Best things to do this week in LA and SoCal: May 11-14

You might assume that almost all of my information about hockey comes from watching The Mighty Duckshowever apparently that is all you want to know now that the real-life Anaheim Ducks are progressing by means of the Stanley Cup playoffs — catch a playoff watch party this week to rise up to pace on all of the motion on the ice.

Licorice Pizza’s music picks embody experimental ambient artist Ana Roxanne at Sid The Cat Auditorium and YouTube star-turned-rapper DDG on the Roxy, each on Monday. On Tuesday, Paramore’s Hayley Williams kicks off her solo run on the Wiltern, RAYE performs the primary of two nights on the Greek Theater and indie-pop heroes the New Pornographers play the Teragram. Wednesday, Mika relaxes and takes it straightforward on the Orpheum; Canadian singer-songwriter Katie Tupper is on the Echoplex; and digital legends the Prodigy restart their hearth with the primary of two nights on the Novo.

Thursday, you may see Nottingham post-punks Sleaford Mods on the Fonda; Rozzi at LAX (the membership, not the airport); UB40 on the Pacific Amphitheater; or the triumphant Indigo Girls, who’re soldiering on regardless of singer Emily Saliers’ well being points, on the Bellwether. Lorde will even play the primary of her two-night stint on the Forum.

Elsewhere on LAist, you may examine LA’s historical past of counterculture nunsget a style of the birria soup dumpling (“the most LA thing we’ve ever eaten”) and prepare for main day — June 2 — with our complete Voter Game Plan.

Events

Rakim and Soul Rebels

Monday and Tuesday, May 11 and 12
BlueNote
6372 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood
COST: FROM $71; MORE INFO

Jazz Fest in New Orleans is over, however actually, who can get sufficient? Rap and hip-hop pioneer Rakim headlines, supported by the legendary New Orleans brass band the Soul Rebels, for 2 extra unforgettable nights on the Blue Note.

Millennials Are Killing Musicals

Through Sunday, May 17
Colony Theater
555 N. Third Street, Burbank
COST: FROM $60; MORE INFO

Last 12 months, I used to be fortunate sufficient to go to a small learn — er, sing — by means of a brand new musical, Millennials Are Killing Musicals. It was intelligent, witty, tight and very au courant. And so how happy was I to be taught that simply over a 12 months later, this little-show-that-could be getting a full staging on the Colony Theater in Burbank. Nico Juber’s musical follows the every day lifetime of a millennial mother who’s attempting to sustain in this emoji-laden world. It’s good enjoyable for anybody who cannot get off their cellphone, which, let’s admit, is all of us.

AAPI Night Market

Wednesday, May 13, 7 pm to 9 pm
Sender One LAX
11220 Hindry Ave., Westchester
COST: FREE WITH SENDER ONE PUNCH PASS OR MEMBERSHIP, OR $24; MORE INFO

Climbers and wannabe climbers, head to indoor mountain climbing fitness center Sender One for a particular AAPI month occasion with the Asian Climbing Collective and FilipinUp. Celebrate Asian tradition and neighborhood by means of climbing, plus native distributors, music, mock competitions and a raffle.

Zahra Tangorra e-book launch

Monday, May 11, 5:30 pm to 7 pm
Garibaldina Society
4533 N. Figueroa Street, Mt. Washington
COST: $10; MORE INFO

Chef and restaurant advisor Zahra Tangorra‘s new culinary memoir, Extra Sauce: The Good, The Bad, and The Onionsobtained a current rave from The New York Times. She’ll be readily available for a dialogue and e-book signing with the Italian American cultural group, the Garibaldina Society, at their membership, moderated by LA Times meals author Jenn Harris. Of course, there will probably be snacks, drinks and sauce.

New reveals at CAAM

Ongoing
California African American Museum
600 State Drive, Exposition Park
COST: FREE; MORE INFO

The California African American Museum is at all times an amazing place to spend a day, however with eight present reveals now open, you may go once more and once more this summer time and by no means fail to be taught one thing new (plus, it is free!). The newest present to open there’s Willie Birch: Stories to Tellwhich appears to be like on the New Orleans-born artist’s chronicling of Black life in America from the late Sixties by means of the current, with a concentrate on “retentions” — African traditions that present up throughout American tradition. The Birch exhibit joins ongoing reveals, together with Free and Queer: Black Californian Roots of Gay Liberationand A New Song: Langston Hughes in the West.

Meet the Artist: An Evening with ZiBeZi

Thursday, May 14, 5 pm to 8 pm
Yi Cha
5715 N. Figueroa Street, Highland Park
Cost: FREE, MORE INFO

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Art and meals collide at Highland Park fashionable Korean restaurant Yi Cha for an intimate open home celebrating ZiBeZithe Korean American artist behind the restaurant’s beloved mural (you may additionally acknowledge his work from 2020 Oscar winner Parasite). The free-to-enter occasion contains bites impressed by his work, cocktails and an opportunity to buy a tote bag that the artist will signal and illustrate on the spot for a one-of-a-kind memento.

Hannah Dasher

Thursday, May 14, 9 pm
Desert 5 Spot
6516 Selma Ave., Hollywood
COST: FREE; MORE INFO

I’ll admit I knew little about Hannah Dasher earlier than I ended up in an infinite scroll of her addictive TikTook feed that blends Southern cooking and nation music. She brings her signature honky-tonk sound to a free reside efficiency at Desert 5 Spot, timed with the discharge of her first cookbook titled — I’m not making this up — Stand By Your Bread. Perfect, do not discover. Practice your line dancing and discover a Waffle House to head to afterward.