L.A. County Fair, lucha libre wrestling and more
Lucha Va Voom, last chance for the L.A. County Fair, a bird migration celebration and more of the best things to do this weekend. Mexican wrestling-inspired variety extravaganza Lucha VaVoom de La Liz is back at the Fox Theater in Pomona.
Featuring world-class lucha libre-style wrestling, award-winning burlesque, death-defying aerialists, comedy legends, live music, classic lowriders, visual art and more, the show has a"Drinko de Mayo" theme this time around. Take a freshwater marsh tour, enjoy a performance from the Bob Baker Marionettes and see a raptor presentation at the Friends of Ballona Wetlands Migration Celebration at Ballona Discovery Park in Playa Vista.
Let your inner birdwatcher roam free and get to know the beauty of the birds right here at home in the Ballona Wetlands. The L.A. County Fair wraps up this weekend, as does its accompanying music fair, NEXTfest. Catch the last of the blue-ribbon-winning bakes and jams, carnival games, farm animal visiting and the new band showcase before it’s gone.
On Sunday, catch L.A. -based Latin pop duo MYRANDAS, KCRW DJ Raul Campos and many more. Two of the heaviest of heavy classical music hitters — cellist Yo Yo Ma and L.A.
Phil conductor Gustavo Dudamel — take the stage at Disney Hall Thursday and Saturday for a world premiere performance, but even if you can’t score a coveted seat this week, let this serve as your reminder that your days left to see Dudamel as he prepares to depart for the New York Philharmonic are closing in swiftly. But have no fear, the Venezuelan maestro will be back for several performances a year, and the L.A.
Phil just made the exciting announcement that conductorfor the 2027-2028 season . Plus, there are plenty of classical summer nights at the Hollywood Bowl on the horizon.has your rock 'n' roll picks for the weekend.
Friday, Ladytron is at the Novo; the Last Dinner Party plays the Orpheum; Violet Grohl is at the Moroccan Lounge, while Spike Hellis is at Que Sera; and the big Slide Away 2026 shoegaze festival, featuring Hum, Nothing, Chapterhouse and more, takes over the Palladium Friday and Saturday. Other Saturday shows include Pitbull and Lil Jon getting low at the Hollywood Bowl; We Are Scientists performing their classic albumin full at the Troubadour.
Fat, Evil Children featuring Truman Sinclair is at the Roxy, and the all-star Jesse Colin Young Tribute concert “Get Together Now! ” is at the Orpheum. Plus, Lords of Acid with Mz Neon and Princess Superstar are at the Echoplex. Sunday’s rock ‘n’ roll extravaganza at the Roxy features Licorice Pizza’s Kelsy Karter & The Heroines with Frankie and the Studs.
The L.A. County Fair wraps up this weekend, as does its accompanying music fair, NEXTfest. Catch the last of the blue-ribbon-winning bakes and jams, carnival games, farm animal visiting and the new band showcase before they're gone. On Sunday, catch L.A.
-based Latin pop duo MYRANDAS, KCRW DJ Raul Campos and many more. Whether you’re like me , a technical obsessive who heads to the Catalina kelp forests, or a brand-new beginner, the Scuba Show in Long Beach will get you ready for your next underwater adventure.
The weekend-long convention has a discovery pool to try scuba, all the dive gear you could want to check out and a fullVenture to Pacoima for this long-running art and literacy festival featuring fun workshops like cyanotyping , tattoo-inspired button-making, mini-zine creation and more. Plus, you'll find local food options, book giveaways and vinyl tunes from DJ Linda Nuves.
The Alicia Keys songbook gets the stage treatment in this first tour of the popular Broadway show, with music and lyrics by Keys and directed by Tony winner Michael Greif . Opening Thursday at the Pantages, the show follows a teenager named Ali finding her voice in the big city. I hear she’s … on fire.
Mexican wrestling-inspired variety extravaganza Lucha VaVoom de La Liz is back at the Fox Theater in Pomona . Featuring world-class lucha libre-style wrestling, award-winning burlesque, death-defying aerialists, comedy legends, live music, classic lowriders, visual art and more, the show has a"Drinko de Mayo" theme this time around.
