Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Weekly What To Do: Get You Dad A Taco Or A Tie Or Taco Tie!

*Yo, don't forget it's Father Day, Sunday! Go grab your Dad a card & a ridiculous tie.
 

It's creepy and it's kooky, messed-up and kind of spooky...no more to rhyme, I'm afraid. The Hollywood Fringe Festival returns to LA June 13th-30th to show off the strangest of plays, musicals and everything in-between. For a crowd wanting to see utter nonsense you have a choice between almost 400 Shows to choose from. Another reason people check it out, tickets can be from the price of free to $15 on average.
Check out our top picks

The Boys are back for Season 4 on Prime Thursday, June 13th.



Chocolate Talk & Tasting/ Thursday, June 13, 2024 | 6–8 pm/Natural History Museum/$20 General Admission /As the last of three evening events designed to further expand upon the ongoing ChocoLAte: From Beans to Bliss online video series, “For Love, Family & Chocolate'' will take a deep look at the connections between community, cultural traditions and chocolate. With a focus on allowing guests to explore and build connections over chocolate, each guest will also receive a chocolate tasting from Uncle Eddie’s Vegan Cookies and Guelaguetza with admission. While the ChocoLAte video series will continue to share the stories behind these local chocolatiers and influential figures, the Talk & Tasting series presents an opportunity to meet and directly learn from these experts.


HellmouthCon, a global fandom event, set for June 14th-16th, 2024, at Torrance High School, the filming location for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." This event symbolizes a mystical convergence of fandom cultures.Reimagined as a one-day extravaganza as we rebuild from the pandemic, the HellmouthCon offers an array of weekend activities. Main location Torrance High Schoo l2200 W. Carson St. Torrance, CA 90501.
PARTCH Ensemble/ JUN 14-15/Redcat 631 W 2ND ST, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012/$25*

PARTCH Ensemble—the Grammy Award-winning  ensemble specializing in the music and instruments of the iconoclastic American Maverick composer Harry Partch—returns to REDCAT for their twentieth anniversary with an evening of alluring and powerful music performed on the extraordinary orchestra of instruments Partch designed and built himself.

Unicorn Overlord - Voice Actors Meet & Greet
Date: June 15th, 2024, Saturday, at 12 PM (noon) to 4 PM.
GAME REALMS
137 N Victory Blvd
Burbank CA 91502
$10 Admission Fee (Free Admission for kids under the age of 5.)

Voice actors featured:
Kylen Deporter @kylendeporter
Skyler Davenport
Bill Millsap @audiou4ia
Ben Balmaceda @benbevoicing
Rachelle Heger @bellachellular
Laura Post @laurapostvoice
Evan Michael Lee @evanmichaellee
Kira Buckland @killercoffeequeen
Brook Chalmers @brookchalmers
Christian La Monte @christianlamontevo
Bill Butts @billdozer77
Erica Mendez @tsunderica
Luis Bermudez @luisbermudezvo
Chris Hackney @chrishackneyggk

 

The Art of SKY Opening Reception / Jun 15, 1:00PM - 5:00PM. Exhibit location: 210 East Main St. Alhambra CA 9180 FREE admission. Walk-ins welcome, first come first serve. In celebration of the video game SKY and the launch of the new art of book. Nucleus and TGC is hosting a panel / exhibition event.
 
L.A. TACO’s 15th Annual Taco Madness! Saturday, June 15 · 6 - 11:59pm LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
501 North Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 L.A. TACO invites you to a grand quinceañera on Saturday, June 15th! It's the 15th-anniversary edition of our TACO Madness festival, taking place at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes in Downtown L.A. With 12 of L.A.’s favorite taquerias serving their best tacos, cold Boomtown Brewing beer and micheladas, some of our city’s best DJs, live graffiti art, and guest judges this will be our most bangin' taco festival yet! 21+ Event.
 

