LAaLALanders,
This weekend’s events include: Dine LA Week, Festival of Human Abilities, Classic Auto Show, Lunar New Year, Museums Free-For-All, stARTup Art Fair, Bricks LA, Room & Board Open House, and so much more!
Have a great time.
EnJOY…
LAaLA
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4TH FRIDAYS AT THE PIKE
4th Fridays at the PIKE is an outdoor market with over 80 talented vendors, food trucks, local art and live music!
Free
5-10pm
The Pike Outlets
95 S. Pine Ave
Long Beach 90802
SAUCE COMEDY SHOW!
Every Friday night at 8 pm, join Barbara Gray, Jeff Wattenhofer, Erin Lampart and Eric Dadourian as they host some of the best comedians in the country in one of the best pizza spots in Los Angeles! This show is EVERY FRIDAY from 8 to 10 pm so come out and have some pizza, drinks, and laughs to get your weekend started!
DeSano Pizza Bakery Los Angeles is just west of Santa Monica and Vermont. There’s a criminally large and free parking lot, artisan pizzas, gelato, primo comedy, $5 beers, friends, memories…
Free
Doors at 8pm, Show at 8:20pm
DeSano Pizza Bakery
4959 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles 90029
PEACHY KEEN COMEDY SHOW 
They’ve packed this show with a cavalcade of Peachy Keen Comedy All-Stars! Everyone’s best jokes in rapid-fire. This one will be crazy! Drinks and dancing to follow immediately after the laughter.
Lineup for 1/27:
Brooks Wheelan (Saturday Night Live, @Midnight)
Lachlan Patterson (Last Comic Standing Finalist, Leno)
Mike Lawrence (Roast Battle Winner, @Midnight)
Zach Sherwin (Comedy Central, Totally Biased, Epic Rap Battles)
Rob O’Reilly (Tonight Show, Comedy Central)
Geoff Plitt (Ventura Comedy Fest)
Peet Guercio (Hashtaggers on E!, MTV)
Hosted by:
Nina Manni (Writer for FOX)
Free
Seats at 8pm, show at 8:30pm
Bar Lubitsch
7702 Santa Monica Blvd
West Hollywood 90046
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LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
Kick-off the Lunar New Year with a celebration of the Year of the Rooster. Also known as the Spring Festival, the celebration will feature entertainment such as the traditional Chinese Lion Dance, Korean Fan Dance, a Chinese classical musical duo, stilt walkers, a Wishing Tree, arts & crafts, a balloon twister, Chinese Dough Art and more!
Performance Schedule:
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Chinese Music Duo, Traditional Dough Artist, Balloon Artist, Arts & Crafts, Stilt Walkers
2:30 PM & 4:30 PM: Korean Fan Dance
3:30 PM & 5:30 PM: Chinese Lion Dance
Free
Center Plaza
Santa Monica Place
395 Santa Monica Place
Santa Monica 90401
EVENT ROCKIT FOOD MARKET
Check out the variety of foods offered in Downtown Pasadena.
Free
Saturday, Jan 28, 12-8pm
Paseo Colorado
300 East Colorado Blvd
Pasadena 91129
LORNA JANE INSPIRED WOMEN SERIES
The Lorna Jane Experience Store featuring the Inspired Women Series with Lorna Jane Clarkson, Danielle LaPorte, Anna Victoria and more! Join for inspiration as our speakers detail their journeys, their defining moments and their vulnerabilities. Accompanied by nourishing treats, Lorna Jane new arrivals and an interactive shopping experience!
Lorna Jane Clarkson & Danielle LaPorte: New Year Be You –https://www.lornajane.com/NewYearBeYou
Free
11am-1pm
January – February
Lorna Jane Santa Monica
395 Santa Monica Place
Santa Monica 90401
(Across from True Food Kitchen)
INTERNATIONAL PRINTING MUSEUM
For twenty-five years, the International Printing Museum in Carson, California, has been devoted to bringing the history of books, printing and the book arts to life for diverse audiences. The staff and volunteers make it their mission to take one of the world’s most significant collections of antique printing machinery and interpret it for today’s audiences through working demonstrations and theater presentations.
Over 400,000 people have experienced the International Printing Museum while learning about the history of books and printing, great inventions and inventors that helped make our world. The Museum has been recognized worldwide for the size, variety and importance of its collection and for the successful and creative approach to interpreting the collection for the community at large.
