TIME OUT LA: Things to do in L.A. this weekend
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Edited by Michael Juliano
Wednesday September 7 2022
We pick out the best things to do in L.A. this weekend, including our favorite concerts, culture and cuisine
We don’t know about you, but our mind is always focused on the weekend. It can never come soon enough—which is why we’re already thinking about what new restaurants we want to try or where we can drive for the day. Whether you’re looking to scope out the latest museum exhibitions or watch a movie outdoors, you’ll find plenty of things to do in L.A. this weekend.
We curate an L.A. weekend itinerary of the city’s best concerts, culture and cuisine, every week, just for you.
The best things to do in L.A. this weekend
The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art
Art
Miracle Mile
Until Feb 19, 2023
See more than 130 works of Korean art organized chronologically, stylistically and conceptually from the years 1897 to 1965, including European-influenced art via Japan in the Korean Empire (1897–1910) and colonial period (1910–45), American influences absorbed throughout the Korean War (1950–53) and the birth of the contemporary period.
Halloween Horror Nights
Things to do
Festivals
Universal City
Until Oct 31, 2022
Ready or not, spooky season is slowly stalking its way ever closer. The clearest sign? Universal Studios’ annual Halloween Horror Nights is here, with haunted houses and mazes inspired by the Weekend (yes, as in “Blinding Lights” singer the Weeknd), Halloween, The Black Phone, Freak and the classic Universal Monsters.
Judith F. Baca: The World Wall
Art
Painting
Little Tokyo
Until Feb 19, 2023
The Chicana muralist and Great Wall of Los Angeles artist brings her collaborative mural to the Geffen. A two-and-a-half-decade-long project, The World Wall: A Vision of the Future Without Fear features nine 10-by-30-foot panels that Baca worked on with collaborators as the toured the globe, displayed here in a cathedral-like installation.
Garrett Bradley: American Rhapsody
Art
Film and video
Little Tokyo
Until Feb 19, 2023
A formidable storyteller who employs lo-fi filmmaking to call out systemic racism and America’s social problems, Garrett Bradley became the first Black woman to win Sundance’s directing award for her incarceration documentary Time. For her first solo museum exhibition, a selection of recent single and multi-channel films and videos will be on display at the Geffen, including America, a visual archive of early African American cinema.
Americana in the Park
Music
Folk, country and blues
Santa Monica
Until Sep 25, 2022
It’s not quite the beachfront party of Twilight on the Pier, but Santa Monica’s newest free concert series again sees the city teaming up with the much-loved McCabe’s Guitar Shop for some outdoor shows. This September, you can catch Sunday afternoon concerts at Gandara Park (right next to Bergamot Station and the E Line) that explore the roots of Americana.
Regeneration: An Introduction
Movies
Miracle Mile
Until Sep 29, 2022
The Academy Museum’s essential and energetic “Regeneration” exhibition spotlights nearly a century of often-overlooked Black cinema. Of course, a movie exhibit wouldn’t be complete without screenings, so the museum has readied an entire month of restorations, rare finds and landmark films, sequenced in chronological order from the 1920s to 1971.
Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of Advertising
Art
Photography
Miracle Mile
Until Dec 18, 2022
They’re persuasive, powerful and everywhere: Advertising is woven into our daily lives seemingly at every turn and has developed its own visual cues. But the artists in this LACMA exhibition have taken advantage of the language of advertising and manipulated it into their own works of art.
KCRW Summer Nights
Music
Little Tokyo
Until Sep 29, 2022
Familiar KCRW DJs and local buzz bands will be providing free, open-air tunes on select nights from July through September at the Hammer Museum, One Colorado, CAAM, Descanso Gardens, Bowers Museum, the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, JANM and—our favorite—the party-till-midnight bashes at Chinatown Central Plaza.
Jazz at LACMA
Music
Jazz
Miracle Mile
Until Sep 23, 2022
One of L.A.’s best free live music offerings, Jazz at LACMA has featured legit legends over its three-decade run at the museum. The beloved program is back again for the season, and so too is its open seating and picnicking format (whereas last year you needed a reservation). You’ll find the series on Friday evenings in LACMA’s welcome plaza (just behind Urban Light) starting in April.
Grand Performances
Music
Downtown
Until Sep 24, 2022
This epic (and free) outdoor concert series features live performances by artists from around the world at the totally overhauled California Plaza stage in DTLA, where the shallow water separating the stage from the audience has been replaced by a proper event lawn. Don’t miss a diverse and highly intriguing mix of bands, DJ sets and dance parties.