Michael Juliano

Damn, 2024 came through with some absolute bangers. We had Brat summer with hit-after-hit from Charli xcx, but we also saw Sabrina Carpenter sing silly little outros to her sleeper hit Nonsense, Taylor Swift quite simply refusing to leave the charts (by any means necessary) and Chappell Roan catapult into fame faster than you can say ‘Pink Pony Club’. The past year really was for the pop girlies. But what are the songs that defined the year? Well, aside from the above, we’ve seen chart-topping country boy crooners, instantly iconic rap takedowns and joyously twee indie – all making 2024 a pretty stellar year for new music. I was tasked with building our ranking of the best songs of 2024 and compiled this list by asking our amazing international team of writers and editors to contribute their year-defining tracks. Expect to find a global list of tunes, from personal favourites to chart-toppers that simply can’t be ignored. 

Snow-capped mountains, beginner’s to advanced slopes, ski lifts and a warm hot toddy on a chill winter’s eve are all within reach—it’s just a matter of how far you’re willing to drive. A two-and-a-half-hour venture can bring you to the slopes of Snow Valley (perfect for a day trip), while an eight-hour road trip can bring you to the plush and varied terrain of Lake Tahoe. There are high-altitude wonderlands to be found, filled with well-groomed greens and challenging double-blacks (or cozy cocktails in the lodge if that’s more your speed). Whether you’re looking for a weekend getaway, a luxury hotel stay or are finally attempting the California Double, these are the ski resorts to mark on your map (arranged closest to farthest from L.A. for your planning convenience). Don’t forget to check each resort’s website for the latest snow conditions before you visit.

Though known for its swimming pools and as a place for Hollywood legends to escape, Palm Springs offers so much more than this classic reputation. Everyone knows about Coachella and Stagecoach, but art festivals, food and wine festivals and the annual Pride parade—which hosts thousands of people each fall—are more than enough reasons to book a Palm Springs getaway. While the desert heat may deter some, there’s no reason not to pay a visit in the fall, winter or spring, where the temperatures are cooler, and places to stay, abound.  Hotel personalities are diverse here—from massive resorts to cozy bungalows and boutique hotels with plenty of character, you and your crew are sure to find the right fit. Got a bachelorette? Party hard at a famous hotel known for its pool parties. Planning a romantic anniversary? Book a spa treatment at a hotel that’s hidden away from the rest of the city.  Whatever your vibe, read on to discover our picks for the best places to stay in the desert—oh, and don’t forget to hydrate.  RECOMMENDED: ☀️ The ultimate guide to California 🏠 The best Palm Springs Airbnbs⭐ The best luxury hotels in Palm Springs💰 The best cheap hotels in Palm Springs This guide was recently updated by California-based writer Michelle Poveda. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines. While we might not stay in every hotel featured below, we've based our lis

You’ve researched the best free things to do in L.A., read up on which beaches won’t charge you an arm and a leg for parking and figured out when you can catch a free concert. Now, you just need to find a cheap hotel in Los Angeles. While this city is certainly known for its luxurious digs, it’s not without its wallet-friendly options—even by the beach. Before you come to visit, consider staying in one of these cheap hotels in Los Angeles. RECOMMENDED: Full guide to things to do outside in Los Angeles Who makes the cut? While we might not stay in every hotel featured below, we've based our list on top reviews and amenities to find you the best stays. This article includes affiliate links. These links have no influence on our editorial content. For more information, see our affiliate guidelines.

You’ve probably had to fend off this tired question before from out-of-town friends: How can we get in the holiday spirit here on the West Coast when it’s warm in December? Well, first of all, it’s cold—by L.A. standards, at least. But second, there’s also plenty of holiday cheer if you know where to see Christmas lights in Los Angeles. In between a deluge of Christmas events, festive movie screenings and frantic shopping trips, take the time to check out these twinkling neighborhoods and ticketed events. Just make sure to bring along an extra sweatshirt and some patience: Not even Christmas lights can escape L.A. traffic. RECOMMENDED: Christmas in Los Angeles We’ve updated this story after our staff visited some standout ticketed events—including Enchanted, L.A. Zoo Lights and Astra Lumina—and added some photos from recent trips to a trio of neighborhoods, including the Venice Canals, Torrance’s Seaside and El Segundo’s Candy Cane Lane.

