Do you like the idea of writing in the middle of a park?

Did you make a commitment to writing more often this year, yet haven’t made the time to do it?

Would you like to write among a community of other writers and have facilitation with a handful of simple prompts to get you started?

Then write where you are.

Grand Park’s Teaching Writer-in-Residence traci kato-kiriyama curates a variety of themes throughout the season, and facilitate short form writing exercises throughout the hour.  Themes this year will include love, healing, power, quirks, city and maps, home, dreams, vision, food and nourishment; and many more.

Meetups will have special guests, including leaders in journalism and script-writing to support cultivating new writings or to nurture existing works.

LOCATION: Meet at the Fountain overlook, right off Grand Ave. below the white tents. Writing materials (pens and notepads) will be provided.

Photo by Javier Guillen for Grand Park/The Music Center

ABOUT GRAND PARK’S OUR L.A. VOICES: LUNCHTIME! Writers’ Meetup is a part of Grand Park’s Our L.A. Voices, a season-wide celebration of Angeleno expression.

Other OUR L.A. VOICES events:

Grand Park’s LUNCHTIME! Concerts // EVERY THURS MAR 2 thru MAY 25 // 12:15PM – 1:15PM

Grand Park’s DOWNTOWN BOOKFEST // SAT MAR 11 // Noon – 5PM

Grand Park’s PROUD Story Slam // SAT MAR 25 // Noon – 4PM

PORTALS PROJECT at Grand Park // MON APR 10 thru SUN APR 23 // check webpage for daily hours

Information subject to change

METRO RED or PURPLE LINE TO CIVIC CENTER/GRAND PARK STATION, GOLD LINE TO LITTLE TOKYO/ARTS DISTRICT STATION

Grand Park is an LA County park powered by The Music Center.

Grand Park will be the site for a lease event – the Los Angeles Times Night Market  – from WED MAYy 10 thru SUN MAY 14. The Night Market will take place at following dates/times and vendors will be set up throughout the park:

WED MAY 10 – 5pm – 10pm
THURS MAY 11 – 5pm – 10pm
FRI MAY 12 – 5pm – 11pm
SAT MAY 13 – 3pm – 11pm
SUN MAY 14 – 3pm – 9pm

Please visit lafoodbowl.com for information.

The following park amenities will be affected:

WED MAY 10 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St. will close at 5pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

THURS MAY 11 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St. will close at 5pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

FRI MAY 12 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St.  will close at 5pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

SAT MAY 13 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St.  will close at 3pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

SUN MAY 14 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St. will close at 3pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

WED MAY 10 thru SUN MAY 14 – Grand Park’s Event Lawn (between N Broadway and Spring) will have limited access throughout the course of the event.

The following park amenities will NOT be affected:

Grand Park’s splash pad, walking paths throughout the park, Starbucks, and restrooms near the splash pad will remain open throughout the course of this event.

Lease Events help support free year-round programs in Grand Park. Your patience is truly appreciated.

Young Angeleno artists voice their creativity and expressions through music. LUNCHTIME! Concerts happen weekly on Thursdays MAR 2 thru MAY 30. Also Enjoy LUNCHTIME! Food Truck offerings from 11am – 2pm every TUES, WED, and THURS in Grand Park.

March  2 – String Ensemble
March 9 – Piano
March 16 – Evan Abounassar (jazz trio)
March 23 – Alec Shulman (jazz trio)
March 30 – Luca Mendoza (solo jazz pianist)
April 6 – Dance – Senior Solos
April 13 – Teira LC & Steve Gordon (jazz vocals with piano)
April 20 – Gospel
April 27 – LACHSA Piano
May 4 – LACHSA Vocal Jazz
May 11 – Dance Junior Solos
May 18 – LACHSA Piano
May 25 – Musical Theatre

LOCATION CHANGE: Lunchtime! Concerts will be moved to the Community Terrace THURS MAY 18, located next to Metro Station between Broadway and Hill St.

ABOUT GRAND PARK’S OUR L.A. VOICES: LUNCHTIME! Concerts is a part of Grand Park’s Our L.A. Voices, a season-wide celebration of Angeleno expression.

