LAaLALanders,
This weekend’s events include: Fiesta Hermosa, Long Beach Comic Con, Leimert Park Fest, Grand Park: Big LA Portrait Gallery;
Screenings: “Goodfellas”, “Jaws”, “Dirty Dancing”, and so much more!
Have a great time.
EnJOY…
LAaLA
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ALL EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
PLEASE CHECK WITH THE EVENT ORGANIZERS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
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DANCE DTLA & DJ NIGHTS
Back for the 13th year, The Music Center’s Dance DTLA is an evening of dancing under the stars Friday nights in the summer months, from June-September, 2017. Hosted this year entirely in Grand Park, the series features Dance Downtown (7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.), every other Friday night, where participants can learn new dance moves with a different dance genre at each event.
Held on alternating Friday nights and curated by influential artists and tastemakers who give voice to Los Angeles’ dynamic and vibrant culture through music, dancing, arts and aesthetics, DJ Nights (9:00 p.m. – midnight) offers Angelenos the opportunity to dance the night away in Grand Park.
The series includes:
September 1 – Dance Downtown: Salsa / Grand Park
DANCE DTLA
June 23 – September 1, 2017
Dance Downtown
Alternate Fridays beginning on June 23
7:00 – 11:00 p.m.
DJ Nights
Alternate Fridays beginning on June 30
9:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.
ALL IN GRAND PARK
Grand Park
200 N Grand Ave
Los Angeles 90012
JAZZ AT LACMA
Part of the Jazz at LACMA series check out different artists weekly.
Free
6pm
LACMA | BP Grand Entrance
Fairfax & Wilshire
DTLA
http://www.lacma.org/event/grant-geissman-0http://www.lacma.org/programs/music
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 follow immediately after the laughter.
Free
Seats at 8pm, show at 8:30pm
Bar Lubitsch
7702 Santa Monica Blvd
West Hollywood 90046
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
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EAT|SEE|HEAR PRESENTS “GOODFELLAS”
A Summer-long Celebration of Movies, Food & Music at rotating venues from May 6 – Sept 16 at some of the most unforgettable Los Angeles locations!
Voted “Best Outdoor Movies Series” by Los Angeles Magazine, Eat|See|Hear kicks off its 6th Anniversary Season featuring the largest outdoor screen on the west coast with a 52-foot wide image!
Showtime Networks presents Eat|See|Hear beginning May 6th thru September 16th. Offering a quintessential LA outdoor experience for the whole family to enjoy with a picnic and live music, this is also a very dog-friendly movie-viewing environment, welcoming every dog with a free biscuit at the door. Locals and visitors alike will watch classic comedies and contemporary movie favorites on the largest outdoor movie screen on the West Coast, dine on gourmet food truck fare and listen to emerging bands from the local Los Angeles music scene.
Eat|See|Hear won’t be found in just any park or venue; in fact, LA’s premier outdoor movie event series can be found at a variety of show-stopping locations including the Centennial Square at Pasadena City Hall, North Hollywood Recreation Center, Santa Monica High School Greek Amphitheater, The Autry Museum, LA State Historic Park, La Cienega Park in Beverly Hills and for one night only, the Rose Bowl Stadium.
Every Saturday night May 6 – September 16* (+exclusive Friday screening)
5:30 p.m. – Doors open (May – Aug) / 5pm (Sept)
7:00 p.m. – Band performs (May – Aug) / 6pm (Sept)
8:30 p.m. – Movie begins (May – Aug) / 8pm (Sept)
Every Eat|See|Hear event is dog friendly, with free biscuits at the door for all our four-legged friends.
GOODFELLAS
The Autry Museum in Griffith Park
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles 90027
$14 General Admission
$21 “Air New Zealand’s Fashionably Late Tickets” (online only premium reserved area of the venue)
$8 Kids under 12
Kids under 5 Free
PARKING: Varies from venue to venue, some locations free others pay parking lots in the area. Check the website for specific info prior to the event.
