Que Viva Mexico! Movie Screening at The Music Center Plaza

Saturday, October 26, 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:

Que Viva Mexico! | 1932, 90 minutes, Russian with English subtitles | Directed by Sergei Eisenstein

Screening in conjunction with the Glorya Kaufman Dance Series engagement with Saint Petersburg’s Mariinsky Ballet, Russian director Sergei Eisenstein’s epic film presents a collage of Mexican life from pre-colonial time through the Mexican Revolution. Surreal imagery abounds, including an extended section on Dia de los Muertos.

October 26, 2019
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Grand Park Performance Lawn (Near Hill Street)

Featured artists:
Ofelia Esparza and the Esparza Family
CAVA
Danza Divina de Los Angeles
Tierra Blanca Baile Folklorico

Grand Park and Self Help Graphics & Art (SHG) are proud to present the annual commemoration of Noche de Ofrenda (Night of Altars) on Saturday, October 26, 2019, from 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles. Noche de Ofrenda is a free, family-friendly experience and part of a suite of events taking place during the season of Día de los Muertos, both at Self Help Graphics & Art and Grand Park. The Noche de Ofrenda event will feature a large-scale community altar produced by National Endowment Fellow and L.A. icon Ofelia Esparza and the Esparza family, live entertainment by CAVA, Danza Divina de Los Angeles and Tierra Blanca Baile Folklorico, and more than 30 altars produced by artists and community organizations, such as Las Fotos Project, Solidarity for Sanctuary, Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), Consuelo Flores and ARza Ozo Community, among many others. Noche de Ofrenda is a contemplative ceremony and night of reflection that connects communities to traditions and highlights indigenous practices during a contemporary celebration.

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.