 22nd, National Hot Sauce day sets the stage to heat up kitchens across the country by celebrating the flavorful diverse & ever growing world of hot sauces. This year, Tabañero Hot Sauce celebrates the auspicious holiday encouraging folks to break out of bland and turn up the heat to honor one of the most popular of condiments (now a billion dollar industry and the fastest growing sector of the condiments industry, according to Fast Company). For more information on the Tabañero Hot Sauce including: events, recipes and giveaways, head to Tabanero.com.
Free
7-10pm
Victorio’s Italian Social Club
10901 Victory Blvd
North Hollywood 91606
DESIGNLAB RECEPTION
All designLAb galleries will be open to the public; MOCA PDC will also debut a new exhibit by Catherine Opie (for MOCA Members) just steps away from the designLAb galleries. More details to follow!
Celebrating its fifth year, Pacific Design Center’s national arts program designLAb, overseen by art curator Helen Varola, is pleased to kick-off its winter arts season with a public reception on Friday, January 22, 2016 from 5:00 – 9:30 p.m. designLAb’s opening evening will showcase 16 cutting-edge art, architecture & design, sound and taste exhibitions on view in the Pacific Design Center’s Blue Building Lobby and Second Floor Galleries. Evening highlights include several one-night-only performances: Industry Gallery presents Steve Boyer’s Tasting Bar with samplings of exotic, highly-concentrated bitters in the context of his ongoing digital exhibit, Drawing Agents and LA-based artist Steve Roden will create a one-hour live performance beginning at 8 p.m. at Young Projects Gallery.
designLAb’s 16 winter exhibitions includes Christopher W. Mount Gallery’s early photographs by Bernd and Hilla Becher as well as Drawings Lie, the first commercial debut of work by architectural visionary, Bryan Cantley. Cantor Fine Art presents work by contemporary artists Andrew Myers, Michael Mapes and Kerry Miller.
Free
5-9:30pm
8687 Melrose Ave
West Hollywood 90069
http://www.pacificdesigncenter.com/event/designlab-reception-jan22/
Raw Materials Art Supplies hosts a weekly life drawing event on Friday nights at Grand Central Market. These are uninstructed drawing workshops with live models holding poses up to 20 minutes, with a different model/theme each week. This week’s model is April Bermudez and she will be a Mistress of Fortune.
There is a $10 fee, and you can pre-register online.
6-8:30pm
Grand Central Market
317 S Broadway
Los Angeles 90013
https://rawmaterialsla.com/gcm-life-drawing
PEACHY KEEN FREE COMEDY SHOW
Weekly comedy show with working professional comedians from your favorite TV shows.
Every Friday. Doors at 8pm. Show 8:30-10pm
Free (no cover or drink minimum)
Bar Lubitsch
7702 Santa Monica Blvd
West Hollywood 90046
THE GOODS PARTY @ ZANZIBAR
Seriously one of LA’s best parties because mc KG Superstar and KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez know how to rock this weekly soiree. It’s an organic mashup of throwbacks, R&B classics, reggae and fresh new music. Put the heels away and come ready to dance dance dance! Now you know.
21+, Free before 10pm, $8 after with rsvp at Antvala@sbcglobal.net
Every Friday – 9pm-2am
Zanzibar
1301 5th Street
Santa Monica
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THE ART BEAUTY & FASHION POP-UP SHOW
Free pop-up show featuring art, beauty, and fashion for all ages. Complementary alcoholic beverage per 21+ guest. This event consists of multi-artists coming together to sell their handmade or manufactured art work and products. Come have a good time, listen to music, check out art, shop for clothes, accessories, paintings, beauty products, henna tattoos, and more!
Free
3-7pm
Dsr Studios
1201 S Grand Ave
Los Angeles 90015
INTERNATIONAL TIKI MARKET PLACE
Get ready for over 40+ vendors, Don the Beachcomber’s Signature Tiki Cocktails along with live Polynesian entertainment starring the Chief of the OC and his hula dancers! Don the Beachcomber’s International Tiki Market Place is only a few days away! Get there early, because these tiki treasures do not last long!!
The event since its inception has been and will always be for the tiki community and its followers as our beloved Arthur Snyder’s vision intended it to be.