When the rest of the country starts to lament the cheerless post-Christmas freeze, we Angelenos still have plenty to look forward to in the winter. A lot of that comes down to our relationship with snow: We have the luxury of seeing it on distant mountaintops—drought years aside—while still savoring warm and sunny weather closer to home. Sure, we have our “hardships”: It’s cold at night in our barely insulated homes, and the occasional rain shower disrupts traffic and dominates the news. But that’s nothing cozying up at a fireplace bar or sipping a hot cup of coffee can’t fix. On the whole, there are plenty of terrific things to do during the winter in Los Angeles.

Looking for the best things to do in Los Angeles? We have you covered with the very best that L.A. has to offer. I’ve been exploring about writing about L.A. for more than a decade—and continue to discover new places all the time—and whether you’re a culture vulture, outdoorsy type or simply a lover of our fine city, you’ll find more than enough here to keep you busy. Even lifelong Angelenos will find something new to add to their to-do list, between the city’s landmark attractions, an ever-changing inventory of the best restaurants in Los Angeles, essential L.A. museums and even some off-the-beaten path secrets. How many of the best things to do in Los Angeles will you try? December 2024: This month, we’ve gone all in on Christmas. That means in addition to our existing picks for holiday lights and ice skating, we’ve also added our favorite craft fairs and neighborhood displays. But that’s not the only holiday: You’ll also find a heads-up about New Year’s Eve fireworks, plus some wintry fixtures like skiing and where to see snow. Outside of that, we’ve also continued to update our many museum picks with their latest PST ART exhibitions and added some info about Disneyland’s newest attraction.  You can also find out more about how Time Out selects the very best things to do all over the world, or take a look at our list of the best things to do in the world right now. 

Some of us will spend the morning after New Year’s Eve nursing a hangover or hiding underneath the covers. But for those looking to seize on the promise of another year, there are a handful of New Year’s Day events to help you get a jump start on 2025 (and the January events calendar). Whether you’re up for an afternoon (or evening) at a botanical garden or some lingering Christmas lights displays, these are the best New Year’s Day events. RECOMMENDED: Read more about New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles

It’s been a fantastic year for new music. We’ve had long-running artists finally break through (hello, Chappell Roan), what felt like the longest and most carefully calculated album roll-out of all time (Charli, we’re looking at you), as well as niche new finds and epic comebacks from old faves (The Cure).  As the year draws to a close, it’s time to share our favourite albums of 2024. From intergalactic post-punk to gritty, lyrical hip hop, dance floor-ready pop and everything in between, grab your best headphones or line up the speakers: these are the albums Time Out had on repeat this year. RECOMMENDED:The best movies of 2024The best TV shows of 2024 you need to streamThe best songs of 2024

We’re as excited about the New Year as anyone. But you know what we’re not looking forward to? New Year’s Eve parties that charge triple-digit cover fees at the door. Prix-fixe dinners at restaurants that don’t care if you ever come back again. Sure, we want to send off 2024 in style, but we also don’t want to break the bank. So let’s all take up an early resolution: to take advantage of these amazing, free New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day events in L.A. RECOMMENDED: New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles See more of our favorite free things to do in L.A. for the rest of the year.

The past 12 months always feel like a blur by the time we reach the end of the year, but for our team of editors at Time Out Los Angeles, there are a handful of events, venues and timely oddities that feel like proper moments—the kind of ones we’ve kept thinking about all year long. We spent countless hours scoping out dozens of PST ART exhibitions and obsessively tracking rocket launches (and a beloved space shuttle), filling up on pastries at bakeries and tirelessly surverying the sushi scene. Amid all of that and then some—the wax museum bar visits, sopping wet log flume rides and Souplantation dupe meals—these are the 13 things that really left an impression on us. Some of our Best of the City picks are one-time events or ephemeral pop-ups that we thought deserved some recognition, but the bulk of these new restaurants, entertainment venues and attractions are spots that you can get out and see this very second—and absolutely should.

