Miike Snow- My Trigger
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/18-5/21/17)-
Thursday
Greg Tate is giving a free lecture on the work of Kerry James Marshall at MOCA Grand Ave which is also free all day for Art Museum Day
Oliver Stone will be introducing his film Nixon at the Aero Theatre
LACMA is having a free screening of Breakable You, starring Holly Hunter and Alfred Molina, with a conversation with director and writer Andrew Wagner to follow
The Orbiting Human Circus featuring The Music Tapes combines music, stories, games and magic and it’s happening at the Bootleg Theater
Rubblebucket are playing with Sego and Alexander F at the Troubadour
Friday
It’s week two of Hammer Museum’s Constitutional Happy Hour with $5 drinks and discussion of an aspect of the Constitution- this time the topic is LGBT and gender based rights
Downtown Dark Nights returns to L.A. Live with $5 drink and food menus, live painting, a market, music and more (free)
Björk Digital, which includes six Virtual Reality experiences, begins today at the Magic Box at The Reef. Tickets are going fast. ($35 and running until 6/4)
The Jesus and Mary Chain are playing at The Wiltern
Ho99o9 are playing with Injury Reserve and The Bots at the Echoplex
Saturday
KCRW is hosting the art, music and food event Skyline at L.A. Historic Park with Miike Snow, Duke Dumont, Lido, Eden, MICHL, and Elohim performing
Off the 405, The Getty’s free music night, is back for the next few Saturdays- this week Nite Jewel is performing
KROQ is having its Weenie Roast y Fiesta 2017 at the Stub Hub Center in Carson, with Lorde, Imagine Dragons, Cage the Elephant, Lana del Ray and more performing
There are still tickets left for Ceremony’s early show with Cold Beat and Initiate at The Echo (part of their three day residency)
Sunday
It’s Museums of the Arroyo Day during which The Gamble House, Heritage Square, L.A. Police Museum, Lummis Home, Pasadena Museum of History, and The Autry are all free from noon to 5pm
It’s the second day of The Beverly Hills Art Show – a nice free way to spend the day outside checking out art
DIIV is playing at the Regent Theater with The Paranoyds and Tashaki Miyaki opening
Tonight is the second night U2 are playing at the Rosebowl to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Joshua Tree album with The Lumineers opening
Inhalt, Kontravoid, and Boan are bringing their retro electronic sounds to Part Time Punks night at the Echoplex