Jun 08, 2011 | Categories: DRINKS | Tags: bars in downtown la, beer, Best of Downtown LA, Culture DTLA, Downtown LA, food, free glassware, LA Artwalk, Los Angeles, lounge, rocket pizza, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, what's hot in Downtown | Leave A Comment »
According to Eater LA, the vodka bar Silo Bar would be opening sometime this month. I took a stroll down 7th yesterday to see if it was ready to open for Artwalk Thursday. I happened to walk by when there was a meeting going on inside the unopened bar. I instinctively waved my hands frantically [...]
Jun 08, 2011 | Categories: DRINKS | Tags: art party, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, beer, Best of Downtown LA, Downtown LA, eater la, Events in Downtown LA, LA Artwalk, liquor, Los Angeles, Los angeles artwalk, russian miracle elixir, silo bar, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, vodka bar, what's hot in Downtown, wine | Leave A Comment »
Attention DTLA locals! Here’s our break! In the month of June Sunday through Wednesday, Downtown LA residents receive 15% off at Mas Malo. If you’ve never been to Mas Malo, it’s a spin-off of the well-known Malo in Silverlake. It’s in a beautiful historic building, formerly a jewelry store circa 1923 and is now one [...]
Jun 01, 2011 | Categories: FOOD | Tags: art culture downtown la, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, best of dtla food, best of mas malo, downtown food, Downtown LA, downtown la bars, downtown LA events, DTLA artwalk, mas malo downtown la, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do in downtown la, Things to do in DTLA, what to eat at mas malo | Leave A Comment »
The End Time are indeed near, signified not only by planetary alignment with the center of the universe and plague, famine, and locusts descended upon mankind, but also by an old-fashioned hootenanny of an opry. The End Times Opry, May 21, 2010 at 8pm. The End Times are generally a culmination of crazypants, when all [...]
May 17, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, Parties | Tags: Alexa Woodward, art culture downtown la, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, Book Festival, Center for the Arts, Charles Harper Webb, Culture, Culture DTLA, Douglas Kearney, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, Eagle Rock, Elena Karina Byrne, Erin Armstrong, Hi Ho Silver Oh, Hunter Payne, LA Artwalk, LA Times, Last Comic Standing, Los angeles artwalk, Los Angeles Times, Murray Hammond, Old 97s, Rebecca Corry, Ron Babcock, Street Poets, The End Times Opry, The Seven Year Plan, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la, Trout and Parrot | 1 Comment »
Dance Camera West (DCW), presents “Weekend at the Hammer” during the second weekend in June – Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, June 13, 2010 – during its month-long Dance Media Film Festival. The Hammer Museum will host Dance Camera West’s weekend presentation – three programs over two days; curated by Lynette Kessler, artistic director DCW. [...]
May 14, 2010 | Categories: Culture, CULTURE | Tags: Anne Linsel, art culture downtown la, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, Culture, Culture DTLA, dance, Dance Camera West, Dancing dreams, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, experimental, film, film festival, Goethe Institute, Hammer Museum, LA Artwalk, Los Angeles, Los angeles artwalk, Los Angeles film festival, Los Angeles museum, museum, Pina Bausch, SurREEL, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la, Weekend at the Hammer | Leave A Comment »
FIDM has long been a place where young creative designers come to hone their chops in the heart of the cutthroat city of fashion that is LA. This month, they continue to explore the craft, process, and impact of costume design in film with two new exhibits, The Art of Costume Illustration, which covers a [...]
May 14, 2010 | Categories: Art, CULTURE | Tags: Alice in Wonderland, art culture downtown la, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, Colleen Atwood, costume design, costume illustration, Culture, Culture DTLA, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, downtown LA FIDM, downtown Los Angeles, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, Fashion, fashion design, Fashion Instutite Los Angeles, FIDM, FIDM Museum, LA Artwalk, Los angeles artwalk, museum openings, Nick Verreos, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la | Leave A Comment »
Have you caught the 3-D movie bug? Do you refuse to see a movie unless it’s in 3-D? For all you out there who love the recent 3-D craze here is a fun event to check out! This Saturday May 15, 2010 is the 7th Annual LA 3-D Movie Festival presented by the Los Angeles [...]