It’s true what they say... There’s nothing quite like a freshly cut bouquet when you want to show someone you care. Flowers are classic. They set the scene for every occasion. They’re that pat on the back for landing that new promotion, the floral mood boosters for those just-because moments, the token of love spelt out in a dozen roses (seriously, is it even dropdown#toggle" data-dropdown-menu-id-param="menu_term_334076514" data-dropdown-placement-param="top" data-dropdown-disable-toggle-aria-param="true" data-term-id="334076514" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #fff2cc;">Valentine’s Day without a giant bouquet of dropdown#toggle" data-dropdown-menu-id-param="menu_term_334076522" data-dropdown-placement-param="top" data-dropdown-disable-toggle-aria-param="true" data-term-id="334076522" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #fff2cc;">red roses?), and that wow factor at the bridal shower. They’re everything we can’t seem to say all in one beautiful hand-tied arrangement. Clever. Especially if, unlike us, you don’t have a way with words - it’s okay buddy, we’ve got you. While you can find flowers almost anywhere in LA, the kind of flowers that excite you are done by those who know flowers inside out, so we’ve scoured the streets for you and rounded up the best online dropdown#toggle" data-dropdown-menu-id-param="menu_term_334076474" data-dropdown-placement-param="top" data-dropdown-disable-toggle-aria-param="true" data-term-id="334076474" style="box-s

Geek out with fellow TV nerds at PaleyFest, the annual weeklong festival of exclusive episodes, clips and panel discussions with the cast and creators of the hottest TV shows. Now in its 412nd year, the Paley Center for Media-hosted festival is headed back to the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood from March 21 to 30. So far, Severance has been announced as the first show on the lineup, and you can expect the rest of the event’s panels to be released on January 27. (For reference, last year included Curb Your Enthusiasm, Loki and The Morning Show and Family Guy, among others.)  Tickets go on sale to the general public on January 31 at 9am, with presales for Paley members earlier in the week.

The Wilco frontman’s freewheeling solo shows balance acoustic takes, deep cut requests and charming banter.

Each year, the botanical garden’s nighttime experience masterfully mixes hands-on art installations with atmospheric, luminescent forests, all against a backdrop of uplit trees and shimmery sound effects. This year’s event, which runs from November 17 through January 5, adds in the garden’s whimsical new model railroad, which has been all lit of for the season and filled with miniature replicas of Enchanted’s most recognizable installations (and kept me absolutely mesmerized for about 20 minutes). A few changes have carried over from last year’s edition, which shuffled some of the route and opened up a new glowing area around the rose garden. That’s where you’ll find HYBYCOZO’s familiar 3-D light sculptures (including their dizzying, spinnable versions) as well as a an assortment of food and drink options underneath a cozy pavilion. You’ll find a couple of other snacks by the main lawn, where sculptor Tom Fruin’s kaleidoscopic stained-glass–inspired houses sit flanked by smaller ones that let you smash a button to control the lighting. Elsewhere, Enchanted delightedly looks much like it has in the past: a field of faux tulips ripples with waves of twinkling color changes while the mist-filled “Ancient Forest” still beckons visitors with its straight-out-of-E.T. setting. The event is just as intuitively immersive as ever, and, true to its botanical garden location, the installations’ use of light and shadow emphasize the natural beauty of Descanso’s flora. It’s this sort of re

Organized by New York’s Museum of Modern Art and presented by the Hammer Museum, “The Contenders” series presents 10 influential, innovative films made in the past year that MoMA’s Department of Film believes are bound for big things (whether that means awards season glory or cult classic status). In addition to screenings of all 10 films, most are normally accompanied by a discussion with some of the creatives involved in the project. This year’s picks include The Piano Lesson (with a post-screening conversation with actor Danielle Deadwyler), Emilia Pérez (with composers Clément Ducol & Camille), Blitz (with writer-director Steve McQueen), Good One (with director India Donaldson) and Late Night with the Devil (with actor David Dastmalchian), plus The Brutalist, Memoir of a Snail, Maria, The Substance and Anora.  “The Contenders” isn’t strictly an awards season spoiler; MoMA considers its picks as movies that will stand the test of time. But the series has turned out to be a pretty good Oscars predictor, with nearly all films nabbing nominations in recent years. Tickets go on sale November 25 to the general public; they’re already on sale to Hammer members.

Cirque du Soleil has left behind DTLA for the beach with this staging of KOOZA next to the Santa Monica Pier. The high-flying troupe heads under the big top for its first show in the oceanfront city since 2014—and its first tented show in L.A. in about five years. If you’re only used to arena or theater productions, there’s a palpable shift in the vibe at these performances thanks to more preshow interaction with the performers and across-the-board closer seating. As for KOOZA itself, it’s a remarkably enjoyable program of gravity-defying balancing acts that fuses a bit of Parisian flair with a mix of Indian music and ’70s funk.

