NYE with DJ D-Nice or at Gloria Molina Grand Park: The best of L.A. arts and culture

If you’re reading this, thank you. MOCA Grand Avenue, 250 S. Grand Ave, downtown L.A. moca.org ‘Gloria Molina Grand Park’s NYELA Countdown to 2025’ This annual free and family-friendly New Year’s Eve celebration features more than 30 food trucks, a midnight countdown projected on City Hall and live performances by Weapons of Mass Creation, Pachyman and Antibalas. The Japanese American National Museum has announced that it’s closing its pavilion — and its primary exhibition, “Common Ground: The Heart of Community” — for renovation starting Jan. 5. Another JANM exhibition, “Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo,” is slated to make stops around the country at various institutions from 2025 to 2026, beginning with the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., and continuing on to the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia,; and Northern California’s Monterey Museum of Art. New York Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff described the expansion as “one of the most exquisite works of architecture to rise in this city in at least a generation.” The design featured a 110-foot-high atrium and a refurbished sculpture garden, which Taniguchi called the museum’s “Central Park.” After its reopening, the institution’s attendance doubled in less than a decade.