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Body Worlds: Pulse Exhibit
California Science Center, Los Angeles, CaliforniaThis exhibit examines human anatomy, physiology and health through real human plastinates. This new generation of plastinates show, on one hand, the impact of ill...
05/20/2017 - 02/20/2018: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
FROGS: Dazzling and Disappearing Exhibit
Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California9 a.m.-6 p.m. May 26-March 31. Hop on over to the Aquarium to see a wild array of frogs and their fellow amphibians. Interactive exhibits, educational...
05/26/2017 - 03/31/2018: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Titanic in Photographs: The Exhibition
Queen Mary, Long Beach, CA11 a.m.-6 p.m. through July 31, 2018. One great ship is saluting another in this exhibit. On display at the Queen Mary is nearly 100...
06/01/2017 - 07/31/2018: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
The High Art of Riding Low: Ranflas, Corazón e Inspiración Exhibit
Petersen Automotive Museum, L.A., CA10 a.m.-6 p.m. July 1-June 3. The lowrider car is an icon symbol of both Chicano and Southern California culture. This exhibit examines the lowrider...
07/01/2017 - 06/03/2018: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Tattoo: An Exhibition
Natural History Museum, L.A., CA9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. (closed Nov. 23, Dec. 25, Jan. 1) Nov. 19-April 15. Did you that the history of tattoos goes back some 5,000 years?...
11/19/2017 - 04/15/2018: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Green Diamonds: Natural Radiance Exhibit
Natural History Museum, L.A., CA9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 9-April 1 (closed Dec. 25, Jan. 1). The Natural History Museum's elegant Gem and Mineral Hall will be shining more brightly...
12/09/2017 - 04/01/2018: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Sidewalk Speedsters: The Grown-Up World of Children’s Cars Exhibit
Petersen Automotive Museum, L.A., CA10 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 16-Oct. 31. Children have longed loved to pretend that they are driving fast cars. Sometimes, kids' toy cars are so cool...
12/16/2017 - 10/31/2018: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Oxnard Whale Watching Season
Channel Island Harbor, Oxnard, CAWhale watching season is back. A journey through the Channel Islands National Park and National Marine Sanctuary provides visitors with the unique opportunity to experience...
12/26/2017 - 04/16/2018: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Museum of Illusions
The Museum of Illusions, Hollywood, CA10 a.m.-midnight, Jan. 1-March 2. You are not seeing things - there is a Museum of Illusions. Museum-goers becomes full-fledged participants in the paintings created...
01/01/2018 - 03/02/2018: 10:00 am - 11:59 pm
Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire
Downtown Disney, Anaheim, CA9 a.m.-midnight Jan. 5-March 6. Experience Star Wars in an exciting new way. ILMxLAB and The VOID have created a revolutionary hyper-reality attraction Star Wars:...
01/05/2018 - 03/06/2018: 9:00 am - 11:30 pm
Rainforest Adventure Exhibit
Discovery Cube Orange County, Santa Ana, CA10 a.m.-5 p.m. Get lost in an exploration of the world's tropical rainforests. Guests can pretend to be research assistants - complete with costumes, binoculars,...
01/20/2018 - 09/09/2018: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Lunar New Year Celebration
Disney California Adventure Park, Anaheim, CATimes vary Jan. 26-Feb. 18. California Adventure will throw its biggest Lunar New Year party ever with 24 days of celebrating the arrival of the...
01/26/2018 - 02/18/2018: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Very Eric Carle: A Very Hungry, Quiet, Lonely, Clumsy, Busy Exhibit
Discovery Cube Los Angeles, Sylmar, CA10 a.m.-5 p.m. Jan. 27-May 13. The first North American traveling exhibit for children inspired by Eric Carle's art, this play-and-learn experience takes visitors into...
01/27/2018 - 05/13/2018: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
The Porsche Effect Exhibit
Petersen Automotive Museum, L.A., CA10 a.m.-6 p.m. Feb. 3-Jan. 27, 2019. The Petersen Automotive Museum's new exhibit "The Porsche Effect" celebrates the worldwide impact of the car company's legendary...
02/03/2018 - 01/27/2019: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Dreamscape Immersive presents "Alien Zoo"
Westfield Century City, Century City, CADreamscape Immersive presents the public debut of Alien Zoo, a limited, one-month-only engagement immersive experience at Westfield Century City. Located in the Atrium Space in...
02/08/2018: All Day
Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibit
FIDM Museum, L.A., CA10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Feb. 6-April 7. For the 26th year, the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising’s museum honors the imagination and achievement of...
