{"id":433719,"date":"2026-08-15T11:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T11:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/433719\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T11:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T11:18:17","slug":"things-to-do-in-la-aug-14-16-dine-la-top-gun-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/433719\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to Do in LA Aug. 14-16: Dine LA, &#8216;Top Gun&#8217; Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kids are starting to head back to school, but there\u2019s still plenty of summer fun to be had in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out this week\u2019s roundup of some of the best events near LA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When: Friday, Aug. 14, through Friday, Aug. 28<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where: Various restaurants in Southern California<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The twice-annual celebration of restaurants is back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundreds of restaurants will have special menus for lunch and dinner providing new and favorite dishes for set prices that start at $15 and climb incrementally higher.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/app\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-309177\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reservations are encouraged and can be made by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverlosangeles.com\/dinela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">the Dine LA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When: Friday, Aug. 14, through Sunday, Aug. 16<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where: JW Mariott, LA Live, 900 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90015<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Television Academy\u2019s celebration of all things TV is back for year two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJoin us August 14-16, 2026, as we celebrate television\u2019s Emmy-nominated programs, innovative storytellers, and beloved content, providing attendees with an unprecedented opportunity to see beyond the screen and come face-to-face with your favorite shows,\u201d organizers wrote on their website. \u201cYou\u2019ll also meet craftspeople and tech pioneers who are changing the ways we experience and enjoy television.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"859\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/USA-TODAY-Network-6.jpg\" alt=\"Henry Winkler poses in the front yard of his Los Angeles home. Winkler has a new autobiography: &quot;Being Henry: The Fonz . . .\" class=\"wp-image-309245\"  \/>Henry Winkler poses in the front yard of his Los Angeles home. Winkler has a new autobiography: \u201cBeing Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond.\u201d Credit: USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect (Reuters)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Highlights include an acting class with Henry Winkler \u2014 who notably played an acting coach on the show \u201cBarry\u201d \u2014\u00a0and panels from the cast and crew of shows like \u201cBeef,\u201d \u201cShrinking\u201d and \u201cThe Bear,\u201d among many others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tickets are $300 for a three-day pass, though that figure is $180 for students and $175 for Television Academy members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One-day passes are $125 for general admission and $75 for students. The first day pass is free for Television Academy members, though the second day costs $125.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want priority access to events and other perks, consider a Televerse Insider Pass, which is $400 in general and $225 for Academy members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When: Saturday, Aug. 15, at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where: Hollywood Bowl, 2301 Highland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90068<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Come watch a screening of the blockbuster \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d starring Tom Cruise at the Hollywood Bowl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy\u2019s top aviators, Pete \u2018Maverick\u2019 Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him,\u201d the Bowl wrote on its website. \u201cWhen he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: \u2018Rooster,\u2019 the son of Maverick\u2019s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka \u2018Goose.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFacing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film\u2019s score will be performed by a live orchestra conducted by Lorne Balfe, who produced the score for the film.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sab-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cropped-DN-Logo-Official.png\" alt=\"Dodgers Nation app icon\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dodgers Nation<\/p>\n<p>Get the app for faster news<\/p>\n<p> <a id=\"sab-cta\" class=\"sab-cta\" href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GET<\/a> \u00d7  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kids are starting to head back to school, but there\u2019s still plenty of summer fun to be had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[167759,172228,8122,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-433719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-dine-la-restaurant-week","tag-henry-winkler","tag-hollywood-bowl","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433719","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=433719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}