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THE INSIDER GUIDE TO DOWNTOWN

PAGE 4 LAO TAO Chef David Wang delivers a taste of Taiwanese street food that will run through your mind long after you walk away.

MIKKELLER BAR DOWNTOWN MAP VOYAGER lands in DTLA ready to serve up flights PAGE 8 A den of design sits inside the One Santa Fe of from around the world perfectly paired with complex and it’s ready to introduce you to niche next level pub grub. EVENT CALENDAR labels you’re going to covet. PAGE 3 PAGE 15 PAGE 6

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THE INSIDER’S VIEW OF DOWNTOWN CULTURE, FOOD, DRINKS, FASHION & THE PEOPLE WHO SHAPE IT.

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right near the Staples Center. The large corner to experiment. They also carry some favorite lot has housed Winfield Arms which was staffed DTLA brewers like Mumford Brewing (Skidrokyo). SUBSCRIBE CONTACT US MIKKELLER BAR by the CIA and Naval Intellignece personnel. Stilphen says that alone speaks volumes about the For the latest finds & happenings: Got a cool tip to share?: COPENHAGEN LANDS IN DTLA It’s also been a discount tire center. But after brewing community, “The beer world - everyone LADowntowner.com/subscribe [email protected] sitting vacant for a couple of years Stilphen came seems to help each other.” But this place isn’t Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: Feedback or just to say hello: Written By Linda Hosmer @LADowntowner [email protected] Photographed By Kort Havens in and has now carved it into a contemporary strictly for beer faithfuls, the cocktail menu is Like us on Facebook: Looking to advertise? industrial loft putting all 7,600 square feet to seriously worth a spin like the Oaxacan Old facebook.com/LADowntowner [email protected] These days it seems like every design thirsty work with high ceilings and glass walls that open Fashioned — a brooding tequila, mezcal mix with person is booking a ticket to the mothership up. Stilphen says the space is designed to draw an intense twist — mole, yes mole - like the rich — Copenhagen. But if you don’t have the funds you in, “It’s very communal. It’s very beer hallish. Mexican sauce or try the Lime in the Coconut because rent and life are kinda draining your That was the goal to have a place where people drink – which tastes like a tropical trip outta here. every last dime then you’ll be happy to know get together and talk about beer and drink good Then there’s the food – the anchor that’ll keep IN THIS ISSUE you can get a little taste of Copenhagen at the beer and have really good food.” you from washing away in a beer and cocktail haze. new Mikkeller Bar in DTLA. Looking around you’ll get glimpses of the art This is where Chef Enrique Cuevas from Spring 4 LAO TAO If you’re not familiar with the Mikkeller brand that usually draws people to covet Mikkeller’s steps in with upscale eats fit for a pub. He even has of craft beer here’s some background for you. The packaging. The walls have murals of patterns of a real wood smoker at his disposal to cook up juicy, 6 VOYAGER Mikkeller brand was birthed in the early 2000s in a the hip cartoon characters drawn up by Philly- smoky brats made from chicken and butt kitchen in Copenhahen when Mikkel Borg Bjergsø, based artist Keith Shore. The art is such a big stuffed into a pillowy bread coffin. There’s also the a science teacher, started experimenting with part of the brand’s appeal so don’t be shocked if caramelized potatoes – OK, maybe that sounds 8 MAP OF DOWNTOWN homebrewing. Since then Mikkeller brews have you find yourself sneaking off with some of their basic to you but trust it will make your mouth traveled to 40 different countries like Iceland, artsy L.A. coasters. Shame — Inevitable, New happy so just go ahead and order it. 10 BALDORIA South Korea and the U.S. ( and San Portable Art — Most definitely. So here’s the deal if you’re into good beer, Francisco). That’s where Chuck Stilphen comes in. Mikkeller’s lineup of runs deep so good design and good eats you’re gonna land 12 REDLINE A couple of years ago Stilphen partnered up with you’ll never run out of choices. They come from nicely here at Mikkeller. Mikkeller to launch the location. all over the world and are served at different 15 EVENT CALENDAR Now it’s DTLA’s turn to meet Mikkeller. temperatutes. A popular choice is FIND IT HERE: Stilphen chose the South Park area of DTLA, Dream a crisp Pilsner if you’re not in the mood 330 W Olympic Blvd. — mikkellerbar.com

