Best things to do this week in Los Angeles and Southern California: January 6 - 9

Oscar-nominated costume designer Arianne Phillips (Walk the Line, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) brings the early 1960s to the big screen in flawless detail in the new film A Complete Unknown, about Bob Dylan’s rise to fame in the East Village. Those costumes and props from the film’s production designer François Audouy are on display through Jan. 18 at the ASU FIDM Museum downtown. The film, directed by James Mangold — no stranger to music biopics, he also directed 2005’s Walk the Line — and starring Timothée Chalamet, Monica Barbaro, Edward Norton and Elle Fanning, is in theaters now.

The next generation of blues is happening in the Southland this week. Australian guitar whiz Hamish Anderson and singer and guitarist Quinn Sullivan rock L.A. and Orange County, with shows at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano and the Troubadour in West Hollywood. An accomplished blues guitarist, Melbourne native Anderson played with the late B.B. King and more recently opened for Gary Clark Jr. on his 2019 tour. Sullivan played with his mentor Buddy Guy at Madison Square Garden when he was just 14. Eric Roebuck opens at the Troubadour.

An all-star lineup of greats takes the stage to pay tribute to David Bowie around what would have been his 77th birthday. From Justin Warfield of She Wants Revenge to Kitten Kuti from Blondie to Zach Goode of Smashmouth to instrumentalists who’ve played with everyone from Prince to Bowie himself, this jam is going to be epic.

For way less than tickets to a Laker game, head to Cosm for an immersive experience. Catch LeBron and Bronny on a screen your big TV can only dream about. The Lakers take on the Dallas Mavericks at 4:30 p.m.

Comedian Cameron Esposito, who won my heart with her earnest and hilarious Instagram posts, is at Permanent Records Roadhouse recording her latest comedy hour on Wednesday. Plus, it’s only $5! She’s joined by Dylan Adler and Jenny Yang.

Get those old magazines ready for collaging and head to the Palisades Library for a free vision boarding session to manifest your best 2025.

If I told you how many times I’ve seen a Broadway show simply because Jeremy Jordan is in it, well, it would be a lot. So, that he’s doing a solo show at the Wallis, what can I say? It’s a treat we Angelenos don’t get often enough. Just coming off his run in The Great Gatsby opposite Eva Noblezada (I saw it in New York last summer, so glitzy and fun), Jordan will perform songs from Broadway and pop, sharing stories of the shows he’s starred in along the way, including Newsies, Waitress, and Little Shop of Horrors.

The incredible Simone Leigh exhibit comes to an end at LACMA and CAAM on January 20, so catch the show before then and take advantage of the additional programming, like this screening, conversation, and performance celebrating Black women in film. The screening of the film Diva, which follows a singer who chooses to "keep her art on her own terms," will be followed by a performance by classical vocalist Abiodun Koya and a post-screening conversation between guest curator Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and scholar, curator, and critic Tiffany Barber.

Information is the most powerful thing we have. Ruby Fruit is hosting the last in a series of conversations they’ve been doing. Led by a local community lawyer and client advocate, this one will focus on protests.

The Kubrick classic screens as a part of Alamo Drafthouse’s BANNED! film series. Give yourself the nightmares I’ve been living with since I first saw A Clockwork Orange at a midnight screening in high school.

You had me at pretzel. Wanderlust Creamery’s latest collab is with King’s Hawaiian, pairing a pretzel rye crunch slider with caramelized rye crumble in salty pretzel ice cream. Yum.

Two new limited-time Dry January Mocktails start the new year, including the Peaceful Pearidice, with Seedlip Notas De Agave, prickly pear, lime juice, and agave, and the Raphael, with Ritual Tequila Alternative, blood orange juice, lime juice, agave, aloe syrup, and club soda. Plus, they are on happy hour all day, every day for just $6.

Beloved Filipino-town pop-up-turned-brick-and-mortar restaurant Woon Kitchen has opened its newest location in Pasadena. The Chinese comfort food spot has earned praise for its tasty food and its lifestyle brand. Sign up for rewards and you’ll get $20 off $50 dine-in at either location.