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Tastemakers at the @GettyMuseum and a matcha maestro at @JHLosAngeles - Here's What's Popping Up laweekly.com/greater-palm-s…

Tonight, May 1, The Shrine rumbles with dabke rhythms, ingenious mashups, and thousands singing in Arabic as DJ Habibeats throws his biggest Habibi’s House show yet. From selling just 80 tickets at the first party four years ago to 5,000 tonight, the Palestinian-American DJ has built a movement. What started as an identity crisis has turned into a cultural catalyst, creating the Middle Eastern nightlife scene LA was missing. “I come from a very normal, hardworking immigrant family,” he says. “No one would have ever imagined that anything like this would have happened.” Fresh off a Coachella set, his new EP “Benzeen,” and a packed European tour, DJ Habibeats blends his American hip-hop/house roots with Arab heritage into high-energy, dancefloor magic. Cousins reunite, strangers become kin, and non-MENA friends leave as converts. “He’s created an environment that feels bigger than all of us,” says Lena Khouri, founder of Between East. laweekly.com/dj-habibeats-s…

You can almost smell the pork chops and applesauce. The Bucket Listers have outdone themselves with the Brady Experience. laweekly.com/step-back-into…

@jamesellroy has Fred Otash on the case again in his new book, Red Sheet. laweekly.com/getting-social…

RT @LAWeekly: @jamesellroy has Fred Otash on the case again in his new book, Red Sheet. laweekly.com/getting-social…

Strawberry nachos and watermelon tacos - Here's What's Popping Up laweekly.com/whats-popping-…

Wallie the Sensei returns with “MAD DOGG: THE MIXTAPE, VOL. 1,” a project rooted in the realities of Compton and shaped by a wide, restless sound. The title stands for Managing Angry Demons, Deprived of God’s Grace. “That’s just a good explanation of how a lot of people have to maintain and get through where I’m from,” Wallie says. “It’s how you might feel most of your life if you’re trying to do something and you’re just in turmoil.” Fresh off a Cactus Jack signing and a Kendrick Lamar feature, Wallie is no longer the underground voice hoping for a shot. He is the artist who can now take the music back to the places that shaped it, and to the people who rarely get front-row seats. The result is a sound that draws from his many, growing capabilities. West Coast bounce sits comfortably next to atmospheric, psychedelic textures, with tracks that move between rapping and singing in a continuous emotional arc. Now a Girl Dad of three, he continues to stay connected to his community while a maintaining a commitment to growth, in both his craft and in life. laweekly.com/wallie-the-sen…

The hidden Thorne Family Farm in Malibu is open to the public on Saturdays laweekly.com/a-spring-dinne…

The David Geffen Galleries at @LACMA open to the public on May 3, and are just what LA's art scene needed - and deserved. laweekly.com/the-sprawling-…

Take in a Desert Odyssey at @LaQuintaResort and fly like #superman on the Warner Brothers Studio Tour laweekly.com/getting-social…

Eleven years after delivering one of the most monumental performances in Coachella history, Kaskade (Ryan Raddon) returned to close out the 2026 festival. In 2015, his main-stage set drew more than 90,000 fans and helped cement electronic music’s place on major festival stages. This year, he returned with his live concept Origin // — featuring a towering monolith, pyro, and custom visuals, all brought to life by a relentless setlist that kept fans moving nonstop. Over a three-decade career, Kaskade has performed more than 5,000 shows across 75 countries. An eight-time Grammy nominee, he has blended his sound with emotional storytelling, all while maintaining a faith-centered lifestyle. His 2025 album “undux,” shaped by real-life upheaval including the loss of his Pacific Palisades community in the LA wildfires, expanded into the Origin // experience. Kaskade returns for Coachella Weekend 2, and had plenty of new music on the way. “This return feels like we all earned it together,” Kaskade says. “It's a celebration and acknowledgement that when a person works hard, is surrounded by people with integrity and courts an audience that understands the art, sometimes it just works out.” laweekly.com/kaskade-return…

While dining out keeps getting more expensive, here are some affordable Happy Hour ideas laweekly.com/getting-your-m…

Explore Beginnings: The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages at the @GettyMuseum this weekend and discover the art of Harmonia Rosales laweekly.com/explore-harmon…

14 dozen red roses, one mega bouquet of more than 100 roses, and a red runway with over 10,000 rose petals on #rhobh, Bozoma Saint John is officially engaged with two planned wedding dates: laweekly.com/season-15-of-t…