KCRW Summer Nights with LA Chinatown/ Jun 15 • 8:00 pm/
Chinatown’s Central & West Plazas 943 N. Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90012 / Free
 
Chinatown Summer Nights and Prime Video’s EXPATS present an authentic neon lit experience in one of Los Angeles’ oldest neighborhoods. Bring the family to celebrate New Chinatown’s 86th anniversary with their legacy merchants. Taste the culinary offerings of Chinatown with the chef driven concepts and dance the night away in Central Plaza with KCRW DJs Travis Holcombe and Jason Bentley.
 
Saturday June 15th from 12pm to 6pm for the second event of LotZilla Summer 2024! Bigger and badder then last month, we're coming in hot with a whole host of amazing vendors and cooling off with a DUNK TANK. Shirts! Jewelry! Tattoos! Miniatures! Musubi and More!  Revenge Of
3420 Eagle Rock Blvd, STE A, Los Angeles, CA
 
 

3rd Annual Q Con/SATURDAY JUNE 15, 2024 11AM-6PM /Fiesta Hall in Plummer Park, 7377 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90046 /Free A celebration of queer comics and cosplay pride! Special appearances by: X-Men '97 /Holly Chou (voice of Jubilee)/ JP Karliak (voice of Morph)
 
SIDESHOW: #SUMMERSESSIONS ep 1. road2summer
613 Imperial Street, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Saturday, Jun 15th, 2024 • 08:00 PM
$35

Avatar: The Last Airbender Night/ June 15, 2024 8:30 PM/The Autry Museum/$
 

Matthew Barney: An American Cinematheque Retrospective/ June 16 - July 9, 2024/ Egyptian Theatre/ Aero Theatre/ $/ CREMASTER 4, CREMASTER 1, CREMASTER 5, CREMASTER 2, CREMASTER 3/ Totally insane film series that isn't available online, the only way to fully see it is in theaters. And happens at the will of it's creator. The backstory behind the film series is crazy in it's own wright. Many say it's best to partake of herbs before seeing any of it.

2024 Palm Springs International ShortFest /  Jun 18 - Jun 24/Regal Palm Springs 789 E Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs, CA 92262. Here's our top picks for programs for the fest.

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OFF THE 405 is the Getty Center's annual outdoor summer concert series, bringing some of today's most exciting bands to the stage for a memorable experience amid stunning architecture and breathtaking sunset views.

 
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.
 


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.
 

Street Food Cinema-Outdoor cult or recent hits you'll love.

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


 New Bev-Tarantino owned independent theater with old school style

Cinelounge - Hollywood based tiny theater, showing off indies you've never heard of
 
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
 
 
Art
 
March 2-Sept 1
Japanese American National Museum
100 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Admission $

Giant Robot Biennale 5 features artists Sean Chao, Felicia Chiao, Luke Chueh, Giorgiko, James Jean,
Taylor Lee, Rain Szeto, and Yoskay Yamamoto, among others. Since 2007, JANM has partnered with Eric Nakamura, founder of Giant Robot, to produce the Giant Robot Biennale, a recurring art exhibition that highlights diverse creative works celebrating the brand’s ethos.
 
 
05.02.2024 (Thu.) – 11.03.2024 (Sun.)
JAPAN HOUSE Gallery, Level 2
Free
 
 “Yes, KAWAII is Art -EXPRESS YOURSELF-” is the first exhibition in which Masuda, known as the “King of Kawaii,” brings together multiple artworks unravelling the concepts within the phenomena while introducing his personal story of sharing kawaii with the world. Through his collection of artifacts from the origins of the culture and dazzling immersive art installations, visitors are invited to explore the cultural context and significance of the kawaii movement and step into the colorful world to feel the aesthetic for themselves, emphasizing its role in fostering a sense of joy, innocence, and community as a tool for self-expression and representation of a worldwide tribe to which we can all belong.
 
March 9, 2024 – September 8, 2024
Bowers Museum 
$ Admission
 
 Never-before-seen at a museum and making its American debut, Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form presents the largest ever selection of original artworks from Asian comics, displayed alongside their printed, mass-produced forms. This exhibition is a vivid journey through the art of comics and visual storytelling across Asia. From its historical roots to the most recent digital innovations, the exhibition looks to popular Japanese manga and beyond, highlighting key creators