The Top 5 Things to Do in LA This Weekend

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Read on for the best things to do in LA this weekend.

Taking place from 11am to 4pm at the Central Library in Downtown LA, AAPI Joy is a day-long celebration of LA's diverse AAPI communities. Highlights include an opening performance by Kaulana Hula, LA Taiko Ichiza, traditional Cambodian and Korean dance, Tai Chi, lei-making workshop, and Tales of Asia & the Pacific Islands with storyteller Barbara Wong.

The first-place LA Dodgers host the Cincinnati Reds for a four-game home stand, May 16-19, and check out this weekend's promos and giveaways!

• May 16: Shohei Ohtani Bobblehead
• May 17: Fireworks Show
• May 18: Will Smith Bobblehead
• May 19: Teacher Appreciation Day

Justin Timberlake brings The Forget Tomorrow World Tour to the Kia Forum on Friday and Saturday, May 17 and 18! JT's first tour in five years is in support of his sixth studio album, Everything I Thought It Was. Tickets on sale at Ticketmaster.

The Academy Museum is presenting a retrospective series of Youn Yuh-jung, an irreplaceable, one-of-a-kind actor in the history of Korean cinema, celebrating the remarkable array of work she has crafted over the fifty-plus years of her career. Since her film debut in Kim Ki-young’s Woman of Fire (1971), Youn has refused to compromise her practice to serve the patriarchal systems which dominate the majority of mainstream cinema in Korea. Youn will appear in-person for the screenings of Minari on Friday, May 17 and Woman of Fire on May 18.

It’s the return of Subculture’s “Medieval Rave” when Dungeons & Dragons takes over Catch One on Friday, May 17. Dress up in theme or as your fabulous self and get ready to hit the dance floor! Tickets on sale at Dice.

Get ready Los Angeles! The biggest monster truck event of the year, Monster Jam World Finals, is coming to SoFi Stadium for the first time ever on Saturday, May 18. Don’t miss the chance to see the most trucks and the world’s best drivers all in one place. Bring the whole family and gear up for all-out racing, pulse-pounding stunts, tricks and thrills as four World Champions will be crowned. Get up close to fan-favorite trucks like Grave Digger®, Max-D™ and Megalodon® at the biggest Pit Party of the year, included with your ticket.

Guy Gerber’s popular party series, Rumors, returns to Chinatown’s Central Plaza on Saturday evening. Dance as the sun sets to the sounds of Gerber and British artist SG Lewis. Tickets on sale at Dice. For groups or VIP tables, DM Dice on Instagram.

Philosophical Research Society launches “Queer Diaspora,” a new series of events hosted by filmmaker Gregorio Davila, with a screening of Paris Is Burning, the now-classic documentary that introduced vogueing to audiences outside of New York’s drag underground. Stick around for the afterparty with tunes spun by DJ Sindri of weekly party Hot Dog. Tickets at Eventbrite.

Among the wave of genre/era-themed megafests of late, Pasadena’s Just Like Heaven has one of the more nuanced selection criteria. The general gist is blog-era indie rock/pop that’ll likely attract many 30-somethings to the leafy, Rose Bowl-adjacent Brookside. What’s remarkable about headliners The Postal Service is that this indie supergroup (comprising Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, producer Jimmy Tamborello, and Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis) has only ever released a single album, and over 20 years ago at that. But the Platinum-selling Give It Up is still so revered that, despite doing three nights at the Hollywood Bowl for its 20th anniversary just last October, they can return so soon to once again perform the collection beginning to end. Ironically, Death Cab For Cutie – which will also perform a 2003 album, Transatlanticism, in its entirety – is billed below what was once seen as its offshoot, alongside French genre stalwarts Phoenix, The War on Drugs, and scene perennials including Warpaint, Tegan and Sara, and Metric.

Tickets are going fast and on sale at AXS.

The third annual AAPI LA Market at Smorgasburg is back on Sunday, May 19. Taking place at ROW DTLA from 10am to 4pm, this one-day only fundraising event will feature baked goods, savory bites, packaged goods and merchandise - all prepared by local AAPI chefs and makers. Programming includes a mini-mart showcasing startup CPG brands, a kids corner with Mandarin Arts Studio, book author signing with Teach AAPI and mahjong tutorials with LA Mahjong League.

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