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Another Lao Tao gem is the salad. A decorative dish featuring silky tofu LAO TAO slices, green , pork floss and a cured black duck egg. The egg might initially be met TAIWANESE STREET EATS with timidity due to its blackened color and its opinionated, yet deceiving fragrance, but Written By Brian Chernick it rewards with a unique creamy texture and Photographed By Stephen LaMarche heightened and saltier egg flavor. The pork floss, or rousong, is a savory garnish that feels like Savory scents of Taiwanese beefy soups, braised cotton candy in your mouth and packs a strong, pork belly and popcorn chicken can be found rich and salty but not overpowering. dancing to the sweet sounds of obscure, Born in and raised on Taiwanese food Tarantino-esque pop songs in and outside of Lao culture, Wang’s affinity for street market comfort Tao — Chinatown’s latest addition to the ever food drove him to take up the culinary arts. The growing Far East Plaza. decision to open a restaurant in Chinatown was The natural Los Angeles sunlight basks diners also inspired by an eagerness to keep Chinese through the tall glass storefront where an interior culture alive and vibrant in a time where the employs a pale olive green borrowed from old children of traditional restaurant owners have Taiwanese shops and mid-20th century grade opted out of carrying on their family businesses. schools. Named after Taotie, the insatiable son of Lao Tao sets itself apart from other Asian a dragon that became so hungry he swallowed his cuisine heavy hitters like Ramen Champ and own body, Lao Tao is the reimagined childhood Chego that are breathing new life into the memories of Taiwanese street grub crafted by neighborhood by delivering an authentic aficionado and chef David Wang. Taiwanese food experience. Lao Tao’s headliner, and Taiwan’s national The attention to detail brings satisfaction dish, Ban Mien is a rich and spicy soup to each sense — from the simple decor with filled with flat noodle and tender portions of grade school illustrations and wood planks five-spice beef shank soaked in an eight-hour with spices inscribed in Chinese all the way spicy bone marrow broth. Those who prefer an to the presentation of their limeade extra kick are recommended to order it with where tiny slices of ginger and chia seeds float the house-made spicy and numbing mala sauce within and provide a visually playful appeal that made of Sichuan peppercorn and . compliments its refreshing taste. Wang worked five tireless years on the So whether you’re a hungry, yet humble human recipe, traveling back to Taiwan and consulting or the reincarnation of Taotie himself, Lao Tao is with mentor and fellow chef Juili Wang, to fine- guaranteed to satisfy the food monster within. tune the sauces, beef tenderization and bringing a balance with the other flavors of Taiwanese FIND IT HERE: Napa cabbage, pickled vegetables, diced 727 N Broadway #207 tomatoes and green scallions. laotaostreetfood.com

