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Best Things To Do This Week In Los Angeles And Southern California: June 10 - 13
Vampire Weekend performs on Day 3 of the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
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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.
Events
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Sun, Jun 30'A Strange Loop'
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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.
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Ahmanson Theatre
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Tue, Jun 11Storytime With DJ Lance Rock From 'Yo Gabba Gabba'
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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.
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Chatsworth Branch Library
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Tue, Jun 11'Why Are You Like This?' Game Launch Party
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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.
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House of Cocotte
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Tue, Jun 11An Evening With Judith Hill
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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.
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GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live
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Wed, Jun 12Book Talk: Paul Haddad on 'Inventing Paradise'
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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.
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Skylight Books
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Wed, Jun 12Vampire Weekend
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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.
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Hollywood Bowl
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Thu, Jun 13Writer’s Workshop
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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.
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Little Lunch Coffee
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Sat, Jul 20Rebecca Campbell's 'Young Americans'
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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.”
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LA Louver
Viewing Pick
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Tue, Jun 11'Steel Magnolias' Movie Party
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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.
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Alamo Drafthouse DTLA
Dine & Drink Deals
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Thu, Jun 13Movies Under The Stars
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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.
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Hotel Bel-Air
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Thu, Jun 13Rebekah Peppler 'Le Sud' Cookbook Dinner
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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.
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Caldo Verde
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Thu, Jun 13Ventura Place Summer Night Market
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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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Ventura Place
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