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Check out MOCA’s annual super-sized indoor/outdoor event! Sunday Studio presents Big Family Day at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA on Sunday, June 3 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. The free event features gallery tours by expert kids, hands-on activities, entertainment, and more. Show your valid Metro pass or Metro [continue reading]
Traffic around downtown Los Angeles is probably not going to be a treat this weekend — particularly on Sunday. In the morning, the final stage of the Amgen Tour of California will shut down many streets before finishing at L.A. Live just before noon. The downtown portion of the race [continue reading]
What if they gave a concert and nobody came because they were stuck in traffic? That’s exactly what concert promoters for Roger Waters: The Wall want to avoid when the worldwide tour lights up the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum this Saturday night. And the timing couldn’t be better because the Expo Line, which [continue reading]
It should be quite a Sunday morning this week in downtown Los Angeles. First, downtown is hosting the eighth and final stage of the Amgen Tour of California bike race, which begins in Beverly Hills, travels through Hollywood and is scheduled to finish near L.A. Live between 11:45 a.m. and [continue reading]
Leave the driving (and train operating) to the pros this Cinco De Mayo by taking Metro to The Greek Theater for the 1st Annual Los Lobos Cinco De Mayo Festival. You probably recognize the name Los Lobos, but you might not recognize one of their special guests, Mariachi El Bronx. [continue reading]
The Expo Line’s opening weekend with free rides is now complete and regular service begins early Monday morning between 7th/Metro Center in downtown Los Angeles and the La Cienega/Jefferson station. The first westbound train from 7th/Metro Center leaves at 4:54 a.m. and the first eastbound train from La Cienega/Jefferson station [continue reading]
We’ve posted tons on the Expo Line’s opening on Saturday, here’s a brief recap: •Expo Line trains will be running from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday from 7th/Metro Center station in downtown Los Angeles to the La Cienega/Jefferson station. Two Expo Line stations are not opening [continue reading]
First, a plug: If you’re planning to attend this weekend’s Expo Line festivities, go ahead and subscribe to Metro on Twitter at @MetroLosAngeles, so you can follow our coverage in real time and share with us all your Expo thoughts and photos. Now, business: We’ll be the first to admit [continue reading]
In a perfect world, I’d be writing that you could take a downbound Expo Line train the Thursday and Friday night Bruce Springsteen shows at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. As fate would have it — pretty much sealed the day I got a ticket to the Friday night show [continue reading]
Ever wanted to tour L.A.’s historical landmarks in your classiest attire (much like Dapper Dan, star of the video above)? Your chance comes this Sunday thanks to transit advocacy group Rail LA, which is hosting its Dapper Day on the Subway. The event — part parade, part tour, part [continue reading]