$10(includes $10 food/drink voucher)
10am-3pm
Don the Beachcomber
16278 Pacific Coast Hwy
Huntington Beach 92649
http://www.donthebeachcomber.com/
FABLETICS POP UP SHOP
Live your passion with Fabletics by attending a one-day only pop-up event at the Village at Westfield Topanga. Choose from one of several free outdoor workouts led by top-tier Los Angeles trainers to start off your New Year right!
RSVP by email*: TopangaRSVP@fabletics.com
Event Schedule:
11:15am-12:15pm: HIIT Workout with Nora Tobin
12:30pm-2:30pm: Fabletics “Find Your Fit” Fabletics Shopping Event Hosted by Nora Tobin
1:00pm-2:00pm: Bootcamp Class by Fabletics Master Trainer Paul Curiale
2:30pm-3:30pm: Yoga Class by YogaWorks
4:00pm-5:00pm: JJ Dancer’s Bangin’ Body Bootcamp
For more info about the event schedule, visit: http://bit.ly/1P4Mwzf
After your workout, get refreshed with juices by Pressed Juicery, makeup touchups by Blushington, mini-massages from Burke Williams Topanga, and receive 15% off at the Fabletics The Village at Westfield Topanga boutique.
*Space in classes is on a first come, first serve basis. Please bring a workout towel and water.
Free
11am-5pm
Fabletics The Village at Westfield Topanga
6316 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Ste 1160
Woodland Hills
THINKSPACE PRESENTS “SLEEPLESS” & “LOVE ME WHEN I’M GONE” ART SHOW & OPENING EXHIBIT
Thinkspace is pleased to present Sleepless, the gallery’s first major solo exhibition of new works by New York City-based painter Christine Wu. A figurative oil painter who explores the expressive and emotive possibilities of the body, Wu delves into the vulnerability of self and the haunted nature of human consciousness. Her evocative and sensual depictions explore themes such as nostalgia and metaphysical becoming, expressing ephemeral states through physical manifestations of subjectivity. Wu incorporates abstract gestures into her works, often dissolving edges and contours to conflate environments and disrupt the representation of bodies, splintering and splitting the cohesion of an illusory whole in favor of a more experientially realistic incoherence. These moments of abstraction, however, are always in service of form and figure. Wu is fascinated by the cyclical momentum of growth and decay, and by the literal and metaphoric complicity of life and death. Her paintings capture this ambivalence, revealing the ghostly remnants of a divided subject through symbolic figurative instability, redoubling and flux.
In Sleepless, Wu continues to stage these tensions between the intimate and private, the public and exposed. There is a quiet and understated, though undeniable, intensity to the glimpses of interior life the artist selectively reveals.
In the project room:
Linnea Strid ‘Love Me When I’m Gone’
Concurrently on view in the Thinkspace project room is Love Me When I’m Gone, featuring new works by Swedish painter Linnea Strid. Known for her emotive, hyperrealistic paintings, Strid captures minute details with surreal precision, creating a world that feels uncannily amplified.
In this new series of works, Strid continues to explore imagery with water. Expert at capturing its reflective movement and depth, her paintings are filled with refracted light and distortions. Her subjects are presented in varying states of submersion and vulnerability, as her watery portraits take on a meditative dimension. Suspended somewhere between an unsettling and eerie calm and a foreboding anticipation, Strid arrests time.
In this series, Strid celebrates, and sensitively portrays, the artist’s struggle with anonymity, under-recognition and self-exposure, and the passion that nullifies the rational avoidance of this price, in a tribute to friends and artist peers. Recognizing that the work of many artists evades validation and economic success in their lifetime, the exhibition title expresses the delayed validation and expected sacrifice that comes with dedicating one’s life to art.
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 23, 6-9pm
Exhibitions run January 23 – February 20, 2016
Free
6pm
Thinkspace Gallery
6009 Washington Blvd
Culver City 90232
www.thinkspacegallery.com
THE ARTSY FLEA ART & FLEA MARKET
The Artsy Flea is an arts and flea market that that will take place every Saturday from 10am to 3pm (fall/winter) and until 5pm (spring/summer). The Artsy Flea features 145 booths, food trucks, music, kids attractions and more.
