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Best Things To Do This Week In Los Angeles And Southern California: June 10 - 13

Laura Hertzfeld
Laura Hertzfeld
Published Jun 10, 2024 5:00 AM
Exra Keonig performs on stage, playing a tan electric guitar and speaking into a micrphone. Behind him is a drummer and a blue, red, orange, and yellow background.
Vampire Weekend performs on Day 3 of the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
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First off, thanks for bearing with us through our donor drive last week. We so appreciate all your support and can only keep things like Best Things to Do going with your help.

On to the good stuff! This week, there’s so much going on, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop opening at the Ahmanson, to Yo Gabba Gabba’s DJ Lance Rock doing a ton of kids events for free at libraries around the region, to a book talk about L.A. history from our very own City Treks writer Paul Haddad.

There’s also a writer’s workshop in Venice to kick off your creative summer, Vampire Weekend performs at the Bowl, and there’s an immersive screening of Steel Magnolias at the Alamo Drafthouse. Plus, if you can’t make it to the South of France this summer, Chef Suzanne Goin will take you there with her menu from Rebekah Peppler’s new cookbook Le Sud.

For more to explore, visit LAist.com where you can find info about booking your Barnsdall Wine Nights tickets (it’s back for the first summer since COVID and very popular!), make plans to see Jesse Thorn and Paul Scheer at a live Bullseye taping live at the Crawford on Thursday, and learn how to eat your way through Mexico without leaving L.A.

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Events

  • Seven Black actors perform 'A Strange Loop' on stage in muted casual outfits and sneakers, except for the man in the middle, who's wearing a red and gold jacket and matching, dressed as an usher.
    Sun, Jun 30

    'A Strange Loop'

    • Ahmanson Theatre
      135 N. Grand Ave., Downtown L.A.

    A Strange Loop is meta on meta on meta, using clever staging and a tongue-in-cheek approach to tell its story.
  • DJ Lance Rock, a Black man wearing a t-shirt with his stage name on it, plus an orange track jacket and an orange ball cap, poses with his arms outstretched among an animated background.
    Tue, Jun 11

    Storytime With DJ Lance Rock From 'Yo Gabba Gabba'

    • Chatsworth Branch Library
      21052 Devonshire St., Chatsworth

    DJ Lance Rock from Nickelodeon’s popular kids' show Yo Gabba Gabba is hitting the public library circuit for some jams.
  • A digital promo graphic boasting the words "Game Launch Party" in yellow font against a red background.
    Tue, Jun 11

    'Why Are You Like This?' Game Launch Party

    • House of Cocotte
      2028 East 7th St., Arts District

    The Exploding Kittens team is at it again with a new game – Why Are You Like This? – that combines elements of charades, pictionary, and 20 questions.
  • Judith Hill wears a velvet red vest and sequined black headband while sitting on a patterned couch.
    Tue, Jun 11

    An Evening With Judith Hill

    • GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live
      800 W. Olympic Blvd., Downtown L.A.

    The powerhouse singer and frequent collaborator with Michael Jackson and Prince has a new album out, Letters from a Black Widow.
  • A digital poster promoting Paul Haddad's book, 'Inventing Paradise,' feature both the book cover and a photo of Paul.
    Wed, Jun 12

    Book Talk: Paul Haddad on 'Inventing Paradise'

    • Skylight Books
      1818 N Vermont Ave., Los Feliz

    Paul Haddad has a new book out, Inventing Paradise, that's focused on moguls whose impact shaped L.A.

  • Exra Keonig performs on stage, playing a tan electric guitar and speaking into a micrphone. Behind him is a drummer and a blue, red, orange, and yellow background.
    Wed, Jun 12

    Vampire Weekend

    • Hollywood Bowl
      2301 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood

    Head to the Bowl for Vampire Weekend’s latest outing supporting their new album, Only God Was Above Us.

  • A person sits and types on a laptop.
    Thu, Jun 13

    Writer’s Workshop

    • Little Lunch Coffee
      50 Brooks Ave. , Venice

    The good folks at Little Lunch Coffee are hosting an evening workshop with poet and writer Sian Camille.
  • A series of 15 painted portraits of young people varying race and gender hung on a white wall.
    Sat, Jul 20

    Rebecca Campbell's 'Young Americans'

    • LA Louver
      45 N. Venice Blvd., Venice

    In this selection of recent work from 2023 and 2024, L.A.-based artist Rebecca Campbell illustrates the “integration of theoretical investigation, psychic exploration and formal invention through her signature virtuosic style.”

Viewing Pick

  • A digital poster for a 'Steel Magnolias' movie party. It features some movie-inspired goodie bag items and a trio of moviegoers from past events sitting in a theater in their swag.
    Tue, Jun 11

    'Steel Magnolias' Movie Party

    • Alamo Drafthouse DTLA
      700 W. 7th St., Downtown L.A.

    Alamo is giving the film their immersive movie party treatment for these screenings, so expect props, interactivity, and more.

Dine & Drink Deals

  • A couple sits in loungers, drinking red wine during an evening movie screening outdoors.
    Thu, Jun 13

    Movies Under The Stars

    • Hotel Bel-Air
      701 Stone Canyon Rd., Bel-Air

    Want to up your outdoor movie and snacks game? Look no further than Movies Under the Stars.
  • A hard cover copy of the cookbook "Le Sud" laying on a table. The book cover features a woman kneeling by a body of water, a sun hat obscuring her face as she slides tomatoes.
    Thu, Jun 13

    Rebekah Peppler 'Le Sud' Cookbook Dinner

    • Caldo Verde
      1100 S. Broadway, Downtown L.A.

    James Beard Award-winning chef Suzanne Goin will take on recipes from Paris-based chef Rebekah Pepplar’s new book about cooking in the South of France.
  • A pink and tan digital poster for Ventura Place Summer Market.
    Thu, Jun 13

    Ventura Place Summer Night Market

    • Ventura Place
      Between Laurel Canyon Blvd. and Radford Ave., Studio City

    Studio City will turn Ventura Place into a pedestrian market, closing off to traffic for the first annual Ventura Place Night Market.

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