Other OUR L.A. VOICES events:

Grand Park’s LUNCHTIME! Writers’ Meetup // EVERY TUES MAR 7 thru MAY 30 // Noon – 1:30pm

Grand Park’s DOWNTOWN BOOKFEST // SAT MAR 11 // Noon – 5PM

Grand Park’s PROUD Story Slam // SAT MAR 25 // Noon – 4PM

PORTALS PROJECT at Grand Park // MON APR 10 thru SUN APR 23 // check webpage for daily hours

Information subject to change

METRO RED or PURPLE LINE TO CIVIC CENTER/GRAND PARK STATION, GOLD LINE TO LITTLE TOKYO/ARTS DISTRICT STATION

Grand Park is an LA County park powered by The Music Center.

Grand Park will be the site for a lease event – the Los Angeles Times Night Market  – from WED MAYy 10 thru SUN MAY 14. The Night Market will take place at following dates/times and vendors will be set up throughout the park:

WED MAY 10 – 5pm – 10pm
THURS MAY 11 – 5pm – 10pm
FRI MAY 12 – 5pm – 11pm
SAT MAY 13 – 3pm – 11pm
SUN MAY 14 – 3pm – 9pm

Please visit lafoodbowl.com for information.

The following park amenities will be affected:

WED MAY 10 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St. will close at 5pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

THURS MAY 11 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St. will close at 5pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

FRI MAY 12 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St.  will close at 5pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

SAT MAY 13 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St.  will close at 3pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

SUN MAY 14 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St. will close at 3pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

WED MAY 10 thru SUN MAY 14 – Grand Park’s Event Lawn (between N Broadway and Spring) will have limited access throughout the course of the event.

The following park amenities will NOT be affected:

Grand Park’s splash pad, walking paths throughout the park, Starbucks, and restrooms near the splash pad will remain open throughout the course of this event.

Lease Events help support free year-round programs in Grand Park. Your patience is truly appreciated.

Grand Park will be the site for a lease event – the Los Angeles Times Night Market  – from WED MAYy 10 thru SUN MAY 14. The Night Market will take place at following dates/times and vendors will be set up throughout the park:

WED MAY 10 – 5pm – 10pm
THURS MAY 11 – 5pm – 10pm
FRI MAY 12 – 5pm – 11pm
SAT MAY 13 – 3pm – 11pm
SUN MAY 14 – 3pm – 9pm

Please visit lafoodbowl.com for information.

The following park amenities will be affected:

WED MAY 10 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St. will close at 5pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

THURS MAY 11 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St. will close at 5pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

FRI MAY 12 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St.  will close at 5pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

SAT MAY 13 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St.  will close at 3pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

SUN MAY 14 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St. will close at 3pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

WED MAY 10 thru SUN MAY 14 – Grand Park’s Event Lawn (between N Broadway and Spring) will have limited access throughout the course of the event.

The following park amenities will NOT be affected:

Grand Park’s splash pad, walking paths throughout the park, Starbucks, and restrooms near the splash pad will remain open throughout the course of this event.

Lease Events help support free year-round programs in Grand Park. Your patience is truly appreciated.

Grand Park will be the site for a lease event – the Los Angeles Times Night Market  – from WED MAYy 10 thru SUN MAY 14. The Night Market will take place at following dates/times and vendors will be set up throughout the park:

WED MAY 10 – 5pm – 10pm
THURS MAY 11 – 5pm – 10pm
FRI MAY 12 – 5pm – 11pm
SAT MAY 13 – 3pm – 11pm
SUN MAY 14 – 3pm – 9pm

Please visit lafoodbowl.com for information.

The following park amenities will be affected:

WED MAY 10 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St. will close at 5pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

THURS MAY 11 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St. will close at 5pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

FRI MAY 12 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St.  will close at 5pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

SAT MAY 13 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St.  will close at 3pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

SUN MAY 14 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St. will close at 3pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

WED MAY 10 thru SUN MAY 14 – Grand Park’s Event Lawn (between N Broadway and Spring) will have limited access throughout the course of the event.

The following park amenities will NOT be affected:

Grand Park’s splash pad, walking paths throughout the park, Starbucks, and restrooms near the splash pad will remain open throughout the course of this event.

Lease Events help support free year-round programs in Grand Park. Your patience is truly appreciated.

Grand Park will be the site for a lease event – the Los Angeles Times Night Market  – from WED MAYy 10 thru SUN MAY 14. The Night Market will take place at following dates/times and vendors will be set up throughout the park:

WED MAY 10 – 5pm – 10pm
THURS MAY 11 – 5pm – 10pm
FRI MAY 12 – 5pm – 11pm
SAT MAY 13 – 3pm – 11pm
SUN MAY 14 – 3pm – 9pm

Please visit lafoodbowl.com for information.