Hours 10 am to 4 pm Saturday By appointment Tuesday to Friday Closed Sunday & Monday
$10 general admission $8 students & seniors $10 Book Arts Tour cash, check or credit cards accepted
315 W. Torrance Blvd.
Carson 90745
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MUSEUMS FREE-FOR-ALL
Over thirty museums–presenting art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science–will open their doors and invite visitors to attend their museums free of charge.
Museums Free-for-All has partnered with Metro, encouraging visitors to Go Metro to explore the participating museums, many of which are a short walk away from Metro bus or rail. Go Metro to more museum destinations at metro.net/discounts.
This offer is for general museum admission at participating museums only and does not apply to specially ticketed exhibitions. Regular parking fees apply. Consult individual museum websites for hours, directions, and other visitor information.
Annenberg Space for Photography | bit.ly/2i0qfHv
Armory Center for the Arts | bit.ly/2hwMf9O
Autry Museum of the American West | bit.ly/2hi2tYh
The Broad | bit.ly/2hi2NGl
California African American Museum | bit.ly/2hwYIu3
California Science Center | bit.ly/2h7BEAP
Excludes IMAX films and The Science Behind Pixar Exhibition. A timed reservation with a convenience fee is required for Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Columbia Memorial Space Center | bit.ly/2ihJSeH
Offering free admission on Saturday, January 28, instead of Sunday, January 29
Craft & Folk Art Museum | bit.ly/2heDGma
Descanso Gardens | bit.ly/2i0hPQs
Free, timed tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis at descansogardens.org
Fowler Museum at UCLA | bit.ly/2hwRAxI
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine | bit.ly/2i7fgte
Getty Center | bit.ly/2heCQpx
Getty Villa | bit.ly/2i7cgNp
Free, timed tickets are required. Visit getty.edu.
Hammer Museum | bit.ly/2i0r5nM
Japanese American National Museum | bit.ly/2hi9uIr
Kidspace Children’s Museum | bit.ly/2ihMEAU
Laguna Art Museum | bit.ly/2i0xteG
La Brea Tar Pits and Museum | bit.ly/2hezVgC
General admission only; free tickets available at tarpits.org/freeforall
La Plaza de Cultura y Artes | bit.ly/2hx1TC0
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) | bit.ly/2heG8sY
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) | bit.ly/2h7uyMP
Museum of Tolerance | bit.ly/2i0yzr7
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | bit.ly/2heygaN
Free tickets available at nhm.org/freeforall
Orange County Museum of Art | bit.ly/2h7zql3
The Paley Center for Media | bit.ly/2ilzte7
Pasadena Museum of California Art | bit.ly/2i0o0Eg
Pomona College Museum of Art | bit.ly/2heDK5h
Santa Barbara Museum of Art | bit.ly/2ihHW6h
Skirball Cultural Center | bit.ly/2ihH69z
Noah’s Ark timed-entry, one-hour tickets are limited and distributed first-come, first-served
Sunnylands | bit.ly/2heGe3K
Zimmer Children’s Museum | bit.ly/2ihKNfb
BREAKFAST CLUB CRUISE-IN
Enjoy strolling through rows of classic, custom, exotic cars, trucks motorcycles and more. Complimentary parking, coffee & bagels are provided to all that attend!
Free
8am
Petersen Automotive Museum
6060 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles 90036
SMORGASBURG LA
This popular New York event is now in LA. Mario Batali called it “the single greatest thing I’ve ever seen gastronomically in New York City.” Smorgasburg is now open every Sunday, 10am-5pm, on the five-acre site of the weekday Alameda Produce Market in Downtown Los Angeles. Find dozens of exciting food vendors each Sunday at Smorgasburg, plus sophisticated shopping from the realms of design, craft, style, vintage, wellness, and more. Cultural events, pop-ups, and other surprise experiences will also be part of the market mix, transforming the vast site into a new node in Downtown LA’s burgeoning scene, and a unique destination for the region.
A new parking garage for more than 4,000 cars was just completed at the Alameda Produce Market (enter at Alameda & Bay) and market goers can park there free for 2 hours. Sorry, no dogs allowed.
Free
10am-6pm
ROW LA
777 S. Alameda St.
Los Angeles
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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FESTIVAL OF HUMAN ABILITIES
Join the Aquarium of the Pacific for its fourteenth annual Festival of Human Abilities, a celebration highlighting the creative talents and abilities of people with disabilities. This event will feature wheelchair dance, live music, signing choirs, art demonstrations, accessible SCUBA diving demonstrations, interactive workshops, and other creative performances by people who have disabilities. Sign language interpreters will be present at all major shows, and an audio tour is available for those who are blind.