Take a freshwater marsh tour, enjoy a performance from the Bob Baker Marionettes and see a raptor presentation at the Friends of Ballona Wetlands Migration Celebration at Ballona Discovery Park in Playa Vista. Let your inner birdwatcher roam free and get to know the beauty of the birds right here at home in the Ballona Wetlands..
The film takes viewers inside single room occupancy housing “through intimate portraits of San Francisco residents, filmed over six years, in their search for a place to call home. ” Check out the trailerStudents from UCLA’s Department of Architecture and Urban Design will take visitors through a two-hour interactive exhibition, inviting public feedback on projects and proposals that imagine a rebuilt and reinvigorated post-fire Altadena.
In Los Angeles, you don’t need to go to a big venue to catch live music. If you’re new to L.A. , here’s a list to get you started. : L.A. is home to some big venues, but you can find good music at the smaller, but just as iconic, spots.
, music is everywhere throughout the region, so there’s something for everyone. Here’s a list to get you started. The Baked Potato is an iconic spot where you can catch live jazz performances in a very intimate setting with drinks, and yes, a baked potato. What makes this place even more special is that phones are not allowed, meaning everyone is living in the moment and enjoying the music.
Kamasi Washington performs with special guest Ami Taf Ra in concert at Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City.to Hollywood with a bar and menu to match the vibes. It’s open seating, meaning you get a show and get to mingle with other jazz music lovers. For more of an indie-rock feel, head to The Troubadour in West Hollywood.
It’s a local classic that’s hosted some of music’s legends like Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Billy Joel, and many,At Café Tondo, a cafe-bar in Chinatown, you can catch bolero performances on Tuesday nights, different DJs every Saturday night and jazz on Sunday nights. You can find more info on Café Tondo’s Eastside Luv Wine Bar in Boyle Heights plays different kinds of music on any given night, like mariachi, country and norteños.where every night holds something different, from boleros and mariachi to norteños and country.
The DJ at the 21+ bar also mixes songs throughout the night in both English and Spanish. Camilla Taylor, a Los Angeles artist, in their temporary studio after their home and studio were destroyed in the Eaton Fire. Taylor’s artwork exploring emotions such as rage and anger is featured in the “Post-Fire 1” show in Culver City.
The art show"Post-Fire 1" features 22 artists from the Altadena area who experienced the traumatic loss of homes and studios due to the Eaton fire. The Des Artistes organization plans for this 2026 show to be the first of four annual shows in support of artists who were affected by the Eaton and Palisades fires. Showcased in the"Post-Fire 1" group show running until June 1 are artworks made after the Eaton Fire that tap into an array of emotions.
The show evokes unease in warped window frames and a whirling floor-facing fan, and finds hope in drawings of colorful plants growing aside charred tree trunks. Connectedness plays an important role in recovery from a traumatic event.
“Social support turns out to be one of the biggest predictors of recovery,” said Robin Jacobowitz, interim director of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz. “Also, the level of perceived social support you have, that includes everything from strong family ties and/or peer networks, community support.
”After sculptor and printmaker Camilla Taylor lost their home, studio and nearly all possessions, including their artwork, to the Eaton Fire in January 2025, they attended groups processing grief and sadness. Taylor didn’t feel sadness though — they felt deep, deep anger. Anger at the “extreme inconvenience” of their loss. Anger at themselves for being upset when comparing their loss relative to “people in Gaza who are actively being subjected to a genocide.
” Anger that people minimized their lost artwork as merely objects, when these were the objects they made.
“As an artist, I define myself by the objects I create and can create. … The objects are who I am and now they’re gone,” they said.running until June 1 are artworks Taylor and others made after the fires that tap into an array of emotions.
The show evokes unease in warped window frames and a whirling floor-facing fan, and finds hope in drawings of colorful plants growing aside charred tree trunks.hangs from the wall in the shape of a shiny cloak, made of hundreds of etched and handcut copper feathers, to represent the Greco-Roman mythological creature the Furies. Another artworkPost-Fire 1 features 22 artists from the Altadena area who experienced the traumatic loss of homes and studios due to the Eaton fire.