The following park amenities will be affected:

WED MAY 10 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St. will close at 5pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

THURS MAY 11 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St. will close at 5pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

FRI MAY 12 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St.  will close at 5pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

SAT MAY 13 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St.  will close at 3pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

SUN MAY 14 – Playground, Dog Run and restrooms at Spring St. will close at 3pm and reopen the following day during normal hours.

WED MAY 10 thru SUN MAY 14 – Grand Park’s Event Lawn (between N Broadway and Spring) will have limited access throughout the course of the event.

The following park amenities will NOT be affected:

Grand Park’s splash pad, walking paths throughout the park, Starbucks, and restrooms near the splash pad will remain open throughout the course of this event.

Lease Events help support free year-round programs in Grand Park. Your patience is truly appreciated.

Do you like the idea of writing in the middle of a park?

Did you make a commitment to writing more often this year, yet haven’t made the time to do it?

Would you like to write among a community of other writers and have facilitation with a handful of simple prompts to get you started?

Then write where you are.

Grand Park’s Teaching Writer-in-Residence traci kato-kiriyama curates a variety of themes throughout the season, and facilitate short form writing exercises throughout the hour.  Themes this year will include love, healing, power, quirks, city and maps, home, dreams, vision, food and nourishment; and many more.

Meetups will have special guests, including leaders in journalism and script-writing to support cultivating new writings or to nurture existing works.

LOCATION: Meet at the Fountain overlook, right off Grand Ave. below the white tents. Writing materials (pens and notepads) will be provided.

Photo by Javier Guillen for Grand Park/The Music Center

ABOUT GRAND PARK’S OUR L.A. VOICES: LUNCHTIME! Writers’ Meetup is a part of Grand Park’s Our L.A. Voices, a season-wide celebration of Angeleno expression.

Other OUR L.A. VOICES events:

Grand Park’s LUNCHTIME! Concerts // EVERY THURS MAR 2 thru MAY 25 // 12:15PM – 1:15PM

Grand Park’s DOWNTOWN BOOKFEST // SAT MAR 11 // Noon – 5PM

Grand Park’s PROUD Story Slam // SAT MAR 25 // Noon – 4PM

PORTALS PROJECT at Grand Park // MON APR 10 thru SUN APR 23 // check webpage for daily hours

Information subject to change

METRO RED or PURPLE LINE TO CIVIC CENTER/GRAND PARK STATION, GOLD LINE TO LITTLE TOKYO/ARTS DISTRICT STATION

Grand Park is an LA County park powered by The Music Center.

Young Angeleno artists voice their creativity and expressions through music. LUNCHTIME! Concerts happen weekly on Thursdays MAR 2 thru MAY 30. Also Enjoy LUNCHTIME! Food Truck offerings from 11am – 2pm every TUES, WED, and THURS in Grand Park.

March  2 – String Ensemble
March 9 – Piano
March 16 – Evan Abounassar (jazz trio)
March 23 – Alec Shulman (jazz trio)
March 30 – Luca Mendoza (solo jazz pianist)
April 6 – Dance – Senior Solos
April 13 – Teira LC & Steve Gordon (jazz vocals with piano)
April 20 – Gospel
April 27 – LACHSA Piano
May 4 – LACHSA Vocal Jazz
May 11 – Dance Junior Solos
May 18 – LACHSA Piano
May 25 – Musical Theatre

LOCATION CHANGE: Lunchtime! Concerts will be moved to the Community Terrace THURS MAY 18, located next to Metro Station between Broadway and Hill St.

ABOUT GRAND PARK’S OUR L.A. VOICES: LUNCHTIME! Concerts is a part of Grand Park’s Our L.A. Voices, a season-wide celebration of Angeleno expression.

Other OUR L.A. VOICES events:

Grand Park’s LUNCHTIME! Writers’ Meetup // EVERY TUES MAR 7 thru MAY 30 // Noon – 1:30pm

Grand Park’s DOWNTOWN BOOKFEST // SAT MAR 11 // Noon – 5PM

Grand Park’s PROUD Story Slam // SAT MAR 25 // Noon – 4PM

PORTALS PROJECT at Grand Park // MON APR 10 thru SUN APR 23 // check webpage for daily hours

Information subject to change

METRO RED or PURPLE LINE TO CIVIC CENTER/GRAND PARK STATION, GOLD LINE TO LITTLE TOKYO/ARTS DISTRICT STATION

Grand Park is an LA County park powered by The Music Center.