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Hirsch stands by everything you’ll find in the store, “If you see it on the rack, we’ve probably VOYAGER at one point screamed and fallen to the floor over it.” DESIGN DEN It’s warranted. Voyager carries some majorly lust-worthy pieces — from the structurally daring Written By Sophie He to the minimally modern — by cult brands like Photographed By Natasha Lee Henrik Vibskov and Norse Projects, as well as local favorites like Shaina Mote and Black Crane. It’s a refreshing experience to shop at a store The shop also carries more obscure indie brands, in the Arts District that isn’t afraid to have a many of which are unavailable elsewhere. This little fun. A sparse and serious ambiance now is one of the few places in L.A. where you’ll find tends to mark every other hip retail space in collections from the likes of Achro and Ashley downtown. It’s a totally different experience Rowe, as well as a large selection of gorgeous, at Voyager. It’s tucked away inside One Santa handmade items from California makers like Fe’s shopping courtyard and as soon as you Totem, Crescioni, and Are Studio. enter you’re greeted by a mix of Scandi design In addition to sourcing brands, Hirsch and and contemporary Californian cool makers. Art Fernandez design and produce their own pieces objects are displayed on wood-beam shelves. A for Voyager’s in-house collection, Equals. Small bed of foliage blankets the ceiling like a canopy; runs of minimal clothing made with silk, linens, holographic, geometric installations recur and most recently, hand-woven baby alpaca throughout. There are boobs. It feels less like a wool, are released each season, and so far, place to shop, and more like a place to hang. it’s opened up new possibilities for faraway Voyager first came to life as a collaboration communities. Their alpaca collection was made between Spartan, an Austin-based home goods in collaboration with Mothers in Action, a store, and Revolver, a contemporary clothing fair trade apparel producer based in Peru. The store in San Francisco. Its first retail space collective gives single Peruvian mothers the opened up 5 years ago in SF’s Mission District, agency to work from home as artisans, improving and has since established a loyal neighborhood their working conditions and family lives. following. When reps from One Santa Fe As local buzz and foot traffic starts to pick up, reached out to the team with a unique leasing Hirsch’s main goal is to build and strengthen opportunity, it felt like the right time and place community, similar to what Voyager’s flagship to expand their vision. store has done for San Francisco’s maker scene. Co-owner Valerie Hirsch runs the new Expect launch parties, gallery shows, and a storefront and also serves as a buyer alongside seasonal pop-up series featuring local, up-and- her business partner, Marta Fernandez, who coming designers. helms the SF location. Despite the distance, “We want to incorporate art, design, agreeing on creative decisions comes easy for aesthetic, community, beliefs — all of that the duo, who operate on the same wavelength together,” said Hirsch. “It’s not just beautiful both mentally and aesthetically. clothes on a hanger.” “We travel a lot together to find brands, and we’re insane,” said Hirsch. “We bring this crazy FIND IT HERE: energy — my heart will start beating, I’ll get 300 S Santa Fe Ave. weak in the knees. We get so excited over the thevoyagershop.com pieces. We’re screaming and trying things on.”

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E. CHAVEZ AVE. DOWNTOWN DRINK TEMPLE ST. 1ST ST. ALPINE ST. COLLEGE ST. FAVORITES MIKKELLER BAR BARTLETT ST. A 330 W Olympic Blvd. mikkellerbar.com STRADA EATERIA & COFFEE 3RD ST. 1 119 E 5th St. — stradadtla.com Nestled in the King Edward Hotel lobby, Strada serves up piping REDLINE YALE ST. hot Turkish coffee and world food made with local ingredients. In B 131 E 6th St. 7 addition to the requisite tarts and croissants, Strada’s diverse menu

redlinedtla.com HILL ST. includes Ceviche and Gypsy Bacon sandwiches. AVE. 20 6TH ST. BROADWAY 2ND ST. BIRDS & BEES 2 207 South Broadway — birdsandbeesla.com WILSHIRE BLVD. SPRING ST. Find the hidden entrance to this new speakeasy and you’ll be rewarded 7TH ST. LUCAS AVE. CHINA MAIN ST. by an inventive cocktail program that features drinks named after BEAUDRY AVE. 4TH ST. 8TH ST. icons of a certain era, like Dorris Day, Pat Boone, and Desi Arnez. Long TOWN MOULTON AVE. forgotten classics like the Chocolate Soldier are also highlighted. CIVIC EAT 5TH ST. CITY WEST MARIE’S COFFEE DELI OLYMPIC BLVD. CENTER 3 731 W 7th St. — mariescoffeedeli.com LAO TAO In addition to an impressive selection of herbal teas, coffees and dairy- C 727 N Broadway #207 11TH ST. free smoothies, Marie’s Coffee Deli offers a large selection of vegetarian laotaostreetfood.com C 2 EL bagel options and sandwiches. There are plenty of options for meat 3 BUNKERHILL eaters as well - be sure to try the Pork Belly Banh Mi sandwich. D BALDORIA PICO BLVD. PUEBLO 243 S San Pedro St. 9TH ST. baldoriadtla.com D VENICE BLVD. WILD LIVING FOODS FINANCIAL 4 760 S Main St. — wildlivingfoods.com DISTRICT Focusing on nutrient-rich quinoa bowls, small plates, plant- based sushi and burgers, Wild Living Foods is a restaurant, juice WASHINGTON BLVD. 12TH ST. bar, market, and bakery that takes the concept of wholeness to 1 1ST ST. HISTORIC CORE LITTLE another level. All food is prepared below 118 degrees to ensure 5 6 nutrients remain intact. JEWELRY GALLERY ROW MOVE SPRING ST. 8 7TH STREET CAFE DISTRICT TOY E 5 225 W 7th St. — 7thstcafe.com MAIN ST. VOYAGER 4 Hot Cheetos-crusted Chicken Tenders. Tiramisu Pancakes. Fried E DISTRICT 4TH PL. 300 S Santa Fe Ave. 15TH ST. SOUTH Mac & Cheese Balls with Beef Bits. If any of this sounds good thevoyagershop.com PARK to you, you’ll want to stop by 7th Street Cafe to explore their creative take on comfort food. Open till 3AM on weekends.

