• The Program: Mark your calendar for these January 2026 SoCal Performances

    Plan your January 2026 cultural calendar with must-see performances across Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego, featuring the LA Phil, The Wallis, Segerstrom Center, San Diego Symphony, and more…

  • Pacific Wheel Thanksgiving Light Show Returns to Santa Monica Pier

    Just after sunset on the Santa Monica Pier, the Pacific Wheel cuts through the marine haze like a signal flare. For Thanksgiving week, the 90-foot Ferris wheel turns into a rotating canvas—174,000 LEDs programmed with precision, pushing out turkey silhouettes, harvest motifs, and the…

  • Santa Monica Muse

    Chef Fardad Khayami’s Muse in Malibu blends French finesse with California freshness. The 35-seat Art Deco gem offers dishes like cherry tomato tart, brioche with Bordier butter, and Santa Barbara black cod—plus desserts by his brother, Nikdad…

  • Mind-Boggling Brilliance

    Award-winning playwright Jake Broder’s UnRavelled explores the connection between composer Maurice Ravel and biologist Anne Adams—two artists linked by frontotemporal dementia. Playing Oct. 17–19 at The Wallis in Beverly Hills…

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    Cassoulet Night 2026 Returns to A.O.C. with Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne

    On a winter Sunday in Los Angeles, the ovens are already working overtime. On January 18, 2026, A.O.C. once again becomes ground zero for one of the city’s longest-running and most quietly beloved food traditions: Cassoulet Night, hosted by chef Suzanne Goin and restaurateur Caroline…

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    Natural History Museum First Fridays 2026 Marks 20 Years of Museum Nightlife

    On a Friday night in Exposition Park, the museum stays open—and Los Angeles shows up. What began two decades ago as a modest experiment in after-hours access has grown into one of the city’s most reliable rituals of cultural nightlife…

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    An Auschwitz Album Story Screening in Los Angeles | Holocaust Museum LA

    On February 1, the lights dim at AMC The Grove—not for escapism, but for memory. In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Holocaust Museum LA presents a screening of An Auschwitz Album Story, a documentary that centers on one…

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    Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: Where Stories Become a Civic Act in Los Angeles

    In 2026, a new silhouette will rise from Exposition Park—smooth, futuristic, and deliberately out of step with the city’s brick-and-steel museums. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, co-founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, is not positioning itself as another temple to fine art…

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    The Notebook Live at Pantages Theatre

    The Program: Mark your calendar for these January 2026 SoCal Performances

    Plan your January 2026 cultural calendar with must-see performances across Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego, featuring the LA Phil, The Wallis, Segerstrom Center, San Diego Symphony, and more…

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    Shakey’s Culver City Flagship Reopens with a Reimagined Pizza Parlor Experience

    Shakey’s Culver City flagship has reopened, unveiling a redesigned pizza parlor that blends vintage character, communal dining, and updated spaces for a new generation…

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    Los Angeles

    Weekend Roundup

    January 8-11

    Looking for things to do in Los Angeles this Weekend? Our list for this week includes Oshogatsu Family Festival, LA Art Show,, Mustang Immersive Experience, Award Season Dinners, Second Sundays: Japanese New Year, The Notebook Live at Pantages Theatre, Smorgaburg Returns, and more…

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    Orange County

    Weekend Roundup

    January 8-11

    Looking for things to do in Orange County this weekend? This week’s roundup features Dry Jan Fest, Snowiest, Hardest Man Contest, Kei Coffee, Dry January at Mint Desi Kitchen, The Wiz at Segerstrom Center, Adventures in Archeology, Family Fun Fest, and more…

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    San Diego

    Weekend Roundup

    January 15-18

    Looking for things to do in San Diego this weekend? Mark your calendar for “Nat at Night” at the San Diego Natural History Museum, the San Diego Rodeo at Petco Park, Jurassic Quest at Del Mar Fairgrounds and more …

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