The Des Artistes organization plans for this 2026 show to be the first of four annual shows in support of artists who were affected by the Eaton and Palisades fires. Camilla Taylor’s piece “Fury,” an etched and hand-cut copper sculpture shaped like a cloak, is displayed during the “Post-Fire 1” show in Culver City. The work explores rage and gentleness through layered copper feathers inspired by the Greek Furies and Taylor’s experience rescuing an injured Pacific loon.
Camilla Taylor’s piece “Caretaker ,” an etched and hand-cut copper sculpture, is on display in the “Post-Fire 1” show in Culver City. The work references the grease moth, one of the few moth species observed feeding on human corpses, and explores emotions of rage and anger.
In a public talk tied to the exhibition, artist Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio said before the fires a lot of his work was socially inclined, but he did not really have a social practice as he does now. He found that “doing things beyond myself and being involved in other community projects has been really healing.
” Aparicio has worked on a memorial project in Altadena’s Triangle Park, hearing community members share stories about the fire, their lives, and what Altadena has meant to them. Connectedness plays an important role in recovery from a traumatic event.
“Social support turns out to be one of the biggest predictors of recovery,” said Robin Jacobowitz, interim director of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz. “Also, the level of perceived social support you have, that includes everything from strong family ties and/or peer networks, community support. ”Jacobowitz said that after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 there was a lot of outmigration due to the long road to recovery and its challenges.
“Having strong social ties has been shown to even prevent that,” said Jacobowitz, while recognizing that structural issues still remain, like the loss of housing, lack of insurance or employment opportunities. Still, these ties may provide social, financial support, or even just accurate information. Jacobowitz said research has shown faith institutions drew the Vietnamese community back to New Orleans. Jacobowitz said communities begin to heal by acknowledging their loss, “through memorials, legacy, or anniversary events,” she said.
“The loss is honored and now part of the community story and the community’s life, and how the community will continue to function and thrive together. ”, Taylor was invited to participate in art shows where organizers would receive no commission so that proceeds would go directly to its artists, who self-identified as fire victims. Taylor was surprised to meet more than one artist who participated but had no real direct relation to the fire.
They said one artist did not live in an area where the fires burned. Upset at people taking advantage of the situation, Taylor channeled this anger to doing what they were already good at doing, which is curating shows. A connector in their own right, Taylor organized an intimate group show titled, “My House Burned Down,” which recognized artists who lost homes in the recent and older fires. Taylor said the anger they've felt has lessened.
“It’s really exhausting. It takes so much energy to be angry. ” Anger is a common, if powerful, emotional reaction to loss, among other emotions, according to the authors of the bookJames Halpern and Mary Tramontin. Emotional reactions after a disaster can depend on a variety of factors, including an individual’s history.
For Taylor, they said they have historically had a tendency toward anger in response to trauma, going back to their childhood. Taylor clarified though that their art is not about themselves. If it were so specific to their own experience, then the art would just be for them and art would not be doing its “first job,” which is “to communicate. ”is in reference to the memory of Altadena.
On a white paper the word memory is repeated in different lettering styles, made from rubbing a black crayon in the shape of Taylor’s hand, which is also part of the art on display, over different headstones in Altadena’s Mountain View cemetery. Taylor used to go on frequent walks through the historic cemetery, which was established in 1882. Century-old headstones and plaques sit among a variety of trees.
“All the houses, like a horseshoe around the cemetery, are completely gone, but the house of the dead is fine,” Taylor said. Taylor described the surviving cemetery as representing the historically Black community, the tree-stump headstones by the fraternal society, the Woodmen of the World, and the waves of immigrants.
“What I really loved about Post-Fire 1 is that many people who came to the opening did not realize what we all had in common. ”Funding for this story was provided by UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, as part of its"Spreading Love Through the Media" initiative, supported by the John Templeton Foundation. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report.
Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. Many residents of Garden Grove and nearby cities had to evacuate because of the risk of an explosion or leak from a chemical tank.in Garden Grove thanks to the quick work of first responders, cool weather and some luck.
