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today is tuesday, LA!

Ok, as you know, it is Garrett’s Mom again, coming in with hot hands to tell you about some cool-star diggity things that we can see within our SoCal night sky this weekend. But first, let me prepare some paperwork…

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From the Curations’ online studios in Hollywood, California. This is the CuratedLA newsletter

For today, Tuesday, August 8th, 2023
With Garrett’s Mom…—

on this day —

📆 August 8th

• In 1974, President Richard Nixon announced his resignation from office amid the Watergate scandal. Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California, near Los Angeles, and later represented California in the U.S. Senate.

• In 1988, gangsta rap hit the mainstream with the release of N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton, a groundbreaking album that depicted the realities of life in South Central Los Angeles.

• In 2009, Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Sotomayor is the first Hispanic and the third woman to serve on the highest court in the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama, who had lived in Los Angeles for two years as a student at Occidental College.

tuesday headlines

• 🚀 We at CuratedLA are getting ready for a cosmic spectacle: The Perseids Meteor Shower. This weekend will be the best time to catch it. On August 11th and 12th, look up at the night sky and marvel at up to 100 shooting stars per hour. Here are five great spots for one of Earth’s best light shows:

  • 🎡 Leo Carrillo State Park: The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is a popular beach known for its limited light pollution, making it a great spot for stargazing —

  • 🏕️ Crystal Lake Recreation Area and Campground: Located in The Angeles National Forest, this campsite offers a prime nighttime spot to watch the stars reflect on the water. There are also pull-offs along California 39 for stargazing —

  • 🐅 Death Valley National Park: Death Valley has the least light pollution in California, making it an ideal spot to view the Perseids meteor shower —

  • ⛺️ Anza-Borrego Desert State Park: This park offers isolated campsites and excellent stargazing opportunities, with primitive camping available throughout the park — 

  • 🥾 Palomar Mountain in San Diego County: A mountain stretch that is home to Caltech's Palomar Observatory and offers guided tours on weekends. The nearby Observatory Campground provides clear views of the sky for stargazing —
    

• 🎈Los Angeles Magazine’s Best Places to Play, 2023: The fine folks over at Los Angeles Magazine have curated their list of 2023 best places to play in our city. Here are just a few suggestions, of the many suggestions that LA Mag provides:

  • 🖼️ The Broad: A contemporary art museum that showcases the collection of philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad —

  • 🫶 The Getty Center: A stunning complex that houses a vast collection of European paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts, as well as a beautiful garden —

  • 🔭 Griffith Observatory: A landmark attraction that offers exhibits, shows, and telescopes related to astronomy and space exploration —

  • 🎞️ Hollywood Bowl: An iconic outdoor amphitheater that hosts concerts, musicals, and festivals throughout the year —

  • 🎨 LACMA: The largest art museum in the western United States, featuring works from ancient to modern times —

  • 🎡 Santa Monica Pier: A historic pier that features an amusement park, an aquarium, and a Ferris wheel —

  • 🎢 Universal Studios Hollywood: A theme park and film studio that offers rides, shows, and attractions based on popular movies and TV shows —

• 💃 REMINDER: She’s here: There a couple of concerts left at SoFi Stadium. Our curated Eras Guide allows for all of us to enjoy Taylor Swift being in LA, both inside-and-outside of SoFi:

eats

• 😋 And, LA Mag’s best places to eat! From Middle Eastern cuisine to Vietnamese dishes, these restaurants offer a diverse range of flavors and experiences. Allow your stomach to growl for the full list of the 2023 eateries that we need to know, according to LA Mag —

  • 🍴 Bavel: Middle Eastern cuisine in Downtown Arts District. The menu features dishes like wood-fired pita bread, lamb neck shawarma, and grilled prawns with harissa butter —

  • 🍝 Orsa & Winston: Italian-inspired cuisine in Downtown. The menu features dishes like spaghetti alla chitarra with uni and caviar, and roasted duck with figs and polenta —

  • 🇮🇹 Bestia: Italian cuisine in Downtown. The menu features dishes like house-made charcuterie, grilled octopus with fennel and lemon, and spaghetti with lobster —

  • 🍜 Golden Deli Restaurant: Vietnamese cuisine in San Gabriel Valley. The menu features dishes like pho tai nam (rare steak and brisket), banh mi sandwiches, and crispy spring rolls —

  • 🍣 n/naka: Japanese cuisine in Palms. The menu features a 13-course tasting menu ($310) with a vegetarian option, plus wine and sake pairings —

GOD. FAMILY. FOOTBALL.

NFL quarterback Russell Wilson serves as an executive producer with Propagate and Watershed producing a series that follows legendary high school football coach Denny Duron as he returns to coach Evangel Christian Academy for the first time in 30 years.

events

•  😺 CatVideoFest ^{THRU SUNDAY} | 💰️ Donation |📍Vidiots | CatVideoFest is a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses. CatVideoFest is a joyous communal experience, only available in theaters, and raises money for cats in need through partnerships with local cat charities | Find out more —

• 🎤 Headliners of O.R. ^7:00pm | 💰️ $25 |📍The Comedy Store | Ian Edwards, Neal Brennan, Brad Williams, Liza Treyger + more!. | Find out more —

• 🎤 Tonight at the Improv ^8:00pm | 💰️ $25 |📍Hollywood Improv | Mark Normand, Nikki Glaser, Jay Pharoah, Michael Blaustein, Brian Monarch, Tema Sall, and more TBD! | Find out more —

