Get ready to eat your heart out at the hottest, most delicious Valentine's date in the land! This Valentine's why not show love to the people who bring us meals on wheels? There are taco trucks, cupcake trucks, ice cream trucks, BBQ trucks, vegan trucks, fusion trucks, fruit carts, fish taco stands, bacon wrapped hot dogs, and so much more...
Celebrate and discover LA's amazing street food scene with an annual outdoor festival that promises to be a delicious good time! Featuring the best of LA's mobile food trucks and street food!
Featuring:
Gourmet Food Trucks! Sample from dozens of the city's most popular mobile food trucks including The Buttermilk Truck, Grilled Cheese Truck, Sweets Truck, Fresser's, Frysmith, Slice Truck, Flying Pig, Fishlips, and Komodo.
Authentic LA Street Food! Sample dozens of authentic street food delicacies including pambazos from Antojitos de Abuelita, acaraje from Sabor de Bahia, and Mama Koh's Korean chicken wings.
Breed Street Food Fair Sample street food vendors from East LA's Breed Street scene including Rodolfo's Barbacoa, Hello Lupe's Pancakes, Antojitos Carmen and Nina's Foods.
Plus LA's best local designers, artists, music, and more at the Unique LA Valentine's Day Marketplace - Cool wares from 30 of the best local designers and artists, great for those last minute Valentine's presents.
DIY Den - Make your own love notes and Valentine cards in the free DIY DEN craft area
VIP Lounge- Above street-level patio with a bird’s eye view of the fest, a premium gift bag, luxe street food from a surprise guest chef, a private bar, access to indoor restrooms, and more
Oh! Snap Photo Booth - Snap a pic at a Valentine's food truck themed digital photo booth
Live Entertainment too! - Check out live artists, performances from local Capoeira Batuque, and more
Tons of Beer & Wine - Thirsty? Support the LA Regional Foodbank when you visit our donation-based beer and wine bars
There's even a free bike valet - leave your car and your cares at home!
$5 General Admission / $30 VIP (Info on Details page of website)
Saturday, Feb. 13, 11am - 5pm, LA Center Studios, 500 S Beaudry St. www.LAStreetFoodFest.com for details!
Love movies? Routinely unwind after work cuddled up next to your honey and relax in front of a really, really good movie? Gold Class Cinemas has a little Valentine's day deal that's right up your alley. Treat your sweetie to a first-class movie experience this Valentine's Day with an escape to Gold Class Cinemas in Pasadena. For a mere $150 per couple, this one-of-a-kind theater is offering two movie tickets, three dishes (app, entree, dessert), three drinks per person and a complimentary rose and chocolate. Compared to other certain restaurants around here - where the three dishes and three drinks - PER PERSON! - is well over $200, Gold Class Cinemas is sweetening their deal with a movie, but not just any movie. A movie where you get to recline in Laz-E-Boy recliners with blankies and pillows. Gold Class Cinemas just took dinner and a movie to the next level.
42 Miller Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91103
For those who really want to impress your Valentine's Day date... I mean REALLY impress...like by bringing the canals of Venice Italy to your backyard in Long Beach, from 11am-11pm on Valentine's Day you can really blow your date's mind. For Valentine's Day weekend, Gondola Getaways is offering an hour-long ride with complimentary take-home wine glasses (you can bring your own bottle of wine, we recommend Two Buck Chuck from Trader Joe's--there's no corkage and an ice bucket will be provided), a rose and a photograph to capture the moment forever. And at just $100 per couple, it's a romantic experience that allows you to extend your date to the nearest Valentine's Day dinner...with dessert!
5437 East Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA, 90803
If your love loves oddness, quirkiness, and/or tends to raise their eyebrows quizzically at stuff you've never heard of, he (or she) will fall head over heels for this enormous art space, retail store and cafe rolled into one. Stop by on Valentine's Day for a special Japanese- and French-inspired four-course menu ($60 per person) with additional wine pairings for $20, served by Royal T's costumed maid servers. Set against a romantic, gothic backdrop, you and your honey will be also be able to view the exhibition of “The Never Ending Story: Fairytale, Fantasy, Obsession." Be sure to drop by early - there's a 2pm lecture and workshop called “Love & Sex in the Fourth Dimension" - we're not really sure what that means, but would you expect anything less from the brilliant minds behind Royal T? Tickets for the lecture are $20. Reservations for dinner are from 6pm to 9:30pm.
