There’s no shortage of things to do in L.A., but if you’ve been sticking to the same old routine, allow us to help you get out of your rut.
Might we suggest drawing nude models, locking yourself in a room until you solve can solve mathematical riddles to get out, or strolling through an urban labyrinth?
Here are 22 of the absolute best things to do in this city, including new ways to experience the L.A. institutions you’ve been to again and again. When you get bored of what the city has to offer, all it takes is a short drive to relax in wine country, gamble at a casino that’s much closer than Vegas, or take a horseback ride up the California coast.
Still need more options? Check out the rest of our Best of L.A. picks for 2016 here.
Nude Drawing Class – Gallery Girls
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Brush up on your anatomy with Gallery Girls, which hosts drawing workshops with some of the city’s most respected male and female art models. Sometimes the posers are in costume—the monthly “Drink & Draw” event ($15) has rotating themes like “Steampunk Cowgirl” and “Arabian Nights”—but the twice-monthly “Sunday Art Brunch” ($25-$30) features sitters who pose nude for four hours at a time. Venues vary, and sketchers should bring their own pens, pencils, paper, and easels.
» 818-535-5761 or gallerygirls.com
Hipster Barbershop – Sweeney Todd’s Barber Shop
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It’s all retro at Sweeney Todd’s Barber Shop, down to the chairs and cranberry gloss floors that date to 1947. (The three barbers in crisp white smocks Sweeney Todd’s Barber Shop could have stepped out of a Bugs Bunny cartoon.) If it’s a meta meditation on barbershop culture, owner Todd “Sween” Lahman isn’t copping to it. He’s straight-faced with the straight edge and acts as though he’s never heard of Twitter (talk on your phone and you’ll be asked politely to scram). Every day is Throwback Thursday here, three-towel hot shave and all.
» 4639 Hollywood Blvd., Los Feliz, 323-667-9690 or sweeneytoddsbarbershopla.com
Mixed-Use Space In DTLA — Project Space
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A massive complex housing a handful of businesses seems to materialize downtown every other week, but the most enticing is Project Space in the Arts District. Part art gallery, part retail hub, part bar, the 4,000-square-foot building has hosted everything from a book launch to artist Aaron Rose’s pop-up watering hole, La Rosa Social Club. And here’s the best part: You need to park only once.
» 2028 E. 7th St., downtown, alldayeveryday.com/dtla-project-space
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