STREET FOOD CINEMA PRESENTS “JAWS” AND “DIRTY DANCING”
It’s more than just a movie. Street Food Cinema is LA’s largest outdoor movie series featuring cool movies, tasty food trucks, live music, interactive games and more! Always on the grass, Street Food Cinema is three events in one: an outdoor picnic that evolves into a live music performance and an outdoor movie with lots of fun in between. The Street Food Cinema experience starts with the most delicious food trucks in town lined up to serve fresh, hot food that you take right to your picnic blanket. Then listen to live music from emerging Los Angeles music artists. And finally, kick back with old friends and new ones to watch the best outdoor movies on the big screen! It’s all in one awesome summer night. Share the experience!
ADVANCED TICKET INFO:
Reserved Seating – $18
General – $13
Children Reserved 6-12 – $11
Children General 6-12 – $6
Children 5 & Under – Free
LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR starting at 6pm. Please Note: Door may be held at any time to allow for advance ticket holders to enter. If an event is sold out, we will announce on Facebook and Twitter.
www.streetfoodcinema.com
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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626 NIGHT MARKET
626 Night Market is back! Presenting LET’S PLAY Summer 2017, our 6th season kicks off in Arcadia with hundreds of food, merchandise, arts, crafts, and entertainment options for one of the biggest food festivals of the year. Welcome back old favorites and a lineup of new vendors to satisfy your palate, browse our merchandise, art and crafts vendors, and enjoy live entertainment with friends and family. We also produce OC Night Market at OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa.
$3 Fridays & Sundays. $5 Saturdays. Tickets available at the gates. Children ages 6 and under free. Free parking. Admission and most vendors are cash only.
Sept 1 – 3 2017 (Labor Day Weekend) – Fri & Sat 4pm-1am, Sun 4pm-11pm
Santa Anita Park
285 W Huntington Dr
Arcadia 91007
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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9TH ANNUAL LEIMERT PARK FESTIVAL
Enjoy Labor Day Weekend at this Afrocentric festival in the heart of Leimert Park.
Free
Friday-Monday, 10am-7pm
4300 Degnan Blvd
Los Angeles 90008
GRAND PARK: BIG LA PORTRAIT GALLERY
In celebration of Grand Park’s fifth anniversary, the park will give thanks to the most important element its success: Angelenos themselves who have embraced the park and made it their own. The park will project nightly between August 19th and September 4th, the Big LA Portrait Gallery onto the south wall of the mid-century L.A. County Hall of Records. This photographic exhibition will contain 100 images of Angelenos of all kinds, photographed by ten L.A. photographers. The images range from parishioners of the Trinity Baptist Church in South L.A. to the cowboys and girls of Sunset ranch, giving us a glimpse into a few unique and beautiful L.A. worlds. The images will be projected 150ft high and 100 ft wide. And the exhibit will run from sundown to midnight (for sundown times please check local listings).
All are welcome to the Big L.A. Portrait Gallery Launch Party, where music and activities will open the nightly series.
Free
Friday-Sunday, 8pm-12am
Grand Park
200 N Grand Ave
Los Angeles 90012
FIESTA HERMOSA
Fiesta Hermosa takes place Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day Memorial Day & Labor Day weekend. The annual festival is located in downtown Hermosa Beach on Pier Plaza, Hermosa Avenue and lower Pier Avenue.
The Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau hosts the 45th annual Fiesta Hermosa – Southern California’s largest arts and crafts festival with more than 300 vendors and 100,000 regional residents.
Free
10am-6pm
Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau
1007 Hermosa Ave,
Hermosa Beach 90254
LONG BEACH COMIC CON
Long Beach Comic Con is an annual event held at the Long Beach Convention Center each fall. It’s a celebration of comic books and pop culture that showcases the exceptional works of talented writers, artists, illustrators and creators of all types of pop culture. At Long Beach Comic Con, you’ll find exhibitors promoting and selling all types of related products, as well as entertaining and educational programs for all ages, guest signings and meet & greet sessions with celebrities. For more specific information about the show, please check out the FAQ section of the website. Long Beach Comic Con is a MAD Event Management, LLC production.
Saturday & Sunday, 10am-5pm
300 E Ocean Blvd
Long Beach 90802
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. 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.
PLEASE CHECK WITH THE EVENT ORGANIZERS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
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