What’s Hot and How to Get There

Image courtesy of Punky Reggae Party.

After a two-week hiatus, Transit Oriented Weekends is back! Check out all these transit accessible events happening this weekend! This week there’s two awesome Metro related art events that sound really cool, “Concentric Circles” and “Ah CA va bien”. If you have an event that you think should be included in next weeks T.O.W., email us at metrorider@elhay.net.

Tonight

• WHAT’S HOT: Concentric Circles: Metro L.A. Revealed
  WHERE: Beady Minces Gallery
  WHEN: 11:00am - 6:00pm (also on Saturday)
  WHY: A photography exhibit and catalog, is the result of a special collaboration between the LMGA and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). Thirty-three location scouts and managers scoured the Los Angeles Metro system and surrounding areas, moving out in concentric circles. Rather than merely documenting our city, their photography is a discovery of unaccustomed views, a celebration of ordinary places viewed through discerning eyes.
  HOW MUCH: FREE
  HOW TO GET THERE: Transit Map of 1311 Abbot Kinney Boulevard. You can also check the Metro Trip Planner for the best route from your location.
• WHAT’S HOT: Ah CA va bien
  WHERE: MAK Center Los Angeles
  WHEN: 11:00am - 6:00pm (also on Saturday, Sunday)
  WHY: Interested in metropolitan transportation and its role in the production of public space, Theresa Krenn and Bernhard Eder will investigate the underrepresented bus-system in Los Angeles. Krenn and Eder will create alternative route-maps of existing bus lines. Each map will contain a narrative which is characterized by its location in the city and which mixes historical contents, contemporary reality and fictional narratives. For the exhibition, Krenn and Eder will present a map of their tour as well as the narrative bus-maps. Copies of these maps will be available to exhibition visitors and the experience of riding the bus will be conveyed by sound mappings the architects have made on their own journey through Los Angeles.
  HOW MUCH: General $7, Students/Seniors $6, Children Under 12 FREE, FREE for everyone on Friday between 4:00pm-6:00pm
  HOW TO GET THERE: Transit Map of 835 North Kings Road, West Hollywood, CA 90069. You can also check the Metro Trip Planner for the best route from your location.
• WHAT’S HOT: First Fridays
  WHERE: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  WHEN: 5:30pm - 10:00pm
  WHY: Can we build machines with minds? Can evolutionary theory explain religious thought and morality? Do we really have free will? Throughout his career, Daniel Dennett has tackled some of the most controversial issues in the philosophy of mind. Join us as he explores another frontier – how cultures evolve, how this evolution explains human consciousness, and how it separates the minds of humans and animals. Discussion followed by performances by WHY? and Yacht with DJ set by dublab.
  HOW MUCH: Adults $9, Students (w/ ID) $6.50, Members FREE
  HOW TO GET THERE: Transit Map of 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007. You can also check the Metro Trip Planner for the best route from your location.
• WHAT’S HOT: Punky Reggae Party
  WHERE: La Cita Bar
  WHEN: 9:00pm - 2:00am
  WHY: Punk, reggae, ska and anything else with that rocksteady beat.
  HOW MUCH: FREE
  HOW TO GET THERE: Transit Map of 336 S Hill St, Los Angeles, CA 90013 . You can also check the Metro Trip Planner for the best route from your location.

Saturday

• WHAT’S HOT: L.A. County Irish Fair and Music Festival
  WHERE: Fairplex at the Pomona Fairgrounds
  WHEN: 10:00am - 6:00pm (also Sunday)
  WHY: Celebrating its 6th year, The Irish Fair & Music Festival has become the largest festival of its kind in Southern California. With 9 stages featuring true Irish music from the likes of Gaelic Storm, Skelpin’, The Mulligans, Diane the Bard, and many more.
  HOW MUCH: General Admission $18, Seniors (55+) $14, Students (w/ valid ID) $14, Children (12 and under) FREE!
  HOW TO GET THERE: Metrolink San Bernardino Line to Pomona (North)
• WHAT’S HOT: “The Goonies” at Angel City Drive In
  WHERE: Angel City Drive In
  WHEN: Gates: 6:30pm, Show: 8:00pm
  WHY: It’s “The Goonies” in a parking lot turned outdoor movie theater in Downtown LA.
  HOW MUCH: $10 if you’re car-free, $30 if you love the car-culture Unfortunately, their awesome policy of fair pricing for cars had to change due to stupid movie studio policies (way to go “green” Hollywood), so now it’s $10 for everyone, car or not.
  HOW TO GET THERE: Transit Map of 240 W 4th St, Los Angeles , CA 90013. You can also check the Metro Trip Planner for the best route from your location.

Sunday

• WHAT’S HOT: Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts
  WHERE: Egyptian Theater
  WHEN: 7:30pm
  WHY: The American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre presents a limited engagement of all of the 2007 Oscar nominated and winning live action shorts. Nominees include short films from Canada, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, Poland, Denmark, Italy and Belgium.
  HOW MUCH: $10 general, $9 students & seniors 65+
  HOW TO GET THERE: Transit Map of 6712 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028 . You can also check the Metro Trip Planner for the best route from your location. Kudos to the Egyptian Theater for mention their proximity to the Metro Red Line on their website!