8910 Washington Blvd, Culver City by Robertson
Join the Museum of Latin American Art for a night of passionate Tango, mouthwatering cuisine and live music that will spark the heat in your veins and get your booty shaking tango-style. Celebrate Valentine’s Day with an all-inclusive Argentinean three course dinner delicately paired with exquisite wine, specially picked to bring out the spice between you and your sweetie. Enjoy a mesmerizing tango to the sizzling rhythms of the Latin Grammy Award Nominee, La Charanga Cubana.
Museum of Latin American Art Valentine's Dinner and Tango
Feb. 14, 2010, 6pm - 10pmMembers: Priority $65 General $55Non-Members: Priority $75 General $65Students/ Seniors $40RSVP (562)437-1689
Yes, the burners even have a Valentine's Day show. Lucent L'amour is set for February 13 at the Shrine Auditorium and has a pretty sweet line-up for you and your sweetie. This year, Lucent L'amour features Bassnectar, Stanton Warriors, Yard Dogs Road Show, Lucent Dossier, NASA, Beats Antique, Ana Sia, Lazer Sword, Lynx & Janover, and Patricio. It's an all-night dance and multi-media party from 8pm - 4am, and there's food for sale to keep you fueled up for dancing all night long. The gallery spotlight for this event is directly on The Mac and Retna, scheduled to live paint throughout the night to the sick beats dropped steampunk style. If you've ever wondered what exactly steampunk is, it's the combination of Victorian era and post-apocalyptic fashion. So break our your goggles and pocket watches and hit the dance floor for Valentine's Day with Lucent L'Amour!
The Pee Wee Herman Show, starring the original Paul Reubens, is playing a limited engagement through February 7, 2010. This theatrical production is for grown-ups and appropriate for ages 16 to 106 - the show you grew up on is shedding its safe-for-kids facade and going straight for the adults-only gut. Due to popular demand, the show is moving from The Music Box Theatre (previously announced), which was set to begin November 8th.
To the generation that grew up with his groundbreaking Saturday morning television show, Pee-wee Herman is an icon. He's made it into the history books and is studied in colleges, and his huge cultural influence continues to echo in fashion, film and television.
This version of “The Pee-wee Herman Show,” has been adapted from the original production. Featuring all the characters you knew and loved when you were a kid, like Miss Yvonne, Mailman Mike, Cowboy Curtis and Jambi the Genie, Pee-wee’s talking chair, Chairry, Pterri the pterodactyl, Conky the robot, Magic Screen, Randy, and lots more. Many of the show’s original artists are involved in this re-imagined production, so if you had any question about how real Pee Wee was going to get, there's your answer!
Striptease! Comedy! Masked Mexican wrestling! Lucha Va Voom ramps up the sexo y violencia until you think your eyeballs can't take any more. And they're playing a special Valentine's Day-ish show on February 10 and 11 at the Mayan Theatre. If you've always wanted to live in a world filled with cartoon violence, comic books, B-movies, and lusty erotica, then why haven't you been to Lucha Va Voom yet?
Lucha VaVoom features professional striptease artists, aerialists, amateur and professional wrestlers, mini wrestlers, and burlesque artists, playing characters to the hilt in four or five rounds of masked Mexican wrestlers, playing out their roles in a stylized, epic battle of good vs evil.
Starring Hector Garza, the sexiest Lucha superstar in the world: Carolina Cerasola, the sexiest dancer in the world, For your date night pleasure, there will be lovable chickens, oily Joey Ryan, and for the more adventurous types, Cassandro and Karis, and lots and lots of new minis, including a stipping mini!
Featuring kittens Lucy Fur & Lux Lacriox! As Lucha Va Voom states, "Isn’t it time you shared Dirty Sanchez with that special someone?"
