The Garden Party
A summer-solstice garden party in West Adams, a community book launch over cocktails in Marina del Rey, the oldest Italian society in America firing up its pasta night, an inclusive art opening at Helms, a Polish bass phenom at Catalina, and Alicia Keys' Hell's Kitchen before it leaves town. Here's what we would put on the calendar.
Summer Solstice in the Garden
This is the one we have been building toward. Haps Club and Twentieth Street Garden are throwing an open-air solstice party in West Adams on the longest evening of the year — BBQ on the grill, batched cocktails, a complimentary drink when you arrive, and golden hour stretching out as long as it gets all year. Early-bird tickets are $10, and they tend to go before the night does. If you came out to our Cinco de Mayo party, consider this your nudge to come do it again in the garden.
Make a full day of it: LACMA opens its new David Geffen Galleries that same Saturday with a free block party on Wilshire — live music, food, and Jeffrey Deitch's Art Parade — before you head west for the garden.
📍 Twentieth Street Garden · West Adams · Saturday, June 20 · 5–9 PM · Early bird $10
Crimes, Conversation & Cocktails with Rob Rosen
Haps Club member and Emmy-winning investigative journalist Rob Rosen is launching his debut book, Crimes of Omission, over cocktails at Planta in Marina del Rey — hosted by Aloni Ford's Yacht Girls Book Club, with a signing and Q&A. An easy, good-company kind of evening on the water. 18+, ticketed.
📍 Planta · Marina del Rey · Thursday, June 11 · 5–7 PM
Garibaldina Pasta Platter Night
The Garibaldina Society is the oldest Italian society in America, founded in Highland Park in 1877 and still running monthly pasta nights in its time-capsule 1965 ballroom. Pasta, salad, bread, wine, dessert — and a live band and dance floor once the plates clear. The dinners sell out, so grab tickets early.
📍 Garibaldina Society · 4533 N Figueroa St, Highland Park · Thursday, June 25
Living Art at Helms Design District
L.A. GOAL and Inside Out Productions bring Living Art to the Helms Design District — an inclusive exhibition of work by artists of all abilities and backgrounds, full of color and unexpected perspective. The opening reception is free and open to all; come for the art, stay for the room.
📍 Helms Design Center · 8745 Washington Blvd, Culver City · Saturday, June 13 · 11 AM–4 PM · Free
Kinga Głyk at Catalina Jazz Club
Polish bass phenom Kinga Głyk plays two nights at Catalina behind her fifth album, Real Life — co-produced by Snarky Puppy's Michael League and stacked with guests. If you have only seen the viral clips, the room is where it lands: funk, fusion, and a whole lot of feel. Doors 7, show 8:30.
📍 Catalina Jazz Club · 6725 W Sunset Blvd, Hollywood · Fri & Sat, June 12–13 · Doors 7, show 8:30
Hell's Kitchen at the Pantages
Alicia Keys' Tony-winning musical Hell's Kitchen is in its final weeks at the Hollywood Pantages before the tour moves on. Semi-autobiographical, set in 90s Manhattan, scored with Keys classics and new songs — anthemic and genuinely fun. Closing night is June 21, so this is the window.
📍 Hollywood Pantages · 6233 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood · Through Saturday, June 21
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