Visiting NoHo-- Morning to Night

NoHo is a working, breathing neighborhood. It doesn’t dress up for the tourists, but it will put out the welcome mat for any visitors. It’s hard to do a day in NoHo; theaters open in the evenings; some of the best meals there are for breakfast. But the following are some of the jewels discovered during a monthlong day in NoHo.

Food

1. Eagles Newsstand Cafe

5231 Lankershim Blvd.

(818) 760-4212

Sandwiches, variety coffees, homemade soups and other treats.

2. Ned’s on Magnolia

11108 Magnolia Blvd.

(818) 760-4787

Unpretentious diner offering great breakfasts and lunches and fresh-baked muffins.

3. Tokyo Delve’s Sushi Bar

5239 Lankershim Blvd.

(818) 766-3868

The weirdest sushi bar on this planet.

Theaters

4. Ha Ha Cafe Comedy Club

5010 Lankershim Blvd.

(818) 508-4995

The comedy club-cafe that’s a sign of night life on Lankershim SoMa--south of Magnolia.

5. Lankershim Arts Center

5108 Lankershim Blvd.

(818) 761-8838, (818) 752-7568, www.roadtheatre.org

The city-owned center in a former DWP building offers a full slate of theater workshops, computer classes, readings and art shows. Home to the Road Theatre Company, which performs primarily Los Angeles premieres of new American plays, often with a social and political orientation.

6. Deaf West Theatre

5112 Lankershim Blvd.

(818) 762-2773

Adaptations of classics, contemporary and original plays performed using both spoken language and American Sign Language.

7. El Portal

5269 Lankershim Blvd.

(818) 508-4200

Three theaters in a restored 1926 movie and vaudeville house. Musicals are scheduled for the 386-seats theater. Company Rep and Theatre Tribe are the resident companies in the smaller stages.

8. Interact Theatre

5215 Bakman Ave.

(818) 773-7862

An actor’s collective that presents new plays and classics, in addition to regular readings in an 80-seat space.

9. Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center

11006 Magnolia Blvd.

(818) 761-0704

Two stages--49 and 48 seats.

Other

10. NoHo Ceramics Gallery/Color Me Mine

5140 Lankershim Blvd.

(818) 505-2100

Color Me Mine’s international headquarters, with a professional ceramics gallery attached.

11. MKM Cultural Arts Center

11401 N. Chandler Blvd.

(818) 752-2616

Dance studio and home to the Martin Dancers. Artistic director Shirley Martin is starting a performance series, Sunday Only in NoHo, on June 9 at 3 p.m.

12. MTA Red Line Subway Station

Intersection of Lankershim and Chandler boulevards.

(800) COMMUTE

13. Public Parking Lot

Magnolia Boulevard west of Lankershim Boulevard.

Metered all-day parking.

14. NoHo Theatre & Arts Festival

Intersection of Lankershim and Magnolia boulevards.

www.nohoartsdistrict.com

Free theater performances, art exhibitions, kids events during the festival, May 18 and 19, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.