Best things to do this weekend in Los Angeles and Southern California: April 24-26

I love seeing all the thoughtful responses to the new LACMA Geffen Galleries that folks have shared with us — keep them coming. In the meantime, our arts team is answering your questions about the new museum addition, so if you have questions about it — anything from architectural history to how to get tickets — please send an email to bestthingstodo@laist.com.

If you’re not headed out to get your country (and more!) on at Stagecoach this weekend, Licorice Pizza has plenty of music picks this side of the desert. Friday concerts in town include Third Day at the Forum, Patrick Watson at the Belasco, the Cribs at Echoplex and Alice Phoebe Lou at the Wiltern. Saturday has Getdown Services at the Roxy, Coach Party at the Moroccan Lounge and Tom Petty cover band extraordinaire Petty Party at the James R. Armstrong Theatre in Torrance. Sunday has Traitrs at the Roxy, Gabriel Kahane at Sid The Cat and Bethel Music at the Wiltern. And finally, the West End Girl herself, Lily Allen, serves her sweet revenge at the Orpheum on Saturday and Sunday, while animated pop diva Hatsune Miku takes over the Peacock Theater.

Elsewhere on LAist, you can find out when tickets go on sale for the FIFA World Cup fan fest in L.A., give a clap for my favorite LAist headline of the week about the landslide that threatened Rancho Palos Verdes’ trails, and get tickets for Saturday’s Go Fact Yourself live with Meaghan Rath and Hrishikesh Hirway.

Events

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Saturday, April 25, 1:30 p.m.
Buena Vista Branch Library 
300 N. Buena Vista St., Burbank 
COST: FREE, REGISTRATION REQUIRED; MORE INFO 

Taylor Jenkins Reid will be in Burbank for National Library Week.

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Author Taylor Jenkins Reid — the prolific brain behind favorite modern novels like Daisy Jones and the Six, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and many more — joins fellow author Laura Warrell (Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm) at the Buena Vista Branch Library as part of Burbank’s celebration of National Library Week.

Permission Poetics Slam Poetry Workshop

Friday, April 24, 3 p.m.
Heavy Manners Library 
1200 N. Alvarado St., Echo Park
COST: $28; MORE INFO 

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Ready to unleash the slam poet inside you? Join writer and performer Erin Taylor for this workshop to help craft and perform your first slam poem, using the given theme of “Reunion” as a guide. Snaps all around!

Muumuus and Mimosas

Sunday, April 26, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Santa Monica Blvd. between Doheny Drive and La Cienega Blvd., West Hollywood 
COST: FREE; MORE INFO

Pride is just around the corner, but first find your best Mrs. Roper muumuu and sashay your way down to the Rainbow District (Santa Monica Boulevard between Doheny Drive and La Cienega Boulevard) for Muumuus and Mimosas. The City of West Hollywood hosts this afternoon of festive programming across the neighborhood’s various bars and restaurants, including brunch specials (natch), local vendors and more.

CicLAvia West LA 

Sunday. April 26, 9 a.m. 
Connecting Santa Monica Blvd. and Westwood Blvd.
COST: FREE; MORE INFO

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Get on your bikes and ride — this time through Westwood and West L.A. for a CicLAvia on the West Side. Check out the map before you go to make sure you hit up all the pop-ups along the three-mile route, including LAist's.

York Boulevard Road Concert

Sunday, April 26, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. 
York Boulevard, Highland Park 
COST: FREE; MORE INFO

More than 40 site-specific performances, installations, music and interactive art will be featured along four miles of York Boulevard in Highland Park, all put together by The Road Concerts, and all free. Use any mode of transport that suits your fancy, see your neighbors and enjoy the art.

City of STEM 

Sunday, April 26, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
900 Exposition Park, South Lawn, Expo Park 
COST: FREE; MORE INFO

Like a science fair on steroids, the annual City of STEM and Los Angeles Maker Faire is an all-ages event that brings together young scientists and inventors from across the county. It’s free to attend, so get out there and get inspired by these young minds at work.

Benita Bike’s DanceArt

Saturday and Sunday, April 25 to 26
Lineage Performing Arts Center 
920 E. Mountain Street, Pasadena 
COST: $40; MORE INFO 

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Los Angeles’ five-member chamber modern dance company, Benita Bike’s DanceArt, celebrates its 45th season with a weekend of shows including work created from 2017 up through this year. Benita Bike’s DanceArt is known for creating original dance works for the stage and presenting those works both in concert settings as well as in unique “Explore Dance” programs produced at neighborhood sites.

Celeste Dupuy-Spencer: Burning in the eyes of the maker

Through Saturday, May 30 
Jeffrey Deitch 
7000 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood 
COST: FREE; MORE INFO

The art world sadly lost one of its young greats last week with the death of Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, whose work was provocative, detailed and incredibly timely. Her death at just 46 makes this exhibit at Jeffrey Deitch even more important to see; it’s on through May 30.

LA Yarn Crawl

Through Sunday, April 26
Various locations
COST: FREE; MORE INFO

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Calling all fiber arts enthusiasts! Stock up on yarns of all colors of the rainbow at participating L.A. Yarn Crawl stores. With discounts, prizes, free patterns and more, all you knitters out there will be in sweater heaven.