Saturday & Sunday, 9am-5pm
Aquarium of The Pacific
100 Aquarium Way
Long Beach 90802
ROOM & BOARD STORE OPEN HOUSE
Room & Board is having a weekend open house to introduce their new collection of modern artisan designed furniture. Come explore, enjoy light refreshments, and enter to win a Room & Board $1,000 gift card.
January 28th, 11am – 7pm & January 29th,11am – 6pm.
8707 Washington Blvd
Culver City 90232
BRICKS LA 2017
Come share your love of LEGO® and discover hundreds of fan created models in
over 13,000 square feet of display space at the Pasadena Convention Center! Shop
their vendor area with new, used, and vintage LEGO®sets, mini figures, and unique
brick accessories! Be inspired to create your own creations an play in our Brick Yard
building area!
$10, Kids 5 and under are free!
Saturday Jan 28th,10am-5pm & Sunday Jan 29th, 10am-4pm
Pasadena Convention Center
300 East Green Street
Pasadena 91101
STARTUP ART FAIR LA
stARTup Art Fair is pleased to announce the second iteration of its Los Angeles edition. Held in Hollywood’s Highland Gardens Hotel, 39 artists from across the country will transform their respective hotel rooms into solo exhibitions of their current practices and works. From January 27 – 29, 2017, Los Angeles’ collectors, press, curators, and art lovers are invited to shed their preconceived notions of what an art fair is, and to immerse themselves in the raw environments of the artists’ unfiltered worlds. Experience contemporary art in a way that is uniquely personal and lively — via stARTup’s unprecedented access to the artists themselves.
$10-30
Friday, Jan 27 to Sunday, Jan 29, 10am-7pm
Highland Gardens Hotel
7047 Franklin Ave
Los Angeles 90028
CLASSIC AUTO SHOW 2017
The Classic Auto Show is a brand new three-day celebration of all things automotive, paying tribute to the cars that graced our highways in bygone years and paved the way for the modern motorcars we see on the road today.
These three days will showcase the best of the classic and vintage motoring scene including the stars from Velocity’s biggest car shows, the best car clubs from across the US, and a huge range of brands including all your favorite American cars along with the best from the rest of the world.
Expect to see the rare and unusual, pristine and project cars, those that were loved and some that were hated, the car that your folks used to take you on your first road trip and the one that you learned to drive in – something for everyone automotive enthusiast!
Journey through the ages as you stroll along our Grand Boulevard lined with a unique automotive historic timeline, enjoy a mix of entertainment and expert advice in our Celebrity Theater, and explore the hall filled with car dealers, parts and service providers, and everything you need to keep on motoring.
Friday, Jan 27th-Sunday, Jan 29th, 10am-5pm
Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 S Figueroa St
Los Angeles 90015
DINE LA WEEK
Presented by the Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board, dineL.A. is a 15-day dining event that takes place twice a year and showcases Los Angeles as a premier dining destination while highlighting the diversity of culinary experiences L.A. has to offer.
Enjoy special lunch and dinner menus at more than 300 restaurants.
There are no tickets or passes required for dineL.A. Simply dine out at a participating restaurant, try a new dish or enjoy an old favorite. Advance reservations are strongly recommended.
dineL.A. takes place over Friday, January 13 – Friday, January 27, 2017, including weekends.
Participating restaurants are offering a special menu* for lunch and/or dinner guaranteeing a 20% minimum value.
Lunch (2+ Courses): $15, $20, $25
Dinner (3+ Courses): $29, $39, $49, $95+ (dineL.A. Exclusive Series)
Prices and meal periods vary by restaurant, and exclude beverages, tax and gratuity. dineL.A. menus are offered during lunch and dinner hours only. Please contact the restaurant directly before making your reservations if they coincide with weekend brunch hours to ensure the restaurant will be serving their dineL.A. menu.
*Menu(s) subject to change due to seasonal availability of ingredients.
EXPLORING LA CHINATOWN TOUR
Exploring Los Angeles Chinatown with L.A. Conservancy Audio Tour
Located just outside downtown Los Angeles, Chinatown embodies the history of the city itself. Its buildings tell the story of many diverse communities dating from the city’s founding to the present day.
This audio guide by Los Angeles Conservancy explores the history and architecture of the area that is known as New Chinatown.
Download the free Geotourist app on the Apple app store and Google Play to take the audio tour right on your smartphone.
Free
Thru Thursday, Jan 26, 10am-8pm
Chinese American Museum
425 North Los Angeles St
Los Angeles 90012
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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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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