Things to do in Los Angeles - NoHo Arts District
Posted by admin in Los Angeles Attractions, Things to do in Los Angeles (LA) on 04 30th, 2009NoHo Arts District derives its name from North Hoolywood that bands together an artist’s community. Think of it as theatre, painting, ceramics, even television all put in one place. Due to the fact, NoHo Arts District attracts art lovers and those who look for some artistic experience. The district claims to embrace twenty-two live theatres of unique and intimate character as many of them has only 100 seats. This system proves well with old classics but performed in a new experimental way. The genuine gem among the theatres is without doubt El Portal Theatre which possesses three live theatres and its own art gallery. Speaking about galeries, there are NoHo Arts Center and Lankershim Arts Center that are most well-known cultural landmarks. It you are looking for a dancing studio, Millennium Dance Complex should satisfy your curiosity. This studion not only attracts regular visitors but frequently hosts famous celebrities like Janet Jackson or Britney Spears. Also, because the region is busy with people of art, it is not srange to come across musicians practicing their music, dancers dancing or actors rehearsing their lines.
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Posted by admin in Los Angeles Attractions, Things to do in Los Angeles (LA) on 04 30th, 2009Venice Beach belongs to more famous districts of western Los Angeles known for its sandy beaches and tremendous boardwalk atmosphere. It has gained world popularity thanks to the television coverage of the 1984 Summer Olympics which pictured this region as thriving with all kinds of appealing amusement activities provided by street performers, vendors, artists, musicians, body builders, palm readers. From that time Venice Beach has become a desired destination for travelers and one of the most vibrant and eclectic areas of Southern California. The free spirit of the place and open attitudes of artists make Venice an ideal setting for their creativity. For this reason you can find so many galleries, studios and mural painting within the region. Artists from all over the world migrate to Venice to develop the craft and present their art. One of the top rock bands of their time, the Doors also started here and Jim Morrison actually lived in one of the houses here. Every year Venice proudly hosts the famous Venice Art Walk where masses of visitors come to Venice to tour through the artists’ studios and homes. You can really get the feel of the freedom, creativity and enthusiasm deriving from this beach community. It is not only the festival that makes people flock here. They come all year round in order to walk through the numerous bizarre scenes that atract them and make Venice truly unique. Due to its beautiful location, Venice Beach is one of the most attractive sites to see but also enjoys extensive popularity among the local community and is often used for bicycling or walking. The place is comparable to a carnival lasting all year round with no admittance fee.
Things to do in Los Angeles - Sunset Boulevard
Posted by admin in Los Angeles Attractions, Things to do in Los Angeles (LA) on 04 29th, 2009Situated in the western part of Los Angeles, there is famed Boulevard of Broken Dreams, colloqually known as Sunset Boulevard. The name of the very street is associated with the glamor of Tinseltown, not to mention its role to immortalize film celebrities. The Hollywood Walk of Fame stretches for eighteen blocks along Hollywood Boulevard from Gower Street to La Brea Avenue and for three blocks along Vine Street from Sunset Boulevard to Yucca Street. Apart from it, this one of the main Los Angeles entertainment districts has lots of good restaurants, clubs including the House of Blues, a major comedy club, and so much more to see. It is also the place where billboards can be extraordinarily entertaining. During sumertime the Sunset-Junction festival takes place here and provides diverse range of music- like alternative/modern rock, reggae, R&B, folk, latin and various ethnic world sounds. Also funky dancing makes this festival particularly spirited. The Boulevard is occasionally referred to as “Guitar Row” because of the large number of guitar stores and music industry-related businesses. For example, the legendary recording studios like Sunset Sound Studios and United Western Recorders are located here. Additionally, many young musicians, struggling actors, or any other artists continue to live in the region.
Things to do in Los Angeles - Paramount Studios
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on 04 29th, 2009Located in close vicinity to well known Hollywood sign, there is the Paramount Studio site which welcomes warmly all vistitors willing to explore its huge background. At peak season, the studio employees over 5,000 people. Also, during its heydays it had its own hospital and fire brigade. There is a wide range of things to experience here in this longest continually operating studio in Hollywood. A two-hour tour of the studio provides tourists with details of its history and gives visitors a behind-the-scenes view of films and television shows currently in production. It is one of the few studios that admit regular guided tours. Go through the famous Bronson Gate. As story says there is the extra iron filigree on top of the gate which was added after crazed female fans of Rudolph Valentino overwhelmed security and climbed over the original unfortified gate. Also, wander through the library having more than thousand titles and numerous Oscar winners. This is the place where to relieve the history of cinematic begginings! If you feel down deep at heart more than a film fan, why don’t you send in your resume and with good reasons they may employ you. Anyways it is advisable to have your autograph book with you to collect a bit of stardust.
Things to do in Los Angeles - Holyland Exhibition
Posted by admin in Los Angeles Attractions, Things to do in Los Angeles (LA) on 04 29th, 2009Founded in 1924, Holyland Exhibition belongs to one of the most appealing attractions that can be visited in Southern California. It features a vast collection of Middle Eastern artifacts dating back to the beginning of our era, thus some of them are two thousand years old. Basically, the diversity and quantity of artifacts within the exhibition is remarkable and covers knowledge on the Bible countries. The range of the displayed items was gathered by Antonio F. Futterer and embrace objects such as lamps, bottles or coins. The imposing mummy casket is over 2600 years old. The guides’ passion for the Exhibition and their lifestyle characterized by spreading the teachings from the Exhibition’s founder, Antonio Futterer leaves visitors impressed. The history of its founder is equally impressive. If you are anxious to see the exhibition it is adviced to make reservation beforehand. A small fee is required, which covers a whole tour. Also, refreshments are included in the admission price. Disabled access is limited to the ground floor.
