Each month, we share a considered selection of places and experiences across Los Angeles that reflect how environments shape perception and connection. These are signals of where culture, design, and place intersect with intention.
This October, we move through a church reborn in Silver Lake, a 130-person performance at MOCA, rock photography at LACMA, a new neighborhood coffee shop, Barry McGee at Jeffrey Deitch, and Halloween at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
STAY.
Hotel Lucile — Silver Lake
A 1931 Silver Lake church begins its next chapter as Hotel Lucile, a 25-room hotel shaped around the building’s original architecture. Stained glass, vaulted spaces and the former choir loft remain part of the experience, with contemporary interiors by Electric Bowery bringing a new layer to the landmark.
The former sanctuary is now Sous Sous, a restaurant drawing connections between the South of France and the American South. Seafood, market vegetables and a changing raw bar are served beneath the church’s soaring ceiling and stained glass, giving us a particularly good reason to see what has become of this familiar Silver Lake building.
1629 Griffith Park Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Hotel open now • Sous Sous: Sun–Thu 5–9 PM • Fri–Sat 5–10 PM
EXPERIENCE.
Oliver Leith: Garland — The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Composer Oliver Leith’s Garland makes its U.S. premiere at The Geffen Contemporary, presented by MOCA and Los Angeles orchestral collective Wild Up as part of Democracy Sessions.
The scale alone makes this one worth experiencing. 130 performers form an orchestra and community chorus, arranged in a large procession of music, movement and sound that unfolds through the vast Geffen Contemporary. There are two performances on October 3, at 3 PM and 6 PM.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA • 152 N. Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012
October 3, 2026 • 3 PM + 6 PM
DRINK.
Stumptown Starland Cafe — Lincoln Heights
Stumptown Coffee Roasters is back in Los Angeles proper with a new cafe inside the historic Starland Theatre building in Lincoln Heights. The location brings Stumptown’s cafe and regional training space together under one roof on North Broadway.
It is a welcome new reason to spend some time in the neighborhood, and another chapter for a building that already has plenty of history. Coffee in an old theatre sounds pretty good to us.
2624 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90031
LISTEN.
Melissa Auf der Maur + Shirley Manson — LACMA
Before everyone carried a camera in their pocket, Melissa Auf der Maur carried one on tour.
During her years playing bass with Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins, Auf der Maur documented life on the road with 35mm film, building an archive of more than 10,000 photographs. More than 200 of those images now appear in her book, My ’90s Rock Photographs.
On October 20, she joins Shirley Manson of Garbage at LACMA to talk about the book, her years on the road, and what it meant to document that period of music from inside it. A book signing follows the conversation.
LACMA • 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036
October 20, 2026 • 7–8 PM
ART.
Barry McGee: Another Round — Jeffrey Deitch
Barry McGee returns to Jeffrey Deitch for his first solo exhibition with the gallery in more than twenty years. For Another Round, McGee has been given the keys to Deitch’s Santa Monica Boulevard space, the former RCA Victor West Coast recording studio, where he plans to work in the gallery and invite artist friends to collaborate.
It feels particularly suited to McGee, whose work has always moved freely between drawing, painting, tagging, assemblage and the culture surrounding the street. The exhibition opens October 30 and continues through January, with the gallery promising the energy of Los Angeles underground culture to become part of the show itself.
Jeffrey Deitch • 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90038
October 30, 2026–January 30, 2027 • Opening October 30, 6–8 PM
WATCH.
“WEREWOLF BY NIGHT” FILM SCREENING with LIVE SCORE — WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
Halloween at Walt Disney Concert Hall gets a double feature from Academy Award-winning composer and director Michael Giacchino.
The evening begins with a first look at Headless, a new musical by Giacchino with Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson, inspired by Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. After intermission, the LA Phil performs Giacchino’s score for Marvel Studios’ Werewolf by Night live to picture, conducted by Sarah Hicks.
Horror, live orchestra and Walt Disney Concert Hall on Halloween night. We’re in.
Walt Disney Concert Hall • 111 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012
October 31, 2026 • 8 PM