$1
10am-3pm
Van de Kamp Bakery Building
2930 Fletcher Drive
Los Angeles 90065
NOHO FARMERS MARKET
The NoHo Arts District Farmers Market is a festive, family-friendly, open-air marketplace committed to bringing fresh, locally grown food to the surrounding neighborhood. Enjoy a variety of fruits and vegetables from California farmers, as well as other foods including breads, nuts, ethnic foods, cheeses, fruit juices, and cookies. You’ll also find clothing, crafts, and children’s activities, plus much more. Conveniently located just steps away from the North Hollywood Metro stop on the Red Line. This open-air street market has approximately 20 farmers, 20 local artisans, and 30 vendors who provide baked goods and prepared foods. I find my favorite organic apples and organic dinosaur kale weekly… Also, enjoy lots of samples. There are great deals to be made with farmers who come from as far as Sacramento.
Free
9am-2pm
Bakman Avenue, between Magnolia Boulevard to the South and Weddington Street to the North
North Hollywood
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YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD STUDIO’S 9TH ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE
Check out the classes and instructors you haven’t had a chance to try out before, sample new styles or get in a free session with your favorites! Come out to YNS on Sunday, January 24th from 2 to 6 PM for over 20 FREE 30-minute sample classes and special one day only discounts on class packages.
Full schedule of sample classes coming soon!
Free
2-6pm
Your Neighborhood Studio – When in Doubt, Dance
3625 Hayden Ave, Ste D
Culver City 90232
www.yourneighborhoodstudio.com
YOGA & MIMOSAS
Grab your yoga mat and join for Sunday Yoga and #mimosas!
$20 includes 60 minute class and a mimosa – must RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/502566536592441/
#newyearsresolution
21+ only
8:45-9:45am
Malibu Wines
31740 Mulholland Hwy
Malibu 90265
TORRANCE ANTIQUE STREET FAIRE
Join the hunt for vintage treasures on the 4th Sunday of every month in historic downtown Torrance. Over 200 sellers set up in the streets with antiques, collectibles, vintage fashion, jewelry, vinyl, plants, home decor and more…all on sale at bargain prices! Live music & DJ Ozzie, antique appraisal booth, lots of great restaurants, bakery & sports bars! Pet friendly!
Free
8am-3pm
Street Faire Antiques
1317 Sartori Ave
Torrance 90501
KITES FESTIVAL
The Network of Indian Professionals LA‐OC (NetIP LA‐OC) chapter brings the famous Indian Kites Festival of Makar Sankranti to Southern California on Sunday, January 24, 2016. Inspired by the South Asian Festival traditionally called Uttarayan, NetIP LA-OC chapter brings this fun festival to be enjoyed by all. Last year’s Kites Festival was celebrated by over 250 participants; this year, NetIP is expected to double its attendance.
Kites will be available for purchase at the event. NetIP LA‐OC has partnered with Bollywood Bites food truck so attendees can enjoy delicious Indian food while celebrating with friends and family. Open to all ages. Families welcome. Bulk tickets available; children under 3 years are free
11am-3pm
Kites Festival – Makar Sankranti and Uttarayan
Ocean Blvd and 54th Place
Long Beach 90803
MADE IN CHINA: NEW CERAMIC WORKS BY KEIKO FUKAZAWA
The first solo museum exhibition for Los Angeles-based artist Keiko Fukazawa features recent work from her three residencies in Jingdezhen, China–known as the “porcelain capital” of the world. By merging cast ceramic forms with iconic images of Chairman Mao Zedong, luxury brand logos, and historic glazing techniques, the past and present collide in Fukazawa’s works creating ironic and playful observations on consumerism in China and worldwide.
The exhibition was made possible in part by The Antonia and Vladimer Kulaev Culture Heritage Fund Inc., The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles, and Asian Cultural Council, New York.
Exhibition on view through May 8, 2016
Join the hunt for vintage treasures on the 4th Sunday of every month in historic downtown Torrance. Over 200 sellers set up in the streets with antiques, collectibles, vintage fashion, jewelry, vinyl, plants, home decor and more…all on sale at bargain prices! Live music & DJ Ozzie, antique appraisal booth, lots of great restaurants, bakery & sports bars! Pet friendly!
