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We hope every Community Curator had a wonderful Fourth of July Weekend.

Like many, we took a vacation but are now back from the Holiday Week to bring you positive-local perspectives of Los Angeles. Let’s kick things off with some worthy content, distracting you from any thoughts that you might be stuck with…

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THE GOODS

• 🛹 Jumping into the X-Games: Hang-ten…ollie…half-pipe…180…we are clueless about this lingo, but we will have the opportunity to learn from the pros as they show off their skills at the X-Games, starting this Sunday in San Diego with a thrilling finale in Ventura. This year’s X-Games includes: 

  • More than 150 of the world’s best Skateboard, BMX, and Moto X athletes, including: Tony Hawk, Nyjah Huston, Sky Brown, Garrett Reynolds, and more!

  • Over fifty hours of X-Games California will be streamed and broadcasted on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC.

  • WHEN [VENTURA]: 📆 Friday, July 21st - Sunday, July 23rd

  • WHERE:📍Ventura County Fairgrounds - 10 West Harbor Blvd., 93001

  • COST OF ADMISSION: 🎟️ Varies based on packages, starts at $45.00

  • FURTHER INFORMATION: Online at X-Games: California

• 🚀 A Disneyland collection of 1,500 pieces: Van Eaton Galleries will showcase the largest privately owned collection of Disney Park memorabilia from locations all over the world. A total of 1,500 pieces will be on display from the ‘Joel Magee Disneyland Collection,’ and will include ride vehicles, props, signage, vintage souvenirs, and the single largest collection of Disneyland Attraction Posters. In addition to the free gallery showing, a private auction for items will begin on Disneyland’s sixty-eighth birthday, July 17, and run until the 19th. This event is free to the public.

  • WHEN: 📆 Daily at 11:00am from Sunday, July 9th - Sunday, July 16th; auction from July 17th - 19th

  • WHERE:📍The Burbank Town Center - 201 E. Magnolia Blvd., 91502

  • COST OF ADMISSION: 🎟️ Free, open to the public + all ages

  • FURTHER INFORMATION: Van Eaton Galleries

EATS

• 🍩 Barbie is Dunkin’ Downtown L.A.: Calling all Barbie Fans: from now until July 21st you can order a coffee in Barbie’s World. In celebration of the upcoming movie, Barbie, the folks at Dunkin’ have teamed up with Warner Bros., turning DTLA’s South Figueroa Street Dunkin location into a coffee shop. This collaboration-location includes various Instagram opportunities, a lot of pink, Barbie-themed menus, and probably a lot of glitter.

• 🥪 Restaurants that do not have hidden fees: A recent Reddit conversation turned into a list of local restaurants that do not have those typical hidden fees that we often see at our local restaurants. Here is an ongoing list of those eateries that value transparencies

• 🍗 Eighteen spots for some good lickin,’ crispy chicken: We get down and funky with our chicken. We have food trucks at car washes, stands, and everything in-between. And almost every style, too.

TODAY’S EVENTS:

• 🎭️ Invitation Rehearsal: Dudamel Conducts Verdi’s Requiem^5pm | 💰️Invitation only |📍The Hollywood Bowl | ℹ️ From it’s stunning beautiful solo moments to the rapturous ‘Dies Irae’ that movie trailers have, rightfully so, lifted as the soundtrack to the end of the world, Verdi’s Requiem is a darkly-dramatic ninety-minute roller-coaster ride.

  • CURATEDLA: This rehearsal is an exclusive invitational rehearsal. There are three ways that you can request an invitation:

    • If you have a hollywoodbowl.com login, go to, ‘Upcoming Events.’

    • Send a quick message to this email: [email protected] - tell them you heard about this event on CuratedLA.

