Weekly What To Do: We're So Tired From AX

Dine LA Restaurant Week

With over 400 participating restaurants across LA, celebrate Dine LA Restaurant Week with lunches and dinners starting at $15 from July 12-26

Outdoor Movies at the Skirball: Pan's Labyrinth

Friday, July 12, 8:30 pm

Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90049

$20 General

 

Maestro of the Movies:
The Music of John Williams and More
Hollywood Bowl

Jul 12-14
2301 N. Highland ave
Los Angeles, CA 90068 

$$ 

Legendary composer John Williams curates three magical nights of movie music with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Maestro David Newman leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a memorable program that includes Williams’ iconic scores from Star Wars to Superman as well as music from Hollywood’s Golden Age, featuring a selection of film clips.

Please Note: Due to a recent health concern, from which he is expected to make a full recovery, John Williams will be unable to perform.

 

Seven Samurai 70th Anniversary 4K Restoration

OPENS FRIDAY, JULY 12
IN LOS ANGELES AT LAEMMLE ROYAL

We are screening The Seven Samurai with an intermission of approximately five minutes beginning at minute 112.

Bookish - Solo Exhibition and Signing by Susie Ghahremani Begins Saturday July 13th

 

InFocus: Canadian Cinema

Saturday, July 13 · 3 - 10pm

South Park Center
1139 S Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90015

 $10 – $30

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) hosts its annual InFocus: Canadian Cinema program, with support from Telefilm Canada.

 

Ever Present: Joan Jonas, Mirror Piece I & II (1969/2024), on Saturday July 13 and Sunday July 14, 2024 at 4 p.m. Featuring Joan Jonas, a groundbreaking contemporary multimedia artist 

 Getty Center

Arrival Plaza
Free

Downtown Decades in Downtown Alhambra: 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's

Saturday, July 13th

Downtown Alhambra - Main St., Alhambra

Free

Whether you're a disco diva, a neon fanatic, a grunge guru, or a millennial maven, we've got something for everyone as we journey through the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000's & 2010's.

Hold onto your scrunchies, because the fun doesn't stop there! Our local businesses on Main Street are getting in on the action, each celebrating their favorite decade with specials, discounts, and throwback vibes. Plus, don't miss our decades hub located at 28 West, open from 7pm to 11pm! Please note that the event at 28 West is 21+.

SUGOI! A Japanese Cultural Event

Sun Jul 14 2024 

324 N Orange St, 324 North Orange Street, Glendale

$60 and up

Mount Wilson Observatory Presents The
Third Offering in its 7th Season of
Sunday Afternoon Concerts in the Dome
Featuring Eclipse Quartet w/
Sara Parkins, Sarah Thornblade, Alma Fernandez and Maggie Parkins
Held Inside the Historic Dome of the 100-Inch Telescope
Sunday, July 14, 2024
Performances at 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM

The Sklar Brothers: TAG IT!
Monday, Jul 15, 8pm

Largo at the Coronet
Los Angeles, CA

$46

 

The Sklar Brothers host this unique stand-up show where their funny friends perform sets as the brothers backstage and, in real time, write tags for their friends’ bits. After each set, the Sklar Brothers come on stage and pitch the comedians their tags. This show gives audiences insight into the type of riff session that happens in comedy club green rooms all over the world. The Sklars pull back the curtain as to what it feels like to be in a writer’s room or green room when comedians pitch each other tags and riff in real time. Tag it! A new way to present stand-up comedy in its actual process.

 

Extra: 

 

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.

 

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.

 

Film

Cine Insomnia@Nuarte

Do you have Cine Insomnia? We have the cure! Join us at Landmark's Nuart Theatre for midnight weekend programs ranging from classic anime and horror to sci-fi favorites, offbeat musicals, cult sensations and more!

 

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.

The Montalban Rooftop Movies

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

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

 

Giant Robot Biennale 5

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.

 

 

 Yes, KAWAII is Art
-EXPRESS YOURSELF-

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.

 

Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form

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