$5-7
11am
Craft & Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles 90036
MELROSE TRADING POST
There are 200 eclectic vendors selling everything from records, to furniture, arts and crafts, food vendors and live entertainment. #melrosetradingpost
$2, $1/students and seniors
9am-5pm
Fairfax High School Parking Lot
Fairfax & Melrose
Los Angeles
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LA FIT EXPO
19 free competitions and events, top fitness stars, plus giant exhibit floor with 700 booths all included in your ticket to the Fit Expo Los Angeles.
Your ticket includes admission into the giant exhibition floor filled with the best cutting edge companies displaying, promoting and selling fitness, health and well-being products and services. Your admission ticket also includes FREE admission to all ALL competitions taking place on TheFitExpo Los Angeles floor! Don’t forget to check out the FREE seminars, demonstrations and celebrity autograph sessions and grab all the FREE samples. Many of our exhibitors are offering super-cool products at discounted prices so be prepared for the shopping action. It’s non-stop fun for the entire family and it is ONLY $30 a day or $45 for both days!
When you order in advance you print your ticket out at home and bring it with you and come to the ADVANCE TICKET booth at registration and we will scan your ticket(s) and get you set to enter TheFitExpo.
January 23, SATURDAY: $30, January 24, SUNDAY: $30
WEEKEND PACKAGE: SATURDAY & SUNDAY: $45
Kids tickets, 12 and under, will be $10 a day at the door only.
Kids 6 and under are free.
Parking: $20 daily (No in and out privileges)
Los Angeles Convention Center
Events in South Halls G, H, J and K
Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 S Figueroa St
Los Angeles 90015
LA ART SHOW 2016
The LA Art Show welcomes over 50,000 art enthusiasts at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Join the marvelous show to experience a diverse viewing which includes Contemporary Art, Traditional Art, Classical Art, Modern Art, Historic Art, and much much more. This is an event you won’t want to miss!
$15-250
Wednesday, Jan 27, 11am – Sunday, Jan 31, 5pm
LA Convention Center 1201 S Figueroa St
Los Angeles 90015
DINE LA RESTAURANT WEEK
dineL.A. Restaurant Week is a 14-day dining event that takes place in over 300 restaurants throughout L.A. county, offering specially priced lunch and dinner menus. This season, dineL.A. is partnering with OpenTable to donate $1 of every seated reservation that’s booked through our website to The Midnight Mission, a vital nonprofit organization that provides food, shelter and essential aid to those experiencing homelessness throughout the city. Make your reservation today and help support this worthy cause. Follow dineL.A. on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
January 18-31, 2016
http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/dinela-los-angeles-restaurant-week
FREE LA TOURS
Free daily tours of Downtown, Hollywood and City Lights.
Cost: You must register for this tour. There’s no upfront cost. If you enjoy it, a $15 contribution made at the end of the tour enables them to keep offering it. It’s a great deal!
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RAIN ROOM
The Rain Room allows you to experience the seemingly impossible with Random International’s Rain Room (2012). This immersive environment features perpetually falling water that pauses wherever a human body is detected. Timed tickets are required and are expected to sell out quickly.
Various prices
Thru 3/06/2016
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 11am-5pm, Friday: 11am-8pm, Saturday, Sunday: 10am-7pm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles 90036
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S FAMED HOLLYHOCK HOUSE
This iconic architectural masterpiece is in the heart of the vibrant, artistic, cultural, and recreational Barnsdall Art Park (barnsdall.org/visit/holl…). Check out this amazing historical architecture. #WrightAtNight hashtag.
Free
Barnsdall Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles 90027
FREE LACMA
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art #LACMA is free for LA residents with IDs on the first Tuesday of the month from noon-8pm, Mondays-Thursdays from 5-8pm and Fridays from 5-9pm.
Free
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles
NOAH’S ARK @ THE SKIRBALL
On view permanently, this popular children’s and family destination is inspired by the ancient flood story, which has parallels in diverse cultures around the world. The interactive, one-of-a-kind exhibition invites visitors of all generations to have fun—and to connect with one another, learn the value of community, and help build a better world—all while aboard a floor-to-ceiling wooden ark filled to the rafters with whimsically handcrafted animals.
$10 General, $7 Seniors and Full-Time Students, $5 Children 2-12, Free to Skirball Members and Children under 2, Includes admission to all other exhibitions
Tuesday-Friday, 12-5pm; Saturday-Sunday, 10am-5pm; Closed Mondays
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles 90049
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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