May 14, 2010 | Categories: Art, Culture, CULTURE | Tags: art culture downtown la, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, Culture, Culture DTLA, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, LA Artwalk, Los angeles artwalk, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la | Leave A Comment »
Hey ravers! The Electric Daisy Carnival just announced its dates – June 25 and 26. Break out the ridiculous clothes and get ready to dance! Just when you thought the raves had packed up and called it quits – the Electric Daisy Carnival is here to show you how insane house and techno [...]
May 10, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, Parties | Tags: Above & Beyond, Afrojack, Armand Van Helden, Armin Va Buren, art culture downtown la, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, Culture, Culture DTLA, Deadmau5, Dirty South, DJ Sasha, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, Electric Daisy, Electric Daisy Carnival, Groove Armada, Kaskade, LA Artwalk, Laidback Luke, Los angeles artwalk, Los Angeles party, Los Angeles rave, Los Angeles raves, Moby, MSTRKRFT, raves, Socal rave, summer raves, Swedish House Mafia, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la | 3 Comments »
Join Absinthe, Opium, and Magic for eleven of the most mysterious and magical nights in Culver City! The show runs Thursday thru Saturday from now until May 29. The winners of the LA Times Critic’s Choice and LA Weekly Go! are back in Venice at the Ivy Substation, presenting the famed Absinthe, Opium, and Magic [...]
May 10, 2010 | Categories: Culture, CULTURE | Tags: absinthe, art culture downtown la, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, Culture, Culture DTLA, Culver City, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, Grand Guignolers, Ivy Substation, LA Artwalk, LA Times, LA Weekly, LA Weekly Go!, Los angeles artwalk, Los Angeles interactive theater, Los Angeles theater, magic, Opium, Shanghai, Sing Sing girls, theater, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la, venice | 1 Comment »
Grab your partner and dosey-do! It’s square dancing time with the 5th Ever LA Old Time Social, May 13-15! Oh yes, you heard right – break out your fiddlin’ shoes, May 13 – 15 is an all-out bash of all things square dancing, fiddlin’, cloggin’, and good-time havin’! The 5th Ever Los Angeles Old-Time Social, [...]
May 07, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, Parties | Tags: 5th Ever LA Old Time Social, art culture downtown la, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, bluegrass, bluegrass events, bluegrass Los Angeles, Cat Tracks, claw hammer banjo, clogging, country music, country music events, country music Los Angeles, Culture, Culture DTLA, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, Farmlab, Frank Fairfiels, Hyperion Tavern, Joe Wack and friends, LA Artwalk, Los angeles artwalk, Mosby Raiders, Oletangy John, shape note singing, square dance calling, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la, Triple Chicken Foot, Velaslavasay Panorama, West Virginia fiddle | Leave A Comment »
Indie darlings Flight of the Conchords will for sure pack the Hollywood Bowl on May 30, so be sure to get your tickets early. From their TV show of the same name, these guys will be performing all their deadpan songs and inspire many an ironic laugh. New Zealand’s fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella [...]
May 05, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, Music | Tags: art culture downtown la, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, Berkeley, Best of Downtown LA, comedy tour, concert, Culture, Culture DTLA, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, Flight of the Conchords, hollywood bowl, Hollywood Bowl concerts, indie, LA Artwalk, Los Angeles, Los angeles artwalk, Los Angeles comedy, Los Angeles summer concerts, New Zealand, summer concerts, summer shows, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la | Leave A Comment »
What’s HM 157? It’s not some new hipster hangout in the depths of Echo Park, it’s Historic Marker #157, silly! “Historic Monument No. 157 is a mildly rundown old Victorian in East L.A. How it became a hub for hipsters, artists and people of all ages is due to its quirky inhabitants, Brother Reid Maxwell, [...]
