LAaLALanders,
Sunrise, sunset… it’s the week before the holidays so get ready by enjoying this last weekend before the summer’s officially over.
Enjoy,
LAaLA
Sunrise, sunset… it’s the week before the holidays so get ready by enjoying this last weekend before the summer’s officially over.
Enjoy,
LAaLA
FRIDAY, 8.22.08
"TROUBLE THE WATER" LA OPENING NIGHT
“...It's not about a Hurricane. It's about America.” Danny Glover’s very different Katrina doc won the 2008 Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize and opens for a hopefully quite long run in LA.
7:30-9:30pm
$10 general admission, $7-9 Student, seniors, kids, matinees
Laemmle's Sunset 5
8000 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood 90046
323.848.3500
http://www.troublethewaterfilm.com/
KISS N GRIND Party
Phenomenal DJs Garth Trinidad & Vikter Duplaix throw it down at this monthly fiesta. There's even an art exhibit curated by Catalyst LA featuring works from Tishinia Suzuki and unknown artists from LA. Guys get in with preference if they enter with a woman.
$10 b4 Midnight, $15 after
10pm-3am
Cicada
617 South Olive Street
Los Angeles 90014
DANCE DOWNTOWN presents ANGEL LEBRON y SU SABOR LATINO
Get on the dance floor and learn how to do the Cha Cha & Salsa with one of our local bands…. The dance floor is provided (literally.)
Free
6:30-10pm
Music Center Plaza
135 North Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.musiccenter.org/
SATURDAY, 8.23.08
SIXTH ANNUAL CHALK ART FESTIVAL
This year’s theme is the Fanta-Sea and local artists go along and create chalk versions of underwater worlds. There will even be free chalk given to the first 150 registrants and chances to compete for prizes. The Free to be Me drum circle and Jimbo & the Bodacious Blues band perform right after the festival. Don’t forget to bring your own seating.
Free
12-8pm
Redondo Beach Pier
200 Portofino Way
Redondo Beach 90277
310.318.0631
SUMMER JUBILEE FESTIVAL presents TOWER OF POWER
Experience the powerful brassy sounds of Tower of Power (http://www.towerofpower.com/). Their biggest hits are “You're Still A Young Man”, “What Is Hip?”, “So Very Hard to Go”, and “You've Got To Be Having Fun”.
Free
6pm
2nd and Main Streets
Alhambra
http://www.cityofalhambra.org/government/parks_recreation/Jubilee08.html
SRI LANKA DAY in Santa Monica
Sample Sri Lankan food, watch the Sri Lanka Day Parade at 4pm filled with ethnic dancers, drummers, masked performers, a theatre elephant and flag bearers paying homage to their mainland’s annual ancient “Esala Perahera” parade that has major religious and cultural significance. Out of spiritual and sacred duty, all performers and elephants in the indigenous parade pledge to various Hindu kovils, Buddhist temples and individuals via volunteerism. Religiously, the event’s importance is because it’s dedicated to Buddha’s sacred tooth relic that is in custody of the “Temple of the Tooth” in the city of Kandy for the ruler of Sri Lanka and ensures the divine right to rule the land. The “Esala Perahera” parade is the only time when the sacred tooth relic is taken out of the temple. It is then carried in a casket on top of an elephant.
There will also be the Miss Sri Lanka America & Miss Teen Sri Lanka America pageants, a fashion show and teen dance crew performances on the stage at Broadway and 3rd Street.
Free
All day
Third Street Promenade
Santa Monica 90403
www.slday.com
BE-BOPPIN’ IN THE PARK
Burbank's Magnolia park neighborhood hosts this 4-block long street festival and vintage car show that usually draws 200 exhibitors and over 15,000 spectators. There will be live music from the Hot Red Trio, vendors and grub.
Free
3-9pm
2nd Annual Vintage Car Show & Festival
Magnolia Park between Hollywood Way & Catalina
Burbank
GRAND PERFORMANCES & KCRW RADIO presents daKAH HIP HOP
Enjoy this evening outdoor performance fusing music genres including singers, rappers, brass and woodwinds, congas, violas, sitar and guitars influenced by the nations of Cuba, India and Africa and jazz greats Mingus and Ellington.
Free
8pm
California Plaza
300-350 S Grand Ave
Los Angeles 90071
SK8OLOGY EXHIBITION
This exhibition mélanges fine art and the skateboard counter culture. There are 150 creative deck canvases from professional skaters and established active artists.
Free
7-10pm Opening Reception
ISM: A Community Project
540 East Broadway
Long Beach 90802
LACMA presents SCOTT MARTIN LATIN SOUL BAND
Famed because of his great 13 years with the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, saxophone maestro Scott Martin has also performed and recorded with Mongo Santamaria, Ray Charles, Maceo Parker, James Moody, and Arturo Sandoval. His group was recently the guest of honor to the King of Thailand at His Majesty's Summer Palace.
Free
5pm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Hancock Park (behind LACMA)
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles 90036
http://www.lacma.org/
68th ANNUAL LA NISEI (JAPAN) WEEK FESTIVAL featuring THE MAJOR LEAGUE EATING CHAMPIONSHIP
MLE World’s #2 ranking Patrick Bertoletti leads 18 hungry eaters vying for the new world record for most O’Tasty Foods gyoza potstickers consumed in 10 minutes. They’re competing for $1500 in cash and prizes.
Free
12:30pm
244 South San Pedro Street
Los Angeles 90012
http://www.niseiweek.org/
http://www.majorleagueeating.com/
SUNDAY, 8.24.08
CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC SUMMER SOUNDS CONCERT
Enjoy the works of Bach, Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla and other classics in this West Hollywood Park.
Free
4pm
Kings Road Park
1000 Kings Rd.
West Hollywood
CITY OF GARDENA SIXTH ANNUAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
This fest features Everett Harp, Phil Perry, Chris Standring, Paul Jackson Jr. and more talented Jazz artistes.
Free
12-7pm
Rowley Memorial Park
13220 South Van Ness Avenue
Gardena 90249
http://www.ci.gardena.ca.us/GardenaJazzFestival/GardenaJazzFestival.asp
ALL WEEKEND
8th ANNUAL TIKI BEACH FESTIVAL & POLYNESIAN SPECTACULAR
This festival brings the Pacific Islands to you! Experience this 1st annual Long Beach Ho'olaulea, an island marketplace & cultural center, traditional arts & crafts including Tiki carving, authentic food from Moana’s including Malasadas and Hawaiian shaved ice. There are even traditional knife and fire shows, a Tiki Museum, canoe rides, comedy performances, hula ceremonies and dancing.
Free
8.23-24.08
10am, Sunrise to Sunset
Granada Beach
1 Granada Ave.
Long Beach, CA
Full details, maps, etc @:
http://www.alfredosbeachclub.com/seafest_images/Brochures/tiki_2_2008.jpg
28TH ANNUAL SUNSET JUNCTION STREET FAIR
Billed as the most diverse fest in LA, where you can enjoy unique crafts booths, ethnic food, and lots of entertainment
$12-15
8.23-24.08
10am-11pm
Sunset Blvd. between Hyperion & Fountain
Santa Monica Blvd.
www.sunsetjunction.org
AFRICAN MARKETPLACE & CULTURAL FAIR
Explore the arts and crafts, live music and delicious food vendors at this annual African Marketplace.
All day all weekend
Rancho Cienega Park
5001 Rodeo Road near La Brea
Los Angeles
http://www.africanmarketplace.com/