FIGUEROA ST. 18TH ST. WAKE & LATE 6 105 E 6th St. — wakeandlate.com FLOWER ST. Their breakfast burrito, The Rico, is already the stuff of 6TH ST. legend. Other favorites include the Spicy Cauliflower Bowl and HOPE ST. B CENTRAL a selection of whey protein shakes. Don’t let their business hours

MATEO ST. deter you. Plus, they deliver. 7:30 — 11:30AM and 6PM — 1AM. GRAND AVE. CITY EAST7TH ST. ARTS SANTA FE AVE. OLIVE ST. FASHION A DISTRICT BUILDING BLOCK HILL ST. DISTRICT 7 970 N Broadway — building--block.com 16TH ST. OLYMPIC BLVD. Building Block offers a forward-thinking, minimalist approach to BROADWAY statement handbags and accessories in the label’s Chinatown based design studio and store. Open for retail Wednesday through Saturday. MAIN ST. CENTRAL9 JASON RHOADES. INSTALLATIONS 1994 – 2006 LOS ANGELES ST. 8 901 E 3rd St. — hauserwirthschimmel.com The immersive retrospective exhibiting six of LA native Jason Rhoades MAPLE AVE. CITY STREETS INDUSTRIAL large-scale works includes a variety of educational programing, including curator-led walkthroughs and symposia offering insight to FREEWAYS the cultural and political issues explored by his work. SAN PEDRO ST. LA RIVER 24K COLLECTIVE 9 1462 S Central Ave. — weedmaps.com/dispensaries/24k-collective Prop 2018 won’t be fully implemented until 2018, but card toting METRO RAIL STATIONS CENTRAL AVE. cannabis connoisseurs can enjoy a selection of top shelf and private reserve strains. New customers receive discounts and goodies for those of you needing an incentive. *MAP SIMPLIFIED & NOT TO SCALE ALAMEDA ST.

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Dog — King’s take on the old fashioned. “We infuse moonshine with loose earl grey tea in BALDORIA a pressurized chamber which creates more volatile aromas without astringencies,” explains CASUALLY UPSCALE King. They then put the infusion in a white oak barrel and let it sit for eighteen days for a “nice Written By Lucy Rogers-Ciaffa vanilla roundness”. The drink is then cut so as to Photographed By Robiee Ziegler lower the proof, but it remains a “very boozy cocktail,” with sugar added to take its final form There’s no need to traverse the Atlantic to wine as a reinvented old fashioned. To put it simply, and dine like you’re in Europe. Instead, head “you’re lucky if it’s ready,” quips King. over to Baldoria, a “European style aperitivo Setting Baldoria even further apart from the tapas bar, only a bit more American,” describes traditional DTLA bar scene is the fact that all of owner David King. Though his name may be the restaurant’s products are locally produced — King, he acts like anything but – a decade-long they churn out their own syrups and infusions. local, the friendly and attentive owner can be This combined with its unique, alluring ambiance found humbly seating and serving patrons at his that caters to conversation, wine drinking, restaurant throughout the week, living a mere and casual hangouts is what’s giving other 200 feet away. Downtown spots a run for their money. Still, the Baldoria aims for casual comfort, and their local bar community is “supportive as opposed no-reservations policy is part of this concept. to competitive,” remarks King, who collaborates The space is “very casual, everything’s meant with Everson Royce Bar from time to time. to be movable — only with higher quality food Baldoria attracts a wide range of customers, than the traditional bar menu,” explains King. from young adult Angelenos to Downtown They aim to move away from “ubiquitous grease creatives. Though the crowd is most usually and salt” and instead offer up scrumptious locals, all are definitely welcome. Baldoria — in concoctions including chicken and waffle Italian, it means “revelry, a great time,” and that’s tacos (for brunch on Saturdays and Sundays) exactly what you get here. and Lil’ Tokyo steak pizza made with miso marinated flat iron, yuzukosho, shiitake, and FIND IT HERE: shishito. Equally impressive is Baldoria’s cocktail 243 S San Pedro St. menu, which boasts a request-only Earl Grey baldoriadtla.com