02/08/2018: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Batman ‘66 exhibit
The Hollywood Museum, The Max Factor Building, Hollywood, CA10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.– Sun. Jan. 12-March 24. The Hollywood Museum has an exhibit with real "bang!, pow!!" Its Batman exhibit salutes the ever-popular TV...
02/08/2018: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Charles M. Schulz’s Pigskin Peanuts exhibition
Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale, CA10 a.m.-5 p.m. Jan. 18-March 15. An homage to the late legendary Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, this exhibit features 50 Sunday and daily football-themed...
02/08/2018: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Children of Hangzhou: Connecting with China Exhibition
Children’s Museum at La Habra, La Habra, CA10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. Jan. 23-May 27. This highly interactive exhibit presents the lives of four Chinese children in...
02/08/2018: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Tall Ships Visit Channel Islands Harbor
Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard, CaliforniaVisitors will have an opportunity to raise sails, sing sea shanties, and learn about life on tall ships when the Hawaiian Chieftain and Lady Washington...
02/08/2018: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Eagle Rock Plaza Kids Club
Eagle Rock Shopping Plaza, Eagle Rock, CA10:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 8, 22, March 8, 22, April 5, 19. The Kids Club, which is located on the Second Level, presents free live music,...
02/08/2018: 10:30 am - 11:30 am
A Universal History of Infamy Exhibit
LACMA, L.A., CA11 a.m.–5 p.m. Mon.-Tues., Thur., 11 a.m.–8 p.m. Fri., 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Aug. 20-Feb. 19. This exhibit's name references a Jorge Luis Borges short...
02/08/2018: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Annenberg Space for Photography's "Cuba Is" Exhibit
Annenberg Space For Photography, Century City, CA11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wed.-Sun. Sept. 9-March 4. Revealing complexities on - and off - the island, "Cuba Is" explores aspects of Cuba not easily accessed by...
02/08/2018: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Brian Waite Band presents "Battle of the Bands"
Glendale Library, Glendale, CACome sing, dance and laugh with this Seattle-based group that has rocked its way into the hearts of both kids and parents. In their "Battle...
02/08/2018: 11:00 am - 11:45 am
California Heritage Museum's "Art Quilts" Exhibit
California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, CA11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wed.-Sun. Dec. 9-March 18. This is not your grandmother’s quilt show! This juried exhibition features artwork spotlighting the best contemporary artists that...
02/08/2018: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Stories of Almost Everyone Exhibit
Hammer Museum, Westwood, CA11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues.-Fri., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun. (closed Mon.) Jan. 28-May 6. This group exhibition spotlights the work of more than 40 international artists...
02/08/2018: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Taking Shape: Degas as Sculptor Exhibition
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CAnoon-5 p.m. Mon., Wed.-Thur., 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. Nov. 10-April 9 (closed Nov. 23, Dec. 25, Jan. 1). This exhibit provides...
02/08/2018: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Ana Serrano: Homegrown Exhibition
Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CAnoon-5 p.m. Wed.-Sun. Jan. 21-June 3. Museum guests can explore an immersive “garden” containing Ana Serrano's art. The Mexican-American artist using bright-colored walls and lively...
02/08/2018: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Orbit Pavilion
Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CAnoon-4:30 p.m. Mon., Wed., Thurs., Fri.; 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sat., Sun. through Sept. 2, 2019. In collaboration with NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and...
02/08/2018: 12:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Disney's Aladdin
Pantages Theater, Hollywood, CA8 p.m. Tues.-Fri., 2 p.m., 8 p.m. Sat., 1 p.m., 6:30 p.m. Sun. Jan. 10-March 31. That Disney magic is in full effect in the...
02/08/2018: 1:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Pirates of Penzance
Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA8 p.m. Tues.-Fri., 4 p.m., 8 p.m. Sat., 2 p.m., 7 p.m. Sun. Jan. 23-Feb. 25. Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera has just gotten kookier....
02/08/2018: 2:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Great Expectations
Lovelace Studio Theater, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, CA8 p.m. Feb. 8-9, 2:30 p.m., 8 p.m. Feb. 10-11. You are justified to have "great expectations" for this British import. This one-man stage adaptation...
02/08/2018 - 02/11/2018: 2:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Miniature Puppet Theater Workshop at the Santa Monica Public Library
Santa Monica Public Library, Santa Monica, CaliforniaCreate your own mini puppet play at the Santa Monica Public Library. Materials for puppets and stage will be provided. This 60 minute program will...
02/08/2018: 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Cirque Eloize's Saloon
Irvine Barclay Theatre, Irvine, CA8 p.m. Feb. 8-9. Billed as "a musical acrobatic adventure," Cirque Éloize’s newest creation puts the "wild" into the Wild West. Although it's entitled "Saloon,"...
02/08/2018 - 02/09/2018: 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm