Macario Movie Screening at The Music Center Plaza

Sunday, October 27, 2019

Location: The Music Center Plaza ( across the street from Grand Park between Grand Ave and Hope Street)

Event Time: 1:00pm- 6:00pm

About the film:

Macario | 1960, 91 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles | Directed by Roberto Gavaldón

Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on Dia de los Muertos. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he must face three apparitions: the Devil, God, and Death.

AS OF MARCH 20, 2020, the LUNCH Á LA PARK FOOD TRUCK Program is suspended until at least April 19, 2020, per the Safer at Home order by the County and City of Los Angeles. We will update accordingly, in compliance with County and City mandates. Thank you for your patience during this time.

Part of Grand Park’s noontime LUNCH À LA PARK programs, take a break with rotating food trucks in the park.

Every TUES, WED and THURS from 11am-2pm, come into the sunshine and enjoy everyone’s favorite time of the workday – the mighty lunch. Trucks will be parked on Olive Court (between Grand and Hill) and the Marketplace (between Spring and Broadway just across the street from City Hall, by the playground) with easy access for jurors, local employees, and all park users.

JURORS: Enjoy 10% off during your lunch break, simply show your juror badge. Discount good for both locations – Grand Park’s Marketplace and Olive Court.

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.

AS OF MARCH 20, 2020, the LUNCH Á LA PARK FOOD TRUCK Program is suspended until at least April 19, 2020, per the Safer at Home order by the County and City of Los Angeles. We will update accordingly, in compliance with County and City mandates. Thank you for your patience during this time.

Part of Grand Park’s noontime LUNCH À LA PARK programs, take a break with rotating food trucks in the park.

Every TUES, WED and THURS from 11am-2pm, come into the sunshine and enjoy everyone’s favorite time of the workday – the mighty lunch. Trucks will be parked on Olive Court (between Grand and Hill) and the Marketplace (between Spring and Broadway just across the street from City Hall, by the playground) with easy access for jurors, local employees, and all park users.

JURORS: Enjoy 10% off during your lunch break, simply show your juror badge. Discount good for both locations – Grand Park’s Marketplace and Olive Court.

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.

Selena Movie Screening at The Music Center Plaza

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Location: The Music Center Plaza ( across the street from Grand Park between Grand Ave and Hope Street)

Event Time: 6:00pm- 11:00pm

About the film:

Selena | 1997, 127 minutes, English | Directed by Gregory Nava
In advance of Grand Park’s Selena for Sanctuary concert on November 1, watch Jennifer Lopez in her breakout performance as the legendary Tejano singing sensation, Selena.

AS OF MARCH 20, 2020, the LUNCH Á LA PARK FOOD TRUCK Program is suspended until at least April 19, 2020, per the Safer at Home order by the County and City of Los Angeles. We will update accordingly, in compliance with County and City mandates. Thank you for your patience during this time.

Part of Grand Park’s noontime LUNCH À LA PARK programs, take a break with rotating food trucks in the park.

Every TUES, WED and THURS from 11am-2pm, come into the sunshine and enjoy everyone’s favorite time of the workday – the mighty lunch. Trucks will be parked on Olive Court (between Grand and Hill) and the Marketplace (between Spring and Broadway just across the street from City Hall, by the playground) with easy access for jurors, local employees, and all park users.

JURORS: Enjoy 10% off during your lunch break, simply show your juror badge. Discount good for both locations – Grand Park’s Marketplace and Olive Court.

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.

Selena for Sanctuary is a free concert featuring an all-female line-up of L.A.-based Latinx artists designed to bring immigrants and allies together in a social justice movement. Performers include Empress Of, San Cha, Ceci Bastida, Maya Murillo, August Eve, and Loyal Lobos, plus the house band for the evening,

Selenamos and DJ Zuri Adia (of Technocumbia). Organized by the L.A.-based, non-profit Solidarity for Sanctuary and hosted previously in Central Park and at Lincoln Center, Grand Park’s Selena for Sanctuary concert is a homecoming for the organization’s mission to raise awareness about issues concerning immigrant communities and offer resources to help them through the immigration process.

Anahuacalmecac Danza Azteca Círculo, a student-led group from Los Angeles-based Anahuacalmecac International University of North America, will perform, honoring ancestors, during the opening
ceremony for Selena for Sanctuary and Los Angeles-based Salvadoran poet Yesika Salgado will host the concert. Additionally, volunteers from numerous immigrant advocacy groups will participate: Las Fotos Project, an organization that inspires teenage girls of color through photography, will host a photo booth for event-goers; while Kids of Immigrants, an L.A. streetwear label utilizing fashion to express their roots and environment, and Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), a Central American immigrant rights organization, will host information booths during this concert.

Grand Ave, Los Angeles’s home for world-class arts and culture brings back Grand Ave Arts: All Access, an inside look at rehearsals, architecture tours, museum exhibitions, performances, workshops, food and drink and kids’ film screenings for all to enjoy. Grab the whole crew to take a peek behind-the-scenes for the ultimate Los Angeles field trip.

DOWNTOWN DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS: ALTARS + ART

Grand Park celebrates the traditions of Día de los Muertos, in partnership with Self Help Graphics and Art and LORE Media and Arts, the park presents nearly 35 altars created by local artists and community groups. Art workshops will be available to engage visitors in traditions of Día de Los Muertos; workshops will feature two stations dedicated to art activities related to this commemoration. The Sugar Skull activity will invite users to draw and paint sugar skull artwork with salt and watercolors, and the Papel Picado station will have traditional decorative crafts made by cutting elaborate design into sheets of tissue paper.

Educator: Danny Gonzalez, an LA based illustrator

Enjoy a full day of fun activities at Grand Park!

COCO Movie Screening at The Music Center Plaza

Sunday, November 3, 2019

Location: The Music Center Plaza ( across the street from Grand Park between Grand Ave and Hope Street)

Event Time: 1:00pm- 5:00pm

About the film:

Coco | 2017, 125 minutes, English | Directed by Lee Unkrich

Aspiring young musician Miguel is accidentally transported to the Land of the Dead, where he seeks the help of his deceased great-great-grandfather to return him to his home and family among the living.