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With a diverse clientele, creating an accessible and equal space means nixing bottle service REDLINE and offering different nights for everyone. In addition to Eggplant Fridays and themed DESTINATION FOR ALL Saturday nights, Redline hosts Bottomless Mimosa Brunch on Sundays, and offers $5 drinks Written By Ivan Navarro and bites during Happy Hour running Tuesday Photographed By Robiee Ziegler through Friday, 5-8pm. Drag lovers will have to reserve Wednesday nights for “Dragalicious,” In the spirit of context, well before Downtown while sipping $6 martinis or shooting $4 reemerged as an epicenter of culture and city-life, Pandora shots. Soon to come is ¡Bailando! which the gay community was essentially confined to will feature Spanish dance pop, electro, disco West Hollywood, and to a lesser extent, Silverlake. and more every first Thursday. For years they were the de facto destinations “What really makes it different is the people. for dancing and drinks, until the revitalization We are open to the entire alphabet here,” notes of Downtown quickly attracted a diverse LGBT Alpuche of his regulars and visitors who range community of its own, and heralded the arrival of across the spectrum, defying typical norms gay establishments to a new part of Los Angeles. “I found further west. He continues, “When we think Downtown is a true kaleidoscope of the gay opened up we heard a lot of ‘thank you’ from community, it is a little bit of everything,” explains people who come and just relax. Ive had a lot of Oliver Alpuche, owner of the Redline – “DTLA’s people tell me they get anxiety when they go to Premier Bar and Lounge.” West Hollywood. It is great to have an option.” Having opened in the summer of 2015, Redline And the community extends beyond Redline was Alpuche’s solution to a lack of LGBT spaces itself, with Alpuche sitting as President of the in his own neighborhood. He set out to create DTLA Proud Festival, coordinated with the an inclusive space for all, borrowing its namesake owners of fellow gay bars, Precinct and Bar from the Metro Red line, and occupying ground Mattachine. “What makes Downtown even more floor space located coincidentally across the special. We have [Bar] Mattachine, Precinct, street from the original red cars of the Pacific and New Jalisco. We all talk, we all have dinner Electric. “Our mission statement was to make together, we visit each other to say hi. Someone DTLA a nighttime destination for all. There is so once said this, but as ‘the ocean rises, all the much to see and we want people to have that boats rise.’” safe space,” he says. The response was swift and positive, with packed weekend dance parties FIND IT HERE: transforming the once barren corner into a lively 131 E 6th St. destination for locals and visitors alike. redlinedtla.com

