Top Things to Do in SoCal This Week: Oct 6-12, 2025
CicLAvia Takes Over the Streets
Streets across Westlake, Downtown, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Arts District, and Boyle Heights transform into a city-wide park at CicLAvia: Heart of LA. This 7-mile, car-free corridor welcomes walkers, cyclists, skaters, rollerskates, strollers, and mobility devices to explore LA. With hub activations offering free bike repair, water stations, pop-ups, street art, and special events such as a free zine-making workshop hosted by Nellita's Craft, CicLAvia is a living cultural tour woven into the urban fabric. Whether you choose to wander, pedal, or pause along the route, CicLAvia invites you to tour the city with a grassroots perspective one neighborhood at a time.
A Paradise of Paper and Pens
Union Station will become the ultimate paper playground when the BUNGU LA Stationery Expo takes over the ticket concourse! Wander through a myriad of vendors stock full of pens, inks, stickers, stamps, notebooks, and illustration art from indie and global makers who know how to bring pleasure to paper. Whether you’re a journaling junkie, a calligraphy devotee, or someone who finds joy in beautifully made paper goods, BUNGU is your chance to meet creative artisans, browse rare finds, and discover tools you didn’t even know you needed. A mix of craftsmanship, community, and analog charm set against the iconic backdrop of Union Station, don’t forget to pencil this event into your calendar.
800 North Alameda Street
PBS is Punk!
Join Fullerton Museum Center and PBS SoCal for a special screening of "Chinatown Punk Wars," followed by a spirited discussion with director Steven Kochones. A sharp and revelatory documentary telling the untold story of how two Chinese restaurants in 1970s L.A. became unlikely incubators of punk rebellion, identity, and underground culture, expect raw interviews from punk legends like John Doe, Alice Bag, Keith Morris, and more. Whether you're into music history, subcultures, or cinematic storytelling, this screening is your backstage pass to a creative moment that pushed boundaries in the city’s cultural fabric. And while you’re at the museum, don’t forget to check out Punk OC: From the Streets of Suburbia, an electrifying new exhibit that dives deep into Orange County’s legendary punk rock roots.
125 East Wilshire Avenue
Explore Everyday Tools As Art
Celebrate the art of making at the lively opening reception for Tools of the Trades: American Handmade Implements & Devices at the Craft in America Center. This exhibition shines a spotlight on the quirky and ingenious tools crafted by today’s makers. Think hammers, spindles, brushes, saws, and more, all designed and hand-forged with deliberate care. Each tool carries its own story of craft and creative adaptation, blending process with personality. Alongside newly made works, you’ll also discover vintage relics that reveal the timeless beauty of functional design. Whether you’re a hands-on maker, a design enthusiast, or just curious about the artistry behind everyday objects, this opening invites you to mingle with artists, explore unexpected techniques, and see humble tools as works of wonder.
8415 W. Third St.
The Paranoia of R. Crumb
R. Crumb returns with his first major solo comic work in more than two decades in Tales of Paranoia, now on view at David Zwirner. In these new drawings and prints, the iconic cartoonist and illustrator confronts themes of aging, loss, and mass unease with the biting humor that defined his sixty-year career. Created in the wake of the 2022 passing of his wife and frequent collaborator, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, the work reveals a raw and obsessive lens absent her grounding presence. Many of the pieces serve as a preview of Crumb’s forthcoming comic book set to be published this November by Fantagraphics. With mordant insight and relentless honesty, Crumb skewers society by crafting an unflinching late-career body of work that is as unsettling as it is darkly funny.
616 N Western Ave