This exhibition of 21 soundstage-sized installations has floated its way into L.A. Don’t expect mere bundles of birthday balloons: Instead, these pieces range from room-filling ball pits to reflective LED tunnels to giant grabbable bubbles, all inspired by air in some way. The “museum” part of the name might be a little bit of a stretch (though each photogenic piece is actually credited to a named artist), but the “Let’s Fly” edition of this touring show is a more fun experience than your run-of-the-mill made-for-Instagram attraction: Whether you’re bonking the bouncy “Ginjos,” pushing a charcoal-tipped sphere or getting swept up in a staticky whirlwind of balloons, there are some undeniably entertaining—and yes, very photogenic—hands-on scenes here.

Judging by the fussing toddlers we see at just about every performance of The Nutcracker, it might not be quite as magical for kids as parents expect. So why not pair the iconic holiday ballet with something a little more hands-on (assuming you can swing the eye-popping prices)? On November 23 and 24, the Los Angeles Ballet will take excerpts of its Nutcracker show to teatime at the Waldorf Astoria. The Beverly Hills hotel will host morning and afternoon sessions of high tea that include holiday crafts, dancing with Clara and her doll friends, and photo ops with Santa. Meanwhile, grown-ups can get some shopping done, thanks to the on-site boutique and its luxury pop-ups.  Tickets support the ballet company’s outreach and education programs, so you’ll need to pay fundraiser prices to attend.

If you’ll follow wherever Gilmore Girls leads, then you’re going to need to embark on the Warner Bros. Studio Tour this holiday season. For the final couple weeks of the year, the Burbank backlot is supplementing its regular tour with the Holidays Made Here addition, which decks out the Stars Hollow section in festive decor, including the gazebo and Luke’s Diner, where you can sip on coffee from “Luke” actor Scott Patterson own brand. Holidays Made Here runs as part of all studio tours (the cheapest one is a three-hour tour) from December 18, 2024, to January 5, 2025.

Street Food Cinema has put together a series of outdoor holiday screenings in the closest thing to a Dickensian town square in L.A.: Heritage Square. In between Victorian home tours, piano sing-alongs, strolls through a light tunnel and sips on hot chocolate and mulled wine, you can catch screenings—many of them double features—of flicks like Elf, Home Alone, A Christmas Story, The Muppet Christmas Carol and more. Just make sure to bundle up in your best Christmas sweater.

There’s nothing Christmassy nor even wintry about this hour-long Palos Verdes trail, yet its nine stellar installations are the most cosmically mesmerizing of the budding after-dark botanical garden shows that’ve come to blanket L.A. toward the end of the year. Astra Lumina, which debuted in 2022, returns to South Coast Botanic Garden with the same array of celestial-inspired displays. Last year’s edition was basically identical to its debut. But if you loved your first trip to Astra Lumina or haven’t been at all, we still think this is a worthwhile (albeit expensive) event—perhaps better suited for a date night than a large-family affair. While some other year-end light shows seem less focused on moment-to-moment encounters and more on the photogenic snaps you’ll walk away with, Astra Lumina feels truly experiential. You’ll venture through scenes that interpret the arrival and departure of stars in an earthly garden: archways pulsate with light and mist, perforated lanterns spell out a stargazing journey, shooting stars chase up and down a cylindrical frame, shimmery bulbs blanket a forest floor and tranquil lanterns float among the trees. There’s plenty of wonderfully atmospheric fog along much of the trail, including in a shower of lasers so thick that you’ll swear you can touch them. (It’s also worth mentioning how lovely it is to experience a celebration of the night sky from one of the few locations in L.A. where it’s actually dark enough to see plenty of stars.) Astra

The Langham just might be the grand hotel in L.A. County. Yes, there are other impressive properties in the region—the castle-esque Chateau Marmont, Terranea’s sprawling resort grounds and Hotel Bel-Air’s suburban seclusion—but only the Langham manages to combine all of those elements into one exceptional stay. Its Pasadena address means that you’ll be far from the attractions that first-time visitors to L.A. typically seek out, but if the key thing left on your sightseeing list is a classy retreat, this is the place. You could spend an afternoon just wandering the grounds here—and you should. The main hotel building (a late-1980s rebuild of the seismically unsafe Gilded Age original) exudes elegance from the second you walk into its lovely-smelling lobby. The palatial Horseshoe Garden offers plenty of space to admire the central tower or putt around a few holes of mini golf. Follow the path into the canopy of trees to the west, where the Japanese Garden winds past century-old bungalows and up to the Picture Bridge, a wood span lined with 40 paintings of iconic California locations. The dining options are just as scenic, whether you’re having a bite at the Terrace, a California bistro that overlooks the pool, or afternoon tea from the sumptuous lounge off the lobby. The Royce is the signature restaurant here, but if you don’t want to pay steakhouse prices, head down the hall to the Tap Room instead. I had a charmed evening of cocktails and bar bites on the patio there and cau

