Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Weekly What To Do: Y'Know What's Coming, Starts with an O, But For Now That O Is For One Piece


HOLLYWOOD STREET CLOSURES FOR 2026 
OSCARS® WEEK

To accommodate the construction of press risers and pre-show stages along the Oscars red carpet, all lanes of Hollywood Boulevard are closed from Orange Drive to Highland Avenue from 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, March 5, until 6 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
 
 2026 Oscar® Nominee Spotlights at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures March 6-14
 
 
This program includes screenings of the nominated short films and panel conversations with select nominated feature filmmakers leading up to the 98th Academy Awards. 

March 6 | 6:30pm | Breaking the Oscars Ceiling 
March 7 | 11am | Animated Short Film
March 7 | 4pm | Animated Feature Film
March 8 | 11am | Documentary Short Film 
March 9 | 7pm | Live Action Short Film
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 


 
 

 
Holi & the Beach: LA's Biggest Festival of Colors
Saturday, Mar 7 from 11:30 am to 4 pm
Seaside Lagoon Redondo Beach
200 Portofino Way, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
$12.24 as of writing this
 
A Holi experience like no other on the BEACH! Saturday March 7th. Join 6,000 people, food, vendors + colors & Celebrity DJ Lineups!
 
“Virtue and Vice: Allegory in European Drawing,” an exhibition exploring how European artists from
the 16th to 19th centuries made drawings to criticize bad behavior as well as praise virtuous actions. 

On view at the Getty Center from March 3 through June 7, 2026, the exhibition features 32 drawings that range from straightforward examples of charity, lust and greed, to complex allegories that depict virtue, decadence and friendship. These drawings were meant to be emotionally moving and taught lessons that condemned sinful behavior or praised honorable deeds.
 
First Fridays | 20th Anniversary Season — First Fridays celebrates 20 years as Los Angeles’ premier museum after-hours experience, where exclusive nighttime access to NHM brings music, science and culture together for an engaging evening of conversation and community. Throughout the night, guests are free to explore the Museum at their own pace, exploring galleries and exhibitions with live music, DJs, topical discussions, signature cocktails, pop-up experiences, and much more. More information is available at nhm.org/firstfridays.

Schedule: March 6 sold out
April 3, May 1. 6-10 pm.

Admission: $30 for Public | $20 for Members
 
 
The opening reception each month is the first Thursday of the month from 6 to 10 p.m., now it's March 5th.
 
DTLA Artnight is a cultural gathering and art walk organized monthly on first Thursdays where over 25 Galleries debut new exhibitions from their fine arts collections. These collections encompass a wide array of mediums from artists across LA, the U.S. and the world. 
 
 
55th Annual Dana Point Festival of Whales, taking place March 6-8. This year marks a major milestone, the 55th anniversary of one of the world’s longest‑running whale festivals, and the lineup is packed with community favorites, including the return of the Magical Migration Parade, the three‑day Carnival, the Concert on the Water and a full schedule of family‑friendly activities, lectures, art experiences and marine‑focused events. 
 
Sat, Mar 7 • 10 am
Pershing Square
532 S Olive St
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Free
 

 
 
Saturday March 7th, 8:00 pm
Redcat
$15.00 - $27.00 including fees
 
GRAMMY-nominated orchestral collective Wild Up presents The Odes, an evening that traces a living lineage of experimentation—from the Baroque’s theatrical excess to modernist innovation and contemporary music’s daring invention. The program unfolds as a conversation across centuries, where the oldest music feels the most new, and the newest pieces make tradition strange again.
 
