Events
Old Pasadena Holiday Passport
Starts Nov. 15. Old Pasadena is the place to shop small and support local! November 15-29, you are invited to visit at least 12 small retailers and collect stickers with the Old Pas Holiday Passport — no purchase necessary. Enter for a chance to win either $1,225 Grand Prize, or one of two $500 Prizes. Fill in your Passport at Holidays on Holly open house, Thursday, November 19, and on Small Business Saturday. Fair Oaks Avenue x Colorado Blvd. Pasadena. (626)356-9725. oldpasadena.org
Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival
Nov. 14–15. Tyler, the Creator’s sold-out carnival returns to the grounds of Dodger Stadium with a bill that gives hip-hop, R&B and hardcore fans good reason to compare schedules. Tyler is slated for Saturday evening, Future closes Sunday, and the weekend lineup includes Turnstile, Steve Lacy, Don Toliver, Vince Staples and the soul band Thee Sacred Souls. Carnival rides and games fill the gaps between sets; the festival app lets fans build a schedule before heading through the gates. Both days open at noon, with an 11 p.m. curfew. For passes, use the festival’s official waitlist or resale exchange. The organizer also lists a livestream. 1000 Vin Scully Ave., Los Angeles. Festival information and passes
California Crown Grand Prix at Santa Anita Park
Nov. 13–15. A different kind of horsepower comes to Santa Anita. At the future LA28 equestrian venue, horse-and-rider teams compete over fences reaching 1.50 meters, nearly five feet, in Sunday’s $125,000 California Crown Grand Prix. It’s the highlight of the first weekend of international show jumping in Arcadia. Between classes, visitors can stop at Smorgasburg L.A. food vendors, browse Market Row or bring younger spectators to the family activities. Weekend show hours: Friday, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m.; Saturday, 8:30 a.m.–10:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. General admission starts at $40; children 12 and younger enter free with a paying adult. 285 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia. Tickets and competition schedule
Rams Game Day at Pawn Shop L.A.
Nov. 15. Rams fans can get a photo with the Vince Lombardi Trophy on Melrose before Los Angeles faces the Arizona Cardinals. ESPN LA Radio moves its broadcast outdoors at Pawn Shop L.A., where Rams Legends, cheerleaders and mascot Rampage are scheduled to appear. The station’s street team hosts games and giveaways, and the outdoor menu includes street corn with cotija, lime and Tajín ($14) and a wagyu hot dog topped with beer cheese, pepperoncini and crispy onions ($19). Indoor reservations are fully booked, but the outdoor fan event is free and open to guests 21 and older. Sunday, 11 a.m.; kickoff at 1:05 p.m. 5901 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles. More information
Food + Drinks
Japanese Food Expo at Ovation Hollywood
Nov. 13–14. Japanese food and beverage producers take over Ovation Hollywood for two days of tastings, giving visitors a chance to sample sake, discover new products and ask the people behind them how they’re made. Food and drink tastings are included with admission. For a break between booths, storyteller Katsura Sunshine performs rakugo, the Japanese tradition of telling a comic story seated, playing all the characters himself. The performance and specialty workshops require separate tickets. Friday’s afternoon session is for the trade; public admission begins at 5 p.m. Saturday’s public sessions begin at 11 a.m. Book a timed ticket in advance. 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. Tickets and session times
Chaiday the 13th in Koreatown
Nov. 13. Kissaten HIFI and Café Tropical take their chai service into the evening at Un-Other Space, where Minor Figures has invited both cafés to make drinks with its barista chai concentrate. The setting is part listening room, part art installation: psychedelic visuals loop around the space in 360 degrees as California artists Mishka and SEES00000 perform. A DJ set and a headliner whose name organizers are keeping under wraps round out the night. There’s room to settle in with a drink before the music picks up. Friday, 5–11 p.m. RSVP through the event page. Un-Other Space, 524 S. Western Ave., Koreatown. RSVP
Oaxacan Recipes and Remembrance with Bricia Lopez
