For two days only at LA Live in DTLA, you'll have the chance to win a limited-edition Stranger Things Xbox Series S. Like the Stranger Things Store
that opened at the Americana last fall, the Netflix x Xbox pop-up is
open to the public—no reservation required—and will feature escape
room-like elements and stock show memorabilia.
An official report from Hawkins National Lab (HNL) has unearthed
special Xbox prizes within the Upside-Down. Those who accept the
challenge will focus their energy on the rift and feel their power surge
through the space. Their final score will unlock tiered rewards
including the custom Stranger Things Xbox Series S console,
Xbox game passes for one month of gameplay, and gift cards for one month
of Netflix. Recruits who complete the mission can claim their prize
from an HNL technician and snap a picture. Participants will also be
given Xbox gameplay opportunities while guests can shop Stranger Things 4 memorabilia at the Netflix Shop Truck.
An onsite QR code will allow attendees to register alongside a ticker
alerting them of how many consoles are left to retrieve from the
Upside-Down. All registrations and prizes are limited and will be
rewarded on a first-come-first-served basis.
Netflix x Xbox Stranger Things 4 Rift Experience at Xbox Plaza LA Live, 741-775 Chick Hearn Ct., L.A., 90015; Thursday, May 26 and Friday, May 27 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Howdy, enjoy the extra day off and explore the city or the desert!
Pioneertown International Film Festival
May 27-29
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And just another reminder that if you head out to the desert, specifically Pioneertown, you'll be at the first Pioneertown International Film Festival. Which will have a Pie Duel, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West special screening, and some new and old cowboy films, live music and more.
Oh, and dressing up like a cowboy or cowgirl would totally be fine.
Not that far from Palm Springs to chill before or after or just head off to Joshua Tree.
LA Fleet Week is an annual, multi-day celebration of our nation’s Sea
Services held on the LA Waterfront at the Port of Los Angeles over the
extended Memorial Day Weekend. Lots of fun for the entire family. And best of all, the weekend event is FREE to the general public!
*PROOF OF FULL VACCINATION IS REQUIRED UPON ENTRY. NAME ON VACCINATION CARD MUST MATCH YOUR ID.*
A furry free-for-all of a horror marathon -- an arkful of angry animals here to clear the decks of humanity!
After
centuries of pollution and arrogance, it’s about time we’re taken out
by Mother Nature. As such, these six mystery feature films are stocked
to the gills with critters ready to unleash a bounty of guiltless
killing. So root for the rooster and rally for the rodents, as bands of
measly sapiens fend off creatures big and small -- and bigger!
Celebrate Memorial Day weekend with Main Street’s finest restaurants, bars, coffee shops, ice cream shops, and eateries at the 7th Annual “MAINopoly: A Taste of Main Street.”
This all ages event is an interactive take on the classic board game,
where every participating location you visit allows you to use
"MAINopoly dollars" for tastings, and earns you credit to fill your game
board map for a chance to win free prizes. Throw on your top hats and
monocles, get your “dice” ready, and make your way down Main Street for a
culinary walking tour of Main Street's finest eateries! A portion of
all proceeds benefits the Main Street Business Improvement District.
Tickets are $15 presale and $25 entry at the door.
Kicking off Memorial Day Weekend on May 29 and lasting through September
4, Sunday Boat House brings the pool party experience to the westside
with live DJs, dancing, plus an outdoor bar and restaurant. Skip the
heat and head towards the ocean, where Del Rey Swim Club delivers an
incredible afternoon paired with panoramic marina views. Sunday
Boathouse takes place every Sunday and will have occasional themed
events like Wild West, Neon Fiesta, Jungle Fever, and more.
Comprising
approximately 400 works, including an unprecedented number of loans
from the Museo del Oro in Bogota, this groundbreaking exhibition
presents the diversity and materiality of ancient Colombian cultures and
reframes how we approach ancient Colombian art. With the European
conquest, Indigenous cultures and knowledge, based on millennia of
intellectual efforts, were disregarded as crude superstition. The Portable Universe
is designed to recapture some of that knowledge and to envelop the
works with life and meaning, inviting visitors into a cultural dialogue
that spans both space and time.
