Christine N. Ziemba

Dance the blues away. Sneak a peek of M. Night Shyamalan’s latest scarefest. Tune in as Sleater-Kinney chats about food and music. Peep rare Warhol photos.

Roller skate through a disco garden. Fly a kite at a community fest. Support your local artisan at a SoCal makers fair. Watch a new doc about Anthony Bourdain. Bring your Doxie to a meetup.

Catch comedy shows under the stars. Take a sound walk through a park. View a Judy Baca retrospective. Celebrate a classic Carole King album. Screen a crazy German film at the Secret Movie Club.

Danny Trejo discusses his memoir. Live music returns. Noir films add a touch of darkness to summer. Tlayudas, mochi ice cream, micheladas and pies tantalize our palates. Shark Week swims back around.

Check out a cardboard community art gallery. Shop at a marketplace for the odd and occult. Listen as Patti LaBelle revisits her bestselling cookbook. See Black Widow early at a fan screening.

Celebrate Independence Day with drive-in movies and fireworks. Hike a popular coastal trail. Attend Black L.A. Pride events. Catch Kool & the Gang. Take the fam to Bubblefest. Bring your appetite to a fantastic food market's reopening.

Oh myyyy. Tune in as George Takei talks acting and activism. View an exhibition of protest images. Take a dip as an iconic Westside community pool reopens.

Catch Questlove’s debut music doc. Attend a craft beer and music fest. Celebrate Pride at screenings, pop-ups and after hours. Hike to the Bridge to Nowhere. Nosh on Hainan chicken rice, pintxos, fried chicken and boozy sorbets.

Make music on the summer solstice. Sip caipirinhas and cook kibe. Attend a documentary film fest or an art fair. Chow down on Greek food, smoothies, burritos and hot chicken.

Celebrate Juneteenth! Play pinball at a retro arcade. Thank the dads in your life on Father’s Day. Check out one of the restaurants or bars that reopened this week.

Enjoy happy hour at home — with a queen. Visit an art exhibition created from hula hoops. Explore the science of SpongeBob. Attend Dodgers and Angels games with capacity crowds.

Swing into summer with free dance lessons, a lowrider cruise night, a zine workshop or a twilight stroll through one of SoCal's lushest gardens.