On view: March 7, 2025 – March 28, 2026
Opening Reception:
Saturday, March 7th 6-10pm
DOVIE GOLDEN
Mood Swings
ERICA ROSE LEVINE
It Takes A Village
HEATERS
Group Exhibition
The Fresh Series (Session Eleven)
Spotlight on Local Creatives (with Marciano Ceballos | Darnell Waine | David Erven)
THINKSPACE PROJECTS
4217 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90016
 
 
 
Little Tokyo Flea Market x Studio Ghibli
Sunday, March 8, 12:00PM – 5:00 PM
Little Tokyo Galleria Mall
{ 1st & 2nd Floor + Outdoor Area }
333 S Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90013

 50+ AMAZING VENDORS 
Ghibli inspired merch and collectibles 
Ghibli themed Art
Flash Tattoos
 
 
 
CLEAN PLATE CLUB
Sunday, Mar 8, 2026, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Dynasty Typewriter
2511 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057
Doors 6:30pm | 18+ General Admission Tickets:
General Admission - $25 Adv / $30 Day of Show
SPLASH ZONE - $65 (Includes very limited, first rows preferred seating and two courses from the show - one before the intermission, the second after intermission)

Delectable improv with Bobby Moynihan and friends. 
Plus live cooking on stage! from Dinner Time Live's Chris Ying!
With Special Guests
    Ryan Asher
    Angela Giarratana
    Eugene Cordeo
    Lily Sullivan 
    Tim Baltz


 
Film 
 
Thursday Mar 5, 2026 7:30 PM
HAMMER MUSEUM
Free for good
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
90024

In person: Brother Mouth, Nicholas Buckwalter, Danae Gosset, Conner Griffith, Craig Melville, Lost Noise, and Najeeb Tarazi. Followed by a courtyard after-party with a DJ set by Eno.

The Flux Screening Series brings the creative community together for a night of outstanding short films and music videos, featuring wildly inventive filmmaker presentations and performances. 
 
Nollywood In Hollywood March 6-7 is an annual showcase of the best three Nigerian films to the
Hollywood film industry, Nigerians in the Diaspora, and cinema audiences in Los Angeles. Arguably Nigeria’s biggest cultural showcase outside Nigeria, it was founded by Nigerian-American filmmaker, Ose Oyamendan and co-presented by O2A Media, Inc. alongside two of the most prestigious institutions in Hollywood, the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California and the American Cinematheque. The initiative includes seminars, training programs, and networking events.

 
CINE INSOMNIA IN MARCH - JAPANESE CINEMA
In Japanese with English subtitles

Fri, Mar 6: TAMPOPO (1985) A film by Juzo Itami. The first Japanese Noodle Western!

Fri, Mar 13: SAMURAI I: MUSASHI MIYAMOTO (1954) Starring Toshiro Mifune. First in director Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy!

Fri, Mar 20: LADY SNOWBLOOD: LOVE SONG OF VENGEANCE (1974) Director Toshiya Fujita’s sequel to LADY SNOWBLOOD!

Fri, Mar 27: TOKYO STORY (1953) A film by Yasujiro Ozu.
 
SAT MAR 7, 2026 2:00 PM
Aero Theatre | Episodes 1-8
$27.00 (member) ; $32.00 (general admission)

‘TWIN PEAKS: The Complete Series’
 
 
 
 
 
March 7 - April 4, 2026
Multiple Theaters
$

Series | THE APOSTLE, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, TENDER MERCIES, APOCALYPSE NOW: FINAL CUT, TRUE GRIT, WIDOWS, NETWORK, TRUE CONFESSIONS, THE GODFATHER, THE GODFATHER PART II, THE PAPER

 
Sunday, Mar 8 from 7:30 pm to 11 pm
Killer Fitness
822 N Hollywood WayBurbank, CA
$9.31

Get ready to travel back to the 90s with a sci-fi thriller that promises aliens, action, and a whole lot of Dolph!!! Join us for a wacky night of futuristic crime fighting with the 1990 classic I Come In Peace aka Dark Angel!
 
 
Tuesday, March 10th
Select Theaters
$ 
 
*If there are seats left, go to The Egyptian 
 
Netflix’s epic high-seas pirate adventure, ONE PIECE, returns for Season 2—unleashing fiercer adversaries and the most perilous quests yet. Luffy and the Straw Hats set sail for the extraordinary Grand Line—a legendary stretch of sea where danger and wonder await at every turn. As they journey through this unpredictable realm in search of the world’s greatest treasure, they’ll encounter bizarre islands and a host of formidable new enemies. A special limited theatrical screening of the first two episodes of the new season, ONE PIECE: INTO THE GRAND LINE.
 
