One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Get Out: Dudamel and Domingo, Vegan Cookbook Book-Signing & A Baseball Documentary
Photo by joiseyboyy via the LAist Featured Photos pool
OPERA: Anytime critics starts hand out royal titles for musical artists (like Michael Jackson's "King of Pop"), people pay attention. But for the "King of Opera," world renowned tenor Placido Domingo, the attention is probably better directed to his sonorous pipes and the fact that he's performed in every major opera house in the world. Tonight at 7:30 p.m., he will be performing with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the first time in concert together at the Hollywood Bowl. For tickets, visit the Hollywood Bowl's website.
BOOK SIGNING: It sounds like the start of a weird joke. "So a vegan recipe book author holds a book-signing in a butcher shop..." But there's no real punchline, just an interesting meshing of culinary practices. Tonight from 6 to 8 p.m., the local, organic and sustainability-minded L.A. butcher shop Lindy & Grundy will be hosting a book-signing for Joseph Shuldiner's "Pure Vegan: Beautiful Meals and Clean Living." The event is free and includes complimentary snacks and cocktails. To attend, RSVP at rsvp@purevegancookbook.com.
PUNK ROCK BBQ: An odd but tantalizing combination. The Facebook event page for today's Punk Rock BBQ at Liquid Kitty pretty much says it all "FREE ADMISSION! SIX BANDS! CHEAP BOOZE! FREE HOT DOGS!" Starting at 1 p.m., bands like the underrated punk outfit The Alley Cats will energize and electrify the stage. Just make sure you roll out of bed in time.
BASEBALL: Jon Leonoudakis's documentary, "Not Exactly Cooperstown" premieres today at 2 p.m. at the Pasadena Central Library. The documentary profiles The Baseball Reliquary, a nonprofit, anti-establishment group dedicated to baseball (that isn't affiliated with Major League Baseball). "This isn’t your father’s baseball documentary," says Leonoudakis. "My film is a bold stew of Americana, folklore, sex, religion, scandal, fandom, poetry, sport, and art." The film is free, but get to the library early to get a seat. You can find parking at the underground University of Phoenix parking structure at Garfield Avenue and Corson Street. For more information about the documentary, visit its website.
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