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 ALAN CUMMING HAPPY HOUR DEVENDRA KARAOKE NIGHT OPEN MIC COMEDY HEY! HO! LET’S GO: THESE DAYS SINGS SAPPY SONGS @ ERB BANHART WITH KJ BEERBRA The Lexington Bar RAMONES AND THE Afraid Of Modern Living: Walt Disney Concert Hall Everson Royce Bar The Mayan STREISAND 129 E 3rd St. BIRTH OF PUNK Opening & Book Release 111 S Grand Ave. 1936 E 7th St. 1038 S Hill St. Angel City Brewery 6:30 — 8:30PM The Teragram Ballroom 118 Winston St. FL 2 216 Alameda St. 1234 W 7th St. 7 – 9PM 9PM 7 — 10PM 5PM Try your hand at stand up 8PM “Bawdy countercultural sprite” 7 — 9PM or nurse your drink in safety These Days gallery hosts an Enjoy free chips and salsa, $10 Devendra Banhart brings Alan Cumming takes Disney Hall while others attempt to Indie rockers Hippo Campus opening reception for an burger & fry combos, cocktail his unique brand of trippy- Get your Karaoke on by storm with his renditions of invoke your chuckles. Sign bring their angsty, wise- exhibition devoted to the and wine specials, and pitchers hippie tone poetry to The every Wednesday at songs written by the likes of up begins at 6:30, the show beyond-their-years musings late 70’s punk art collective, of beer at one of DTLA’s Mayan in support of his Angel City Brewery with Noel Coward, Annie Lennox, starts at 7pm. to the Teragram Ballroom. World Imitation & Monitor. favorite happy hours. latest album, Ape in Pink KJ Beerbra Streisand. and Steven Sondheim. Marble. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 THE OVERFLOW MOIST MONDAYS TACO TUESDAYS RED HOT DOWNTOWN LA BEETHOVEN & IN THE BASEMENT Life Drawing In Los Angeles La Cita Mezcalero CHILI PEPPERS ART WALK SHOSTAKOVICH: W MISS NINJA 210 W 5th St. 336 S Hill St. 510 S Broadway Staples Center Art Walk Lounge 5TH SYMPHONIES Crane’s Bar Downtown 1111 S Figueroa St 634 S Spring St. Walt Disney Concert Hall 810 S Spring St. 7 — 10PM 9PM 3PM — 12AM 7:30PM 6PM 111 S Grand Ave. 9PM Live models will be on hand Take advantage of all 11AM so you can cultivate your night happy hour while DJ Enjoy half-off Agave Main and Spring streets Miss Ninja and friends spin spirits and $3 Tacos at Red Hot Chili Peppers figure drawing skills over a Moist and friends spin old promote their 11th studio come alive during DTLA’s New York Philharmonic’s new Hip-Hop, Soul, 80’s and glass of wine and some good school hip-hop and R&B at DTLA’s newest addition favorite monthly street director, Jaap van Zweden, Funk to the Mezcal scene. album, The Getaway, at eats. Bring your sketch pad this legendary Downtown Staples Center. party. leads this program of iconic 5th and $20. location. symphonies for the FRM, Friday Midday Series. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 NATE WANTS SOURCE BRITISH TACOS & TRIVIA ZOOT SUIT JASON RHOADES. ST. PATRICKS DAY FLAVIA BULLET TO BATTLE California Market Center TUESDAYS Mark Taper Forum INSTALLATIONS, STREET FESTIVAL AND ADAM The Teragram Ballroom 110 East 9th St. Angel City Brewery 135 N Grand Ave. 1994-2006 Casey’s Irish Pub HANSBROUGH LIVE 1234 W 7th St. 216 Alameda St. Hauser Wirth & Schimmel Wilshire & Hope St. D’Vine Lounge Bar 9AM 8PM 7PM 901 E 3rd St. 821 S Flower St. Scope out fashion, 7 PM 6AM The 50th anniversary revival 11AM — 8PM 8:30PM Anime, video games, and accessories, footwear, home, Taqueria El Severo will be of the musical based on 400 kegs of beer, 1200 pop songs get reworked by and crafts made by brands servin up their grilled tacos Chicano culture in LA is The first major exhibition of bottles of Jameson, Flavia Bullet on saxophone YouTube sensation, Nathan purveyors across the pond. outside, while inside will be as relevant today as ever. the politically charged, darkly Irish food, and ensuing and Adam Hansbrough on Sharp as he supports his new Free entry with registration. an ongoing game of trivia Through March 26th. exuberant art of Jason Rhoades shenanigans, right there in guitar perform smooth Jazz at album, Sandcastle Kingdoms. from King Trivia. continues through May 21st. the street for all to see. D’Vine Lounge. Free entry.

