San Pedro First Thursday Art Walk — Monthly, Los Angeles

“San Pedro is the working port district of LA —…”

San Pedro is the working port district of Los Angeles, which means it has exactly the kind of building stock that attracts the artists who don't have $4,000 a month for a Silver Lake studio. The First Thursday Art Walk makes that community visible once a month.

On the first Thursday evening, the galleries and creative spaces along 6th Street open their doors and the neighborhood moves between them. The work skews toward the serious and the unusual — San Pedro doesn't have a reputation to maintain, which tends to produce more interesting art than neighborhoods that do.

The Ports O'Call waterfront is nearby, the architecture is industrial and raw in the right ways, and the crowd is an authentic mix of residents, artists, and the occasional visitor who heard about this and took the 110 south.

6th St, San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA 90731. Free. Monthly, first Thursday evening, 6–10pm.