{"id":19821,"date":"2025-10-23T17:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/19821\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T17:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:14:12","slug":"all-access-returns-to-downtown-l-a-this-saturday-with-free-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/19821\/","title":{"rendered":"All Access returns to Downtown L.A. this Saturday with free activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a particularly difficult summer, Downtown L.A.<\/a> will show off its status as a vibrant cultural hub on October 25 with\u00a0Grand Ave Arts: All Access<\/a>, a joyful celebration of the city\u2019s artistic and musical offerings.<\/p>\n

When you tally all of the world-renowned cultural institutions that call Grand Avenue home\u2014from the Center Theatre Group\u2019s two Downtown theaters to world-class museums the Broad<\/a> and MOCA<\/a> to the historic Los Angeles Central Library<\/a>, most located within a few blocks of one another\u2014it\u2019s truly astounding (and puts any outdated claims that L.A. doesn\u2019t have culture to shame). In all, 14 of these organizations will take part in the annual event, which runs from 11am to 4pm this Saturday on Grand between Temple and 6th Streets.<\/p>\n

Between all of the free workshops, performances, tours and exhibits that are on offered\u00a0during Grand Ave Arts, it can be a bit overwhelming when deciding what to do. But, luckily for you, we\u2019ve scoured the lineup and picked out five things that you shouldn\u2019t miss this weekend.<\/p>\n

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Downtown L.A. will soon be home to the world\u2019s very first AI art museum.\u00a0Scheduled to open next spring, Dataland will embrace the somewhat-controversial concept of AI-generated art and explore the potential of human-machine collaboration and creativity. The museum was\u00a0founded by L.A.-based Turkish American media artist Refik Anadol and his wife, Efsun Erk\u0131l\u0131\u00e7\u2014you might have seen Anadol\u2019s spellbinding projections on the Walt Disney Concert Hall\u2019s facade back in 2018 for the LA Phil\u2019s 100th anniversary. This Saturday, you can get a glimpse of what\u2019s in store at the yet-to-open museum with a one-day-only pop-up exhibition inside the Grand, the Frank Gehry-designed multiuse space that houses the Conrad<\/a> hotel, as well as residences and, soon, Dataland.<\/p>\n

2. The Music Center\u2019s new Digital Arts Space<\/p>\n

A new outdoor venue for public art installations located on Jerry Moss Plaza, Digital Arts Space will be hosting its inaugural free exhibition on Saturday. \u201cBlack Planetarium: Uncharted Anthologies\u201d comes from the mind of Ethiopian American artist Kidus Hailesilassie, whose work draws from 6,000 years of African traditions. The result is a \u201cliving constellation of textiles, moving image, installation and virtual reality\u201d that we\u2019re excited to explore. The show will run through December 14.<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: John McCoy <\/p>\n

3. The kickoff of Gloria Molina Grand Park\u2019s Downtown D\u00eda de los Muertos<\/p>\n

Day of the Dead<\/a> isn\u2019t technically until November 1, but lots of annual D\u00eda de los Muertos events are kicking off their festivities this weekend, including those at Olvera Street<\/a>, LA Plaza<\/a> and, outside of City Hall, Gloria Molina Grand Park<\/a>, whose display of altars this year will\u00a0honor not only those who\u2019ve passed away\u00a0but also L.A.\u2019s immigrant communities, in light of the recent ICE raids. After a processional from Jerry Moss Plaza to the park, stick around for an afternoon of ballet folklorico performances, face painting, printmaking, vinyl sets by El Marchante and live mariachi music\u2014plus a special dedication to late L.A. County Supervisor Gloria Molina. The ofrendas will remain on display through November 2, when a \u201cNoche de los Muertos\u201d event will conclude the celebration.<\/p>\n

4. Fun workshops at the Central Library<\/p>\n

Keep the D\u00eda de los Muertos\u00a0vibes\u00a0going down the street at the L.A. Central Library, where you can decorate your own sugar skull, or calavera. And that\u2019s not the only creative\u00a0outlet on offer: You can also make a paper Halloween necklace, try your hand at the keyboard, and learn about pioneering African American science fiction writer Octavia F. Butler with a button-making activity. And, of course, don\u2019t forget to peruse the more than 2.8 million books the library holds on its shelves.<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: John McCoy <\/p>\n

5. Free performances by the next generation of musical talent<\/p>\n

Grand Avenue also houses the headquarters for world-class performance groups the LA Phil, Los Angeles Master Chorale and LA Opera. While tickets to these shows can sometimes\u00a0run a bit pricey, on Saturday you\u2019ll be able to hear free live performances from their younger counterparts: LA Opera\u2019s Young Artists will sing both classics and highlights from the upcoming opera season during free recitals inside Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, and separately, Los Angeles Master Chorale\u2019s Youth Chorus LA and LA Phil\u2019s Youth Orchestra Los Angeles will also perform.<\/p>\n

This is\u00a0just\u00a0scratching the surface of what you can do during Grand Ave Arts: All Access this Saturday. Find a full list of the offerings here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a particularly difficult summer, Downtown L.A. will show off its status as a vibrant cultural hub on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[7579,48,52,51,47,50,49,7995,420],"class_list":{"0":"post-19821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-categories-things-to-do","9":"tag-la","10":"tag-la-headlines","11":"tag-la-news","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","14":"tag-los-angeles-news","15":"tag-news-events-festivals","16":"tag-things-to-do"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}