It’s Easter on Sunday, so be mindful of the holiday as you plan your weekend.
As always, please let me know if you know of any cool events coming up so I can include them in the Mentions.
- Michael MacDonald
Here are some things to do this week:
FRIDAY 4/3:
🔧 LA Eco Village Repair Cafe
LA Eco Village, Rampart Village
10am-2pm
Free!
There will be food and music! Bring your broken stuff and clothes to get fixed (for free!).
🛍️ Mini Mercadito Community Market
1008 Cypress Ave, Cypress Park
6pm-9pm
Free!
🎸 Mitski Residency
Hollywood High School
8pm
$100+ (stubhub, ticketmaster)
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SATURDAY 4/4:
🚲 Emerald Necklace Day
Peck Road Water Conservation Park, Arcadia
9am-2pm
Free! (RSVP)
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The Emerald Necklace is a greenways project that aims to build parks and multi-use trails along LA County’s waterways. They are celebrating the project on Saturday, with live music and a group bike ride/skate tour of the project. Bring a blanket/camping chair.
🎶 Charlotte Cornfield
Scribble, Highland Park
8pm
$32 (tickets)
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I’ll be there with a crew! All ages show.
🛥️ Second Annual LA River Boat Show
Downstream from the Taylor Yard Bridge, Elysian Valley
12:30pm-7:15pm
Free!
The LA River Boat Show is an all-day group art show along the LA River where local artists will float their constructs along the river. “Whatever can float is a boat!” BYOB + BYOBinoculars.
🗳️ Fundraiser for Eunisses Hernandez
Private Residence, Mt. Washington
5:30pm-7:30pm
$50 contribution requested (RSVP)
My amazing, politically active friends Rubina Ghazarian and David Somers are co-hosting a meet & greet with LA City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez (Council District 1: Northeast LA, Pico-Union, Westlake, Koreatown, etc) in advance of the upcoming June election.
🗳️ Meet & Greet with Glendale City Council Candidates Dan & Alek
Private Residence, Glendale Grand Central Neighborhood (near Disney)
3pm-5pm
Free! (RSVP)
Both candidates are friends of mine and I hope Glendale readers will stop by to meet them!
🎉 Brazilian Block Party
Culver City Steps
4pm-7pm
Free!
SATURDAY 4/4 & SUNDAY 4/5:
📽️ LA Festival of Movies
Vidiots, 2220 Arts, Now Instant Image, & Philosophical Research Society
2pm-11pm
$22 single screening tickets (schedule)
🎶 Open Melody Music Festival
2220 Arts + Archives, Historic Filipinotown
2pm-12am
$113 single day tix (saturday / sunday)
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🪴 Eagle Rockdale Community Garden Plant Sale
1003 Rockdale Ave, Eagle Rock
10am-3pm
You’ll pay for plants & veggies you buy
SUNDAY 4/5:
🎉 Grand Park’s Easy Mornings
Grand Park, DTLA
10am-2pm
Free!
Family-friendly.
UPCOMING:
🕊️ Curio Club LA: Experience the Elegance of Fancy Pigeons
Private Farm, Reseda
Sunday 4/26, 11:30am-1:30pm
$31 (tickets)
Curio Club LA returns to the event that kicked it all off with an excursion to visit the Reseda farm/residence of Drew Lobenstein and his unique “fancy pigeons.”
🎶 SUSS at On Joy
Private Residence, Highland Park
Friday 5/1, 6:30pm-10:30pm
$20 (tickets)
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I’ve mentioned On Joy a couple times before but it is a DIY backyard music venue in Highland Park abutting the A Line tracks near Ave 50. Ambient lap steel band SUSS is going to play a very special show there, and I want to make sure you get a chance to snag tickets before they sell out.
