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Best things to do this week in Los Angeles and Southern California: June 16- 19
FIFA Club World Cup branding among the fans during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 on June 15, 2025, in Pasadena, California.
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As the curfew continues downtown and tensions are still high, please make sure to stay safe and check that events are happening as planned as you venture out this week. LAist has all your breaking news coverage of the ongoing immigration raids and protests here.
Over at LPTV, Lyndsey Parker has your music picks for the week, including The Kooks at the Hollywood Palladium and “Weird Al” Yankovic with Puddles Pity Party at the Fox Performing Arts Center, both on Tuesday; Rhiannon Giddens’s American Tunes night at the Hollywood Bowl on Wednesday; and Post Malone with Jelly Roll at SoFi Stadium on Thursday.
For more to explore, visit LAist.com, where you can read up on AirTalk’s conversation about sex and aging or celebrate the success of conservation efforts to save the endangered Camatta Canyon amole flower.
Events
June 19-28
FREEDOM: Juneteenth Art Exhibition
910 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice
COST: $10; MORE INFO
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Black in Mayberry is once again hosting a group exhibition on Abbot Kinney in celebration of Black art across generations, honoring Juneteenth. Open through June 28, the show includes interactive art-making stations, historical visual storytelling, and a more traditional art exhibit. The organizers say the event aims to “hold space for Black expression, joy, history and conversation.”
Thursday, June 19, 1 to 8 p.m.
Juneteenth on the Pier
Santa Monica Pier
200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica
COST: $25; MORE INFO
Yoga, sound baths, free surf lessons (with early signup), live music and much more are in store at this Juneteenth celebration on the Santa Monica Pier, benefitting Black Surfers Collective and Aquatic Futures Foundation. The event is produced by Ebony Beach Club and Black Lives Matter, and it honors the history of the beach community. The original Ebony Beach Club was founded in Santa Monica in 1957 as a Black social club, when many beaches in California were still segregated.
Through Sunday, June 29
Hollywood Fringe
Multiple locations, Hollywood
COST: VARIES; MORE INFO
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The Hollywood Fringe continues this week. We recommend checking out as many of the offbeat, independent shows as you can, some of which are bound for the mother of all fringe festivals, the Edinburgh Fringe in Scotland, later this summer. A few we’ve been tipped off on: Rise of a King (starring Vico Ortiz from HBO’s Our Flag Means Death), As You Like It In 60 Minutes, Amazing Sex Life of Rabbits, and Jessica Bashline’s moving one-woman show, Ann and Me: or the big bad abortion play.
Thursday, June 19, 7 p.m.
Lola Kirke
Troubadour
9801 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood
COST: FROM $28; MORE INFO
Mozart in the Jungle actress and singer-songwriter Lola Kirke brings readings from her essay collection, Wild West Village: Not a Memoir (Unless I Win an Oscar, Die Tragically, or Score a Country #1), to the Troubadour alongside acoustic versions of songs from her country-inspired album, Trailblazer.
Tuesday, June 17, 7 p.m.
Queer Lens: 'The Dyke Show by JEB'
Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Drive, West L.A.
COST: FREE; MORE INFO
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Pride Month is in full swing at the Getty, where in support of the ongoing photography exhibit Queer Lens, performance artist JEB (Joan E. Biren) will screen her work The Dyke Show, pre-recorded in 2023. Photographer Amina Cruz will join JEB on stage for a talkback and Q&A afterwards. The piece takes the audience through a history of lesbian photography with commentary, historical footnotes and comedy from JEB.
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The exhibit will stay open through September 28.
Monday, June 16, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Malibu Library Speakers Series: James Conlon
Malibu Library
23519 W. Civic Center Way, Malibu
COST: FREE; MORE INFO
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Music director James Conlon conducts a rehearsal of the Los Angeles Opera in Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte" at the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles on September 12, 2011. AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
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L.A. Opera director James Conlon has defined the opera scene in L.A. since he came to the organization in 2006, conducting more performances than anyone in its history. He debuted at the New York Philharmonic in 1974 and went on to lead opera companies in Paris, Cologne and many more places. He visits the Malibu Library for a talk about his life and career as part of the library’s regular speakers series.
Through Wednesday, June 25
FIFA Club World Cup Games and Events
Multiple locations
COST: FROM $33.45; MORE INFO
If you missed Sunday's Paris Saint-Germain vs. Atletico de Madrid game, don't worry, many international teams are headed our way for the FIFA Club World Cup. It's a preview of coming L.A. attractions as we gear up for the World Cup games in 2026, with several places to catch a game on TV also planning watch events if you can't attend the actual games being played at the Rose Bowl.
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Through Monday, June 23, 10 a.m. to 7p.m.
PSG House Fan Events
PSG House
8175 Melrose Ave., Melrose
COST: FREE; MORE INFO
Paris meets L.A. at the PSG House. Fans of the European champions, Paris St. Germain, can check out events like comedy nights with Melissa Villaseñor and Jamel Johnson, a rooftop soccer pitch, live music, food trucks, AR photobooths and more.
Through Sunday, July 13
FIFA Club World Cup Watch Parties
Biergarten
7561 Center Ave. #49, Huntington Beach
COST: MORE INFO
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Biergarten in Huntington Beach will be showing all the games and features drink specials, big screens, and a great atmosphere to hang with other soccer, excuse me, football, fans.
Viewing Pick
Thursday, June 19, 8:35 p.m. and 11:10 p.m.
Rooftop Cinema's Celebrating Black Cinema Series: Love Jones and Love & Basketball
888 S. Olive St., 4th Floor, Downtown LA
COST: FROM $23; MORE INFO
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The late '90s and early aughts brought with them some excellent movies, including the two screening at Rooftop Cinema for Juneteenth: the 1997 romance Love Jones and Gina Prince-Bythewood’s iconic 2000 film, Love & Basketball, starring Omar Epps in one of his early roles.
Dine & Drink Deals
June 16-17
Chefs Dani Garcia and Josiah Citrin
1104 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica
Santa Monica
COST: $165 (CITRIN), $595 (MELISSE); MORE INFO
Splurge at a chef collab for the ages as Chef Dani García of Madrid’s three-Michelin-starred Smoked Room joins L.A. icon Chef Josiah Citrin at Mélisse on June 16 and Citrin on June 17. The chefs will pair Garcia’s Andalusian cuisine with Citrin’s refined California style for multi-course tasting menus.
Thursday, June 19
Juneteenth Cookout
Del Aire Park
12601 Isis Ave., Hawthorne
COST: FREE; MORE INFO
Make new friends and taste some great food at the Hawthorne Juneteenth Cookout. BBQ will be happening, but it’s also a potluck, so sign up to bring your favorite dish.
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