Fabrik LA Insider: Week of May 18, 2023
Disruption, futurism, burgers, music & all things electric...
Disruption, futurism, burgers, music & all things electric...
Discoveries in Art, Culture & Cuisine Around Los Angeles
Fabrik Insider Los Angeles is the new digital weekly newsletter that connects us to the city we love. Join us on a trek from the hills of Hollywood to the outskirts of downtown, the beaches and areas north and south, as we uncover a curated selection of outstanding art exhibitions, cultural events, where to eat and fun experiences in the City of Angels.
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Gallery & Museum Exhibitions
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de la Torre Brothers Post-Colombian Futurism at
The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) San Diego
Craig Krull Gallery | Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
Lavialle Campbell: Disruption
May 2–July 1, 2023
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 20, 2023 | 5–7pm
New abstract quilts aligned with Modernist aesthetics, Japanese minimalism and architecture. Working with fabric, thread and a home sewing machine, Campbell seeks to create paintings, using materials associated with women’s work and the feminist objectives surrounding the reconsideration of those practices. Sculpture by the artist will be also be featured.
Beverly Hills Art Show | Beverly Hills
Beverly Gardens Park
Saturday, May 20, 2023—Sunday, May 21, 2023 |10am-6pm
Artists from around the world will showcase their work, including painting, photography, mixed media, ceramics and more. There will also be a wine/beer garden, activities for kids and food trucks. Free.
Gavlak Gallery | DTLA
Anthony Sonnenberg: Cannons Buried in Flowers
May 20–July 1, 2023
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 20, 2023 | 4–7pm
Intended as queer performative objects, Sonnenberg’s recent body of sculptures are clay structures covered with silk flowers, porcelain tchotchkes and textile trimmings. The works are glazed and re-fired with a variety of matte, glassy and lustrous finishes from mauve and chartreuse to frosty blue and rusty pink.
Baert Gallery | DTLA
Ana Karkar: Box of Earth
May 20–July 1, 2023
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 20 | 6–8pm
Influenced by images held in the collective conscious, experimental film and cinema, Ana Karkar's paintings offer an alternative approach to storytelling inspired by film directors such as Stanley Kubrick, Brian De Palma and Dario Argento as well as a number of contemporary photographers.
Night Gallery | DTLA
Danielle Mckinney: Metamorphic
May 20–June 24, 2023
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 20, 2023 | 5–8pm
To be human is to be metamorphic. Like a series of intimate vignettes, Mckinney's oil paintings peer into psychic spaces that nurture internal metamorphic processes, allowing the self to unfold, morph and multiply, and the identity to flourish with limitless possibility.
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) San Diego
de la Torre Brothers: Post-Colombian Futurism
Through August 20, 2023
Weekend jaunt to San Diego? This vast exhibition, de la Torre Brothers: Post-Columbian Futurism, imagines a battle between the Aztec gods Coatlicue, who represents Mother Earth, and Mictlantecuhtli, the god of the dead. Transforming the ICA’s Central campus into the site of an epic battle for the future of humankind, the exhibition fuses Mexican, American and Indigenous cultural iconographies.
Film, Music, Theatre & Festivals
A Little Night Music at the Pasadena Playhouse
FILM: Heavy Light
Santa Monica | Filipinotown | Echo Park
Thursday, May 18, 2023—Sunday, May 21, 2023
Presented by San Diego Underground Arts, Heavy Light highlights experimental films, video and live shows. This year’s program will include underground narratives and projector performances. Tickets: $8-20
FILM: Space is the Place
Philosophical Research Society | Los Feliz
Friday, May 19, 2023 | 7-10pm
Co-presented by dublab in support of its annual Membership Drive, a screening of this otherworldly 1974 film based on a concept album by avant-jazz mystic Sun Ra. Tickets: $15
FILM: In the Mood for Love
Gardena Cinema | Gardena
Thursday, May 18, 2023 | 10pm
This melancholy romantic drama by Wong Kar-Wai centers on two neighbors who bond after they realize their spouses are having an affair. Tickets: $12
MUSIC: An evening with Ximena Sariñana
The Sun Rose | West Hollywood
Saturday, May 20, 2023 | 8pm
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Ximena Sariñana will perform some of her biggest hits, all reworked into a jazzy style. Tickets: $44.29
MUSIC: Wanna Dance?