Nov. 15. Bricia Lopez, cookbook author and partner at Guelaguetza, brings the food she cooks for her own family to the Getty Center. The evening starts in the Museum Lecture Hall, where Lopez traces what a recipe can carry across generations: the memory of a person, a place in Oaxaca or the way the family gathers at a particular time of year. Then the conversation moves to the Getty Restaurant, where guests share Oaxacan dishes and taste regional mezcals. Sunday, 5:30 p.m. talk; 6:30–8:30 p.m. tasting. $135, including food and drinks; ages 21 and older. The event ticket includes the Getty Center entry reservation. 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles. Tickets and more information
Sunday Supper at La Dolce Vita
Nov. 15. La Dolce Vita brings friends and family together in Beverly Hills for Sunday Supper, a weekly menu of à la carte Italian-American specials. The LDV wedge pairs butter lettuce with crispy prosciutto, gorgonzola, dill and tarragon. Seafood fritti features calamari, anchovies and shrimp with lemon and escarole, while the lamb sugo comes with lumache, pancetta, soffritto, basil and pecorino. By popular request, the kitchen serves its take on chicken parm with half a chicken, marinara, Parmesan and provolone. For dessert, mini cannoli are filled with mascarpone, dark chocolate and candied citrus. 5:30–10 p.m. 9785 S. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills. Reserve Now
Arts + Culture
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Nov. 14. Few bills put Sade, Iron Maiden and Wu-Tang Clan in the same sentence. All three are among the artists being honored when the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame holds its induction ceremony at Peacock Theater. The class also includes Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Joy Division/New Order, Oasis and Luther Vandross, bringing several generations of British and American music into the room. The ceremony pairs speeches with musical tributes and guest performances; the list of honorees is distinct from the evening’s performing lineup. Saturday, doors at 5:30 p.m.; ceremony at 7 p.m. Tickets through the venue’s AXS link; prices vary by seat. Peacock Theater at L.A. Live, 777 Chick Hearn Court, downtown Los Angeles. Tickets and ceremony details
Live on Sunset with Sheryl Crow
Nov. 14. Sheryl Crow returns to the Strip, where she played early in her L.A. career, for a free outdoor concert that closes Sunset Boulevard between San Vicente and Doheny. Mia Moretti opens at 4 p.m., followed by Doug Locke, Grace Bowers and Empress Of. L.A.’s own Local Natives play at 8:20 p.m., with Crow scheduled for 9:50 p.m. Along the route, look for neighborhood staples Dialog Cafe and Prince Street Pizza. Registration is at capacity; a waitlist is available.For ticket holders, a free shuttle runs from 625 N. San Vicente Blvd. from 4 p.m. to midnight. Main entrance at Sunset and San Vicente boulevards, West Hollywood. Waitlist and event information
Canto de Todes with Dorian Wood at the Getty
Nov. 14. A lyric by Chilean songwriter Violeta Parra gives Dorian Wood’s Canto de Todes its title, “Song of Everyone.” Wood draws on their Costa Rican-Nicaraguan family history in a 70-minute performance that brings a cello quartet and guitar into conversation with folk music, torch song and an experimental singing voice. There are two ways to hear the work on Saturday: encounter its second movement as a sound installation in the Central Garden during the day, or hear songs from all three movements at the evening performance. A conversation with performance scholar Laura Gutiérrez follows. Garden installation, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; performance, 6:30 p.m. Free; event ticket required for the evening program. 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles. Tickets and more information
30–60 Minute Festival at Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre
Opens Nov. 13. Two plays fit neatly into opening night at this Melrose theater. At 7 p.m., The Queen of Reading Gaolimagines Oscar Wilde in an English prison as his Salome premieres in Paris. At 7:45 p.m., Collateral Damage turns to a professor whose conversation with an AI companion unearths family secrets. Sunday offers a comic alternative: at 6:45 p.m., Olivia Raine Atwood: Oops follows a professional matchmaker who pairs her college boyfriend with her high school bully. Each production runs 30 to 60 minutes, and the festival continues through Nov. 22. Tickets $5–$25; select by performance. The second-floor theater is accessible only by stairs. 5636 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles. Schedule and tickets
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