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With the Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day planning underway, you might not have time to fit a little fun into your calendar. Not to worry. We have compiled a list of events to help you get in on the Super Bowl fun, find a few Valentine’s Day options and even fulfill your vampire cosplay dreams.
Taste Of Inglewood Big Game Festival
Downtown Market Street from Regent Street to Hillcrest Boulevard | Feb. 11-12 | instagram.com/taste_of_inglewood
Ahead of the Super Bowl, the City of Inglewood is hosting this free music festival featuring Poncho Sanchez, a tribute to Vicente Fernandez, Frankie J, Mariachi de Uclatlán, Biscuits & Gravy Live, Castella, ConFunkShun, Jon B, Switch, Club Nouveau, Lenny Williams, Lakeside, Loose Ends, TeaMarrr, Tony Toni Tone and food trucks, special guest and more surprises.
Shaq’s Fun House
The Shrine Auditorium | 665 W. Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007 | Feb. 11 | shaqsfunhouse.com
Basketball superstar Shaq has recruited a lineup featuring Lil Wayne, Zedd, Diplo, Myles O’Neal, DJ Irie and more acts for this massive state fair-style carnival experience featuring the FTX Ferris Wheel, games, rides and a 6-hour open bar and complimentary gourmet bites from some of LA’s most recognizable restaurants.
Night Dive
Aquarium of the Pacific | 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, CA 90802 | Feb. 11 | aquariumofpacific.org
This adults-only event features Freddy Rütz and No Surrender Sound on the Great Hall stage playing a blend of reggae and soul, DJs in the aquarium’s galleries, works of art, a temporary airbrush tattoo station, cocktails, and food trucks out on the front plaza.
Cinespia At The Greek
The Greek Theatre | 2700 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027 | Feb. 11-12, 18-19 | eventbrite.com
Cinespia’s lineup features “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” “Gone Girl,” “American Graffiti,” “Drop Dead Gorgeous,” “Paper Moon” and “Mars Attacks.” DJs spin before the movies and snacks are available at the snack bar.
Street Food Cinema at Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park | 285 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91007 | Feb. 11-14 | streetfoodcinema.com
Experience some classic film favorites like “Beauty and the Beast,” “Selena,” “Aladdin,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Clueless,” “Bridesmaids,” “10 Things I Hate About You,” and “Lady and the Tramp” at this outdoor experience featuring Valentine’s Day-themed activities and food trucks.
The Smiths & Morrissey Tribute Flashback Valentine
The Mixx | 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101 | Feb. 12 | themixxclub.com
Nowhere Fast takes the stage to bring you a live performance of hits from The Smiths and Morrissey. DJs will also be on hand to play hits from the ‘80s.
Doin Time – Sublime Tribute
Der Wolf | 72 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, CA 91103 | Feb. 12 | eventbrite.com
Grab a draft beer or specialty cocktail and get ready to rock out to a tribute to Sublime from Doin Time. DJ Tronski will also be on hand to help with the atmosphere.
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Ambassador Auditorium | 131 S. St. John Ave., Pasadena, CA 91105 | Feb. 12 | pasadenasymphony-pops.org
This ode to romance will feature the exotic rhythms of Rimsky-Korsakov and Gabriela Frank, and Russian-American conductor and Chicago Opera Theatre’s music director, Lidiya Yankovskaya, alongside Korean virtuoso Chee-Yun breathing life into Tchaikovsky’s concerto.
Big Gay Party
Los Globos | 3040 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026 | Feb. 12 | eventbrite.com
The Bachelorette’s Daniel Maguire plays cupid and host at this party featuring house, top 40s and hip-hop across two rooms until 2 a.m.
Happy Hour Paint Class
Wingwalker Brewery | 235 W. Maple Ave., Monrovia, CA 91016 | Feb. 13 | eventbrite.com
Enjoy an evening of painting and drinking with friends at Wingwalker Brewery. The first beer is included in your ticket and you are welcome to bring your own food to class.
Rose Bowl Flea Market
Rose Bowl Stadium | 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena, CA 91103 | Feb. 13 | rgcshows.com
Known for its wide array of antiques, vintage clothes, and local art, the Rose Bowl Flea Market has been the flea market to visit for over 50 years.
Candlelight: Broadway’s Greatest Love Songs
Immanuel Presbyterian Church | 663 S. Berendo St., Los Angeles, CA 90010 | Feb. 14 | feverup.com
Dial up the romance with pianist Michael Sobie and vocalists Jason Michael Snow and Bianca Gisselle serenading you and your boo with some of Broadway’s most iconic love songs. The program includes hits like “A Whole New World” from “Aladdin,” “People Will Say We’re in Love” from “Oklahoma,” and “Somewhere” from “West Side Story.”
Valentine’s Day Riff Of “The Princess Bride”
The Stagecrafts Theater | 520 N. Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90004 | Feb. 14 | eventbrite.com
Front Row Film Roast presents six-fingered comedians making jokes, providing commentary and playing drinking games with the audience during a showing of “The Princess Bride.”
Yoga In The Garden
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden | 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, CA 91007 | Feb. 15 | arboretum.org
Release some tension to get through the rest of your week as instructor Brie Wakeland guides you through the gentle, all-levels yoga program in the garden’s lush foliage after normal hours.