    • You can also call this number: (213) 972-7557

• 🎙️ Potluck pop-ins with 40+ comics^7pm | 💰️ $35 |📍The Comedy Store | ℹ️ With huge surprise guests! Hosted by Jackson Banks| More information…

• 🎸 Neil Young^7pm | 💰️ $80 |📍The Greek Theatre | ℹ️ Well-known singer and songwriter, known for hit songs, ‘Old Man,’ ‘Harvest Moon,’ and ‘Heart of Gold,’ amongst others.  | More information… 

• 🎤 Two Dykes and a Mic ^8pm | 💰️ $35 |📍Largo at the Coronet | ℹ️ Special guests: Mae Martin, Margaret Cho, E.R. Fightmaster | Find out more…

CITY & GOVERNMENT

• 🎬️ Rep. Grace Napolitano announces retirement: Representative Napolitano announced her retirement on Saturday. The Congresswoman, 86, has served our State of California for over twenty-five years in Congress

• 🏥 Rancho Los Amigos is a beautiful hospital: voters with expertise in the realms of hospital architecture nominated over fifty hospitals as the most beautiful in our nation. And our very own Rancho Los Amigos is amongst the fifty hospitals that were nominated. Final voting takes place from now until July 27th, and the public is encouraged to vote. So for us, let’s say yes to Rancho Los Amigos. 

BUSINESS

• 🥷 The worldwide coding program, Code Ninjas, opens shop in La Cañada: [📣 Hey, Parents!] Designed for children ages seven to fourteen, Code Ninja serves the local community by teaching kids to code by virtue of solving complex problems within video games. Gaming and coding are both wonderful educational tools, and this could be a great way for your youngins’ to meet friends this summer in a safe and fun environment. The coding abilities of your children might just be your retirement plan…

COMMUNITY

• 💜 A Santa Monica workshop teaches comedy to battle cancer:  Cancer is cruel, but a group of comedians want to teach those in their battle with cancer to share their story with a comedic twist in a storytelling series, ‘Storyectomy.’ The group is based out of Santa Monica and will have their first showcase on August 4th to bring light, love, and positivity to those affected by cancer

• 👓️ A local nonprofit with the right vision: A Pasadena nonprofit, ‘Vision To Learn,’ is providing eye care to over 250 local children from the Boys & Girls Club in Pasadena. We are led to believe that this is a vision we can all get down with.

LOS ANGELES TRIVIA:

REAL ESTATE

• 💎 What the Venice Palace is set to look like: Get this: a low-rise structure with a boutique hotel, apartments, office spaces, retail shops, 184-car basement garage, and the filling of modern good vibes:

• 🏡 Open Houses in our area throughout the week: We enjoy looking at houses, even if we don’t have the money: we call it, ‘real estate manifestation.’ And our area has some great homes that we can all manifest over with these Los Angeles Open Houses throughout the week.

TOMORROW’S EVENTS:

• 🪕 Local Natives^5pm | 💰️ Free with vinyl purchase |📍Amoeba Music | ℹ️ In celebration of the band’s new album, ‘Time Will Wait For No One,’ live performance and special commemorative poster  | Find out more…

• 🎹 Phantogram ^8pm | 💰️ $55 + |📍The Bellwether | ℹ️ a duo from Sarasota Springs, NY, their music is a mix of hazy dream pop, dark atmosphere, and head-knocking rhythms melted into a compelling, original sound  | More information… 

• 🎤 Charlie Puth ^7:30pm | 💰️ $90 + |📍The Greek Theatre | ℹ️ Received initial recognition on YouTube by uploading videos of him singing. Puth is known for ‘See You Again,’ ‘Attention,’ ‘We Don’t Talk Anymore, and, ‘Left and Right.’  | Find out more…

GUIDES:

• 🏖️ Seventy-five things to do in July: Los Angeles happenings are sizzling. Here is a curated guide from Secret Los Angeles of things to do throughout our community for the month of July

• 📚️ Backstage with The Buzz: An overview of this summer at The Hollywood Bowl, The Ford, and Hollyhock House from Larchmont Buzz

• 👧 Eleven ways for parents to summer in L.A.: A very helpful guide for parents, guardians, and mentors alike to take the kids out for a stroll within our community. This guide is from L.A. Parent.

HOLLYWOOD

• 🍿 Summer movie showdown: July marks one of the hottest months of the year for movies. Now through Labor Day, the box office and streaming services alike will have fans keeping the popcorn poppin: with the release of Mission Impossible, Oppenheimer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more

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