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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Weekly What To Do: Let's Hope We Don't Have To Eat Bugs For Another Decade


DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA
Director Simon Curtis
Actors Elizabeth McGovern
& Allen Leech
Friday, May 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
May 20, 2022 -
May 22, 2022
Billy Wilder Theater
Free, Must Register
 
This year’s UCLA Festival of Preservation marks the 20th showcase of the rich breadth of recent preservation work by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Spread over a weekend, the Festival brings together a fantastic mix of documentary, musical, newsreel, comedy, animation, noir and drama to the big screen. With 10 features, seven shorts and four television programs, ranging from classic Hollywood to themes of social justice, the Festival exemplifies the Archive’s dedication and passion for preserving and making accessible our moving image history.
 
 

 

May 21 - Sep 25, 2022 
The Broad
221 S. Grand Avenue,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Tickets are $18 for adults, $12 for students (with valid student ID), and free for children 17 and under.
Regular admission is free, but this costs separate as it's a special exhibition. * I know, it's weird.
 
Takashi Murakami is back in town, we've covered his work over the years and his celebration of superflat. He might have never made his second Pokemon like movie, though we have heard Jellyfish Eyes 2 has started up production again;we always look with delight at what new idea he brings to the table with his anime style art.

"Murakami’s expansive artistic universe will be on view in Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow, the artist’s first solo exhibition at The Broad.

 
That's not all, as we have some talks with Murakami as well coming up for his exhibit.

Thursday, May 19, 2022 
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 
Aratani Theatre + Livestream on Facebook and YouTube 
Tickets $20
 
 In advance of the opening of the special exhibition Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow, The Broad presents an Un-Private Collection conversation between the iconic visual artist Takashi Murakami and the co-founder of RTFKT Studios Benoit Pagotto, moderated by The Broad’s Curator and Publications Manager Ed Schad.
 
Fri, May 20, 2022 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
JAPAN HOUSE Salon, Level 5
6801 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028 
 $25
Presented in conjunction with The Broad’s special exhibition Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow, on view May 21–September 25, 2022, this conversation with Etsuko Price—who with her husband Joe, amassed an unparalleled collection of traditional Japanese art focused on the Edo-period—and artist Takashi Murakami will explore how traditional Japanese painting has influenced and inspired Murakami’s creative practice.
 
 
May 21 - Sep 25, 2022 
The Broad
221 S. Grand Avenue,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Tickets are $18 for adults, $12 for students (with valid student ID), and free for children 17 and under.
Regular admission is free, but this costs separate as it's a special exhibition. * I know, it's weird.
 
Featuring over twenty artists, the special exhibition This Is Not America’s Flag spotlights the myriad ways artists explore the symbol of the flag of the United States of America, underscoring its vast, divergent, and complex meanings.
 
 
Saturday, May 21, 2022, at 6 pm
GETTY CENTER
Museum Courtyard 
Free | Advance ticket required
 
 Returning for the first time since 2019, the Getty’s free concert series Off the 405 is back with an impressive lineup, kicking off May 21 and running through August 27. Featured artists include Zsela, Bartees Strange, Los Retros, Hand Habits, and Standing on the Corner.
 
Concerts take place from 6 to 9 p.m. and attendees are welcome to arrive early, explore the Getty Center’s current exhibitions, bring a picnic, or purchase food and beverages onsite before the show begins. 
 
 Saturday, May 21 | 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm
 Santa Anita Park Infield (Enter Gate 6 off of Colorado Place – DIRECTIONS)
Admission:
$15 Online (includes Horse Racing Program)
$20 Walk-Up (includes Horse Racing Program)
Parking is FREE!

Taco Madness Vendors
Villa’s Tacos (2021 & 2022 LA TACO Madness Champions)
Teddy’s Red Tacos
Tacos Y Que
Macheen
Los Dorados
Tacos Don Cuco

 
Sat May 21-Sun May22
The Barker Hangar
3021 Airport Avenue
#Suite 203
Santa Monica, CA 90405 
$10-$30
 
The festival is designed for people who want more from a food festival than just tasting-sized portions and cooking demonstrations. The event features a highly curated group of local restaurants and exciting imports from across the country, serving food you won't find anywhere else. With live music throughout the day and panels from thought leaders and industry pioneers, EEEEEATSCON is as much about connecting with a community and getting inspired as it is about eating and being entertained.
 