The L.A. Zoo is staying open after dark most nights through January during this delightful take on its light-up holiday tradition. Once again, the event’s “Animals Aglow” edition will go all in on oversized animal-shaped lanterns, and—based on last year’s edition—the result is a colorful, charming trail that celebrates the zoo’s natural inhabitants. Plentiful and vibrant, these lantern versions of parrots, bears, butterflies, scorpions and owls come to life with playful movements and animation. Flora shares some of the focus, too, particularly in the golden glow of the field of grazing bison. We’ll see if this carries over to 2024, but last year’s biggest change came to the northern edge of the grounds, where you’ll find the Winter Wildlands area. The too-narrow lights tunnels here have been ditched in favor of a vision-filling polar playground, a gleefully gaudy burst of rainbow lights and icy structures that’ll make sure you don’t leave wishing that there’d been more lights. Though Zoo Lights has eschewed most overtly Christmassy elements outside of this area (a thematically focused upgrade to its original versions, in our opinion), it hasn’t ditched interactive spectacle. You can stomp on a color-changing hopscotch path, relax on illuminated swings, dance inside a shell of kaleidoscopic mirrors and bounce on some glowing seesaws. Buy your timed tickets (available in two sessions nightly) in advance to avoid the worst of the entry lines, and stick to the “value” nights if y

For all the joys of revisiting this past year’s standouts, looking ahead is just as—if not more—exciting. City-transforming museum and transit projects loom on the horizon, as do some tremendous sporting events and much-anticipated theme park additions. Yes, 2026 is going to be huge—oh wait, sorry, we’re talking about 2025? Well, that’ll be alright too, we guess. For the types of leisure-focused topics we cover at Time Out, some years are undoubtedly bigger than others. And 2025? It has some excitement on tap, for sure. But it’s also just as notable for the things that only a year or so ago would’ve made it onto this list: The LAX People Mover, LACMA’s brand-new building, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing were all slated for 2025 at one point but have since been pushed back to 2026. We’re all about optimism, though, and we think there’s still plenty in 2025 that’ll make you glad you live in Los Angeles. (We’re also about realistic expectations, so while we’d love to see Dreamstar’s L.A.-to-SF night train or the Cinerama Dome’s revival on this list, we haven’t seen quite enough recent concrete info to merit their inclusion.) We’ve combed through everything announced for 2025 so far—from Disneyland’s 70th anniversary and Oasis’s Rose Bowl reunion to the arrival of Bojangles and an Erewhon in Glendale—and narrowed things down to these eight standouts that we’re most looking forward to. Two new major Metro extensions will let you ditch y

Most people outside of L.A. don’t think of it as a winter wonderland—but I sure do. Once the first winter storm of the season rolls through, the eastern peaks of the San Gabriel Mountains become blanketed in snow, and you might even be lucky enough to spot some powder from the first few miles of Angeles Crest Highway. But those snowstorms have yet to arrive, and it was literally 80 degrees earlier this week. So how are you supposed to feel the holiday spirit? With some fake snow. Just like the real stuff, these manufactured flakes are water-based and dissolve pretty much on contact (and one Crenshaw-area company, MagicSnow, is behind most of the displays you’ll find in the region). If you can’t be bothered to drive hours to a ski resort but just want to see some festive flurries—regardless of whether they came from a cloud or a machine—then head to these malls and theme parks over the next couple of weeks before they wrap up their annual Christmas events. Westfield Century City Through December 26, you’ll find some surprisingly thick snowfall at the open-air Westside mall’s holiday village. Flurries fall Monday through Wednesday at noon, 2, 4, 6 and 8pm, and that pace picks up Thursday through Sunday, when you’ll find it at noon, 2pm and then every half hour between 4 and 8pm, with a finale at 9pm. Photograph: Courtesy the Grove The Grove If you can get past the packed parking lot during the holidays, L.A.’s most iconic open-air mall feels downright magical around Christmas