Getty Center Museum presents two new exhibitions, The Lost Murals of Renaissance Romeand Judy Baca: Hitting the Wall. On
view May 31 through September 4, 2022, the complementary exhibitions
highlight the long history of mural art across the globe, from
Renaissance Rome to downtown Los Angeles.
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.
The ever indie movie theater that looked like an airport hub in the lobby sadly closed with little fanfare on Sunday. The Landmark Pico has closed. Attached to a dead mall that's now Google offices it looks like it couldn't reach a deal with the landlords.
We must have reported hundreds of events for special screenings and Q&A's at that theater. And it was another place in LA you could sit down or lounge out to see an indie. It will be missed.
Free Screenings courtesy of NEON’s CRIMES OF THE FUTURE
Films include: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, EASTERN PROMISES, EXISTENZ, VIDEODROME, DEAD RINGERS, THE FLY and CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (1970)
*Looks like a ton of these sold out, but there'll be wait by lines.
Getty Center Extends Saturday Hours to 8 PM.Visitors can once again see the sunset from Getty Center. Admission to the Getty Center is always free; advanced reservations are required.
Beginning June 18, the Getty Center will stay open until 8 pm on
Saturdays year-round, creating an opportunity to enjoy the sunset from
the iconic hilltop location.
The Restaurant will also serve dinner on Saturday evenings for the first time in more than two years.
Parking, normally $20, is reduced to $15 after 3pm and $10 after 6pm.
Evening hours also provide a great opportunity to take advantage of Pay Once, Park Twice where visitors can hop from one Getty location to another in one day, using the same parking ticket.
Rick and Morty: The Anime is coming from the director of the other two anime shorts, Takashi Sano (Tower of God) to Adult Swim. It'll be 10 episodes and has nothing to do with the previous shorts. Not much else on details other than it's been green-lit, so no timeline for when it'll come out.
Takashi Sano got a pretty good deal, because he has another anime headed to Adult Swim. Here's the synopsis, seems dark as Hell.
Ninja Kamui follows Joe Higan who is a Nukenin
- a former ninja who escaped his clan and is hiding from his violent
past in rural America with his family. One night, he is ambushed by a
team of assassins from his former organization who exact a bloody
retribution on Joe and his family for betraying their ancient code.
Rising from his seeming “death,” Joe will re-emerge as his former self -
Ninja Kamui - to avenge his family and friends. Kamui is a 21st century
ninja, a shadowy anachronism who pits his ancient skills against
high-tech weaponry with brutal finesse. He must face off against trained
assassins, combat cyborgs, and rival ninjas to bring down the very clan
that made him.
Spy X Family is out on Crunchyroll and we think episode 5 so far is the best. A crazy sitcom-esque series where the Dad is a super spy, the Mom is an assassin and their cute-as-Hell daughter is a psychic, who can read your thoughts. Oh, and only the daughter knows all their secrets.
In Episode 5, Anya, the daughter, gets into a prestigious school and to celebrate, Loid, the Dad has his secret spy organization take over a castle theme park and try and stop him from rescuing, Anya as her reward. The animation, music and plot work all to well in this crazy rescue the princess scenario thought up by a little girl.
Check out the ending theme to show, oddly has a lot of love for posh furniture. A friend said it's all mid century modern furniture. Guess an animator really loves designing backgrounds in the show.
Hideaki Anno's (Evangelion) Kamen Rider film has a poster and a teaser trailer, it seems really low tech. The film looks downright student made. Oddly, the evil organization of Shocker is mentioned on the poster as something it's totally not.
"...SHOCKER, an all-loving secret society that pursues happiness for all humanity." What does it all mean? We won't know for a year and some change when it comes out in Japan and then eventually gets released in the West.
Chainsaw Man looks like it's gonna be a fun one when it comes out.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
* 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.
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.
