Congress has cut federal funding for public media — a $3.4 million loss for LAist. We count on readers like you to protect our nonprofit newsroom. Become a monthly member and sustain local journalism.
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.
There Will Be A Free, Daylong Launch Party For PST: LA/LA Thursday In Grand Park
Grand Park. (Photo by Steve Rhodes via the Creative Commons)
()
Feeling overwhelmed (but excited!) by the massive, multi-venue launch of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA? Come get oriented Thursday at the official, free launch party for the four-month initiative, which begins this week across Southern California. The daylong party will have music and dance performances, food and drinks, activities, and "a chance to plan your itinerary for Southern California’s largest arts experience."
Led by the Getty, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA is a far-reaching exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles housed at different arts institutions across Southern California. It involves more than 70 Southern California cultural institutions, from Los Angeles to Palm Springs, San Diego, and Santa Barbara, and will extend from September 2017 into January 2018.
Thursday's festivities will kick off at noon with Afro-Cuban and Brazilian dance and music performances, and continue on until 10 p.m. Themed food trucks will be available all day, and starting at 5 p.m. there will be a cash bar. DJ Cee Brown and Aponte will perform at 6 p.m., and headliner Quantic Live ("blending the sounds of global dance music with the powerful, iconic rhythms of Tropicalia, Cumbia, Soul and Salsa," according to the event page) will take the stage at 8:30 p.m.
For Angelenos who are excited to experience all that PST:LA/LA has to offer but is perhaps a little daunted by the initiative's scope, the real draw of the event will be the interactive installations where you can learn more about the 80-some exhibitions ahead over the next four months.
Support for LAist comes from
The ¡Momento! pop-up pavilion at Grand Park will have an information kiosk and a “reading room” of exhibition catalogues, so you can start thinking about which you might like to visit.
The “All Hands on Deck” workshop will have cards representing each of the exhibitions in PST: LA/LA. Visitors will be able to build their own unique structures, work on several collaborative mega “card houses” on site, and take home a limited set representing the PST: LA/LA experiences they want to check out.
There will also be a traveling PST: LA/LA Mobile, with a customizable selfie station and interactive technology offering a sneak peek at the many cultural institutions and works of art participating in PST: LA/LA.
Grand Park is located at 200 North Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. The launch party will run from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday. Admission is free. A full list of Pacific Standard Time events can be found here.
As Editor-in-Chief of our newsroom, I’m extremely proud of the work our top-notch journalists are doing here at LAist. We’re doing more hard-hitting watchdog journalism than ever before — powerful reporting on the economy, elections, climate and the homelessness crisis that is making a difference in your lives. At the same time, it’s never been more difficult to maintain a paywall-free, independent news source that informs, inspires, and engages everyone.
Simply put, we cannot do this essential work without your help. Federal funding for public media has been clawed back by Congress and that means LAist has lost $3.4 million in federal funding over the next two years. So we’re asking for your help. LAist has been there for you and we’re asking you to be here for us.
We rely on donations from readers like you to stay independent, which keeps our nonprofit newsroom strong and accountable to you.
No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, press freedom is at the core of keeping our nation free and fair. And as the landscape of free press changes, LAist will remain a voice you know and trust, but the amount of reader support we receive will help determine how strong of a newsroom we are going forward to cover the important news from our community.
Please take action today to support your trusted source for local news with a donation that makes sense for your budget.
Thank you for your generous support and believing in independent news.
Chip in now to fund your local journalism
(
LAist
)
Trending on LAist
-
If approved, the more than 62-acre project would include 50 housing lots and a marina less than a mile from Jackie and Shadow's famous nest overlooking the lake. -
The U.S. Supreme Court lifted limits on immigration sweeps in Southern California, overturning a lower court ruling that prohibited agents from stopping people based on their appearance.
-
Censorship has long been controversial. But lately, the issue of who does and doesn’t have the right to restrict kids’ access to books has been heating up across the country in the so-called culture wars.
-
With less to prove than LA, the city is becoming a center of impressive culinary creativity.
-
Nearly 470 sections of guardrailing were stolen in the last fiscal year in L.A. and Ventura counties.
-
Monarch butterflies are on a path to extinction, but there is a way to support them — and maybe see them in your own yard — by planting milkweed.
Best of LAist