Christine N. Ziemba

Luurve is in the air this week, so take your date to a silent movie with live accompaniment. Challenge them over a game of Ms. Pac-Man. And if you want nothing to do with the hyped holiday, we have plenty for you to choose from too.

There are plenty of things to do in L.A. this weekend, even if you’re not a football fan. Catch love-themed flicks under the stars or at the drive-in. Watch as Lucha VaVoom returns with live, in-person Mexican wrestling. Celebrate our feline friends with a cat-themed art show.

It’s been nearly 30 years since the Super Bowl was held in L.A., so there are plenty of events making up for that lost time. We’ve come up with a list of activities and activations for all budgets between now and Super Bowl Sunday (and Go Rams!).

Catch Sparks live in concert. Watch Bryan Cranston on stage. Listen to storytellers tell five-minute tales at The Moth. Get pumped for the Super Bowl at the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest.

Celebrate the Lunar New Year at events throughout SoCal. Commemorate Black History Month through art, music, and community. Go forest bathing.

Join Wajahat Ali and a few famous friends to discuss his new book, Go Back to Where You Came From. Attend a Sidney Poitier retrospective. Laugh along to live comedy sets at the Popular Kids Club. Or check out bizarro found footage at Everything Is Terrible’s latest screening.

Learn about the rise and fall of Ren and Stimpy. Watch Björk live in all her Björk-iness. Celebrate the Lunar New Year. Read more about everything going on this weekend.

Catch Damon Albarn with a string section. Watch a Nanfu Wang virtual retrospective. Hear from Spirit Award-nominated filmmakers. Eat your way across the LBC for Long Beach Black Restaurant Week.

Watch a feel-good West End musical make its North American debut. Listen to the Harlem Quartet perform live. Attend a virtual Q&A with Maggie Gyllenhaal. Plus, KPCC's Public Radio Palooza begins.

Although larger in-person celebrations and parades have been canceled or postponed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, find ways to celebrate, virtually.

Watch taiko drummers live on stage. Attend NFMLA’s January film festival, virtually. Attend an Asian Expo featuring food, shopping, anime, and K-pop. Watch a virtual Q&A with Kirsten Dunst. And For Folk Sake — check out the pop art of Erick Martinez.

Watch a virtually staged reading of a new play from The Blank Theatre. Catch a 1970s dystopian classic on the big screen. Laugh along as The Mads riff on vintage shorts. View new art by Glenn Hardy Jr.