May 05, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, Music | Tags: art culture downtown la, artist commune, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, California landmarks, Culture, Culture DTLA, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, hidden Los Angeles landmarks, hippies, historical marker, HM 157, Horace P Dibble House, LA Artwalk, Lincoln Heights, Los angeles artwalk, Los Angeles landmarks, Silver Phail, Soft Bombs, strange LA, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la, weird Los Angeles, Whispering Pines | Leave A Comment »
The Daydream Republic is hosting the “Don’t Quit Your Daydream” show this Saturday, May 7th from 8:30pm – 11pm. It’s an all-lady show, featuring five hilarious comediennes, over 20 lady artists, and more estrogen than you can shake a stick at. Because the list of comediennes is as-yet-unnamed, we can only imagine that there will [...]
May 05, 2010 | Categories: Art, CULTURE | Tags: art culture downtown la, art show, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, Cocktails, comedy show, Culture, Culture DTLA, Culver City, Culver City art, Culver City art scene, Culver City art show, cupcakes, Daydream Republic, downtown Culver City, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, LA Artwalk, Los Angeles art, Los Angeles art show, Los angeles artwalk, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la | Leave A Comment »
SPIRIT VINE conjures a retro-future where folks still read The Doors of Perception, seek enlightenment in shaman directed spiritual sweat-lodges and go Bathing at Baxters.
May 05, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, LAbuzz, Music | Tags: art culture downtown la, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, concert, Culture, Culture DTLA, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, indie, jam, LA Artwalk, live music, Los Angeles, Los angeles artwalk, Los Angeles music, Music, rock, show, silverlake, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la, underground | Leave A Comment »
You like Avi Buffalo, right? Those plucky kids from the mean streets of Long Beach have recently soared to indie rock fame, quickly becoming everyone’s darling. The newest huge news is that they’re opening for Modest Mouse for five dates in July (yay!), and the freshest slice is their record release party at the Troubadour [...]
Apr 30, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, Music | Tags: art culture downtown la, Artwalk bars, Avi Buffalo, Avi Buffalo record release, bars in downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, Brooklyn, Culture, Culture DTLA, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, Habonim Dror, Jessie Rifkin, LA Artwalk, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Los angeles artwalk, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles live music, record release, record release party, Sunset Strip, The Troubadour, The Wailing Wall, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la, troubadour, underground, Voices Voices, weekend | 1 Comment »
The Ink and Iron Festival is happening this June under the Gemini moon at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, and you know what that means – all kinds of rockabilly craziness! Ink N Iron is a 3 day rockabilly fest custom made for Los Angeles, featuring art, aerial showladies, tons of live bands, a [...]
Apr 30, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, LAbuzz | Tags: art culture downtown la, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, burlesque, caberet, classic cars, Culture, Culture DTLA, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, Hepcat, Ink and Iron Festival, Ink N Iron Festival, Klingonz, LA Artwalk, live music, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Los angeles artwalk, Mad Sin, Merle Haggard, Nine Lives, pin-up girls, pin-up pagent, Queen Mary, Restless, Reverend Horton Heat, rockabilly, Rockabilly Festival, Stiff Little Fingers, Swinging Utters, tattoo festival, The Aggrolites, The Bronx, The Embalmers, The Go Getters, the Reach Around Rodeo Clowns, The Silver Shine, The Southerners, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la, Wayne "The Train" Hancock, X | Leave A Comment »
Party with a cause on May 15 to help create earthquake awareness in Los Angeles at Royal-T in Culver City! Shake the quake! Party at Royal-T and help the world. 100% proceeds to benefit Build Change. Help create earthquake awareness in Los Angeles and bring the community together to support an amazing cause. Proceeds also [...]