 
 
 
Even More To Do:
 
   
Free Hours at the Autry
Every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-4 p.m.
Update: During this Wildfire season, The Autry closes off, please check day of event

Let the Autry cover your next visit with Free Hours at the Autry. Every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-4 p.m. will be free to all Autry visitors. Enjoy access to all the Autry's exhibitions including Imagined Wests, Reclaiming El Camino and more by reserving your spot today!
 

Thanks to the generous support of the Autry Foundation, Free Hours at the Autry* are every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-4 p.m.
 
UCB, a cheapo comedy show almost every night, see comedians before they make podcasts and have
stories about the UCB and before they hit the big time.



 
Little Tokyo Farmers' Market Saturdays
9:00 am - 2:00 pm every Sat
Isamu Noguchi Plaza
244 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Free
 
"Join us at the Little Tokyo Farmers’ Market, a vibrant new Saturday tradition in the heart of Little Tokyo. Presented in partnership by JACCC and Food Access LA, this weekly market brings together fresh, affordable produce, rich cultural experiences, and meaningful community connection."
 

 

American Cinematheque-A celebrated independent theater group that brings both the talent and catalog of films to make for some of LA's best movie nights.
 


Check out classics and cult movies just a few stories above street level. Rooftop Movies at The Montalbán. & Rooftop Cinema Club

 New Bev-Tarantino owned independent theater with old school style
 
Brain Dead Studios-manages to fill its schedule almost every night
611 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
 
Vidiots -A one-of-a-kind hub for film lovers, filmmakers, and everyone curious about cinema. A small theater is more than made-up for with the constant content and special screenings.
4884 Eagle Rock Blvd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Monday, March 2, 2026

The Glen Brogan Show 2026

Another year, another Glen Brogan Show. We love this guy's work. We're assuming, other than online, you'll be able to grab his stuff at WonderCon, later this month.

Sexy pin-up ladies with childhood nostalgia could be Glen's medium. But, it's expanded to fandom of sexy ladies today also.

We wish Hero Complex Gallery had some opening event for this, but no physical store no more...sigh.

Still, check out the new stuff from Glen over on the Hero Complex site. 



 

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Friday, February 27, 2026

Scream 7: No 7-Eleven Deal, That's On You Paramount

 

Scream 7 could have had a great boost with some marketing push from 7-Eleven. I mean we reported last year on Jurassic Rebirth at 7-Eleven. It was great marketing...but, a terrible movie.

We saw Scream 7 on Thursday night. Not sure, what people were thinking it be, but we can tell you the audience and us enjoyed it. And, loved worrying who would be killed and warned people to not do dumb things. Like every fun slasher movie.

The only thing to nitpick was maybe a lack of meta-commentary on horror. But eh, another fun slasher movie. That builds off of the other films in the series if you know them.

However, if you do see it, you might get your first chance to see the trailer for Scary Movie 6, which seems to be tied to it, since they're both from Paramount. 

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Ride The D, C'Mon Metro & Scary Hebrew Is Funny Hebrew In Ghost Train

 

C'mon, Metro, really? Ahh, it's why we love you guys. The very real, Ride The D shirts are avaible now from the LA Metro with the announcement that the D line will be finished this year, May 8th. 

If you're not getting the joke it's a double entendre. Ride the D is another way of saying Riding D*CK. But, it works fine here too on Riding the new D line.


"Service along the 3.9-mile Section 1 corridor includes three new stations: Wilshire/La Brea and Wilshire/Fairfax — which bookend Los Angeles’ famed Miracle Mile — and Wilshire/La Cienega in Beverly Hills. Each station will have a landscaped plaza at street level, elevators and escalators, wide platforms and are fully ADA accessible. There will be bike parking and easy connections to local bus lines." more info check out The Source, LA Metro's Blog.

 


 


Talking about subways, gotta go over the funniest sight of Hebrew we've seen ever, where it might be written in blood. Just released to streaming and on Netflix is South Korea's Ghost Train. An anthology horror movie set around a spooky subway station. Towards the end, we nearly started laughing at the site of Hebrew depicted as demonic or some sort of spooky lettering.