Secret Location | DTLA
Saturday, May 20, 2023 | 10pm
Minty Boi presents Wanna Dance? with DJs Vegyn, Teebs, OLI XL and special guests. Location will be announced to ticket holders the day of the show. Tickets: $40.06
THEATRE: A Little Night Music
Pasadena Playhouse | Pasadena
Through May 28, 2023
In honor of its 50th Anniversary, the Playhouse presents the Sondheim musical in its original full orchestration. This romantic farce is a Broadway musical theater classic. Tickets starting at $39
Fine Foods, Quick Bites + Bars
Burgers and burgers! For some reason, the all American burger – and burgers in general – are on our mind, and that includes beef, as well as a variety of vegan and other possibilities! This week, we focus on burger spots in Highland Park, Los Feliz, Pasadena and Hollywood. Next week, we look at other parts of LA and include more plant-based burgers for your satisfaction...
Pie 'n Burger | Pasadena
First opened in 1963, this family-friendly classic soda fountain with formica counters serves up more than burgers and pies. Known for its cheeseburgers and pies by the slice or whole pies to go – other choices include the chili dog, patty melt or chicken pot pie… you get the picture.
Mohawk Bend | Echo Park
Located in a renovated 100-year-old silent movie theater, this Echo Park eatery has a special focus on California craft beer and wine. Seasonal ingredients are featured in a line-up of pizzas, salads and elevated pub food – not to mention burgers – of the grass-fed beef variety as well as Impossible, falafel and more options to meet a range of tastes.
Original Tommy's World Famous Hamburgers | Los Angeles
A Hollywood standby (with many more locations), Tommy's is the old school burger joint that launched a thousand burger joints. Numerous styles of burgers, many topped with Tommy's spicy chili.
Amboy | DTLA
Thick pub-style burgers are the go-to at Amboy Quality Meats and Delicious Burgers, tucked inside the former Chinatown home of Chego. Other styles on the rotating menu include the smashed patty, thinly smashed patty, dry-aged patty and more, like The Burger Show’s Cacio e Pepe Burger: 1/3rd LB Slim Thic Patty, House Made Cacio e Pepe sliced cheese and a toasted sesame seed bun!
Goldburger | Highland Park & Los Feliz
Meat eaters rejoice. Goldburger is all about the grass-fed smashburgers. Of course there are fries, accompanying sauces – and the grilled cheese sandwich for those who don't partake in meat. How about a slice of chocolate chess cake for dessert? We haven't seen that on a menu for awhile!
Things To Do & Workshops
Electrify Expo at the Long Beach Convention Center
Electrify Expo
Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center | Long Beach
Saturday, May 20, 2023—Sunday, May 21, 2023 | 10am–5pm
Experience and demo all kinds of electric vehicles, from cars and trucks, to e-bikes and e-skateboards. Tickets: $15-20
Flashback Retro Night Market
As We Dwell | Arts District, DTLA
Thursday, May 18, 2023 | 7–11pm
A market focused exclusively on retro goods, including VHS tapes, vintage movie posters, typewriters and more. Free with RSVP.
WxW: For Women. By Women
Los Angeles LGBT Center—Anita May Rosenstein Campus and The Village at Ed Gould Plaza | Hollywood
Saturday, May 20, 2023 | 12–5pm
Community event for LBTQ+ women, gender-expansive folks and allies. Featuring a keynote address by author Roxane Gay, in addition to workshops, live performances, activity area for kids and more. Free with RSVP.
Remembering Mike Davis—Radical Walking Tours
The Black Cat | Silver Lake
Sunday, May 21, 2023 | 3–6pm
Presented by Los Angeles Review of Books and ACLU SoCal, this series of walking tours will be led by writers, activists and artists whose work embodies the teachings of influential author, urban theorist and historian Mike Davis. Free with RSVP.
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