Please Email agritschke@hotmail.com if you are interested in the outings. So we can keep you posted.
LA Turners member Andreas Gritschke has found great places to hike and socialize. And here they are.
Summer & Fall
Saturday, August 22, 6pm
KCRW Summer Nights Taste of Downtown Long Beach
KCRW Summer Nights heads to Pine & Promenade in Downtown Long Beach for a free, all-ages evening of music, food, and community with the Downtown Long Beach Alliance. Dance into the evening with sets from KCRW DJs Nassir Nassirzadeh & Raul Campos as the sun goes down and the dance floor heats up.
Let’s meet at Buono’s Pizzeria, 250 W Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach
https://events.humanitix.com/kcrw-summer-nights-with-taste-of-downtown-long-beach
Friday, September 18, 4pm
Jazz at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Celebrate L.A.’s finest jazz musicians with Jazz at LACMA, presented Friday evenings from May through October. This week, join us for a concert with The 17 Big Band. Jason “Spicy G” Goldman is a Grammy-winning, multi-platinum music producer, composer, arranger, and engineer as well as the founder and leader of the 17 Big Band. Goldman’s credits include production, writing, and arrangements for some the industry’s most respected artists and producers, including David Foster, Rod Stewart, Herbie Hancock, and Meghan Trainor, among others. As an artist, he has released four albums under his own name. Deeply committed to music education, Goldman has been an educator for almost 25 years and serves as professor of practice and chair of jazz studies at the University of Southern California. LACMA offers free admission on Friday’s after 3pm. That gives us plenty of time to explore the recently completed, Peter Zumthor-designed David Wexner galleries aka “The Blob”. Our early arrival also allows for convenient on-site parking in LACMA’s garage on 6th Street, just east of Fairfax. Or less convenient, but cheaper street parking.
https://unframed.lacma.org/2026/05/08/everything-you-need-know-about-lacma-new-david-geffen-galleries
Sunday, October 11, 11am
Carbon Canyon Lake, Redwoods and Bierstube
Upstream of the Carbon Canyon Dam lies 124-acre Carbon Canyon Regional Park. 60 acres are developed, offering large, grassy areas and a 4-acre. The park is home to Orange County’s only grove of redwoods; 3 acres of majestic Coastal Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens). A 1.1-mile nature trail to the park’s beautiful Redwood Grove offers a special feature for hikers, bird watchers and other amateur naturalists.
We will meet in the South Parking Lot at 4442 Carbon Canyon Road in Brea, which puts is within easy striking distance of the lake and the redwood grove. What would any visit to Brea be without a lunch stop at the nearby Phoenix Club’s Bierstube for its Oktoberfest vibes?
https://www.ocparks.com/parks-trails/carbon-canyon-regional-park
Sunday, November 15, 11am
Greystone Gardens & Berlins
Greystone Mansion & Gardens: The Doheny Estate was completed in 1928 for Ned Doheny (son of oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny), Lucy Smith Doheny, and their five children. The City of Beverly Hills purchased the property in 1965, and in 1971 the site was formally dedicated as a public park. Today the 18.3 acre hillside site includes terraced gardens for visitors to enjoy, fantastic views over the LA basin, a teaching garden, and multiple outdoor spaces. Long an iconic location for motion picture and television shoots, Greystone has been featured in dozens of films and TV shows.
Meet-up is in the parking lot at 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills.
https://ca-beverlyhills.civicplus.com/441/Visit-Greystone
The very next stop will be at Berlins, 8474 W 3rd Street, Los Angeles for Matthias and Simon Classen’s authentic Wesel-style Döner Kebab.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-w8pAwUuk0
Wednesday, December 16, 8pm
Chanticleer at Walt Disney Concert Hall
Known around the world for its eclectic repertoire and dazzling virtuosity, the Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer—under the leadership of Music Director Tim Keeler—has been hailed by The Boston Globe as “breathtaking in its accuracy of intonation, purity of blend, of color and swagger of style.” Founded in San Francisco in 1978 by singer and musicologist Louis Botto, Chanticleer quickly took its place as one of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world, an “orchestra of voices” performing thousands of live concerts and selling more than 1 million recordings.
From the candlelit chant procession to the triumphant gospel finale, the Grammy winning vocal ensemble returns with a cappella arrangements of Christmas music from throughout the centuries.
We will be reserving seats on October 15. Just let Rita know, how many you would like.
https://www.laphil.com/events/instances/6z04cm86/2026-12-16/chanticleer-3
111 S Grand Avenue, Los Angeles
Please RSVP to agritschke@hotmail.com. Running late? Got Lost? Call 424-407-6073!
Looking forward to seeing you out there,