Feb. 10 & 11 at the Mayan Theatre, 1038 South Hill St, Downtown LA
If you haven't been to a SOUP Kitchen, get with it! SOUP Kitchens consistently promote and showcase the best in new and emerging musical and artistic talent in LA. They always book an eclectic mix of bands, awesome artists, and usually there's a fashion designer or two thrown in the mix, but they've been known to have comedians and filmmakers. At the SOUP Kitchen 7, they're showing short films by Thad Jaworsky all night between the bands' sets. SOUP Kitchen 7 sounds like a pretty indie-themed night, but knowning the SOUP Kitchen people, there's bound to be something weird, something interesting, and something you've never heard before!SOUP Kitchen 7 @ Neon Venus Theater7023 Melrose Ave @ La Brea (by Pink's!)Saturday, Jan. 23, 7pm - midnight$3 - all agesFeaturing 7 bands, 5 artists, and a filmmaker for good measure!SOUP Kitchen DOES rock! - www.soupkitchenrocks.comBands:Brooke Trout & the Anchormen (female-fronted rock with a country edge)Totally Serious (Two guys, a drum set and a bass - yes, THAT drum and bass)Stoned Koalas (laid-back garage punk)Bumtech (chill female-fronted indie)Push To Transmit (eastside indie like no one's business)Shakey Graves (bluegrass with electro samples)The Big Bad (blues so deep you'll think you're in Chicago)Artists: Jeff Klarin, Rebecca Johnson, Trisha Hanudel & Unsigned ArtFilms: Thadeous Jaworsky
If you were at some other lame party besides Area 33's awesome New Year's Eve party, you really missed the boat. But not to worry, there's always Chinese New Year to make up for any great partying you missed on New Year's Eve. Chinese New Year at Area 33 is hosted by LA's top techno and techno-house producers (If you have to ask what the difference is, don't. Just dance to it and enjoy.), and features some of the best DJs around. On tap for CNY:
Erphun – Bedrock, 1605, Excentric Music
Android Carter – Viva Music, Fade Records, Boz Boz
Acid Circus – Droid, Railyard Recordings, Enemy Records
Drumcell – Droid, CLR, Railyard Recordings
Matt Xavier – Compression LA, Railyard Recordings
Treavor Moontribe – Iboga Records, Desert Dwellers, Ingrooves
There's also a special art exhibit hosted by the 99 High Art Collective. Excercise your endurance for the Firecracker Run in Chinatown on Feb. 28, get on over to Area 33 and dance before your sore muscles won't let you!
Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, 10pm – 6am, $15 before midnight, $20 after, 11822 Teale St, Culver City, CA, 90230
The Daydream Republic has started off 2010 with a bang, moving into a bigger space at 4500 West Jefferson from a tiny art gallery space on West Adams, and they're kicking off their new season of parties with Bacchanal every Friday night!
Resident DJs include Mason (Quality/Meterhead), LC/Mr. Numberonderful (Thinkspace, Cannibal Flower), and Shady Hasty (Projections/Orgone). If you can make it to the Bacchanal this Friday, Jan. 15, there will also be a special artist reception featuring guitarist Emile Poree with special guests and DJ El Dopa.
Visual artists for this inaugural Bacchanal – and to set the bar high for future Bacchanals are Vladimir Zimakov, Uri Averbuch, Crystal Sylver, NS David, with live painting by Prince Parise, John Culqui, Lane Shih, and Laura Diamond.
Don’t forget to bring your wallet, there’s tons of one-of-a-kind wearable art from local artists featured at the Bacchanal Bazaar, and bring your hunger – you won’t want to miss the international cuisine brought to you from Kamiwo. Bacchanal is every Friday, from 8pm – 2am, but start going now before it gets way cool and all the hipsters start showing up!
Daydream Republic – 4500 W. Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90016 (La Brea exit off the 10), Suggested donation $5 before 10pm, $10 after, 21 and over with a cash bar.