There are undoubtedly dozens of festive neighborhoods in the U.S. that dub themselves “Candy Cane Lane” this time of year—and there are at least two in L.A. alone, including one in Woodland Hills. But it’s Candy Cane Lane in El Segundo, a cul-de-sac at the end of East Acacia Avenue, that most deserves your attention. For three quarters of a century, roughly two dozen homes just south of LAX deck out their lawns, roofs, trees and just about any other exposed surface with Christmas lights and inflatables. The homeowners at Candy Cane Lane go all out—so much so that the neighborhood inspired last year’s Eddie Murphy-starring film of the same name. As you might expect, there are plenty of Angelenos who want to partake in the illuminated revelry, so the City of El Segundo has taken some steps to manage the crowds. For starters, from December 14 to December 23 between 5 and 11pm, Acacia Avenue is closed to car traffic nightly east of Center Street, and the intersecting stretch of California Street is closed too. Photograph: Danny Carranza for Time Out Photograph: Danny Carranza for Time Out During that same time span, you’ll find shuttle service on the weekend to help alleviate the parking situation. The free shuttle runs Friday through Sunday from 4:30 to 10pm, with service between Recreation Park (401 Sheldon St) and Sycamore Park. Technically, the city says that the event only runs through December 23, with nightly viewing opportunities until 10pm. You may find that individu

Is it the grainy texture? The spontaneous poses? The analog nostalgia? Whatever the reason, people love photo booth portraits—and no, we don’t mean digital printouts, but the old-school ones that are still shot on film. Our videographer Danny Carranza counts himself among those folks. After spotting film photo booths in Berlin and London last summer, Danny’s childhood fondness for the kiosks and professional preference for film rekindled his interest in them. When he stumbled upon one at Silver Lake’s Cha Cha Lounge, he knew there had to be more. So Danny set out to try to track down the best of L.A.’s remaining and replica vintage photo booths. First, he and a friend found Photobooth.net, a remarkably helpful site that sources submissions for photo booth locations. And then Danny put in the miles himself—darting between Long Beach, Eagle Rock, Culver City and Silver Lake—to test out which of these machines are just smeary messes and which still develop standout snapshots. (Alex’s Bar and Vidiots? Top of the class. Cha Cha Lounge and the Short Stop? Not quite.) Photograph: Danny Carranza for Time OutPhoto booth at the Short Stop Photo booths are having a bit of a moment. When Chrissy Teigen ordered one for herself in 2020, Bay Area company Photomatica’s orders spiked. But the real boom arguably arrived after go-to influencer photographer Bryant Eslava (better known simply as @bryant) set one up in 2022. His living room photo booth quickly became an essential stop for his bu

UPDATE: Raising Cane’s will not be presenting its plans to the Cultural Heritage Commission on Thursday. According to a letter posted to the city’s website, the chain says “We have heard the community’s concerns, and we are in discussions with Norms about the future of the site.” You can look through the deck that Raising Cane’s would’ve presented right here. Our original story appears below. Normally when there’s word of a potential new Raising Cane’s location, it’s mostly met with jokes about submitting to the popular chicken finger chain’s persistent drive-through lines. But its latest proposed outpost instead has some Angelenos talking about… mid-century architecture? That’s because Norms La Cienega, a distinctive Googie-style diner that’s been operating since 1957, might transition into a Raising Cane’s within the next few years. Though the building itself will stick around—with a few modifications—the local 24-hour breakfast chain would no longer be manning the griddle inside of it. (Norms will continue to operate its nearly two dozen other SoCal locations.) It turns out that Raising Cane’s Restaurants LLC actually bought the building back in 2021 for $16 million, as WEHOonline spotted. Norms’ lease is set to end in late 2026, according to the L.A. Times, and so the chicken finger chain would become the space’s new tenant in 2027. Here’s where things get a little complicated: This specific Norms location was declared a historic L.A. monument in 2015; the chain’s oldest

