Start Your Weekend Here!
A look at what’s going on around the Eastside this weekend — and your Eastside weather.
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⭐ Featured Events
Chicken Little Shop of Horrors. The critically acclaimed Occidental Children’s Theater will celebrate 31 years in the Bowl with a seven-week outdoor run of CHICKEN LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS in the Remsen Bird Hillside Theater on the Occidental campus. July 18-Aug. 22. Details
Moveable Feast: Gronk in Conversation with Paul Holdengräber. Explore Los Angeles arts and culture with a special presentation featuring renowned visual and performance artist Gronk. Thursday, Aug. 27. Details
Aikido Open House. Come see what AIKIDO is all about! Our dojo will be open for visitors to observe our classes for children and adults. Students gain confidence, focus, coordination and self-defense skills. We also offer swordsmanship and traditional weapons training for adults and juniors. Saturday, Aug. 15 Details
Saturday, August 15
Eagle Rock—Spend An Evening with Edgar Wright and see a special screening of “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” (1970) at Vidiots. 🎬🍿
🧑🧑🧒🧒 East L.A.—Listen, Create, and Celebrate the Chicano Resource Center’s 50th Anniversary with the library. Create a paper paleta and enjoy a storytime of “Paletero Man” by Lucky Diaz. 📖🍦🎉
🧑🧑🧒🧒 Echo Park—Enjoy a free Edendale Library Up Close Concert featuring Ark Sano and a piano jazz trio. 🎹
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Elysian Park—Friends of Elysian Park are hosting a morning of outdoor drawing at the test plot at Marian Harlow Memorial Grove. Bring your supplies and a blanket to make a nature drawing. 🎨🧑🎨
Griffith Park—It’s Game Night at the L.A. Zoo. Purchase tickets to play interactive games such as live game shows, karaoke, bingo, and Dungeons & Dragons. 🎲🎤
Highland Park—Single and looking to mingle? Get tickets to the Roadkill Dating Game. Estelle is playing matchmaker with special guests and puppets at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater. 🎭🦝💕
🧑🧑🧒🧒 Historic Filipinotown—A Good Used Book is hosting Saturday School: Kitten Adoption Edition. Help a kitten find a home, shop for books, and indulge in Puerto Rican comfort food and Italian ice. 🐱📚🍽️
🧑🧑🧒🧒 Los Feliz—See artists transform walls around Hollywood Blvd into large-scale murals at The Los Feliz Mural Festival. 🎨🧑🎨
12 – 7pm | Free (Sponsorships Available)
🧑🧑🧒🧒 Silver Lake—Calling all art lovers, stop by the Silver Lake Library for their Art Book Sale. Fill your bookshelves with books ranging from ancient to modern art, photography, architecture, design and more! 🖼️🧑🎨📚
Sunday, August 16
Elysian Valley—Spend a creative Sunday doing a Secret Craft Crawl in Frogtown. Stop by 3 secret locations along the L.A. river. 🎨👟
Glassell Park—Take a DIY Screen Printing Workshop at Ponder. 🖨️🎨
10am – 2pm | Donation-based
🧑🧑🧒🧒 Silver Lake—Join Jewish Silver Lake for their Family Summer Festival. Bring the family for fun activities, live music, dancing, and treats with the community. 🎶☀️🎊✡️
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