Sarah Marie Young
California School of the Arts San Gabriel Valley | 1401 Highland Ave., Duarte, CA 91010 | Feb. 16 | eventbrite.com
CSArts and Duarte High School have partnered to host award-winning singer-songwriter Sarah Marie Young. Based in Chicago, Young has toured globally and released four albums. Profits from ticket sales will help CSArts’ Vocal Arts Conservatory and DHS will seek donations for its Youth2Youth Building Bridges nonprofit partners schools from El Salvador and Ghana.
Salsa Stories
Riviera 31 | 8555 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048 | Feb. 16 | eventbrite.com
Every Wednesday, Angelo Pagan and his band provide hot Cuban and Puerto Rican rhythms for the best salsa night in town. Celebs like Marc Anthony and Jamie Foxx have been known to stop by to serenade the crowd and others simply go to dance.
“Assassins”
East West Players | 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles CA 90012 | Feb. 17-March 20 | eastwestplayers.org
East West Players, the nation’s longest-running Asian American theater and the largest producer of Asian American theatrical works, is resuming in-person productions with “Assassins.” With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and book by John Weidman, “Assassins” is a darkly comic Tony-award winner that examines the motives of the nine notorious Americans who took their shot at the President of the United States
Hollywood Cabaret Night
The North End | 6423 Yucca St., Los Angeles, CA 90028 | Feb. 17 ] eventbrite.com
Every Thursday, The North End hosts a rotating series of burlesque, pole dancing and aerial talent.
“… (Iphigenia)”
The Broad Stage | 1310 11th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401 | Feb. 18-19 | thebroadstage.org
Composer Wayne Shorter and librettist and performer esperanza spalding’s “… (Iphigenia),” unlike its forebears, is not an adaptation of the Greek myth as much as it is an intervention into myth-making itself, and an intervention into music and opera as we know it. Classical and jazz forms collide in a full orchestral score that features Shorter’s groundbreaking method of symphonic improvisation. spalding’s libretto is deeply poetic and then suddenly radical.
Noche De Amor Presents Amor Eterno Variety Show
The Mixx | 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101 | Feb. 18 | themixxclub.com
Finish off the work week with a night featuring seven seductive aerial and drag performers and a musical piñata.
Chocolate And Art Show
The Vortex | 2341 E. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90021 | Feb. 18 | eventbrite.com
Indulge in LA’s up-and-coming artists, photographers and creators and check out some body painting, local vendors, live music and, of course, free chocolate!
Disney Princess: The Concert
Bank of America Performing Arts Center | 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 | Feb. 19 | disneyconcerts.com
You have two opportunities to be a guest at this celebration of Disney princesses featuring a quartet of Broadway and animated film icons.
Endless Night: Los Angeles Vampire Ball 2022
Globe Theatre Los Angeles | 740 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90014 | Feb. 20 | eventbrite.com
Dress up in your best Victorian, Edwardian or any other garb in the dress code for this vampire-themed event featuring a red carpet, DJs, and live musical performances. The theme is “Anti-Valentines Day.”
Alhambra Lunar New Year Festival
Alhambra Farmers Market | 100 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA 91801 | Feb. 20 | alhambralunarnewyear.com
Celebrate the year of the tiger with food, lion dances, kung fu demonstrations, and activities for the family.
Artists Inspired By Music: Interscope Reimagined
LACMA | 5905 Wilshire Blvd.., Los Angeles, CA 90036 | Through Feb. 13 | lacma.org
Visual artists like Cecily Brown, Lauren Halsey, Rashid Johnson, Takashi Murakami, and Ed Ruscha were tasked with selecting albums and songs from Interscope Records to create over 50 paintings inspired by musicians like Dr. Dre, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, BLACKPINK, Olivia Rodrigo and more.
“Full Circle: A Return To The Land”
Descanso Gardens | 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91101 | Through March 13 | descansogardens.org
This exhibition chronicles human interaction with the land in and around Descanso Gardens from the Tongva through various cultures, up to today.
Enrique Martinez Celaya ‘SEA SKY LAND: towards a map of everything’
USC Fisher Museum of Arts | 823 W. Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90089 | Through April 9 | fisher.usc.edu
This exhibit brings together 30 large-format paintings and sculptures created by Enrique Martinez Celaya. Each of the three galleries at the Fisher Museum will present the artist’s writings alongside paintings and sculptures dedicated to one of three motifs—sea, sky, and land.
Mixpantli: Space, Time, and the Indigenous Origins of Mexico
LACMA | 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036 | Through May 1 | lacma.org
LACMA is marking the 500th anniversary of the fall of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital and site of Mexico City. According to LACMA, the exhibition “subverts the traditional narrative of conquest by centering the creative resilience of Indigenous artists, mapmakers, and storytellers who forged new futures and made their world anew through artistic practice.”
Tupac Shakur. Wake Me When I’m Free
The Canvas at L.A. Live | 944 Georgia St.,Los Angeles CA 90015 | Through May 1 | wakemewhenimfree
Created in collaboration with the Shakur Estate, this exhibit delves into Tupac’s activism, music and revolutionary art through technology, art and artifacts from the rapper’s personal archives.
Mapping Fiction
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens | 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108 | Through May 2 | huntington.org
This new exhibit focuses on the ways authors and mapmakers have built compelling fictional worlds. The exhibit includes a first edition of James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” early editions of Lewis Carroll’s “The Hunting of the Snark, Robert Louis Stevenson’s maps from “Treasure Island” and “Kidnapped,” J. R. R. Tolkien’s map from the trilogy “The Lord of the Rings,” and science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler’s hand-drawn maps from notes for “Parable of the Talents” (1998) and her unpublished novel “Parable of the Trickster.”
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