May 21 & 22
The Natural History Museum
$ Admission
 
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM), is celebrating 36 years of Bug Fair! Join us back on-site for NHM's popular festival. Visit a variety of exhibitors and see everything from exotic insect collections to bug-related products. Come out to get crafty, experience up-close encounters with crawly creatures, learn all about the local bugs that call L.A. home, and more.
 
Start May 21st
Knott's Berry Farm 
Ghost Town Alive! and Knott’s Summer Nights is included with admission to Knott's Berry Farm
 
Your favorite town of Calico comes to life once again with the return of the award-winning, interactive Ghost Town Alive! Knott’s Summer Nights offers a variety of live music, classic summer eats and games for the whole family to enjoy. Guests will have the opportunity to enjoy a variety of top 40’s bands that rotate throughout the event at the Calico Mine Stage.
 
 
Knott’s Soak City Waterpark

Summertime at Knott's calls for a visit to Knott's Soak City Waterpark. With its longest season yet, the waterpark opens starting May 21 through September 18. Guests can catch a ride down 23 different speed, tube, and body slides or take a relaxing trip down one of the longest lazy rivers in the country. The 15-acre water park has something for each member of the family, an interactive kid's area, and for those more adventurous, The Wedge, a rip-roaring raft ride.
 
SATURDAY AT 12 PM – 6 PM
Revenge Of
3420 Eagle Rock Blvd Unit #1, Los Angeles, CA 90065
  Come join us in our parking lot for an afternoon of fun! We will have various vendors selling clothing, art, food, collectables and more. You will also find great sales on Revenge Of comics and gifts and exclusive drops of new Revenge Of merch!
 
 
Sunday May 22 and future Sundays
Mt Wilson Observatory
$50
 
The 100-inch telescope is the instrument with which astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered our place in an expanding universe and so expanded our comprehension. The dome for the telescope—designed by Chicago architect D.H. Burnham—is a 20th century temple to science whose acoustics rival the great cathedrals of Europe and provides a unique setting for this ambitious music series.
 

MON MAY 23, 2022 7:00 PM 
Los Feliz 3 | ‘Cinematic Void’ Series
$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) 
 
* Don't worry about watching the first two, they have nothing to do with each other anyway. This a totally over-the-top bonkers film you need to see.
 
Cannon Film Group closes out its Shô Kosugi ninja trilogy with this off the wall gonzo cocktail of martial arts mayhem meets THE EXORCIST. The spirit of an evil ninja possesses an aerobics instructor who is transformed into a killing machine. The only way to stop her is, another ninja of course. Also starring Lucinda Dickey of BREAKIN’ fame as the ninja possessed aerobics instructor and James Hong (BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, THE VINEYARD).
 
 

FINAL DAYS TO VIEW HAYAO MIYAZAKI
AT THE ACADEMY MUSEUM

Acclaimed Exhibition Closes Sunday, June 5
 
Hayao Miyazaki, the Academy Museum’s acclaimed exhibition, will close on June 5, 2022. Marking the first museum retrospective in North America dedicated to the legendary filmmaker and his work, the exhibition has been on view since the museum’s opening on September 30, 2021.

Smorgasburg Los Angeles
Every Sunday 
10am-4pm at @rowdtla
Free Entry, Family Friendly Beer Garden, No Pets.
 
Smorgasburg is the largest weekly open-air food market in America, with markets in Los Angeles attracting 50,000 people each weekend to eat from a hundred local vendors.
 
 
 
 
Largo, known for comedy shows. Grab some tickets before everything sells out. Many new shows from some of LA's top comedians. We see Bill Burr, Patton Oswalt, Pete Holmes and Sarah Silverman performing here to name a few.
 

Street Food Cinema

 

 
 
Electric Dusk Drive-In
 
 
Hollywood Legion Theater