On Jan. 20-24, the Fine Art Dealers Association presents the 15th Annual Los Angeles Art Show at the LA Convention Center. Hundreds of galleries from around the world will be featured, showing everything from Rembrants to Ruschas, Scharfs to Shepard Faireys. Proceeds benefit the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Uruguay is being presented as the guest country. Check out the greatest and the newest art from the emerging artists of Uruguay. Opening night gala is Wednesday, Jan. 20, from 7pm - 10:30pm and the tickets are a whopping $225 in advance, and $250 at the door. Or you could skip the gala and check out the show Thursday, Jan. 21 - Sunday, Jan. 24 from 11am - 8pm. Admission for the general show is $20, or $15 iif you bring in an ad. Check it out and get cultured!
The first Friday of every month means there's a party at the Natural History Museum! Scheduled for Feb. 5, Mar. 5, April 2, May 7, and June 4, with live music by Atlas Sound, the Tune Yards, DJ Spider, and Them Jeans. Take your date on a science field trip to the museum and learn all about the science of California, featuring the exhibit Spider Silks: Natural Engineering Marvels with Dr. Cheryl Y Hayashi and the "Meet the Silk Makers" tourguided by Brent Karner.
In the coming First Fridays, the Natural History Museum focuses on an issue of importance to the ecosystem of southern California, from earthquakes, sustainable energy, micro and macro ecosystems, and everything in between. First Fridays have three bars, dinner concessions, and science! Bring out you and your date's inner nerd!
There's a movement of sorts happening in theatre, a decidedly darker realm of theatrical performances that include aerialist, fire, cabaret, burlesque, and loves to include the audience.The Grand Guignolers is one of these all-inclusive experiences in the vain of Cirque Berzerk, Lucent Dossier, and the whole steampunk aesthetic.
Join the Grand Guignolers Fridays and Saturdays at the Art Works Theatre on a 1920s luxury cruise to Shanghai, the most decadent city in the 1920s with Sing Song Girls (Chinese geishas), brawling gangsters, opium dens, a dummy, blood and magic. Come early for the pre-show on-board festivities include absinthe & tea tasting, Charleston, photo booth, dancing, tango, Flashlight Follies, live travelogue and more. Suggested attire is vintage or period wear, of cocktail attire if you're feeling more conservative. The run was recently extended through January 23, so more Los Angelenos can flock to the Art Works Theatre to be transported to a smoky, hazy, glittering 1920s Shanghai.
Looking for something a little different this New Year's? Tired of the same old techno sweaty dance party? Go culture yourself and get some theatre in you! Join the theatre group, the Sacred Fools, as they perform new (like day-old!) plays based on just a few keywords. It's definitely a different NYE experience, and one that you won't forget!This year’s theme: time travel - the past and the future. Audience members are encouraged to come in period clothing (and yes, "The Future" is a valid time period). Join the hallowed Sacred Fools tradition! A crack team of writers, directors and actors take a few key words and concepts and turn them into 8 brand new plays in a mere 24 hours! Want to participate? Drop a line to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and become a part of what Backstage calls "one of the best theatre experiences in town!" Or...simply join them on the 31st to witness the outcome and ring in the New Year!It also may well be the cheapest NYE date, at $15 at the door, $10 in advance. 660 North Heliotrope Drive, Los Angeles.
If you're looking for something a little more mellow and chill this New Year's, look no further than The Mint, where ultrachill Dengue Fever and Pollyn will be holding it down and celebrating with you. They're even serving dinner, so get fancied up and catch dinner and a show for your New Year's!Dengue Fever's psychedelic take on the Cambodian pop sounds of the 60s makes them one of rock'n'roll's most unique success stories. The band's latest release, the documentary feature film Sleepwalking Through The Mekong (DVD/CD Soundtrack) continues the story and evolution of the band as they travel to Cambodia as the first Western group to perform the music of Cambodia since the fall of the Khmer Rouge.
