Arts & Entertainment
Victory Variety Hour
4923 Lankershim Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 91601
818-763-6581
Our city is home to some of the biggest and boldest burlesque shows in the world. Though Devil’s Playground is known for its Star Wars- and comic book-themed acts, the bawdiness of the babes and the subversive brilliance of the skits set the Victory Variety Hour apart.
Website: http://www.VictoryVarietyHour.com
Neighborhood: Hollywood
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Best of LA, Best of LA 2012: Do, Best of LA: 2012, Best of LA: Do, Dance Clubs
Villains Tavern
1356 Palmetto Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90013
(213) 613-0766
Big top-striped curtains, colored-glass medicine bottles, gothic wooden arches, and pew seating give a carny-church quality to Villains Tavern. Bluesy-folksy bands take the stage on the patio every night, and seasonal drinks are strong and come by the mason jar.
Website: https://villainstavern.com
Neighborhood: Downtown
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars
Vincent Lugo Park
400 W. Wells St., Los Angeles, CA, 91776
626-308-2875
The vintage rocket slide at Torrance’s Los Arboles Park offers a more exhilarating ride, but only at Vincent Lugo Park can kids slide down a whale’s back or a striped snail’s shell or ascend a lighthouse…
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, San Gabriel
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Parks & Beaches
Virginia Avenue Park
2200 Virginia Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90404
310-458-8688
Backyard sprinklers pale in comparison with the fountains and sprays at Virginia Avenue Park. On a hot summer day, young refreshment seekers run beneath the arcing spurts of water…
Website: http://www01.smgov.net/hsd/vap.htm
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Santa Monica
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Family Fun, Parks & Beaches, Sports & Recreation
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90012
(323)850-2000
At an L.A. Phil concert, the hall’s cheaper seats offer sound as good as that of the front orchestra section
Website: http://www.laphil.com/
Neighborhood: Downtown
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Performing Arts
Walt Disney Concert Hall box office
111 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90012
323-850-2000
Don’t assume that hysteria over Gustavo Dudamel has made it impossible to nail inexpensive single tickets to the young conductor’s performances…
Neighborhood: Downtown, Los Angeles
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Event Ticket Agencies
Wattles Farm Organic Community Garden
1714 N Curson Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90046
323-663-7441
Right off Hollywood Boulevard is the members-only Wattles Farm Organic Community Garden, 4.2 manicured acres of historic avocado groves, rose gardens, compost piles, and 172 privately tended plots
Website: http://www.wattlesfarm.com
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2015: Do, Best of LA: 2015, Best of LA: Do, Local Attractions
Wes Velkov
street, Los Angeles, CA, 90013
323-666-1707
When performing at Disney Hall, pianists know their instrument has been perfectly tuned. But what happens when the piano is in the concert venue they call home…
Neighborhood: Downtown
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Performing Arts
Westside School of Ballet
1711 Stewart St., Los Angeles, CA, 90404
310-828-2018
Still harboring childhood fantasies of pink tulle?…
Website: http://westsideballet.com
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Santa Monica
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Dance Clubs, Dance Studio, Performing Arts, Sports & Recreation
Wildlife Learning Center
16027 Yarnell St, Sylmar, CA, 97342
818-362-8711
A refuge for exotic pets whose owners could no longer handle them, the Wildlife Learning Center puts you so close to the creatures, you can almost touch them
Website: http://www.wildlifelearningcenter.com/
Neighborhood: Sylmar
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2014: Do, Best of LA 2014: Pets, Best of LA: 2014, Best of LA: Do, Education, Educational Programs, Local Attractions
X Lanes
333 S. Alameda St., Los Angeles, CA, 90013
The 50,000-square-foot X Lanes is the kingpin of bowl-o-ramas.
Website: http://www.xlanesla.com
Neighborhood: Downtown
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Best of LA, Best of LA 2013: Do, Best of LA: 2013, Best of LA: Do, Bowling
Xiem Clay Center
1563 N. Lake Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 91104
626-794-5833
Students at Xiem Clay Center can live out their Jonathan Adler dreams with six-week courses in sculpture, pottery, and tile making…
Website: http://www.xiemclaycenter.com/
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Pasadena
Category: Art, Arts & Entertainment
Ye Old Kings Head
116 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90401
310-451-1402
This classic British pub is always crowded thanks to a killer bar staff and stiff drinks.
Website: http://yeoldekingshead.com/
Neighborhood: Santa Monica
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars, British, Restaurants
Year-Round Costume Party
Want to cover your face in sequins? Fine. Need an excuse to wear leopard-print everything? Live your truth. But if you want to come in jeans and a tee, that’s OK, too
Website: http://www.rhondainternational.com/news/
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2016: Do, Best of LA: 2016, Best of LA: Do, Dance Clubs
“California Gurls”
100 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA, 90068
When we set out to find the track that will blare out of car windows this summer, we didn’t have to look far..
Neighborhood: Downtown, Los Angeles
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Performing Arts