When Descanso Gardens first flipped the switch on Enchanted Forest of Light back in 2016, it quickly set the standard for the whimsical but not-overly-Christmassy overlays that’ve become commonplace across L.A.-area botanical gardens. Even with only some small tweaks each year, I’ve considered its curiosity-driven displays to be a consistent standout among these sorts of shows. But Enchanted has a pretty major new inclusion this year, and I think it’s the La Cañada tradition’s most mesmerizing yet: a model train set that’s been all lit up for the season. Admittedly I’m a mild train enthusiast, so I pretty easily spent almost 20 delightful minutes exploring it—and noticed plenty of small kids doing so—before even bothering to venture into the rest of the event (which is just as exceptional as ever). Descanso actually debuted the imaginative addition over the summer as part of its refreshed miniature railway. Along a loop of pathways that essentially double as the waiting area for that rideable attraction, the model railroad’s multiple tracks chug through tunnels carved into tree stumps, across tangles of wooden trusses and past recreations of great American train stations—including L.A.’s Union Station and the bygone La Grande Station, a Moorish-inspired depot that sat in what’s now the Arts District until the 1940s. Photograph: Michael Juliano for Time Out You can see the trains during the day (when garden admission costs just a fraction of the ticketed nighttime event), bu

Keeping watch for the Coachella lineup to drop is normally a post-New Year’s sport, but—surprise!—word of next year’s performers has arrived nearly two months earlier than usual. Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone and Travis Scott will headline the 2025 edition of the festival. Coachella will once again stage two weekends of nearly identical lineups in Indio from April 11 to 13 and April 18 to 20, 2025. (Post Malone’s involvement was teased just yesterday when he included two shows in Indio in his list of tour dates.) Presale technically already came and went over the summer. But additional passes—also being dubbed presale—will go on sale Friday, November 22 at 11am. Including fees, general admission starts at $599 for weekend one—and weekend two actually costs less at $549. With a shuttle pass included, it’s $729 for the first weekend and $679 for the second. VIP costs $1,399 for weekend one and $1,199 for weekend two. It’s worth noting that all of these prices are listed as “starting at”; in the past, this has meant that prices increased slightly after the initial batches of tickets were snatched up. Back to the lineup, the smaller-sized names at Coachella are always just as interesting as—if not more so than—the headliners. This year’s edition includes the likes of Missy Elliott, Charli XCX, the Original Misfits, Megan Thee Stallion, Zedd, Benson Boone, the Go-Go’s, Three 6 Mafia, Japanese Breakfast, Jimmy Eat World and LISA and JENNIE—both listed solo as opposed to part of

Nobody likes wet shoes, especially when you need to trudge around an entire theme park in them. So I think it’s totally reasonable—especially as colder weather starts to arrive in SoCal—to want to stay kinda, sorta dry on a water ride. Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opens on Friday at Disneyland, about a year and a half after Splash Mountain closed to make way for this The Princess and the Frog-themed reimagining. The theming has completely changed but the drops are undisturbed—and some Disney fans think it’s considerably wetter this time around. I was able to hop on the ride four times during a media preview yesterday, and though the logs I boarded had way more open seats than a typical ride, I was still able to walk away with some insights to help you stay dry…ish. So here are four ways to get a little less wet on Disneyland’s new Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. (By the way, when the ride first opens, you’ll need to join a complimentary virtual queue in the Disneyland app—no standby line will be available during its opening days. The app will release queue times at 7am, noon and 4pm each day. Alternatively, if you don’t mind spending upwards of $32 per person, you can try to nab a limited Lightning Lane Multi Pass reservation.) Photograph: Courtesy Disneyland 1. Politely try to pick your seat. This is by far the most important tip. The back of the logs feel like a spritz compared to the buckets of water you’ll get in front so try to ask nicely for a higher number row when your seat is

Our favorite TV show set in Pasadena is hosting a screening in L.A. with nearly the entire cast in attendance—and nope, we’re not talking about The Big Bang Theory. Before Shrinking wraps up its second second, the cast and creators of the Apple TV+ comedy will come together for a screening and panel presented by the Paley Center for Media. On Thursday, December 12 at 7pm, PaleyLive’s “An Evening with Shrinking” will head to the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills for an early airing of this season’s penultimate episode, followed by a conversation with (most of) the show’s leads and creative team. Writers and creators Bill Lawrence (of Scrubs and Ted Lasso fame), Jason Segel (who stars in the show as Jimmy) and Brett Goldstein (who guests this season as Louis) will all be in attendance, as will much of the show’s excellent core cast, including Jessica Williams (Gaby), Luke Tennie (Sean), Christa Miller (Liz), Lukita Maxwell (Alice) and Ted McGinley (Derek). Notably absent: Harrison Ford—which seems on-brand for Paul, the charmingly crotchety therapist he plays in the series. Tickets are on sale now for the Paley Center’s highest-tier members; that opportunity will extend to individual, family and supporting tier memberships on Wednesday, November 13 at 9am. Tickets roll out to the general public on Thursday, November 14 at 9am. Seats cost between $60 and $125 for the general public, and $40 to $100 for members. The series, which follows Segel’s self-destructive widower as h

