We can’t bear the thought of you being bored this weekend. So we’ve put together a events feature highlighting some of the fun things to do over the next few days in and around Los Angeles. Have fun!
THURSDAY
Thursday, April 14 ~ Skirball Center
The Skirball Cultural Center is opening an extensive, long-running exhibit called“I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli, looking into how American Jews imported tradition, adapted cultures, and created community through food and restaurants. The exploration includes neon signage, vintage menus, ads, fixtures, historical footage, film, and T.V. clips, and artifacts showing the evolution of delicatessens from specialty stores for immigrants to the iconic institutions of today. $13-$18, advance timed-entry reservations are required.
Thursday, April 14 ~ Silver Lake
Oh shit! It’s time for Dodgers Baseball, with the home opener going down tonight! And double oh shit! Los Globos is helping things go off with its Puro Pari viewing event, which starts at 3pm and goes until 2am, with live music and DJs and all kinds of drunk-ass foos showing love for our team. $30 tickets here, 3pm-2am, 3040 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Thursday, April 14 ~ Pico Robertson
Mexico’s avant garde filmmaking legend Alejandro Jodorowsky’s fucked-up 1989 serial killer film Santa Sangre is playing at Sideshow Books on LaCienega today. NC-17 rating and all. You’ve been warned. A double-feature, the film will be followed by a 2016 Portuguese film called “Los Ojos De Mi Madre.” $10 suggested donation, $15 for two people, 1-4pm, 1639 La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90035
L.A.’s own celebrated sensation La Santa Cecilia is playing the Paramount for two nights starting tomorrow. It already sounds perfect for anyone who wanted to stay as far away from Coachella as possible this weekend. $30 adv, $35 at the door, 2708 East Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033
Friday, April 15-16 ~ Palm Springs
Should you be High Desert-bound for Coachella or whatever, Remezcla is brewing up a two-day “musical storm” known as “Remezcla House in the Desert," with art installations, DJs, and special live performances. Free with RSVP.
SATURDAY
Saturday, April 16 ~ Westchester
B Real’s cannabis dispensary, Dr. Greenthumb's, is having a grand-opening bash for its new LAX area address. B will be attendance from 1-4, a ribbon cutting will be held at 2pm, while the first 100 people to show when doors open at 6am get VIP gift bags. Not to mention, giveaways and various promotions throughout the day. 11am-6pm, 5494 W. Centinela Ave. Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, April 16 ~ Santa Monica
The 43rd annual Venice Family Clinic Art Walk & Auction is open to all starting Saturday at Santa Monica Place, featuring over 200 artworks from artists both famous and emerging, including Ed Ruscha, KAWS, Gary Baseman, Mark Mothersbaugh, Basquiat, Baldessari, Brenna Youngblood, and more, with the ability to bid on the works to help raise funds for the organization, which provides health care services to over 45,000 Southern Californians. Or simply to go stare at. April 15-May 1, 12-6pm, 395 Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, CA
Saturday, April 16 ~ Torrance
Smog City Brewing will celebrate its 11th birthday at its Torrance taproom with a “huge” beer list chock with rare and vintage ales, the release of a new 11th Anniversary IPA, live music, food, vendors, a dunk tank for charity, raffles, y mas. 12pm, 1901 Del Amo Blvd. Torrance, Ca. 90501
Saturday, April 16 ~ Fairfax
Compton barbecue legend Kevin Bludso just came out with his first cookbook and will prepare recipes from it at Bludso’s on Saturday at a dinner of smoked leg of lamb, BBQ oysters, smoked curried oxtails, Wagyu brisket, and more. Guests go home with a signed copy of “Bludso's BBQ Cookbook: A Family Affair in Smoke and Soul.” $95, 7-10pm, 609 N La Brea Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036, reservations here
It’s grunion season. That time of year when a certain silvery fish ditches the water to flop around and spawn on the beach. And you get to go see them do this, as April is merely an observation month. Catching and eating them season comes in June. Anyway, here’s a list of the best L.A. and O.C. beaches for tripping out on this natural phenomenon. 10:20pm-12:20am
The K Line is Metro's newest light rail line that cruises through the heart of Black Los Angeles, from Nipsey Square to Leimert Park. The taco scene along this route is all about hustle, featuring some of the cities must under-the-radar community gems like a historic L.A. taquería with a killer red salsa, lightly crunchy "enchilada tacos," and so much more. Next stop: flavor.
A local news station scanned Google, TikTok, and other online reviews to cherry-pick a handful that calls the Boulevard "grubby, slightly scary... dirty, unsafe" and "one of the worst tourist attractions on the planet." We weighed in on the subject.
This may be the last generation of beautifully grimy punk bars and venues in a city that is overdeveloping all of these counterculture community spaces into the post-gentrification abyss. Go and support by buying drinks at all these places to make sure they stick around for the next generation.