Best Events & Activities In Los Angeles This Week - October 3
A poolside film screening, trip to the zoo, and a series of special performances at St. John's Cathedral - this week's got it all. The Los Angeles Ballet also kicks off their new season this week, and a new immersive theater experience will have you feeling like a Hollywood A-Lister. An outdoor concert featuring indie rockers rounds out a great week to be in L.A.
MiniBar's New Food Truck Monday
6141 Franklin Ave.
Los Angeles, 90068
(323) 798-4939
www.minibarhollywood.com
A sure cure to any Monday Blues can be found at MiniBar, where their new Food Truck Monday will help you eat and drink your way to happiness. The retro cocktail den is hosting a different food truck every monday from 4pm - 6pm, perfectly coinciding with their happy hour. Grab some grub from the truck, bring it inside, and enjoy $3 PBRs (until 6pm), and $6 margaritas all-night long. Check @minibarhollywd to find out the truck of the week.
Mr. C Beverly Hills Poolside Cinema Screening: Catch Me If You Can
Mr. C Beverly Hills
1224 Beverwil Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
(877) 334-5623
www.mrchotels.com
Kick back on a comfy lounger, and enjoy a flick under the stars, as Mr. C presents a poolside screening of Leonardo DiCaprio Catch Me If You Can. Reserve your seat with a prix-fixe menu purchase, featuring Cipriani and hotel classics like the Mr. C Club Sandwich and Pizza Mr. C with burrata. Classic candy and not-so-classic caprese-style popcorn is also available, along with Peroni on tap, mini bottles of champagne, and cocktails.
Boo at the L.A. Zoo
Los Angeles Zoo
5333 Zoo Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 644-4200
www.LAZoo.org
Boo at the L.A. Zoo returns this month with more fang-tastic festivities for the whole family. A spooky cave experience awaits you, filled with shadow projections and sounds of slithering snakes and crawling spiders, as does a corn stalk maze with haunted barn and "freaky frame" photo op, and "Animals and You" encounters with tarantulas, scorpions, snakes, and more. Additional activities are planned for the weekends, and all are free with paid zoo admission. It's also your last chance to see the animatronic exhibit Dinosaurs: Unextinct, which closes at the end of this month.
Chalk Rep's FLASH Festival
St. John's Cathedral
514 West Adams Blvd.
Los Angeles 90007
www.chalkrep.com
Find out what happens when 15 Los Angeles playwrights create 15 original, 10-minute plays inspired by a space in which they will be performed. This year's inspiration and performance location is Los Angeles' beautiful St. John's Cathedral. Expect plays written on the timely theme of religion and politics, with writers who have just one month to complete their first drafts. Each writer is then assigned a director and cast, and each piece is given no more than 10 hours of rehearsal time. Tonight is opening night with Jonathan Ceniceroz, Kristin Jones, Alex Lewin, David Myers, and Speed Weed, followed by three weekends of new performances.
Hollywood Premiere Party The Show
Manor On Vine
1718 Vine St.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
www.hollywoodpremiereparty.com
Party like the stars with an all-new, immersive theater experience that brings the dazzle of Hollywood to you. Think "Tony & Tina's Wedding," with this totally unique show that blends humor, "celebrity" antics, dinner, live music, and red carpet arrivals, all in one. Film and television actors, as well as top notch comedy improv talent, perform a premiere party for the romantic comedy parody "Love & Waffles." You'll be part of the A-List and schmooze with actors, directors, and producers of the film. The party premieres tonight, and runs every Friday and Saturday through November 5.
Los Angeles Ballet Opener: Modernists/Ballet Visionaries
Alex Theatre
216 N Brand Blvd.
Glendale, CA 91203
(310) 998-7782
www.losangelesballet.org
The Los Angeles Ballet is kicking off their 11th season with a show of Modernists/Ballet Visionaries, featuring works of three icons of their time: August Bournonville (1805-79), George Balanchine (1904-82), and Aszure Barton, a contemporary choreographer leading ballet into all new territories. LAB is the only place in L.A. you'll see an artistic director and dancer with the authority to dance the Bournonville style. Likewise, Co-Artistic Director Colleen Neary was personally selected by Balanchine to teach his choreography to major companies worldwide. This is just the beginning of a great season planned by LAB.
Inara George and Friends in Concert: A Tribute to Jackson Browne
Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum
1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Topanga, CA 90290
(310) 455-3723
www.theatricum.com
Native Topangan and acclaimed singer/songwriter, Inara George, returns home for her annual concert benefitting the theater's artistic and educational programming. George will be joined by indie artists Priscilla Ahn, Michael Andrews, Milo Jones, Mandy Moore, Taylor Goldsmith, and more for a concert under the stars. Upgrade your ticket to a VIP admission, and enjoy reserved, preferred seating, a signed commemorative poster, and complimentary drink during the pre-show "happy hour."
