Transit Oriented Weekend: What’s Hot and How to Get There

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Not riding Amtrak’s Coachella Express to the big show? Here’s some other options for you to enjoy sans car this weekend. If you have an event that you think should be included in next week’s T.O.W., email us at metrorider@elhay.net.

Tonight

• WHAT’S HOT: No Age, Yeasayer, Death Set, Free Blood
  WHERE: Los Angeles Ukrainian Center, East Hollywood
  WHEN: 8:00pm
  WHY: Awesome punk rock line-up in East Hollywood. Better than Coachella fer sure.
  HOW MUCH: $8
  HOW TO GET THERE: Transit Map of 4315 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029. You can also check the Metro Trip Planner for the best route from your location.
• WHAT’S HOT: Indian Film Festival Los Angeles presents Johnny Gaddaar
  WHERE: ArcLight Cinemas, Hollywood
  WHEN: 9:30pm
  WHY: Vikram (Mukesh), a cutthroat stock speculator revisits an alliance with an ex-gangster Sheshadri (Dharmendra) when an opportunity to make a quick fortune presents itself. The job requires five men to work together with the bounty to be split equally. Matters go haywire when Vikram decides to increase the share by cutting down the size of the team during the job. When the plan misfires, the body count piles up as Vikram is forced to weave a web of deceit to protect his identity.
  HOW MUCH: $11
  HOW TO GET THERE: Transit Map of 6360 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028. You can also check the Metro Trip Planner for the best route from your location.

Saturday

• WHAT’S HOT: Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
  WHERE: UCLA, Westwood
  WHEN: 10:00am - 6:00pm (Sunday too)
  WHY: The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The Festival was an immediate success and has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year.
  HOW MUCH: FREE
  HOW TO GET THERE: Huge HUGE props to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books for the best transit directions of any event in Los Angeles thus far. The Public Transportation Directions section on their website is second-to-none, with a list of every bus route serving the event, the areas served, the stop to get off at, the frequency, and walking directions from the stop. Every event should offer this kind of information!
• WHAT’S HOT: Universal Studios Eco-Fair
  WHERE: Universal Studios, Universal City
  WHEN: 10:00am - 6:00pm
  WHY: The Eco-Fair is a free, family-friendly event at the Theme Park entrance that features vivid “green” exhibits and fresh ideas for environmentally friendly lifestyles. Join the fun, as over 30 engaging displays at the Eco-Fair will keep kids and adults entertained by offering “hands-on” lessons using bugs, purses made from recycled billboards, instruction on how to construct a solar-powered building, just to name a few.
  HOW MUCH: FREE (theme park admission not included, but even takes place outside of park entrance)
  HOW TO GET THERE: Transit Map of 100 Universal City Plz, Los Angeles, CA 91608. You can also check the Metro Trip Planner for the best route from your location

Sunday

• WHAT’S HOT: 19th Annual AT&T Fiesta Broadway
  WHERE: 36 Blocks of Broadway, Downtown Los Angeles
  WHEN: 8:00pm
  WHY: From the Mayor: “I welcome you to come to Los Angeles to help us celebrate “Cinco de Mayo” while enjoying all the color and pageantry of our annual Fiesta Broadway festival. Enjoy our city’s rich Latino heritage, our world-class restaurants, beautiful weather and all the wonderfully diverse communities that make la Cuidad de Los Angeles one of the most dynamic cities in the world.” My translation: “Come see the largest spectacle of global corporations trying to get the growing latino population hooked on the crap that makes America great, like Brawny paper towels!”
  HOW MUCH: FREE
  HOW TO GET THERE: Transit Map of 600 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90014. You can also check the Metro Trip Planner for the best route from your location.