Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Weekly What To Do: E3 & The LA Film Festival

E3 Guide
June 13 through the week
All over LA
Check out our guide of what's related to gaming this week.
 -Game Realms E3 Sale Event!
 -Layton Cafe One-Day LA June 14
- Sh*t Arcade: Comedians Play Bad Games Jun 15





LA Film Fest 2017
June 14-22
Multiple ArcLights
$

A wide selection of films for the LA Film Festival this year. We wish there was a higher number of films we really want to see, but, not that many strange, horror or Japanese films made the cut.

Sleepless: The Music Center After Hours
June 16, 2017
11:30 p.m. - 3:00 a.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall
$20 ONLINE
$30 DOOR
Parking is $5 after 8:00 p.m.

This Sleepless: The Music Center After Hours explores the living maze of Walt Disney Concert Hall with all its curious angles and hidden spaces. See the hall transformed by DJs, sonic experiences, projections, dance parties and interactive installations with rare access to the hall’s backstage areas and private rooms. Stay up, get lost and find yourself.

K-Town Night Market 2017
June 16-17
Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools
701 South Catalina Street
Los Angeles, CA 90005
$2-$5
$6 parking

"It’s one of the ultimate places in the West Coast to experience traditional Korean street food along with the latest kpop trend! The event will be held at the Robert F Kennedy Community Schools - in one of the most energetic neighborhoods in LA - Koreatown."

A Night in Focus: Garden Party
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Norton Simon Museum
411 West Colorado Boulevard
Pasadena, California 91105
Free with admission

Celebrate the start of summer with the Museum’s annual garden party. Spend an evening exploring the sights and sounds of the Sculpture Garden, inspired by Monet’s Giverny. Enjoy live music in the Garden CafĂ©, pick up drawing supplies and sketch en plein air or create your own potpourri satchel with flowers and herbs found in the Sculpture Garden.

OC Night Market
Fri, Jun 16: 4PM-12AM
Sat, Jun 17: 4PM-12AM
Sun, Jun 18: 4PM-11PM
OC Fair and Events Center
88 Fair Dr
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Happy Hour Admission: Friday, 4pm-6pm $3
All other times: $5
Children 6 and under free
$8 Parking

A huge outdoor market with plenty good eats and probably lesser booths selling garbage

THE BAD BATCH
Preview Screening
Date/Time: 7:00 P.M. on Friday, June 16th, 2017
Location: The Ray Stark Family Theatre, SCA 108, George Lucas Building, USC School of Cinematic Arts Complex, 900 W. 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007

Followed by a Q&A with Ana Lily Amirpour, Moderated by David Lerner. The highly anticipated follow-up to Amirpour’s acclaimed directorial debut, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, THE BAD BATCH follows Arlen (Suki Waterhouse) as she is unceremoniously dumped in a Texas wasteland fenced off from civilized society. While trying to orient her unforgiving environment, she is captured by a savage band of cannibals and quickly realizes she'll have to fight her way through her new reality. As Arlen adjusts to life in 'the bad batch' she discovers that being good or bad mostly depends on who you're standing next to.

Global Reddit Meetup Day 2017
June 17, 11:30 am – 6:00 pm
Grand Park, Downtown Los Angeles
Free

Global reddit Meetup Day is an annual event where redditors from all around the world get together in their respective cities for an afternoon of fun, games, socializing, eating and drinking.



L.A. Dessert Festival 2017
Sat, June 17, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Cooper Design Space
860 South Los Angeles Street
Floor 11
Los Angeles, CA 90014
$15 – $50

A foodie dessert event for those who want some of the well known treats around LA. Not our top choices for treats, but to each their own.
  
TacoLAndia
June 17, 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
El Pueblo de Los Angeles
125 Paseo de la Plaza
Los Angeles, CA  
$50 - $65 
21+

Over 120 taco vendors will be onsite sampling the tacos that have been in their families for generations!
 
LA Beer Week
June 17-25
Various Locations

"For one week, local breweries, bars, restaurants and other venues host events celebrating the culture of craft beer in our community."

Pasadena Chalk Art Festival
June 17-18, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
300 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91101
Free

Check out some beautiful art with plenty activities for the kids.

The Lawnmower Man Signing
Tuesday, June 20th 7:00 PM
Dark Delicacies
3512 W. Magnolia, Burbank, CA 91505

 Director Brett Leonard (Virtuosity, Feed, Man-Thing) appears at Dark Delicaciesto sign the blu-ray of THE LAWNMOWER MAN.