Best Things To Do This Week In Los Angeles And Southern California: May 20 - 23

Joy Luck Club author Amy Tan joins Rev. Rodrick Echols, pastor at Laguna’s Neighborhood Congregational Church, at this Live Talks L.A. event to discuss her new book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles. Tan, who is on the board of the American Bird Conservancy, shares essays and drawings that reflect on the beauty of the birds all around us.

DJ Black Museumist of Black Museumist Radio at MOCA is your guide for this special listening session honoring John Coltrane’s 1965 masterpiece, A Love Supreme, in Long Beach hosted by Good Luck Vinyl Club. Local avant-garde jazz quartet Mood will also perform live.

Women’s pro soccer favorites Angel City FC take on our neighbors to the south, the San Diego Wave at Rivalry Night. Attendees will receive a free Angel City beach towel.  

Oliver Mayer’s new play Ghost Waltz uses magical realism to tell the story of classical Indigenous Mexican composer Juventino Rosas. Rosas’s hidden story weaves through relationships with better-known musicians like Scott Joplin. Deborah Klugman at Stage Raw called the show “ribboned with magic.”

German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk kick off a short residency at Disney Hall, where they will play a complete album from their extensive catalog each night. The last night’s grand finale will feature "groundbreaking works spanning five decades of the Kraftwerk repertoire."

Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder and crew come to the Forum, touring behind their latest and 12th studio album, Dark Matter. Vedder has called the album the band’s “best work to date,” but of course expect to hear the classics from the Seattle grunge pioneers, too.

British-born (but icon of L.A.) artist David Hockney designed the sets for this production of Puccini favorite Turandot two decades ago, and the show returns to L.A. Opera this week at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The L.A. Times digs into the unique history of the set and how it came out of long-time storage for this new revival. Starring Angela Meade in the title role, the opera also features Russell Thomas as her suitor and Guanqun Yu.

Correction: A previous version of this listing misspelled Hockney's last name. LAist regrets the error.

David Zwirner galleries – from downtown L.A. to New York to London – are home to some of the biggest artists of our time and times past. Their massive new space in Melrose Hill opens this week and will celebrate 30 years of supporting artists. The show spans art world's bold-faced names, from photographer Diane Arbus to painter Paul Klee to more modern multimedia artists like Jordan Wolfson and dozens more.

Join the South Bay Walking & Hiking Group and start your week off right with this walk in Pelican Cove – home to wildflowers, jackrabbits, and ocean views. Maybe you’ll even spot a dolphin or a whale before breakfast!

Angel City Brewery is showing some love for public transport every week. Each Monday, flash your Metro tap card to get a pint of either Little Tokyo Super Dry or Goldline Pilsner for $3.50 (coincidentally the same as the price of a roundtrip on Metro). Your tap card also gets a discounted four-pack to-go of either beer and 15% off any bag accessory at the brewery’s store.

Classic Santa Monica Mexican restaurant Gilbert’s El Indio is celebrating 50 years with a throwback to 1974. Get $20 plates with your choice of fajitas, burritos, tacos and more, including a drink.

Enjoy wine pours from Anajak Thai sommelier Phil South, tunes from DJ 2Raw and DJ Blak Hunny, and pizza by Pizza Ananda at this after-hours food jam at West Adams coffee spot Palm Grove Social.

Now this should be special. Kismet restaurant founders and cookbook authors Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson are talking with none other than comedian of the moment Kate Berlant — just off her mega sold-out show at Pasadena Playhouse earlier this year — at one of the best bookstores in L.A., Now Serving. The duo bring to life their unique spin on Mediterranean cuisine in their book, also called Kismet, and will talk about recipes (like their famed salty-sweet persimmon salad and their chicken that launched a whole separate restaurant), entrepreneurship, and writing with Berlant, followed by a meet and greet with fans.