Mystic Braves- Desert Island
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (6/11-6/14/15)-
Thursday
June’s DTLA Artwalk has a film and video theme- stop by the Regent Theater for a short film festival (free) in between checking out the galleries
Writer Claudia Rankine is reading at MOCA Geffen (free with RSVP)
The LA Film Fest has begun (running til 6/18) and tonight at LACMA they are showing Too Late, “a dark love letter to Los Angeles”, which stars John Hawkes and includes a conversation with the filmmakers
HOLYCHILD are playing a free set at Amoeba Hollywood
Neon Trees are at the Fonda Theatre with Alex Winston
Friday
Downtown Dark Nights returns to LA Live with $5 food and drink specials, live music, art installations and live painting by several street artists
Producer and DJ Peanut Butter Wolf is kicking off the Music Center downtown’s Bring Your Own Dance Moves, their free weekly dance party
MOCA Grand Ave is having a book launch at their store for Architectones: Art In the Living Environment which will feature a roundtable conversation with François Perrin, Maura Lucking, Jan Tumlir, Bryony Roberts, and Mark Hagen; a performance by Veilhan and James Goldstein; music by DJ Vincent Tajan, and a book signing
Friday through Sunday
It’s LA Pride and the festival goes all weekend with a parade (Sunday), Thunderground Roller Disco, and live music from artists including Kesha and Tinashe
Saturday
Mystic Braves are the headliners of a four band show at the Troubadour that also includes So Many Wizards
The Los Angeles Design Festival closing night street party is free and in Chinatown with the addition of a pop up market
NELA Art Gallery Night is a great way to check out the galleries in the Highland Park area
The Autry in Griffith Park is having a movie night on their south lawn- this week it’s The Grand Budapest Hotel with Mansions on the Moon playing before the show
Sunday
Rob Forbes, creator of Design Within Reach along with Eric Heiman, creative director of the San Francisco design studio Volume Inc., will discuss Forbes’s new book, See for Yourself: A Visual Guide to Everyday Beauty, with a book signing afterwords at LACMA (free)
Ink-N-Iron, a festival celebrating hot rods, tattoos, 50′s fashion and burlesque returns to the Queen Mary in Long Beach (also Friday and Saturday) and tonight the live music includes Fishbone, Gary Numan, and Peter Murphy among others