Top Things to Do in SoCal This Week: August 25-31, 2025
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2002 North Main Street
Join the Bowers Museum on opening day of the newest exhibition, First Look: New Acquisitions, free with General Admission.
3650 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
The 2025 Leimert Park Jazz Festival is a day full of Jazz sets supported by a visual arts pavilion and more.
2221 E Broadway
In Dreams, Doppelgängers, and Parallel Universes, artist Perin Mahler invites viewers into a fractured and surreal landscape where identity, time, and truth blur across multiple dimensions. This solo exhibition features twelve to fifteen large-scale oil paintings developed over four years—each one a layered investigation of the psychological, political, and cultural dissonance shaping contemporary life.
340 North Escondido Boulevard
Join us for an intimate plática with the San Diego guest artists featured in the XICANA! exhibition.
100 N Central Ave
Cruising J-Town exhibition curator Oliver Wang will be in conversation to discuss how a generation of street racers helped shape the future of American car culture.
6067 Wilshire Boulevard
Hear from composer Cliff Martinez about his work on the original score and soundtrack for "Solaris" (2002).
538 Main St #98
Experience Huntington Beach Art Center's newest exhibition We Are, presented by the Homeboy Art Academy.
2002 North Main Street
KCRW is bringing the party back to Santa Ana with Bowers Museum! Enjoy live sets from KCRW DJs Raul Campos & Jason Kramer, pop-up bars, kids activities, and more.