Things to do in Los Angeles - Watts Towers
Posted by admin in Los Angeles Attractions, Things to do in Los Angeles (LA) on 04 28th, 2009The two over 99 feet (30 m) high Watts Towers well reflects the words of its designer Simon Rodia who once said “I had in mind to do something big and I did it”. The whole structure area consists of seventeen interconnected creations made of bed frames, scrap metal, wire mesh, glass, plenty of seashells and different pipes. The cretivity of its designer seem to have exedeed regular limitations and the whole place can be percieved as a good source of inspiration for any artist. Rodia built them with no special equipment or predetermined design, working alone with hand tools and window-washer’s equipment. They all were built from 1921 to 1954, over a period of 33 years. This impressive structures are a good example of non-traditional vernacular architecture and American Naïve art. After the place changed its owners, it was ordered to be razed by the Los Angeles council. Only because it had managed to gain popularity from the outside world it was decided that the place should be preserved. In 1965 and 1992 the place witnessed violent riots, thus althought it holds unquestionable cultural value, it sholud be approached with caution, particularly after dark.
Things to do in Los Angeles - LACMA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on 04 28th, 2009Los Angeles County Museum of Art, popularly known as LACMA belongs to one of the largest and most important museums in US. Built in a style similar to Los Angeles Music Center or Lincoln Center, the museum originally consisted of three buildings: the Lytton Gallery , the Ahmanson Building, and the Bing Center. At present, it stores over 100,000 works in its collection, ranging from art dating back to 6000 B.C., through paintings of Renaissance masters to the the 20th century sculpture and photographs. All the holdings are divided among the numerous departments of the museum by region, media, and time period and can be seen in various museum buildings. For instance, the Ahmanson Building is reserved for The Modern Art collection, African art and Greek and Roman Art galleries. The Art of the Americas Building houses American, Latin American and pre-Columbian collections. The Hammer Building displays Korean and Chinese galleries. The Pavilion for Japanese Art features the Shin’enkan collection and the 60,000 square foot Broad Contemporary Art Museum is dedicated to The Contemporary Art collection. All in all, there is something for every art lover and the vast collection takes weeks to explore it. Apart from its permanent collection, it regularly displays various interesting theme exhibitions. LACMA is also host to film screenings and free concert series throughout the year. There is possibility to become a member to find out about current and upcoming events. The good news is that the second Tuesday of each month is free to all visitors, but for ticketed exhibitions full admission is required.
Things to do in Los Angeles - La Brea Tar Pits
Posted by admin in Los Angeles Attractions, Things to do in Los Angeles (LA) on 04 28th, 2009This former Mexican land grant is at present recognized as world’s richest deposit of Ice Age fossils. The word “la brea” stands for tar or asphalt in Spanish and is a place that 40,000 years ago entrapped dire wolves, saber-toothed or mammoths wandering through the region. Predators would also enter to eat the trapped animals, and themselves become stuck. The captured bones of 60 identified species were well preserved in the natural asphalt. Also they found seventeen human bones, including a skull and a pelvis, as well as a number of artifacts such as milling stones and bone hairpins. Thanks to the George C. Page museum visitors can experience the exact specimens from the tar. Nowadays, it is frequently covered with water, which attracts wildlife. During the summer months, visitors can observe the ongoing excavation from Pit 91. Apart from the dramatic fossils of large mammals, the place additionally preserves tiny “microfossils,” like insects, wood and plant remnants, or pollen grains. If fact, La Brea seeps because of its character are still ensnaring organisms even today.
Things to do in Los Angeles - Griffith Observatory
Posted by admin in Los Angeles Attractions, Things to do in Los Angeles (LA) on 04 28th, 2009Located in the beautiful Griffith park, the landmark observatory presents an impressive Planetarium, a permanent exhibition situated in the main hall, as well as periodically changing presentations. One of the attractions you can meet here are laser shows of sound and light. The observatory boasts to be the most visited public observatory in the world. After the reconstruction and renovation process, the observatory features additional improvements like a multilevel exhibit gallery with interesting interactive elements, copper-sheathed dome with 300 reclining seats, bookstore and café named Cafe at the End of the Universe. Apart from all the amenities you can experience there, you can admire breathtaking LA skyline views from the building’s extensive patios that are present on every floor. Griffith observatory appears to have an interesting scenery for film directors as the action of films such as Rebel Without a Cause, The Terminator, Flesh Gordon, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, Yes Man and many other television productions have taken place here.
Things to do in Los Angeles - Getty Center
Posted by admin in Los Angeles Attractions, Things to do in Los Angeles (LA) on 04 27th, 2009Placed on the hilltop in the Santa Monica Mountains, Getty Center is considered one of the best museums in Los Angeles not only because of its original architecture but due to the multitude of art, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts and photographs it contains. Inside, the collections also include works like paintings, old manuscripts or decorative arts. It is worth mentioning that the main attractions of the year were Rembrandt’s Late Religious Portraits or Italian Manuscripts from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It may take a whole day to see what the museum has to offer. The stone-and-glass complex includes gems of art of such influential painters as Renoir, Monet or Van Gogh. Apart from what can be seen inside visitors can wander through the grounds of the stunning central garden and open spaces. Exterior courtyard spaces include fountains and a variety of trees, including Mexican Cypress trees, as well as the cactus garden to the south. There is no admission fee. Video and still photography are permitted throughout the permanent collections and Research Institute, but you can’t use a flash.