The Los Angeles trio, Pollyn, wrote and produced This Little Night. It was mixed by Kristian Riley and Dave Cooley (Silversun Pickups, Darker My Love, and Jaylib). Pollyn has also produced official remixes for Gorillaz, Buffalo Daughter, Liquid Liquid, and Health. Pulling influences from Massive Attack to Talking Heads to Billie Holiday, Pollyn's sound is unique and bold, but comfortingly familiar. Celebrate NYE at The Mint. Dinner from 7:30-9:15, make your reservations now.6010 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, Pollyn at 10pm, Dengue Fever at 11:30pm, $25 in advance, $40 at the door.
Hosted by Rodney Bingenheimer (Rodney on the ROQ) at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre, New Year's Nation simultaneously takes place in ten cities and four time zones, with an "all-star lineup of '80s greats" such as Tommy Tutone ("867-5309) and Josie Cotton ("Johnny, Are You Queer?"). There's even a special New Year's Eve kissing party, where to the soundtrack of classic '80s hits, people are going to attempt to break the world record for the most people kissing at once. What could be better when projecting yourself forward in the new year, but boogieing down to hits from two decades ago? Nothing!! At the Ricardo Montalban Theatre, 1615 North Vine, Hollywood, $50 general, $1000 for a VIP table of 6. But....it only lasts until 2am. BUT you'll be in Hollywood, so you're sure to find an after-hours party somewhere!
If you haven't been to Zanzibar, New Year's Eve is the time to go. They'll be playing Afro-Funke all night long, and celebrating with free flowing champagne at midnight. KCRW presents:
Thursday December 31st @ Zanzibar
Free Flowing Champagne @ Midnight! Party Favors & More!
Guest Deejay (KCRW/Mojamoja), Garth Trinidad
African Drum & Dance (Fela Kuti), Najite Agindotan
Brasilian Samba Drum & Dance, Capoeira Batuque
Resident Deejays, Jeremy Sole
Get your booty shaking at this Westside New Year's Eve party. It'll definitely be one of the most soulful places in all of LA!
Mash up your New Year! Bootie LA celebrates New Years Eve, mashup-style, with a balloon drop, free champagne, free CDs, and more! To help you celebrate, resident dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) will be helping count down to midnight and ringing in 2010 with a special New Years Eve performance. Indie-electro duo Purple Crush will also be performing a couple mashup performances throughout the night.Resident DJ Paul V. will be on the decks, as well as special guests DJ Shyboy and DJ Axel, spinning all the best mashups from the past year. Get your photo taken at the DrunkRockers.com Photo Booth! Plus, we've got the brand-new "Best of Bootie 2009" CD -- our annual 20-track mix compilation -- FREE to the first 300 people through the door!For all you history buffs, Bootie LA was launched in 2003, and was the first club night in the United States dedicated solely to the burgeoning artform of the bootleg mashup -- and is now the biggest mashup event in the world, with monthly parties in six cities on two continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation.Resident DJs Adrian, the Mysterious D, and Paul V. keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating -- and satirizing -- the many different forms of music. And free mashup CDs will be given away like candy!
It's at the Echoplex and the craziest thing about this event is that it's only $10 before 10pm! $20 after, at 1154 Glendale Blvd.
On a budget? Pulling out the nickels and dimes for NYE? Come bring in 2010 with The Little Temple Family as they bring in the New Year the right way with LA's top notch selectors. 2 Rooms, Free Flowing Champagne, Live Brazilian Samba Drum Line at Midnite + Live Performance w/ Brazilian Female Dancers!DJ Anthony Valdez (89.9 KCRW/VIBRATE @ ZANZIBAR/FAST FWD), hosting w/ KG Superstar, simply the most dynamic party rocking duo in Los Angeles on the turntables + mic. Mixing soul train classics into samba drums into club anthems. DJ Sloepoke (DESCARGA/THE ROOT DOWN), hosted by Abraham Beltran. DJ Sloepoke knows how to rock any party. From cumbias to salsa classics the boogaloo breaks and todays bangers, Sloepoke will make you sweat!
The absolute jump off party returns to Little Temple as they bring you the carnival experience in two rooms w/ 2 full bars, Valet Parking and lots of party favors. The most colorful NYE to hit Little Temple! + Live Samba drumming through out the night.
www.littletemple.com