It's sort of a inverse of how we use Asian movies and their written languages, as something foreign to be spooky. Since, we're assuming, Judaism and Hebrew aren't very prevalent there, it might seem like mystical writing. 

There's also no context for it being there, like there's not curse relating to Hebrew or the Bible or anyone whose Jewish or was practicing Judaism or really any Western beliefs. 

From an attempt with Google Translate it might just be passages just taken from the Bible.

We hope someone on the production staff thought it looked cool. It looks like Hebrew School to us, totally took us out of the already kind of underwhelming horror film. So close to being good, but then you added Hebrew making it better. Hire a real Jewish writer next time, it'll improve your movie. L'Chaim!

 Ghost Train is out now.


 

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99Cent Group Art Show til Mar 1st

 

99Cent Group Art Show
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. until Sunday, March 1
6121 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90048  
Free 
 
There's a huge group show of art happening right next to Museum Row. Check out a store's worth of different artist, with some tributes to the defunct 99 Cent store chain.
 
More on it over at LA TACO & Laist 
 
From VernissageTV's video above- "Artist Barry McGee, in collaboration with galleries Jeffrey Deitch and The Hole, has curated an exhibition showcasing work by over 100 artists: paintings, sculptures, illustrations, and performances. Held in conjunction with Frieze Week Los Angeles, the exhibition displays over 4,000 works from floor to ceiling of the former 99-cent store, preserving the character of the space with its cash registers, refrigerators, and merchandise shelves.

The 99Cent exhibition presents Barry McGee originals, artworks from his personal collection and contributions from over 100 artists, including KATSU, Chito, Ruben Preciado, Gary Baseman, Tom Franco, Lauren Halsey and many more. The show runs until March 1, 2026."
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KPop Demon Hunters Annie Awards Winners & Coming To Criterion Collection & New Evangelion Series Coming

 
 
KPop Demon Hunters won best feature at the Annie Awards and in 9 other categories this year. You might recall the Anni Awards is like the Oscars of the animation industry. We've covered it over the years for how...fun and strange the ceremony was. However, Covid caused it to become an online event, which was in no way as as fun as seeing animators and voice actors come out in person to compaling and pick up awards. We're glad it's back.
 
To see the full list check out The Hollywood Reporter's Coverage.
 
 
 

Another win for KPop Demon Hunters is the news it'll becoming part of the vaunted Criterion Collection. As we were explaining to friends, any movie selected for the Criterion Collection makes it a big deal. Criterion prides itself at being the best release of the film quality wise with the best features like commentary and special extras, like hot it was made or behind the scenes footage.

Just being part of the collection is kind of an honor to any filmmaker.

  

Evas back, back again? What was pretty much a wrap-up with the last film has not stopped the Evangelion franchise from stopping. Now we're getting a new anime from some of the people who made the NieR game. Yeesh, this is gonna be dark, but probably with some crazy good mech battle animation, let's see where it goes. 

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Thursday, February 26, 2026

Game Hype: Steam Next Fest, Gun Nose, Katamari Miso Bowl and Spoon & Umbrella Noodles

 

 

Steam Next Fest is going on now, be sure to check out the demos for all the game coming out soon.

 

Vampire Crawlers is one of those games and it is super addictive.


Love Eternal is out and oodles of creepy. 

People are excited for the Gun Nose Kickstarter. They're digging those old-fashioned noir detective vibes only robots can provide

 


Once Upon a KATAMARI - Miso Bowl and Spoon is the funniest product for a video game for some time. Modeled on the cousin who literally has a head of miso soup for a head. It's available for purchase this March.

In other video game soup related news. Resident Evil’s Umbrella Corporation filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against ramen maker Nissin. Or at least it did in the marketing for the new game Resident Evil Requiem. Check out the commercial and more info here.


Marvel VS Capcom: Ultimate Complete Works is finally out from UDON.

Collecting the videogame crossover artwork of two tintanic franchises: Marvel and Capcom, in a new
updated and upgraded edition! Read more about it here and check out the commercial.

New updated & upgraded hardcover edition, with over 140 new pages!

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