The LA Holiday 25, Day 25: A Fake Academy Award
On the twenty-fifth day of Holiday, my LA friend gave to me: a fake academy award.
On the twenty-fifth day of Holiday, my LA friend gave to me: a fake academy award.
On the twenty-fourth day of Holiday, my LA friend gave to me: Rodarte for Starbucks.
On the twenty-third day of Holiday, my LA friend gave to me: the gift of Amoeba.
On the twenty-second day of Holiday, my LA friend gave to me: Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf’s Cocoa Powders.
On the twenty-first day of Holiday, my LA friend gave to me: a Poketo wallet.
MOCA PDC is welcoming former LAIY cover boy Chris Johanson for a solo show that will feature paintings, sculptures, and more. It’s called Within The River of Time Is My Mind and will be running from June 29 through September 22.
Coming May 26 and May 27 is the UCLA hosted JazzReggae Festival. You’ll get some pop and hip-hop and reggae and jazz and hear from artists like Santigold, Ziggy Marley, Common, and more. You can get tickets at Amoeba, too.
After our most recent pro-LA rant, we heard from reader Xárene Eskandar about an LA loving project she’s doing: she calls it Los Angeles County Weather Reports and they are Monday weather reports that represent her love for LA. Great concept!
Multi-talent John Hogan has a May 24 and May 25 show at Automata in Chung King. The piece is called Song Of Yourselves and it is being described as “part performance art, part song cycle, part slide show, part karaoke.” That’s a lot! Sounds interesting.
Check it: rad bag makers Altadena Works have reissued their Japanese Canvas bags. They’re pretty great looking and, like everything they make, we want it.