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 LOS ANGELES ALE ROCKARAOKE LOW END FOOD FOR HAPPY HOUR THE TALES MARATHON ACADEMY Down & Out Bar THEORY THOUGHT OPEN ALL DAY OF HOFFMAN , 2014, acrylic, 2014, on PVC panel, 5/8 59 cm), The Museum x 149.5 5/8 x 59 of Contemporary (149.5 in. Art, Los Angeles, Citywide Angel City Brewery 5th and Spring St. The Airliner MIC NIGHT Beelman’s Pub Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 1000 Elysian Park Ave. 216 Alameda St. 9:30PM 2419 N Broadway Angel City Brewery 600 S Spring St. 135 N Grand Ave. 6AM 7-8PM 9:30PM 216 N Alameda St. 12 — 7PM 7:30PM Live band-backed 8 — 10PM The LA Marathon is upon Learn everything you karaoke at the Down & Weekly experimental hip Enjoy Beelman’s elevated Placido Domingo conducts the us once again. Starting at ever wanted to know Out Bar. hop and electronic music. Express yourself and share pub fare at happy hour luminous score of Offenbach’s Dodgers Stadium, through about craft beer. Bring ear plugs. your story through art, words, prices all day. $13 gets final masterpiece, as Diana DTLA, to the sea. If you must poetry, music, or dance at you a burger, fries, and Damrau makes her LA Opera drive, plan accordingly. Angel City’s Food For Thought debut. Open Mic. beer. Cheers, mates!

26 27 28 29 30 31 1 Kerry James Marshall, (Club Couple) Untitled promised gift of Mandy and Cliff Einstein ACB DANCING RUNDALAY FUN HOME WILLIE’S DAYDREAMS ABSINTHE L.A. PARISIAN SINGER SCHOOL — Grand Park Ahmanson Theatre WEDNESDAY Resident LA Live Event Deck MATISSE DE RIVIÃRES MARCH 12–JULY 3, 2017 Kerry James Marshall: Mastry is organized by The Museum of Contemporary and Josè Feliciano SUPERCHARGED Foundation, Dee Kerrison and Gianna VARIATION 2 Fountain Terrace 135 N Grand Ave. SESSIONS 428 S Hewitt St. 1005 Chick Hearn Court D’Vine Lounge Bar Art, Los Angeles, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and The Drake-Kerrison, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Arthur Lewis and Hau Nguyen, American Contemporary 200 N Grand Ave. The Edison 821 S Flower St. 8PM 8PM 7PM Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Thao Nguyen and Andreas Krainer, and V. Joy Simmons, MD. Ballet 108 W 2nd St. MOCA GRAND AVENUE 8:30PM Lead support is provided by Suzanne and David Johnson. Exhibitions at MOCA are supported by the MOCA Fund for Exhibitions with 700 S Flower St. 7:45AM The Tony Award winning lead annual support provided by Delta Air Lines, Shari Glazer, Hästens, 7PM Suburban ennui informs the Master of ceremonies, Major support is provided by Mandy and Cliff Einstein, Fox Television Group, Best Musical, Fun Home, Enjoy rare wine and great food and Sydney Holland, founder of the Sydney D. Holland Foundation. Generous 4PM Start the new year right Willie McNeil teams up with shoegazing soundscapes Gazillionaire, brings his wildly and Lillian P. Lovelace. as Parisian singer Matisse De funding is also provided by Allison and Larry Berg, and Jerri and Dr. Steven with a Monday morning run sets up residence at some of the best jazz artists of Daydreams as they take infamous, adult-oriented Las Generous support is provided by Maria Seferian, Jack Shainman Gallery, Nagelberg. Enjoy wine, conversation, live Riviere performs at D’Vine along with a hundred of your the Ahmanson Theater from around the world to bring Resident, supported by Vegas cabaret to Los Angeles Tom and Janet Unterman, and David Zwirner Gallery. music, and new choreography Weekly Live Music. In-kind media support is provided by , KCRW 89.9 FM, closest friends. through April 1st. you a spectacular night of jazz. Tomemitsu and Franky for a limited stint. Additional support is provided by Carolyn Powers, Blake Byrne, James W. as five ACB dancers perform Admission is free. Kenyon, Rennie Foundation, Nancy Adams-Sims and Charles Sims, Mara and . the same solo variation. Sets throughout the evening. Flowers. Brock Akil, Janine and Lyndon Barrois, Joshua Friedman, Kwanza Jones

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