Enjoy local art, movie nights, interactive dance and music sessions? Then the East L.A. ArtsFest 2013 is the place for you this summer! Located at the East Los Angeles Civic Center, Metro provides easy access to this cultural destination via the Gold Line Eastside Extension. Kicking off at 3 p.m. [continue reading]
I hope everyone had a great time at CicLAvia yesterday and please enjoy the above photo gallery. A few quick thoughts: •Congrats to the folks at CicLAvia and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation for keeping the bike traffic moving. Bikes only had to stop for cross-traffic on a handful [continue reading]
Photos: Metro The July 4th Metro Art Moves_DTLA tour is the first of three summer art tours offered from July to September. Tours take place on the first Thursday of each month from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The tour, led by Metro Art Docents, will start at 7th/Metro and end at Civic Center [continue reading]
Good news: Beginning this Sunday night, the Gold and Expo lines will be running an enhanced late night schedule. Both lines will run every 10 minutes until midnight instead of every 20 minutes. This will be accomplished using shorter but more frequent trains. Customers should board the trains toward the [continue reading]
Make Music Los Angeles is back this Friday with an eleven hour celebration of musical creativity that will take place throughout the entire county of Los Angeles. Many of the city sidewalks, parks, community gardens, street corners and schoolyards will become the backdrop or stage for free concerts. To celebrate, you [continue reading]
Hi Readers, This is a quick update on our mobile app, Go Metro Los Angeles. The app recently surpassed 220,000 downloads. The device breakdown is roughly: Over 100,000 times by Android devices Over 120,000 times by iPhone/iPad devices Additionally, 15 percent of all Apple downloads are from international customers (top [continue reading]
Photos: Steve Hymon/Metro It has been a long time coming: The gates are now latched full-time at both entrances to the Red/Purple Line at Union Station. In order to get through the gates, all patrons need to have a TAP card — either the plastic kind or the paper tickets [continue reading]
Walk, bike or skate down six miles of Iconic Wilshire Boulevard this Sunday with CicLAvia! There are 5 Metro Purple Line stations along this summer’s route – 7th/Metro, Westlake/MacArthur Park, Wilshire/Vermont, Wilshire/Normandie and Wilshire Western – so whether you’re heading out or heading home, Metro can help you get there. [continue reading]
First Chinatown Summer Nights of the summer is this Saturday! Love red carpet movie premiers, outdoor screenings, live music and more? Don’t miss the L.A. Film Fest, back in town until June 23. The Moo Man (I love cows!) is screening this Friday at 7:10 p.m. and Sunday at 9:10 p.m. at [continue reading]
From gazing up into the ferocious jaw of a life-size Tyrannosaurus rex to wandering through the exotic landscape of fluttering butterflies, every day this summer boasts family-friendly fun at the Natural History Museum in Exposition Park in Los Angeles. The museum is now 100 years old and it has revamped [continue reading]
