2026 Hollywood Bowl Season
Hollywood Bowl brings us yet another phenomenal summer season for 2026. This is one of the best venues in LA. I just love it. Guests can enjoy a 360° immersive L-Acoustics sound system, and the newly renamed John Williams Stage debut this year. Visit our sister site EatTravelGo.com to read many reviews on our Music Reviews Page. 2026 Hollywood Bowl Season Photo provided courtesy of the LA Philharmonic Association While many guest-produced events by Live Nation and Netflix
Running Now: Open-Door Playhouse, Plays, Online Podcast Form
Open-Door Playhouse continues to present short plays in podcast form (virtual reading). Its upcoming play, Yesterday, is currently running indefinitely online at http://opendoorplayhouse.org Yesterday Synopsis Quinn (they/them) spends their nights living in the past, reliving their younger years through dreams. As they reopen old wounds, they find the only way to heal is to come face to face with their younger self. Yesterday is written by Morgan A. James, and directed by Kim Hlavac. Actors featured are: Emily Ellsworth and
Emporium Thai Market Open Now!
On Wednesday, January 21, 2026, Emporium Thai Market premieres as the newest location of the beloved Sungkamee family favorite Emporium Thai. Husband-and-wife team John and Jane Sungkamee bring a modern chic immersive dining experience to their Southern Thai classic brand. I attended a media event, and the food is sensational - view videos on our EatTravelGo Instgram. Located on Sawtelle Boulevard and honoring its Southern Thai roots, you’ll find signature and specialty dishes at Emporium Thai Market. Menu offerings include
Arth Bar + Kitchen, Culver City!
A journey on its own pioneering a new movement of modern Indian cuisine, Arth Bar + Kitchen introduces Indian fare in a completely new way. With its contemporary atmosphere, eclectic dishes and innovative cocktails, the restaurant officially opened on Thursday, July 8, 2021, right in the heart of Culver City! Read my Arth Bar + Kitchen review here on our sister site EatTravelGo.com Arth Bar + Kitchen ARTH, Executive Chef Sagar Ghosh & Partner Mihir Lad,; Photography by Tonelson Mihir
Ayara Thai, Over 18 Years and Counting!
In 2022, Ayara Thai celebrates 18 years in business and is located in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. Established in 2004, Ayara Thai cuisine continues the tradition of crafting home-cooked food. Read my Ayara Thai review on our sister site EatTravelGo.com. Ayara Thai Photo courtesy of Ayara Thai Growing up in a Thai-Chinese community in the Samsen District along the banks of Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River, Chef and restaurateur Andy Asapahu received his cooking and business
Craft Los Angeles, Century City
Craft Los Angeles in Century City is where you can enjoy Tom Colicchio’s signature ‘Whats Local Is Best’ cooking style and its ‘Make People Happy’ brand of hospitality. The award-winning architecture firm Bentel & Bentel designed the restaurant, The sleek dining room (see photo), and has an open-air feel due to its size 10,000 square foot space, while the outside patio offers a beautiful view. Craft Los Angeles Century Find out more about Craft Los Angeles on our sister site
On View through August 16, 2026: Hauser & Wirth, Keith Tyson
Hauser & Wirth presents The Generative Universe by Keith Tyson. This is the artist’s first exhibition in LA since 2009. The solo show brings together more than three decades of paintings, sculptures, and mixed-media works. Tyson examines how forms appear, develop, and disappear through interconnected natural and material processes. ‘I don’t believe in a permanent self or in developing an artistic style. Our world is full of intricately connected systems and events. I’m simply trying to make work in collaboration
Artist Spotlight: Robin Becker
Robin Becker is a photo, fibers, and also a mixed-media artist who utilizes all of the aforementioned media to create her one-of-a-kind artwork. “My artwork is site specific portraying places I seek out around the world. Seeing what is left of old remote California Missions, Looking at nearly vanished buildings left in the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico, as well as Remnants of structures that have aged, their pigment fading in Berlin, Florence, New York, New Orleans, Nimes, Paris,
On View thru August 21, 2026: Walter Maciel Gallery, Colin Doherty
Walter Maciel Gallery debuted Lo Que Queda by Colin Doherty in June 2026. But not to worry if you missed the opening, as it runs through August 21, 2026. The title which means “what remains” or “what is left behind” suggests the unknown. Therefore the exhibition reveals Doherty’s most intimate and emotionally powerful work to date. The artist uses oil paint to create works ranging in scale and atmosphere. Additionally his paintings draw from memory, migration, loss, and belonging. While