ART · FREE AUG 4–MAR 14 · 10:00 AM–6:30 PM
SEPTEMBER 18–20, 2026 UPDATED THURSDAY
Your weekend
starts here.
The essential edit of what's worth leaving the house for in Los Angeles—verified, finite, and selected by people who live here.
The Making of a Medieval Manuscript at Getty Center
★The Egyptian Book of the Dead at Getty Villa
★Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind at The Broad
★Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity at LACMA
THE SHORTLIST
Worth your
weekend.
Seven things we would text a friend about. Every listing links to the organizer and shows when it was checked.
ART · FREE 
ART · FREE THROUGH OCT 18 · 10:00 AM–6:30 PM
Stendahl's World
Getty Center · Brentwood Free reservation ART · FREE THROUGH OCT 18 · Museum hours
Lost. Found. Returned.
Getty Center · Brentwood Free reservation EDITOR'S PICK THROUGH OCT 18 · Museum hours
Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions
Getty Center · Brentwood Free reservation ART · FREE THROUGH NOV 30 · Museum hours
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Getty Villa · Pacific Palisades Free reservation EDITOR'S PICK THROUGH OCT 11 · Museum hours
Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind
The Broad · Downtown LA Timed ticketTODAY · SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Go out
tonight.
One strong reason not to head straight home—plus the full daily calendar.
See today's guide → 01
10:00 AM–6:30 PM · Art
↗ 02 The Making of a Medieval Manuscript
Brentwood · Free reservation
10:00 AM–6:30 PM · Art
↗ 03 Stendahl's World
Brentwood · Free reservation
Museum hours · Art
↗ 04 Lost. Found. Returned.
Brentwood · Free reservation
Museum hours · Art
↗ 05 Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions
Brentwood · Free reservation
Museum hours · Art
↗ 06 The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Pacific Palisades · Free reservation
Museum hours · Art
↗ 07 Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind
Downtown LA · Timed ticket
Museum hours · Art
↗ 08 Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity
Mid-Wilshire · Included with admission
Museum hours · Art
↗ 09 Collecting Impressionism at LACMA
Mid-Wilshire · Included with admission
Museum hours · Art
↗ 10 Five Centuries of Works on Paper
Westwood · Free
Museum hours · Art
↗ Hammer Projects: Mike Cloud
Westwood · Free
FOLLOW YOUR MOOD
What are you
in the mood for?
ALSO ON ACROSS TOWN
More happening this weekend
Concerts, stage productions and club nights running the same weekend, tracked by our sister publications.
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PICK A PART OF TOWN
Start with a
neighborhood.
01
Downtown LA
Museums, plazas, performance halls, and a dense night of culture within a few blocks.
02Mid-Wilshire
Museum Row, historic architecture, and central-city food worth building around.
03Brentwood
The Getty, hillside light, and a quieter Westside afternoon.
04Pasadena
Markets, architecture, gardens, museums, and a walkable Old Town finish.
05Westwood
UCLA culture, free museum galleries, repertory film, and restaurants built for a post-show conversation.
06Pacific Palisades
Coastal light, ancient art, gardens, and the Getty Villa above Pacific Coast Highway.
07Los Feliz
The eastern edge of Griffith Park, an old-Hollywood boulevard, and the free outdoor programming that comes with both.
08Santa Monica
Beach city on the western edge of the county, where a lot of the summer programming is free, outdoors and within walking distance of the pier.
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