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Mark Your iCal – Los Angeles Weekend Guide

Looking for something to do this weekend in LA? Check out these fun events going on in Los Angeles this weekend!!

  • Port Of Los Angeles’ Lobster Festival
    • When: Friday Sep 25, at 5:00PM
    • Where: Port of Los Angeles
    • Cost: $10, kis under 12 free
    • About: In addition to the affordable lobster meals ($23 for a whole, steamed lobster and fixins), the 16th annual Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival will feature live bands all weekend long, ranging from “hulabilly” to taiko drumming and indie rock. Although these lobsters weren’t caught at the Port — they’re shipped in all the way from Maine — it’s still a lot more fun to eat shellfish by the ocean than in a stuffy restaurant. It takes 16 tons (about 20,000 total) live lobsters to make this New England lobstah shack fantasy come true.
    • Link: Lobster Fest
  • Hard Edged: Geometrical Abstraction and Beyond (African American Museum)
    • When: Friday Sep 25 and Saturday Sep 26 from 10:00Am to 5:00PM
    • Where: Los Angeles
    • Cost: Free
    • About: Kathie Foley-Meyer’s Brown People, Glass House looks as you’d expect from the title. There’s a clear, see-through house made of white neon and glass plates, enclosed in a Plexiglas case. Inside, dark figures that look something like gingerbread men stand clumsily in various rooms. A digital frame set up in the house’s front room shows home photos of an African-American family. A sleek idea of modernism thus collides with lowbrow quaintness. Foley-Meyer’s house appears in the show “Hard-Edge” at the California African American Museum, which focuses on artists of African descent who employ tropes of geometric abstraction. But the approach these artists take is grittier and more charged than better-known California hard-edge painters. Enoch Mack plays word games with his shaped canvas. April Bey pools hair relaxer on grids of photos of people wearing their hair naturally, even though natural is still so often frowned upon.
    • Link: African American Museum
  • Afros and Ass Whoopins
    • When: Friday Sept 25 at 8:00PM
    • Where: Hollywood
    • Cost: $10
    • About: Everyone is tired of talking about race and the police, we are too, so we decided to sing about it instead! This original musical comedy is the story of a son who is at odds with his father’s old-world views. Cop sticks, and afro picks, come get your ass whooped! Premiering on The Second City Hollywood stage and performed by: Michael Boumenot, Braxton Brooks, Paul Dupree, Choni Francis, Piper Gillin, Linzie Gray, Brian Hunt, Kyle McGrath, Majeed Nami and Carl Tart. Written & Directed by Dwayne Colbert. Assistant Director, Keenan Montgomery. Music & Lyrics by Hughie Stone Fish.
    • Link: Afros and Ass Whoopins
  •  WeHo Reads: Banned Books
    • When: Saturday Sep 26 at 12:00PM
    • Where: West Hollywood
    • Cost: Free
    • About: As part of the American Library Association-sponsored Banned Books Week, the City of West Hollywood’s year-long author series culminates in WeHo Reads: Banned Books, which highlights books that have been banned or challenged over the years due to race, religion or sexuality, including Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, The Hunger Games, The Perks of Being a Wallflower and others. Artists and authors, including Pam Dawber, Colin Egglesfield, Stephen Reigns, Francesca Lia Block, Samantha Dunn, Cecil Castellucci, former L.A. Weekly contributor Ron Athey and Poet Laureate of Los Angeles Luis Rodriguez, take part in day-long events, beginning with Screen Actors Guild members reading banned children’s books, and continuing with panels and discussions on racism and queer sex and a special screening of the film The Perks of Being a Wallflower by writer/director Stephen Chbosky.
    • Link: WeHo Reads: Banned Books
  • Watts Towers Day of the Drum Festival and Jazz Festival 
    • When: Saturday Sept 26 and Sunday Sept 27 from 10:00AM-6:00PM
    • Where: Watts
    • Cost: Free Admission and Parking
    • About: The Watts Towers Day of the Drum Festival celebrates the role of drums and drummers in world cultures, past and present.  The Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival pays tribute to the American music forms of jazz, gospel and rhythm and blues.  Admission is free to the two festivals. There will be activities for children and informational material at community service booths.  Food and Arts and Crafts will be available for purchase.
    • Link:Watts Tower Festivals
  • Abbot Kinney Festival 
    • When: Sunday Sep 27 from 10:00AM to 6:00PM
    • Where: Abbot Kinney
    • Cost: Free Admission
    • About: The Abbot Kinney Festival, now in its 31st year, takes place along a mile-long stretch of the world-famous Abbot Kinney Boulevard, arguably the “coolest block in America”.The Boulevard’s eclectic boutiques, artisan eateries and influential art galleries infuse the festival with a local flavor that makes this event unique and not to be missed. Join us on the last Sunday in September for a day of fun, food and entertainment while you soak in the convivial spirit of the sunny beach-side community of Venice!
    • Link: Abbot Kinney Festival
  • Go Fish LA! September 2015
    • When: Sunday Sep 27 at 12:00PM
    • Where: San Pedro
    • Cost: $125
    • About: “This occasional event gets huge chefs (Providence’s Michael Cimarusti! Superba’s Jason Neroni!) and puts ’em on a boat with you to deep-sea fish… and eat their food. Seriously.” “What started out small has become a happening that draws chef’s, mixologists, restauranteurs and devoted foodies to the city of San Pedro.Fishing is only part of the fun, great food, great drink and great company are the catch of the day” – Michael Cimarusti
    • Link: Go Fish LA!

 

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