• 💃 Santigold ^8:00pm | 💰️ $65 |📍The Bellwether | Santigold is an American singer and songwriter known for her unique style that spans punk rock, hip-hop, and dance music. She has helped shape the past two decades of popular music with her singular pen and voice

  Explore | Find out more —

• 🎸 Regina Spektor ^8:00pm | 💰️ $55 |📍House of Blues: Anaheim | Regina Spektor is a Russian-born American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She started out in New York City’s indie music scene in the 2000s. Her music is quirky, highly eclectic, but always personal | Find out more —

• 🎤 Long Time + No See ^9:45pm | 💰️ $25 |📍Hollywood Improv | Craig Robinson, Nick Swardson, Mark Normand, Laura Peek, Trevor Wallace, Eleanor Kerrigan, Sydney Castillo, and more TBD! |  Find out more —

• 🪕 John C. Reilly is Mister Romantic ^{SEPT. 7TH} | 💰️ $35 + |📍Largo at the Coronet | Please join John C. Reilly for an evening of love, longing and song accompanied by the sweet sounds of a crackerjack band including Gabe Witcher, Davíd Garza, Sebastian Steinberg and Charles De Castro. Come alone, with a love or with a love to be but please do come and share some magic with ole Mister Cellophane himself. | Find out more —

• 🫶 Things To Do in Los Angeles This Week [8-7-2023 to 8-11-2023] ^GUIDE from the fine folks over at We Like L.A. —

• 📆 Best Things To Do This Week In Los Angeles And SoCal: Aug. 7 - 10 ^GUIDE from the fine folks over at LAist —

local

• 💰️ Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has brought in: $320 million to our economy through direct, indirect, and induced impacts. The six nights of sold-out attendance at the 70,240 seat SoFi Stadium in Inglewood are believed to result in a $320 million bump to the county’s GDP through direct, indirect, and induced impacts. And her LA tour is not even done yet —

• 👷 I-210 construction to curate traffic jam in Pasadena/Glendale: Construction starts on the Foothill Freeway (I-210) in Pasadena could jam traffic this week. The project covers a 9.7 mile stretch of I-210 (Foothill Freeway) in the cities of La Cañada-Flintridge, Glendale and Pasadena, and the La Crescenta-Montrose area of Los Angeles County from Dunsmore Ave. undercrossing to North Los Robles Avenue overcrossing —

• 🎟️ $82 million SuperLotto ticket was sold in: Victorville at the Spring Valley Market, located at 13295 Spring Valley Parkway. If you won this lottery ticket, please contact us. We have an investment called CuratedLA Community…

real estate

• 🏗️ A new apartment proposal in Pasadena: The Central Park Apartments project is proposed to be built at 86 S. Fair Oaks Ave. in Pasadena, California. The project is located next to the Green Hotel apartments and Castle Green. The project will allow the redevelopment of an existing surface parking lot with the construction of a new six-story plus mezzanine, approximately 93,355 gross square-foot mixed-use development —

• 🚧 New Sixth Street Park begins construction: Construction has begun on a new 12-acre park space below the Sixth Street Viaduct. The Sixth Street Parks, Arts, and River Connectivity project is expected to cost more than $20 million and will connect the Arts District and Boyle Heights neighborhoods, spanning both sides of the bridge along the L.A. River. After this phase of completion, construction will start for the second phase: the arts plaza, public art, and numerous community amenities such as sports courts, structures for staff, café and restrooms —

city + g’vt

• 🚍️ New 405-express lanes: The upcoming 405 express lanes will help drivers and bus riders. The project is expected to cost $1.9 billion and will add two express lanes in each direction between the 73 Freeway in Costa Mesa and the 605 Freeway in Seal Beach. The project is expected to be completed by 2028 —

• 🎒 And back to school we go: The first day of school for most students in North Hollywood and Toluca Lake is August 15th, 2023. The school year is 2023-24. Here is the list of dates to know for this school year:

  • First Day: Aug. 15

  • Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 23—24

  • Winter Break: Dec. 20—Jan. 5

  • Spring Break: March 25—29

  • Last Day: June 5

business

• 🔉 The Watts BusinessSource Center unveiled: The Vermont Slauson Economic Development Corporation (VSEDC) and the city have collaborated to unveil the Watts BusinessSource Center (Watts BSC). The new center aims to support local entrepreneurs and businesses through comprehensive business consulting services. The launch will take place this Wednesday, August 10th, from 10:00am to 12:30pm —

• 🦁 Lionsgate buys Hasbro’s eOne: Hasbro is selling its eOne television and movie business to Lionsgate in an approximately $500 million deal, after having paid four billion for the company four years ago. The agreement with Lionsgate includes $375 million in cash and the assumption of production financing loans —

sports

• 🏀 New HBO Documentary ft. Lakers: Based on Jeff Pearlman’s book, Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers, and executive produced by Adam McKay (Succession, Q: Into the Storm), HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty is a fast-break drama series that goes back in time to chronicle the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties, and takes a look at a team that defined its era, both on and off the court —

• 🧢 Dodgers destroy Padres, 13-7: The Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 13-7 yesterday. The Dodgers’ victory was led by their Markus Betts, who hit two home runs and drove in five runs —

have a taco today, LA