This Weekend Ep. 5 — Feb. 1, 2024
It’s The Year of John Williams, the Dragon, and Latte Larry’s
Episode 5, Season 2 of “This Weekend with Nick Pagliochini” takes us to Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown LA for two events - John Williams Spotlight “A Century of Film Music” and Symphonies for Youth Beyond Volume: Music and Deafness. Next up is Exposition Park in South LA to the LA Coliseum and another pair of events - 2024 BUSCH LIGHT CLASH AT THE COLISEUM | NASCAR Cup Series Race and 2024 KING TACO LA BATALLA EN EL COLISEO | NASCAR Mexico Series Race. The Lunar New Year Celebration at South Coast Botanic Garden is happening every weekend in February of 2024 in the Rolling Hills Estates area of the South Bay. Out of LA County, and heading South and East for a slice of citrus, it’s into Orange County we go for the Taste of San Juan Capistrano launching the kick-off San Juan Capistrano’s 64th Annual Swallows Day Parade celebration which takes place in March, but fundraising and prep for La Fiesta de las Golondrinas is already underway!
Staying in Orange County, but changing pace, it’s off to Santa Ana and The Vogel Victorian for a chat with The Sassy Therapist herself – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Pepperdine Graduate School, and the co-proprietor of an incredible 1898 Queen Anne Victorian Home, some deliciously decadent events that take place in it, and the roommate to some, at times, unruly spirits – Diana Vogel!
#LastCall and #Free99 this week! Let’s go! GRAMMY Museum Free-For-All Sponsored by Roland at L.A. LIVE! In Downtown LA. The 77th Annual Carrot Festival in Holtville, CA which is in Imperial County to the east of San Diego County. Heading north to San Bernardino County, it’s a stop at the brand new exhibit at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands, CA - Shifting Gears: A Miniature View of America’s Changing Car Culture. Heading west, back into Orange County, it’s Creative Market So Cal’s “Cupid’s Corner – Valentine’s Day Market” in Anaheim at the STC GardenWalk. Heading to Downtown Anaheim, it's the 43rd Annual Orange County Black History Parade and Unity Festival presented by the Orange County Heritage Council. The City of Santa Ana will be celebrating their first ever Tết (Lunar New Year) Festival, hosted in collaboration by the Santa Ana Parks, Recreation & Community Services Agency and the Santa Ana Public Library at Centennial Park. Fountain Valley Recreation & Community Services will be presenting their own Lunar New Year Festival at the Fountain Valley Recreation Center & Sports Park in Fountain Valley. Keep pop back over the county line into Riverside County, it’s the Girls Day Out Market “Valetine’s Vendor Market” at the Temeku Cinemas in Temecula. And finally, it’s back into LA County for “Latte Larry’s” at Menotti’s Coffee Stop in Culver City and Venice Beach.