Apr 29, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, Parties | Tags: art culture downtown la, art scene, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, benefit party, Best of Downtown LA, Build Change, Culture, Culture DTLA, Culver City, Culver City art scene, Culver City nightlife, Culver City party, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, earthquake party, earthquake safety, earthquakes, LA Artwalk, Los Angeles, Los angeles artwalk, party, Royal T, Royal-T maids, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la, underground | Leave A Comment »
Soup Kitchen Rocks 9 went off this past Sunday at the Talking Stick in Venice, and it was indeed chick-tastic! This time they featured an all-girl jam of music and film, with Mather Louth and Radio Noir, Diamonds Under Fire, Jessie Payo, and films by Masque Films. While there were a few hiccups, it was [...]
Apr 28, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, Parties | Tags: art culture downtown la, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, Culture, Culture DTLA, Diamonds Under Fire, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, Electric Children, Jessie Payo, LA Artwalk, Los Angeles, Los angeles artwalk, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles underground, Masque Films, Mather Louth, Radio Noir, S.O.U.P Kitchen, Sandra Powers, SOUP Kitchen rocks, Soup Kitchen Rocks 9, The Talking Stick, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la, underground, underground art, underground shows, venice, Venice concerts, Venice live music | Leave A Comment »
Chiche Libre, the psychedelic surf cumbia band straight out of Brooklyn descended upon Los Angeles to spread their laid-back grooves this past Friday at El Cid. If there was any doubt that these Brooklyn boys could throw down in this cumbia-heavy town, they quickly cast all doubts aside to make room for their booty-shaking show. [...]
Apr 26, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, Music | Tags: art culture downtown la, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, Bloody Tiki, Chicha Libre, concerts, Culture, Culture DTLA, cumbia, cumbia music, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, El Cid, LA Artwalk, Los Angeles, Los angeles artwalk, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles tiki bars, Peruvian cumbia, Peruvian music, psychedelic cumbia, silverlake, Silverlake bars, Silverlake live music, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la, tiki bars, Tiki Ti, Very Be Careful | 1 Comment »
Los Angeles may or may not be the capital of cumbia outside of Mexico, but one of the best cumbia bands stateside, by far is Chicha Libre. I generally like cumbia, I don’t absolutely love it, but Chicha Libre’s music challenges me on this notion, and I’m real close to absolutely loving Chicha Libre-style cumbia. [...]
Apr 22, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, Music | Tags: Angels, art culture downtown la, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, Brooklyn, Chicha Libre, Culture, Culture DTLA, cumbia, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, El Cid, LA Artwalk, latin music, Los angeles artwalk, Los Angeles concerts, Los Angeles live music, Mexican cumbia, Mexican music, Peruvian Amazon, Peruvian cumbia, Peruvian music, psychedelic cumbia, Silverlake concerts, Silverlake live music, Silverlake music, surf rock, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la, Very Be Careful | 1 Comment »
Soup Kitchen Rocks, the collective of misfits who put on some of the best underground shows in all of LA is doing it again this Sunday at the Talking Stick in Venice, and they’re throwing it down chick-style with a mainly girl line-up. This kitty’s got claws, though. Fierce ladies like Mather Louth, Jessie Payo, [...]
Apr 20, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, Music | Tags: art culture downtown la, Artwalk bars, bars in downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, Culture, Culture DTLA, Diamonds Under Fire, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, Electric Children, film screenings, films, girl rock, Guitar Player Magazine, indie films, Jayme Langford, Jessie Payo, LA Artwalk, Lady Gaga, live music, Los Angeles, Los angeles artwalk, Los Angeles events, Lupe Fiasco, Marilyn Manson, Masque Films, Mather Louth, Nirvana, punk, Radio Noir, rockabilly, S.O.U.P Kitchen, Sandra Powers, SOUP Kitchen rocks, Soup Kitchen Rocks 7, Soup Kitchen Rocks 8, Soup Kitchen Rocks 9, Talking Stick, The Black Eyed Peas, The Talking Stick, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la, Vans Off the Wall, venice, Venice events, Viva Las Vegas | 1 Comment »