Joan Didion described their violence and unpredictability as a reminder of “how close to the edge we are,” and Raymond Chandler remarked about how they “make your nerves jump and your skin itch.” That’s right, the Santa Ana winds are back and ready to unsettle Angelenos—who must just be elated by their timing. A mixture of very low humidity and strong and sustained winds will bring “extremely critical fire weather” to much of Los Angeles on Wednesday and Thursday and possibly into Friday, according to the National Weather Service. Though the L.A. Basin will stay relatively sheltered, coastal and valley regions could see wind gusts up to 70mph; that number jumps to 80mph in L.A. County’s foothills, and as high as 100mph in the San Gabriel Mountains. As of Wednesday morning, two fires have already broken out in Moorpark and Malibu. Angelenos aren’t strangers to red flag warnings, which are issued when weather conditions are predicted to bring an increased risk of fire danger. But this week’s bulletin comes with the added label of “Particularly Dangerous Situation,” or PDS. As the name implies, a PDS is an especially perilous, imminent threat that brings a high risk of downed trees, power outages and rapidly growing fires, according to the NWS—a federal agency which may face an uncertain future. pic.twitter.com/mWx1igBHeR — NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) November 5, 2024 The timing and intensity of the warning varies by region, but the short version is that the NWS has

In the seven years since the Museum of Ice Cream first unleashed sprinkle-filled selfies upon L.A., you might’ve grown a bit wary of the wave of “Museum”-titled immersive imitators that followed. I know I certainly have. But sometimes these sorts of events can transcend their made-for-Instagram appearances, and that’s certainly the case at the new Balloon Museum. Soundstage-sized installations from 21 artists have floated their way into Ace Mission Studios; all of them are inspired by air in some way, many of them are hands-on and—maybe most importantly—the vast majority are undeniably fun. Is it a proper museum exhibition? “Let’s Fly”—one of the Emily in Paris-featured touring show’s three different presentations, and the one currently on display on the Boyle Heights side of the L.A. River—absolutely thinks so. Each photogenic piece is credited to a named artist, and you’ll find wall text with materials and a brief summary. There’s an element of acquisitions and curation behind it, too: Myeongbeom Kim’s Balloon Tree predates the event entirely, and Christopher Schardt’s Mariposa, a colorful LED flapping butterfly, makes its L.A. debut after debuting at Burning Man last year. Photograph: Michael Juliano for Time Out Photograph: Michael Juliano for Time Out All that said, I think you’ll find the Balloon Museum most enjoyable if you think of it less like a LACMA exhibition and more like an aesthetically-polished playground—albeit one that starts at an admittedly pricey $39

If you’ve driven past or walked around LACMA lately, you might’ve noticed something different: a brand-new, 900-foot-long building. After four years of construction, the museum recently announced that the last of the scaffolding had been removed around its glassy new David Geffen Galleries. The Peter Zumthor-designed campus—which now spans both sides of Wilshire Boulevard—will wrap major construction by the end of 2024, and after a yearlong transition process, it’ll welcome visitors into its galleries in April 2026. But well before then, LACMA will offer “select groups” (which it notes includes members) an opportunity to preview the empty interior in the spring of 2025, before artwork installation begins. The Broad hosted a similar event nearly a decade ago, ahead of the Downtown L.A. museum’s debut, and if this is anything like that memorable sneak peek, you’ll probably want to be part of one of those “select groups.” Photo © Museum Associates/LACMAThe David Geffen Galleries at LACMA Whether or not you can call the new $750 million building an “expansion” has been an oddly contentious topic among L.A.’s art circles and media over the past few years. LACMA’s old eastern campus had consisted of five disparate, multi-level buildings bridged by a concrete courtyard. The Pavilion for Japanese Art is still standing and will reopen after a retrofit, but the four others have been replaced by a single, amoeba-shaped horizontal structure that will house all of the galleries on a sin