If you want to get involved in monitoring facilities like that one, you can attend meetings, contact regulators and take note of potentially hazardous sites near you. The chemical tank mishap at GKN Aerospace’s Garden Grove facility is a reminder that many potentially dangerous facilities are right next door to neighborhoods in Southern California.
But the chemical tank mishap at GKN Aerospace’s Garden Grove facility is another reminder that many potentially dangerous facilities are right next door to neighborhoods in Southern California. For Deborah Morris-Quintero, who lives less than a mile from GKN’s Garden Grove facility and had to evacuate, there are still many open questions.
“ Any city that's got anything that could potentially impact the citizens and the environment, the cities really need to make these plants accountable,” she said outside a community meeting Tuesday in Garden Grove. “They need to take steps to make sure that stuff like this doesn't happen again. They need to be proactive. ” If you want to be proactive on this topic, you can attend meetings, contact regulators and take note of potentially hazardous sites near you.
Here’s a quick guide on how to watchdog your local industrial facility. A hodgepodge of local, state and federal regulators are tasked with overseeing companies like GKN Aerospace. Most of these agencies are understaffed and rely on self-reporting by the companies themselves, or complaints from nearby residents. 628-7085.
, or CalEPA. GKN Aerospace, for example, has dozens of violations logged there. You can also file a complaint with CalEPAIf you're looking to"shop local" and support movies and TV shows that have filmed locally, we put together a non-exhaustive list of upcoming shows and movies.
The decline in local film and TV production is an ongoing issue that matters a lot — because of the impact on jobs, the broader economy, and the culture of Los Angeles. Summer feels inextricably linked with the movies, with bigger budget movies in theaters — many of them aiming to reach “blockbuster” status — and likely some more trips to the cinema to beat the heat on hot days.
It’s a question we’re asking because the decline in local film and TV production is an ongoing issue that matters a lot — because of the impact on jobs, the broader economy, and the culture of the Los Angeles area — and there’s been some encouraging news of late.
, the official film office for the L.A. region, showed some signs that the expansion of California’s Film & TV Tax Credit Program last year may be beginning to have some positive effects, particularly for feature films, TV dramas and comedies.that the city of Los Angeles and FilmLA launched last month that reduces costs and streamlines the process for getting permits for productions that meet certain criteria to be considered “low impact. ” While the effects of that are still to be determined, if you want to support movies that have filmed locally in the meantime, we put together this non-exhaustive list of upcoming shows and movies: is about a private investigator in 1930s New York City, played by Nicolas Cage, grappling with his superhero past. While set in New York, the series was filmed in Los Angeles — in various locations downtown and at several studio lots.
In a recent interview, Cage’s co-star, Lamorne Morris, told LAist that ”Downtown L.A. looks probably more like 1930s New York than New York does,” and also confirmed that one of theThis neo-noir Apple TV series starring Colin Farrell is set in modern-day Los Angeles and filmed here too. Season two premieres on June 19.character Elle Woods’ early life filmed primarily in Vancouver, but we’ll give it a pass since it’s largely, this Apple TV limited series, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Annette Benning and Timothy Olyphant was a recipient of a $10.682 million state tax credit and filmed mostly in the Los Angeles area, with some shooting in Las Vegas as well.
The local filming locations also included some spotsThis comedy series starring Will Ferrell as a golf legend named Lonnie “The Hawk” Hawkins who’s looking to make a comeback — alongside Molly Shannon, Fortune Feimster and Luke Wilson — was reportedly awarded a ) — stars Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre as “intergalactic cops” drawn into an “earth-based mystery. ”, is the directorial debut of actor and comedian John Early.
Early also stars in the film as Maddie, a food influencer with bulimia. Early described the filmas a “very Echo Park, Silver Lake, Eagle Rock, Frogtown, Glassell Park, Highland Park, Los Feliz movie. ” Filming locations included Early’s own L.A. home. Set in San Francisco, and starring Olivia Wilde , Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton,movie franchise filmed in Los Angeles and Simi Valley.
It’s helmed by Johnny Knoxville, who co-created and starred in every film and TV iteration of the series, which began as an MTV reality TV show in 2000.
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